Orange Farm residents want woman found with murdered kids’ clothes questioned

The children, aged six and eight, were last seen walking home from a hair salon on Friday night. Picture: SAPS Facebook page. ORANGE FARM- As outrage mounts over the latest child murders in Orange Farm, community members are demanding that police question a woman who was allegedly found with a plastic bag containing the victims’ […]

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Comair Business Rescue Plan Adopted

Comair on Friday passed another significant waypoint en route to returning to the skies when the vast majority of creditors and shareholders voted to adopt the business rescue plan. In terms of the business rescue plan the preferred investment consortium, comprising a number of former Comair board members and executives, will invest fresh equity of R500 million in return […]

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Forensics for Justice offers R1 million reward for info on Charl Kinnear killers

Lieutenant Colonel Kinnear was shot and killed outside his Bishop Lavis home on Friday afternoon. Slain Western Cape top cop Charl Kinnear. Picture: Supplied CAPE TOWN – Non-profit organisation, Forensics for Justice, on Sunday offered a R1 million reward in exchange for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of the person or people […]

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CT teen (13) shot and wounded in suspected gang-related shooting

Police on Sunday confirmed the 13-year-old girl was struck in Kleinvlei in Eerste River on Saturday. She was taken to hospital where she is recovering. Picture: SAPS Facebook page. CAPE TOWN – Another child has been shot and wounded during a suspected rival gang crossfire in Cape Town. Police confirmed the 13-year-old girl was struck […]

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7 killed in head-on collision outside Polokwane

Paramedics said there was a head-on collision between two vehicles. JOHANNESBURG – Seven people died in a car crash and many others were critically injured on Sunday on the Matlala Road outside Polokwane. Paramedics said there was a head-on collision between two vehicles. Six people were declared dead at the scene and the seventh person […]

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Orange Farm residents demand answers after 2 children found murdered

The community in the south of Joburg held a prayer service in the afternoon at the spot where the bodies of the six-year-old boy and eight-year-old girl were found. Police car/van. Picture: @SAPoliceService/Twitter. JOHANNESBURG – Orange Farm residents on Sunday said they wanted answers after two children were found dead in the area hours after […]

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DBE: Teachers granted permission to work from home must report for duty tomorrow

Earlier this year, teachers with comorbidities were asked to work from home to reduce the risk of contracting COVID-19 FILE: A teacher sanitises the hands of a pupil returning to Olivenhoutbosch Secondary School on 8 June 2020. Picture: Gauteng Provincial Government. JOHANNESBURG – The Department of Basic Education (DBE) on Sunday said all teachers who […]

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Weapons and ammunition found hidden in doctor’s quarters at Baragwanath Hospital

Weapons and ammunition found hidden in doctor’s quarters at Baragwanath Hospital Security officers at the facility made the discovery during a routine patrol on Sunday. Security officers at Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital on 20 September 2020 found 47 bullets, three 9mm handguns, two pepper sprays, two handcuffs, one SAPS reflector vest and a police […]

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Winde: Killing of commander Charl Kinnear underscores shift needed within SAPS

Winde said the province needed more police, more protection for them and more protection for citizens. Western Cape Premier Alan Winde at the crime summit. Picture: SAPS CAPE TOWN – Western Cape Premier Alan Winde said the killing of anti-gang unit commander Charl Kinnear fully underscored the shift needed within the police service. Winde said […]

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Gauteng police uncover more than 2 dozen illegal firearms in Ekurhuleni

Anti-crime operation Okae Molao was again rolled out in parts of Gauteng over the weekend with areas including Thokoza particularly targeted. FILE. Picture: SAPoliceService/Facebook JOHANNESBURG – Gauteng police have uncovered more than two dozen illegal firearm during a late-night raid on shops and businesses in Ekurhuleni. Anti-crime operation Okae Molao was again rolled out in […]

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