An Israeli tourist was gang-raped while on holiday in Mpumalanga at the weekend, police said on Monday. Two of the woman’s companions were robbed during the ordeal, which took place at their holiday accommodation. Police spokesperson…
Gauteng police had two of the easiest arrests imaginable this week: Their suspects were already locked up. This was because a quick-thinking employee at the Sky City Mall in Kliprivier had trapped two armed robbers in a safe. Police…
E-hailing taxi service Bolt has suspended a driver after a Johannesburg woman was allegedly assaulted and robbed in Durban. Xoliswa Princess Ndwalane, 37, was in Durban to attend the Vodacom Durban July two weeks ago when the alleged…
Four armed suspects held up patients at Durban’s Life Westville Hospital on Tuesday. Provincial spokesperson Col Thembeka Mbele said the assailants accosted and threatened a security guard outside the hospital at about 5am before entering…
City of Johannesburg paramedics were robbed of their belongings after they responded to an emergency call in Soweto on Wednesday evening. “They arrived on the scene and started treating the patient. While they were working, a car pulled…
The University of Free State has resumed training of undergraduate students in the School of Clinical Medicine at Pelonomi hospital in Bloemfontein, after an intervention to improve security. The decision to suspend the training of…
A thief who snatched a cellphone and fled did not have a leg to stand on when he was confronted about the robbery. Karma left the culprit with a broken leg after he fell from a building in Joubert Park, Johannesburg, in his bid to escape…
Greensleeves Place of Safety for children has been plagued by a spate of break-ins recently, having suffered four in one week. The most severe of these led to the loss of an array of donated items, including all their winter blankets,…
A Johannesburg man is fighting for his life in hospital after he was shot in the hand and head by an armed robber who broke into his home in Florida on Sunday night. TimesLIVE has obtained CCTV footage that captured the incident. WARNING…
By Aron Hyman A 24-year-old police constable was arrested on Thursday after he allegedly robbed a Somali shop owner of two cartons of cigarettes in Cape Town. olice also managed to retrieve a R5 police-issue assault rifle that the officer…
BY NALEDI SHANGE A group of prisoners recently paroled from jails in Gauteng made use of the skills they got behind bars and rebuilt the house of a Soweto family that was gutted by a fire. The seven former offenders, who were jailed for…
By Gareth Wilson Three service stations in Nelson Mandela Bay have been robbed in the last 48 hours. The latest robbery was this morning (11/08/2017) at 7am when three men, two with firearms, stormed the Engen KwaMagxaki Service Station.…
OVER the past few months security companies have received high praise for their quick response time and success with making a number of arrests in East London. Red Alert Alarms and Fidelity ADT are among the security companies that have…
Bags loaded with cellphones and gadgets were stolen in ten minutes during an armed robbery and hostage drama at Vodacom cellular mobile store at Beacon Bay’s Retail Park shopping mall yesterday morning. The shop has been closed until…
Police have urged people to rather transfer money electronically or swipe their bank cards instead of drawing cash from ATMs, following two robberies in Uitenhage at the weekend. Police spokesman Captain Gerda Swart said the latest…
