Posts tagged with 'New South Africa'

 

WATCH | SAPS refuses to arrest drunk traffic cop after causing accident

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WATCH this video of a metro cop allegedly under the influence of alcohol. He nearly crashed into a biker in Benoni and threatened to shoot the man while he was recording him.

The City of Ekurhuleni responded that the “incident has been brought to the attention of the EMPD, who will immediately attend to the matter.”

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Bystanders demanded that the officer be tested.

In the video clip, the officer is being led away while the person. Recording says, “Your gun is falling of, please take that firearm away before we all get shot by accident.”

He then adds that there’s alcohol in the vehicle as well, while another person can be heard saying that officers threatened bystanders.

In the second clip, another bystander questioned why the officer was being escorted from the scène without being tested or arrested.  The officer then confronts byst
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Natal farmers won court case against state dispute regarding to what should be fair and equitable remuneration for highly productive agricultural land

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A 13-year court battle gave 20 farmers (willing sellers) a fair price for their land offered to the state. The claims were initially set at about 42 000 ha. Landowners offered some 9,000 ha of highly productive agricultural land to the state to settle the claim.

The government had to admit that the Valuer-General wanted to buy the farms from the farmers for almost half their value. The landowners of Melmoth in Natal entered into an agreement with the Department of Land Reform whereby they would voluntarily make land available to the government. The deal would mean R761m for the farmers.

The government has repeatedly decided that the Valuer-General’s assistance should be called and according to a “government formula” they calculated that the farmers were entitled to only R420 million.

Last week, the government abandoned the fight to use the formula. According to Attorney Bertus van der Merwe, who represented the farmers
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Islamic State (ISIS) terrorist group quietly active in SA

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The Islamic State terrorist group, which has been operating in Middle Eastern countries for years, sought the fierce attacks by US forces and its coalition partners, other pastures, and selected Africa.

The terrorist leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, had unequivocally stated that the terror will continue, and by that is meant that Africa has become a new target.

The Vryburger has reported several years ago that supporters of the terrorists are active in South Africa, and now there are reports in the media that the IS terrorists are on SA’s doorstep.

The Vryburger had earlier reported that IS terrorists were suspected of training in some squatter camps on the Rand, supported by former police officers.

With the continuing violence and murder experienced in South Africa, opinion makers have expressed the suspicion that there may be terrorists involved, and raised the possibility that gang violence in parts of the Western Cape may be linked
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Eskom problems not solved yet – Possibility of load shedding exists in the coming months

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The DA said in a statement on Thursday that it had reliably heard that Eskom had issued a warning to municipalities about the “strong possibility of load shedding in September and October” this year.

Natasha Mazzone, DA’s shadow minister of public affairs,  said in the statement that the opposition party has now written to Eskom chairman Jabu Mabuza for transparency in order to clarify the matter.

“Eskom has continually failed in its mandate to provide reliable and sustained electricity supply and it appears as if millions of South Africans and the faltering economy will be abandoned by Eskom again,” says Mazzone.

According to the statement, each load-bearing phase is estimated to cost the country about R1 billion a day.

“Eskom has repeatedly plunged our country into deep trouble. South Africa cannot afford a repeat of the load shedding of the country earlier this year, ”says Mazzone.

The DA is of
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SA’s prisons could run out of beds as crime rate surges

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The growing crime rate and rise in life sentences meted out to offenders may mean that there won’t be enough beds for criminals in SA’s prisons.

The department of correctional services has conceded that it is worried about over-crowding which is on a steady rise, as evidenced by the latest shocking crime statistics.

The department is forced to be creative to deal with this dilemma and is looking at a host of measures to ease the “stubborn pressures of incarceration, forever increasing due to high crime levels”.

The department believes that the judiciary should consider other forms of punishment instead of sending all criminals to jail.

For example, less serious crimes should lead to a sentence of community correctional supervision, the department said.

It also wants a debate on whether incarceration is the most effective form of rehabilitation for some offenders.

Correctional services wants to review the cases o
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DA Councilor of Westonaria arrested for armed robbery

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Sekhokho Lenyora who is DA Councilor of ward 26,27,28 arrested for Armed Robbery

(As per Whatsapp): “Good day it was around 09:30 in the morning we were doing our normal patrols we were driving along Pretoria street at cnr Catherine Street in Hillbrow whereby we noticed a silver Grey Mercedes Benz that was parked at the corner of Catherine with three unknown black males.

Sgt Motlhoana stopped the car and we went out and introduced ourselves by showing our appointment certificate whereby I gave backup to him when he was searching them. The first one he searched was the passenger that was sitting at back and he discovered a small black firearm that he hid it in the front waist. The serial number filed off with one magazine and one live ammunition, he was later known as Tebogo khahloe. The second male was found with a Norinco unlicensed firearm with one magazine and nine live ammunition and he was later known as Jonas Simango, the third suspect was
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Police officers spent R5.3m on fake EFF and Fees Must Fall investigations

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A pair of top officers are believed to have paid money from a crime intelligence slush fund to ‘informants’ which didn’t exist. A report in the Sunday Independent accuses top police officers of looting crime intelligence funds to the tune of R5.3 million.

