Gauteng authorities have arrested a 33-year-old man for driving at 229 kilometres per hour on the N4 highway in Bronkhorstspruit. Gauteng Department of Community Safety spokesperson Ofentse Morwane said the Gauteng Traffic Police High Speed Unit arrested the man at about midday on Friday for driving at 229 km/h in …
Read More »SAA passengers robbed whilst sleeping
The suspects who allegedly stole from sleeping passengers aboard a South African Airways (SAA) flight en route to Hong Kong from Johannesburg could not be arrested “as there was no evidence linking them directly to the incident”. This is after two passengers approached the flight’s cabin crew before landing, complaining …
Read More »Four injured after two vehicles collide
Two people sustained serious injuries, and two others sustained minor injuries after a bakkie and a light motor vehicle collided on Beyers Naude drive and Boland road in Honeydew this afternoon. When ER24 paramedics arrived on the scene shortly after 15H00, they found two vehicles next to the road. Upon …
Read More »Man shot-and-killed in parking lot
A man was shot-and-killed last night in a parking lot on Rose Street in Claremont, west of Johannesburg. ER24 paramedics arrived on the scene at 23h20 to find the local authorities already in attendance. Upon closer inspection, paramedics found the body of the man lying in the middle of the …
Read More »Traffic Officers arrested in Polokwane
A total of 10 traffic officers were arrested in Polokwane today as part of Operation Siyabangena to deal with bribery and corruption in the traffic law enforcement fraternity. The arrests followed intensive investigations by the Road Traffic Management Corporation’s National Traffic Anti-Corruption Unit together with the Directorate of Priority Crime …
Read More »Six suspects arrested at the Mamelodi vehicle testing station
The clampdown on corruption at the vehicle testing station has continued with six suspects arrested in Mamelodi, Tshwane today The six which included three females and three males were nabbed when members of the Road Traffic Management Corporation’s National Anti-Corruption Unit, the South African Police Organised Crime Unit and the …
Read More »Child killed, four others injured after vehicle rollover on the corners of the R511 and M26
A three-year-old girl was killed and four others sustained moderate injuries after the vehicle they were travelling in rolled on the corners of the R511 and M26 in Erasmia last night. When ER24 arrived on the scene at 22H45, another medical service was already in attendance. Upon further assessment, paramedics …
Read More »Car rear-ends bus leaving twelve injured in Benoni.
Twelve people were left injured this afternoon when a light motor vehicle rear-ended a bus on the N12 near the Daveyton turnoff in Benoni. ER24 paramedics arrived at a nearby farm where the patients were transported to. Upon assessment, paramedics found that twelve people from the bus had sustained minor …
Read More »Robbery in Hillbrow and attempted murder
A police officer based at the Railway police was involved in a shooting incident with a suspect who had been involved in a business robbery at about 17:30 today, 17 January 2018 at Walmarts and Simmons streets, Braamfontein. This follows after the suspect shot and wounded three members of the …
Read More »Man stabbed-and-killed in a parking lot off Stubbs Street
A man, believed to be in his 30s, was killed this afternoon when he was stabbed in a parking lot off Stubbs Street in Randfontein. ER24 paramedics, along with the SAPS, arrived on the scene to find the body of a man lying in the parking lot. Paramedics assessed the …
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