HARD work coupled with a stroke of luck resulted in police arresting a gunman suspected to be involved in a dramatic Mountain Rise armed robbery in May. Senzo Thobani Ntombela (33) appeared briefly in the Pietermaritzburg Magistrate’s Court yesterday after […]
AN Eston man who fell victim to armed attackers yesterday knew he had to keep his cool in order to survive. Arnold Pretorius (41) endured a 45-minute ordeal at the hands of three men — two with guns and one […]
2015-05-23 10:45 POLICE yesterday made a breakthrough in a house robbery case in which a prominent KZN businessman was targeted. Two vehicles involved in the heist were found. Magma Security was yesterday alerted to an abandoned white Subaru Forester spattered […]
ONE of Pietermaritzburg’s best known crime fighters was nursing a gunshot wound to the cheek last night after a dramatic confrontation with a gang of heavily armed robbers. Shaheen Sulieman, of Magma Security, responded to an armed robbery with friend […]
A NOTORIOUS armed gang that had been terrorising the Pietermaritzburg CBD has been arrested after making the mistake of robbing a security guard. The group of six men, some of whom carry guns, are understood to have been behind a […]
Zanokuhle Mbatha, who was arrested in Nongoma, KwaZulu-Natal, on Wednesday, has been charged with the murder of Senzo Meyiwa. The 25-year-old, who is believed to be the man with dreadlocks in the Identikit police drew up this week, was picked […]
A CRACK team of PMB investigators nailed a prolific business robbery kingpin in a night-time take-down after a pursuit across two provinces. The man is allegedly responsible for a spate of heists and a double-murder in the Eastern Cape. His […]
TWO men have been sentenced to life imprisonment for raping and robbing a woman at Eston last month. Provincial police spokesperson Colonel Jay Naicker said Eric Baphelele Makhanya (36) and Msawakhe Tasolo Ndlovu (36) pleaded guilty in the Pietermaritzburg High […]
A 24-YEAR-OLD Pietermaritzburg-based Bangladeshi businessman is missing after he was kidnapped at his brother’s shop in Northdale on Sunday morning. However, The Witness understands that one suspect has been arrested and is expected to appear in court this week. Jasim […]
IN the most brazen attack yet on South Africa’s dwindling rhino population, poachers darted and dehorned three female white rhinos in the popular Tala Game Reserve at Umlaas Road in broad daylight on Saturday. The poachers escaped undetected with their […]
EIGHT men appeared briefly in the Ixopo Magistrate’s Court yesterday on robbery and other charges relating to an attack on David and Cheryl Biggs in their home in Sutherland Road, Ixopo, in March. The group includes a staff member of […]
THE KWAZULU-NATAL Agricultural Union (Kwanalu) is urging the courts not to give bail to eight men arrested for the attack on an Ixopo couple. Koos Marais of the Kwanalu security desk said they were delighted that the attackers had been […]
Pietermaritzburg – A KwaZulu-Natal man was jailed for life on Friday for killing prominent Amanzimtoti sugar farmer Micky Hampson, 69. The farmer was shot dead after he told the man and his companion to leave his farm as they were […]
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 Court […]
ARMED robbers “tasered” a well-known Ixopo farm couple, held a gun to their heads and repeatedly punched them on Friday night, while taunting them with references to the brutal murder of Underberg farmer Dan Knight. Knight was bludgeoned to death […]
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 […]
PROMINENT Pietermaritzburg attorney Sundeep Singh, who was the victim of a car jamming incident in the city centre, has used the Find My iPad app to track some of his goods. Singh parked his Mercedes Benz e320 on the corner […]
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 […]
RICHMOND police and private security officers were searching last night for a gang of seven men who robbed a local store, firing wildly as they fled the scene. The men took cash and stock, but failed in their attempt to […]
THE day after his parents and brother were brutally killed in Richmond, Stefan Schutte admitted into his yard a man who worked for him as a gardener. That man was a former employee of his parents and, Stefan learnt with […]
Durban – A farm worker and two others have been arrested for the murder of an elderly couple and their son at theirRichmond smallholding at the weekend. Eckhardt Schutte, who turned 77 on Sunday, was shot with his wife, Elizabeth, 66, […]
POLICE believe they have broken the spine of the notorious “sticky-tape gang” — responsible for a spate of house robberies in the Cato Ridge and Camperdown areas — with the arrest of eight men yesterday. Police spokesperson Colonel Jay Naicker […]
THE “sticky tape gang”, comprised of at least eight gunmen, yesterday used pliers to pinch the flesh of an elderly woman on a Camperdown farm. The gang, whose members use sticky tape to bind and gag their victims, has been […]
SERGEANT Thamsanqa Zondi was a royal prince, a tough policeman — and a “mama’s boy”. On Monday night — after a massive gun battle on the streets of Richmond — the 30-year-old father-of-two showed what it means to be a […]
GUNFIRE shattered Richmond yesterday afternoon in a bloody cash heist that left a security guard, a policeman and two robbers dead, witnesses said. The eight-strong gang, wielding AK47s, exchanged fire with security guards, sending locals scurrying for cover. Three civilians […]
SHERLISSA PETERS, LIAM JOYCE AND LAUREN ANTHONY Durban – Four people, including a policeman and a security guard, were killed and at least five people were wounded when armed robbers opened fire with AK-47s in a foiled cash-in-transit heist in […]
