buy this article By Kotie Geldenhuys Photos courtesy of Pexels What began as a routine family trip quickly spiralled into a mother’s worst nightmare. A South African woman, married to a foreign businessman, agreed that her husband could take their children to his home country to introduce them to relatives while she remained behind for […]
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buy this article By Kotie Geldenhuys Photos/images courtesy of Unsplash Childhood is meant to be a time of learning, play and innocence. Sadly, for some children, it becomes the beginning of a journey into crime. Across many communities, young people are becoming involved in illegal activities at an age when they should still focus on
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buy this article By Brig (ret) Dirk Lambrechts QUESTIONDuring the latest State of the Nation (“SONA) address on 12 February 2026, Mr Cyril Ramaphosa announced that as the President, he is to deploy members of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) to combat crimes like “criminal gang activities” in Cape Town, Johannesburg and Gqeberha
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buy this article By Kotie Geldenhuys Photo courtesy of TPL By carrying the fuel that keeps South Africa moving, the Transnet Pipeline has become a target for organised criminal syndicates. What began as isolated theft has escalated into coordinated sabotage and large-scale fuel heists, triggering severe disruptions and deepening uncertainty across communities and industries. This
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buy this article By Kotie Geldenhuys Photo courtesy of Freepik A Sunday afternoon scroll through Netflix a few years ago led me to The Good Nurse, a film leaving a lasting impression. The story of Charles Cullen, a trusted nurse who secretly murdered dozens of patients, revealed a chilling betrayal at the core of healthcare.
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buy this article By Kotie Geldenhuys Photo courtesy of Freepik Just moments after leaving the bank, her routine trip turned into a nightmare. With a bag full of cash meant to pay workers’ wages, the company’s financial officer had no idea she was being followed. As she parked at the office building and stepped out
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buy this article By Kotie Geldenhuys Photo courtesy of Pixabay The bombing of Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) has become a major and escalating criminal threat in South Africa, with highly organised syndicates using commercial-grade explosives to destroy cash machines and steal millions of rand each year. Many of these attacks are carefully planned and conducted
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buy this article By Brig Dirk Lambrechts IntroductionThis National Prosecuting Authority Amendment Act 10 of 2024 (hereinafter referred to as the Amendment Act 10 of 2024), appears in English and Afrikaans in Government Gazette No 50713 dated 27 May 2024. Its main object is to amend the National Prosecuting Authority Act 32 of 1998 (hereinafter
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Buy this article QuestionOne of Servamus’s readers, who is a private investigator, reminds us that “a lot of the times a SAPS fingerprint expert takes a long while to report at a crime scene”. Accordingly, our reader wants to know whether an SAPS fingerprint expert is the only authorised person who may dust for, and
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Buy this article QuestionA reader refers Pollex to the Constitutional Court (“the Concourt”) judgment of AK v Minister of Police [2022] ZACC 14 (CC), and 2023 (1) SACR 113 (CC). This is the case in which Ms AK claimed damages (Afrikaans: “skadevergoeding”) from the SAPS in Gqeberha (formerly Port Elizabeth), in that the SAPS failed
