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Farm attack, 8 guests overpowered, tied up and robbed, Lydenburg

Farm attack, 8 guests overpowered, tied up and robbed, Lydenburg

A farm attack took place on 2 October 20202, at 20:00, at the Three Falls Cottages, on the Weltevreden road, Lydenburg district, in the...
Man and young brother (3) shot and killed in their vehicle, Kraaifontein

Man and young brother (3) shot and killed in their vehicle,...

The circumstances surrounding the death of a 24-year-old male and his three-year-old brother are being investigated after they were shot and killed inside a...
Peddie police station burglary, stolen firearms recovered, accused sentenced

Peddie police station burglary, stolen firearms recovered, accused sentenced

The Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation in the Eastern Cape has welcomed the conviction and sentence of Bongani Dike (41) in the Peddie Magistrate’s...
Senior Molemole municipal official arrested for R4.8 million theft

Senior Molemole municipal official arrested for R4.8 million theft

A 53-year-old senior official from Molemole Local Municipality has been arrested by members of the Serious Commercial Crime Investigation Unit for alleged theft in...
FF Plus - 'Minister Cele must say whether farm murder victim deserved to be tortured'

FF Plus – ‘Minister Cele must say whether farm murder victim...

The murder of a farm foreman, Brendin Horner (21), serves as proof that the government's rural safety plan is failing. Horner was tortured and...
Gauteng’s rural safety plan is failing, 445 farm attacks, only 3 arrests in the last financial year is proof

Gauteng’s rural safety plan is failing, 445 farm attacks, only 3...

The rural safety plan of the Gauteng police service has not made any positive contribution to the safety of farmers. The Gauteng MEC for...
Farm attack, 7 attackers overpower mom and 4 children, threaten rape, Fochville

Farm attack, 7 attackers overpower mom and 4 children, threaten rape,...

A farm attack took place on 2 October 2020, at 11:30, on a farm just outside Fochville, in the Gauteng province of South Africa....
Farm attack, home invaded, 2 men held up, Thokosela game farm - Naboomspruit

Farm attack, home invaded, 2 men held up, Thokosela game farm...

A farm attack took place on 29 September 2020, at 04 :00, on the Thokosela game farm, in Naboomspruit, in the Limpopo province of...
KZN drought relief programme fraud: Former Department of Agriculture HOD in court

KZN drought relief programme fraud: Former Department of Agriculture HOD in...

Siphiwe Mkhize (60), a former Head of Department of KwaZulu-Natal Agriculture appeared in the Durban Specialised Commercial Crime Court on 29 September 2020. The...
Sundra farm murder: Gardener and 2 accomplices appear in court, Delmas

Sundra farm murder: Gardener and 2 accomplices appear in court, Delmas

Three ruthless men are due to appear before the Delmas Magistrate’s Court after being arrested for allegedly plotting a farm attack which left a...
Mob justice: Two more cases of people assaulted and burned to death

Mob justice: Two more cases of people assaulted and burned to...

The South African Police Service has strongly condemned the brutal murder of two men who were allegedly assaulted and burned during two separate incidents...
Farm attack: Night of terror in Elandsfontein as 6 smallholdings attacked

Farm attack: Night of terror in Elandsfontein as 6 smallholdings attacked

A black gang of serial farm attackers terrorized the Elandsfontein smallholdings area in the Gauteng province of South Africa on Wednesday night 30 September...