# The DA in Gauteng has clarified its complaint with the South African Human Rights Commission, alleging government departments are failing to report and investigate cases of suspected statutory rape linked to underage pregnancies. DA spokesperson Angel Khanyile says thousands of girls under 16 fall pregnant each year, yet few cases reach the criminal justice […]
# The Forum for South Africa says police must turn specialised deployments into arrests in the Cleveland mass shooting, where 12 people were killed. The forum states while additional forensic and tactical units show urgency, South Africans now expect results and not just police deployments. FOSA’s Tebogo Mashilompane says the case must not go cold, […]
# Die regering van Gauteng sê premier Panyaza Lesufi is met amptelike verlof en het in sy privaat hoedanigheid na Mexiko gereis, sonder dat openbare fondse of regeringshulpbronne vir die reis gebruik is. Die woordvoerder, Elijah Mhlanga sê Lesufi het slegs stadionkaartjies aanvaar en nie saam met regeringspersoneel of -protokolle gereis nie. Mhlanga het gesê […]
# Gauteng Traffic Police Chief Samuel Mashaba has come under scrutiny at the Madlanga Commission over why he allegedly failed to alert police to certain illegal activities. This comes amid scrutiny over the 2021 Aeroton drug bust. Commissioner Sesi Baloyi challenged Mashaba’s claim that he always refers such matters to SAPS, citing previous evidence involving […]
# Die Gautengse Verkeerspolisiehoof Samuel Mashaba is streng ondervra by die Madlanga-kommissie omdat hy na bewering versuim het om die polisie van sekere onwettige aktiwiteite in kennis te stel. Dit volg te midde van ondersoeke na die Aeroton-dwelmonderskepping in 2021. Kommissaris Sesi Baloyi het Mashaba se bewering betwis dat hy sulke sake altyd na die […]
# The Gauteng government says premier Panyaza Lesufi is on official leave and has travelled to Mexico in a private capacity, with no public funds or government resources used for the trip. Spokesperson Elijah Mhlanga says Lesufi only accepted stadium tickets and did not travel with government staff or protocols. Mhlanga added business in Gauteng […]
# AfriForum het ‘n dringende Hooggeregshof-aansoek ingedien om die Stad Johannesburg se 65,6-persent verhoging in sy waterheffingsbestuursfooie te betwis. Deidré Steffens van AfriForum voer aan die metro het nie voldoende redes of ‘n duidelike berekeningsmetode vir die verhoging verskaf nie. Huishoudings kan vanaf 1 Julie meer as 107-rand per maand betaal, ongeag hul waterverbruik. Sy […]
# Die Johannesburgse Landdroshof het die borgtog-appèl van die vermeende politieke tussenganger en omstrede sakeman Brown Mogotsi tot 22 Junie uitgestel. Die staat het die hof meegedeel hulle moet die dossier aan die verdediging bekend maak. Mogotsi se regspan voer aan nuwe feite, insluitend die bevestiging van sy woonadres, regverdig ‘n hernieude borgtog-aansoek. Mogotsi staan […]
# Die Nkabinde-ondersoek na die geskiktheid van die geskorste Suid-Gautengse Direkteur van Openbare Vervolging, Andrew Chauke, om sy amp te beklee, het ‘n aansoek van die voormalige Nasionale Direkteur van Openbare Vervolging, Shamila Batohi, verwerp om skriftelike voorleggings vir opname in die ondersoekrekord in te dien. Batohi wou bykomende voorleggings indien ná haar onvoltooide kruisondervraging […]
