So… Twitter detectives found Thabo Bester back in the day and now the phone snatcher also? Well done faceless people of the Twitterverse No FBI only TBI 😉

On today’s news: The Phone Snatcher has been captured and was found in Hillbrow by the office of the @PublicSafetyMMC @MTshwaku He was found charging the phone! 🚮 Power of Social Media 🫶🏽🫶🏽🫶🏽

Thats a soul snatcher right ther⚠️ @tsna0mi https://t.co/MJl1uw0G75

The phone snatcher Nobert Zapambela & his girlfriend.

Nobert the Phone Snatcher is a serial offender

Its crazy how fast people on social media are able to track down criminals, especially this phone snatcher. It goes to show that the public is more helpful than the South African Police when it comes to locating criminals.

𝕏 identified the phone snatcher, Nobert Zapambela, within hours, he has now been found & arrested. This shows exactly why the police should release the CCTV footage of DJ Warras’ killer. When the public has access to clear evidence, suspects get traced faster!

MEDIA STATEMENT FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 30 DECEMBER 2025 JMPD TACTICAL RESPONSE UNIT APPREHENDS VIRAL PHONE SNATCHER AND SYNDICATE MEMBERS IN INNER-CITY CRACKDOWN The Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department (JMPD) Tactical Response Unit has successfully apprehended a

WANTED: A phone snatcher was caught on camera at Kream Restaurant. He was allegedly driving a getaway car, a Toyota Corolla sedan with registration plate HD 23 TZ GP.

Do you see how quickly Twitter identified the phone snatcher, Nobert Zapambela? This is exactly why the police should release the CCTV footage of DJ Warras’ killer. When the public has access to clear evidence, it becomes much easier to trace suspects and speed up justice.

Zimbabwean Phone Snatcher identified as Nobert Zapambela by social media users. Its just a matter of time until he is caught. His main Instagram account is now private.

#CountryDuty The Phone Snatcher has been captured and was found in Hillbrow by the office of the @PublicSafetyMMC @MTshwaku Great work! He was even even charging a phone!

I hope he's arrested because what do you mean he's not just a phone snatcher but a whole armed robber too😒bloody mgulukudu!

The Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department (JMPD) Tactical Response Unit is hunting down the accomplices of phone snatcher, Nobert Zapambela. He was captured & arrested in Hillbrow, South Africa, and his friends & girlfriends won’t get away, they will be arrested too.

During the arrest of the phone snatcher, Nobert Zapambela, a Zimbabwean national, police found additional phones in his possession that are suspected to be stolen.

This phone snatcher has been arrested 4 times and gets bail every-time. This is how our justice system works. Rapists rape repeatedly and they get bail. Murders murder repeatedly and they get bail 🤷. You loot once at Woolworths and they make an example out of you 🙂

The trending phone snatcher got taught a dancing lesson 😭

Nobert Zapambela is not just a phone snatcher. He’s an armed robber too. This guy with his friends are criminal who goes around robbing Salons with guns.

Zimbabwean phone snatcher Nobert Zapambela who was arrested in Hillbrow for cellphone robbery allegedly has dual identity documents He holds a Zimbabwean passport but was released on bail last year after presenting a South African passport under the name “Gumede.” Authorities