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A cash-in-transit robbery has been reported in Orlando East, Soweto.Gauteng police spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Robert Netshiunda confirmed the incident."Further details surrounding the incident will be shared once authorities on the ground have processed the scene," Netshiunda said.JUST IN | Double life sentence for cousin who murdered Jesse Hess and her grandfather
Emer-G-Med paramedics reported that together with Netcare 911, they responded to the shooting in S-Section. The police are trying to identify two men who were found dead under a bridge in Parow, Cape Town, on Monday. In a statement, DA provincial chairperson Dean Macpherson announced that the election took place at City Hall on Monday morning and included members of the DA caucus.20 pupils survive blast on school bus
At around 19:30, an accident on the N11 between Ladysmith and Newcastle in KwaZulu-Natal caused six deaths. The collision saw a delivery vehicle and a car crash head-on. The cause of the crash is unknown, said Road Traffic Management Corporation’s spokesperson Simon Zwane. The officer and 10 others were killed in a crash involving a minibus, police vehicle and other cars, on the R617 near Mpophomeni.
"We don’t know how it happened, whether the person [fourth body] was part of this group, or was found by the assailants when they were moving away from the crime scene," he said.Yasmin 'Jessie' Duarte, the deputy secretary general of the ANC, has died, the party announced in a statement on Sunday."The passing of Comrade Jessie is a great loss, not only to the family, but to the democratic movement and the country as a whole," the ANC wrote.
Western Cape police said the three victims, believed to be from Lesotho, were shot and killed at their informal dwelling in Riverview.This victim is yet to be traced. The motive for the shooting is unclear and no one has yet been arrested.JUST IN | Two suspects arrested after 7 people shot dead on Free State farm
Road Traffic Management Corporation spokesperson Simon Zwane said the Nissan 1400 was hit by an Isuzu heavy motor vehicle and a Toyota Quantum minibus travelling along the D3260.Seven people died on the spot, and one died on the way to the hospital. Other injured people were taken to Maphutha Malatji hospital in Namakgale.Three bodies found in torched car in Mpumalanga
Ramaphosa, who gave the ANC's message of support on the third day of the SACP's elective congress, said the proposal was initially made by Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe after the power utility plunged the country into stage six load shedding. "We are deeply disturbed and troubled by the increasing number of senseless killings of innocent residents. Criminals cannot hold our people at ransom in this manner. Violence and violent crime have no place in our society," Makhura said.
The prosecution argued that the two constables were placed in a position of trust and authority, but betrayed that trust, said National Prosecuting Authority spokesperson Lumka Mahanjana. JUST IN | New coalition government on the cards for drought-stricken Nelson Mandela BayThe ACDP, African Independent Congress, Abantu Integrity Movement, Democratic Alliance, Freedom Front Plus, Pan Africanist Congress, and the UDM have agreed to forming a coalition government.
They face more than 2 000 charges of fraud, corruption and racketeering relating to a R320-million Durban solid waste project. The boy was spotted floating in the water quarry by children who were playing nearby, said police spokesperson Captain Olebogeng Tawana. "After the brawl, they both went to bed. The suspect left the house on Tuesday morning and when he later returned at approximately 18:30, he noticed that she was still in bed but was not responding," said Janse van Rensburg.13 July 20:34Four men believed to be responsible for a series of bank robberies were arrested in Johannesburg on Wednesday after they were found with a police uniform, a replica of a firearm and a car fitted with blue lights and false registration plates.
Two men who were taken in for questioning after the Samkelisiwe Tavern shooting in Pietermartizburg have been released. Her estranged husband, Arnold Terblanche, her boyfriend, Reinhardt Leach and Dylan Cullis, are accused of her murder after her body was found in a shallow grave in Greenbushes in October last year. Terblanche's bid for bail has been denied twice, as well as his appeal against the first bail refusal.12 July 20:34The death toll following the massacre at the Nomzamo Tavern in Orlando East, Soweto, on Sunday has risen to 16.
This is to obtain a high court date, the National Prosecuting Authority’s Investigating Directorate Sindisiwe Seboka said.Agrizzi and former ANC MP Vincent Smith were arrested and charged with corruption after Agrizzi allegedly offered gratification on behalf of Bosasa to Smith, in exchange for his influence, as the then chairperson of Parliament's oversight committee on correctional services.
Teffo said he was withdrawing because of the harassment he received from the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria and the State.JUST IN | Man dies after consuming entire bottle ofA man died after allegedly participating in a 'drinking competition' that saw him drink an entire bottle of Jägermeister. The Gauteng High Court in Pretoria heard on Tuesday that Teffo had not filed heads of arguments in terms of the jurisdiction challenge he had previously made.
Four people were arrested on Tuesday morning - two of which were former employees of Swiss engineering firm ABB - in connection with an alleged inflated multimillion contract between the company and Eskom's Kusile power station. The four - two of whom were the employee's wives - allegedly received cash and cars from Impulse International which was subcontracted by ABB.
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