SVI Engineering, leading specialist manufacturer of armoured products, is proud to announce it has armoured a fleet of Hilux double-cab bakkies deployed to help protect Toyota South Africa Motors’ massive vehicle-manufacturing plant in KwaZulu-Natal. The Hilux – which is produced for the local and export markets alongside the Fortuner, Corolla […]
Month: November 2022
Crush injuries after jack fails under a truck in Constantia
Emergency services responded after a patient was injured when a jack failed under a truck in Constantia. One patient was treated as having suffered critical injuries. Lima Charlie 1
Police members foil planned robbery of a truck believed to be delivering diamond bearing gravel.
A tactical multi- disciplinary operation led by members of the Northern Cape Provincial Organised Crime, Provincial Serious and Violent Crime Unit, Frances Baard Detective Task Team, Kimberley Tactical Response Team, Hartswater Crime Intelligence and the Provincial Tracking team, foiled an armed robbery near Koopmansfontein which resulted in the arrest of […]
Fatal collision involving a heavy duty vehicle on the N2 north bound just after the Kwamashu Highway.
Just after 08h30 this morning Emer-G-Med paramedics together with Netcare911 and IPSS medical, responded to the scene of a horrific collision involving a heavy duty vehicle on the N2 north bound just after the Kwamashu Highway. On arrival on scene it was established that a light delivery vehicle had broken […]
RTMS opens doors for emerging entrepreneurs
Growing a small business in the increasingly difficult global economic climate is not easy. Despite the small, medium and micro enterprise (SMME) industry being a big driver of employment and economic growth for South Africa, many of these businesses face several challenges during the start-up phase. Oliver Naidoo, Managing Director […]
Two traffic police officers dismissed for soliciting bribes from truck drivers.
As the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Transport intensifies the fight against alarming levels of truck accidents on the roads, the department has dismissed two traffic police officers who are allegedly involved in soliciting bribes from truck drivers. The two members of the Road Traffic Inspectorate (RTI) based in Newcastle were dismissed […]
TMPD officers recover hijacked truck and make several arrests
The Tshwane Metro Police Department members in region 7 Bronkhorstspruit were doing patrols at R25 road on 16 November 2022 when they came across a male person who alerted them that his truck had just been hijacked by four males driving two vehicles. The TMPD members pursued the suspects on […]
Farmers assist the police as half-a-million rand of copper is confiscated near Kimberley
The SAPS Frances Baard Essential Infrastructure Task Team, Provincial Organised Crime, Flying Squad and the E2 Initiative (Eyes and Ears, project by Business Against Crime SA-BACSA), SAPIS/Syntell Agristructure and local farmers assisted with the apprehension and detention of two suspects. The Provincial Operational Command Centres of the Northern Cape and […]
Inroads made into the criminality caused by cigarette smugglers in Limpopo Province
Members of 1 SA Tank Regiment were deployed along the South African/Zimbabwe border under the command of Joint Tactical Headquarters Limpopo for Operation CORONA (Border Safeguarding), they continued to make inroads into the criminality caused by cigarette smugglers in Limpopo Province. The soldiers were acting on a tip-off from the […]
Biker seriously injured after colliding with a truck in Constantia
Emergency services responded to the scene of a road crash in Constantia. A biker collided with a truck and was seriously injured. Lima Charlie 1 Also view: Motorcyclists and Safely Sharing the Roads with Trucks