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Meer mense het die afgelope vyf jaar weens steekwonde as skietwonde gesterf. Sedert 2010 tot vanjaar het 38 725 mense weens steekwonde en 25 869 mense weens skietwonde gesterf. Dit blyk uit ʼn antwoord van die minister van gesondheid, dr. Aaron Motsoaledi, in die parlement op ‘n vraag van dr. Pieter Groenewald van die Vryheidsfront Plus. Die statistiek …
Pretoria: 03 November 2015 – Ongoing investigations by the National Investigations Unit (NINU) of the South African Police Service have established that one of the three men arrested in connection for possession of a firearm in Pretoria North last month could be linked to at least 16 other crimes committed in that area. The three, all …
The IFP welcomed the seven life sentences and 20 years imprisonment handed down to both the Mncwabe family killers by the Pietermaritzburg High Court and it believes that this sends a clear message to criminals that such acts would be met by the full might of the law. “This case is one of the most …
Pretoria: 29 October 2015 -A British national facing multiple charges of sexual nature in his home country has today appeared in the Randburg Magistrate’s Court where proceedings for his extradition to the United Kingdom are to be heard. The 69-year-old, whose identity cannot be disclosed because his crimes involve minors, was arrested yesterday (2015/10/28) in …
The well-known Port Elizabeth businessman Shaun Ah Shene (55) was released on R8 000 bail by the Port Elizabeth Magistrate’s Court where appeared on Thursday, facing charges of fraud and contravention of the Tax Administration Act. Ah Shene, the sole owner of Coral Blue Trading, allegedly evaded paying tax for over six years, thus defrauding …
Pretoria – A Durban businessman who wanted his business partner killed so that he could be the sole beneficiary of R34 million from the Discovery policy has been arrested. The businessman hired a man to assist him in finding a hitman who would assassinate his business partner. The Hawks received the information and involved Crime …
Pretoria: 27 October 2015 – Police detectives from the Kruger National Park Rhino Task Team have last week arrested two men, both in their thirties, for possession of unlicensed firearm, ammunition and dangerous weapon with an intention to commit crime. They were caught by the park’s rangers in the Satara area of the Kruger National …
Pretoria: Between May and September 2012, the accused approached vulnerable and unsuspecting women and offered to take them to a place where they will be hired. He will use a road that pass through a bush. Once in a secluded place he raped and robbed them. He will thereafter bind them with wires and material. …
Pretoria – The Acting National Commissioner of the South African Police Service Lieutenant General Kgomotso Phahlane has praised the multi-disciplinary task team led by the Hawks which moved swiftly to arrest two people suspected of brutally killing eight family members in Msinsini village, just outside Port Shepstone in KwaZulu-Natal just after midnight on Wednesday. Seven …
Pretoria – Four suspects out the six suspects arrested during a botched business robbery in Epping, Cape Town, have been found to possess extensive criminal histories. A Hawks investigation has unraveled that the suspects amass more than 52 serious cases with their criminal history spanning over a 15 year period. The four suspects aged between …