NEW YORK – The U.N. secretary-general warned Sunday that the increase in social and economic pressures brought on by the coronavirus pandemic has led to a global increase in violence against women and girls. Last week, Antonio Guterres called for a global cease-fire…
Port Elizabeth: Three alleged murder suspects were arrested shortly after the murder of a 21-year-old man in Walmer Township last night. It is alleged that on Saturday, 4 April 2020 at about 22:45, Xolani Maneli, his younger brother and four other male…
Cape Town: Various operations in the Western Cape throughout the weekend paid off with the seizure of three firearms, ammunition and drugs. Members attached to the Manenberg SAPS Crime Prevention Unit and Gugulethu police seized a pistol and rounds of ammunition and…
KAMPALA, UGANDA – Some of Uganda’s poorest people used to work here, on the streets of Kampala, as fruit sellers sitting on the pavement or as peddlers of everything from handkerchiefs to roasted peanuts. Now they’re gone and no one knows when…
Pretoria – Police Minister, General Bheki Cele, on Sunday morning, 05 April 2020 welcomed the general decrease in serious and violent crimes, attributing this to amongst other factors, the prohibition of the sale and movement of liquor since the COVID-19 nationwide lockdown….
Authorities have been consistent, enforcing compliance to Covid-19 lockdown by maintaining high visibility roadblock on the N2 near Berlin since the start of the national lockdown. During the operation officers and officials from the SAPS, SANDF, Provincial Traffic Department and Immigration were…
Willowvale police are investigating a murder case. It is alleged that a 47-year-old woman was found fatally shot. She was found at her home at Nquba Locality, Mahasana Village, Willowvale. The deceased was found with bullet wounds on her upper body. An…
WASHINGTON – A WhatsApp bot developed by a South African organization is helping millions of people around the world get the latest information about the coronavirus. At the time the virus broke out, Praekelt.org had already created digital tools to help people…
