Lions escape from Kruger Park

Breaking… Four lions escaped from the Kruger National Park last night.  The South African National Parks (SANParks) has warned the community of Matsulu in Mpumalanga to be on the lookout for SANParks has received information that four male lions, believed to have escaped from the Kruger National Park (KNP), were spotted in Matsulu, a village…

Business robbed in St Francis Bay

Breaking… Last night, 20 January,  thieves broke into Bob Meikle’s shop in the industrial area of St Francis Bay and made off with more than R55 000 worth of goods. An upset Bob Meikle told St Francis Chronicle that the culprits were all caught on camera.  All his paintball equipment, the safe and various other…

Robber shot dead, employee wounded in JBay shootout

A suspected robber was shot and killed during a shoot-out with police outside Shoprite supermarket in Seekoei Street, Jeffrey’s Bay, last night, 29 July About six men with firearms stormed into the supermarket at 6.30 pm in and allegedly held customers and employees at gunpoint. The suspects stole an undisclosed  amount of cash and while…

PE cops nab two trucks with big dagga hauls

 Last night, 25 October, members of the PE Flying Squad discovered 8,5 kg of dagga stashed between furniture and an undisclosed of cash on a truck travelling on the N2 to Grahamstown, plus 667 kg  of dagga worth R667 000 on a supermarket truck travelling to George.  The three suspects at the back with Const Heinrich…