# National police commissioner Fannie Masemola says the disbandment of the political killings task team was an attempt to stop investigations into criminal cartels. Masemola told the Madlanga commission in Pretoria that Police minister Senzo Mchunu’s decision was irrational and politically motivated. He linked it to last year’s raid on businessman Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala’s home […]
# Die nasionale polisiekommissaris Fannie Masemola sê die taakspan vir politieke moorde het kragtige misdaadsindikate ontbloot, wat deur senior polisiebeamptes beskerm is. Masemola het aan die Madlanga-kommissie in Pretoria gesê die eenheid se ondersoeke het aan die lig gebring hoe georganiseerde netwerke met behulp van hooggeplaaste amptenare in wetstoepassing gewerk het. Hy sê die bevindings […]
# Die minister van Korrektiewe Dienste, Pieter Groenewald, het die noodsaaklikheid beklemtoon dat slagoffers se regte teen gevangenes se rehabilitasie en herintegrasie opgeweeg word. Dit volg terwyl afgevaardigdes by die Nasionale Paroolberaad in Pretoria die huidige paroolwetgewing bespreek. Dit sluit in verouderde hand- datastelsels en agterstande as groot struikelblokke. Groenewald het die noodsaaklikheid beklemtoon dat […]
# National police commissioner Fannie Masemola has confirmed that the 121 political killings task team dockets will be made available to the Madlanga commission in Pretoria when required. According to Masemola, the dockets had become a point of tension with acting Police minister Feroz Cachalia, who was concerned that their return could affect the commission’s […]
# Die Suid-Afrikaanse Nasionale Energieontwikkelingsinstituut sê die regering kan die Onteieningswet gebruik om grond te bekom vir die uitbreiding van sy transmissienetwerk. Die hoof van die sekretariaat, Sampson Mamphweli, het tydens die Energie-indaba in Pretoria gesê onderhandelings met grondeienaars lei dikwels tot oordrewe koste wat projekte vertraag. Hy sê die Wet laat onteiening toe as […]
# National police commissioner Fannie Masemola says the political killings task team uncovered powerful crime syndicates shielded by senior police officers. Masemola told the Madlanga commission in Pretoria that the unit’s investigations revealed how organised networks were operating with the protection of high-ranking officials within law enforcement. He says the findings exposed deep corruption in […]
# Die Nasionale polisiekommissaris, Fannie Masemola, het voor die Madlanga-kommissie getuig dat die adjunk-polisiekommissaris vir Misdaadopsporing, Shadrack Sibiya, sy voorstel teengestaan het oor die hertoedeling van die 121 dossiere en lede van die taakspan oor politieke moorde. Masemola het getuig dat hy die hertoedeling voorgestel het omdat die eenheid te min lede gehad het, maar […]
# The South African National Energy Development Institute says government may use the Expropriation Act to acquire land for its transmission network expansion. Energy secretariat head Sampson Mamphweli told the Energy Indaba in Pretoria that negotiations with landowners often lead to inflated costs, delaying projects. He says the Act allows expropriation when negotiations fail, ensuring […]
# Correctional Services minister Pieter Groenewald has emphasised the need to balance victims’ rights with inmates’ rehabilitation and reintegration. This comes as delegates at the National Parole Summit in Pretoria are interrogating current parole legislation. This includes outdated manual data systems and backlogs as major obstacles. Groenewald emphasised the importance of stakeholders across the justice […]
