Justice Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi. The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development has invited the public to make submissions on the Protected Disclosures Bill, also known as the Whistle Blower Bill which is open for public comment until the 14th of May. The proposed legislation seeks to address weaknesses in the existing Protected Disclosures Act, which…
File: Gavel in a courtroom. The Pretoria High Court, has convicted a former midwife for several crimes that she committed against pregnant women, and the death of an infant. Forty eight-year-old, Yolande Maritz Fouchee, from Murrayfield, who is the owner of the You and Me Midwife-led Maternity Care, was found guilty of culpable homicide after…
Four suspects arrested for drug trafficking appear before the court. The state has argued that five alleged drug mules arrested at OR Tambo International Airport last month are a flight risk, as they were en route to Hong Kong when they were apprehended. Four of the women appeared in the Kempton Park Magistrate’s Court for…
A crime scene where a shooting happened. A 58-year-old woman has been shot execution-style in Delft on the Cape Flats. Police say the incident happened on Thursday night. Serious crime has continued unabated on the Cape Flats despite the deployment of SANDF members to the area to assist police. Police spokesperson Wesley Twigg says, “Police…
Tshukudu Malatji Madlanga Commissioner Sesi Baloyi has put it to Tshukudu Malatji that he is to blame for the R14-million expense that the City of Tshwane incurred because of additional and unauthorised ad hoc security services. Evidence before the Madlanga Comission of Inquiry has further revealed that Malatji, who is the suspended Director for Asset…
Nkabinde Enquiry Western Cape Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions Advocate Shireen Riley says she was part of the expert panel that guided former National Prosecuting Authority head Advocate Shamila Batohi in her decision to withdraw racketeering charges against members of the Cato Manor Organised Crime Unit. Riley was testifying at the Nkabinde Enquiry in Pretoria….
Phendukas used for illegal mining are pictured during Operation Operation Vala Umgodi in Mpumalanga. Ten suspected illegal miners have been arrested in Pilgrim’s Rest in Mpumalanga during the police’s Operation Vala Umgodi. Police spokesperson Mavela Masondo says all the suspects are illegal immigrants. The group was found in possession of gold bearing material and tools used…
Tshwane African National Congress (ANC) Regional Chairperson Eugene Modise. The Madlanga Commission has heard how Triotic Protection Services was one of the companies outsourced for guarding services in the City of Tshwane. This has been confirmed by suspended Director for Asset Protection Services the Tshwane Metro Police Department (TMPD) Tshukudu Malatji. The company is linked…
The Chairperson of the newly established oversight committee in the Presidency, Dorris Mpapane, says they will take a decision on the outcomes of the Constitutional Court judgment on the Phala-Phala case after it is delivered. The Court has confirmed that its decision on the Phala Phala scandal will be delivered within a month. Mpapane briefed…
Bullet fired from a handgun. Two people have been killed and two others wounded after a shooting incident in Ormonde, south of Johannesburg, this afternoon. Gauteng Police spokesperson, Dimakatso Nevhuhulwi, says police are investigating a case of murder and attempted murder following the incident. “According to information at hand, three vehicles with unknown number of…
