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Alison Botha, Budget cuts, Hero teachers, 'Express' kidnappings - WholeWeek Wrap (21 October 2024)

Politics

Alison Botha, Budget cuts, Hero teachers, 'Express' kidnappings - WholeWeek Wrap (21 October 2024)

By Carte Blanche with Janet Heard

Business people ‘easy targets’ for kidnapping, with foreign nationals most at risk in Johannesburg

South Africa

Business people ‘easy targets’ for kidnapping, with foreign nationals most at risk in Johannesburg

By Nonkululeko Njilo

Ombud scheme sounds alarm over rise in ‘express kidnappings’ as bank security tightens

Business Maverick

Ombud scheme sounds alarm over rise in ‘express kidnappings’ as bank security tightens

By Neesa Moodley

‘A lucrative commodity’ — huge spike in kidnappings hits SA

Maverick News

‘A lucrative commodity’ — huge spike in kidnappings hits SA

By Vincent Cruywagen

Spike in lucrative Chad kidnappings helping to fuel regional security crisis

Africa

Spike in lucrative Chad kidnappings helping to fuel regional security crisis

By Remadji Hoinathy and Allioum Tondandi

Bheki Cele: 109 police officers murdered in past 11 months

Maverick News

Bheki Cele: 109 police officers murdered in past 11 months

By Naledi Sikhakhane

Ethiopia kidnappings can be curbed via an organised crime lens

Africa

Ethiopia kidnappings can be curbed via an organised crime lens

By Tadesse Simie Metekia and Messay Asgedom

JNIM among violent extremist groups using Sahel kidnappings as favoured weapon of war

South Africa

JNIM among violent extremist groups using Sahel kidnappings as favoured weapon of war

By Flore Berger

Gunmen injure five people as others run for cover - the day after Cele’s anti-crime imbizo in Khayelitsha

South Africa

Gunmen injure five people as others run for cover - the day after Cele’s anti-crime imbizo in Khayelitsha

By Vincent Cruywagen

Western Cape extortions and brutal kidnappings prompt foreign nationals to pack up and go home

South Africa

Western Cape extortions and brutal kidnappings prompt foreign nationals to pack up and go home

By Vincent Cruywagen

Good morning, Colombia: Kidnappings, assassinations and corruption – SAPS is a systemic threat to SA

South Africa

Good morning, Colombia: Kidnappings, assassinations and corruption – SAPS is a systemic threat to SA

By Marianne Thamm

South Africa at risk of being placed on watch list of kidnapping hotspots after Moti brothers saga

South Africa

South Africa at risk of being placed on watch list of kidnapping hotspots after Moti brothers saga

By Marianne Thamm