Pollsmoor Correctional Centre Prison authorities have last night conducted a raid for contraband at Pollsmoor Correctional Centre outside Cape Town, in what officials say is part of nationwide targeted operations. The National Commissioner Makgothi Thobakgale led the crackdown, which he says is aimed at rooting out criminal networks and their influence. Prison authorities have conducted…
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National Park electricity box The Kruger Lowveld Chamber of Business and Tourism in Mpumalanga has accused the Mpumalanga Tourism and Parks Agency of failing to maintain key tourist attractions. Chamber spokesperson Oupa Pilane says most of the attractions on the ‘panorama route’ do not have proper ablution facilities. Pilane also raised concerns that some of…
Dried cannabis plant. Police have arrested 14 suspects for illegally planting dagga at a five-hectare site at Babanango in northern KwaZulu-Natal. They were arrested during a raid by the South African Police Service (SAPS) Ulundi Crime Prevention Unit and other relevant stakeholders. Provincial police spokesperson, Captain Ntathu Ndlovu say police acted on a tip-off of…
Drugs seized by police at Garden Route District. Police have seized mandrax tablets with an estimated street value of over R700 000 in Malibu Village near Blue Downs, Cape Town. Police spokesperson Joseph Swartbooi says officers followed up on information when they made the bust. “Police members of Operation Restore deployed in the Tygerberg Sub…
FILE | Gas explosion Limpopo’s Department of Transport and Community Safety says that the R71 in Makgoebaskloof has been reopened for traffic. This after a truck carrying gas cylinders crashed and the cylinders exploded on Tuesday night. The vehicle went out of control and veered off the road. The explosion also caused a runaway veld…
Grade 1 children in a class during COVID-19 outbreak Gauteng parents have eight days to get their children’s school documents in order, as the online application process for Grades 1 and 8 opens next week Thursday 24/07 and closes on the 29th of August. The DA in the province says it hopes the department prepared…
Civil society organisation, Black Sash, has accused the SA Social Security Agency (SASSA) of human rights violations following the implementation of a review process on grant recipients. The agency’s review process, which was introduced in April, is meant to verify the eligibility of grant recipients and combat fraud. The organisation says, despite claims from SASSA’s…
