What makes South Africa so special
The explosion ripped through the cash van, peeled off its roof and reverberated through a residential neighbourhood 800m away.
The robbers used four separate sets of explosives – possibly dynamite – and despite the earth-shattering blasts, they still couldn’t get to the money.
Several minutes after they stopped traffic on the busy N3 highway in Ekurhuleni (Edenvale), [...]
Man tries to break world record by spending more than 110 days with snakes, while the criminals try and break the world record for crime in South Africa.
The money, donated by visitors to the park, was meant for the charity Save-a-Child.
“I’ve had many close encounters with snakes these past 85 days,” Smit told the newspaper, [...]
Robber shot dead in Sandringham heist
A 30-year-old man was shot dead by police as a gang of five gunmen attempted to rob a cash-in-transit van in Sandringham in Johannesburg on Wednesday, Gauteng police said.
Inspector Moses Maphakela said security guards from a cash-in-transit company stopped at a Shell garage in George Avenue to collect money [...]