Ntuzuma regional court on Friday sentenced a 25-year-old man to life imprisonment for the rape of his stepdaughter in April last year. The 15-year-old was at her maternal grandmother’s house: “He lied to the grandmother that the girl’s mother was sick in hospital and he needed the child to go with him. As he and the child were on their way, he led her to an isolated area and raped […]
The family of Stellenbosch University student, Babalo Ndwayana, has welcomed a decision by the NPA to prosecute Theuns du Toit. Du Toit was expelled from the university earlier this year after a video of him urinating on Ndwayana’s belongings went viral. Race relations at the historically white institution were once again thrust into the spotlight when this video went viral in May this year. It prompted anti-racism protests on campus […]
LOCAL The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA), as well as the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (DPCI), have expressed a commitment to ensure accountability for those implicated in state capture corruption. This is revealed in a joint statement after the NPA’s National Director of Public Prosecutions Advocate Shamila Batohi and Hawks boss Lieutenant-General Godfrey Lebeya met last Friday. The meeting follows the recent release of the fifth and final state capture report […]
There is a strong police presence at the Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court where four police officers are expected to appear on Wednesday. They were arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of Mthokozisi Ntumba. He was killed during student protests last week, just after leaving a clinic. The Independent Police Investigative Directorate (Ipid) arrested the officers from the Public Order Policing (POP) unit on Monday. They are facing charges of murder, […]
There’s growing concern among some political parties that the National Prosecuting Authority’s (NPA) decision to accept funds from international retail giant Steinhoff will compromise its credibility. The NPA has confirmed receiving more than R30-million from Steinhoff to investigate fraud in the company but says there is no conflict of interest. However, the Congress of the People’s spokesperson Dennis Bloem says the financial help will negatively affect the NPA’s ability to […]
Lobby group Afriforum says it has written to the National Prosecuting Authority to ask them to act swiftly to ensure the arrest of the alleged mastermind in the killing of former Bafana Bafana captain Senzo Meyiwa. The five men implicated in the killing of the soccer star appeared in the Boksburg Magistrate’s Court east of Johannesburg on Friday. The case was transferred to the High Court and postponed to October […]
Civil rights organization AfriForum says it will be monitoring the NPA regarding the decisions it takes against EFF leader Julius Malema for inciting violence against police officers. Afriforum and trade union Solidarity have jointly lodged criminal charges at the Lyttelton police station against Malema. The organisations say they were approached by at least a thousand police officers with concerns over the threatening remarks made by Malema recently. Afriforum says it's […]
A high ranking South African police officer was on Monday morning arrested in a pre-dawn raid at her house, the Investigating Directorate of the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) said. The police officer is the 13th accused, including a company represented by its director, expected to appear before the Palm Ridge magistrate’s court on charges of corruption, fraud, theft and money laundering,“ directorate spokeswoman Sindisiwe Twala said in a statement. “Her […]
Employment and Labour Minister Thulas Nxesi has welcomed the arrest this weekend of five suspects accused of being part of "the enterprise that scammed R5.7 million" from the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) meant to provide relief for workers during the coronavirus (Covid-10) lockdown. The five suspects were arrested in Pretoria in the early hours of Saturday morning by the South African Police Service’s (SAPS) Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (DPCI), […]
VOC became the first Muslim radio station in South Africa when a special events license was granted to the station in Ramadan/January 1995. Subsequent temporary broadcast licenses were granted, permitting the station to broadcast for 24 hours.
