National Commissioner of the SAPS, General Fannie Masemola. National Police Commissioner General Fanie Masemola is expected to visit Reiger Park, East of Johannesburg, on Sunday afternoon. This after six people were fatally shot and three others were injured on Saturday. Police say the suspects, travelling in two vehicles, opened fire indiscriminately before fleeing the scene….
A South African Police Service graphic, illustrating a hunt for shooting suspects. Police are on the hunt for suspects behind a drive-by shooting incident in Reiger Park, East of Johannesburg, which claimed the lives of six people and left three others injured on Saturday evening. Police say suspects driving in two vehicles came to the…
[File photo] Bullets seen at a crime scene. The Acting Provincial Commissioner of the South African Police Service (SAPS) in Gauteng, Major General Fred Kekana has mobilised resources following a drive-by shooting incident in Reiger Park, which claimed the lives of six people and left three injured. It is reported that two vehicles, a silver…
Former President Thabo Mbeki Former President Thabo Mbeki says more than thirty years into democracy, the country finds itself in need of urgent intervention amidst ongoing poor governance issues and a number of crises. Mbeki was speaking at the Nelson Mandela University in Gqeberha during the launch of the National Dialogue in the Eastern Cape…
Former KZN Premier Nomusa Dube-Ncube and former KZN Transport MEC Sipho Hlomuka unveiling the province’s new plates, November 2023. The KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) Department of Transport has warned motorists that they have until November 30 to switch to the new vehicle licence system. The provincial Transport Department introduced the new numbering system to address a shortage…
A South African court room pictured above. A second suspect arrested in connection with the recent mass shooting incident in Westbury is expected to make his first appearance in the Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court on Monday. The 36-year-old, whom police believe to be the mastermind behind the shooting, was arrested on Friday. The shooting left two…
Livestock seen in a kraal. Livestock farmers at Ga-Mashashane, south-west of Polokwane in Limpopo, believe that livestock theft is spiralling out of control. Farmers say they have lost hundreds of cattle and sheep over the last few months. Masenya Rafapa, who has been rearing and selling cattle for a living for years, says he has…
A broken windscreen. A well-known Lekompo music artist is receiving medical attention at the Polokwane Hospital in Limpopo after being involved in a car crash that claimed the life of one person. Melita Ribane, commonly known as Kharishma, was involved in a car crash on Friday morning. Polokwane Executive Mayor John Mpe visited her in…
A City of Johannesburg ambulance shown on the picture above. A paramedic who responded to the Reiger Park mass shooting in Ekurhuleni has described the scene that confronted him as horrific. Six people, including three women, were shot dead and three others were left injured after suspects driving in two vehicles started shooting randomly on…
[File photo] Bullets seen at a crime scene. The community of Reiger Park in Ekurhuleni says they are fearing for their lives due to ongoing gang-related killings in the area. Six people, including three women, were shot dead, and three other people were left injured after suspects driving in two vehicles started shooting randomly on…
