A drop of water coming out of a tap. Western Cape Premier Alan Winde has welcomed a declaration by the national government of the drought in the province as a national disaster. He says this enables authorities to be preventative, to move money around and to use the disaster as a risk management tool. He…
Police arrested three suspects in Bekkersdal after finding three AK‑47 rifles and ammunition in a vehicle during patrols. Three suspects have been arrested in Bekkersdal on Gauteng’s West Rand after police discovered a cache of illegal firearms. The arrests were made in the early hours of Sunday morning when South African Police Service (SAPS) officers…
A police van seen outside a parking lot. The Gauteng Legislature’s Portfolio Committee on Community Safety has expressed concern that there are no operational holding cells at the Olievenhoutbosch Police Station in Centurion. This follows an unannounced oversight visit by the committee to the station. Overcrowding was also highlighted as a serious issue, with nearly…
KwaZulu-Natal Premier Thamsanqa Ntuli speaks at a mass funeral at the eMwacombe Sports Field in the Umfolozi Municipality in KwaZulu-Natal. KwaZulu-Natal Premier, Thamsanqa Ntuli, has attended the mass funeral of the six Mnyando family members, who were killed in a crash on the N2 near Mtubatuba. The mass funeral took place at the eMwacombe Sports…
Border Management Authority official checks a motorist’s documents at the border. As South Africans ready themselves for the State of the Nation Address (SONA) this week, border crime remains a concern for communities at the borderline between South Africa and Zimbabwe. Some say the SONA must address the security situation at the border. Residents and…
File image| Police crime scene tape. Police have opened an inquest docket after one of the men implicated at the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry allegedly killed himself at a filling station in Brakpan last night. Forty-one-year-old Wiandre Pretorius was mentioned at the Commission by Marius van der Merwe, who testified under the name of Witness…
Police have confirmed that one of the men implicated at the Madlanga Commission has taken his own life. 41-year-old Wiandre Pretorius allegedly shot himself at a filling station in Brakpan, east of Johannesburg, in front of his partner, a police Sergeant. Marius van der Merwe, who testified under the name of Witness D, implicated Pretorius…
Crime scene. As South Africans ready themselves for the State of the Nation Address (SONA) this week, border crime remains a concern for communities along the borderline between South Africa and Zimbabwe. Some say the SONA must address the security situation at the border. Residents and business people in Niani along the Limpopo river say…
Chairperson and commissioners at the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry in Pretoria. Crime expert and specialist investigator, Mike Bolhuis, says there are a number of possibilities that could have led Wiandre Pretorius to take his own life. Bolhuis says this includes the mounting pressure of police investigations into his alleged involvement in criminal activities. Earlier, police…
Scholar transport vehicle. The Gauteng Department of Roads and Transport has postponed its Scholar Transport Stakeholder Engagement Meeting to next week following an overwhelming turnout of scholar transport operators. WATCH | Gauteng MEC of Roads and Transport Kedibone Diale-Tlabela says more than 1,500 scholar transport operators have applied for operating licences since last year, with…
