Kidnapped businessman rescued, wanted Mozambican kidnapper fatally wounded

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KEMPTON PARK - The South African Police Service (SAPS) Anti-Kidnapping Task Team has safely reunited an Indian businessman with his family following a shootout with an alleged mastermind behind the businessman’s kidnapping. The businessman was found in Alexandra in a shack shortly after midnight on Thursday, 04 September 2025. His rescue follows a shooting in which the alleged mastermind behind his kidnapping was shot and killed during confrontation with police officers near the R21 in Kempton Park on Wednesday evening. The suspect who goes by the nickname “Dollarman” is a wanted kidnapping kingpin in both SA and in Mozambique. He is on SERNIC which is Mozambique’s wanted persons database where he was a wanted for several kidnapping for ransoms cases. In SA he was also linked to at least five kidnapping for ransom cases as well as other cases of housebreaking, carjacking and possession of unlicensed firearms. From July 2021 to date more than 337 kidnappers have been arrest...

Cape Independence Advocacy Group intends to deploy delegates to USA to seek support and funding

WESTERN CAPE - The Cape Independence Advocacy Group (CAIG) says it has written to President Cyril Ramaphosa, the Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, and the Western Cape Premier, formally notifying them of their intention to send a delegation to the US to meet with US officials and other politically connected persons.

The notification has been made in accordance with legal advice obtained by the CIAG.

The delegation is expected to leave in early April and the CIAG is anticipating a very positive reception. Cape Independence would align strongly with the foreign policy aims of the current US administration, and several comments have revealed that it is already on the US’s radar.

In the notification, the CIAG sets out its objectives in visiting the US, which include both fundraising and diplomatic support for its campaign to force the Western Cape Premier to call a referendum on Cape Independence, as well as contingency plans to hold a private referendum should the Premier continue to refuse to consult the Western Cape people on the matter.

The CIAG asserts that it will be conducting constitutionally protected activities which strengthen rather than subvert constitutional democracy in South Africa, and that it is pursuing Cape Independence legally, peacefully, and democratically.

However, to avoid any future dispute, the CIAG has offered the President, Minister, and Premier seven days in which to make representations to the CIAG should they believe that the CIAG’s proposed activities are not legally permissible.

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