Tag: Richmond

Mar
18

Former cop Mdunge fights crime as top security officer

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 […]

Mar
18

Richmond residents live in fear after spate of violent robberies

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 […]

Mar
12

Richmond struck again

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 […]

Mar
11

Richmond robbers on run

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 […]

Mar
05

Suspected killer returned for work

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 […]