# Forum for South Africa verwelkom die bevordering van een-duisend-965 polisiebeamptes wat hierdie maand in werking tree. Dis deel van die polisie se breër strategie om die organisasie te versterk deur bekwame leierskap, kundige wetstoepassing, aanspreeklikheid en verbeterde dienslewering aan gemeenskappe. Die organisasie se leier, Tebogo Mashilompane, sê loopbaanvordering kan beamptes se gemoed ‘n hupstoot […]
# Deputy Transport minister Nkhululeko Hlengwa says government is looking at changing the way the Road Accident Fund is financed. Hlengwa supports a hybrid model, which could mean cutting or even scrapping the current fuel levy, while bringing in other sources of funding. These could include third-party vehicle insurance and travel insurance for foreign visitors. […]
# The ANC is hopeful as the party approaches the Constitutional Court to make the final bid to have 181 candidates reinstated for next month’s local government elections. The party failed to meet the Electoral Commission’s August 28 deadline to submit proportional representation candidate lists in six municipalities. The Electoral Court then dismissed the party’s […]
# The trial of the accused in the murders of rapper Kiernan “AKA” Forbes and Tebello “Tibz” Motsoane starts in the High Court in Durban today. Seven accused face charges including conspiracy to commit murder, murder, attempted murder and firearm offences. Among them are brothers Siyabonga and Malusi Ndimande, extradited from Eswatini in November last […]
# Die kriminoloog Chris Kanyane sê misdadigers kom met byna enigiets weg te midde van ‘n gebroke strafregstelsel. Dit volg ná die onlangse massa-skietvoorvalle in Gauteng, die Wes-Kaap en KwaZulu-Natal waarin meer as 30 mense dood is. Kanyane sê mislukte ondersoeke, lae skuldigbevindingsyfers en ‘n polisiemag sonder voldoende hulpbronne gee misdadigers vrye teuels en gemeenskappe […]
# The DA has reiterated demands that the next national crime statistics include accurate, detailed figures on crimes against women and children. DA police spokesperson Lisa Schickerling has written to acting Police minister Firoz Cachalia following SAPS admissions that current gender-based violence data is inherently inaccurate because of capturing errors. Schickerling says the flaws hide […]
# Soil of Africa Civic Movement says the one-thousand-965 police officers promoted from 1 October must regard their new ranks as a public trust. Spokesperson Luzuko Sofute says their success will be measured by community confidence, with officers expected to reject corruption and political interference and uphold professional policing. He says communities need police leaders […]
# Die DA vra die minister van Verdediging en Militêre Veterane, Angie Motshekga, waarom sowat 2,4-miljard-rand oor vyf boekjare beste is aan huurvlugte vir die Suid-Afrikaanse Nasionale Weermag. Sy het dit in die Parlement bekend gemaak. Woordvoerder Chris Hattingh, sê die DA het besonderhede aangevra oor die aantal vlugte en uitgawes ingevolge gewone reisbestuursreëlings, afwykings […]
# The Judicial Service Commission interviews begin today in Sandton, Johannesburg, to fill three vacancies at the Supreme Court of Appeal. Five candidates will be interviewed for South Africa’s second-highest court – Judges Gerald Bloem, Busisiwe Masipa, Ingrid Opperman, Violet Phatshoane and Esther Steyn. Chief Justice Mandisa Maya will lead the two-week process to fill […]
