# President Cyril Ramaphosa has filed an application in the Western Cape High Court to review and set aside the independent panel’s report on Phala Phala. He argues in court papers the panel misunderstood its mandate and relied on unproven claims when it found there was evidence he may have broken the Constitution and faced […]
# Die Gautengse regering verskerp ingrypings om onwettige grondbesettings te bekamp. Woordvoerder Ofentse Morwane sê hulle het die LIMIT-stelsel bekend gestel. Dis ‘n tegnologie-gedrewe hulpmiddel wat daarop gemik is om onwettige grondbesettings onmiddelik op te spoor. Morwane sê operasies duur voort teen sindikate wat betrokke is by die onwettige verkoop van openbare en privaat grond. […]
# Die Johannesburgse burgemeesterskomiteelid vir Vervoer, Kenny Kunene, sê die metro ontwikkel planne om die uitwerking van onwettige mynbou in dele van die Wes-Rand aan te pak. Kunene het Roodepoort besoek nadat sinkgate en onwettige myntonnels onder paaie, winkels en woongebiede ontdek is. Hy sê ‘n multidissiplinêre benadering word benodig wat die Johannesburgse Metropolisie, die […]
# A man suspected of human trafficking was arrested by the Hawks in Milnerton, Cape Town, and is set to appear in court tomorrow. The man was arrested yesterday during an operation at a house in Brooklyn, where three young women were rescued. Police say the arrest follows a follow-up investigation into a suspected trafficker […]
# Misdaadstatistieke van Januarie tot Maart in die 2025/2026-boekjaar toon dat Gauteng ‘n gemiddeld van 27 ontvoerings per dag aanteken. Meer as die helfte van die land se ontvoerings vind in die provinsie plaas. ‘n Kriminoloog, Jacob Mofokeng, het aan EWN gesê sindikate teiken slagoffers deur middel van kapings, afspraak-toepassings en losprys-skemas. Hy sê slagoffers […]
# Gauteng is recording an average of 27 kidnappings a day, according to crime statistics covering January to March in the 2025/2026 financial year. The province accounts for more than half of the country’s kidnapping cases. Speaking to EWN, Criminologist Jacob Mofokeng says syndicates are organised and target victims through hijackings, dating apps, and ransom […]
# Die DA vra ‘n dringende verhoor voor die Parlement se portefeuljekomitee oor Vervoer weens toenemende kommer oor lugvaartveiligheidsmislukkings. Die Suid-Afrikaanse Lugdiens het na bewering agt dae geneem om die Kaapstadse Lughawe se brandstofnoodgevalle aan te meld by die Suid-Afrikaanse Burgerlugvaartowerheid. DA-woordvoerder Chris Hunsinger sê dit oorskry die verpligte verslagdoeningstydperk van 72-uur. Hy sê dit […]
# The Gauteng Provincial Government says it is intensifying interventions to curb land invasions and illegal land occupation across the province. Spokesperson Ofentse Morwane says they introduced the LIMIT system, a technology-driven tool aimed at detecting illegal land occupations in real time. He says operations are continuing against syndicates involved in the illegal sale of […]
# Member of the Mayoral Committee for Transport, Kenny Kunene, says the City of Johannesburg is developing plans to address the impact of illegal mining in parts of the West Rand. Kunene visited Roodepoort following the discovery of sinkholes and illegal mining tunnels beneath roads, shops, and residential areas. He says a multi-disciplinary approach involving […]
