April 2020

Groups Sow Doubt About COVID Vaccine Before One Even Exists

NEW YORK – A coronavirus vaccine is still months or years away, but groups that peddle misinformation about immunizations are already taking aim, potentially eroding confidence in what could be humanity’s best chance to defeat the virus.  In recent weeks, vaccine opponents have made several unsubstantiated claims, including allegations that

Mafikeng alleged cash-in-transit suspects sought

PRETORIA – The Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation hereby appeals for public assistance to locate the remaining suspects from a foiled cash-in-transit heist incident that occurred around Mahikeng, North West, on Thursday, 05 March 2020. A multidisciplinary team consisting the Hawks’ Tactical Operations Management Section (TOMS) and Special Task Force

Magic mushroom laboratory closed down in Amanzimtoti

KWAZULU-NATAL – Hawks members from Durban Serious Organised Crime unit (SANEB), Crime Intelligence, Durban Metro Police and other law enforcement agencies arrested a 38 year old male for possession and dealing in drugs. On Tuesday, 28 April 2020, the joint team conducted an operation at Amanzimtoti area after information was

FXCM launches commission-free share CFD trading

LONDON and SYDNEY, Australia and JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, April 28, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — FXCM Group, LLC (“FXCM Group’ or ‘FXCM’), a leading international provider of online foreign exchange trading, CFD trading, cryptocurrencies and related services, has launched commission-free single-stock CFD trading (share CFDs), enabling retail clients to trade CFDs on individual

Tripp Lite UPS Systems Help Provide Transport Mode for Fisher & Paykel Healthcare’s AIRVO™ 2

Medical-Grade UPS Systems Support Mobile Therapy and Patient Transport CHICAGO, April 28, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Tripp Lite, a world-leading manufacturer of power protection and connectivity solutions, offers medical-grade uninterruptible power supplies (UPS systems) that meet Fisher & Paykel Healthcare’s comprehensive requirements to power the AIRVO 2, their humidified system to administer nasal

Eastern Libyan Forces Say Turkish Drone Killed 5 Civilians

CAIRO – Eastern Libyan forces laying siege on the country’s capital, Tripoli, accused their rivals on Tuesday of staging an attack in which a Turkish drone hit a food truck convoy in the country’s west, killing at least five civilians. The militia groups loosely allied with a U.N.-supported but weak

Brothers arrested for house robbery in Carnarvon

NORTHERN CAPE – Police in Carnarvon have arrested brothers aged 32 and 36 in connection with the case of house robbery. On Monday, 27 April 2020, the two brothers attacked a couple at their home in Carnarvon at about 14:30. The victims were threatened with a knife and robbed of

Swift action leads to arrest of armed robbers

DURBAN – Yesterday police officers from the EThekwini Central Task Team responded swiftly to a report of a business robbery on Carlow Road in Bonela. Investigations led the police officers to Cato Crest where two men aged 21 and 27 were arrested. The suspects were found in possession of a

Three arrested for illegal hunting in Ixopo

KWAZULU-NATAL – Three men aged between 47 and 32 were arrested in the early hours of Sunday morning after Hawks members received a tip off of illegal hunting in one of the farms in Ixopo the previous day. The Port Shepstone Serious Organised Crime Investigation were alerted about a suspicious

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