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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TRAGIC: Impala ZU-IMP aircraft crashes during Airshow in Western Cape [VIDEO]

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SALDANHA - An Impala ZU-IMP aircraft has gone viral after crashing during an Airshow in the Western Cape earlier today, Saturday, 22 March.

It is reported that the ZU-IMP went down at Saldanha Airshow minutes after taking to the skies.

The crash has gone viral due to clips taken by airshow fans whose experience immediately turned for the worst. 

The Airshow crew could be heard warning the spectators from taking any further videos of the show or going close to the crash scene.

The condition of the pilot is unknown but possibilities of fatal injuries are not ruled out.

This is a developing story.
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