An elderly couple are in a serious condition after being attacked in their home in Percy Osborne Road, just after 5am this morning. ER24 along with other emergency personnel arrived at the residence, to find one patient downstairs in the lounge, while the second patient was found upstairs in the bedroom. Both patients had sustained [...]
Police arrested three men after a high speed vehicle chase through Uitenhage’s streets towards Port Elizabeth in the early hours of Tuesday morning. Uitenhage police spokeswoman Warrant Officer Gerda Swart said the three were found in possession of solar panels, believed to be stolen. Police officers on patrol noticed suspicious-looking men in a Nissan Almera [...]
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Three people were injured in a shoot-out between police and suspected robbers on Borchards Quarry Road at the N2 turn-off. The three patients, all suspects, were all treated by paramedics for gunshot wounds. One patient sustained minor injuries and the two other patients sustained moderate injuries, they were transported to Tygerberg Hospital for further medical [...]
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The men who attacked two female paramedics, raping one who had been attending to a burnt toddler, behaved like animals, President Jacob Zuma said in Johannesburg on Sunday. “It was very disturbing to hear that people providing a service to the community were violated in such a cruel manner… Those criminals behaved like animals,” he [...]
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A municipal worker was seriously injured when she was struck by a hijacked car fleeing police on Kenville Road, Sea Cow Lake, this afternoon. It is thought that the woman had been working at the roadside cutting the grass when the hijacked vehicle rounded a bend at high speed with eThekwini Metro and South African [...]
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Two elderly people were senselessly murdered on the farm “Poortjie” between Senekal and Steinsrus in the Free State late last night. Exact details of the incident remains a subject for police investigation however Netcare 911 paramedics were called to the farm this morning at 08h08 and when they arrived on scene they [...]
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A shop owner in Brakpan , South Africa , was tired of people breaking into his yard/shop so he came up with the idea of shaving his dog like a lion. Everyone in SA recognises a lion, now he has no problem with thugs! South African ingenuity – we call it “’n Boer maak ‘n [...]
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Security plans for the Fifa World Cup meet international standards and have been used as a benchmark by the United Nations, national police commissioner Bheki Cele said. “I’m confident to announce that all our plans are underway and South Africa will host the event with diligence and pride, knowing that our security plans meet international [...]
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A 32 year old man is in a critical condition after he sustained multiple gunshot wounds in his chest. Details of the shooting is still speculative and a subject for police investigation. However it is believed that the man was in a shop in the Ficksburg area when unknown gunmen entered the building and opened fire on [...]
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A security guard is critical after being shot in an armed robbery that occurred at the Menlyn retail centre in Garsfontein road, Pretoria. The exact details of the case is still for the SAPS investigation, however it is believed that armed robbers entered the premises and a shoot out occurred between fidelity guards and the [...]
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