# ‘n Een-en-dertigjarige internasionale dwelmmuil is op die OR Tambo Internasionale Lughawe in Gauteng in hegtenis geneem nadat owerhede beslag gelê het op dagga ter waarde van ‘n geraamde 2,9-miljoen-rand. Die polisie sê die verdagte het gisteraand via Dubai uit Thailand geland en is onderskep tydens ‘n intelligensie-gedrewe operasie tussen die Valke, die Grensbestuursowerheid, Doeane, […]
# Duisende Malawiese burgers kamp steeds buite hul land se konsulaat in Woodmead, Johannesburg, waar hulle hoop om terug te keer huis toe te midde van voortdurende spanning gemik op buitelanders. Die internasionale redakteur van The Continent, Simon Allison, sê baie is gedokumenteerde migrante wat uit hul huise in Gauteng en die Vrystaat gevlug het. […]
# Vyf verdagtes is in Marapong naby Lephalale in Limpopo in hegtenis geneem vir die beweerde intimidasie van ‘n Nigeriese sake-eienaar en voordoening as amptenare van Binnelandse Sake. Polisiewoordvoerder Malesela Ledwaba sê aanvallers het die man gedreig dat sy onderneming vernietig gaan word, en geëis dat hy Suid-Afrika verlaat. Sy immigrasiedokumente is later as geldig […]
# The DA calls on Gauteng Police Commissioner Tommy Mthombeni to deploy specialised police units to combat escalating gang violence across the province. The party’s Michael Sun says 258 people have been murdered and 408 survived attempted murders linked to gangsterism over the past four years. Sun criticised the Gauteng government for inadequate funding to […]
# Cape Town residents are being invited to register for South Africa’s first Citizens’ Assembly on Climate, where 100 randomly selected participants will help shape the city’s future transport and climate policies. Organised by the University of the Western Cape and Stellenbosch University, the initiative aims to develop recommendations for an affordable, reliable and low-emission […]
# The FF Plus calls on police to increase visible patrols and proactive crime prevention in Malmesbury following a surge in gang-related violence. The party’s Amber Booysen says residents are living in fear after the latest shooting left two people dead and 10 wounded, including a three-year-old child. Booysen urges authorities to deploy resources and […]
# Die Anglikaanse Bisdom van Kaapstad het uitgevaar teen haatspraak, gewelddadige aanvalle en plundering gemik op buitelandse migrante. Hy sê migrante word as sondebokke beskou weens geregverdigde woede oor Suid-Afrika se misdaadkrisis, werkloosheid en dienslewerings-mislukkings. Aartsbiskop Thabo Makgoba vra dialoog met leiers van March and March, Operasie Dudula-Wes-Kaap en ander om die oorsake van spanning […]
# Die DA het die Hooggeregshof dringend genader nadat Tshwane se raad stadsbestuurder Johann Mettler geskors en besluit het bewerings teen die finansiële hoof, Gareth Mnisi, is minder ernstig. Woordvoerder Cilliers Brink beweer die speaker het die uitslag van die stemming onregmatig verdraai deur stemme af te trek om die ANC en die EFF te […]
# Thousands of Malawian nationals remain camped outside their country’s consulate in Woodmead, Johannesburg, hoping to return home amid ongoing tensions targeting foreign nationals. The Continent‘s international editor, Simon Allison, says many are documented migrants who fled their homes in Gauteng and the Free State. He says aid organisations and volunteers are providing food, healthcare […]