The publication says an internal report shows that these officials embarked on supposed investigations into the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) and Fees Must Fall movement leadership, but spent the money meant for these investigations on luxury hotels.

They also allegedly paid various amounts to non-existent “informants”.

According to the report, Major-General Deena Moodley and Colonel Preadhashni Govender spent a night at the Drakensburg Sun Resort in December, 2016, under the pretext that they were “attending a meeting by EFF members planning a rally” due to “conspiracy to commit arson by EFF Student Command”, changing theirs stories to say they were investigating a plot to
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How does it feel when the tables are turned? Thieves hit home of national police commissioner Khehla Sitole

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Thieves have made off with two TV sets from national police commissioner Khehla Sitole’s Mpumalanga home, SAPS confirmed on Monday.

Spokesperson Brigadier Vishnu Naidoo said the items were stolen by criminals who were “purely opportunistic”.

The commissioner’s house is under construction and the work was near completion when the theft occurred last Saturday while the General was attending a summit in Cape Town, Naidoo said.

Nothing else was stolen from the house.

News24 understands that there was no sign of forced entry onto the premises.

Investigations are underway.

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Nzimande will not allow Afrikaans-based occupational training college, Sol-Tech to operate if it excludes certain groups

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Higher education minister Blade Nzimande says he will not allow a proposed Afrikaans college to operate if it contravenes the bill of rights by excluding certain groups based on race or culture.

Nzimande was speaking in Durban on Monday regarding the construction of an Afrikaans-based occupational training college, Sol-Tech, in Centurion, Pretoria.

Construction has already begun on the college, which is being spearheaded by trade union Solidarity.
Nzimande said the constitution is clear in that there is nothing wrong with private companies or entities establishing higher education institutions – but should any institution go against the bill of rights, he would not sign off on it.

“As you might be aware, there are media reports that Solidarity aims to build a R300m private Afrikaans university in Centurion. As a department, we have not received any application for any such institution,” he said.

Nzimande said the c
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SA warned to withdraw enough money ahead of banking strike on Friday

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Sasbo’s Joe Kokela said there won’t be money in many ATMs across the country on Friday. South Africans have been warned to withdraw enough money ahead of the nationwide strike in the banking sector on Friday as ATMs and banking services will be shut down.

The country’s biggest financial union Sasbo said it would bring the industry to a standstill when it protests retrenchments.

Earlier this year, Standard Bank closed 91 branches, affecting hundreds of jobs.

Absa also announced jobs would be at risk because of its restructuring processes.

Over 40,000 finance sector employees are expected to take part in the strike.

Sasbo’s Joe Kokela said there won’t be money in many ATMs across the country on Friday.

“ATMs are mended and programmed by our members so if our members are not at work then there will be no service produced.”

Kokela also had other advice for South Africans.

“If you’re travelli
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Shocking discovery: 108 illegal firearms and 134 round of ammunition seized from Limpopo security companies

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A total of 108 firearms and 134 rounds of ammunition were confiscated from 19 closed down security companies in the Thohoyandou Cluster.

LIMPOPO – The operation, which was conducted by a Flash Unit team put together by the Provincial Police Commissioner, Lt Genl Nneke Jim Ledwaba, is aimed at eliminating all the possibilities of criminals accessing these firearms and committing violent crimes, said Police Spokesperson, Col Moatshe Ngoepe.

Review Online reports that during the operation one person was arrested for possession of unlicensed firearms and ammunition.

Ngoepe said the recovered firearms and ammunition will be destroyed after all procedures have been followed.

The accused (48) will appear in the Thohoyandou Magistrate’s Court soon. More arrests are expected and the police urge anyone with information about companies that are still operating, to contact Lt Col Justice Nchabeleng at 082 468 3848 or any Flash Unit coordinator at
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Cash-strapped state arms company, Denel failed to supply R250 million worth of military Casspirs to the government of Chad after already receiving R100 million deposit

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Despite having been paid a R100 million deposit almost two years ago, the state arms company Denel has failed to supply R250 million worth of army vehicles to the government of Chad.

In 2017, Chad bought 40 military Casspirs from Denel, but the company could not deliver them while officials squabbled over the ownership of the lucrative intellectual property (IP) rights – which had been given to the Gupta family for free – to build the vehicles.

Chad has since cancelled the contract and demanded its deposit back from the cash-strapped arms company.

Denel’s failure to deliver comes at a time when the firm is struggling with liquidity issues.

Last month, Denel received a much-needed bailout of R1.8 billion from Treasury.

At the time, Treasury said the company would get another billion next year.

In recent months the company, which has been implicated in state capture, has struggled to pay employees on time. At the end of
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