Businesses and schools in the Eastern Cape town of Mthatha are increasingly being forced to close doors due to the extortion syndicates treating their hard work like playthings.
A sting operation in Khayelitsha erupted in violence, leaving eight suspects dead and five others in custody, as police thwarted a planned cash-in-transit robbery.
The death of Shafiq Nassar comes almost a year after his cousin Abdel Fattah Nassar was also shot and killed in a gun battle near the V&A Waterfront.
While his wife was away, the cop allegedly let a sex worker into his home, where she drugged him with a date rape drug before ransacking his house.
We’re used to stories of hijackings and theft, but did you know that South Africa’s foresty industry is currently being targeted by organised crime syndicates?
Over the past few years, there has been an alarming rise in the number of kidnappings for ransom. Some of the sums demanded are pretty eye-popping.
They say less is more, but when it turns out you purchased a stolen vehicle online you might wish you had spent some extra dosh with a reputable dealer.