# Tshwane police arrested 356 suspects during a multidisciplinary Operation Shanela in Soshanguve and Loate over the weekend, as the crackdown on serious and organised crime continues. The suspects were apprehended for criminal offences including murder, attempted murder, armed robbery and gender-based violence. Police spokesperson Johan van Dyk says 41 undocumented foreign nationals were also […]
# ActionSA veroordeel die massaskietery gisteroggend in die vroeë oggendure in Lwandle, naby die Strand by Kaapstad. Tien mense is doodgeskiet en elf gewond toe gewapende mans op ʼn kuierplek losgebrand het. Vier mense is ook in ʼn afsonderlike skietvoorval in Khayelitsha dood. Wes-Kaapse polisie het ʼn multidissiplinêre taakspan, gelei deur verskeie speurders wat ernstige […]
# Die vakbondfederasie SAFTU vra vir die totstandkoming van ‘n breë nasionale beweging om misdaadbendes te ontwapen en gemeenskappe uit geweld te red. Dit volg na twee massaskietvoorvalle die afgelope naweek in Gauteng en die Wes-Kaap waarin 27 mense dood en 26 beseer is. Asive Dyani van SAFTU sê die regering kan nie die verspreiding […]
# Die Spesiale Ondersoekeenheid het 42,4-miljoen-rand in kontant, eiendom, pensioene en beleggings gevind wat verbind word met omkoopgeld wat volgens berigte deur die sakeman Stefan Joel Govindraju aan amptenare by die Tembisa-hospitaal betaal is. Die ondersoekeenheid sê Govindraju se sindikaat het 75 maatskappye gebruik om ongeveer 600-miljoen-rand se hospitaalkontrakte te kry, en 100-miljoen-rand is as gunslone […]
# Die DA vra onmiddellike multidissiplinêre samewerking tussen Misdaadintelligensie, gespesialiseerde speurders, die Valke, vuurwapenopsporing en forensiese kenners om die netwerke te identifiseer en te ontmantel wat verantwoordelik is vir massaskietvoorvalle, bende-aktiwiteite en afpersing. Dit volg na massaskietvoorvalle die afgelope naweek in Gauteng en die Wes-Kaap waarin 27 mense dood is. Lisa Schickerling van die DA […]
# Human Settlements minister Thembi Simelane says the future of South Africa will depend on whether public institutions can turn policy, public resources into visible improvements in people’s lives. She addressed the 25th South African Association of Public Administration and Management Conference in Durban yesterday. Simelane stressed that human settlements must be developed around the […]
# ActionSA has condemned the mass shooting in Lwandle, near Strand in Cape Town in the early hours of yesterday morning. Ten people were shot dead and eleven others wounded after gunmen opened fire at an entertainment venue. Four people were also killed in a separate shooting in Khayelitsha. Western Cape police have established a […]
# The South African Federation of Trade Unions is calling for the creation of a broad national movement to disarm criminal gangs and reclaim communities from violence. This comes after two mass shootings in Gauteng and the Western Cape over the weekend claimed the lives of 27 people and left 26 wounded. SAFTU’s Asive Dyani […]
# The Special Investigating Unit has secured 42.4-million-rand in cash, properties, pensions and investments linked to bribes allegedly paid by businessman Stefan Joel Govindraju to officials at Tembisa Hospital. According to the SIU, Govindraju’s syndicate used 75 companies to secure around 600-million-rand in hospital contracts, and 100-million-rand was paid to hospital officials as kickbacks. Govindraju was arrested last […]
