{"id":2090,"date":"2026-01-16T18:23:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T18:23:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diepslootnews.co.za\/?p=2090"},"modified":"2026-01-16T18:23:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T18:23:08","slug":"bryanston-property-hijacker-gets-r1000-bail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diepslootnews.co.za\/?p=2090","title":{"rendered":"Bryanston Property Hijacker Gets R1,000 Bail"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Lawrence Ramalwa, who is accused of hijacking a property in Bryanston, has been granted R1,000 bail by the Randburg Magistrates\u2019 Court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ramalwa is facing charges related to the illegal occupation and alleged takeover of a property, a crime that has become increasingly prevalent in parts of Johannesburg. The court heard that the case forms part of a broader investigation into property hijacking syndicates operating in the area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The state did not oppose bail, but Ramalwa is expected to adhere to strict bail conditions, including attending all court appearances and refraining from interfering with witnesses or the investigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The matter has been postponed to 27 February 2026 for further hearing, as investigations continue and the prosecution finalises its case.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lawrence Ramalwa, who is accused of hijacking a property in Bryanston, has been granted R1,000 bail by the Randburg Magistrates\u2019 Court. Ramalwa is facing charges related to the illegal occupation&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2072,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[243,208,248,26,68,122],"class_list":["post-2090","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community-news","tag-brysanton","tag-city-of-johannesburg","tag-crime-update","tag-diepsloot-news","tag-gauteng-community-safety","tag-joburg-law-enforcement"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/diepslootnews.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2090","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/diepslootnews.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/diepslootnews.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diepslootnews.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diepslootnews.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2090"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/diepslootnews.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2090\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2091,"href":"https:\/\/diepslootnews.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2090\/revisions\/2091"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diepslootnews.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2072"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/diepslootnews.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2090"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diepslootnews.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2090"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diepslootnews.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2090"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}