Authorities have been consistent, enforcing compliance to Covid-19 lockdown by maintaining high visibility roadblock on the N2 near Berlin since the start of the national lockdown. During the operation officers and officials from the SAPS, SANDF, Provincial Traffic Department and Immigration were deployed. During the roadblock on the N2 between
Willowvale police are investigating a murder case. It is alleged that a 47-year-old woman was found fatally shot. She was found at her home at Nquba Locality, Mahasana Village, Willowvale. The deceased was found with bullet wounds on her upper body. An 18-months-old baby was found unharmed next to her.
PARKTOWN – More than five hundred and seventy two suspects have been arrested across Gauteng during this latest Operation O Kae Molao on Thursday 02 April 2020, led by Gauteng Provincial Commissioner Lt General Elias Mawela and the District Commissioners. Detective raids and tracing of wanted suspects resulted 572 arrested
GENEVA – The Switzerland-based Universal Postal Union says the COVID-19 pandemic is forcing the United States to suspend delivery of international mail to nearly two dozen countries. They include the Cayman Islands, Honduras, India, Saudi Arabia, South Africa and Botswana. The U.S. Postal Service is asking customers to refrain
TEHRAN, IRAN – Iran’s parliament speaker has contracted the new coronavirus, the country’s highest-ranking government figure yet to catch the disease, while in Israel, several top officials entered quarantine when the health minister tested positive on Thursday. Iran’s parliament announced Ali Larijani’s illness on its website, saying he was
DURBAN: Nkandla police are urging the community to assist with regards to a wanted suspect Victor Sabelo Buthelezi (43). Buthelezi is wanted for a murder case that is being investigated by Nkandla police. It is alleged that on 17 February 2020, a school teacher, Makhosazana Ngcobo (41) was allegedly kidnapped and
Two accused, Mfundo Cele (27) and Kwanele Duncan Ndlela (24) appeared today in the Pietermaritzburg Magistrates’ Court and were remanded into custody until 14 May 2020 for bail application. They are facing charges of murder, robbery and two counts of rape. Source: South African Police Service
ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA – Ethiopia’s central bank will allow locally-owned non-financial institutions to start offering mobile money services as it seeks to boost non-cash payments in the country, it said. The Horn-of-Africa nation is in the midst of massive economic reforms led by reformist Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, including
More than 3.9 billion people, or half of the world’s population, are now being called on to remain in their homes to combat COVID-19, according to an AFP tally on Thursday. The measures — which include compulsory or recommended confinement, curfews and quarantines — are in place in more than 90 countries
JOHANNESBURG – As cases rise and more countries order lockdowns, Africa’s experience with the coronavirus depends on what happens over the next month, said the director of the continent’s Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “And why is that so? Because we expect that by the third
The coronavirus pandemic has hit a grim milestone — 1 million confirmed cases. The count by Johns Hopkins University says almost one-fourth, 236,000, are in the United States. The worldwide death toll stands at more than 53,000. Italy reported the most fatalities with more than 13,000 and climbing daily. A question
NORTHERN CAPE – The Deputy Minister of Police, Hon Cassel Mathale in the company the MEC for Transport Safety and Liaison Me Nontobeko Vilakazi, the National Commissioner of Police, Lieutenant General Kehla Sitole, Deputy National Commissioner Lt Gen Sandisile Mfazi and the Provincial Commissioner Lt General Risimati Peter Shivuri, addressed
