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Crime
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Dewani Murder Witness: “I Organised Hitman For Anni’s Murder”
16 Aug 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The State’s first witness took the stand on Wednesday in the Cape High Court as part of Xolile Mngeni’s trial. Mngeni is accussed of firing the fatal shot that killed Anni.
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Clashes Between North West Mine Workers And Police Claim Ten Lives [GALLERY]
15 Aug 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Today is the first day that no incidents were reported from the violence-stricken Marikana mine in the North West. Chaos erupted on Friday when thousands of Lonmin rock drill operators started an illegal work stoppage and protest march. Since then 10 people – two police officers, two security guards, three protesters, and three others – have been killed.
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Massive Marijuana Farm Found In Tunnels Under Rome [VIDEO]
15 Aug 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The video shows a huge sprawling spliff farm housed in old Mussolini-era tunnels under Italy’s capital. The value of the bust is estimated at $3,7 million. There shouldn’t be too much fist pumping from the Italian police, however, as they found it by chance.
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Facebook Rapist Makes Chilling Confession
14 Aug 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The man known as the ‘Facebook Rapist’ described in detail yesterday at the Cape Town High Court how he killed young model Nomfundo Tyhulu last year. He is already serving 50 years for raping and robbing two other models.
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Disturbing Photos Surface Of Chained Children At Terrorist School [PICS]
13 Aug 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
These pictures are shocking, but the story behind them is even worse. Terror investigator Neil Doyle uncovered the images after authorities carried out a raid on a school in Mogadishu. These children were kidnapped by Al Qaeda in Somalia and were being brainwashed so that they could be used in future attacks on the West. The children – some as young as seven – were chained up to beds while they were taught an extreme version of Islam.
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Batman Colorado Shooter Was Nicknamed “The Llama”
13 Aug 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
When complete nut-job James Holmes applied for a place on a prestigious neuroscience doctoral programe last year at the University of Illinois, along with his CV and application, he added what any aspiring neuroscientist would add: a picture of himself feeding a llama.
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Driver’s Confession: Dewani Did Plot His Wife’s Murder
10 Aug 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
In a previously unheard story that’s been laid out in a signed confession document and accepted by the Cape High Court, Mziwamadoda Qwabe claimed he was told that businessman Shrien Dewani “wanted the wife killed” and that it had to look like a robbery.
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Cape Town’s Ugly Underbelly, A Rare Talk With Local Gang Members [VIDEO]
08 Aug 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Most of the time when people think of Cape Town they envision one the world’s top tourist destinations – sunny shores, a breathtaking mountain and bustling nightlife to name but a few of the draws. What is often omitted however, is the darker side of the city – murderous, drug-fuelled gangs which run rampant in the city’s shadowy corners.
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An 82-Year Old Nun Broke Into One Of America’s Highest Security Nuclear Facilities [VIDEO]
03 Aug 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
That headline is not a joke. Last weekend, an elderly nun broke into a nuclear facility Oak Ridge, Tennessee as part of an anti-nuclear protest. The daring feat force the US government to shut down one of its “most sensitive nuclear weapons sites” and seriously reassess is security measures.
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Hans Rausing Pleads Guilty To Preventing Wife’s Proper Burial
02 Aug 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
It’s a long and gruesome story that involves a pair of incredibly wealthy individuals. Hans and Eva Rausing were happily married for 21 years, she was from a wealthy American family and he was living off the money he inherited from the Tetra Pak carton empire. Unfortunately, the couple’s marriage was marred by drug abuse, which would ultimately be the cause of Eva’s death.
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SA Legal History – High Court Allows Man To Be Served Through Facebook
01 Aug 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
South African legal history was made in the Durban High Court yesterday when Judge Esther Steyn agreed to allow the service of a legal notice on a man being sued to be posted on his Facebook page.
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Scam Warning: “SA Holidays” Is Busy Debiting From People’s Accounts For No Reason
30 Jul 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Another debit order scam has been recognised after many bank account users, across all banks, have noticed that amounts of money have been disappearing from their accounts in the last few weeks. The offending company is a fictitious holiday company called “SA Holidays,” deducting up to R399 per month from innocent citizens.
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Cape Town Yachtsman Disappears During Global Circumnavigation, Murder Suspected
30 Jul 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
While completing the final leg of a round-the-world trip, Sean Terry mysteriously disappeared while sailing between the Maldives and Madagascar. Foul play is suspected and the only other person who was on board at the time, an Austrian scuba diving instructor, has been arrested.
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Selebi Starts Private Dialysis Treatment – Who Pays?
30 Jul 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
A report in the New Age this morning revealed that Jackie Selebi had not been to Steve Biko Hospital in Pretoria for a week – but it didn’t take long for someone to find out that he is now receiving private treatment elsewhere.
