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Luke Fleurs of Team South Africa makes his way towards the pitch prior to the Men’s First Round Group A match between France and South Africa on day two of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Saitama Stadium on July 25, 2021 in Saitama, Japan. (Photo by Buda Mendes – FIFA/FIFA via Getty Images)

Six arrested for murder of Kaizer Chiefs defender Luke Fleurs

The arrests were made early on Wednesday in Soweto, two days after detectives recovered Fleurs’s car

The National Register for Sex Offenders (NRSO) is still in a “legislative review process” after its release was halted in February to address the confidentiality and disclosure clauses that prevent public access, the ministry of justice and constitutional development said

eThekwini metro police arrest six men linked to parts stolen from municipal vehicles

The arrests come during an increase in municipal vehicle hijackings

Women’s University in Harare

Slice of life: Hijacked, but it felt like a movie

‘I realised I needed to keep quiet because, if I didn’t, I was going to die’

Rather safe than sorry: schools need to have a plan for potential crises

Being prepared for potential crises is essential for schools.

Second suspect arrested for honeymoon murder case

A second suspect has been arrested in connection with the hijacking and murder of a tourist in Gugulethu at the weekend.

Police snipers kill two hijackers in hostage drama

Two hijackers were shot dead by snipers following a 20-hour hostage drama outside Petrusburg in the Free State on Tuesday morning, paramedics said.

Judy Sexwale’s hijacker gets 15 years

The man who hijacked Judy Sexwale has been sentenced to 15 years’ jail by the Wynberg Magistrate’s Court in Johannesburg, The Star reported o

Dube detectives give conflicting testimony

Contradictory versions by two detectives of how two of the men accused of murdering Lucky Dube were arrested were heard in the Jo’burg High Court.

Dube trial within a trial granted

A chance that a witness saw the accused in the Lucky Dube murder trial before an identity parade led to an adjournment in the Jo’burg High Court.

Panelbeater testifies in Lucky Dube trial

A witness in the Lucky Dube murder trial identified one of the accused as having asked him to fix a green Polo, the Jo’burg High Court heard.

Taxi hijackers arrested

Three people were arrested in Daveyton, Benoni, for hijacking a taxi at gunpoint, police said on Tuesday.

Hijacker arrested after car chase in Pretoria

The hijacking of a black VW Polo Playa led to an arrest after a car chase in the Pretoria city centre on Saturday morning, said police on Sunday.

Man shot dead on N1 highway in Jo’burg

A 32-year-old man was shot dead with his own firearm in an apparent botched hijacking on the N1 highway north-west of Johannesburg on Thursday.

Jo’burg cops nab hijacking kingpin

Johannesburg metro police arrested a suspected hijack kingpin in Soweto on the weekend who has been linked to 19 hijackings and armed robberies.

Relieved Sudanese home after hijacking ordeal

Passengers from a hijacked Sudanese jet returned home to families on Thursday, having feared they would die at the hands of the gunmen.

Sudanese plane hijackers surrender

Hijackers of a Sudanese airliner surrendered to authorities in Libya after releasing all the passengers on Wednesday, Libya’s aviation authority said.

Hijackers free Sudanese plane hostages

The hijackers of a Sudanese plane that was forced to land in Libya released all passengers on Wednesday, a Libyan aviation authority official said.

Hijackers of Darfur plane refuse negotiations

The hijackers of a plane that took off from Sudan’s Darfur region were refusing to negotiate on Wednesday after landing at a remote desert airfield.

Stiff sentences in cigarette hijack case

Two masterminds of a series of hijackings of cigarette vehicles belonging to British American Tobacco were on Tuesday slapped with lengthy jail terms.

Two suspected hijackers die in police shoot-out

Two suspected hijackers were shot dead during a shoot-out with the police in Atteridgeville in Pretoria, police said on Sunday.