Gauteng Traffic Police will intensify learner transport enforcement across the province ahead of schools reopening for the third term. Officers will focus on vehicle roadworthiness, driver fitness, valid operating licences, overloading, speeding, and reckless or negligent driving. Authorities have urged learner and public transport operators to comply with road traffic laws to ensure the safety […]
VEREENIGING – Residents from across the Vaal region have been invited to attend a peaceful mass meeting under the banner “Enough is Enough” at President Stadium in Vereeniging on 27 June 2026. Organisers say the gathering aims to unite communities from areas including Evaton, Sharpeville, Meyerton, Vanderbijlpark, Sebokeng, Ratanda, Palm Springs, Bophelong, Tshepiso and Boipatong […]
GAUTENG – The Gauteng Provincial Legislature’s Portfolio Committee on Community Safety has welcomed the suspension of Gauteng Traffic Police Chief Inspector Samuel Mashaba pending a formal disciplinary process. The suspension follows testimony given before the Madlanga Commission, where admissions were reportedly made regarding conduct that could amount to serious misconduct. The committee said the move […]
JOHANNESBURG – The Gauteng Provincial Community Police Board has officially announced that it has no relationship, partnership, or association with the Gauteng Patrollers Hlanganani Organisation. In a notice issued on 12 June 2026, the board emphasized that community patrollers operating under Community Police Forums (CPFs) are unpaid civilian volunteers who assist the South African Police […]
PRETORIA WEST- The Gauteng Provincial Legislature’s Portfolio Committee on Community Safety has urged urgent intervention from Gauteng Provincial Police Commissioner Lieutenant General Tommy Mthombeni following an oversight visit to Pretoria West Police Station. The Committee found serious infrastructure problems, including the station operating from three separate buildings, which disrupts coordination, weakens command and control, and […]
INANDA- KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi has urged community crime-fighting groups to work with police and avoid direct confrontations with suspected criminals after three patrollers were shot and killed in Bhambayi, Inanda, north of Durban. The incident happened while the patrollers were on routine patrol tracking suspects linked to local robberies. Police spokesperson Robert Netshiunda […]
The Gauteng Provincial Legislature’s Portfolio Committee on Community Safety has condemned the rising gun violence in Gauteng, following the killing of Emfuleni Municipality employee Ms Martha Mani in Vanderbijlpark. The Committee also noted another recent fatal shooting in Ormonde and said such incidents reflect a dangerous increase in violent crime. The case is being investigated […]