NEW YORK – A coronavirus vaccine is still months or years away, but groups that peddle misinformation about immunizations are already taking aim, potentially eroding confidence in what could be humanity’s best chance to defeat the virus. In recent weeks, vaccine opponents have made several unsubstantiated claims, including allegations that
JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN – New fighting in South Sudan’s Central Equatoria state this week is putting a strain on the country’s fragile peace agreements. A spokesman for the rebel National Salvation Front (NAS) said a joint force composed of soldiers from the army and the former rebel SPLM-IO attacked NAS
GAUTENG – Police are searching for three suspects who allegedly killed a woman during an armed robbery in Roodepoort last night, 28 April 2020 at about 20:00 Preliminary investigation revealed that the victim was in the taxi when three men stopped the taxi at the Main Reef Road, traffic circle
KWAZULU-NATAL – Hawks members from Durban Serious Organised Crime unit (SANEB), Crime Intelligence, Durban Metro Police and other law enforcement agencies arrested a 38 year old male for possession and dealing in drugs. On Tuesday, 28 April 2020, the joint team conducted an operation at Amanzimtoti area after information was
WESTERN CAPE – Three suspects are expected to appear in court following a hijacking of a meat delivery truck this morning at about 09:20 in Ramaphosa informal settlement in Philippi. The driver and two passengers were doing meat deliveries in Gugulethu and while standing at a robot in Govan Mbeki,
DURBAN – An intelligence driven operation was conducted by Pinetown detectives and the Provincial Rapid Response Team in the Inanda and Ntuzuma areas following investigations into a murder and attempted murder case. The operation was carried out yesterday in the Bester area in Inanda. The team was following up on
POLOKWANE – The police in Tzaneen have arrested a 32-year-old suspect this morning, 28 April 2020 at about 11:20, after he was found in possession of illicit cigarettes and sexual enhancing pills. The arrest was effected during an intelligence driven joint operation comprising members of Tzaneen Crime Intelligence Unit and
FREE STATE – The 32-year-old Matjhabeng Member of Mayoral Committee (MMC) for Community Safety, Teboho Lushaba and wife Nonhle Lushaba (34) appeared in Welkom Magistrate court today, 28 April 2020, on two counts of possession of unlicensed firearms, two counts of possession of live ammunition and bribery, and were released
FREE STATE – Two suspects, Ramokhule Maboloka (34) and Motsamai Mokoena (45) appeared in Sasolburg Magistrate court today on four charges of possession of ammunition, bribery, being illegally in the country as well as the contravention of the Disaster Management Act (failure by person to be confined to residence during
KWAZULU-NATAL – Three men aged between 47 and 32 were arrested in the early hours of Sunday morning after Hawks members received a tip off of illegal hunting in one of the farms in Ixopo the previous day. The Port Shepstone Serious Organised Crime Investigation were alerted about a suspicious
DURBAN – Yesterday police officers from the EThekwini Central Task Team responded swiftly to a report of a business robbery on Carlow Road in Bonela. Investigations led the police officers to Cato Crest where two men aged 21 and 27 were arrested. The suspects were found in possession of a
NORTHERN CAPE – Police in Carnarvon have arrested brothers aged 32 and 36 in connection with the case of house robbery. On Monday, 27 April 2020, the two brothers attacked a couple at their home in Carnarvon at about 14:30. The victims were threatened with a knife and robbed of
