Shame, its a bit rof if you have a Toyota bakkie in South Africa.
Early on Tuesday morning, several motorists were robbed of their belongings during peak traffic on the M1-M2 split at the Crown Interchange in Johannesburg.
These freight robberies seem to have become so run-of-the-mill that truck drivers don’t even bat an eye when a hijacker shows up to steal the vehicle and its load.
A brazen attempted hijacking was caught on CCTV cameras, showing the victim ram their car into their house’s gate and reverse the hell out of there.
Surveillance footage captured the thrilling moment a hero owner fought off a gang of rookie thieves trying to steal his car from his driveway.
Late on Tuesday night, hijackers set a bakkie on fire along with the driver, who got stuck inside for a moment.
Yesterday evening at around 7PM an armed gang blew up a van during a cash-in-transit heist in the middle of the highway.
On Saturday afternoon, hijackers were about to get away with a new Toyota Fortuner when armed bystanders started shooting at them.
Every Saffa has it drilled into our heads that we need to remain aware of our surroundings while travelling at all times, but it helps to know when to really switch on and stay on the defence.
CCTV footage from a Durban parking lot shows four men loaded with guns pulling up behind a white Golf 7, accosting the female driver, and then stealing her car.
There’s been a recent shift in hijacking trends where criminal syndicates are changing their tactics and adapting.
Happy Monday. Let’s lighten the mood with some crime stats, shall we?
Two security officers were sitting in a company patrol vehicle in Groblersdal, Polokwane when a pair of gunmen appeared out of nowhere.
A Johannesburg councillor and her family almost had their Range Rover hijacked at a Lonehill complex on Saturday night, but quick thinking and luck helped them escape.
Video footage captured a high-speed car chase along Boyes Drive, between Muizenberg and Fish Hoek, which took place on Monday. The man filming certainly enjoyed the arrest.
Things seem to be going from bad to worse for the owners of that ‘hijacked’ property on Lochner Road.
The SAPS has warned that hijackers have upped their game, and are using a few new tricks to steal cars in South Africa.
The SAPS crime stats for 2019 reveal the 30 areas with the worst hijacking statistics. Thankfully, Cape Town doesn’t feature.
CCTV footage shows a man fighting off three hijackers who tried to kidnap him in Bluff, Durban.
The SAPS is looking for five suspects who were caught on camera hijacking and kidnapping a family of three in Constantia Kloof, West Rand.
The motorcyclist who foiled a smash-and-grab is the latest example of a trend developing in South Africa, that sees people fighting back when confronted with crime.
Some crafty crooks in Benoni didn’t let the broad daylight stop them from pulling off a robbery, although they didn’t get exactly what they were after.
A group of men took on some hijackers in the streets of Cape Town after chasing them down in a high-speed pursuit.