Several firearms, serving as evidence in criminal cases, went missing from a Bellville South police station storage room. The police are investigating the disappearance, and a possible connection is also being investigated with the surge of violent gang operations in the Western Cape. Apparently, as many as 20 weapons are gone, although the police do..
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Weapons disappear from Western Cape police station
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National firearms investigation – SAPS could be liable for crimes committed with stolen police guns
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Cape Town – Police are in a catch-22 situation involving a mammoth national firearms investigation, because if they link stolen police guns to shootings, they could be held liable for the crimes. Senior Western Cape policeman Major-General Jeremy Vearey, involved in the guns probe, outlines this dilemma in an affidavit. A booklet, written by one..
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Some good news:- Court throws out fracking application for KZN.
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The Western Cape High Court has set aside a prospecting right application, which could have opened the way for fracking in South Africa. The court’s decision could put the brakes on a number of similar prospecting applications if they followed the same process. Fracking has not yet been signed off in South Africa. But a..
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The Cape Party’s 20 Point Agenda for Local Government in The Cape, Towards Independence:
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The Cape Party which is contesting local elections on certain wards in the Cape, has issued a 20 point agenda as a election manifesto: 1. To ensure that every Councillor has a line open & available for all Rate Payers, to pro-actively reach out to, connect with, engage and communicate with ward constituents on a..
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