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N3 arson case a ‘co-ordinated attack’ designed to cause mayhem and destruction

Police minister Bheki Cele and industry bodies condemn the violent torching of six loaded trucks GILL GIFFORD Six trucks were destroyed after being set alight near Van Reenen on the N3 in KwaZulu-Natal. Image: The Ladysmith Herald The…

Masixole Ndzube was convicted of arson and five cases of murder by the Bhisho High Court.Image: ZIYANDA ZWENI

BREAKING | Eastern Cape man guilty of burning girlfriend and four others to death

Masixole Ndzube was on Friday morning found guilty of torching five people, including his girlfriend, to death. Ndzube, 32, was further found guilty of arson and assault of his girlfriend, Kulakazi Mpitimpiti of Joe Slove location in…

Pick n Pay CEO calls for liquor ban to be lifted

Social unrest, looting and damage has dealt a further body blow to liquor traders Following the damage done by riots, looting and arson in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng last week, Pick n Pay Group CEO Pieter Boone has appealed to the…

NOT MUCH LEFT: Bethelsdorp Comprehensive School principal Ralph Jacobus assesses the damage caused after a classroom was set alight.Image: Riaan Marais

‘Nothing left to steal at school — now the criminals have resorted to arson’

Vandalised facilities, a disintegrating structure and now blackened walls as a result of an alleged arson attack — staff are at their wits’ end when it comes to maintaining the dignity of a long-neglected northern areas school. Educators…

Two trucks, reportedly carrying goods for supermarkets, were set alight on the N1 highway near Cape Town during strikes over the employment of foreigners as truck drivers Pictures: ESA ALEXANDER

Trucks torched on second day of protest against foreign drivers

Two trucks were used to barricade the N1 highway and then set alight during protests by truck drivers on Wednesday. Bystanders helped themselves to the scorched remains of goods from the trucks. Goods including bleach, wine bottles and…

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Boats on fire in PA small boat harbour – arson suspected

In a case of suspected arson, three boats caught fire outside Supreme Leisure in the Port Alfred small boat harbour on Monday night. Atlas Security received a call from a member of the public at 8.41pm, alerting them to the blaze – at…

SAPS strongly condemns the cowardly acts of arson in Bathurst near Port Alfred

Media statement from the South African Police Service, Media Centre, Eastern Cape The cowardly acts of arson where five (5) homes and two (2) vehicles were gutted last night and approximately nine (9) persons treated at the local hospital…