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Crime
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UPDATED: 8 South Africans Killed In Suicide Bomb Attack In Retaliation To Anti-Islam Film
18 Sep 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
In yet more violent retaliation against a film mocking the Prophet Mohammed, the Hezb-i-Islami insurgent group has claimed responsibility for an attack that’s killed 12 people, including South Africans, in Kabul, Afghanistan today.
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More Theories Emerge About Madeleine McCann
17 Sep 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 12 Comments
Our recent article on Stephen Birch and his theory on the location of Madeleine McCann’s body has been a hot topic of discussion lately. Many people took to the comments section of this article, offering many new viewpoints on what exactly has happened. Stephen Birch’s podcast has been listened to almost 300 times – which is quite something seeing it’s over 30 minutes long.
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Madeleine McCann: Has There Been A Government Cover-Up?
14 Sep 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 18 Comments
Yesterday we told you we’d be having Stephen Birch on 2oceansVibe radio. If you missed his incredible story, you missed out. It’s a fantastic tale, and the South African property developer swears that he’s found her body buried in a driveway.
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Madeleine McCann Conspiracy Theorist Live On 2oceansvibe Radio This Afternoon
13 Sep 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 4 Comments
Some of you may remember this guy, Stephen Birch. He’s a South African, who claims to have found Madeleine McCann’s grave, and – get this – the Portuguese government know about it too, but choose not to act on it. Birch will be live on Mark Bayly’s show at 16h15 this afternoon. Make sure you […]
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Drunk Kroonstad Driver Crashes Into Petrol Pump [VIDEO]
12 Sep 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
A suspected drunk driver has been caught on camera crashing into a petrol pump at a filling station in Kroonstad. As you’ll see from the footage, the driver literally missed crushing the petrol attendant to death by milliseconds. But unbelievably no one was injured. The driver, identified as one Molefi Mokoena, then proceeded to belly-flop out his car window before trying to escape. He was however quickly apprehended by witnesses and appeared in the Kroonstad Magistrate’s court on charges of drunk driving.
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Man Found Living In Ex-Girlfriend’s Attic 12 Years After Breakup
12 Sep 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
This is seriously creepy. When Tracy, a single mother of five, heard strange noises coming from her roof, it was only natural to assume that some kind of animal had managed to find its way in there. Must have been quite a shock to find the man that she broke up with 12 years ago.
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Frozen Stowaway Falls From Plane Into London Suburb
11 Sep 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
A North African man, believed to be in his thirties, has fallen thousands of feet onto a car in the London suburb of Mortlake. He froze to death, and had fallen out of an airplane’s landing gear. The plane had been on its way to Heathrow.
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Cape Town’s Driving And Dialing Fine To Increase To R1 500
11 Sep 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Not only will drivers caught speaking on their mobiles face a new R1 500 fine, but those texting will also face the strong arm of the law.
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Charges Withdrawn Against Man Suspected Of Murdering Cape Town Yachtsman
10 Sep 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
It was reported today that Seychelles authorities have withdrawn a case of negligence against Stefan Pokorny, of Austria, last week. He had been arrested in Seychelles after a Cape Town yachtsman went missing.
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BREAKING: Shootout Between Police And Robbers In Woodstock
07 Sep 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 4 Comments
Four men were arrested following an attempted robbery, shootout and accident in Woodstock this morning.
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20-Year Old Performer Killed After Jackass Stunt Goes Horribly Wrong
07 Sep 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 5 Comments
On Sunday, a group of young German men, who call themselves the “Bavarian Dumbasses,” were attempting to add to their repertoire of Jackass-like stunts when events took a horrible turn for the worse. A misguided attempt to emulate their American counterparts ended in tragedy after a playground stunt lead to the death of one of the performers.
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French Police Find Girl Alive In Car Eight Hours After Killings
06 Sep 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
For some reason, investigators decided against opening a car following a gruesome shooting attack on a family of British holidaymakers on a remote road in the French Alps yesterday.
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Marikana Miners Threaten To Kill Lonmin Management
05 Sep 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
Striking miners are deciding to stick with violence as a means to solve the problems at Lonmin’s Marikana mine. Representatives of protesting workers who marched 5km to Lonmin’s Karee mine today from Marikana, said that they will kill Lonmin management unless they stop operations at the platinum mine.
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Marikana Survivor Says Miners Begged For Their Lives While Police Boasted About Kill Numbers
05 Sep 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
The press have repeatedly been denied access to speak to the hospitalised or imprisoned survivors of the Marikana mine riots, but since their release began this week, one miner in particular has found the courage to tell his story.
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21-Year-Old Killed After Failed Gumtree BMW Sale
03 Sep 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 6 Comments
On Friday, the body of a young man from Cape Town was found in Khayelitsha, he was killed after trying to sell his BMW to a man who responded to his ad on Gumtree.
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Pussy Riot Blood Graffiti Just A Decoy In Russian Double Murder
31 Aug 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Professor Igor Danilevskiy has admitted to stabbing to death to people in an apartment in Kazan, Russia Todau reports. The crazed man scrawled “Free Pussy Riot” on the wall in the victims blood which he said was meant to confuse the cops into thinking it was a ritual killing.
