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Buffalo City Metro’s jobs promise for 100 ex-convicts and recovering addicts has not yet kicked off, with the city saying on Monday that plans were being finalised to start the process.
An explosion of crime in Buffalo City has residents living in fear as petty crimes, break-ins, robberies, violent crimes, home invasions and now kidnappings are becoming more and more common, even in supposedly safe suburban areas. Red Alert’s Brett Harvey said Beacon Bay, Nahoon, Bonnie Doon and the city centre had all experienced marked increases in break-ins in recent weeks.
Two men stormed into the Absa Bank at Vincent Park in East London on Thursday and robbed a customer of an undisclosed amount of money.
A quiet ransom exchange in the seclusion of East London's Nahoon Dam turned into a violent shootout as East London police foiled a hostage situation on Tuesday morning. One kidnapper was shot dead and a police officer was shot and injured on the scene. East London police tactical response units, including the Mdantsane flying squad and a team of hostage negotiators, responded when the family of a kidnapping victim was given instructions to make a ransom drop at an open field near Nahoon Da...
Explosions and gunshots shattered the peace in East London's West Bank on Monday night as bandits tried to blow up the locks to get into an armoured cash-in-transit vehicle at Fidelity's premises.