Technology has disrupted many aspects of traditional life. When you are sitting at dinner and seeing a couple going out on a ‘first date’, consider this may be their first in-person date and that they have been interacting (dating) online for months. According to global data and business intelligence platform…
Reports of suicides, missing bodies, sexual kompromat and emptied bank accounts as fake sangomas con victims with the ‘ancestry scam’. An army of fake sangomas using a combination of hallucinogenic drugs, romance scams, and promises of spiritual encounters with departed ancestors is spreading across the country. The scam is so…
A South African woman has been left with her head in her hands after she was scammed out of R1.6m by her Ugandan lover. According to reports, police are currently searching the Ugandan man who convinced his Mpumalanga girlfriend that if she gave him money, he would multiply it for…
Vanishing Act: South African Woman Vanishes with Lobola Money After Scamming Her Nigerian Pastor Boyfriend Mzansi is celebrating on social media after it emerged that a South African woman vanished into thin air after she scammed her Nigeria boyfriend of lobola money. The woman, identified as Sindiswa Majola, reportedly disappeared…
A Canadian citizen reported a romance scam in 2022 in which she met an unknown person on social media, known as Raymond Butler. Western Cape police have arrested a 42-year-old Nigerian swindler for an alleged romance scam. The Nigerian national was handcuffed this week following a multidisciplinary operation by officers…
Four women from different towns in Kwazulu-Natal were reportedly scammed of almost R100 000 by a fake pilot who promised to marry them. In 2022, three women from KZN including two single mothers aged 26, 32 and a 36-year-old divorcee were scammed for a total of R113 450 on TikTok by…
All three monks were found with stab wounds, a police spokesperson says Three Egyptian Coptic monks have been “brutally killed” inside a monastery in South Africa, the Church has said. Father Takla Moussa, Father Minah ava Marcus and Father Youstos ava Marcus were murdered early on Tuesday, the South African…
South Africa has no shortage of dating apps, including Grindr and Tinder. If you’re looking for a casual hookup, services like Tinder and Grindr are available for South Africans. But what about South Africa’s lesbian population – are they covered by services like Grindr, or is the app only meant…
The Cape Town Magistrate’s Court has approved the extradition of alleged Black Axe syndicate members to the United States after Magistrate Ingrid Arntsen determined there was sufficient evidence for prosecution. According to South Africa’s Independent Online news outlet on Tuesday, the court, as per the Western Cape National Prosecuting Authority,…
Sue just lost her husband. They had a great 40-year marriage. Like most people, she had friends and family around to help her through the grief. But as the weeks went on, people got back to their normal lives and Sue was left more and more on her own. Her…