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NPA Blatantly Flouts Constitution With Marikana Murder Charges, Says Expert
31 Aug 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Yesterday, in a “bizarre and shocking” act, the National Prosecuting Authority slammed the 270 miners who were arrested at Marikana with charges of murdering 34 of their colleagues who were among them. Law expert, Pierre de Vos, has called the “shameful” decision a “flagrant abuse of the criminal justice system”.
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“Free Pussy Riot” Scrawled In Blood At Murder Scene Of Two Russian Women
30 Aug 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The bodies of two women in the Russian Republic of Kazan, were found yesterday evening in an apparent statement on the imprisonment of punk band Pussy Riot. They were found in their apartment with multiple stab wounds, and the words “Free! Pussy Riot” [sic] painted on the wall in what police believe were the victims’ blood.
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22-Year-Old South African Drug Mule Faces Death Penalty In Indonesia
29 Aug 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 5 Comments
A South African woman is facing the death penalty in Indonesia after she was caught with 6kg of crystal meth, locally known as tik, at Sam Ratulangi International Airport in Manado earlier this month.
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New Marikana Evidence Shows Protestors Were Shot Whilst Fleeing Police
28 Aug 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
Post-mortem analysis of the shooting at Marikana has revealed startling new evidence, showing that the death of the 36 protestors at the hands of the police may not have been due to the police acting in self-defense. This is contrary to earlier reports that have stated that police retaliated at a small group charging at them with machetes.
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Footage Shows Police Gunning Down Empire State Building Shooter [GRAPHIC VIDEO]
27 Aug 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
A laid-off clothing designer fatally shot a former colleague near the Empire State Building on Friday morning. In turn, he was shot dead by police officers during a confrontation that also wounded nine bystanders. Newly released CCTV footage shows the moment the shootout happened. Please be warned that this is not for sensitive viewers.
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Man Fined $675 000 For Downloading And Sharing 30 Songs
27 Aug 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
In a case that has dragged on for nine years, and been in court for three, an American man is set to feel the full wrath of the music industry after it was confirmed by court on Friday that he will have to pay $675 000 in damages for downloading and sharing just 30 songs from once-popular music-sharing sites, Napster and Kazaa.
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BREAKING: Stowaway Travelling From SA Found Dead On Arrival At Heathrow Airport
23 Aug 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
Airports Company South Africa (ACSA) have confirmed that last night an intruder at Cape Town International Airport (CTIA) managed to evade security and board a BA aircraft bound for London, he was found dead upon arrival at Heathrow Airport.
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Shocking Footage Of Local Teacher Attacking Student Leaks Online [VIDEO]
23 Aug 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 5 Comments
Shocking footage of a teacher brutally attacking a female student at Patriot High in Mpumalanga emerged online earlier this week. The educator eventually had to be subdued by scholars in his own classroom. The video was taken by one of the pupils on a cellphone. The teacher in question has since been suspended. It is believed that the student called him “gay” shortly before he turned violent.
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Al Jazeera Publish New Video Of Kidapped South African In Mali [VIDEO]
22 Aug 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
A new video of kidnapped South African Stephen Malcolm McGowan has been published by Al Jazeera. McGowan was kidnapped along with Swede Johan Gustafson and Dutch national Sjaak Rijke over nine months ago. Though the video has only Al Jazeera’s voice over, the captives appear in good health.
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Julius Malema And Marikana Miners Lay Murder Charges Against SAPS [VIDEO]
21 Aug 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Earlier this afternoon, expelled ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema continued his defence of the striking Lonmin mineworkers when he went to the Marikana Police Station to lay murder charges against the police who shot dead 34 of their colleagues.
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New Footage Shows Miners Shot At Police First [GRAPHIC VIDEO]
21 Aug 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 4 Comments
A lot of questions are being asked after the most recent shootout between police and mineworkers at Marikana. By using various camera angles, including this new footage obtained from Al Jazeera, a miner can be seen firing a hand pistol towards authorities first. The police then responded by unleashing a volley of fire into the crowd – gunning down 34 people in the process.
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Viral Gugulethu SMS: “We Will Shut Down The Airport”
17 Aug 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 8 Comments
As the world focuses on the violence happening in the northern part of South Africa, virally organised protest action in Cape Town could lead to further violent clashes.
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World Reacts As Strike Shooting Goes Global
17 Aug 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 5 Comments
The Lonmin platinum mine shooting is all everybody is talking about at the moment, and if you’ve been anywhere near any news source it’s the only thing that’s been on the TV. Nearly every single major news publication has been running with the story – which makes you wonder about the kind of PR this might bring for us.
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Justice Served, Facebook Rapist Gets Life In Prison
16 Aug 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Earlier today, Thabo Bester, also known as the “Facebook rapist”, appeared in the Western Cape High Court and was sentenced to life in prison for his crimes.
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