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Confiscated abalone numbers drop as COVID-19 lockdown restrictions bite Written by defenceWeb - Abalone anti-poaching operation in Eluxolweni, Western Cape. The amount of poached abalone confiscated by South African authorities dropped from 66 tons in 2018 to 13 tons in 2020 as COVID-19 restrictions limited illegal harvesting by well-equipped organised groups, mainly operating in the West Coast region of South Africa. This is according to an answer by Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the En...

defenceWeb Written by SANews - Police Minister Bheki Cele. A Police Ministry intervention to curb extortion rackets in Cape Town has recorded significant progress in clamping down on the crime. The intervention by Police Minister Bheki Cele came after communities in the metropole in September last year raised the alarm around the growing phenomenon of extortion. “At the time, the extortion rackets seemed to be targeting formal businesses such as eateries, restaurants and bars,” said Cele d...

On the morning of the Marikana massacre on 16 August 2012, the then North West police commissioner Lieutenant-General Zukiswa Mbombo did not mince her words.  “Today is D-Day. We are ending this today. Don’t ask me how, but today we are ending this.”  Later that Thursday, 34 striking Lonmin mineworkers were dead and 78 miners were wounded, as emerged at the Marikana Commission of Inquiry, and also in accounts like Greg Marinovich’s Murder at Small Koppie: The Real Story of the Marik...

All eyes will be on President Cyril Ramaphosa when he delivers the State of the Nation Address in a half-empty House on Thursday, and without the usual pomp and ceremony.

The National Joint Operational and Intelligence Structure (NATJOINTS) coordinates all security and law enforcement for the President’s annual State of the Nation Address which will be held on 11 February 2021, is satisfied with the progress being made with its security planning. The NATJOINTS comprises of various departments such as the South African National Defence Force, Cape Town Metro Police and Law Enforcement, Intelligence Coordinating Committee, Department of Health, ESKOM and the Cit...

SONA 2021: Security measures revealed, demonstrators warned With NATJOINTS coordinating all security and law enforcement for SONA 2021, one thing is for sure, there will be limited access in and around Parliament precinct. The National Joint Operational and Intelligence Structure (NATJOINTS) has coordinated all security and law enforcement for the President Cyril Ramaphosa’s annual State of the Nation Address (SONA) which will be held on 11 February 2021. So far, it is satisfied with the pro...

"Speakers' corners" will be set aside for protesters on the day of the State of the Nation Address, while Parliament will be cordoned off.

It is still bans, curfews and permits. Livelihoods, not so much. The silence on economic and social relief measures was resounding in President Cyril Ramaphosa’s announcement on Monday of the new permutation of the lockdown. That silence was widely noted, and Cosatu called for more action. “The government needs to realise that the Covid-19 pandemic is not only a health tragedy, but also an economic one and therefore must be fought on both fronts. Lives and livelihoods must be saved in equal...

Government structures are in meetings to consider whether to implement a harsher Covid-19 lockdown, but President Cyril Ramaphosa is non-committal for now on whether more restrictions are imminent.



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