Cash-in-transit robbery: Police officer wounded as three suspects arrested
A police sergeant and a security guard were wounded in a cash-in-transit robbery and high-speed chase in Cape Town on Thursday.
A member of the South African Police Service (SAPS) and a security guard were wounded during a brazen cash-in-transit (CIT) heist in Macassar, Cape Town on Wednesday, 29 April. The suspects fled the scene with an undisclosed amount of cash and headed towards Khayamandi in Stellenbosch where police eventually apprehended them.
MULTIPLE CRIME SCENES AS CIT GANG FLEES TO STELLENBOSCH
Police said a group of armed men attacked a cash-in-transit vehicle in an attempt to get to the money it was carrying and a security guard was wounded during the initial incident, which was captured on video.
Gender-based violence DNA samples being prioritised, says SAPS Updated
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The South African Police Services has given an assurance that DNA samples required for court cases linked to gender-based violence are being prioritised.
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The announcement by police comes after forensic exhibits in the National Forensic DNA Database due to the Property Control and Exhibit Management (PCEM) system “disappeared” after being shut down by the service provider in June 2020.
Since then, SAPS has worked together with the State Information Technology Agency (SITA) and developed the Forensic Exhibit Management (FEM) to replace the previous system run by the service provider.
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Protesting students blocked roads near the University of Johannesburg on Monday.
The protest forms part of a nationwide shutdown of universities over student funding.
The crowd dispersed after police arrived on the scene.
Disgruntled student protesters have blocked roads in Johannesburg, as a national movement to shut down universities continued on Monday.
The South African Union of Students (SAUS) has vowed to bring all institutions to a standstill, through mass protest action at 26 different universities on Monday.
The nationwide action comes after the SAUS held a meeting with the higher education department to discuss its demands, which include the clearing of historical debt for all students and that registration for all first-year students be allowed to proceed while the government is still sorting out the funding challenges. They also want a 0% increase for the 2021 academic year.
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