New tech to boost border security: SAPU

Border Management Authority officials. 1 minute Police union, SAPU, says the use of new technology to curb illegal border crossings will also enhance efficiencies at points of entry. The Border Management Authority (BMA) unveiled four high-tech drones and 40 cameras to be deployed across various points of entry this Easter period. SAPU spokesperson Lesiba Thobakgale…

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Malema not surprised by Mpofu’s decision to join MK Party

EFF President Julius Malema. 2 minutes Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema says the decision of his party’s former Chairperson Advocate Dali Mpofu to defect to the uMkhonto weSizwe Party is not surprising. Mpofu announced his resignation from the Red Berets yesterday. He says the MK Party is the only vehicle that can take…

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Gauteng Health urges vaccination against measles

A view shows MMR vaccine The Gauteng Health Department says it is undertaking measles vaccination campaigns targeting schools as children under the age of 15 are mostly affected. Measles is a highly infectious viral disease. A person can get infected by the air droplets from coughing and sneezing. Tshwane is currently the hotspot for measles…

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Judge in Meyiwa trial apologises for racial comments

FILE: Judge Ratha Mokgoatlheng presides over the Senzo Meyiwa murder trial in the High Court in Pretoria. 1 minute Judge Ratha Mokgoatlheng has apologised for his utterances that had racial undertones during the former Bafana Bafana captain Senzo Meyiwa’s murder case in the High Court in Pretoria. Last week Thursday, he expressed outrage after learning…

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Mchunu applauds SAPS for conducting high-profile operations in GP

Minister Senzo Mchunu delivers the 2024 third quarter crime stats. 2 minutes Police Minister Senzo Mchunu has commended a multi-disciplinary task team for successfully conducting two high-profile operations in Gauteng. The first operation involved the interception of a cash-in-transit heist in Dobsonville, Soweto. Two suspects were fatally wounded and five others arrested. A hijacked vehicle…

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Joburg Water, City Power cut illegal connections in CBD

A multi-disciplinary effort by the city to address illegal water connections in Joburg CBD. 2 minutes Johannesburg Water and City Power are continuing with their operation to disconnect residential buildings in the Central Business District (CBD) that have illegally connected to water and electricity infrastructure. The entities are targeting several hijacked buildings in the inner…

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