Government warns against vigilantism during immigration protests

Durban residents protest against illegal immigration. Crime intelligence and law enforcement agencies are closely monitoring protests linked to illegal immigration, amid rising tensions over criminality, misinformation and growing concerns about ethnic divisions. That is what the Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni told the post cabinet media briefing. Government says while South Africans have a…

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Family welcomes sentencing of Vyaksha Sookdew’s killer

Sugendran Rodney Naicker at his sentencing at the Durban Magistrates’ Court. 1 minute The family of murdered Vyaksha Sookdew has welcomed the 23-year sentence handed to her killer, Sugendran Rodney Naicker, in the Durban Magistrates’ Court. Naicker pleaded guilty to the murder of Sookdew, his then-girlfriend, who was killed in December 2023 at her Havenside…

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EMPD doesn’t have powers to arrest anybody for a crime: Mapiyeye

The Ekurhuleni Metro police department (EMPD) Chief Jabulani Mapiyeye gives evidence at the Madlanga Commission on November 6, 2025. Ekurhuleni Metro Police Department (EMPD) Chief Jabulani Mapiyeye has taken the stand at the Madlanga Commission. The Commission is looking into allegations of corruption and political interference in the criminal justice system. Testimony before the Commission…

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