Pretoria man word nog ‘n statistiek van taxi geweld na aanval met baksteen

Hulle het geslaan om dood te slaan. Carel Kruger (43) was oortuig daarvan toe die baksteen-houe vir die soveelste keer op hom neerreën. Selfs toe hy bebloed na twee lede van die Tshwane-metropolisie gehardloop het, een aan die baadjie gegryp en gesmeek het: “Help!” het een van die aanvallers nog ’n hou ingekry. “Die twee metropolisiemanne het net daar gestaan. Hulle was gewapen, maar het niks gedoen nie.” Toe vlug Kruger maar tussen die voertuie in Lavenderweg in die noorde van Pretoria in en bel ’n vriend om hulp. Ander lede van die Tshwane-metropolisie het wel later ingegryp en twee vermeende aanvallers gevang, maar Kruger sê hy gaan klagte indien teen die twee wat volgens hom net gestaan en kyk het hoe hy veg vir sy lewe. “Ek is kwaad. Omdat ons so moet lewe, dat ek net nog ’n slagoffer is soos duisende ander,” sê hy. Hy het Vrydagaand net na 19:00 in Lavenderweg gery toe ’n wit taxi bane verwissel en amper reg voor hom inry. “Ek het getoet en ligte geflik…
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KammaFrans Guesthouse – One of our best sellers in Pretoria!

KammaFrans Guesthouse is located in Pretoria, 3.2 km from Pick 'n Pay and 4.7 km from Pretoria Boardwalk. Some rooms have a sitting area to relax in after a busy day. A terrace or patio are featured in certain rooms. The rooms come with a private bathroom. A flat-screen TV is featured. You will find a shared kitchen at the property. You can play ping-pong at this guesthouse, and the area is popular for golfing. Mooikloof bowls club house is 4.8 km from KammaFrans Guesthouse, and Wapadrand Shopping Centre is 5 km from the property. The nearest airport is O.R. Tambo International Airport, 38.6 km from KammaFrans Guesthouse. Free public parking is available on site (reservation is not needed). Facilities available: - Free Parking - Spa - Family Rooms - Airport Shuttle - WiFi - Non-Smoking Rooms To view more facilities at this venue then just click on the link below..... Book your room at this Hotel now! Find and Book your Cheap Flights here!
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Search intensifies for missing Pretoria businessman,Omar Carrim 76

Gauteng MEC for Community Safety Sizakele Nkosi-Malobane on Monday met the family of Pretoria businessman Omar Carrim, who went missing after leaving his Home Hyper City shop in the CBD on Thursday last week. Nkosi-Malobane, with Tshwane West South African Police Services (SAPS) Cluster Commander Maj-Gen Daniel Mtombeni, assured the Carrim family that no stone is being left un-turned in the extensive search for the 76-year-old father of five. Carrim’s car, a Mercedes-Benz E300, which he was driving at the time, was found torched extensively near the Hennops Road (R511) outside Atteridgeville on Friday. Anti-crime activist Yusuf Abramjee, who is also spokesperson for the distraught family, said no ransom demand has been made. “We appeal to the public to come forward with any information. Someone, somewhere, somehow knows something. Omar’s car was found torched. It appears we are dealing with a dangerous syndicate,” said Abramjee. “The family appeals to the abducto…
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Oorledene se naasbestaandes steeds soek

Die oorledene wie se naasbestaandes gesoek word. Foto: Verskaf

Die Pretoriase polisie is steeds op soek na die naasbestaandes van ʼn middeljarige man wie se liggaam onlangs langs ʼn rivier in Pretoria gevind is.

Konst. Mandlakayise Zwane, woordervoerder van die Wonderboompoort-polisie in die stad se Moot-gebied, het Maandag aan Maroela Media gesê die man se liggaam is op 4 Julie omstreeks 11:40 langs die Apiesrivier in Capital Park aangetref.

“Die man het nie enige sigbare wonde of beserings opgedoen nie. ʼn Geregtelike doodsondersoek is gedoen aangesien geen vuilspel vermoed is nie. Die man was ʼn hawelose wat in die gebied in die veld geslaap het en het ʼn groen baadjie en rooi broek aangehad toe hy gevind is,” het Zwane gesê.

Zwane het gesê die uitslag van die nadoodse ondersoek is verkry en toon aan dat die man aan natuurlike oorsake dood is. Hy was tussen 45 en 50 jaar oud.

Die polisie het ʼn foto van die man uitgerei…

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Spoorlyn in die weste van Pretoria kry nuwe baaidjie danksy publiek en Transnet

’n Uiterste verwaarloosde spoorlyn wat aan die weste van Pretoria geleë is, het gedurende die week ’n nuwe baadjie gekry. Die spoorlyn wat oor ’n groot gebied in die weste strek was vir ’n geruime tyd ’n groot probleem vir die plaaslike gemeenskap. Volgens DA-raadslid Elma Nel was die spoorlyn ’n reuse probleem in haar wyk. Sy vertel dat vir die eerste keer was daar goeie samewerking vanaf beide Transnet en die publiek. Nel spreek haar dankbaarheid uit teenoor almal wat ’n handjie bygesit het met die opruimings werk en loof die betrokke partye vir hul bereidwilligheid om te help. Nel beklemtoon dat sy alreeds van die begin van die jaar haar bemoei het met die skoonmaak van die spoorlyn. Volgens ’n inwoner, net bekend as Sarel, is hy verheug oor die skoonmaaksessie. Sarel vertel dat hy die afgelope 36 jaar in die gebied woon. Hy skryf die oorsaak toe aan onwettige storting wat gereeld plaasvind. Sarel vertel skertsend dat hy enkele dae te vore onwettige storters by die spo…
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Polisie soek oorledene se naasbestaandes

Die oorledene wie se naasbestaandes gesoek word. Foto: Verskaf

Die polisie is op soek na die naasbestaandes van ʼn middeljarige man wie se liggaam onlangs langs ʼn rivier in Pretoria gevind is.

