WATCH: Probe into Tshwane metro police seen assaulting unidentified person
By Jonisayi Maromo
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Pretoria - The Tshwane Metro Police Department (TMPD) on Friday said the group of people in its police uniforms seen dragging and allegedly assaulting an unidentified person in a video circulating online are indeed its police officers.
TMPD spokesperson Senior Superintendent Isaac Mahamba said the marked vehicle used by the assailants, who are seen in the video dragging the unidentified person over a wall and hitting him, belongs to the Tshwane metro police.
“The Tshwane Metro Police Department has noted a video that was posted on social media where TMPD officers are seen to be allegedly assaulting a male person. On the video, the male person was taken out from a home and is seemingly being slapped,” said Mahamba.
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Break-ins increasing
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Cape Town - Criminals are crawling to avoid security beams as unemployment drives them to break in to houses.
Yusuf Abramjee anti-crime activist said in the initial stage stages of lockdown there was a dramatic decrease in crime including house break-ins and home invasions.
“Many of these criminals are just trying their luck to break into homes and even estates, scaling walls and making their way in, you will find the criminals crawling to avoid the beams, that is why it is important for residents to take all security precautions and don’t think that you are living in an estate that you are safe, it’s a false sense of security. Most of these house break-ins are so-called opportunistic crimes. It becomes a house invasion when they take out a knife or firearm and hold you at gunpoint or knifepoint,” said Abramjee.
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Cigarette war goes radioactive
Tax justice group says two of every three cigarettes sold in SA is illicit, robbing the fiscus of R8bn a year. Small tobacco manufacturers say the group is a front for Big Tobacco. 00:01
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It seems forcing smokers to get their fix illegally during the ban has normalised the act among retailers and consumers. Image: Shutterstock
A new report by Tax Justice SA (TJSA) finds that two of every three cigarettes sold in SA are illicit, making SA possibly the worldâs largest black market for cigarettes.
This is costing the fiscus R8 billion a year. A TJSA researcher visited 43 retail outlets in four different cities and in all but one of these outlets was able to buy cigarettes for less than R20 a pack.