# Die Madlanga-kommissie het getuienis aangehoor oor die beweerde inmenging in ‘n operasie deur die Taktiese Reaksie-eenheid wat ‘n voertuig met dwelms daarin agternagesit het. Die Johannesburgse Metropolisie se hoof van Interne Sake, Elmarie de Beer, het getuig lede het ‘n swart Ford Ranger agternagesit en die polisie en lugbystands-dienste om hulp genader. Sy sê […]
# Water and Sanitation minister Pemmy Majodina has apologised for swearing at a Kouga resident during a recent public event in the Eastern Cape. In a statement, Majodina said she reacted in the heat of the moment but accepts responsibility and regrets using profane language, stressing that public representatives must remain respectful under pressure. The […]
# The Western Cape recorded a drop in several serious crimes between April and June. Contact crime fell by 6.3-percent, murder by 6.7-percent, carjacking by 14.6-percent and house robbery by 15-percent. At stations targeted by Operation Prosper, contact crime dropped by 12.1-percent and murder by 16.8 percent. However, rape and sexual assault increased. The provincial […]
# Electricity and Energy minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa says South Africa’s green hydrogen economy has moved from concept to implementation. Speaking on behalf of president Cyril Ramaphosa at the Africa Green Hydrogen Summit in Cape Town, Ramokgopa announced the first wave of the national green hydrogen programme. The Saldanha Bay project has secured a final investment […]
# Eskom se hoofbestuurder vir Navorsing, Toetsing en Ontwikkeling, Prudence Madiba, sê vroue moet beweeg van blote verteenwoordiging na betekenisvolle deelname aan die ontluikende groenwaterstof-ekonomie. Sy het tydens ‘n noenmaal in Kaapstad gepleit vir beter toegang tot finansiering, leierskap, verkrygingsgeleenthede en vaardigheidsontwikkeling. Madiba het ook mans aangemoedig om bondgenote en mentors te wees en vroue […]
# DA-leier Geordin Hill-Lewis sê die ontdekking van ses vroue se liggame in Ekurhuleni, Gauteng, sedert Julie toon die behoefte aan strenger optrede teen geweldsmisdaad. Hy sê die regering moet ondersoeke verskerp en verseker die skuldiges word aan die man gebring. Hill-Lewis vra groter sigbare wetstoepassing, beter beligting en waarneming, en nouer samewerking tussen die […]
# The Madlanga Commission has heard of alleged interference in a Tactical Response Unit operation involving a suspected drug-carrying vehicle. Johannesburg Metro Police Department Internal Affairs head Superintendent Elmarie de Beer said TRU members pursued a black Ford Ranger, called for SAPS and air-wing assistance, however, were allegedly instructed to abandon the pursuit by JMPD […]
# Die Johannesburgse Metropolisie se hoof van Interne Sake, Elmarie de Beer, het ernstige bedryfsuitdagings uitgelig voor die Madlanga-kommissie, Sy sê daar is slegs 38 personeellede, wat nie genoeg is om die werklas doeltreffend te hanteer nie. De Beer sê ondersoeke duur dikwels langer om te voltooi weens beperkte ondersoekvermoë, veral dié wat met wangedrag […]
# Action Society says delays in processing forensic evidence could prevent police from identifying repeat offenders and stopping further killings. The warning comes after the bodies of six women were found in the Kempton Park area in about two months. The organisation’s Juanita du Preez says the cases have worrying similarities, but police have not […]
