Archive for the ‘Murder’ Category

New Born Baby Found In Packet

A new born baby was found on a trail alongside a railway line in Hillcrest near Stonewall Road this morning. Two gentlemen walking along the trail found a packet in the middle of the path and noticed the new born. They quickly alerted the police, who notified ER24 and VEMA. Paramedics had to walk about [...]

Baby Found Dead At Dump Site outside Pietermaritzburg

A baby has been found by the local community at the New England Road rubbish dump site just outside Pietermaritzburg this afternoon. ER24 paramedics from Pietermaritzburg were called by the community to the scene and were shown were the baby was found. Paramedics found the baby boy who is to believe to be about two [...]

Road rage suspect claims self-defense

A man accused of beating a Pretoria businessman to death after a road rage incident last Friday has been released on bail of R20 000. Jaco du Toit, 45, appeared in a special Pretoria Magistrate’s Court yesterday where he pleaded not guilty to a charge of murder. According to the state, Du Toit – who [...]

One Male and Female Found Shot Dead at a Housing complex in George

An Incident occurred this afternoon in an unknown suburb of George. The ER24 emergency control room received a call that shots had been fired at a nearby housing complex and that paramedics are required at the scene. When the paramedics arrived at the scene they found two people in the bedroom of an apartment. Unfortunately [...]

Man dies in attempted hijacking in Port Elizabeth

A 61-year-old country club manager from Port Elizabeth was killed in an attempted hijacking, Eastern Cape police said on Tuesday. Walmer Country Club manager Jan Gerrit Hoekstra was on his way to the bank at about 10:00 on Monday when he was attacked on 9th Avenue in Walmer, said Captain Sandra Janse van Rensburg. “A [...]

Cape Town authorities warn tourists about crime hot spots

Cape Town authorities on Monday called on the tourism industry to caution visitors not to enter “unfamiliar areas” of the city, especially at night. This follows the killing of a British tourist at the weekend after she and her husband were hijacked in Gugulethu on Saturday night. The newly-wed couple, who arrived in Cape Town [...]

Young Man Killed in Good Samaritan Act

A twenty one year old man has been killed after allegedly being shot in Pietermaritzburg. ER24 paramedics were called to the scene of suspected mugging on the corners or Bombay and Old Grey Road. It is believed that a young woman in her late twenties, was walking up to New Grey Road when two unknown [...]

Asian Male Killed After Attack

A twenty four year old Asian male has been assaulted and killed in Lesuer Street, Worchester this evening. ER24 paramedics rushed to the scene and found the young man lying in the middle of the road. Under closer investigation, paramedics found the man had suffered massive lacerations and was lying in a pool of blood. [...]

Neighbour makes a Shocking Discovery in Ottery

A shocking discovery in Ottery has shaken the local community to its core. At approximately 17:00 today a concerned neighbor went to investigate the whereabouts of a family in his neighborhood. In the garage, still sitting in the idling motor vehicle, the man discovered the lifeless bodies of a father and his two sons. When [...]

Woman Stabbed Near Long Market Street

A woman has died after allegedly being stabbed by an unknown suspect while she was walking near Long Market Street in Pietermaritzburg. The twenty nine year old woman was allegedly walking on a pathway between two churches near Long Market Street, accompanied by her two young children, a boy and girl aged between six and [...]