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South Africa: Burgersdorp Weekend Operations Success
press release During the weekend operations, conducted by members at Burgersdorp led by the Station Commander, Lieutenant Colonel Ngqoshela. On Friday, 01 March 2019 at 13:00 - 23:00 and Saturday, 02 March 2019 at 20:00 - 02:00 ATM'S, banks, post offices and businesses were visited as it was month end and pension payouts and the town was very busy. Burgersdorp was "painted" blue with the assistance of the police Reservists and Community Policing Forum (CPF) members including the youth structure.
South Africa: Missing Child Sought By Jozini FCS
press release The Jozini Family Violence, Child Protection and Sexual Offences Unit is appealing for assistance from the community in locating an eight-year-old girl, Yoliswa Sibiya from Mkhuze. Yoliswa was last seen playing with other children at her home on Saturday, 3 March 2019 before she vanished. She was wearing a pink dress and was bare foot at the time of her disappearance.
South Africa: Municipal CFO and Businessman in Court for Fraud and Corruption
press release Port Elizabeth — Nomfundo Fetsha, the Chief Financial Officer for the Chris Hani District Municipality and Mfundo Kwani, a Queenstown businessman, appeared before the Port Elizabeth Specialised Commercial Crimes court on Monday for alleged fraud and corruption amounting to R100 000. The pair arrest and subsequent appearance follows a probe by the Hawks' Serious Corruption Investigation team which connected Fetsha and Kwani to an alleged R100 000 corrupt relationship.
South Africa: Police to Act On Video Depicting "Assault of Babes Wudumo"
press release The National Commissioner of Police, General Khehla John Sitole has learnt with shock and is seriously concerned about the contents of a video which shows a woman being assaulted by a man. According to social media reports, the victim is Bonkile Simelane, aka "Babes Wodumo". The said video is currently being analysed, primarily to establish and verify the identities of those in the video.
South Africa: Missing Woman Sought By Police
press release KwaMsane detectives are appealing to the community for assistance in locating Irene Ntombi Mbatha (45) from Somkhele in KwaMsane. Irene was last seen leaving to Johannesburg however she did not arrive at her destination. She was last seen wearing a brown skirt, a cream T-shirt and a pair of black takkies at the time of her disappearance.
South Africa: Two Suspects Arrested By SAPS Chatsworth for Murder
press release After being on the run from police for over a year, a 29-year-old murder suspect was arrested by Chatsworth detectives on Sunday 3 March 2019. It is alleged that on 3 February 2018, a 55 year old victim was assaulted by the suspect during a domestic dispute. The victim sustain severe injuries resulting in the victim being hospitalised. The victim later succumbed to his injuries at a local hospital. The suspect fled from Welbedacht East and was on the run since.
South Africa: Illicit Goods Found At Schools
press release Pienaar Cluster Stations, the K9 and POP Units, teams from the Department of Community Safety, Security and Liaison as well as the Department of Education in the province conducted a search at two secondary schools at Pienaar, near Nelspruit, Gedlembane Secondary and EJ Singwane Secondary. At Gedlembane they seized 44 cellphones, nine narcotic drugs, four knives, one sjambok and liquor found in a squeezable bottle.
South Africa: Teenagers Arrested With Firearms in Separate Cases - Port Elizabeth
press release Police in Port Elizabeth continue to make inroads in recovering illegal firearms and arresting suspects. Two firearms and two suspects were arrested in separate incidents today in Bethelsdorp. In the first incident, Bethelsdorp Task Team members were patrolling in Sweden Street in Timothy Valley when they spotted two suspected gang members walking in the street. Both males were searched and a black revolver and ammunition was found in the pants' pocket of the 19-year-old teenager.
South Africa: Successful Arrests in Business Robbery
press release On Wednesday 27 February 2019, members from Sterkspruit SAPS managed to arrest four suspects for business robbery that occurred at Mbonisweni Nkupane a/a. After members received positive information, they requested members from Detective Service as well as members from crime prevention to assist as back up. The information was followed up successfully and four suspect were arrested and the stolen goods recovered.
South Africa: Off-Duty Police Officers Chase After Intruders and Make Arrest - Port Elizabeth
press release Two off-duty detective police officers did not hesitate to spring into action when they realised that intruders had entered their residential complex early Thursday morning, 28 February 2019.
South Africa: Firearm Dealer Convicted Following a Plea Bargain
press release Free State — Andries Petrus Stephanus Olivier (63), has been convicted by the Welkom Magistrates' Court following a plea bargain on six counts of contravening the Firearms Control Act. The Hawks' Serious Organised Crime Investigating unit commenced with investigations in May 2018 after they caught wind of Oliver's apparent illegal trade of weapons to the public in the Welkom area.
South Africa: 'Follow Home' Suspects to Appear in Court for Armed Robbery and Possession of Unlicensed Firearm
press release Two men aged between 28 and 30 are expected to appear before the Nelspruit Magistrate's Court tomorrow, Monday, 25 February 2019, on charges of armed robbery and illegal possession of a firearm. Their appearance follows after an incident that occurred on Friday 23 February 2019, where the suspects allegedly robbed a man of an undisclosed amount of cash.
South Africa: More Bodies Retrieved At Gloria Mine
press release Today, 13 more bodies were brought to the surface by the Disaster Mine Rescue Team that is involved in a rescue mission at the Gloria Mine at Bliknkpan, near Middelburg. These are bodies of people who on Sunday, 03 February 2019, went into a mine shaft where they allegedly intended to steal copper cables. According to information by the mine management, as they work as a collective with police, they indicated that there was a gas explosion resulting in those people being trapped.
South Africa: Two Suspects Fatally Shot and Firearms Recovered Following a Robbery At Edenvale High School
press release Two suspects were fatally shot, one suspect wounded and two arrested by the police following a robbery at Edenvale High School on Thursday, 21 February 2019 at approximately 13:00. It is alleged that one suspect came to the school and informed security guards that he had come to pick up a learner. While security guards were opening for him, more armed suspects entered, driving a van.
South Africa: Police Appeal Information to Find a Missing Girl
press release The South African Police Service in Polokwane are investigating a case of missing person after 17-year-old girl Veronica Matabane from Mmakotse, Mpumalanga Section outside Lebowakgomo, left home on 14 February 2019 and never returned. According to the information, she left her home to visit his boyfriend in Polokwane. She was wearing a blue dress and black shoes. Police together with family efforts to locate her at friends and relatives were not successful.
South Africa: Mpumalanga Provincial Commissioner Condemns Violent Protests At Bushbuckridge
press release Media Statement Mpumalanga Cape Media Centre The Provincial Commissioner of the police in Mpumalanga, Lieutenant General Mondli Zuma, hereby condemns acts of destruction and violent protests that unfolded at the Bushbuckridge Municipal Offices, in Dwarsloop on Tuesday, 19 February 2019. The condemnation by the Provincial Commissioner comes after seven government vehicles and a truck were set alight, whilst two police vehicles as well as the office windows were shattered.
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