The Metro Police officer intervened in the mob justice incident and handed the man over to the Macassar SAPS who are investigating the alleged kidnapping.
‘In his plea, Majola said, he knew of some people that participated in the looting spree, and one of them had given him the vehicle,’ said the NPA.
Durban police said the cobalt hydroxide was reported stolen in Gauteng in January. It was due to be shipped overseas on Saturday.
Elephant ivory dealer Cosmus Ziwande was sentenced to a R10 000 fine after entering a plea agreement with the State.
The police are on the hunt for five suspects who allegedly forced their way into a Limpopo post office and held staff at gunpoint.
The four officers allegedly found 6kg of dagga in the victim’s car and persuaded him to take them to his home ‘to pay for his freedom.’
Women – aged 19 to 27 – were lured to Durban from Joburg with a lucrative job offer. Later, the ‘boss’ revealed they would have to work in the sex trade business.
Muzi Mkhize, 57, pleaded guilty to culpable homicide. In his plea statement, he said he fell asleep in court and lost control of a firearm. A shot was accidentally fired at State advocate Ann Watt.
A correctional services officer, 47, was tracked down after a dead body with ‘visible injuries’ was found in his quarters at the facility.
A mother and son were found dead at their home near Brits after the smell prompted neighbours to call the deceased’s brother, said police.
The police shot and killed four alleged robbers in Durban on Wednesday. A fifth suspect was hospitalised and a sixth is on the run.
A deadly shootout on the Higginson Highway in Durban brought traffic to a standstill on Wednesday, 2 March.
The police Anti-Kidnapping Unit rescued a businessman shortly before midnight on Monday. The victim was snatched on Friday.
The Swellendam serial killer, Brian Mudyiwayana, murdered five women and a man between 2016 and 2017.
The Johannesburg police acted on a tip-off and arrested five suspects for alleged car theft. The group is linked to a spate of thefts in the city.
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A computer hacker was sentenced to three years of correctional supervision and ordered to repay his victim.
A 21-year-old victim was shot while sitting and talking outside a Gqeberha mall on Wednesday, 23 February.
The 40-year-old ‘recruiter’ reportedly tricked more than 75 unemployed youth into paying for a job opportunity that never materialised.
A woman travelling to South Africa from Sao Paulo, Brazil was arrested after the Hawks received a tip-off.
At least 8 suspects were killed and 10 others arrested following the intense Rosettenville shooting which occurred earlier this week
The EFF has applauded the SAPS for its response to the Rosettenville shooting that has gripped the nation.
The police finally arrested a man from Botswana, in Rosettenville, who is allegedly known as the mastermind behind a string of cash-in-transit heists.
Four South Africans and five foreign nationals are in police custody, after a notorious CIT gang was gunned down by SAPS in Rosettenville.
A security guard was shot dead in Umlazi, another is in a critical condition after he was shot in the head in Umlazi last week.