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...
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SARS releases preliminary trade statistics for January 2025

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PRETORIA – South Africa recorded a preliminary trade balance
deficit of R16.4 billion in January 2025, reports the South African Revenue Service (SARS).

This deficit was attributable to exports of
R149.0 billion and imports of R165.4 billion, inclusive of trade with Botswana, Eswatini,
Lesotho and Namibia (BELN).

The year-to-date (01 January to 31 January 2025) preliminary trade balance deficit of
R16.4 billion was a deterioration from the R3.7 billion trade balance deficit for the
comparable period in 2024. On a year-on-year basis, export flows for January 2025
(R149.0 billion) were 1.2% higher compared to R147.2 billion recorded in January
2024. Import flows were higher by 9.6%, having increased from R150.9 billion in
January 2024 to R165.4 billion in the current period.

On a month-on-month basis, exports decreased by R10.2 billion (-6.4%) from R159.2
billion to R149.0 billion between December 2024 and January 2025, whilst imports
increased by R20.9 billion (14.4%) from R144.5 billion to R165.4 billion over the same
period. Export flows decreased in January 2025, driven by Gold, Vehicles (Goods),
and PGMs. Import flows increased on the back of higher importation of Original
Equipment Components, Aeroplanes, and Parts & Accessories of Motor Vehicles.
Due to ongoing Vouchers of Correction (VOCs), the preliminary trade balance surplus
of R15.5 billion announced for December 2024 was revised downwards by R0.8 billion,
with the final number at R14.7 billion.

Click here for Merchandise Trade Statistics January.

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