# The City of Cape Town has condemned the attack on Traffic Services officers during an illegal street racing operation in Paarden Eiland over the weekend. According to mayoral committee member for Safety and Security, JP Smith, officers arrested two motorists for reckless and negligent driving and participating in an illegal street race on Friday […]
# Police have arrested three suspects, one man and two women, in connection with the murder of the ninth woman found dead in Ekurhuleni last week. The body of 28-year-old Gracious Nkomo was found wrapped in a sheet in Dawn Park in Boksburg. The series of murders has claimed the lives of five women in Kempton […]
# Cape Town’s public swimming pools will open daily during the September school holidays, giving residents and visitors an opportunity to enjoy access to the municipal facilities from 23 September to 5 October. Pools will operate from 10am to 5pm each day. Mayoral committee member for Community Services and Health, Francine Higham, says five pools- Westridge, Bellville […]
# The Tshwane Metro Police Department says it has intensified its proactive crime prevention strategy and routine patrols across the City of Tshwane to combat gender-based violence and femicide. This follows the killing of nine women in Ekurhuleni over the past two months. TMPD’s spokesperson, Puleng Motholo, says they have stepped up personnel deployments in […]
# Gauteng premier Panyaza Lesufi has condemned the fatal shooting of renowned racing driver Robert Wolk in a road-rage incident in Kempton Park last week. Wolk, a highly decorated racing driver with a career spanning nearly three decades, won multiple national titles, including back-to-back SA GTC championships and victories at the Simola Hillclimb. Three suspects […]
# The South African Federation of Trade Unions and its affiliate, the Democratic Municipal and Allied Workers Union of South Africa, have decided to suspend their planned protest march to Luthuli House today. This follows a request from the ANC Secretariat to meet with the unions on Wednesday, over their grievances concerning the City of […]
# Build One South Africa is calling for the immediate release of all government contracts and procurement records involving Moriel Infrastructure Group. This follows a video in which its founder and chairman, Lawrence Chamurwa Mudzinganyama, appears to threaten women with violence at Vlamo restaurant in Sandton. Minister of Transport Barbara Creecy has directed the South […]
# The African Editors Forum has expressed concern at the disappearance of South African investigative journalist Micah Reddy and his local “fixer” Kooki Mahmoud while on an assignment in Djibouti, East Africa. The pair were last seen around midday on Saturday. Reddy is Africa coordinator at the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists. The Department of International […]
# Gauteng police have opened an inquest docket after the discovery of a woman’s body in Soweto yesterday evening. Her body was wrapped in a duvet and dumped in a dam at Moroka. It remains unclear if this is linked to the spate of murders in Ekurhuleni. Police spokesperson Dimakatso Nevhuhulwi says the victim is estimated […]
