# The case against the alleged murderers of popular musician DJ Warras Stock has been postponed to 19 August in the High Court in Johannesburg. Victor Majola and Armando Pacula were charged after Stock was shot and killed in the Johannesburg CBD on 16 December last year. The postponement follows indications that Majola is experiencing […]
# The Department of Employment and Labour warns employers to comply with South Africa’s labour laws as it intensifies nationwide inspections. Deputy minister Jomo Sibiya says inspectors visited 114 workplaces during the first coordinated high-impact compliance blitz across all nine provinces. Only three workplaces were found to be fully compliant. Sibiya says widespread violations were […]
# The Inkatha Freedom Party says South Africa’s anti-corruption institutions must be led by people who inspire public confidence and uphold integrity, independence and professionalism. The party reacted to Andrea Johnson’s resignation as head of the Investigating Directorate against Corruption. Spokesperson Nhlanhla Hadebe calls for a transparent and speedy appointment of a new IDAC head. […]
# The City of Ekurhuleni confirmed that Metropolitan Police Department Chief Isaac Mapiyeye has been cleared of all disciplinary charges and has returned to work. The city spokesperson, Phakamile Mbengashe, says the disciplinary proceedings have been concluded, and Mapiyeye resumed his duties today as chief of police. He says they respect the outcome of the […]
# Five people have been killed and another was wounded in a mass shooting at a house in Gugulethu, Cape Town. Police say two armed suspects forced their way into the home by kicking down the front door during the early hours of this morning. Police spokesperson André Traut says four men and a woman […]
# The Activists and Citizens Forum welcomed the resignation of the head of the Investigating Directorate Against Corruption, Andrea Johnson with immediate effect. The forum’s Dennis Bloem says her decision will help protect the evidence presented before the Madlanga Commission and the integrity of its proceedings. He says the Commission must be allowed to complete […]
# The KwaZulu-Natal Road Traffic Inspectorate is investigating the cause of a crash between a bakkie and a minibus on the N2 at the Bhoboza off-ramp in Inkosi uMtubatuba Local Municipality in the early hours of this morning. Four people were killed. Ndabezinhle Sibiya of the provincial Department of Transport and Human Settlements says night-time […]
# Government adopted the National Liquor Action Plan as a key strategy to reduce violent crime and alcohol abuse. Acting Police minister Firoz Cachalia says the plan was endorsed during a meeting with MEC’s in Mpumalanga following consultations across government. Recent crime statistics show alcohol was linked to 231 murders between January and March. Cachalia […]
# The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has surpassed three-thousand confirmed cases, with three-thousand-75 infections recorded across five provinces. Nearly 90-percent of cases have been reported in the northeastern province of Ituri, which borders South Sudan and Uganda, according to the World Health Organization. The outbreak passed the two-thousand case mark on […]
