The 30-year-old male who was taken in for questioning by police on Saturday afternoon has been linked to the crime and charged for the kidnapping of East London businessman Schalk van der Merwe. Police said that the man will appear in the…
While the nation grapples with gender-based violence in the past few days, an Eastern Cape woman disappeared on August 3 while travelling from Tsolo. Nolundi Ludidi,30, was initially reported as a missing person at Tsolo SAPS, and later…
An 18-year-old woman was arrested after snatching a toddler at Park Station this week, police said on Wednesday. Police spokesperson Cpt Xoli Mbele said the one-year-old girl and her mother were waiting for someone to arrive at Park…
Police call for public’s help in tracking four men in white Fortuner The kidnappers of six-year-old schoolgirl Amy-Lee de Jager outside a Vanderbijlpark primary school on Monday morning have made contact with her father. Police Sergeant…
Two men who allegedly hijacked an Uber vehicle and kidnapped a driver at the weekend were arrested on Sunday. The driver collected the men at the Virgin Active gym in Humerail on Sunday, just after 5am. They asked to be dropped off in…
An actor and two other suspects have been arrested on a series of charges which include impersonating a police officer, kidnapping and extortion, the Hawks said on Sunday. Hawks spokesperson Captain Ndivhuwo Mulamu said the actor and his…
A 25-year-old woman who allegedly snatched a toddler from a beach in Port Elizabeth is expected to appear in court on Tuesday. Colonel Priscilla Naidu told TimesLIVE the woman was arrested in a shack in Victoria Park Drive on Sunday…
In most of the kidnapping cases reported in the last financial year, the victim knew their abductor. This was revealed in the latest crime statistics released by the Police Ministry on Tuesday. Police said in the 544 police kidnapping…
The East London branch of the SAPS has issued a warning to community members to be vigilant regarding their children’s whereabouts at all times. The warning comes after two reported cases of attempted kidnapping. “Cambridge police are…
