TEARS flowed yesterday as the family of slain Eston farmer Mick Hampson (69) and a large contingent of farmers and supporters hugged each after his killer was jailed for life plus 15 years’ imprisonment. Sentencing Siboniso Mtolo (28), Pietermaritzburg High […]
KWAZULU-NATAL farmer Murray Hampson gave an emotional and dramatic testimony in the high court in Pietermaritzburg yesterday, saying he stared down the barrel of a gun and saw the gunman squeezing the trigger. He was recalling the moments before his […]
ALLEGED plans to once again target the Richmond Capitec Bank were coincidentally foiled when the heavily armed robbers realised there were police officers inside the bank on Monday. The robbers then turned on a soft target — a furniture shop — […]
HE may not be in police uniform any longer, but Vincent Mdunge still wants to fight crime. “Having worked as a policeman for more than two decades, I am able to draw comparisons between the police and private security,” he […]
THE days of political violence in Richmond are long gone, but violence has returned in the form of robberies and murders that have locals living in fear. When The Witness visited the town last week, business people and residents expressed […]