# Die Suid-Afrikaanse Polisiediens sê sy jongste werwingsproses weerspieël die rassesamestelling van die aansoekers, nie die uitsluiting van enige groep nie. Die SAPD het bykans 1,05-miljoen aansoeke ontvang, met die meerderheid Afrika-aansoekers. Die diens sê kandidate moes rybewys-, psigometriese, fiksheids-, mediese en integriteitstoetse aflê. Die woordvoerder, Athlenda Mathe, het wit, Indiër- en bruin-gemeenskappe aangemoedig om […]
# The South African Police Service says its latest recruitment intake reflects the racial composition of applicants, rather than the exclusion of any group. SAPS received nearly 1.05-million applications, with African majority applicants. The Service says candidates underwent driver’s licence, psychometric, fitness, medical and integrity checks. SAPS spokesperson Athlenda Mathe is urging White, Indian and […]
# Patriotic Alliance leader Gayton McKenzie is calling on the South African Police Service to release a full demographic breakdown of its latest recruitment intake. McKenzie wants figures by race, province and gender, as well as the selection criteria. His comments follow Sunday’s National Commemoration Day at the Union Buildings, where president Cyril Ramaphosa honoured […]
# Spring Day stabbing victim Tshepang Nyathi has been laid to rest in Refilwe, east of Pretoria, following his killing during Spring Day celebrations. Police say Nyathi was allegedly stabbed after an altercation involving water-splashing. A 53-year-old man was arrested and charged with murder after community members detained him and handed him to police. The […]
# Businessman Stuart Scharnick has been granted five-thousand-rand bail by the Randburg Magistrate’s Court on firearms-related charges. These include improper firearm storage and allowing unauthorised access to a weapon. The court ruled that the state failed to provide sufficient facts to justify his continued detention. Scharnick must surrender his passport, report address changes and notify […]
# Die DA in Gauteng dring aan op ‘n openingsdatum vir die Vroue Lewende Erfenismonument in Pretoria. Die party se woordvoerder, Leanne de Jager, verwelkom die uitreiking van die gedenkteken se gebruiksertifikaat, maar sê die kompleks van 200-miljoen-rand moet nou vir die publiek oopgestel word. Dit bly gesluit sedert 2018 weens bouwerk- en nakomingsprobleme. De […]
# Die Parlement se Artikel 89-ampsklagkomitee ondervind hernude regs-uitdagings nadat hy sy aanbeveling van advokaat Thandazani Madonsela as getuienisleier teruggetrek het. Die African Legal Practitioners’ Association en die EFF het afsonderlike Hooggeregshof-aansoeke ingedien en betoog die besluit is irrasioneel al het Madonsela vanoggend die terugtrekking in die Wes-Kaapse Hooggeregshof aanvaar. Die komitee het sy naam […]
# The state has told the Brakpan Magistrate’s Court that former SAPS Special Task Force member Matipandile Sotheni was found with a cellphone while in custody. Prosecutor Trott Mphahlele says the phone was discovered during a prison search on 2 September and was allegedly used to communicate with someone outside the facility about his murder […]
# The DA in Gauteng is demanding an opening date for the Women’s Living Heritage Monument in Pretoria. Spokesperson Leanne de Jager welcomes the issuing of the monument’s long-awaited occupancy certificate, but says the 200-million-rand facility must now open to the public. The monument has remained closed since 2018 amid construction and compliance problems. De […]