THE family member who stands accused of murdering an Inanda mother and five of her children in December 2012 will remain in custody until his next court appearance on January 24. Tshepang Mokhali (25) appeared briefly in the Ntuzuma Magistrate’s […]
NOTORIOUS KwaZulu-Natal escapee Sthembiso Vincent Shabalala (34) allegedly had a “hit list” of people he wanted to assassinate while he was on the run from police. He is also alleged to have called a key state witness who testified at […]
PIETERMARITZBURG is joining a broader KZN citizen drive in a fight back against crime. While suburbs in the highway and Durban areas have opted for a slew of newly fixed guard houses, upmarket suburbs in Pietermaritzburg have chosen a variety […]
A CREIGHTON businessman watched in disbelief as the man arrested last week for allegedly robbing him at gunpoint, strolled into his bar — where the attack happened — and had a drink. The man was arrested with six others last […]
The owner of the Creighton Hotel, Chris Vermaak, has credited the work by Magma Security and Investigation for the swift arrests of seven suspects in connection with a robbery at his hotel last month. “There should be 20% credit going to […]
TWO men appeared briefly in the magistrate’s court in Pietermaritzburg on Friday in connection with charges of housebreaking and robbery of Thornville widow Lena Maria Jackson (62) on August 30. Jackson was allegedly tortured by being burnt with a hot […]
TWO men suspected to have been involved in the torture of a 62-year-old widow in Thornville two months ago have been arrested. The men were nabbed in the early hours of yesterday morning by police members from Thornville, the Pietermaritzburg […]
Pietermaritzburg – Two men suspected to have been involved in the torture of a 62-year-old widow in Thornville two months ago have been arrested. The men were nabbed in the early hours of Thursday morning by police members from Thornville, […]
On Friday the 8th November, Magma Security received information that there were two men walking with a wheelbarrow full of meat. Magma Security management and Camperdown SAPS proceeded to the area where the two men were found. The two men […]
RICHMOND crime fighter Ricky Jugree and members of his family are traumatised after themselves becoming victims of crime on Saturday night. Jugree, who runs a “crime watch” service, his wife Pam and their 14-year-old daughter Tashnika were held at gunpoint […]
A FOURTH person has been arrested in connection with a robbery at Albert Falls last year during which members of two families, including a child, were tortured by having boiling water poured on them. The Pietermaritzburg Organised Crime Unit, in […]
Hampson was driving on the farm with his son Murray, when they were confronted by two men who had allegedly trespassed onto their land. Magma Security’s Shaheen Suleiman told The Witness that his team spent sleepless nights searching for the […]
FIVE more suspects have been arrested in connection with cases of vehicle remote jamming, this time in Camperdown, outside Pietermaritzburg. They are believed to be linked to more than six cases per day. Yesterday , The Witness revealed that up […]
TWO men have appeared briefly in the Pietermaritzburg Magistrate’s Court for the attempted murder of police officers and a security guard investigating the recent murder of an Eston farmer. Brothers Mfanelo (35) and Sphelele Dlomo (27) allegedly attacked the officers, […]
ESTON sugar cane farmer Micky Hampson was killed yesterday after he and his son, Murray, confronted two men who had trespassed on their farm. Magma Security’s Shaheen Suleiman said the father and son were talking to workers at about 1 pm […]
Magma Security CPS is undertaken by a highly experienced team under the strict supervision and personal attention of Shaheen Suleiman (Director). The experience of the CPS team extends from local government officials to international celebrities enabling the Magma Security team […]
PIETERMARITZBURG shopkeeper Solaiman Rahaman was reunited with his family yesterday after a 15-day kidnapping ordeal. Rahaman (41) said he was chained in a locked, dark room. “I prayed that God must bring back my life, as they kept me in […]
WHEN Underberg businessman Mohsin Patel was approached by two men in police uniform, he had no reason to be suspicious and readily agreed to answer their questions. However, Patel (25), whose family runs a supermarket in Himeville, soon realised the […]
MOUNTAIN BIKING CURRENT UCI Downhill World Champion Greg Minnaar finished third in the second round of the Downhill series of the 2013 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup presented by Shimano, which took place at the popular Val di Sole track […]
SCOTTBURGH — South Coast riders Evan van der Spuy (Varsity College) and Hayley Smith (Bell Equipment) flew the local flag high, claiming victory in the men’s and women’s events at the popular Magma Security Scottburgh MTB Classic. On a course […]
Our investigation team are highly trained and have wealth of experience in Security Investigations. This Investigation Division has perfected and mastered a pro–active approach to risk management and loss control with particular attention to fraud. Headed by Shaheen Suleiman (Director), […]
Keep Your Farm Secure. Magma Farm Protection is geared to serve the agricultural sector. Personnel are highly trained and equipped to service all facets of the agricultural sector familiarising themselves with agricultural clients and surroundings. Our personnel are proficient […]
