Limpopo police have seized illicit cigarettes worth an estimated R50,000 after a vehicle allegedly linked to the illegal cigarette trade was abandoned in the Mankweng policing area. According to the South African Police Service (SAPS), Flying Squad members in the Capricorn District received information on Monday, 28 September, about a vehicle allegedly being used to deliver illicit cigarettes in the Mankweng area. Police said officers responded to the information and travelled towards Boyne, where they spotted a white Haval H6…

Suspended deputy national police commissioner Shadrack Sibiya has claimed that the 16-year-old girl he is accused of sexually grooming had a crush on him. He also claims that his alleged sexual encounter with the 18-year-old woman he is charged with raping was consensual. Sibiya launched his bail application in the Randburg Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday, where he indicated that he intends to plead not guilty to all the charges against him. Sibiya claims that the father of the 16-year-old girl,…

President Cyril Ramaphosa will address the nation this evening on the steps being taken by the government to confront gender-based violence and femicide (GBVF). Ramaphosa will also provide an update on investigations into the murders of women in and around the City of Ekurhuleni. The President’s address comes as the bodies of 13 women have been found in Ekurhuleni, while another was found last week at Moroka Dam in Soweto. Meanwhile, during the post-Cabinet briefing in Pretoria, Minister in the…