# The DA in Gauteng says Ekurhuleni’s outdated road surface management system is putting road users at risk, with the last full road assessment done in 2019. The party’s Michael Waters says officials are relying on outdated data, resulting in reactive maintenance, worsening potholes, and unsafe roads. Nearly one in four roads is reportedly in […]
# Die polisie op die OR Tambo-internasionale Lughawe in Gauteng het ‘n 26-jarige Brasiliaanse burger in hegtenis geneem toe 8,7-miljoen-rand se kokaïen onderskep is. Woordvoerder Athlenda Mathe sê lede het intelligensie ontvang en die persoon se bagasie deursoek met landing, waarop die dwelm ontdek is. Dit is deel van voortgesette optrede teen internasionale dwelmhandel-netwerke. Mathe […]
# Police at OR Tambo International Airport in Gauteng have arrested a 26-year-old Brazilian national after intercepting cocaine valued at 8.7-million-rand. Spokesperson Athlenda Mathe says officials acted on intelligence and searched the suspect’s luggage upon arrival, discovering concealed blocks of cocaine. The arrest forms part of ongoing operations targeting international drug trafficking networks. Mathe says […]
# Die borgtogaansoek van die moordbeskuldigde voormalige lid van die polisie se Spesiale Taakmag, Matipandile Sotheni, is in Brakpan se Landdroshof uitgestel tot 18 Mei. Hy staan tereg vir die moord op die verklikker Marius van der Merwe, ook bekend as “Getuie D” voor die Madlanga-kommissie. Die polisie beweer dat Sotheni die vuurwapen hanteer het […]
# Die Boksburgse Landdroshof in Gauteng het tot Dinsdag uitspraak voorbehou in die borgtogaansoek van die geskorste adjunkhoof van die Ekurhuleni-metropolisie, Julius Mkhwanazi, en die metro se stadsbestuurder, Kagiso Lerutla. Hulle staan tereg op aanklagte van bedrog, korrupsie en regsverydeling wat verband hou met ‘n saak in 2019 wat beweerde nabootsing in die hof behels. […]
# The bail application of murder accused, former SAPS Special Task Force member, Matipandile Sotheni, has been postponed to 18 May 2026 in the Brakpan Regional Court. Sotheni is accused of the murder of whistleblower Marius van der Merwe, also referred to as “Witness D”, a key witness at the Madlanga Commission. Police allege Sotheni […]
# The Boksburg Magistrate’s Court in Gauteng has reserved judgment in the bail application of suspended Ekurhuleni Metro Police deputy chief Julius Mkhwanazi and the metro’s city manager Kagiso Lerutla to Tuesday. They face charges of fraud, corruption, and defeating the ends of justice linked to a 2019 case involving alleged impersonation in court. The […]
# Die DA sê die jongste bewerings teen Ekurhuleni se stadsbestuurder, Kagiso Lerutla, is kommerwekkend en verfoeilik. Hy word betrek by ʼn moordsaak wat verband hou met ʼn ongeluk in Mei 2021 en wat na bewering deur die Ekurhuleni-metropolisiedepartement toegesmeer is. Khathutshelo Rasilingwane van die DA sê dit is ernstige, amptelike bewerings wat openbare vertroue […]
# The DA says the latest allegations against the Ekurhuleni City Manager, Kagiso Lerutla, are concerning and disgusting. He is now reportedly implicated in a murder case arising from a May 2021 accident that was allegedly suppressed by the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department. The DA’s Khathutshelo Rasilingwane says these are serious, formal criminal allegations that […]
