# Limpopo police are investigating a murder and rape case against a police sergeant stationed at Mecklenburg police station, and also opened an inquest. It is alleged the man shot a 32-year-old man in the Sekhukhune District Municipality yesterday. Police spokesperson Malesela Ledwaba says the suspect thereafter drove to his residence in Ga-Masha with a […]
# The GOOD Party in Cape Town is calling for real and lasting solutions to violence, saying every community has the right to a safe and peaceful neighbourhood. Sixteen people were shot dead in the city over the weekend, including ten at an entertainment venue in Lwandle. GOOD’s Secretary-General Brett Herron says the Western Cape’s […]
# The death toll from the Wedela tavern mass shooting on the West Rand has risen to 18 following the death of a victim in hospital. Eight men armed with AK-47 rifles and pistols opened fire on patrons at the tavern on Saturday night, killing 17 people, 13 men and four women. The suspects also […]
# The DA has accused Tshwane mayor Nasiphi Moya of jeopardising the metro’s finances by keeping mayoral committee member for Finance Eugene Modise in his position. Modise, who holds the top position on the ANC’s proportional candidate list for the local government elections, was found guilty of breaching the councillors’ code of conduct. He failed […]
# Tshwane police arrested 356 suspects during a multidisciplinary Operation Shanela in Soshanguve and Loate over the weekend, as the crackdown on serious and organised crime continues. The suspects were apprehended for criminal offences including murder, attempted murder, armed robbery and gender-based violence. Police spokesperson Johan van Dyk says 41 undocumented foreign nationals were also […]
# The MK Party’s Strategic Presidential Team says the Western Cape High Court ruling, ordering it to reinstate two party members, is not merely a legal dispute between individuals. Leader Jacob Zuma expelled Pumlani Kubukeli and Khanyisile Litchfield-Tshabalala from the party and Parliament last month, accusing them of conduct that undermined the reputation, unity and […]
# Human Settlements minister Thembi Simelane says the future of South Africa will depend on whether public institutions can turn policy, public resources into visible improvements in people’s lives. She addressed the 25th South African Association of Public Administration and Management Conference in Durban yesterday. Simelane stressed that human settlements must be developed around the […]
# Minister of Health Aaron Motsoaledi and his deputy Joe Phaahla have escalated allegations of inflated National Health Insurance advertising contracts to the Special Investigating Unit, the Auditor‑General, and the Public Protector. According to News24, contracts for NHI marketing and health communications originally worth a little more than one-thousand-rand, ballooned to a combined 182-million-rand. The money […]
# ActionSA has condemned the mass shooting in Lwandle, near Strand in Cape Town in the early hours of yesterday morning. Ten people were shot dead and eleven others wounded after gunmen opened fire at an entertainment venue. Four people were also killed in a separate shooting in Khayelitsha. Western Cape police have established a […]
