{"id":1931862,"date":"2023-11-17T19:06:12","date_gmt":"2023-11-17T09:13:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africannewsagency.com\/news\/two-men-from-gauteng-questioned-over-break-in-at-sa-rugby-union-in-cape-town-6b18aa49-6130-4d5e-8a59-48463ec4c509\/"},"modified":"2023-11-19T09:12:19","modified_gmt":"2023-11-19T09:12:19","slug":"two-men-from-gauteng-questioned-over-break-in-at-sa-rugby-union-in-cape-town-6b18aa49-6130-4d5e-8a59-48463ec4c509","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/africannewsagency.com\/news\/two-men-from-gauteng-questioned-over-break-in-at-sa-rugby-union-in-cape-town-6b18aa49-6130-4d5e-8a59-48463ec4c509\/","title":{"rendered":"Two men from Gauteng questioned over break-in at SA Rugby Union in Cape Town"},"content":{"rendered":"

Relax! The Webb Ellis Rugby World Cup trophy is safe!<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"
Police have taken in two men for questioning. Picture: screenshot<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Two men from Gauteng have been taken in by police for questioning after a burglary at the South African Rugby Union offices earlier this week.<\/span><\/p>\n

Two men from Gauteng were taken in for questioning after a break-in at the<\/p>\n

The burglary took place on Monday evening, October 13, however, police were only called to the scene the following morning.<\/p>\n

Video footage of the break-in has been widely circulated across social media platforms.<\/p>\n

In the footage, from different views, two men can be seen trying to gain entry into the offices from different entrance points after 8pm.<\/p>\n

\n

Twitter<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

After footage timestamped after 9pm, two men can be seen in the offices, going through doors and cupboards.<\/p>\n

However, South Africans can be rest assured the Webb Ellis Rugby World Cup is safe.<\/p>\n

The provincial police spokesperson, Brigadier Novela Potelwa said On Tuesday, Parow police responded to a call-out in Panorama where 68 laptops, South African Rugby paraphernalia, and high-end liquor was stolen during the break-in at the office complex.<\/p>\n

\u201cAn investigation into a burglary at an office complex housing the South African Rugby Union and an auditing firm offices in Cape Town by the Western Cape Serious Violent Crimes (SVC) detectives is making headway with arrests imminent.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs part of the elaborate investigation that extends beyond the borders of the Western Cape province, two suspects have been apprehended in Gauteng and are being questioned with a view to apprehending the perpetrators of the act,\u201d Potelwa said.<\/p>\n

She said since the break-in, the SVC detectives have been hard at work pursuing several leads.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith the progress that has been made thus far, a breakthrough is on the cards. Once charged, the pair will make a court appearance in Cape Town,\u201d Potelwa added.<\/p>\n

