Police Minister Bheki Cele has lauded police for what he calls a swift response in tracing five suspects linked to the murder of a drug lord and his family as well as other crimes in Durban. The suspects were shot dead in a shootout with police at a flat in the city. Amongst them is a well-known drug lord. Police say the flat was used as a hide-out spot for drug dealing. […]
LOCAL A suspect has been arrested in connection to Thursdays murder of 26-year-old Grassy Park police constable Ashwin Pedro. Police say Anti Gang Unit members traced the 42-year old alleged shooter to a hideout in Ravensmead late n Thursday night. During an altercation with the suspect in Blackbird Avenue, Pedro sustained a fatal gunshot to the chest, while his colleague was left unharmed. The pair was acting on information about […]
LOCAL The Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union (Popcru) wants increased technology support and more police officers, its president said at a central executive committee meeting this week. “Over the past few years budget cuts, poor infrastructure, a lack of resources and training, and staff shortages have reached crisis levels and are preventing our members from performing their work effectively,” Zizamele Cebekhulu-Makhaza told 800 delegates. These challenges placed police and correctional […]
LOCAL Police Minister Bheki Cele has expressed concern about the vast experience in SAPS being lost through senior officers who are retiring. At a recent Police committee meeting of Parliament, Cele told MPs that he signs off nearly 300 retirements every month, leaving him concerned over the experience that is leaving SAPS in short succession. For the past four years, nearly 10 000 officers with more than 30 years of […]
LOCAL The City of Cape Town's Safety and Security Directorate's JP Smith has called for an enquiry into the status of hundreds of drug arrest cases made by officials over the past few months. It comes after the Public Prosecutor reportedly released a suspect arrested for possession of mandrax and tik, because the case was "trivial and stood no reasonable chance of prosecution". A parolee busted with drugs in […]
LOCAL Police are appealing for information after two police officers came under attack in separate incidents in Delft. According to spokesperson, Capt FC Van Wyk, 39-year-old Siya Zaba was shot and killed by unknown suspects in Notwari Street, Leiden, late Sunday evening. The Delft-stationed officer was off duty at the time and is survived by four children under the age of 10. Meanwhile, a 42-year-old sergeant was shot while on […]
LOCAL The South African Policing Union (Sapu) says utterances by Police Minister Bheki Cele that officers will not be granted leave during this festive season are an act of provocation. Cele made the statement during the launch of the #SaferFestiveSeason Campaign in Thohoyandou, Limpopo last week that from 15 December 2022 to 31 January 2023 police officers will not be granted holiday leave. In a statement released on to the press, SAPU […]
LOCAL Western Cape law enforcement officials who lost their lives in the line of duty this past year will be honoured with a wreath-laying ceremony in Cape Town on Monday. The provincial Mobility Minister, Daylin Mitchell, says relatives of some of the fallen heroes will join him in paying tribute to the officers. Mitchell says it’s one of the most important events on the Transport Month calendar. “This ceremony is […]
Following the engagement hosted last month by the Muslim Judicial Council SA (MJC) alongside interfaith communities and official stakeholders on the state of safety and security in the Western Cape, the MJC SA has published an expansive response from those cited in the memorandum of demands during the session. National Police Minister Bheki Cele, Police Commissioner General Sehlahle Masemola, Cape Town mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis and the City’s Safety and Security […]
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.
