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NEWSPAPER
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AUTHOR
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DATE
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SECTION
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Shootout
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Star
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Gill Gifford
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25 February, 2004
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South Africa
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They whistled, they jeered and then
they applauded when the suspects were marched away after the
shootout. But the huge crowd that gathered in Johannesburg
yesterday afternoon were not there to watch a play, but a
real-life, robbery-hijacking drama, in which a hijack victim
was shot during a gunfight between his armed attackers and
Metro Police.
[Full
Story...]
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Wear
condoms in case you're assaulted, medics told
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Star
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Sithembile Shabangu and Ingrid Oellermann
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24 February, 2004
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South Africa
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Paramedics still reeling from shock
after a spate of hijackings are outraged over an internal
memorandum urging female crew to wear female condoms while
on duty at night.
[Full
Story...]
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Road
rage all a question of attitude
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Star
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Mojalefa Mashego
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20 February, 2004
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South Africa
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Road-rage victim Tebogo Madingwane
will be buried on Sunday amid strong suspicions that if he
had kept his cool, he would still be alive today.
[Full
Story...]
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Hijack
cleric 'wanted to escape things'
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Star
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Hanti Otto
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20 February, 2004
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South Africa
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The former Pretoria church minister
accused of lying to police about his "hijacking" has pleaded
guilty to a charge of perjury. The Pretoria District Court
heard that Paul Beyl (40) disappeared because he "wanted time
alone to clear his head".
[Full
Story...]
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Hijacked
paramedics forced to have sex
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Star
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Sithembile Shabangu
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18 February, 2004
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South Africa
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Two paramedics who rushed to help a
person in distress were lured into a horrifying ambush. They
were forced to have sex with each other, and one was then
raped. The hijackers made off with the ambulance.
[Full
Story...]
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Joburg's
dumbest criminal?
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Star
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Lee Rondganger
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18 February, 2004
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South Africa
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A man who went to court to support
two of his friends in a hijacking case found himself in the
dock. This was after two witnesses testifying in the case
pointed him out as the third alleged hijacker.
[Full
Story...]
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'Cheating
wife faked hijack to cover up affair'
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Star
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By Baldwin Ndaba
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17 February, 2004
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South Africa
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An East Rand woman has been arrested
for falsely reporting that she had been hijacked and kidnapped
- when she was actually with her lover.
[Full
Story...]
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African
coastline a major target for pirates
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Star
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Graeme Hosken
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17 February, 2004
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South Africa
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A high-level alert has been put out
to international and local shipping agencies after a gang
of heavily armed Indonesian pirates killed four seamen. The
killing occurred after the owner of their ship refused to
pay the ransom for their release.
[Full
Story...]
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Cops
fume at new hijack hoax
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Star
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Baldwin Ndaba
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17 February, 2004
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South Africa
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An East Rand woman has been arrested
for falsely reporting that she had been hijacked and kidnapped
- when she was actually canoodling with her lover. Angry police
have vowed to make the woman cough up more than R100 000 to
cover the costs of the massive search-and-rescue operation
launched to find her.
[Full
Story...]
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Family
reeling from shock and grief after six relatives killed
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Star
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Lee Rondganger
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16 February, 2004
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South Africa
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Tragedy has struck a Johannesburg family
twice. Six family members were killed at the weekend in two
incidents - five of them dying on the way to the funeral of
the sixth.
[Full
Story...]
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Christian
party waging election on back-to-basics
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Star
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13 February, 2004
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South Africa
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African Christian Democratic Party
leader Kenneth Meshoe has sounded his trumpet - we're going
to rock you in the elections.
[Full
Story...]
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Woman
in fake hijack case is given bail
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Star
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Moloantoa Mosia and Gill Gifford
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13 February, 2004
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South Africa
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The woman who caused a massively expensive
police search when she allegedly faked a hijacking has been
granted bail in the Johannesburg Magistrate's Court.
[Full
Story...]
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Vehicles
found after arrest of suspected hijack kingpin
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Star
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Lee Rondganger
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13 February, 2004
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South Africa
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Johannesburg police have arrested the
alleged mastermind of a major hijacking syndicate. The syndicate
is said to be dealing in luxury vehicles across Gauteng.
[Full
Story...]
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Woman
facing more than R42 000 charge for false hijack claim
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Star
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Gill Gifford
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12 February, 2004
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South Africa
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The woman who caused a massively expensive
police search when she allegedly faked a hijacking has been
arrested. The petite blonde was scheduled to appear in the
Johannesburg Magistrate's Court this morning on a charge of
fraud.
[Full
Story...]
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News
flashes - February 11, 2004
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Star
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11 February, 2004
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South Africa
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News flashes - February 11, 2004
[Full
Story...]
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Dominee
'didn't do a duck'
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Star
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9 February, 2004
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South Africa
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Police are unaware that former church
minister Paul Beyl, who allegedly faked a hijacking two weeks
ago to go gambling, ever disappeared in similar circumstances
before.
[Full
Story...]
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Woman
'injected with HIV'
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Star
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Jillian Green and Caiphus Kgosana
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9 February, 2004
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South Africa
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A woman who was injected with a substance
that might be HIV during an attempted hijacking is anxiously
awaiting her results. The 43-year-old woman from Secunda in
Mpumalanga, who police declined to name, was abducted last
Monday by assailants who broke into her home.
