# The South African Council of Churches says the recent mass shootings in the country are no longer a series of isolated tragedies, but a national crisis. Over the weekend, 18 people were shot dead at a tavern in Wedela, Gauteng, while ten people were killed at an entertainment venue in Lwandle, Cape Town. Meanwhile, […]
# Gauteng police say a man suspected of being responsible for the murder of a 23-year-old woman in Tembisa yesterday morning was found dead inside his vehicle in Midrand. Boitumelo Gift Mashita was shot dead while on her way to work in an alleged robbery. Police spokesperson Brenda Muridili says investigators linked the man, who was […]
# Die EFF vra dat ʼn gespesialiseerde nasionale taakspan aangestel word om massaskietvoorvalle en vuurwapengeweld te ondersoek. Dit volg na die onlangse massaskietvoorvalle in Gauteng, die Wes-Kaap en KwaZulu-Natal, waarin meer as 40 mense dood is. Die EFF sê hierdie voorvalle weerspieël die dodelike verband tussen onwettige mynbedrywighede, georganiseerde misdaad en die toename in onwettige […]
# The EFF is calling for the establishment of a specialised national task force against mass shootings and organised gun violence. This follows the recent deadly mass shootings in Gauteng, Western Cape and KwaZulu-Natal, which left over 40 people dead. The EFF says these incidents demonstrate the deadly intersection between illegal mining, organised criminality, and […]
# The DA wants the Information Regulator to investigate a possible breach of the Protection of Personal Information Act. This follows a data breach involving Gauteng’s e-panic button app. The party’s Michael Waters says residents’ personal information may have been exposed. Waters wants answers on how the breach happened, how long the information was accessible […]
# Former Defence minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula has denied asking military contractor Nombasa Ntsondwa-Ndhlovu for two-million-rand to help secure her husband’s promotion to the South African National Defence Force surgeon-general. The state alleges she intended to use the money to influence then SANDF chief general Solly Shoke. Speaking via an interpreter, Mapisa-Nqakula told the High Court […]
# The Gauteng Liquor Traders Association is calling for stronger cooperation between police, communities and businesses to prevent mass shootings. Following the killing of 18 people in Wedela on the West Rand, the association wants authorities to improve intelligence sharing, increase visible policing and coordinate efforts to tackle organised crime in high-risk areas. The organisation’s […]
# Die DA wil hê die Inligtingsreguleerder moet ‘n moontlike oortreding van die Wet op die Beskerming van Persoonlike Inligting ondersoek. Dit volg na ‘n datalek by Gauteng se toepassing vir die e-paniekknoppie. Michael Waters van die party sê inwoners se persoonlike inligting is moontlik blootgestel. Waters wil antwoorde hê oor hoe die voorval plaasgevind […]
# Die voormalige minister van verdediging, Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, het ontken dat sy die militêre kontrakteur Nombasa Ntsondwa-Ndhlovu vir twee-miljoen-rand gevra het om haar man tot geneesheer-generaal van die Suid-Afrikaanse Nasionale Weermag te laat bevorder. Die staat beweer sy was van plan om die geld te gebruik om die destydse hoof van die SANW, generaal Solly […]
