# KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi has accused Police minister Senzo Mchunu of interfering with high-profile investigations. He linked the minister to Vusimusi ‘Cat’ Matlala, who was arrested in May for attempted murder. During a media briefing on Sunday, Mkhwanazi also alleged Mchunu dissolved the political killings task team after it uncovered a crime syndicate […]
# Die GOOD-party sê bendegeweld floreer in gemeenskappe wat deur die staat in die steek gelaat is, waar ekonomiese wanhoop, ruimtelike uitsluiting en maatskaplike verwaarlosing omstandighede skep vir misdaadnetwerke om te groei. GOOD se sekretaris-generaal, Brett Herron, het verwys na die skietvoorvalle oor die naweek, waartydens vyf mense in Mfuleni en Portlands in Kaapstad doodgeskiet […]
# The GOOD Party says gang violence flourishes in communities abandoned by the state, where economic despair, spatial exclusion, and social neglect create the perfect storm for criminal networks to thrive. GOOD secretary-general, Brett Herron referred to shooting incidents over the weekend, where five people were shot and killed in Mfuleni and Portlands, in Cape Town. […]
# Die Gautengse portefeuljekomitee oor Gemeenskapsveiligheid het ‘n ernstige waarskuwing gerig aan misdaadslagoffers, veral slagoffers van geslagsgeweld, om nie strafregtelike sake teen oortreders terug te trek nie. Die komiteevoorsitter, Bandile Masuku, sê dit kom te midde van groeiende kommer oor ‘n ontstellende tendens wat pogings om geslagsgeweld te bestry en oortreders aanspreeklik te hou, ondermyn. […]
# The Gauteng Portfolio Committee on Community Safety has issued a strong warning to victims of crime, particularly victims of gender-based violence, urging them not to withdraw criminal cases against perpetrators. The committee chairperson, Bandile Masuku says this comes amid growing concern over a disturbing trend that undermines efforts to combat GBV and hold perpetrators […]
# Die Departement van Landbou sê met sommige provinsies wat sukkel met bek-en-klouseer, het hulle besluit om toe te laat dat melk van kwarantyn-plase in Limpopo en die Oos-Kaap op die plaaslike mark vrygestel word. Die minister van Landbou, John Steenhuisen, het die opheffing van die siektebestuursgebiede aangekondig nadat verskerpte pogings deur die Veeartsenykundige Dienste […]
# The Department of Agriculture says with some provinces battling with foot-and-mouth disease cases, it has decided to allow milk from quarantined farms in Limpopo and Eastern Cape to be released onto the local market. Agriculture minister John Steenhuisen announced the lifting of the disease management areas in both provinces after intensified efforts by Veterinary Services were successful […]
# Die adjunkminister van Bosbou, Visserye en die Omgewing, Bernice Swarts, sal vandag die Een Miljoen Bome-veldtog onder die tema My Boom, My Suurstof by die Pretoria Nasionale Botaniese Tuine bekendstel. Die departement se woordvoerder, Peter Mbelengwa, sê die veldtog is daarop gemik om Suid-Afrikaners van alle vlakke van die samelewing te mobiliseer om bome […]
# The Deputy minister of Forestry, Fisheries and Environment, Bernice Swarts, will launch the One Million Trees campaign, under the theme, My Tree, My Oxygen at the Pretoria National Botanical Gardens today. The department’s spokesperson, Peter Mbelengwa, says the campaign aims to mobilise South Africans from all walks of life to pledge and donate trees. […]