# South African Police Service’s Crime Intelligence head Dumisani Khumalo and KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner, Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, have been called up to assist with the investigation into the Ekurhuleni murders. A high-level, multidisciplinary team has been tasked with investigating the murders of nine women, while a 400-thousand-rand reward has been offered for information that could help […]
# Acting minister of Police Firoz Cachalia has confirmed that three suspects have been taken in for questioning in connection with the murders of nine women in Ekurhuleni, Gauteng, over the past two months. Of the nine recovered bodies, one remains with no missing person case reported. Authorities have warned against speculation and unverified claims […]
# The Security Personnel Party of South Africa is calling on municipalities to clear overgrown bushes and fix broken street lights nationally as neglected areas provide cover for criminals. The party’s president and founder, Sello Mashula, says this is particularly concerning following bodies found in overgrown areas in Ekurhuleni. Mashula also called for the state […]
# The Gauteng Legislature’s Community Safety Committee is calling for urgent action following a rise in kidnappings. Kempton Park recorded 76 cases between April and June, up 58.3-percent from the same period last year. Gauteng recorded two-thousand-367 cases, more than half the national total. Committee chairperson Bandile Masuku says intensified policing, intelligence-led investigations and targeted […]
# Die Security Personnel Party of South Africa vra munisipaliteite om digte bosse te verwyder en stukkende straatligte reg te maak, omdat verwaarloosde gebiede skuiling aan misdadigers bied. Die party se president en stigter, Sello Mashula, sê dit is veral kommerwekkend ná die ontdekking van verskeie liggame in Ekurhuleni. Mashula het ook gevra dat dringende […]
# Die komitee vir Gemeenskapsveiligheid in die Gautengse wetgewer vra dringende optrede ná ‘n toename in ontvoerings. Altesaam 76 ontvoerings is tussen April en Junie in Kemptonpark aangeteken, wat 58,3-persent meer is as in dieselfde tydperk verlede jaar. Gauteng het twee-duisend-367 aangeteken, meer as die helfte van die nasionale totaal. Die komitee se voorsitter, Bandile […]
# Die leier van die Patriotic Alliance, Gayton McKenzie, het die voorsitter van die DA se federale raad, Helen Zille, gekritiseer oor haar rekord en benadering tot Johannesburg. McKenzie sê Johannesburg het nuwe leierskap nodig en die PA se burgemeesterskandidaat, Kenny Kunene, sal dit kan doen. McKenzie se opmerkings vorm deel van die partye se […]
# Vroueleiers en beroepslui in die verdedigingsbedryf gebruik die Africa Aerospace and Defence Trade Exhibition and Air Show in Pretoria om opnuut te vra vir meer beskerming te midde van Suid-Afrika se geslagsgeweld en vrouemoord-krisis. Nege vroue is sedert Julie in Ekurhuleni vermoor. Deelnemers het die slagoffers met ‘n oomblik van stilte onthou en gevra […]
# Women leaders and professionals in the defence sector are using the Africa Aerospace and Defence Trade Exhibition and Air Show in Pretoria to call for protection amid the country’s gender-based violence crisis. Nine women have been killed in Ekurhuleni since July. Participants observed a moment of silence for victims and called for greater accountability. […]
