# A 36-year-old man was arrested for allegedly raping 14 women in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng. Police say the man allegedly committed his first attack in Mahlabathini, KwaZulu-Natal, in January 2010. He was arrested but released on bail before absconding from court. Spokesperson Robert Netshiunda says while out on bail, the suspect allegedly raped seven women […]
# The Gauteng government has welcomed the breakthrough in the police’s murder investigation involving the ninth victim in the series of murder cases involving women in Ekurhuleni. A man and two women have been arrested in connection with the murder of 28-year-old Gracious Nkomo, whose body was found in Dawn Park, Boksburg, last week. Provincial […]
# Die Departement van Maatskaplike Ontwikkeling waarsku gemeenskappe om nie stil te bly oor geslagsgeweld en vrouemoord of dit te ignoreer nie. Die 24-uur Geslagsgeweld-sentrum het tussen 1 en 16 September ʼn aansienlike toename in oproepe aangemeld, naamlik ses-duisend-782 oproepe wat neerkom op gemiddeld 424 per dag. Die departement se woordvoerder, Sandy Godlwana, sê dis […]
# Die polisie het drie verdagtes, een man en twee vroue, gearresteer in verband met die negende vrou wat verlede week in Ekurhuleni dood aangetref is. Die liggaam van die 28-jarige Gracious Nkomo was in ʼn laken toegedraai toe dit in Dawnpark in Boksburg gevind is. Vyf vroue is in Kemptonpark, twee in Olifantsfontein, een in […]
# The Department of Social Development has urged communities to speak out against gender-based violence and femicide. The 24-hour GBV command centre recorded a significant increase in the number of calls between 1 and 16 September. It received six-thousand-782 calls, averaging 424 calls per day. Spokesperson Sandy Godlwana says this represents a 21-percent increase compared […]
# Police have arrested three suspects, one man and two women, in connection with the murder of the ninth woman found dead in Ekurhuleni last week. The body of 28-year-old Gracious Nkomo was found wrapped in a sheet in Dawn Park in Boksburg. The series of murders has claimed the lives of five women in Kempton […]
# Gauteng se premier, Panyaza Lesufi, veroordeel die skietdood van die bekende renjaer, Robert Wolk, in ʼn padwoedevoorval verlede week in Kemptonpark. Wolk, ʼn veelbekroonde renjaer met ʼn loopbaan van byna drie dekades, het talle nasionale titels gewen, insluitend agtereenvolgende SA GTC-kampioenskappe en seges in die Simola Hillclimb. Drie verdagtes is in verband met die […]
# Die Tshwane-metropolisie sê hy het proaktiewe misdaadvoorkomingstrategie en roetinepatrollies regoor die Stad Tshwane verskerp ten einde geslagsgeweld en vrouemoord te bekamp. Dit volg na die dood van nege vroue in Ekurhuleni die afgelope twee maande. Woordvoerder, Puleng Motholo, sê die metropolisie het personeelontplooiings in sleutelgebiede verhoog om sigbare roetinepatrollies te handhaaf en vinnig op […]
# Die vakverbond SAFTU en sy geaffilieerde munisipale vakbond DEMAWUSA het besluit om vandag hul beplande optog na Luthuli-huis op te skort. Dit volg na ʼn versoek van die ANC-sekretariaat om Woensdag met die vakbonde te vergader oor hul griewe oor die Stad Johannesburg. SAFTU-woordvoerder Asive Dyani sê hulle eis die inkontraktering van werkers van die […]
