Bronkhorstspruit SAPS embarks on crime awareness campaign in Zithobeni
The office of acting station commander Lieutenant Colonel Sibonsile Mlaba, together with Social Crime Prevention, Crime Prevention Wardens, and the CPF, visited Zithobeni on July 10. Mlaba and the team focused on tackling GBV and drug-related crimes occurring in and around the area.
'Mlaba pleaded with a group of men operating a car wash near Zithobeni High School not to allow anyone to sell drugs to school learners,' said Constable Cathrine Ramovha, communications officer for Bronkhorstspruit SAPS.
The campaign also raised awareness of the Second-Hand Goods Act 6 of 2009, which regulates the trade in used goods and pawnbrokers.
'This topic was addressed to help prevent the sale of stolen items and to promote moral standards in the sector,' Ramovha added.
'Public safety is a shared responsibility, and the police urge communities to join forces with them in the fight against crime,' said Mlaba.
'To make neighbourhoods safer, the police stress the importance of cooperation, communication, and mutual trust,' Mlaba concluded.
At Caxton, we employ humans to generate daily fresh news, not AI intervention. Happy reading!
Hashtags
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
The Citizen
20-07-2025
- The Citizen
Bronkhorstspruit SAPS embarks on crime awareness campaign in Zithobeni
Bronkhorstspruit SAPS embarks on crime awareness campaign in Zithobeni The office of acting station commander Lieutenant Colonel Sibonsile Mlaba, together with Social Crime Prevention, Crime Prevention Wardens, and the CPF, visited Zithobeni on July 10. Mlaba and the team focused on tackling GBV and drug-related crimes occurring in and around the area. 'Mlaba pleaded with a group of men operating a car wash near Zithobeni High School not to allow anyone to sell drugs to school learners,' said Constable Cathrine Ramovha, communications officer for Bronkhorstspruit SAPS. The campaign also raised awareness of the Second-Hand Goods Act 6 of 2009, which regulates the trade in used goods and pawnbrokers. 'This topic was addressed to help prevent the sale of stolen items and to promote moral standards in the sector,' Ramovha added. 'Public safety is a shared responsibility, and the police urge communities to join forces with them in the fight against crime,' said Mlaba. 'To make neighbourhoods safer, the police stress the importance of cooperation, communication, and mutual trust,' Mlaba concluded. At Caxton, we employ humans to generate daily fresh news, not AI intervention. Happy reading!
TimesLIVE
16-07-2025
- TimesLIVE
'Mastermind' behind ANC veteran Zibuse Mlaba's murder faces murder charge over hitman's death
A relative of slain former ANC deputy chairperson in KwaZulu-Natal Zibuse Mlaba, who was arrested in connection with his death, appeared in the Umlazi magistrate's court on a separate murder charge on Wednesday. Duncan Mzamo Mlaba, 63, faces charges of conspiracy to commit murder and murder of hitman Mncedisi Gwala in January 2022 near KwaNyamazane. Mzamo allegedly paid Gwala and two others R130,000 to kill Mlaba. Mzamo handed himself over at the Camperdown police station in April after he was implicated in a plea agreement by another hitman, Fortune Dlamini, 29, in Mlaba's death. Dlamini, who was arrested on September 29, pleaded guilty to Mlaba's murder in the Camperdown regional court and was sentenced to 18 years' imprisonment. He said after Mlaba's murder, Gwala was arrested for allegedly being in unlawful possession of a firearm. Mzamo then allegedly gave an instruction to kill Gwala after they found out police had collected DNA at the murder scene.
IOL News
12-06-2025
- IOL News
New powers for municipal police: Enforcing immigration laws and regulating second-hand sales
Municipal police services could soon be allowed to enforce immigration laws and detect possibly stolen goods sold as second-hand goods. Image: Ayanda Ndamane / Independent Newspapers Municipal police services across the country are set to be given more powers, including enforcing immigration laws, and controlling and preventing the sale of stolen goods. The SA Police Service (SAPS) is proposing changes to the regulations for municipal police services first promulgated in June 1999. According to SAPS, the proposed revision of the regulations will affect the powers conferred on police officers that may also be exercised by a member of the municipal police services, including metro cops. Municipal police services currently exercise a wide range of powers similar to those of SAPS members, such as investigating crimes under the Criminal Procedure Act, drugs and drug trafficking, domestic violence, and stock theft, among others. The changes will grant municipal police services the powers to enforce the Immigration Act of 2002 and demand that any person reveal their identity. 'When so requested by an immigration officer or a police officer, any person shall identify himself or herself as a citizen, permanent resident or foreigner, and if on reasonable grounds such immigration officer or police officer is not satisfied that such person is entitled to be in the Republic, such person may be interviewed by an immigration officer or a police officer about his or her identity or status,' reads the clause municipal police services could be enforcing. Additionally, the Immigration Act makes provision for an immigration or police officer to take such a person into custody without a warrant, and take reasonable steps, as may be prescribed, to assist the person in verifying his or her identity or status, and thereafter, if necessary, detain him or her. The Act also makes it a criminal offence for any person assisting an immigration or police officer to evade the stipulated processes or interfere with such processes. Sellers of second-hand goods could now be subjected to routine inspections by municipal police services to demand a certificate of registration relating to those premises, register, record, book or other document relating to the goods in or on the premises for inspection or for the purposes of obtaining copies thereof or extracts. They can also demand to see any goods found in or on such premises for examination or explain any entry or absence of any entry in any register, book, record or document found. Municipal police services will be allowed to enter, search and seize on the authority of a warrant issued to have access to any document or information that pertains to an investigation and is in the possession or under the control of anyone on the premises that may be used as evidence of a contravention of any provision of the Second-Hand Goods Act. They will be able to seal or seal off the premises at, on, or in which second-hand goods are found, to prevent a person from conducting business in contravention of the Act.
