# The Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department arrested 161 motorists for driving under the influence of alcohol during a week-long road safety crackdown conducted between 25 and 31 May. Spokesperson Xolani Fihla says the arrests follow strategic roadblocks and roving stop-and-search operations across Johannesburg. He says the figures highlight the dangers of drunk driving and warns […]
# The family of murdered whistleblower witness Marius van der Merwe, known as Witness D at the Madlanga Commission, has welcomed the bail denial of murder accused Matipandile Sotheni. The Brakpan Magistrate’s Court cited concerns of Sotheni as a flight risk and potential threats to witnesses. Van der Merwe was killed outside his Brakpan home […]
# Tshwane mayor Nasiphi Moya says relocation plans for residents of the Plastic View informal settlement are ongoing following the latest fires at the area. She says the city has identified a site in Pretorius Park, but the presence of a large number of foreign nationals has complicated the process. Moya says the municipality is […]
# Die Gautengse polisie het ‘n 35-jarige man in Diepsloot in hegtenis geneem na ‘n intelligensie-gedrewe operasie deur die Teen-Narkotika-Misdaadintelligensie-eenheid en ander belanghebbendes. Woordvoerder Dimakatso Nevhuhulwi sê beamptes het ongeveer tien kilogram crystal meth met ‘n geraamde straatwaarde van drie-miljoen-rand onder ‘n matras in ‘n woning gevind. Sy sê die verdagte staan tereg op aanklag […]
# ‘n Soldaat van die Suid-Afrikaanse Nasionale Weermag is tydens ‘n verkeersingryping in Ladysmith, KwaZulu-Natal, in hegtenis geneem vir dronkbestuur. Woordvoerder Ndabezinhle Sibiya sê 13 motoriste is op een dag aangekeer, onder meer ‘n taxibestuurder met ‘n bloedalkoholvlak 20 keer meer as die wettige perk terwyl hy passasiers vervoer het. Hy sê altesaam 59 motoriste […]
# Die geskorste hoof van die KwaZulu-Natalse Valke, Lesetja Senona, sal Vrydag sy getuienis voor die Madlanga-kommissie hervat. Hy sou vandag verskyn, maar sy regspan het bykomende tyd versoek om sy verklaring voor te berei. Senona word betrek by die diefstal van 541-kilogram kokaïen uit ‘n pakkamer van die Valke in Port Shepstone in 2021. […]
# Operasie Shanela Twee in Limpopo het gelei tot die beslaglegging op dagga ter waarde van elf-miljoen-rand en die inhegtenisneming van drie verdagtes in Hoedspruit. Polisiewoordvoerder Malesela Ledwaba sê die verdagtes word verbind met dwelmsmokkelary. Hy sê operasionele spanne het patrollies gedoen in drie dorpe, op tien plase, ‘n lughawe, vier bankondernemings en ses kitsbanke […]
# Die speaker van die Johannesburgse raad, Margaret Arnolds, is bekommerd oor die voortgesette verspreiding van grafiese beeldmateriaal van gewelddadige voorvalle op sosiale media. Foto’s van die naweek se moord op drie mense in Eldoradopark is op platforms gedeel. Arnolds se woordvoerder, Vusi Gumbi, sê voorvalle van geweldsmisdaad berokken steeds emosionele skade en ondermyn die […]
# Suspended KwaZulu-Natal Hawks head Lesetja Senona will resume his testimony before the Madlanga commission on Friday. He was scheduled to appear today, but his legal team requested additional time to prepare his statement. Senona has been implicated in the 2021 theft of 541-kilograms of cocaine from a Hawks storage facility in Port Shepstone. Commission […]