[Full
Story...]
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Special
message of 'Egoli' star's play highlighted by his hijacking
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Star
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Hannah Wanjelani
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6 February, 2004
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South Africa
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A prominent television star is still
reeling from shock after being hijacked. Macks Papo, known
for his role as Tsheko Mashabela in Egoli, was hijacked on
the night after the launch of his new theatre company and
play, which aims to reawaken the spirit of ubuntu (humanity
towards others) among Africans.
[Full
Story...]
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All
well, but not well
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Star
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4 February, 2004
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Opinion
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Working on the philosophy that "all's
well that ends well", the hijack adventure of 73-year-old
Dick Bladen, as rivetingly reported in this newspaper yesterday,
is something between a comedy and a hero-story.
[Full
Story...]
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Cops
crack down on hoaxers
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Star
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Gill Gifford
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3 February, 2004
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South Africa
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Hoaxers will be made to pay for their
crimes, insist police. In addition to pressing criminal charges,
police are also instituting civil claims to recover hundreds
of thousands of rands wasted in responding to the bogus calls.
[Full
Story...]
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'If
I die, you will die too'
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Star
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Mike Loewe and Luvuyo Mjekula
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3 February, 2004
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South Africa
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He drove his car down a steep mountain
pass, rather than waiting to be shot by his hijackers. Luckily,
the plucky 73-year-old farmer made the right call. He survived
the crash - bruised and battered but not severely injured
- while the hijackers fled in shock, sparing his life and
grabbing what loot they could.
[Full
Story...]
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'Hijack'
pastor spent night at Gold Reef City
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Star
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Graeme Hosken and Elize Jacobs
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2 February, 2004
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South Africa
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The Pretoria church minister who allegedly
staged his own hijacking and abduction will have to foot the
entire bill for the police search, which could amount to R500
000.
[Full
Story...]
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Suburban
mayhem in hijacker's getaway path
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Star
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Gill Gifford and Moloantoa Mosia
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29 January, 2004
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South Africa
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A woman was hijacked, another badly
hurt, two schoolgirls were injured, shots were fired - and
a car smashed through a kitchen wall.
[Full
Story...]
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Cops
and hijackers in Joburg chase mayhem
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Star
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Moloantoa Mosia
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28 January, 2004
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South Africa
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A high-speed chase by police of a gang
of hijackers has left two schoolgirls and a woman hurt and
several vehicles damaged. But it has also left one suspect
in police custody.
[Full
Story...]
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SAPS policy and operational developments begin to make an
impact
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The furore around the country’s crime statistics, released
in the South African Police Service’s (SAPS) annual report,
has meant that several other interesting aspects of this annually
published document have been left unexplored. The report sets
out the strategic overview and key policy developments for
the police in 2002/3. The four key strategic priorities for
the Department of Safety and Security are combating organised
crime, combating serious and violent crime, reducing the incidence
of crime committed against women and children and improving
service at police stations. Within these there is also a focus
on countering the proliferation of firearms which is, "fuelling
the high levels of violent crime". The four strategic
priorities form part of the Joint Crime Prevention Strategy
(JCPS), which coordinates crime prevention across the various
government departments. The JCPS is being implemented in two
phases. The first phase aims to stabilise crime levels by
2003, while the second aims to bring them in line with international
standards by 2009. Although the report notes that this will
depend on, "the extent to which the causes of crime,
many of which fall outside the ambit of the JCPS cluster,
are mitigated".
In acting to address its priorities the SAPS appears to have
made important strides in some areas, although some of the
analysis in the report about the causes and context of crime
is thin. Interesting developments include the incorporation
of new technology in important operational areas. These include
the Firearm Control System, currently in development, which
provides a mechanism for tracking the business processes related
to all firearms and ammunition from the point of manufacture,
importation or ownership to the point of exportation or destruction.
Some 50 mobile computers are also being used across the country,
increasing the accessibility of the SAPS mainframe system
at roadblocks. This use of technology has made it possible
to conduct real-time searches for wanted vehicles. And technology
has also improved access to fingerprint data.
In dealing with firearms the SAPS has recognised that illegal
firearms continue to proliferate, either entering the country
as contraband imports from neighbouring states or having been
stolen from licensed firearm owners or the State. In the 2002/3
year 22 120 firearms were reported stolen, while 21 027 were
recovered. The SAPS is continuing to work with the Mozambican
government on the very successful ‘Operation Rachel’,
which is tracking down and destroying firearms in Mozambique,
and acting in the interests of South Africa at the same time.
Another important regional initiative to tackle the firearm
problem was the ratification in March 2003 of the Southern
African Development Community protocol on the control of firearms,
which aims to build regional cooperation in this area.
Other improvements since the last reporting period include
a marked decrease in the number of people escaping from police
custody and a decrease in key crimes. Even taking into account
the subjective interpretation of the statistics, it does appear
that there has been a decrease in serious crime categories
including murder and hijacking. The SAPS can also take some
of the credit for South Africa’s successful hosting of
several large international events including the Cricket World
Cup and the World Summit on Sustainable Development.
Thus while crime remains one of the key challenges facing
the country, important policy and operational developments
are starting to make an impact. Tackling the root causes of
the problem, however, remains a challenge for all of us, and
cannot be the responsibility of the State alone.
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