A chemical engineering graduate who collected tips while he worked as a car guard at Wonderpark Mall in Akasia, Pretoria, is not only an assistant lecturer in the department of industrial and systems engineering at the University of…
A group of civic-minded people calling themselves the Kasi Brothers has vowed to keep their community safe as they guard malls in Atteridgeville‚ west of Pretoria‚ against looters. The group of men take shifts at more than four shopping…
A lion has been spotted roaming in the area of the Buffelsdrift Conservancy, which lies on the western boundary of the Dinokeng reserve, between the Roodeplaat Dam and the N1 highway, north of Pretoria. Kameeldrift community policing…
Hair-raising footage recorded inside a cash-in-transit vehicle under attack on a busy Pretoria road has put a spotlight on the war-like scenarios faced by security officers in SA. In the three-minute-long video, a security officer is…
A shooting at a doctor’s rooms in Mabopane, Pretoria, left a receptionist dead and a doctor and another employee critically injured Netcare 911 said. The incident took place on Wednesday about 4.30pm, Netcare 911 said. “Reports allege…
Two ambulances were petrol-bombed in Mountain View in Pretoria on Saturday evening. Bestcare EMS spokesperson Xander Loubser said the incident happened at their premises at around 8pm. “Two people threw what appeared to be home-made…
A Pretoria-based restaurateur is livid that police have refused to release R112,000 worth of alcohol that was seized from his establishment last week. TimesLIVE reported how police officers raided Hennie’s Moreleta Restaurant in Pretoria…
A Pretoria-based businessman has threatened to sue the state after police detained his employee for eight hours on Friday night, for serving what he says was a nonalcoholic drink. Werner Pretorius, 36, owner of Hennie’s Moreleta…
The police are searching for about 15 people suspected to be involved in a cash-in-transit robbery on Paul Kruger Street in Wonderboom, Pretoria, on Tuesday. National police spokesperson Col Athlenda Mathe said a Mercedes-Benz SUV rammed…
Members of the national taxi alliance marched through the streets of Pretoria on November 28 2020. The association said it is still awaiting a Covid-19 relief package worth more than R1bn that was allocated to the industry earlier in the…
Lilian Ngoyi Street is awash in red as union members march from Burgers Park to the National Treasury in Pretoria. A sizeable protest is also under way in Cape Town as marchers prepare to hand over a memorandum at the Western Cape…
Rising xenophobic rhetoric on social media is sparking fears of impending attacks on foreigners in the country. After a flurry of tweets led to a protest outside the Nigerian embassy in Pretoria on Wednesday, cyber forensic investigators,…
Demonstrators are marching on the Nigerian and Zimbabwean embassies in Pretoria on Wednesday, alleging the involvement of those nationals in SA’s high crime rate. The marchers are also demanding that state resources be prioritised for SA…
Five men who allegedly failed in their mission to carry out a cash heist in Montana in Pretoria have been arrested, police said on Thursday. The group carried out the botched heist on Tuesday morning. One of the suspects was arrested on…
Defence minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula was grilled by MPs on Thursday night regarding the theft of weapons at military bases. Mapisa-Nqakula was asked to brief parliament’s joint standing committee on defence and the theft of military…
