January 7, 2020

Alleged serial rapist linked to 19 cases appears in court

POLOKWANE – The relentless efforts by members of the South African Police Service in Limpopo to stamp out the scourge of sexual offenses and other serious crimes, yielded positive results when a 30-year-old alleged serial rapist was arrested in Mokopan…

AK 47 rifle seized from suspects

DURBAN – Hillcrest police with local security officers were conducting an operation last night in their policing precinct to prevent any criminal activities and eradicate the proliferation of illegal firearms when they spotted a vehicle with three occu…

Police arrest suspect with a firearm and ammunition

Crime prevention duties resulted in the arrest of a 35-year-old suspect on charges of unlawful possession of fire arm and ammunition and a charge of possession of drugs in the Sydenham area.It is alleged that on today at approximately 13:10 members fro…

Four suspects arrested with lion paws

NORTH WEST Four suspects aged between 41 and 51 were arrested by the Hawks’ Serious Organised Crime Investigation assisted by members of Crime Intelligence in a sting operation on Monday while allegedly trying to sell lion paws in Rustenburg.Informati…

Identikidz tags more than 121 000 children, reunites 318

With one more weekend to go before the end of the school holiday, the City of Cape Town’s Identikidz programme which registers and issues young beach visitors with an identification armband, has once again proven its effectiveness. From the start of th…

Nigeria raises alarm after US killing of Iranian general

ABUJA, NIGERIA is on high alert to curb disturbances that might emanate from the United States-ordered killing of an Iranian General.Police have been placed on red alert amid fears the Islamic movement in the West African country could embark on massi…

Airstrike kills scores of army cadets in Libya

TRIPOLI, THE United Nations peacekeeping mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has condemned the killing of at least 30 army cadets after rebel forces bombed a military academy in the capital Tripoli.More than 30 others were wounded when militants of the self-styl…

Five arrested after Americans killed in Kenya attack

NAIROBI, LAW enforcers have arrested five men in connection with the deadly attack on a military base in northern Kenya.The attack by the Al-Shabaab radicals on the Manda Bay facility in Lamu County left three American citizens dead and two others inj…

Years of drought threaten South Africa’s wildlife industry

PRETORIA, A severe drought is threatening South Africa’s wildlife industry, with game farmers keeping fewer animals and tourists visiting game lodges in smaller numbers.Parts of the country have been affected by consecutive years of abnormally hot weat…

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