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LOCAL The bail application of former police officer, Richard Smit, has been postponed to the 17th of May in the Picketberg Magistrates Court in the Swartland. The 36-year-old Smit allegedly gunned down his girlfriend, Natasha Booise, in the town's main road in January. In addition to the charge of murder; Smit also faces two counts of attempted murder, discharging a firearm in a populated area and handling a firearm while […]

LOCAL Police Minister General Bheki Cele has called on men to work together in the fight against Gender-Based Violence (GBV) and femicide. He held a ministerial Imbizo in Lusikisiki in the Eastern Cape where he engaged communities on GBVF-related issues and how to curb these social ills. Lusikisiki is dubbed the country’s rape capital as latest statistics revealed that the local police station has recorded the highest rape incidents. This […]

LOCAL A top Cape Town cop has been bust in a sting operation for allegedly escorting a drug trafficker who was actually a police intelligence agent. The agent allegedly paid Lt-Col Vincent Zaba R20,000 for the safe passage of drugs during a sting operation in October and November 2021. Zaba, 54, is the acting commander of the Table Bay Harbour police station.  He is also accused of selling 25 rounds […]

LOCAL Eskom has vowed there will be sufficient electricity supply over the winter period unless power stations experience breakdowns. Last week the power utility escalated rolling blackouts to Stage 4, following a further deterioration of generation capacity. Eskom spokesperson, Sikonathi Mantshantsha says power cuts are not expected for the rest of this week. However, Mantshantsha further called on the public to use electricity sparingly. Source: SABC

LOCAL The Health Department’s Deputy Director General (DG) Nicholas Crisp says National Health Insurance is aimed at fixing the inequalities that exist in South Africa’s health system. The governing ANC initiated the idea of the NHI in 2007 saying it wanted to broaden access to medical treatment in a country where at least 72% of the population relies on a public system with too few doctors and dilapidated facilities. Dr Crisp […]

LOCAL Almost three decades following the attainment of freedom in South Africa, residents remain crippled by fear of increasingly violent crime in the country. This coupled by failure of police to curb it. People say they don’t feel free at all on this Freedom Day. South Africans have pinned their hopes on newly appointed Police Commissioner General Sehlahle Fannie Masemola to turn things around. The Bill Of Rights guarantees the freedom and […]