On Tuesday, the state announced that it was withdrawing charges against IPID (Independent Police Investigative Directorate) head Robert McBride for child abuse. No reasons were given at the Pretoria Magistrates Court as to why the charges were being dropped – but it marks a provisional end to a story marked by peculiar circumstances from the start.
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Condemned bomber, Robert McBride, once again as free as a bird after charges of child abuse dropped
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Cops fire rubber bullets as ANCYL, Nehawu marchers clash
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JOHANNESBURG – Police have fired rubber bullets after marchers taking part in Nehawu’s North West day of action were confronted by a crowd dressed in African National Congress (ANC) T-shirts outside the legislature in Mahikeng.
Union members are calling for Premier Supra Mahumapelo to step down, while members of the ANC Youth League (ANCYL) are marching in his defence
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Cry our beloved country – Criminals start using petrol bombs to stop cars and rob motorists
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Criminals have started throwing petrol bombs instead of rocks to stop cars before robbing motorists.
Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department (JMPD) spokesperson Wayne Minnaar said a petrol bomb was thrown off a bridge on the N12 close to Lenasia on Tuesday morning at about 2:30am. The petrol bomb missed the car.
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JMPD monitors R550, R557 amid protest action
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JOHANNESBURG – The Johannesburg Metro Police Department (JMPD) is monitoring a protest which has turned violent on the R550 and R557 in the south of Johannesburg.
It’s understood the protesters have torched a truck and are stoning vehicles in response to JMPD demolishing illegal shacks near Kanana Park
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Eshowe police switch focus to farm arsonists
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ESHOWE – POLICE not only need to solve the murder of Sphamandla Gift Xulu on a farm in Eshowe this week, but must also bring to book a mob of arsonists who torched farms, a home, staff quarters, equipment and other buildings after the incident.
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Police involved in syndicate selling explosives and illegal firearms
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A sting operation by the Hawks’ Serious Organised Crime Investigating Unit has led to the arrest of a six member syndicate alleged to be involved in the selling of commercial explosives and illegal firearms on Tuesday, 6 March 2018.
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Policeman promoted 7 years after death
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A police officer who died almost eight years ago in a gruesome helicopter accident with seven colleagues has taught the police a lesson from his grave when his family won a battle for his promotion.
Tinus Gouws, who was a pilot in the air wing of the SA Police Service (SAPS), was promoted from warrant officer to captain and his family received back pay as part of a settlement with the police.
He was with his colleagues on their way to Emalahleni, formerly Witbank, responding to an armed robbery, at the time of the accident in 2010. The helicopter crashed in the veld and everybody on board was killed.
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Shaun Abrahams sets deadline to communicate Zuma decision
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Cape Town – The National Director of Public Prosecutions will confirm his decision relating to the corruption charges against Jacob Zuma to the lawyers of the former president and the affected parties by March 15, the National Prosecuting Authority said on Monday.
Spokesperson Luvuyo Mfaku said the State attorney’s office has written to the Council for the Advancement of the South African Constitution (Casac) confirming Shaun Abrahams had reached a decision and would be communicating this by the cut-off date, less than three weeks away.
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Ncobo killings victim speaks out
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A police officer who survived this week’s attack on the Ngcobo Police Station in the Eastern Cape has described how he had to crawl on the ground to escape a volley of rifle fire that met him when he arrived to help his slain colleagues.
When the officer and a colleague, who were called as back-up from a nearby police station, arrived at 23:00 on Tuesday, the station was a “war zone” as between 15 and 20 armed attackers opened fire on them with automatic rifles.
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57 Cops In Family Violence Unit Are Convicted Criminals
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The Democratic Alliance (DA) says it is deeply disturbed by the police ministry’s revelation that 57 South African Police Service members working in the Family Violence, Child Protection and Sexual Offenses Unit have criminal records.
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eNgcobo Massacre: Cops Recover 8 Of 10 Stolen Police Firearms
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Eight of the 10 police firearms which were stolen from eNgcobo Police Station during an attack that killed five police officers have been recovered, according to the police case report seen by News24.
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Police commended for swift action on Ngcobo police station killing
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JOHANNESBURG – The police ministry has commended the police for their swift action following the Ngcobo police station killings saying the multi-disciplinary team cannot be faulted.
The police’s task team shot and killed seven armed suspects and arrested another 10.
They are suspected to be part of a cult.
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Ramaphosa’s ‘new dawn’ threatened by political interference in law enforcement agencies – EFF
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Durban – Political interference in the country’s law enforcement agencies is the greatest counter-argument to President Cyril Ramaphosa’s declaration of a “new dawn”, the Economic Freedom Fighters said on Friday.
“It is the greatest threat to our democracy at the moment,” party spokesperson Mbuyiseni Ndlozi told the Moerane Commission sitting in Mayville, Durban.
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how did Morris “KGB” Tshabalala survive in the SAPS for so long considering his record and continued criminal activity?
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How did a convict sentenced in 1996 to 10 years for robbery with aggravated circumstances find himself floating around the ANC’s elective conference in Mangaung in 2012, flush with a cool R50-million aimed at stoking factional battles in the ANC?
Continuing the tradition at Nasrec in December 2017, pressure was also allegedly placed on the SAPS to launder R45-million to buy votes. Details of this and other horrors of the Shadow State were revealed by the Independent Police Investigative Directorate at a Scopa report-back on Tuesday. The clean-up has begun.
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Farm murder suspect killed in attempted farm attack
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One of the four suspects in the Herman Botha murder case, Thomas Baloyi (25), was fatally shot during an attempted farm attack in Kalkfontein outside Groblersdal last Wednesday.
LIMPOPO – Baloyi and three other suspects, Tobias Moyo (44), Fanie Makwaka (25) and Chris Langa (31) were on 29 November 2017 each granted R1 000 bail by the Groblersdal Magistrate’s Court after they were arrested in connection with the murder of 64-year-old Herman Botha at his Kameeldoring residence last year.
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