MOUNTAIN BIKING Patrick Belton (Team Jeep) took the honours at last weekend’s Sappi Howick Classic, while Eszter Erdelyi powered her way to victory in the women’s race. With exceptionally dry conditions and a galeforce wind, fears of the event’s possible […]
Let’s get Technical Magma Security prides themselves with highly competent technical teams: • Maintenance Team • Installation Team • Assessment Team The team comprises of a technician and a wire man. Reminiscent of the industry regulating bodies, our technical division […]
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TWO suspects have been arrested in connection with the murder of Abdul Munaf Moosa and the rape of a woman who was his passenger in December last year. The men, aged 26 and 39, were arrested in Pietermaritzburg and Umlazi, […]
THREE people who are suspected in the shooting of a 67-year-old Scottburgh woman in her home in the early hours of Sunday morning were arrested on Wednesday. The suspects, one of whom had a gun, are alleged to have broken […]
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A MAN who arrived at court to face a charge of armed robbery was arrested by detectives of the Pietermaritzburg serious and violent crime unit on suspicion of being a member of the “boiling water gang” that terrorised a family […]
A FORMER employee of Fidelity Guards told the high court in Pietermaritzburg yesterday how gunfire suddenly erupted as pensions were about to be paid out at the Jabula Store at Mid-Illovo on May 6, 2008, and he was threatened by […]
POLICE and a private security company have arrested five men in the Mid-Illovo, Camperdown, Mophela and Sankontshe areas said to be part of a huge syndicate that steals and sells horse saddles as far as Lesotho and the Transkei. The […]
FOUR suspects, believed to be working for a syndicate that buys stolen copper in the Camperdown area, were arrested yesterday after police followed a tip-off from a local security company. The suspects were caught with copper wire they had stolen […]
A WOUNDED fugitive was shot and killed as he tried to shoot a security guard to make good his escape from large contingent of law enforcers in Richmond outside Pietermaritzburg yesterday morning. Five of his accomplices were shot and killed on […]
A WOUNDED fugitive was shot and killed as he tried to shoot a security guard to make good his escape from large contingent of law enforcers in Richmond outside Pietermaritzburg yesterday morning. Five of his accomplices were shot and killed […]
Pietermaritzburg – Farm owner Craig Marwick has told how he and his family were told to stay put in their houses as police and security guards lay in wait for a gang of robbers. Five robbers were shot and killed […]
A WOMAN who operates a garden service fought off three men, including her employee, who tried to force her to give them money at her Cato Ridge home outside Pietermaritzburg yesterday morning. Ella-Marie Prinsloo (46) said the three attackers, including […]
POLICE, together with Magma Security and Investigations, have foiled the plans of six suspects who were on their way to allegedly earning R650 000 for hijacking a truck carrying eight vehicles valued at R2,5 million, in the early hours of yesterday morning. […]
PROVINCIAL police have awarded a certificate of appreciation to Magma Security owner Shaheen Suleiman for his contribution in fighting crime in various parts of the province. The certificate was awarded in Durban last week. Suleiman has been working closely with […]
TWO suspected burglars were shot dead as they were waiting for a vehicle to collect them, together with the valuables they had stolen from a farmhouse in Camperdown outside Pietermaritzburg, on Monday night. The suspects were killed after they allegedly […]
TWO suspected burglars were shot dead as they were waiting for a vehicle to collect them, together with the valuables they had stolen from a farmhouse in Camperdown outside Pietermaritzburg, on Monday night. The suspects were killed after they allegedly […]
A 22-YEAR-OLD man appeared in the Camperdown Magistrate’s Court outside Pietermaritzburg yesterday for allegedly assaulting and robbing a farmer. The arrest followed an intense investigation by police and Magma Security Service, which started on the December 29, the day Simon […]
TWO suspected poachers who killed a wildebeest at Duma Manzi private game farm on Sunday, July 25, have been stopped in their tracks by a security company working hand in hand with the SAPF. Police have confirmed that 20 wildebeest […]
TWO men suspected of being members of a gang which targeted farms in the Eston area have been shot dead by members of the Magma Security company. Magma Security owner Shaheen Suleiman said the gang had been stealing truck tyres […]
A TAXI hitman wanted for a string of crimes in the taxi industry and for terrorising businesses and residents in the Thornville and surrounding areas was shot dead by police on the R56 road to Richmond yesterday afternoon. The ambush […]
POLICE have arrested two suspects believed to be responsible for two recent farm attacks at Richmond. This comes in the wake of a second farm attack in two days, as an elderly couple were attacked by suspects who shot their […]
“I don’t know what was worse, the assassination of his character or his death.” Veronica Denyssen, mother of Juan Sharpe (35), who was shot dead by an ex-employee of Duma Manzi Game reserve in Ixopo, said this in response to […]
Members of a housebreaking gang were arrested after being surprised while fast asleep in Hopewell near Thornville outside Pietermaritzburg, and goods estimated to be worth about R100 000 were recovered in the early hours of yesterday. Camperdown police, crime intelligence […]