Robbers targeted two stores at a Cape Town shopping centre on Wednesday.They fled after taking electronic goods, including cellphones and laptops.Video footage of the incident was shared on social media platforms.A gang of armed robbers, who wore face masks and hats, targeted two stores in Tyger Valley Shopping Centre on Wednesday morning.Western Cape police said…
An unknown number of suspects ambushed a cash van on the R63 and blew it open with explosives. A motorist was hit by a stray bullet and taken to hospital after the gang opened fire at the cash truck.Police are appealing to the public to help trace the suspects.Eastern Cape police have launched a manhunt…
A Johannesburg woman was robbed at gunpoint in front of her home on Thursday.The armed robbers stole items valued at R50 000.A case of armed robbery is being investigated by police.Police are searching for armed robbers who stole R50 000 worth of items from a woman in front of her home in Sandton, north of…
An armed gang hit a pension pay point in KwaZulu-Natal, police say.The gang reportedly entered the supermarket premises in white overcoats and masks.Many pensioners left empty handed as the cash reserves were stolen.Pensioners, who were ready to receive their grant money, had to be sent back home after an armed gang pretending to be Covid-19…
Eastern Cape police are searching for two armed balaclava-clad suspects who stormed BT Ngebs Mall in Mthatha to rob a clothing store on Sunday morning. The robbers fled with an undisclosed amount of cash, a number of cellphones belonging to shop employees, and a jacket, said police spokesperson Colonel Sibongile Soci. The brazen attack stunned…
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