# Acting Police minister Firoz Cachalia says increased measures have been rolled out to combat organised and violent offences, encompassing both gang criminality and illicit narcotics. Yesterday he visited the scene in Reiger Park, Ekurhuleni, where two civilian women and two members of the Anti-Gang Unit were killed on Friday night. Cachalia says gangsters are […]
# Acting Police minister Firoz Cachalia and senior police officials are expected to visit the Reiger Park shooting scene this afternoon. Four people, including two Anti-Gang Unit officers, were killed while responding to a shooting in Boksburg, east of Johannesburg. Police have mobilised specialised investigative teams to track down those responsible. Authorities are appealing to […]
# Die premier van Gauteng, Panyaza Lesufi, het vroue vereer wat ‘n verskil in gemeenskappe maak, terwyl Suid-Afrika 70 jaar sedert die geskiedkundige Vroue-optog in 1956 herdenk. Meer as 20-duisend vroue het na die Uniegebou opgeruk teen die paswette wat op swart vroue afgedwing is. Lesufi het tydens ‘n Vrouedagviering in Pretoria die opmars beskryf […]
# Gauteng premier Panyaza Lesufi has honoured women making a difference in communities as South Africa marks 70 years since the historic 1956 Women’s March. More than 20-thousand women marched to the Union Buildings against apartheid pass laws imposed on Black women. Speaking at a Women’s Day celebration in Pretoria, Lesufi described the protest as […]
# Die waarnemende minister van polisie, Firoz Cachalia, en senior polisiebeamptes sal na verwagting vanmiddag die toneel in Reigerpark besoek waar vier mense, insluitend twee beamptes van die Teen-bende-eenheid, doodgeskiet is terwyl hulle gereageer het op ‘n skietery in Boksburg, oos van Johannesburg. Die polisie het gespesialiseerde ondersoekspanne gemobiliseer om die skuldiges op te spoor. […]
# Die ANC se Groter Johannesburg-streek het ‘n peiling van die Maatskaplike Navorsingstigting verwerp wat toon dat die DA 42-persent steun in Johannesburg het, vergeleke met 18-persent vir die ANC. Die party bevraagteken die opname se onafhanklikheid en wil hê die metodologie en besonderhede oor die opdrag daarvoor moet vrygestel word. ANC-woordvoerder Mantombi Nkosi erken […]
# The ANC Greater Joburg Region has rejected a Social Research Foundation poll showing the DA with 42-percent support in Johannesburg, compared with 18-percent for the ANC. The party questions the poll’s independence and wants its methodology, and commissioning details released. ANC spokesperson Mantombi Nkosi acknowledges residents’ concerns over service delivery, crime, unemployment and corruption. […]
# Die regering het die moord op twee lede van die Teen-bende-eenheid in Reiger Park veroordeel. Hulle is na bewering in ‘n lokval gelei en doodgeskiet. Die adjunk-regeringswoordvoerder William Baloyi sê wetstoepassingsagentskappe het hulpbronne ontplooi om die skuldiges op te spoor. Hy sê optredes soos Operasie Shanela is gemik op misdaadbrandpunte, gesoekte verdagtes en misdaadnetwerke, […]
# Die polisie- en gevangenisdiensvakbond, POPCRU, het ‘n beroep gedoen op gekoördineerde en meetbare nasionale programme om aanvalle op wetstoepassingsbeamptes te voorkom en intelligensie-gedrewe polisiëring te verbeter. Dit volg op die moord op twee beamptes van die Teen-bende-eenheid in Reiger Park, Ekurhuleni. Die vakbond sê die maatreëls is om te verseker dat aanvalle op polisiepersoneel […]