robin.francke@inl.co.za<\/p>\n

IOL<\/strong><\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Relax! The Webb Ellis Rugby World Cup trophy is safe!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":43,"featured_media":1931863,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[429,360,361,373,501,418],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nTwo men from Gauteng questioned over break-in at SA Rugby Union in Cape Town | African News Agency<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africannewsagency.com\/news\/two-men-from-gauteng-questioned-over-break-in-at-sa-rugby-union-in-cape-town-6b18aa49-6130-4d5e-8a59-48463ec4c509\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Two men from Gauteng questioned over break-in at SA Rugby Union in Cape Town | African News Agency\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Relax! The Webb Ellis Rugby World Cup trophy is safe!\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africannewsagency.com\/news\/two-men-from-gauteng-questioned-over-break-in-at-sa-rugby-union-in-cape-town-6b18aa49-6130-4d5e-8a59-48463ec4c509\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"African News Agency\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-11-17T09:13:36+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-11-19T09:12:19+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africannewsagency.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/acf0be85-08eb-59a3-a457-695ed45a4936.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"390\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"214\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Robin-Lee Francke\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Robin-Lee Francke\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africannewsagency.com\/news\/two-men-from-gauteng-questioned-over-break-in-at-sa-rugby-union-in-cape-town-6b18aa49-6130-4d5e-8a59-48463ec4c509\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africannewsagency.com\/news\/two-men-from-gauteng-questioned-over-break-in-at-sa-rugby-union-in-cape-town-6b18aa49-6130-4d5e-8a59-48463ec4c509\/\",\"name\":\"Two men from Gauteng questioned over break-in at SA Rugby Union in Cape Town | African News Agency\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africannewsagency.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2023-11-17T09:13:36+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-11-19T09:12:19+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africannewsagency.com\/#\/schema\/person\/6a0a13bdedaf339ab7c5acf0bde788f1\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africannewsagency.com\/news\/two-men-from-gauteng-questioned-over-break-in-at-sa-rugby-union-in-cape-town-6b18aa49-6130-4d5e-8a59-48463ec4c509\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-ZA\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africannewsagency.com\/news\/two-men-from-gauteng-questioned-over-break-in-at-sa-rugby-union-in-cape-town-6b18aa49-6130-4d5e-8a59-48463ec4c509\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africannewsagency.com\/news\/two-men-from-gauteng-questioned-over-break-in-at-sa-rugby-union-in-cape-town-6b18aa49-6130-4d5e-8a59-48463ec4c509\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africannewsagency.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Two men from Gauteng questioned over break-in at SA Rugby Union in Cape Town\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africannewsagency.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africannewsagency.com\/\",\"name\":\"African News Agency\",\"description\":\"Powering Africa\u2019s growth and development through content\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africannewsagency.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-ZA\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africannewsagency.com\/#\/schema\/person\/6a0a13bdedaf339ab7c5acf0bde788f1\",\"name\":\"Robin-Lee Francke\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-ZA\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africannewsagency.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7426cb5faff84f27d968d4b5901d24b3?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7426cb5faff84f27d968d4b5901d24b3?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Robin-Lee Francke\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/africannewsagency.com\/author\/robin-lee-francke\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Two men from Gauteng questioned over break-in at SA Rugby Union in Cape Town | African News Agency","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africannewsagency.com\/news\/two-men-from-gauteng-questioned-over-break-in-at-sa-rugby-union-in-cape-town-6b18aa49-6130-4d5e-8a59-48463ec4c509\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Two men from Gauteng questioned over break-in at SA Rugby Union in Cape Town | African News Agency","og_description":"Relax! The Webb Ellis Rugby World Cup trophy is safe!","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africannewsagency.com\/news\/two-men-from-gauteng-questioned-over-break-in-at-sa-rugby-union-in-cape-town-6b18aa49-6130-4d5e-8a59-48463ec4c509\/","og_site_name":"African News Agency","article_published_time":"2023-11-17T09:13:36+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-11-19T09:12:19+00:00","og_image":[{"width":390,"height":214,"url":"https:\/\/www.africannewsagency.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/acf0be85-08eb-59a3-a457-695ed45a4936.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Robin-Lee Francke","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Robin-Lee Francke","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africannewsagency.com\/news\/two-men-from-gauteng-questioned-over-break-in-at-sa-rugby-union-in-cape-town-6b18aa49-6130-4d5e-8a59-48463ec4c509\/","url":"https:\/\/www.africannewsagency.com\/news\/two-men-from-gauteng-questioned-over-break-in-at-sa-rugby-union-in-cape-town-6b18aa49-6130-4d5e-8a59-48463ec4c509\/","name":"Two men from Gauteng questioned over break-in at SA Rugby Union in Cape Town | African News Agency","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africannewsagency.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2023-11-17T09:13:36+00:00","dateModified":"2023-11-19T09:12:19+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africannewsagency.com\/#\/schema\/person\/6a0a13bdedaf339ab7c5acf0bde788f1"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africannewsagency.com\/news\/two-men-from-gauteng-questioned-over-break-in-at-sa-rugby-union-in-cape-town-6b18aa49-6130-4d5e-8a59-48463ec4c509\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-ZA","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africannewsagency.com\/news\/two-men-from-gauteng-questioned-over-break-in-at-sa-rugby-union-in-cape-town-6b18aa49-6130-4d5e-8a59-48463ec4c509\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africannewsagency.com\/news\/two-men-from-gauteng-questioned-over-break-in-at-sa-rugby-union-in-cape-town-6b18aa49-6130-4d5e-8a59-48463ec4c509\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africannewsagency.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Two men from Gauteng questioned over break-in at SA Rugby Union in Cape Town"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africannewsagency.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africannewsagency.com\/","name":"African News Agency","description":"Powering Africa\u2019s growth and development through content","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africannewsagency.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-ZA"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africannewsagency.com\/#\/schema\/person\/6a0a13bdedaf339ab7c5acf0bde788f1","name":"Robin-Lee Francke","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-ZA","@id":"https:\/\/www.africannewsagency.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7426cb5faff84f27d968d4b5901d24b3?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7426cb5faff84f27d968d4b5901d24b3?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Robin-Lee Francke"},"url":"https:\/\/africannewsagency.com\/author\/robin-lee-francke\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/africannewsagency.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1931862"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/africannewsagency.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/africannewsagency.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africannewsagency.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/43"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africannewsagency.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1931862"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/africannewsagency.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1931862\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africannewsagency.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1931863"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/africannewsagency.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1931862"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africannewsagency.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1931862"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africannewsagency.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1931862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}