Terrified Community Cries for Help After a String of Armed Robberies Targeting Foreign Nationals

A Limpopo community is living in fear after a criminal gang shot its way into a residential compound for two consecutive nights and robbed foreign nationals operating spaza shops of cash and a luxury car.

According to residents of Ga-Mokgwathi Village outside Tzaneen, a group of around 20 men armed with firearms and hammers broke into the secure compound shortly after 2 am on Wednesday, August 19, and started firing shots.

They forced the gate open, brokeREAD MORE

A 38-year-old Free State man accused of raping a woman in 2009 has been arrested after spending 17 years on the run, with police saying the case demonstrates that suspects wanted for serious crimes can still be brought to justice years after the alleged offences.

Tshediso Emmanuel Makamole was arrested at about 8.30 pm on Tuesday in Phase 10, Mangaung, after members of the Free State Provincial Tracking Team received information about his whereabouts.

His arrest formedREAD MORE

BEIJING, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) — Chinese President Xi Jinping held talks with President of the Republic of Ecuador Daniel Roy-Gilchrist Noboa Azín in Beijing on Tuesday.

African Times has published this article in partnership with Xinhua News Agency

BEIJING, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) — The Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (NPC), the State Council, the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) and the Central Military Commission (CMC) held a grand gathering at the Great Hall of the People on the morning of Aug. 17 to commemorate the birth centenary of Comrade Jiang Zemin, a great Marxist, proletarian revolutionary, statesman, military strategist and diplomat, andREAD MORE

The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) in Gauteng has called for the immediate suspension of Democratic Alliance (DA) Ekurhuleni proportional representation councillor Kabelo Mahonko following his arrest on allegations of kidnapping and murder.

Mahonko appeared before the Benoni Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday, 19 August, after being arrested in connection with the alleged kidnapping and assault of two men, one of whom later died from his injuries.

The allegations have prompted the EFF to question the DA’s response toREAD MORE

ActionSA has approached the North Gauteng High Court in an attempt to force the South African Police Service to disclose records relating to disciplinary proceedings that cleared two Presidential Protection Service members implicated in the fallout from the Phala Phala farm robbery.

The opposition party says the disciplinary process involving Major General Wally Rhoode and Constable Rekhoto was inadequate and amounted to an attempt to shield officials who allegedly played a role in the handling and investigation ofREAD MORE

South African Police Service (SAPS) detectives are searching for 40-year-old Hlengiwe Goodness Buthelezi, who is wanted in connection with the murder of Johannesburg media personality Warrick “DJ Warras” Stock.

Gauteng police said on Wednesday that detectives attached to the Provincial Investigation Unit Serious and Violent Crimes were seeking the public’s assistance in locating Buthelezi, who is wanted for alleged conspiracy to commit murder and murder.

Police said the offences relate to Stock’s killing inREAD MORE

The initiative aims to expand cultivation, support farmers and strengthen value addition in the agricultural sector

Kenya is planning to increase its annual bixa production capacity to at least 3,000 tonnes. Agriculture and Livestock Development Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe announced the initiative during a visit to Kwale County, highlighting its potential to expand cultivation and create new opportunities for farmers in the coastal region, reports Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (KBC).

The programme will focus on increasing the numberREAD MORE

City Power is investigating whether a series of attacks on critical electricity infrastructure in Johannesburg could be linked to a coordinated criminal operation after two suspects were arrested in connection with the vandalism of a switching station in Roodepoort.

The arrests follow an undercover operation at the Reyger Switching Station in Witpoortjie, where six switch gears were removed from their panels and vandalised.

The incident, which occurred over the weekend, is among a string of attacks thatREAD MORE

This unique method not only records the geometric shapes of heritage sites with millimetre-level precision, but also identifies their mineral composition and hidden damage

Chinese scientists have successfully employed 3D hyperspectral imaging technology for the first time to create comprehensive digital archives of two ancient Buddhist grottoes at the Yungang Grottoes in Shanxi Province. This was reported by Science and Technology Daily, a partner of TV BRICS.

According to Li Lihong, a researcher at theREAD MORE