A 13-year-old boy was killed after a taxi hit a cow on the P100 in Ndwedwe on Sunday.
Motorists contacted RUSA for assistance on the scene. According to RUSA, they found the scene attended by the Provincial Ambulance Service.
The questioning was carried out, and it was established that the Taxi struck a cow before the driver veered across the oncoming lane. The taxi collided with a metal barrier which ripped the sliding door off the vehicle and threw out a teenager who was seated by the door seat.
The taxi plummed down an embankment ( a wall) before it came to a stop. The driver was reported to have fled the scene. He was suspected of driving under the influence of alcohol. Six other children sustained minor moderate injuries.
They were transported privately to a medical facility. The 13-year-old sustained life-threatening injuries and was pronounced deceased at the scene. It is alleged that the children are related to the driver who was transporting them to a family member`s residence at the time of the accident.
The cow sustained minor injuries and left the scene prior to the arrival of First Responders.
Several scholars escaped from a vehicle that burst into flames while they were being transported to school this morning.
Assistance was called for by the local reaction security company. According to RUSA, they received the call around 07:02. They arrived at the scene and discovered a VW Microbus engulfed in flames.
The driver told the officers that he had purchased the vehicle two weeks ago. He went on to say that the vehicle had been at the panel beater and that today was the first day he actually used the vehicle to fury children to school when it suddenly burst into flames.
The cause of the fire was not established and no injuries were reported.
Reaction Unit South Africa made a huge arrest of three out of four cash-in-transit robbers in Verulam.
According to RUSA, the arrests were made following an event that started with a cash-in-transit robbery on Ireland Street in the Verulam CBD. The robbers fled on foot with the cash box.
They then hijacked a champagne-colored Toyota Corolla (picture 2) and sped off. While on the run on Wick Street, the getaway vehicle struck a 57-year-old pedestrian. The robbers continued driving and collided with a white Toyota Hiace (picture 4) at the Wick & Ireland Street intersection. The taxi plummeted several meters down an embankment.
Witnesses contacted RUSA after they noticed armed suspects exiting the Toyota Corolla and hijacking a black VW Golf which fled on the M27 in the direction of Waterloo. Reaction Officers converged on the initial scene where the money box was recovered (picture 3).
An extensive search spanning two and a half hours was then launched for the suspects. RUSA Members spotted the black VW Golf stationary near the Waterloo Phase 6 entrance. Two suspects alighted from the vehicle and fled in different directions.
Officers split up and requested additional backup. The first suspect was apprehended after a search of the sugar cane plantation approximately five kilometers from the initial scene. The second suspect fled through a bush and attempted to evade arrest while fleeing through properties.
A RUSA Member observed the robber’s movements from an elevated position and directed other Officers to his location via two-way radio. The suspect was thereafter located hiding in a bush. Both robbers are Mozambican nationals. They were placed under arrest and detained at SAPS Verulam.
Emer-G-Med paramedics responded to the scene of a shooting incident on Havelock Road in the Greenwood Park area.
On arrival on the scene, two men were found to have been shot multiple times and were treated and stabilized on the scene before being taken to a nearby hospital for further care.
Reports from the scene allege that the men were seated in a vehicle when they were sprayed with bullets from a passing vehicle.
The South African Police Services were in attendance and will be conducting the necessary investigation accordingly.
Warning: This article contains graphic images & is not for sensitive readers.
A 45-year-old man was shot during a robbery on an unnamed road in Mawotana this morning (Thursday).
RUSA was contacted by the residents requesting assistance for the injured male. The officers arrived on the scene and found the victim sitting on the pavement bleeding from a wound on his left thigh.
The victim was on his way to meet his employer in the construction industry in Phoenix, he explained that when he was on his way he was confronted by a lone gunman. The suspect demanded his valuables, and when he attempted to flee, two rounds were fired.
One round of the two rounds fired, struck his left thigh. The suspect thereafter stole R650 in cash before he fled in an unknown direction.
The man was treated for his injury on the scene before being transported to the hospital in stable condition.
Members of Reaction Unit South Africa (RUSA) have arrested two suspects believed to be directly linked to a Truck Hijacking Syndicate operating in Durban.
Around 4 pm Tuesday, local security company RUSA received a tip-off that five males were tempering with a refrigerated trailer on the R102 Northbound lane abeam King Shaka International Airport (KSIA). They had a white Toyota Corolla which was their getaway car.
Reaction officers arrived on the scene and in an attempt to approach the men, four of the men sped off in the white Toyota Corolla. One suspect was fleeing on foot behind the getaway vehicle trying to stop it.
The officers split into two groups with one group in pursuit of the getaway vehicle while another team initiated a foot chase. The first suspect was apprehended about 500m from the trailer. He was found in possession of an unlicensed 9mm pistol (picture 3) a mobile phone and bank cards.
An inspection through his phone was carried out regarding hijackings and drop-off locations of trucks. Several videos of suspects that were recorded inside truck cabins were also found in the phone media gallery. One video identified the truck that was hijacked on Monday that was reported at Bellair SAPS Case 105/01/2023.
