Cape Town – The police ministry has spent R8.2m on four aircraft for Minister of Police Bheki Cele and his deputy Cassel Mathale, among others, to travel in since 2018, said national police commissioner Fannie Masemola in reply to a parliamentary question. Read more R8.2m splurged on ‘camera-friendly’ Bheki Cele
Cape Town — Desperate residents of Kannaland Municipality, who are already weathering a lack of service delivery due to political instability, have had their water cut off intermittently over the last week. Read more https://www.iol.co.za/weekend-argus/news/garden-route-considers-drought-declaration-as-kannaland-taps-run-dry-6aa51f11-dcce-49bc-8c17-c406b618bace
Cape Town – An unexplained discrepancy shows that the police under-reported their DNA backlog and a crime buster claims the situation is worse than initially feared. Read more https://www.iol.co.za/capeargus/news/minister-bheki-cele-chose-to-understate-dna-backlog-to-save-face-da1ea880-125c-44c4-9bf3-99083d5c56e2
POLICING experts have warned that the classification of the report into the murder of Cape Town top cop Charl Kinnear could hamper his family’s chances of possibly suing the state if it were found to be negligent. Read more: https://www.iol.co.za/weekend-argus/news/top-secret-kinnear-report-is-a-cover-up-for-corrupt-cops-31847d9f-a80e-4e71-90e8-e114b50fb4da
The Ukrainian woman, Anichka Penev (35), who was kidnapped in Cape Town, South Africa, just over a week ago has been safely found and reunited with her family. A video of her terrifying abduction on 29 September went viral. Read more: https://www.sapeople.com/2022/10/08/ukrainian-woman-kidnapped-in-cape-town-found-and-reunited-with-family/
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