Truck driver held hostage as SAPS, security company hunt down silver VW Polo A call for public assistance in a kidnapping drama that played out between Makhanda, Kenton, Port Alfred and Bathurst yesterday ended with the arrest of a…
Police are investigating a case of kidnapping after a Makhanda shopowner was abducted last week. Hawks spokesperson Warrant Officer Ndiphiwe Mhlakuvana said the 36-year-old man was at his shop in Joza Extension 10 on Wednesday June 4,…
Port Alfred police are investigating a case of attempted kidnapping and theft of motor vehicle after an incident in Falcon Street on Port Alfred’s West Bank. South African Police Service spokesperson Captain Marius McCarthy said that…
Police are on the scene of an assault and an apparent kidnapping attempt in a suburb on Port Alfred’s West Bank. South African Police Spokesperson Captain Marius McCarthy said a business owner was assaulted this evening, Wednesday…
Business owner’s car found abandoned Nemato police are investigating a case of business burglary and kidnapping after being called out to a spaza shop in Joe Slovo Road, Nemato, last night. Spokesperson Captain Marius McCarthy said that…
UPDATE 12 JULY 2024: A 34 year old suspect (ex-boyfriend) has been arrested while the body of the other suspect (46) was found in Indwe last night at about 11.30pm. An inquest docket has been opened however police investigation is under…
An Eastern Cape woman who gave birth to a child and allegedly sold it appeared at the Cala magistrate’s court on Monday. Yamnkela Nkote, 21, allegedly told the father of the child that the baby had died, but failed to point out her grave.…
A Gauteng community is tearing itself apart as neighbours turn on neighbours and police flee from airborne stones. Residents are on edge after the bodies of two children, aged six and eight, were discovered at the weekend. This follows…
A mother had to hold on for “dear life” to her three-year-old daughter’s legs when a man grabbed the child through an open car window at an intersection in Gauteng. Natasha* told TimesLIVE the incident, which happened in Boksburg on…
The 24-year-old man who allegedly attempted to snatch a child at a restaurant in Florida, Gauteng, made a U-turn regarding his bid for bail on Friday. Naseem Slamang appeared in the Roodepoort magistrate’s courts, where he was expected to…
Tharina Human, the “mastermind” behind the kidnapping of six-year-old Amy’Leigh de Jager last year, was sentenced to an effective 10 years in prison on September 17 2020. The child was kidnapped outside Laerskool Kollegepark in…
A 24-year-old man who allegedly attempted to snatch a child at a restaurant in Florida, Johannesburg, was arrested in connection with another matter on Thursday, ahead of his court appearance. Naseem Slamang appeared at the Roodepoort…
This story has been amended and updated. The man who allegedly attempted to snatch a child at a restaurant in Florida, Roodepoort, has been formally charged. National Prosecuting Authority spokesperson Phindi Mjonondwane said Naseem…
A 24-year-old man was arrested after he allegedly attempted to kidnap a four-year-old girl at a pizza shop in Florida, Johannesburg. In a video widely circulated on Friday, a man is seen jumping onto the balcony at the restaurant and…
A man was expected to appear in the Mdantsane Magistrate’s Court on Monday to face charges of kidnapping and assault after a video of a 12-year-old boy chained to a dog kennel went viral. The 25-year-old suspect was arrested on Friday…