The getaway vehicle was recovered on Old Main Road in Canelands following a high-speed chase. The driver was apprehended shortly after exiting the vehicle. He informed Reaction Officers that he was employed at an E-Hailing company and he was used by the hijackers to pick and drop them at various locations.
A second set of number plates were recovered in the boot. An extensive search of the surrounding cane field was conducted for the remaining suspects, however, no further arrests were made.
The owner of the trailer arrived shortly thereafter and informed Reaction Offices that his driver & conductor were hijacked by five men in a white Toyota Corolla last night (Monday) near Edwin Swales. The victims were driven to Kwa Mashu where a second truck hitched the trailer that was loaded with R250 000 worth of perishable goods.
The hijacked truck was abandoned and the victims were released without injury. Upon inspection of the trailer following the arrest, it was discovered that the entire loaded was still intact.
Both suspects and all exhibits were handed over to the Tongaat SAPS for further investigation.
Reaction Unit South Africa lines were buzzed multiple times with reports of murder-suicide in Lenham. Residents called for assistance after a man gunned down a female on aGlosen Place, later on, he turned the gun at himself and killed himself.
As the reaction officers arrived on the scene they discovered the body of a female believed to be in her late thirties lying on the road outside her property. She sustained a single gunshot wound on her head.
Due to the degree of injury, she was pronounced deceased. The body of the partner who also was in his late thirties was discovered in his flat one road away from the initial shooting.
It is alleged the two were in a relationship. The man allegedly confronted the female outside her residence where they started a heated argument.
He produced a firearm and shot her before he fled to his flat. The deceased`s teenage daughter from a previous relationship was in the house at the time of the incident.
The male requested a glass of water from his mother and requested that he see his 13-year-old son from his first marriage when he returned to his home. He allegedly embraced his son before taking his life.
He used the .38 special (picture below). According to his mother, he purchased the firearm on Saturday. The weapon is believed to be unlicensed but this is yet to be confirmed.
Circumstances surrounding the murder/suicide were not immediately established.
A family in Amanzimnyama discovered a human skull in their yard this morning. They called for assistance from RUSA with the situation as it came as a surprise to the unsuspecting family.
The officers arrived on the scene and discovered the human remains on the lawn. The homeowner told the officers that two of his dogs have a tendency of exiting the yard through a hole in the fence. He mentioned that the dogs do this as a habit and go into the dense forest next to their house to forage.
He went on to mention that he believe the dogs were located and returned the human remains to the yard while they were asleep.
The jaw bone on the skull appears fractured/dislocated.
The National Funeral Practitioners Association says the constant load shedding is making it difficult for people to bury their loved ones within the recommended four-day period.
The planned power cuts are causing havoc in the funeral industry, which is struggling to process corpses.
Families have been urged to bury their loved ones within four days of their death to avoid possible decaying.
But the association’s Dududu Maganu says mortuaries should have backup systems for when load shedding hits.
“With the decision of whether one is buried is not entirely made based on the heat or load shedding. It depends on the readiness of the family financially, particularly because of the financial implications attached to this on whether the family is able to pay for the funeral or the service. ”
“So there’s a number of things that need to be looked at. Some families will be submitting claims and because of load shedding, those claims will no longer be processed between 24 and 48 hours. Some of them are being posted up to 72 hours or more.”
A dark cloud has fallen over Ugu District Municipality with two of its most senior leaders have died in the space of three days.
Newly appointed municipal manager (MM) Dr. Elliott Ntombela died in hospital last Saturday. Mayor Phumlile Mthiyane died suddenly on Monday this week.
Mthiyane began her reign as mayor of the district in November 2021. At that stage Ntombela was serving as the acting MM. Ntombela was admitted to a hospital in Richards Bay, where his family is based. He had gone to visit for the holidays as he was on leave.
He was in the hospital for just over two weeks. Mthiyane died at her home in Uvongo from a suspected heart attack. The municipality issued statements confirming the deaths.
Mthiyane, who was born and raised in Izingolweni, KwaShobashobane, leaves behind five children. She served in many political structures over the years, including the youth and women’s leagues.
In 2011, she was sworn in as a councilor at Ezinqoleni Municipality.
In 2018, she became deputy mayor of Ugu and in December 2021 was elected mayor. She had been in the position for only 14 months. Mthiyane is not the first Ugu mayor to die while in office. Tolomane Myayiza died in December 2016 and had been in office for only four months.
Mthiyane’s brother, Zakhele Shozi, said her death was ‘really painful’ for them.
“She would call me every day, I knew her every move as we were always talking.”
Mthiyane’s funeral service will be held at Ugu Sports and Leisure Centre this Sunday. Mzwandile Mkhize, Ntombela’s brother-in-law, said the MM had been diagnosed with stage four cancer.
“He was admitted to the hospital on December 31. He was discharged after a few days but went back again because he was suffering from severe abdominal pain and was vomiting. The cancer was then discovered and he died less than three weeks after that.”
Mkhize said that despite the best efforts of doctors, who had started giving him treatment, there was nothing they could do as both his kidneys had been damaged.
Ntombela leaves behind his wife and three children (two boys and a girl).
He was officially appointed as the MM in October 2022, after being in the position in an acting capacity for over a year. He was laid to rest in Richards Bay yesterday.
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