# The United Democratic Movement in Cape Town has condemned the torching of Kelly Smith’s home in Middelpos following her conviction in the Joslin Smith kidnapping case. Smith and two co-accused were found guilty of trafficking and kidnapping. Spokesperson Bongani Maqungwana urged the public to reject vigilantism and respect the rule of law. He also […]
# Gauteng premier Panyaza Lesufi has announced a landmark agreement uniting all municipalities in the province to pool policing resources in the fight against crime. This enables metro police officers to operate across municipal boundaries, fostering integrated law enforcement efforts. Speaking at the ANC Gauteng Provincial Task Team Lekgotla, he emphasised that this is essential […]
# ’n Peruaanse vlootskip het met ’n olieplatform in die Amasone-rivier gebots met minstens twee mense en een vermis. Die botsing in die vroeë oggendure van Vrydag by die samevloei van die Napo- en Amasone-riviere, het ernstige skade veroorsaak. Dit is nie duidelik of olie in die rivier uitgelek het nie. Daar is honderde gas- […]
# Die Direkteur van Openbare Vervolging in die Wes-Kaap, Nicolette Bell, het die aanklaer en haar span geloof vir die skuldigbevinding van Kelly Smith en haar mede-beskuldigdes in die Joslin Smith-saak. Bell sê dit is ’n mylpaal-saak in mensehandelwetgewing. Smith, Jacquen Appollis en Steveno Van Rhyn is skuldig bevind aan ontvoering en mensehandel ná die […]
# Die Departement van Korrektiewe Dienste gaan sy onderrigbeleid hersien nadat die Konstitusionele Hof beslis het dat die verbod op persoonlike rekenaars in gevangenisselle ongrondwetlik is. Die hof het bevind dat die beperking inbreuk maak op gevangenes se reg op voortgesette onderwys. Die departement het 12 maande om ’n nuwe beleid te implementeer wat persoonlike […]
# Save The Children het die skuldigbevinding in die Joslin Smith-saak verwelkom. Die Hooggeregshof in die Wes-Kaap, wat in Saldanhabaai gesit het, het Kelly Smith, Jacquen Appollis en Steveno van Rhyn skuldig bevind aan mensehandel en die ontvoering van Joslin, wat van haar huis in Middelpos verdwyn het. Uitvoerende hoof Gugu Xaba sê dit is […]
# The Correctional Services Department will revise its education policies after the Constitutional Court ruled that banning personal computers in prison cells is unconstitutional. The court found the restriction infringes on inmates’ right to further education. The department has 12 months to implement a new policy allowing offline-only personal computers for inmates enrolled in approved […]
# Save The Children has welcomed the guilty verdict in the Joslin Smith case. The High Court in Western Cape sitting in Saldanha Bay found Kelly Smith, Jacquen Appollis, and Steveno van Rhyn guilty of trafficking and kidnapping Joslin, who vanished from her Middelpos home. CEO Gugu Xaba says it a reminder that child protection […]
# The Western Cape Director of Public Prosecutions, Nicolette Bell, has hailed the prosecutor and her team in securing the conviction of Kelly Smith and her co-accused in the Joslin Smith case. Bell says this is a landmark case in human trafficking law. Smith, Jacquen Appollis, and Steveno Van Rhyn were found guilty of kidnapping […]
