# Ekurhuleni mayor Nkosindiphile Xhakaza has expressed concern about the fear gripping communities, saying the killing of women in and around the metro has reached a crisis point. Police are investigating the discovery of the bodies of eight women in and around Kempton Park. Detectives and specialised police teams are continuing to examine possible links […]
# Gauteng Police are now investigating the deaths of seven women in Ekurhuleni, Gauteng. This follows confirmation that a woman whose body was found floating in a stream in Clayville, near Tembisa Mall, on 7 September, will be included in the investigation. Acting provincial police commissioner Fred Kekana says forensic teams are working to identify […]
# The DA says rising crime in several Gauteng hotspots is leaving residents living in fear. According to the party, contact crime increased in Tembisa, Diepsloot, Alexandra, Mamelodi East, Orange Farms and Jeppe between April and June this year. Tembisa recorded the biggest increase, at 16.1-percent. The DA’s Crezane Bosch calls for more visible policing […]
# Die Gautengse Polisie ondersoek nou die dood van sewe vroue in Ekurhuleni, Gauteng. Dit volg op die bevestiging dat ‘n vrou wie se liggaam op 7 September in ‘n stroom in Clayville naby die Tembisa Mall gevind is, by die ondersoek ingesluit sal word. Die waarnemende provinsiale kommissaris van Polisie, Fred Kekana, sê forensiese […]
# Die DA sê die gevolg van toenemende misdaad in verskeie brandpunte in Gauteng laat inwoners in vrees leef. Volgens die party het kontakmisdaad tussen April en Junie vanjaar in Tembisa, Diepsloot, Alexandra, Mamelodi-Oos, Orange Farm en Jeppe toegeneem. Tembisa het die grootste toename van 16,1-persent aangeteken. Crezane Bosch van die DA doen ‘n beroep […]
# Die nasionale polisiewoordvoerder, Athlenda Mathe, het ‘n beroep op mans gedoen om verantwoordelikheid te aanvaar oor geweld teenoor vroue. Mathe het tydens ‘n mediasessie die jongste toename in die moorde op vroue veroordeel, nadat ‘n sesde liggaam vanoggend in KwaThema, Springs, in Ekurhuleni gevind is. Sy sê ondersoekers oorweeg verskeie teorieë, insluitend of daar […]
# Action Society sê vertragings in die verwerking van forensiese bewyse kan die polisie verhoed om gewoontemisdadigers te identifiseer en verdere moorde te keer. Die waarskuwing volg nadat die liggame van ses vroue binne bykans twee maande in die Kemptonpark-gebied gevind is. Juanita du Preez van die organisasie sê die gevalle toon kommerwekkende ooreenkomste, maar […]
# DA-leier Geordin Hill-Lewis sê die ontdekking van ses vroue se liggame in Ekurhuleni, Gauteng, sedert Julie toon die behoefte aan strenger optrede teen geweldsmisdaad. Hy sê die regering moet ondersoeke verskerp en verseker die skuldiges word aan die man gebring. Hill-Lewis vra groter sigbare wetstoepassing, beter beligting en waarneming, en nouer samewerking tussen die […]
# Action Society says delays in processing forensic evidence could prevent police from identifying repeat offenders and stopping further killings. The warning comes after the bodies of six women were found in the Kempton Park area in about two months. The organisation’s Juanita du Preez says the cases have worrying similarities, but police have not […]
