# Die direkteur van Openbare Vervolging in KwaZulu-Natal, Elaine Harrison, sê die ineenstorting van die taakspan vir politieke moorde hou ‘n ernstige risiko in dat destabilisering tot buite die provinsie kan uitbrei. Harrison het by die Madlanga-kommissie van ondersoek in Pretoria getuig die eenheid is noodsaaklik om polities-gemotiveerde misdade wat tydens verkiesings toeneem, te beperk. […]
# A 2019 letter from former Police minister Bheki Cele has revealed deep concern over the handling of political murder investigations in KwaZulu-Natal. The letter, presented at the Madlanga commission in Pretoria through testimony by KZN prosecutions boss Elaine Harrison, warned that witnesses were at risk of bribery or assassination, making prosecutions difficult and undermining […]
# KwaZulu-Natal Director of Public Prosecutions, Elaine Harrison has rejected claims that political killings ended in 1994. Testifying at the Madlanga commission in Pretoria, Harrison said violence linked to politics continues to this day, often intensifying in the run-up to elections. Harrison highlighted recurring patterns of murder, attempted murder, intimidation and assaults linked to political […]
# Die Stad Tshwane het ‘n proses van openbare deelname goedgekeur vir die Konsep- Sokhulumi buurtplan wat saam met die Nasionale Departement van Grondhervorming en Landelike Ontwikkeling ontwikkel is. Die plan stel behuising, landbou, sakeontwikkeling, en gemeenskapsfasiliteite voor vir die verarmde gebied naby Bronkhorstspruit. Die burgemeesterskomiteelid vir Ekonomiese Ontwikkeling en Ruimtelike Beplanning, Sarah Mabotsa, sê […]
# Die KwaZulu-Natalse Direkteur van Openbare Vervolging, Elaine Harrison, het aan die Madlanga-kommissie in Pretoria gesê die taakspan vir politieke moorde het gehelp om hoër skuldigbevindingsyfers in polities gemotiveerde sake te behaal. Harrison sê met aanklaers toegewy aan die eenheid se werk, was sake meer suksesvol afgehandel in vergelyking met voor die stigting van die […]
# KwaZulu-Natal Director of Public Prosecutions, Elaine Harrison says the collapse of the political killings task team poses a serious risk of destabilisation beyond the province. Testifying before the Madlanga commission in Pretoria, Harrison described the unit as essential in curbing politically motivated crimes, which escalate during elections. She warned that without the task team, […]
# KwaZulu-Natal Director of Public Prosecutions, Elaine Harrison, has told the Madlanga commission in Pretoria that the political killings task team helped achieve higher conviction rates in politically motivated cases. Harrison said once prosecutors were dedicated to the unit’s work, cases were finalised more successfully compared to before its establishment. She described the task team […]
# Die KwaZulu-Natalse Direkteur van Openbare Vervolging, Elaine Harrison, het aan die Madlanga-kommissie gesê sy is nooit formeel in kennis gestel oor die ontbinding van die taakspan vir politieke moorde nie. Harrison sê sy het dit op sosiale media uitgevind en aanvanklik gedink dit is fopnuus. Sy het getuig die taakspan was noodsaaklik in die […]
# The City of Tshwane has approved a public participation process for the draft Sokhulumi Precinct Plan, developed with the National Department of Land Reform and Rural Development. The plan proposes housing, agriculture, business development, and community facilities for the impoverished area near Bronkhorstspruit. The mayoral committee member for Economic Development and Spatial Planning, Sarah […]
