Aron Hyman
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Cape Town, WC, South Africa
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R98m tug project hailed as boom for province flounders instead with no end in sight
The project was expected to help revitalising Nelson Mandela Bay’s boat building sector → Read More
Man who 'kidnapped' wig sales people abandons bid for bail
Two men accused of kidnapping wig sales people in Khayelitsha, Cape Town, last year will remain behind bars for now after one opted not to apply for bail. → Read More
‘Acts of God’ leave navy survey ship high and dry
A R1.8bn ship-building tender for the navy – touted as a landmark job-creation project – has run into heavy weather over money issues, with two key suppliers going bust. .. → Read More
Bulgarian link suspected as Hawks net ATM fraudsters in Cape Town
Two Congolese nationals in South Africa on refugee status were nabbed on Saturday with a card cloning device → Read More
PODCAST | ‘Cape of Cocaine’ (episode 1): how Saldanha Bay sting operation uncovered Bulgarian mafia’s operation
The bust was one of the biggest in South African history and exposed a large secret crime organisation → Read More
Feared Basotho gang leader shot dead in Soweto hit as bloody war rages
Ben ‘Sefela’ Makhaleme was shot eight times in Klipspruit, Soweto → Read More
Missing Stellenbosch couple’s car ‘found wrecked’, bodies recovered
Two bodies, a male and a female, were retrieved from the scene, police confirmed in an update. → Read More
Missing Stellenbosch couple’s car 'found wrecked'
Police and emergency services on Monday searched a large pit filled with water in which a wreck was discovered matching the description of a vehicle driven by a missing couple in Stellenbosch. → Read More
Corks still popping at Markus Jooste’s Lanzerac wine estate
If Reserve Bank representatives had been there to take inventory of the items on the estate, they had left no trace. → Read More
'Cybercrime kingpins' arrested by Interpol and Hawks in Pretoria raids
Two Nigerians, aged 39 and 42, were arrested in dawn raids by Interpol and the Hawks on Wednesday in the Pretoria East suburb of Equestria. → Read More
How rival zama zamas, rogue soldiers, cops and Lesotho's political parties work 'in cahoots'
The rivalry is spilling into SA as Lesotho heads to general elections in October → Read More
Hijacked by zama zamas: Gun battles, bombs force closure of working gold mines
Sibanye-Stillwater forced to stop work at Soweto gold mining operation as illegal miners take over → Read More
Zama zama economics: R10k for a KFC bucket, R20k for a prostitute — 2.4km under the earth
Cops estimate at least R3m in cash circulates underground in North West at any given time → Read More
Hawks, NPA rubbish Phala Phala accused's allegations
The Hawks and National Prosecuting Authority rubbished claims made by alleged Phala Phala burglar Urbanus Shaumbwako’s lawyer Reon Heckrath in the Cape Town regional court on Thursday. → Read More
Police miss snatching alleged Soweto tavern killers in abortive op on Lesotho border
Specialised Gauteng detectives have hunted the alleged killers of 16 revellers massacred in a Soweto tavern to Lesotho, where they narrowly missed arresting them in a failed clandestine operation at the Maseru border post. → Read More
REVEALED | How SA’s most notorious thugs got out of jail free and killed 24, including two Hawks officers
The number of case withdrawals involving dangerous cash-in-transit criminals is cause for serious concern → Read More
EXCLUSIVE | Crime Intelligence’s spy wire-taps ‘go slow’ on SA’s most dangerous criminals
Agents in the SAPS’ Crime Intelligence division have, in the past 18 months, lost nearly all ability to live-monitor cellphones of SA’s most dangerous criminals, including cash-in-transit robbers, because of, among other things, a shortage of designated officers needed to sign off on critical approvals. .. → Read More
Arrest of ‘gangster’ over deadly crime spree is cold comfort for twins left without a dad
To some people Yanga Nyalara is a godsend, to others a cold-hearted murderer → Read More
Sandton ‘cybercrime kingpin’ disappears from social media after Interpol arrest
James Aliyu is expected to be extradited for trial in the US. → Read More
Stolen Namibian police weapons a lifeline for Western Cape gangsters
Police firearms ‘smuggled by Phala Phala thief’ end up in Cape ganglands. → Read More