# Activists and Citizens Forum says charges against suspended SAPS Deputy National Commissioner Shadrack Sibiya including grooming and rape are extremely serious because he is a senior officer. The forum’s Dennis Bloem says the courts must show no mercy to rape accused. He called it a blow to the fight against gender-based-violence. He urged investigators […]
# Rise Mzansi condemns the killing of 11 people, including a pregnant woman, and injury of three people in KwaMakhutha, KwaZulu-Natal. The party’s Mabinda Seaba says extreme violence has become too frequent and demands decisive action, accountability and fresh leadership. Seaba calls for the removal of illegal firearms, disruption of criminal networks through swift intelligence […]
# Civic organisation Forum for South Africa has expressed concern at the allegations levelled against suspended Deputy National Police Commissioner Shadrack Sibiya. The 59-year-old is accused of raping an 18-year-old woman at a hotel in Sandton in May. He also faces allegations of sexually grooming a 16-year-old girl between July and August this year. FORUM4SA […]
# Die waarnemende nasionale polisiekommissaris, Puleng Dimpane, het die KwaZulu-Natalse polisie opdrag gegee om met ‘n 72-uur-opsporingsoperasie te begin nadat elf mense in KwaMakhutha, Durban, doodgeskiet is. Drie mense is beseer toe gewapende aanvallers ‘n huis in die Ziko-gebied binnegegaan en losgebrand het. Woordvoerder Nonkululeko Phokane sê Dimpane is diep bekommerd oor die voorval, maar […]
# The Public Servants Association has welcomed the commitment by the recently appointed State Information Technology Agency managing director, Magatho Mello, to rebuild confidence and trust in the agency. He has acknowledged the agency’s negative public standing, low client satisfaction, and the impact that this has had on employee morale. PSA’s Claude Naicker says rebuilding […]
# Die polisie het ʼn deursoekings- en -beslagleggingsoperasie uitgevoer op die geskorste minister van Polisie, Senzo Mchunu, se privaat woning in KwaZulu-Natal en op elektroniese toestelle beslag gelê. In Oktober verlede jaar is ʼn soortgelyke operasie by sy eiendom in Midrand, Gauteng, uitgevoer. Die KwaZulu-Natalse polisiewoordvoerder, Robert Netshiunda, sê die operasie was deel van ʼn […]
# Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Ronald Lamola has called on countries to advance and protect financing for women’s, children’s and teenagers’ health. He addressed a high-level United Nations General Assembly session, focused on financing for these groups’ health. Lamola says over 3.3 billion people live in countries that spend more on interest payments than […]
# Die taxi-eienaar Oupa ‘Bafana’ Sindane het die Hooggeregshof in Pretoria genader vir ʼn interdik om te verhoed dat hy vandag voor die Madlanga-kommissie moet verskyn. Hy wil ook hê die hof moet die kommissie verbied om selfoon-inligting te gebruik waarop beslag gelê is as deel van sy hangende saak oor geldwassery en afpersing van […]
# Acting national police commissioner Puleng Dimpane has directed KwaZulu-Natal police to activate a 72-hour tracking operation after eleven people were shot dead at KwaMakhutha, Durban. Three others were injured when armed suspects entered a house in the Ziko area and opened fire last night. Spokesperson Nonkululeko Phokane says Dimpane expresses deep concern and says […]
