Boxing legend, Dingaan Thobela thwarts a hijacking at his home in Johannesburg

Date: 27 Sep 2006
Updated: 30 Sep 2019

On 27 September 2006, Boxing legend Dingaan Thobela 'The Rose of Soweto' arrived home only to be greeted by hijackers as he was about to enter his Kelvin home. One of the hijackers attempted to break the driver’s window but was unable to since the windows were bulletproof. Thobela reversed his car and sped off with the hijackers in close pursuit. They fired at him several times during the high speed chase. Eventually they gave up and simply disappeared. Thobela claims to have called the police, only for them to give him a different number to call.

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01Potgieter Deon (2006) 'Boxing's looking good, but crime's a problem', from The Sweet Science, 3 October, [online], Available at www.thesweetscience.com [Accessed: 26 September 2013]
02Safety and Security Directory, Other personalities who have been hit, [online], Available at www.security.co.za [Accessed: on 26 September 2013]

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South African History Online. (2012, September 20). Boxing legend, Dingaan Thobela thwarts a hijacking at his home in Johannesburg . South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0093672

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