# The KwaZulu-Natal Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs MEC, Thulasizwe Buthelezi, has deployed humanitarian aid after a fire at the Kennedy Road informal settlement in Durban. Last night’s blaze destroyed around 92 homes, displacing 156 residents, including 29 children. Three people suffered minor burns. The department’s Senzelwe Mzila says relief organisations, including the Red Cross […]
# The Gauteng Provincial Legislature’s Portfolio Committee on Community Safety has raised concern that roadblocks conducted by Metro Police and Gauteng Traffic Police are increasingly used for revenue collection rather than crime prevention. During a meeting with premier Panyaza Lesufi and provincial police commissioner Tommy Mthombeni, members noted that many operations focus on unpaid fines […]
# Nasionale polisiekommissaris Fanni Masemola het die behoefte beklemtoon aan die deel van intelligensie en samewerking tussen lande om misdaad te bestry. Hy het gepraat met die afsluiting van die 27ste Interpol Afrika-streekkonferensie in Kaapstad. Masemola het die omvang benadruk van misdaaduitdagings waarmee wetstoepassing in Afrika en wêreldwyd te kampe het . Hy sê dit […]
# Die boorgatveld en watersuiweringsprojek in Philippi sal Kaapstad se drinkwatervoorraad vanaf 2028 ‘n hupstoot gee. Die aanleg, wat tans in aanbou is, sal daagliks tien-miljoen liter skoon water lewer deur middel van gevorderde filtrerings-tegnologie. Burgemeester Geordin Hill-Lewis sê die projek is deel van die stad se plan om teen 2030 300-miljoen-liter water per dag […]
# KwaZulu-Natalse polisiebeamptes is geskors hangende ‘n interne ondersoek nadat hulle ‘n leerder met ‘n ampsvoertuig begelei het na ‘n matriekafskeid in Estcourt. Provinsiale kommissaris Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi het gelas dat hulle tydelik verwyder, dissiplinêre stappe gedoen en misbruikte staatshulpbronne terugbetaal word. ‘n Video op sosiale media toon die gewapende beamptes wat aan diens was, maar […]
# Inwoners van Kaapstad word versoek om versigtig te wees nadat ‘n nuwe elektrisiteitsfoefie op WhatsApp verskyn het. Skelms doen hulle voor as stadsamptenare, beweer rekeninge is agterstallig en eis dringende betaling om ontkoppeling te vermy. Inwoners word aangeraai om verdagte boodskappe na te gaan. Die burgemeesterskomiteelid vir Energie, Xanthea Limberg, sê alle betalings moet […]
# National police commissioner Fanni Masemola has emphasised the need for intelligence sharing and cooperation among nations to combat crime. He was speaking at the conclusion of the 27th Interpol African Regional Conference in Cape Town. Masemola highlighted the scale of crime challenges facing law enforcement in Africa and globally. He says these include human […]
# Die Wes-Kaapse Hooggeregshof het die Stad Kaapstad en nasionale departemente gemagtig om uitsettingskennisgewings te beteken aan buitelandse burgers wat in tente op staatsgrond woon. Ongeveer 160 mense bly op Wingfield in Maitland en ongeveer 200 in Paint City in Bellville. Die kennisgewings sal in verskeie vertaalde tale beteken word. Die mense is tydens die […]
# KwaZulu-Natal police officers seen escorting a learner to a matric dance in Estcourt using an official vehicle have been suspended from duty pending an internal investigation. Provincial commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi ordered their temporary removal, disciplinary action, and repayment of state resources misused. A viral video showed the armed officers on duty, neglecting policing responsibilities. […]
