Gauteng police have turned up the heat in the West Rand, arresting a 39-year-old Mexican national after dismantling what appeared to be an R100 million hustle.
Hijackers seemed to have picked the wrong target as the victim was armed, leading to a shootout that left three criminals dead.
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.
Grindr has said it was “acutely aware of this deeply troubling situation” happening in Jozi, referring to the kidnapping of a 22-year-old man who was lured using the dating app.
Johannesburg’s infamous Ponte City tower may be Africa’s tallest apartment building but it was also South Africa’s symbol of inner-city dilapidation for a long time.
As a mere bystander in this situation, you would have been forgiven for making a few wild assumptions.
It took these crooks around 30 seconds to surround a vehicle stopped at a red light, smash through at least three windows, steal all they could, and get away scot-free.
The suspects allegedly went into May’s Pharmacy in Melville, pretending to be customers before robbing the daylights out of the store.
CCTV footage shows Yaseen Bhiku, a businessman from Lenasia, Gauteng, being bundled into an SUV.
Footage of a brazen attack at a Sandton traffic intersection shows the moment an on-duty cop was robbed and shot in broad daylight.
A bloody mess was left behind in a guest lodge room in Kempton Park, although a body has yet to be found and evidence is still being processed.
A man with a knife was shot in the leg by police after attacking motorists and law enforcement on a busy Johannesburg road.
Bongani Moyo, standing trial for more than 35 bank robberies, escaped from the Pretoria Regional Court yesterday. He found a pair of crutches and simply walked out the front door – along with the rest of the public. But how did he escape from his cell to begin with? No one locked it.
This morning it was reported that the gun used to kill strip-club owner Lolly Jackson, in May last year, belonged to none other than police crime intelligence head, Joey Mabasa.