Gauteng Traffic Police arrest two suspects for robbery in Olievenhoutbosch
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The Gauteng Traffic Police arrested two male suspects aged between 38 and 40 yesterday in connection with the robbery, intimidation and extortion of a light duty vehicle driver in Olievenhoutbosch. The arrested suspects are believed to be linked to PRS Taxi association.
Why would anyone go to such lengths - faking kidnapping - to get attention?
21 May 2021 11:08 AM
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Simphiwe Manzini will appear at the Pretoria Magistrate Court for fabricating that she had been kidnapped.
A woman by the name of Simphiwe Manzini, who has been accused of fabricating a story that she had been kidnapped will be appearing at the Pretoria Magistrate Court. This comes after she had sent multiple disciplinary search party s set up by the Gauteng police on a chase goose on Wednesday night.
She had claimed to have been hijacked and kidnapped by unknown men who were driving her to an unknown location. A team of detectives and members of the crime intelligence team quickly established discrepancies in the woman s story.
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Six in dock over daring R24 million CIT heist
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Pretoria - Six suspects, aged between 31 and 45, were scheduled to appear in the Pretoria Magistrate’s Court on charges of armed robbery, possession of unlicensed firearms and ammunition on Monday.
The six are allegedly linked to an armed robbery at security services company Fidelity in Pretoria last year, Gauteng province spokesperson for the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (the Hawks) Captain Ndivhuwo Mulamu said.
Mulamu said a multidisciplinary operationby the Hawks’ serious organised crime investigation unit in Johannesburg, the national cash in transit task team, crime intelligence and other units had resulted in the successful apprehension of the six men in Hammanskraal, Lotus Gardens, and Phillip Nel in Pretoria last Friday.
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Speed might be two-time Olympic 800m champion Caster Semenya’s ally on the track but, it appears, not so on the road.
Semenya appeared in the Pretoria Magistrates Court on Thursday last week, to answer to charges related to speeding.
Lumka Mahanjana, who speaks for the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) in Tshwane, on Tuesday confirmed as much to