GAUTENG – A 37-year-old man is expected to appear in the Krugersdorp Magistrate’s Court for illegal possession of lion bones worth approximately R2.3 million on Monday, 01 March 2021. Members of the Hawks’ Serious Organised Crime Investigation in Germiston, Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department (JMPD) Dog unit, and the Department of
CAPE TOWN – The Acting Provincial Commissioner of the Western Cape police, Major General Thembisile Patekile has instituted the 72-hour Activation Plan with immediate effect and mobilized various police units to apprehend those responsible for the death of two police members of Kraaifontein this morning. At around 01:25 the members
EDEN CLUSTER – Vigilant members attached to the Eden Cluster Crime Combating Team, deployed to conduct crime prevention operations in crime stricken areas continued with the arrest of suspects for possession of firearms, possession of dangerous weapons and possession of drugs. These operations included stop and search operations, and it
VATICAN CITY – Infectious disease experts are expressing concern about Pope Francis’ upcoming trip to Iraq, given a sharp rise in coronavirus infections there, a fragile health care system and the unavoidable likelihood that Iraqis will crowd to see him. No one wants to tell Francis to call it off,
BUNIA, DRC – Fighters thought to belong to the notorious Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) militia killed 10 civilians in two overnight attacks in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the army said Sunday. ADF fighters decapitated eight villagers in the village of Boyo, in the northeast Ituri province, and shot dead
CAPE TOWN (South Africa), Four men aged between 30 to 64 were shot dead and another was injured Saturday at Mitchells Plain near Cape Town, said South African police. “The victims were shot and killed at close range while a 37-year-old male victim escaped the attack with a gunshot wound,”
PRETORIA, South Africa’s immunization campaign is going in advance of its initial targets in administering shots of the COVID-19 vaccine made by the US Johnson & Johnson company to healthcare staff, the National Department of Health reported. “Within just over one week, from a standing start, 63,648 patient-facing healthcare workers
