Kaizer Chiefs defender Luke Fleurs has reportedly died on Wednesday night. Fleurs is said to have been shot and killed in Florida, in a botched car hijacking. A source close to the situation confirmed the news to Sunday World on Wednesday night. “Yes, it is true, Luke was gunned down in a Read more…
Four KwaZulu Natal women were scammed out of R97K by a fake pilot claiming to be from Los Angeles, California, USA. It is said that the man introduced himself as Ravi Kumar, an airline pilot, he would send friend requests to women on the social media platform Facebook, and during Read more…
Sol Plaatje University’s (SPU) Student Representative Council (SRC) president, Aifheli Israel Mulovhedzi, was arrested after he allegedly assaulted a first-year female student on Friday, 21 April 2023. Mulovhedzi, a fourth-year student, is said to have assaulted a female student at one of SPU’s Campus residences. The female student is said Read more…
A 34-year-old detective constable has been arrested for defeating the ends of justice after he attempted to book out a foreign national businessman, Frank Buyanga, from Johannesburg Correctional Service. The constable’s arrest was made by the Serious Corruption Investigation Unit on Friday, April 14, 2023. According to police spokesperson Katlego Read more…
An alleged Verulam drug dealer was shot dead shortly after leaving a bar in the early hours of Saturday on Wick Street, Verulam CBD. According to witnesses, three males in a silver BMW (registration unknown) pulled up next to him shortly after he left the bar. One of the men Read more…
A 17-year-old KwaZulu-Natal teenager, accused of raping his one-year-old sister, was beaten to death in Hazelmere. According to Reaction Unit South Africa, they received a call for assistance from the ward councillor. On arrival at the scene, RUSA members met with detectives from the Verulam SAPS and un-uniformed officers. It Read more…
Tuesday’s parliamentary briefing on the escape of rapist and murderer Thabo Bester from Mangaung Correctional Centre was unable to proceed when security company G4S, which operates the prison, declined to appear. Bester escaped from prison on 3 May 2022. The Parliamentary Committee on Justice and Correctional Services had invited G4S, Read more…
A Malawian couple was stabbed and hacked to death in their rented room on Saturday night in Redcliff, KZN. According to Reaction Unit South Africa, they were called to the scene at about 22:21 after neighbours discovered the lifeless bodies of the couple covered in blankets. “On arrival, Reaction Officers Read more…
A photo newly leaked to GroundUp confirms that Dr Nandipha Magudumana accompanied a man resembling Thabo Bester at a Sandton shop in June last year, almost two months after a prison fire that was announced to have killed Bester. More details have emerged of Bester’s apparent links to Magudumana’s multiple businesses. The Read more…
Residents of Ntuzuma – KZN are reeling in shock after a 28-year-old mother of four was allegedly kidnapped and raped repeatedly by two men over five days and nights. The victim’s ordeal came to light when she sought assistance from a resident of Ntuzuma – KZN on Friday, March 3, Read more…
