# KwaZulu-Natal Hawks Warrant Officer Karl Sander has told the Madlanga Commission that fumes from large quantities of seized Mandrax tablets can pose serious health risks. Sander explained that police exhibit bags contain micro-perforations that allow substances to breathe, potentially releasing fumes into surrounding areas. He said officers and customs officials involved in a major […]
# ‘n Soldaat van die Suid-Afrikaanse Nasionale Weermag is tydens ‘n verkeersingryping in Ladysmith, KwaZulu-Natal, in hegtenis geneem vir dronkbestuur. Woordvoerder Ndabezinhle Sibiya sê 13 motoriste is op een dag aangekeer, onder meer ‘n taxibestuurder met ‘n bloedalkoholvlak 20 keer meer as die wettige perk terwyl hy passasiers vervoer het. Hy sê altesaam 59 motoriste […]
# Die geskorste hoof van die KwaZulu-Natalse Valke, Lesetja Senona, sal Vrydag sy getuienis voor die Madlanga-kommissie hervat. Hy sou vandag verskyn, maar sy regspan het bykomende tyd versoek om sy verklaring voor te berei. Senona word betrek by die diefstal van 541-kilogram kokaïen uit ‘n pakkamer van die Valke in Port Shepstone in 2021. […]
# Suspended KwaZulu-Natal Hawks head Lesetja Senona will resume his testimony before the Madlanga commission on Friday. He was scheduled to appear today, but his legal team requested additional time to prepare his statement. Senona has been implicated in the 2021 theft of 541-kilograms of cocaine from a Hawks storage facility in Port Shepstone. Commission […]
# A South African National Defence Force soldier was arrested for drunk driving during a road traffic inspectorate operation in Ladysmith, KwaZulu-Natal, yesterday. Spokesperson Ndabezinhle Sibiya says 13-motorists were arrested in a single day, including a taxi driver allegedly carrying passengers with a blood alcohol level 20-times over the legal limit. He says a total […]
# The Madlanga Commission of Inquiry is set to resume hearings with KwaZulu-Natal Hawks head Major General Lesetja Senona expected to continue his testimony. Senona has been under scrutiny over allegations linked to organised crime figures, internal police conduct and the theft of cocaine from a Hawks facility in Port Shepstone. His return follows a […]
# Die Madlanga-kommissie van ondersoek is gereed om verhore te hervat, met die hoof van die Valke in KwaZulu-Natal, generaal-majoor Lesetja Senona, wat na verwagting sy getuienis sal voortsit. Senona was in die kruisvuur oor bewerings rondom georganiseerde misdaadsyfers, interne polisiegedrag en die diefstal van kokaïen uit ‘n Valke-fasiliteit in Port Shepstone. Sy terugkeer volg […]
# Die appèlliggaam van die National Freedom Party het die uitsetting van die KwaZulu-Natalse LUR vir Maatskaplike Ontwikkeling en die party se provinsiale voorsitter, Mbali Shinga, gehandhaaf. Die paneel het haar beswaar teen bevindinge van growwe ongehoorsaamheid en wangedrag van die hand gewys, rakende besluit om ‘n partyopdrag tydens ‘n mosie van wantroue teen premier […]
# The National Freedom Party appeal body has upheld the expulsion of KwaZulu-Natal Social Development MEC and party’s provincial chairperson Mbali Shinga. The appeal panel dismissed her challenge against findings of gross insubordination and misconduct, linked to her decision to defy a party directive during a no-confidence vote against premier Thami Ntuli. The ruling means […]