Konst. Mandlakayise Zwane, woordervoerder van die Wonderboompoort-polisie in die stad se Moot-gebied, het Donderdag aan Maroela Media gesê die man se liggaam is op 4 Julie omstreeks 11:40 langs die Apiesrivier in Capital Park aangetref.

“Die man het nie enige sigbare wonde of beserings opgedoen nie. ʼn Geregtelike doodsondersoek is gedoen aangesien geen vuilspel vermoed is nie. Die man was ʼn hawelose wat in die gebied in die veld geslaap het en het ʼn groen baadjie en rooi broek aangehad toe hy gevind is,” het Zwane gesê.

Zwane het gesê die uitslag van die nadoodse ondersoek is verkry en toon aan dat die man aan natuurlike oorsake dood is. Hy was tussen 45 en 50 jaar oud.

Die polisie het ʼn foto van die man uitgereik en is nou op s…

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425 on Wisteria in the Faerie Glen area – What an awesome place to stay at !!

425 on Wisteria is located in the Faerie Glen neighborhood in Pretoria, 1 km from Faerie Glen Shopping Centre and 1 km from Pic n Pay (Faerie Glen - Pretoria). Free WiFi is available and free private parking is available on site. The rooms are fitted with a flat-screen TV. Some units have a sitting area for your convenience. You will find a kettle in the room. Decor Shopping Centre is 1.1 km from 425 on Wisteria, and NG Church Valleisig is 1.1 km from the property. The nearest airport is O.R. Tambo International Airport, 40.2 km from the property. Free private parking is available on site (reservation is not needed). Facilities available: Flat-screen TV To view more facilities at this venue, please click on the link below..... Book your room at this Hotel now! Find and Book your Cheap Flights here!
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Na drie dekades wil Gert van Rooyen se Seun saak heropen

Na bykans drie dekades lig pedofiel Gert van Rooyen se seun vir die eerste keer die sluier oor wat hy beweer op die dag van Gert en sy houvrou Joey Haarhoff se dood gebeur het. “Daar was nooit ‘n selfmoordpakt tussen my pa en Joey nie,” sê Gerhard in ’n video-opname wat op Facebook geplaas is. Gerhard het ook nadoodse foto’s van sy pa en Joey op Facebook gelaai. Hy het kenners uitgedaag om te bepaal dat die paartjie wel selfmoord gepleeg het. Van Rooyen en Haarhoff het na bewering tienermeisies tussen 1988 en 1990 in Pretoria ontvoer. In Januarie 1990 is die 16-jarige Joan Booysen ontvoer. Sy kon egter kort daarna uit die paartjie se huis in Pretoria ontsnap waarna sy die polisie op hul spoor gesit het. Van Rooyen en Haarhoff het dae later op die vlug geslaan toe hulle die polisie voor hul huis in Capital Park gewaar het. Hulle het in ‘n motor tot by die Apiesrivierbrug gejaag waar Van Rooyen glo eers Haarhoff en toe homself doodgeskiet het. Gerhard sê: …
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We’ll deal with criminals ourselves, threaten Faerie Glen residents

Pretoria - Residents of Faerie Glen in Pretoria East have threatened to take matters into their own hands to deal with an increase in crime in the area if police did not intervene. They said the community was being held hostage by criminals after a surge in housebreakings and muggings over the past few months. Reports of crime from the suburb and nearby Faerie Glen Nature Reserve have emerged, with the first crime inside the reserve taking place two weeks ago after a 10-year record of safety and security. A woman was attacked while running on the trail in the reserve and all her gear, including shoes, cellphone, hydration backpack and sunglasses were taken. Warnings began going up on social media, where trail runners were asked to be cautious and not to run on their own, as criminals, often wielding knives and wearing balaclavas, were on the prowl. The criminals are said to gain entry into the nature reserve through Atterbury Bridge and using the Manitoba Bridge …
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La Apartmente is a place where you can chill for a weekend !!

Located 201 m from MG Design Box, La Apartmente offers accommodations in Pretoria. The property is 201 m from Plaaswinkel and free private parking is available. The kitchen is equipped with an oven and a microwave. A flat-screen TV is featured. Other facilities at La Apartmente include a barbecue. University of Pretoria - Conference Centre is 0.6 km from La Apartmente, and Hatfield Plaza (Rear parking entrance) is 0.6 km away. The nearest airport is Lanseria (Johannesburg) Airport, 37 km from La Apartmente. Free private parking is available on site (reservation is not needed). Facilities available: - Free Parking - Airport Shuttle - Non-Smoking Rooms - BBQ Facilities To view more facilities at this venue, please click on the link below..... Book your room at this Hotel now! Find and Book your Cheap Flights here!
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