Retired Ekurhuleni Metro Police Deputy Chief Revo Spies Retired Ekurhuleni Metro Police Deputy Chief Revo Spies has testified that nearly two hundred officers under Brigadier Julius Mkhwanazi refused to submit their fingerprints for criminal vetting. This comes as proceedings for the Madlanga Commission of inquiry are underway in Pretoria. Spies says the officers…
File image: Police conduct anti-human trafficking operation. 2 minutes Gauteng police are investigating a suspected human trafficking case after 32 foreign nationals escaped from a house where they were held captive in Lombardy East, Johannesburg. Neighbours were alerted to the scene after hearing strange noises of people banging on doors and breaking windows. They then…
Motorists arrested for drunk driving. Gauteng Traffic Police have arrested 13 suspects on Saturday night for driving under the influence of alcohol in and around Pretoria. Nine of the suspects were arrested in Hammanskraal and four in Bronkhorstspruit. A 60-year-old motocyclist was also arrested on the N1 in Centurion for riding at 201 kilometers per…
Communications and Digital Technology Minister, Solly Malatsi 2 minutes Communications and Digital Technologies Minister Solly Malatsi says the process of converting Postbank cards from gold to black is on track. This follows Postbank’s plan to reissue all its South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) branded cards to the SARB and the Department of Communications and…
2 minutes Deputy President of the African National Congress (ANC) Paul Mashatile says the party is working hard to improve service delivery and deliver houses in poor areas such as Khayelitsha, in Cape Town. Mashatile is visiting Khayelitsha in the run-up to the party’s January 8th Statement for its 113th birthday programme. The birthday celebration…
Source: www.unsplash.com Tackling the ‘celeb-bait’ scam One of the most prominent scams Meta is addressing involves the misuse of images of celebrities and public figures—commonly referred to as “celeb-bait.” Scammers leverage these images in ads designed to mimic legitimate promotions, luring users to fraudulent websites where they are asked to provide personal information or send…
1 minute The Joshlin Smith kidnapping trial continues in the High Court sitting at Saldanha on the Cape West Coast today. The child’s mother Kelly Smith, her boyfriend Jacquen Appollis and Steveno van Rhyn are facing charges of kidnapping and human trafficking. This after the seven-year-old went missing a year ago. LIVE:
Thabazimbi Municipality offices Some councillors in the Thabazimbi Municipality say there is infighting over the control of a multi-million-rand project. MKP councillor, Bosney Mashao says the conflict is between the mayor, ANC councillor Tumisang Pilane, the Municipal Manager, Clement Letsoalo and the DA councillor and Speaker, Tokkie Swanepoel. Mashao says the conflict emanated from the…
FILE | SANDF soldiers on patrol Defence Analyst Kobus Marais says the deployment of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) in areas ravaged by crime in the Western Cape and Gauteng cannot be supported and condoned. Marais was responding to the announcement made by President Cyril Ramaphosa in his State of the Nation Address…
The five accused sitting in the dock during the Senzo Meyiwa murder trial. 3 minutes The description given by witnesses of the alleged dreadlocked gunman that fatally wounded Senzo Meyiwa, once again came under the spotlight at the High Court in Pretoria. Five men are on trial for the 2014 murder of the Bafana Bafana…
