# South Africa’s first dedicated police unit for missing persons has been launched in Cape Town to strengthen the response to missing persons cases. The initiative brings together the South African Police Service, the National Prosecuting Authority, the Department of Home Affairs, and the Faith and Hope Missing Persons organisation. Founder Veranique Williams says the […]
# Die Kaapstadse Landdroshof het die geregtelike doodsondersoek na Anele Tembe se dood tot 7 September uitgestel weens die voorsittende landdros se siekte. Die ondersoek volg vyf jaar na Tembe se noodlottige val van die tiende verdieping van die Pepperclub Hotel. Ses getuies sal na verwagting getuig terwyl die hof die omstandighede rondom haar dood […]
# Die Johannesburgse Metropolisie waarsku motoriste om dele van Pimville en Dlamini in Soweto te vermy weens voortdurende dienslewerings-betogings. Inwoners het verskeie paaie versper uit verset oor kragonderbrekings, wat groot verkeersontwrigtings veroorsaak. Woordvoerder Xolani Fihla sê omleidings is ingestel en motoriste moet alternatiewe roetes gebruik, insluitend Komaweg, Elias Motsoalediweg, Moroka Nancefieldweg en Modjajistraat:
# Die Gautengse LUR vir Paaie en Vervoer, Kedibone Diale-Tlabela, vra operateurs wat aansoek gedoen het vir bedryfslisensies, veral minibus- en skoliervervoeroperateurs, om dit af te haal. Dit volg nadat beduidende vordering gemaak is met die verbetering van interne bedryfs-vermoë en die stroomlyn van administratiewe prosesse om verwerkingstye te verbeter. Die departement se woordvoerder, Lesiba Mpya, […]
# ActionSA in Johannesburg sê die vullisverwyderingskrisis is nie meer bloot ongerieflik nie. Nandi Ndaba van die party sê terwyl Pickitup ‘n onbeskermde staking ondervind te midde van voortdurende arbeidsgeskille, personeeltekorte en bedryfs-onbestendigheid, wonder duisende huishoudings wanneer hul vullis verwyder sal word. Sy sê in baie gemeenskappe hoop vullis aanhoudend op op sypaadjies en voor […]
# Die Johannesburgse Metropolisie het aangekondig dat ‘n tegniese fout tydelik hul hoofnoodoproep- en versendingslyn ontwrig het. Woordvoerder Xolani Fihla sê die ontwrigting het die diens sedert Vrydag geraak. Inwoners word versoek om die alternatiewe landlyn en WhatsApp-kontakbesonderhede op hulle webwerf te gebruik om noodgevalle, verkeersvoorvalle en oortredings van verordeninge aan te meld. Hy sê […]
# Police are investigating the fatal shooting of four people in Mkhuhlu township near Bushbuckridge in Mpumalanga. The victims were gunned down last night in the Calcutta policing precinct. The motive for the shooting is still unknown. Acting Mpumalanga police commissioner Zeph Mkhwanazi says officers have opened four murder cases and are investigating the circumstances […]
# The Cape Flats Safety Forum condemns the mass shooting in Wesbank, Cape Town, where a 22-year-old man and a 21-year-old woman were killed and seven others, including an infant, injured early yesterday morning. Police have launched an investigation into the attack. Forum chairperson Abie Isaacs says the shooting highlights the urgent need to curb […]
# The minority governing parties in the City of Johannesburg have recalled Councillor Thapelo Amad as a member of the mayoral committee for Community Development. The decision was taken during a meeting yesterday following discussions on the coalition’s political representation in the Government of Local Unity. The parties have nominated Councillor Kabelo Gwamanda as his […]
