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Robbery caught on camera, police fail to take action

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A 35-year-old from Mitchells Plain witnessed and recorded a smash and grab at the intersection on Jakes Gerwel Drive and Govan Mbeki Road on the 22nd of November. The man has slammed the cops for not taking action after he handed the recording over to the police.

“I travel with a scooter and my camera is mounted on my helmet and records while I’m driving.

“I got to the intersection and I saw these guys running from the road. It was 6.30am and traffic was bumper to bumper,” he explains.

He witnessed the robbers smashing a woman’s window and stealing her bag.

“She really put up a fight. I went over and assisted her,” says the man.

The man says he tried stopping a law enforcement vehicle and subsequently followed them in Scaapkraal, where he was told by the officer that there should be a van there.

The man then reported the incident at Philippi police station to hand in his video, which clearly shows the faces of the perpetrators and he was
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Former South African fatally wounded after shots being fired in broad daylight at Menlyn Maine mall

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JB Strydom was shot dead in the parking lot of the Menlyn Maine shopping center on Monday.

Strydom, 44, who had been running a towage business in Kempton Park for several years, was only on a short visit to South Africa after recently immigrating to Britain. He was shot in the chest in the parking lot of the Menlyn Maine shopping mall when he allegedly tried to help a friend.

According to information received, Strydom was at the center to meet a friend. An exchange of words broke out between this friend and another man who eventually shot Strydom.

Cedric Martel, owner of Le Martel Security, who was at the center for a meeting, said he also heard the fight at the far end of the parking lot.

According to Network 24, there were two anonymous eyewitnesses who saw the man shot by a “man with dark hair and a long ponytail”. Both also saw the fight but couldn’t figure out what it was about.

A security guard, who was on duty in the parking lot, told how they wer
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ANC wants to speed up expropriation process during Christmas holiday season

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The process to amend section 25 of the Constitution in order to fast-track expropriation without compensation suddenly gathered speed on Tuesday when a draft bill to amend the Constitution was tabled by the parliamentary legal services.

The Constitution Eighteenth Amendment Bill was tabled at a sitting of the ad hoc committee tasked with amending the Constitution.

This first bite at the wording of the constitutional amendment states that when the state and the land owner cannot agree on the price to be paid, a country may – where land and any improvements thereon are expropriated for the purposes of land reform – determine that the amount of compensation is nil.

Parliamentary legal services furthermore proposed inclusion of a section which requires national legislation to set out specific circumstances where a court may determine that the amount of compensation is nil.

The draft bill does not delete any part of the Constitution, but adds to it, meaning
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The perils of being white in South Africa – The slaughter continues but it is being ignored by the world

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At the end of September an article was published on South Africa Today with factual information about murders on the white community in the month of September 2019 in South Africa. The title of the article was “Slaughter in September. Ignored by the world”.

It was published in the belief that the white minority in South Africa faces a continuing slow war and genocide against them. Genocide is defined as ” the deliberate killing of a large group of people, especially those of a particular nation or ethnic group.” This would of course be by another race or ethnic group. In South Africa we do have that situation but it has been spread out over decades now, with mainstream media playing it down. It’s clear there is a problem, that is why hundreds of thousands of whites have left these shores to other countries all over the world. It is especially the children of the white community fleeing in droves now. Why would this be, if there is no slow genocide?

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Be vigilant! Criminals won’t be taking holidays – Farm attacks, murders, rapes, home invasions will still be taking place and you can be the next statistic

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This is a call to awareness for all South Africans. The Holidays are here, it is time to rest and have a break. But Oorgrens Veiligheid wishes to remind you to remain vigilant. Even when you’re going in holiday or camping in the bush. The enemy sadly is not going on holiday.

Do you feel his foul breath in your neck? Not? Feel again! Far too often we read that during farm attacks people were tied up and could only call for help well after the attack and that the farm murder victims couldn’t or didn’t make alarm in time.

And we read too little that farm attacks were averted or that attackers have been arrested.

What will your story be? If You’re staying, truth is, according to statistics you have a certain percent chance of being attacked. And someone will write your story.

Ask yourself today. Do you have enough lines of defense in place to buy yourself some, even 10 or 15 minutes before your Attackers get to you? And what shall the quickest response
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Brutal farm attack in Hartbeespoort, man tied up, severely beaten, ear cut off

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A brutal farm attack took place on 3 December 2019, in Hartbeespoort, North West province. A male victim was attacked in his home and badly assaulted and tied up. Whilst being tied up on the floor the attackers continued the assault by kicking and beating him. They then cut off his ear. The man was only found about 5 hours after the attack.

He was found lying in his own blood in a critical condition. The attackers fled with firearms and some money and household items. Two firearms were later found at fence of the property. There is no other information available at this stage. Police are investigating, there have been no arrests.

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Coffin duo gets lighter sentence after successful appeal

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The appeal of the so-called coffin duo was successful. Theo Jackson and Willem Oosthuizen’s sentence was reduced to five years, of which they have already served two years.

The two men were also sued for R400 000 by Victor Mlotsha after they forced him into a coffin.

Jackson was sentenced to 14 years and Oosthuizen to 11 years.

The two men who were shot after allegedly forcing another man into a coffin and, among other things, threatened to put a snake in the coffin with him.
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Van Reenen up in flames- traffic came to a halt after explosion on the famous route

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Motorists had to wait for hours before they could just pass through the famous Van Reenen from the Tugela Plaza due to a severe crisis.

A fire occurred due to a technical error that left a tanker in flames, but which also spread to an additional towing tank that was  filled with diesel.

The danger of huge explosions caused that no vehicle passed through the scene, and motorists was patiently waiting until everything subsided, a requirement for all.

On Monday, the cleaning process took hours to clear, and motorists were advised to use an alternative route that would mean many miles of detour.

Later, one lane was opened for traffic in both directions of the N3, but it took a long time before the traffic flow returned to normal.

However, unconfirmed reports say that another truck crashed into the tanker causing the fire, but the vehicle made it escape without being able to determine who its owners are.

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Van Reenen pas in vlamme gehul – motoriste vir ure vertraag na ontploffing op die bekende roete uitbreek

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Motoriste moes eers vir ure wag voordat hulle die bekende Van Reenen pas kon deurry vanaf die Tugela Plaza weens ’n geweldige krisis in die pas.

’n Brand het weens ’n tegniese fout ontstaan wat die tenkwa in ligte laaie gelaat het, maar wat ook versprei het na die aanhaak tenk wat saamgesleep was en met diesel brandstof gevul was.

Die gevaar van reuse ontploffings het veroorsaak dat geen voertuig die toneel kon verbysteek nie, en was geduldige wag tot alles bedaar het ’n vereiste vir almal.

Maandag het dit die skoonmaakproses ure lank geneem om op te ruim, en motoriste is aangeraai om van ’n alternatiewe roete gebruik te maak wat baie kilometers ompad beteken.

Later is een rybaan in beide rigtings van die N3 vir verkeer oopgestel, maar dit het nog lank geduur voordat die verkeersvloei na normaal teruggekeer het.

Onbevestigde berigte lui egter dat ’n ander vragmotor teen die tenkwa gebots het wat die brand laat ontstaan het, maar die voertuig het gemaak
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Vioolsdrif sets new temperature record with 54° Celsius, the highest temperature measurement in the world

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South Africa is suffering from one of its worst heat waves and will only turn to more livable climatic conditions by Wednesday.

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