Yesterday, we reported on the incredible mob-style assassination attempt on Czech businessman Radovan Krejcir. Now we have the ENCA interview with the man himself, explaining the ordeal. When you get the gist of his accent you can hear Radovan say things like “I thought it was a firecracker,” that make you believe…he never knew he […]
After three years of intense research a German cryptographer by the name of Karsten Nohl has reason to believe that your SIM card could now be at risk of being hacked. Nohl has claimed to have found encryption as well as software flaws that could lead to the tampering of millions of SIM cards. The findings that […]
According to The Independent Police Investigative Directorate (Ipid), a police captain was arrested in Worcester on Friday for allegedly raping a woman in his official SAPS vehicle in June of this year. Spokesperson Moses Dlamini said: The complainant alleges that on 20 June at about 23.30 she was raped by the suspect who was driving […]
Loaded with undetermined weapons and accused of shipping illicit drugs, the North Korean Chong Chon Gang has been anchored off the Atlantic Side of Panama on Wednesday. According to the Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli the ship was stopped as they suspected it to hold illegal substances. When checked, it was found that the ship’s cargo consisted of […]
Come yesterday, the South African wireless telecommunications provider Telkom is being charged with a doozy. According to Mail & Guardian, the group has to pay R200 million in administrative penalties. This is after the Competition Tribunal found evidence to substantiate that Telkom is abusing its power as the leader of telecoms facilities in the country. […]
If you ever wanted to run some kind of Breaking Bad smuggling expedition, now is your chance. According to defense analyst Helmut Heitman, South Africa has no airborne radar system. This means that if you know exactly where the ground-sited radar is and fly low enough, you can successfully smuggle whatever it is you need to. With the […]
Cleveland abduction victims Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight haven’t been heard from since Charles Ramsey rescued them from the dirty clutches of Ariel Castro. (For more on the story, click here.) But on Monday, the lucky girls released a YouTube video, thanking everyone who helped and supported them and their families through the tragic time. The video above […]
What would you do if you saw this man peeping up at you while you were using the bathroom? That is exactly what Kenneth Webster Enlow was doing when Ambra Reynolds spotted him.
Goodman Nono has been busking in Greenmarket Square, between St George’s Mall and Long Street for almost 20 years. Goodman is blind, and makes between R300 and R400 a day from small donations and CD sales. He’s become something of a city institution. Here’s Goodman playing his guitar in his usual spot. But according to […]
One of Britain’s most wanted fugitives, Mark Lilley, has been caught…literally with his pants down. The 41-year-old man that disappeared during his drug-dealing trial in 2000 was found hiding a luxury villa in Malaga, Spain. Lilley, who was sentenced to 23 years in prison in his absence, was caught after a joint operation by the Spanish National Police and Britain’s Serious […]
On Monday, a harrowing video was uploaded to YouTube of what looks like Egyptian security attacking protestors with live ammunition. In the first few seconds of the clip, it’s hard to decipher where the gunshots are actually coming from, until a bloodied protestor is carried out of the crowd. After catching the horrific ordeal of the victim […]
Two former employees of the English car brand Rolls-Royce have claimed that the company they worked for “cut corners on quality control requirements.” During a US lawsuit the pair said that the firm “routinely used defective parts designated as ‘scrap only.’” According to BBC, the two ex-workers, Thomas McArtor and Keith Ramsey, are challenging the court order that prevents them […]
In 2010 Shrien Dewani was the man accused of arranging the death of his wife Anni on their “honeymoon” in South Africa. Dewani allegedly organised for his 28-year-old wife to be shot whilst taking a ride in a Cape Town taxi. 33-year-old Dewani is wanted for trial in South Africa, but as a result of […]
WARNING: Some might find the following content disturbing. Sammie Wallace took a little girl hostage in an Oklahoma supermarket and proceeded to hold a knife to her throat. With police fearing for the little girl’s safety, Captain David Huff shot and killed Wallace.
Well, this is terribly exciting! Details are slightly thin on the ground, but this recently published video shows vehicles marked “Police” in Ukranian closing in on a group of misunderstood businessmen as they attempt to enter their vehicles following a meeting of the board. Organised crime is widespread in the Ukraine, which is largely attributed […]
A report published by the Mail & Guardian indicates that an average of one policeman per day is arrested for crime in South Africa. The arrests, made between September 2010 and April this year, have apparently spurred police management to start cleaning up “the system.”
Bradley Manning, the United States Solider that was arrested in May 2010 for sharing classified information via WikiLeaks looks like he hasn’t seen the light of day…well since 2010.
Andrea Sanderlin, a 45-year-old mother of three, has taken some advice from Weeds character Nancy Price Botwin. Sanderlin would drive from her “posh” Westchester suburb to go and check on her weed crops in a Queens warehouse..and in her Mercedes SUV nogal. Authorities reported yesterday that the equestrian mom was cultivating around R29,650,800 worth of the drug in the form […]
Facebook billionaire Sean Parker spent a hefty sum to give himself and his wife the wedding of their dreams on Saturday. But R24,543,750 is not what they owe in decor bills. Click through to see why.
Oscar Pistorius arrived at the Magistrate’s Court this morning, where prosecuting council requested that the date of his murder trial be postponed to 19 August in order to allow more time for investigation. Pistorius’ council agreed to the postponement. In a twist that would only be written in to the worst of all legal dramas, […]
With the full intention of catching ghosts an Australian father suspected were haunting his house, he instead found something way more frightening. Click through to find out what he uncovered.
42-year-old Wu Yuanhong has been locked in a cage for almost a decade. Find out the shocking reason why after the jump.
Reports this morning indicate that a South African couple have been kidnapped by unidentified gunmen in the city of Taiz. Yemen experienced localised pro-democracy protests during the Arab Spring of 2011, which resulted in former President Ali Abdullah Saleh hand over to his deputy, Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi. Since that time, the poor neighbour of Saudi Arabia […]
Last week a timid protest against the new gay marriage law in fact saw the beautiful streets of Paris tainted with violence and anger. Click through to see what went down.
WARNING: Please don’t watch this video if you’re a sensitive viewer. Two London locals who drove British soldier, Lee Rigby down with a vehicle before stabbing him to death and beheading him were shot by police on Wednesday afternoon.
Whether you need to keep an eye on your new born while he/she sleeps, or you want some extra safety precautions, this gadget is the thing you need. It’s easy to set up, it’s inconspicuous and it can see what is going down on a tripod of levels. Instead of having to rewind tapes to find out what happened, you can have a constant view of the area your camera is in, off your phone or computer. Amazing!
It has been reported that Western Cape traffic officials have confiscated over R4 million worth of marijuana on the N1 highway. Find out more here.
Pretty graphic scenes in London, as two men allegedly hacked a soldier to death and chopped off his head with meat cleavers and machetes. The men chatted to cameras as it took cops 20 minutes to arrive. Then the shooting..
The time is now. Don’t tempt fate or try and be a hero, the world is unpredictable and so is the route from your office to your car. Instead of running from shadows or being that girl that needs to be escorted to her car – invest in one of these stun guns and criminals […]
Aid to Children and Adolescents at Risk, or The ANAR Foundation has found a way to get their anti-abuse message to children, without their potentially-abusive guardian being able to disarm the message.