Death toll in the Ormonde building collapse rises to eight

Ormonde building collapse The death toll in the Ormonde building collapse has risen to eight.  Johannesburg Emergency Services spokesperson, Xolile Khumalo, says rescue and recovery operations resumed Tuesday morning after being suspended on Monday night.  She says one person remains unaccounted for.   “Recovery operations have commenced for three missing individuals who have been located,…

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Deputy National Police Commissioner to appear before Ad Hoc Commitee

Deputy National Commissioner for Policing Tebello Mosikili Deputy National Police Commissioner, Tebello Mosikili, will testify before the Ad Hoc Committee today. The committee is investigating allegations of criminal infiltration, corruption and political interference in the criminal justice system. The allegations were made by KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner, Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, during a media briefing in July last…

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LIVE: Thabo Bester challenges prison transfer

Convicted murderer and rapist, Thabo Bester, is expected to approach the High Court in Pretoria on an urgent basis to challenge his transfer from the Kgosi Mampuru Correctional Centre in Pretoria to the eBongweni Super Maximum prison in KwaZulu-Natal. Last month, the same matter was struck off the roll. LIVE STREAM: 

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IPID report on the Phala Phala farm robbery has been declassified

Phala Phala farm in Limpopo The report of the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) into the break-in and theft at President Cyril Ramaphosa’s Phala Phala farm has been declassified.    That’s the reply given by acting Police Minister Professor Firoz Cachalia to a written parliamentary question from the ATM.   Cachalia says the report was declassified on…

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Limpopo traditional leader gunned down

FILE | Bullets on top of a table at a police station. A traditional leader has been shot dead and a family member wounded during a robbery at Makhuvha village outside Thohoyandou in Limpopo. The wounded person has been taken to the hospital. Fifty-nine-year-old Chief Ntikedzeni Makhuvha was shot by armed robbers wearing balaclavas and…

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