Evidence presented in court revealed that the deceased and the murderer had been friends for over two years, living just down the same street from one another.
The Hawks believe the kidnappers could be part of a syndicate responsible for kidnappings in the Western Cape.
These two alarming kidnapping-for-ransom cases have rocked the Western Cape’s scenic winelands region.
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According to reports, both women were freed on Thursday afternoon after their kidnappers allegedly “panicked” because they realised police were closing in.
Susana Kennedy has been spreading the word of a child abduction across social media, stating that her biological father, a man named Carlos Rebelo, was abusive towards her and that she knows “what he is capable of”.
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“Many of you wonder what happened to me, where did I disappear to and why,” Duffy wrote in a now deleted Instagram post. “The truth is, and please trust me I am ok and safe now, I was raped and drugged and held captive over some days.”
The unhinged pastor was confronted by teachers at the school but with the masked bodyguard waving his weapon around and the pastor yelling “I will fight you”, they had little choice but to watch the men drag the screaming children away.
A multidisciplinary team was led to a hotel in East Gate and two apartments in Fourways where they arrested six suspects and seized drugs suspected to be crystal meth worth R300 million.
The desperate hunt for kidnapped businessman Calvin Naidoo enters the sixth day, with the kidnappers now demanding a ransom.
From January 2024 to date, 49 kidnappers who had demanded ransom payment from families of victims have been arrested in Gauteng, North West, and the Free State.
The reported kidnapping of an alleged 28 gang boss last week by a Colombian drug cartel following a ‘failed international drug heist off the shores of Western Cape’ should be a clear indication that the wolves are no longer at the door, they are inside our house and getting comfortable on your couch.
South Africa’s ‘Grindr Gang’ has been running rampant, but at least three Sowetan men alleged to be part of the kidnapping for ransom operation appeared in the Cape Town Magistrate’s Court.
The UDM has confirmed that the MP was hijacked, kidnapped and released after a ransom of R25,000 was paid.
Insurers are warning Saffas about this new form of crime making waves in the country, as criminals target anyone, and change their demands depending on how quickly they can get something out.
Chaotic footage shows the poor guy being dragged from the hole in the ground.
This worrying trend is bolstered by the fact that we are listed seventh in the world for organised crime activities.
The mother of the missing Saldanha Bay girl, Joshlin Smith, is pregnant while awaiting trial behind bars in Cape Town’s notorious Pollsmoor Prison.
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More than 1,300 children are kidnapped every month, according to Missing Children South Africa, with SA ranked first on the African continent in kidnappings and seventh-highest worldwide.
Kelly Smith was charged along with her boyfriend, Jacquen Appollis, and two others, following their arrest.
The warning follows the disappearance of four children in the Western Cape in the last two weeks.
According to reports the man, a foreign national, “needed money for gambling”.
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.
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Last week, Carlee Russell was driving home from work when she called 911 to say she was stopping her car to check on a toddler who was walking on the highway and then called a family member who lost contact with her.
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They’ve arrested a mastermind behind the kidnappings of several foreigners, including a South African woman of German descent who was snatched outside their family business in Parow.