Johannesburg man nabbed for possession of elephant tusks A man was arrested in Johannesburg for possession of elephant tusks. Image: SUPPLIED
A 53-year-old man was arrested in Alberton, east of Johannesburg, for possession of elephant tusks.
“Crime Intelligence members received information about a person that will be transporting elephant tusks,” said police spokesperson Capt Mavela Masondo.
“Information was conveyed to a team comprising Johannesburg flying squad, Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department and Fidelity Specialised Services who intercepted the suspect at Heidelberg road in Alberton.”
When the team pounced on the man, they found two elephant tusks in the vehicle he was travelling in.
When violence is policy: How do we curb police brutality?
25 Apr 2021
Strong-arm tactics: South African Police Service officers enforce social distancing on 28 March during last year’s hard lockdown as shoppers queue
outside a supermarket in Hillbrow, Johannesburg. Photo: Marco Longari/AFP
It was one of the most horrific collective experiences we witnessed in post-apartheid South Africa. It wasn’t immediately apparent to those watching from home what had happened as Andries Tatane clutched at his chest. Within minutes, his death would be broadcast to millions of South Africans. Last week marked 10 years since Tatane was shot and killed by police during a service-delivery protest in Ficksburg.
Hawks nab five in Soweto hostels for murder of JMPD officer
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Johannesburg - A Hawks led police operation has arrested five suspects in connection with the murder of a Johannesburg Metro Police Department officer who was hijacked killed at the end of March after returning from a soccer match.
Officers from the Hawks’ Serious Organised Crime, Crime Intelligence, Gauteng Highway Patrol and Traffic Police and the Soweto West Trio Task Team arrested the suspects at hostels in Diepkloof and Jabulani, Soweto, on Thursday night.
The murdered JMPD officer, Neo Sepuru, 26, had been driving his private car after returning from a departmental soccer match in Malboro when he was hijacked outside his home in Dube Village, Soweto.
Ramaphosa announces ‘substantial changes’ to armed forces leadership
15 Apr 2021
President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced five new appointments to the Military Command Council (MCC), bidding farewell to the controversial chief of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF), General Solly Shoke.
President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced five new appointments to the Military Command Council (MCC), bidding farewell to the controversial chief of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF), General Solly Shoke.
During an announcement on Wednesday evening, 14 April, Ramaphosa, as commander-in-chief of the SANDF, welcomed five new members to the MCC as several members retire or are on their way out.
Saturday, 10 April 2021, marks a year since the death of Collins Khosa. One of South Africa’s news media outlets recently posted a commemorative documentary depicting the circumstances surrounding his death. The autopsy of Khosa’s body concluded that blunt force trauma to the head is what killed him. Eyewitness accounts strongly suggest this trauma occurred at the hands of South African National Defence Force (SANDF) soldiers, in the presence of members of the Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department.
The criminal investigation of the SANDF members implicated in Khosa’s death has been finalised and the case is awaiting action from the National Prospecting Authority. However, a report by South Africa’s military ombudsman has already determined the soldiers’ conduct was “improper, irregular and in contravention of the code of conduct, operational orders and rules of engagement”.