# The alleged mastermind behind a syndicate accused of defrauding Gauteng’s Emfuleni Municipality out of nearly ten-million-rand was arrested this morning. Former service provider, 25-year-old Janitha van Reenen, was apprehended by the provincial political killings task team while leaving the Vanderbijlpark Magistrate’s Court, where she appeared in another similar case. She was granted bail by […]
# Build One South Africa is calling on the City of Cape Town to scrap its proposed 120-million-rand N2 wall and redirect the money to fighting violent crime. BOSA says 869 people were murdered in Cape Town between April and June, equivalent to one murder every two-and-a-half hours. The party says the funds could instead […]
# The Western Cape Education Department is warning teachers about a scam offering fake teaching posts in exchange for money. Scammers use WhatsApp messages impersonating school principals or district officials, promising permanent positions and requesting an approximately two-thousand-800-rand authorisation fee. The WCED spokesperson Bronagh Hammond says legitimate appointments never require payment emphasising that permanent posts […]
# Die Johannesburgse Metropolisiedepartement het ‘n grootskaalse soektog van stapel gestuur nadat ‘n geregsdienaar aan diens se dienswapen geroof is in Lenasia. Polisiewoordvoerder Xolani Fihla sê die amptenaar was vroeër vandag besig met amptelike pligte toe verskeie mense hom aangeval het. Hy sê die aanvallers het hom ontwapen en in die rigting van die Goue […]
# The Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department has launched a full-scale manhunt following an incident in Lenasia where an on-duty officer was disarmed of his service weapon. Police spokesperson, Xolani Fihla says earlier today, while performing official duties in the Lenasia area, the officer was accosted by several suspects. He says during the encounter, they managed […]
# Die polisie in Noordwes het ʼn moordverdagte vasgetrek wat Dinsdag uit polisie-aanhouding ontsnap het terwyl hy vir mediese behandeling vervoer is. Tshepo Lobelo was een van vier aangehoudenes wat van die Pudimoe-polisiekantoor na die Maganeng-kliniek geneem is. Polisiewoordvoerder Anne Magakoe sê hy het met hul aankoms by die kliniek ontsnap en na bosse gevlug:
# North West police have re-arrested a murder accused who escaped from police custody while being transported for medical treatment on Tuesday. Tshepo Lobelo was among four detainees who were transported from Pudimoe Police Station to Maganeng Clinic for medical treatment. Police spokesperson Anne Magakoe says that upon arrival at the clinic, Lobelo escaped and […]
# Adjunkpresident Paul Mashatile se skoonseun, Nceba Nonkwelo, het die 12,6-miljoen-rand wat hy aan die Gauteng Vennootskapfonds skuld, terugbetaal as deel van ‘n skikkingsooreenkoms. ‘n Reeks mediaberigte van News24 het aangevoer Nonkwelo Beleggings het tussen 2013 en 2017 lenings ter waarde sowat 30-miljoen-rand van die fonds ontvang vir die oprigting van studentebehuising in Johannesburg wat […]
# Deputy president Paul Mashatile’s son-in-law, Nceba Nonkwelo, has paid back the 12.6-million-rand he owed to the Gauteng Partnership Fund, as part of a settlement agreement. A series of media reports by News24 claimed Nonkwelo Investments had received loans totalling about 30-million-rand between 2013 and 2017 from the GPF, for the construction of student accommodation […]
