Author: Dimakatso Genkoe
ESKOM says stage 6 load shedding implemented over the weekend will remain in place until further notice due to several breakdowns. However, an online newsletter quoted a former Eskom executive warning South Africans to brace themselves for the punitive power cuts to continue for many more years including up to Stage 8 load shedding this winter. For the past week South Africans had to contend with load shedding stages fluctuating between States 3, 4 and 5. However, since last Friday the stages have been escalated to Stage 6. In a statement released on Sunday night, the power utility said eight more…
A 26-year-old woman who was arrested and charged with public indecency this week in Brits, North West has been sent for a mental evaluation. The woman from Oukasie township was arrested on Tuesday for walking naked in town on Valentine’s Day and she appeared in the Brits Magistrates Court on Wednesday where she was sent to a mental institution. According to the police, the woman didn’t respond when they tried talking to her about her conduct. The woman was captured on several videos which were circulated on social media, confidently walking naked with a group of men following her while…
“Anybody who tries to be clever than the clever, make sure they have chosen the wrong day”. These are the stern words of Police Minister Bheki Cele who addressed a multi-disciplinary parade of the members of the South African Police Services on Thursday morning ahead of the SONA expected to be delivered by President Cyril Ramaphosa this evening. Cele called on the police to act against lawbreakers, however, he says human rights must not be violated in response to the EFF’s Julius Malema that his party will disrupt the proceedings. Malema reiterated his threat over the weekend during his address…
A police task team has been set up to track, trace, and arrest culprits involved in recent mass shootings in the Eastern Cape. Ten people were killed in two separate incidents on Wednesday night in the province. According to the provincial police spokesperson Brigadier Tembinkosi Kinana, in the first incident in the Thantseka Village in Bityi, unknown suspects shot and killed a 62-year-old woman, her daughter (44) and her 13-year-old grandson. Another incident was reported in Qunu where gunmen stormed into a rondavel and opened fire killing seven people, four men, and three women instantly. Kinana says the motive behind…
Four suspects who were involved in a shootout with North West Police after a Cash In transit Heist on Monday, are fighting for their lives under police guard in hospital. Police say a group of heavily armed suspects rammed into a cash van and thereafter fled the scene with an undisclosed amount of money on the R556 in Mmaditlhokwa outside Rustenburg where two Fidelity security guards were shot and wounded. SAPS spokesperson Brigadier Athlenda Mathe says an intelligence operation led the Brits Trio Task Team and Crime Intelligence Officers on the R511 where a shootout ensued with the four-armed suspects…
The 39-old police woman charged with raping her son, will remain in custody until her next court appearance on Thursday. The woman who was not identified to protect the victim’s identity appeared in the Mdujane Magistrates Court on Monday following her arrest a week ago on charges including rape, sexual grooming, and creating and distributing pornographic material after she appeared in a video that went viral on social media. The NPA spokesperson in Mpumalanga, Monica Nyuswa said due to the seriousness of the charges, the bail application will be opposed. The Independent Police Investigative Directorate IPID is also investigating the…
The North West department of Transport has confirmed that five people were killed in twoseparate crashes on Saturday morning. According to the department, a female pedestrian was fatally knocked down by a vehicle around 01 am on the N12 outside Wolmaransstad. It is alleged that the vehicle was then hit from behind by another one following it in the same direction. The driver and the passenger were declared dead at the scene while four other people, including a two-year-old infant, were rushed to hospital with serious injuries.Meanwhile, the N4 in Rustenburg has since been reopened following a head-on collision of…
Pre-trial hearing Zandile Mafe, arrested for allegedly burning the National Assembly chambers in 2022 has been postponed to February after he failed to arrive at the Western Cape High Court on Friday. Prosecutor Mervyn Menigo told the court that Mafe (50) who has been in police custody since his arrest in January last year, refused to leave his Pollsmoor Prison cell again. This is not the first time Mafe has refused to attend a court session. In August and September, he refused to leave his cell claiming to be on a hunger strike. Judge Nape Dolamo asked if it will…
A Limpopo police officer is behind bars for allegedly raping her own son. The woman who was not identified to protect the victim was arrested and appeared in the Marble Hall Magistrates Court this week where she was remanded in custody until next Monday. According to the provincial police spokesperson Brigadier Motlafela Mojapelo, a case of rape of a minor was opened with additional charges of creating distributing child pornographic material and sexual grooming, was opened on Friday. Mojapelo says soon after becoming aware of the video, Provincial Commissioner Lieutenant General Thembi Hadebe ordered the Family Violence, Child Protection, and…
The family of a teenage boy in Lefaragatlhe near Rustenburg is pleading for the safe return of Tshiamo Masikane who went missing on 01 January 2023. Family spokesperson Thato Mabyane says 17-year-old Masikane left home to look for the phone that he lost on New Year’s Eve at a club when he went out with his friends. Mabyane described Masikane as a respectful and loving boy who would never have an argument with anyone. The family believes that the teenager who’s supposed to be in Grade 12 this year at Kitsong school in Phokeng has been kidnapped. In 2019 a…