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R100 Million Drug Bust Made In Joburg
26 Jul 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Two properties in Bryanston and Douglasdale, north of Johannesburg, have been raided by police. It is believed by the police that the syndicate produced large amounts of mandrax tablets, and a third drug laboratory is currently under investigation.
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Selebi Gets Dialysis Machine Ahead Of Terminal Patients
25 Jul 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
Jakie Selebi is on a dialysis machine, but in getting one has seemingly jumped the queue at Steve Biko Academic Hospital where 82 patients were on the waiting list.
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Conditions For Selebi’s House Arrest Revealed
24 Jul 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Jackie Selebi’s release on medical parole may not be the just thing to do, according to the opinions of the public, but the edge is taken off a little to know it’s not unconditional. A spokesperson for the Department of Correctional Services has said that his release will not result in him heading right back to the golf course.
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WATCH: Video Of Dazed Suspected Batman Killer In Court
24 Jul 2012 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
James Holmes, who is suspected of gunning down a movie theatre, leading to 12 deaths and scores of injured innocent bystanders, appeared in court yesterday. BusinessInsider reports: Prosecutors have until next week to formally file charges against James Holmes, the man accused of opening fire on a crowded movie theater. Appearing in court today for […]
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Jackie Selebi Will Be Released On Parole, Today – You’ll Never Guess Why
20 Jul 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 5 Comments
Correctional Services Minister Sibusiso Ndebele announced that disgraced former police commissioner, Jackie Selebi will be released from prison today.
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UPDATED: 12 People Shot Dead At Batman “Dark Knight Rises” Premiere
20 Jul 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
Hot off the press from Sky News. Multiple agencies report 12 people have died, despite a few conflicting reports that 14 people were killed. Click headline for full story (so far)..
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Brazilian Prisoners Shave Time Off Their Sentence With Pedal Power
19 Jul 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
In Brazil, the Santa Rita do Sapucaí prison has taken a new approach in its attempts to produce green energy – they’re harnessing the pedal work of their inmates.
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Our Fraudulent Government – 20 000+ Civil Servants Found Guilty So Far
17 Jul 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
This is not a pleasant statistic to read, especially the day before Madiba’s birthday. The Special Investigations Unit (then the Scorpions, now the Hawks), in conjunction with the South African Security Agency, have revealed that the numbers for corruption are far higher than they should be.
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HSBC Handled Serious Drug Money For Quite A While
17 Jul 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Big banks just continue to let us down. In the latest scandalous development in the world of banking, the global bank HSBC has been used by Mexican drug cartels looking to get cash back into the US, and by Saudi Arabian banks that needed access to dollars.
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Spot Blood Tests To Be Introduced At Roadblocks
16 Jul 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The clampdown on drunken driving is in full swing, and the provincial traffic department is currently in negotiations with the police to initiate on-the-spot blood testing at roadblocks. This will provide solid and immediate evidence for prosecution.
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DEA Discover Drug Tunnels Under U.S. Mexico border
13 Jul 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
The DEA have discovered two tunnels constructed for smuggling drugs into the US. The one tunnel was incomplete, but the other had recently completed and was thought to be used to get meth into Arizona from Mexico.
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Break-In At SA Nuke Facility Covered Up
13 Jul 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
A new investigation reveals that there have been some serious coverups at Pelindiba, South Africa’s largest nuclear research facility. This is a little worrying, because behind the walls of that facility lies 600kg of weapons-grade uranium, enough to make 20 very loud bangs.
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Unnoticed, Al-Qaeda Has Taken Over Vast Areas Of Mali
12 Jul 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
The West have unintentionally cleared the path for al-Qaeda to take control over 300 000 square miles of African terrain. “Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb” (AQIM) and its allies have taken over an area of the Sahara more than three times the size of Britain, complete with airports, military bases, arms dumps and training camps.
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Former Springbok’s Charity Hoax Exposed
12 Jul 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Thys Burger, a former springbok rugby player, has been caught out with his hands dirty after it was unveiled that he has been scamming charities out of money. Burger, who was capped at Number 8 three times in the 80’s, is also the father of former Cheetah players and current Blitzbokke player, Philip Burger.
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BREAKING: 2006 Airport Heist Mastermind Arrested In Pink T-Shirt On His Way To Swaziland
11 Jul 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
A short while ago it was confirmed that Christopher Billings, the alleged mastermind of a 2006 R100 million heist at OR Tambo Airport, was arrested in his pink t-shirt, with his bags packed, and on his way to Swaziland.
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CONFIRMED: 2006 Airport Heist Mastermind On The Run
11 Jul 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
It looks like Christopher Billings, the alleged criminal mastermind behind a daring 2006 airport heist at OR Tambo Airport that saw a gang strip a London cargo plane of R100 million in foreign currency, is on the run.
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