An attack on an EMS vehicle near Macassar over the weekend makes up 90 such incidents in nearly a year. Western Cape SAPS confirmed the incident that occurred in the early hours of Sunday morning, 15 March, noting that an ambulance was travelling along the N2 near Macassar to transport a patient to a hospital. Spokesperson, Constable Ndakhe Gwala, said reports suggest that at around 00:30, the ambulance was near a filling station when a rock landed on the vehicle. “The rock landed on the bonnet and went through the windscreen of the motor
Two suspects are set to appear in the Krugersdorp Magistrate’s Court tomorrow after a police raid at a house in Noordheuwel yesterday led to the confiscation of drugs valued at R1.7 million. Gauteng Police spokesperson Tintswalo Sibeko says they received information about drugs allegedly being kept at the premises. “Acting on the information, members of the Gauteng Highway Patrol proceeded to the identified address where they requested permission to conduct a search,
Rescuers from Wilderness Search And Rescue (WSAR) responded to an emergency on Platteklip Gorge after a 66-year-old Belgian woman collapsed while hiking with her husband on the lower section of the trail on Sunday morning. According to WSAR, the couple had walked from the Table Mountain Aerial Cableway Lower Cable Station to the base of the gorge in very hot conditions when the woman suddenly began to feel weak. “She sat down
A taxi driver’s day of reckoning came on Friday when he was arrested for outstanding warrants worth over R200 000. The City Of Cape Town says its traffic officers were conducting a roadblock operation along Jakes Gerwel Drive near the N2 on Friday when the 54-year-old driver was taken into custody. The Mayoral Committee Member for Safety and Security, JP Smith, says during routine checks on the driver and his vehicle, officers
Standard Bank has urged consumers to be extra vigilant as the country approaches the Easter holidays, arguing that South Africa is facing a sharp rise in multi-layered digital banking scams, driven by rapid advances in artificial intelligence. Standard Bank’s Head of Fraud Operations, Client Experience and Risk Execution, Marius le Roux, says fraudsters are no longer relying on a single trick. Instead, they blend highly convincing AI-driven spoofing, phishing, and vishing to
