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Johannesburg traffic officer arrested for demanding bribe

A Johannesburg traffic officer was arrested for taking a bribe in Soweto, the Road Traffic Management Corporation said on Sunday. Spokesperson Simon Zwane said the...
Food security takes centre stage during Thusong Week

Food security takes centre stage during Thusong Week

Efforts to boost food security and the cleaning up of communities were among the top priorities during this year’s Thusong Service Centre Week. While a...
Operations hit hard on drugs and gangsterism, Bothaville

Operations hit hard on drugs and gangsterism, Bothaville

Members of Welkom Public Order Policing Reaction Team are deployed at Bothaville to flatten the curve of criminal acts especially gang related incidents. Ten...
16 stolen and hijacked vehicles and 19 firearms recovered, Gauteng

16 stolen and hijacked vehicles and 19 firearms recovered, Gauteng

As part of crime fighting initiatives, increased deployments of members of the Flying Squad, other police units, Metro Police and Gauteng Traffic are gaining...

Community leader shot dead after massive Khayelitsha land occupation

A group of Khayelitsha backyarders, who orchestrated a large land occupation in Cape Town two weeks ago have vowed to continue their fight for land. This...
Rail infrastructure destruction, suspect arrested, Maitland

Rail infrastructure destruction, suspect arrested, Maitland

The consistent efforts by police members to bring the perpetrators who are responsible for destroying the rail infrastructure to book, yielded success when members...
Eskom demanding a 45% tariff increase. Photo: Die Vryburger

Eskom demanding a 45% tariff increase

Eskom's application to Nersa will be heard in Cape Town next week. Nersa has approved a 4.41% increase, but now Eskom is demanding 15%...
Lockdown: Non-complying motorists hit hard at N2 roadblock, Berlin, EC. Photo: SAPS

Lockdown: Non-complying motorists hit hard at N2 roadblock, Berlin, EC

Authorities have been consistent, enforcing compliance to Covid-19 lockdown by maintaining high visibility roadblock on the N2 near Berlin since the start of the...
Man (75) found hanging after he burns wife to death in hut

Man (75) found hanging after he burns wife to death in...

The Police in Bolobedu outside Tzaneen are investigating cases of murder and inquest incidents which occurred on the night of 11 September 2017 at...
Lockdown: Commissioner - 'All police stations in Mpumalanga will remain open

Lockdown: Commissioner – ‘All police stations in Mpumalanga will remain open’

The Provincial Commissioner of the South African Police Service in Mpumalanga, Lieutenant General Mondli Zuma has reassured the public that all police stations in...
Ghost workers - Sol Plaatjie municipality worker sentenced

Ghost workers – Sol Plaatjie municipality worker sentenced

Beauty Kilelo (42) was sentenced by Kimberley Commercial Crimes Court on Friday, 17 February 2023, after she was found guilty for fraud and money...

How State Capture Worked – A Summary

You know how the state capturers - Guptas - work? They captured Eskom, Transnet, Denel, SABC and other SOE's through Zuma783's blessing. The minister...