SARAH BRADFIELD A 63-year-old woman survived a late-night armed robbery at a farm on the N2 east of Makhanda on Friday by escaping and hiding in thick bush until daylight. Local organised agriculture has urged vigilance, saying an…
Seven Fountains police are investigating a farm attack in their precinct after a 75-year-old man was attacked and robbed early this morning, Saturday June 1. Spokesperson Captain Marius McCarthy said the police received a call around 8.30…
MEDIA STATEMENT ISSUED BY THE OFFICE OF THE PROVINCIAL COMMISSIONER: EASTERN CAPE Quick response by Kirkwood SAPS members resulted in the arrest of three suspects, aged between 25 and 50 and the recovery of the Toyota Avanza during the…
77-year-old survives horror attack on Free State farm A 77-year-old farm foreman survived a horror attack in which he was stabbed, tortured and forced into a septic tank, where he was pelted with stones. Three attackers attempted to drown…
Three days after an elderly couple was attacked and shot in their home in Hennenman, Free State, police made a breakthrough in the case with the arrest of a 33-year-old suspect on Tuesday. The suspect is a herdsman who had been hiding at…
A 31-year-old man was attacked while having lunch at his farmhouse in Vandermerwesdam, Free State, on Monday. The incident occurred around midday, said police spokesperson Brig Motantsi Makhele. The man, identified as Andries Smith…
Three suspects have been arrested in connection with the murder of two middle-aged men on a smallholding in Maclear‚ Eastern Cape. Capt Khaya Tonjeni said police found the bodies of the men on Monday afternoon‚ after responding to an…
A farm attack in Alexandria has ended with long jail terms for two men who accosted a pair of elderly women in January, Eastern Cape police said on Friday. Both were convicted criminals prior to the attack. Widow Hettie Mostert, 72, had…
The Atlas control room was alerted at 11.17am of a farm attack that occurred between Salem and Alexandria. The perpetrators had tied up a person and ransacked the home, stealing the safe which contained firearms and other items. They fled…
Shaun Krull, 48, was slain on Thursday night at a feedlot on a large farm, Sinati, at Crossways on the East Coast outside East London. His brother Alwyn Krull, owner of Sunrise Eggs, said: “Shaun was last seen at dusk on Thursday when he…
A 19-year-old man has been arrested in possession of a .22 rifle allegedly stolen during a robbery in which a farmer and his wife were burnt with boiling water at Bonnievale in the Western Cape. Tool Wessels and his wife Liezel were…
The South African Police Service in Addo in conjunction with detectives from the Uitenhage Cluster Operational Command Centre are currently following up on all possible leads following an attack on a 69-year-old man at 01:15 this morning,…
Eastern Cape – Humansdorp Cluster (Patensie) – Wednesday, 13 February 2019. The South African Police Service in Patensie have launched a manhunt for two suspects who allegedly attacked a couple (both in their fifties) on their farm in…
Western Cape police have launched a manhunt after a robbery on a farm on Sunday left two people dead – a farmworker and one of the suspects. “It is alleged that at about 8.50 this morning‚ a farmer and his son were busy with maintenance…
An elderly couple has been murdered on a Western Cape farm. According to reports‚ the couple was shot on Zandfontein farm in Bonnievale on Thursday. Provincial police spokesperson Sgt Noloyiso Rwexana said detectives were “working around…
