SAPS latest: Two dead after botched business robberies in KZN and EC
SAPS said two suspects allegedly involved in business robberies in different provinces died during their getaways.
Two alleged business robbers died in separate incidents recently. In Gqeberha, on Friday, 30 April, one suspect was killed when the alleged robbers’ getaway vehicle was involved in a three-vehicle collision while another suspect was wounded in a shootout with police in Umlazi on Thursday.
SUSPECTED ROBBER KILLED IN CAR ACCIDENT,
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According to the South African Police Service (SAPS), five suspects allegedly entered a retail shop in Kempston Road and held staff at gunpoint. The suspects made their demands and shot one female cashier in the leg before fleeing the scene with an undisclosed amount of cash, a cell phone and stock with an estimated value of R5000 in two getaway vehicles – a white Honda Ballade and a Silver Citroen.
Nsuze mother hacked to death following dispute with son
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DURBAN – POLICE in KwaZulu-Natal have arrested a 28-year-old man after he allegedly hacked his mother to death following a dispute at their family home in Bhamshela in Nsuze.
Twenty-eight-year-old Loyiso Ngcobo is believed to have hacked his mother after the two argued over him wanting to sell pieces of their roof. According to a preliminary investigation, it is alleged that the suspect was dismantling the roof of the house, with the intention to sell the corrugated iron, the mother did not approve of such deed, and an altercation ensued.
KZN traditional healer sentenced to life for raping client
By Sakhiseni Nxumalo
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DURBAN – A 36-year-old traditional healer from Greytown, outside Pietermaritzburg, was sentenced to life imprisonment after he was convicted of rape.
The traditional healer, Nhlanhla Mabaso was sentenced on Monday in the Greytown Regional Court.
It is alleged that on January 11 last year, a 36-year-old woman travelled from Kranskop to consult with a traditional healer in Greytown.
The victim met with the traditional healer, Mabaso, outside a local supermarket in Sargeant Street in Greytown.
Mabaso informed her that the medication she needed was at his home, and they should proceed to Lindelani informal settlement in Greytown.
R2m dagga found strewn in timber plantation in Vryheid
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Durban: Police seized dagga with a street value of almost R2 million, in a timber plantation in Vryheid this week.
KZN police Vryheid Crime Intelligence said the K9 Unit and Task Team acted on information about a vehicle suspected of transporting dagga in the Vryheid area on Monday morning.
“The suspect’s vehicle was spotted travelling at a high speed in the Gluckstadt area.
“A chase ensued and other role-players joined police. The suspects drove into a timber plantation in Gluckstadt where they abandoned their vehicle and fled on foot.