EASTERN CAPE – A Hawks led multidisciplinary task-team comprising of the Serious Organised Crime Investigation, Crime Intelligence and detectives is investigating an alleged break-in over the weekend at a gun shop in Jansenville where numerous firearms and cash were stolen. It is alleged that on…
Table 1. Countries, territories or areas with reported laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 cases and deaths. Data as of 16 March 2020* Reporting Country // Total Transmission confirmed // confirmed new reported case…
Pretoria, South Africa, 16 March 2020 - Tennis South Africa (TSA) has on Monday announced a suspension of all their tournaments until 20th April following President Cyril Ramaphosa declaring a national state of emergency over the COVID-19 pandemic. Following Sunday's announcement and based on discussions…
PARKTOWN - Eleven (11) firearms of varying calibre are due to be taken for ballistic examination as they might be linked to serious and violent crimes in Gauteng. These firearms were seized from suspects who were arrested during the weekend O Kae Molao Operations in…
From the new RRA: A high level of public awareness is a prerequisite for an effective response with social distancing measures to the COVID-19 outbreak. Risk communication activities should emphasise that although this is a new and highly contagious disease, the vast majority of infected…
The UE-CDC released a new RRA (no 6) on Covid-19 (Novel coronavirus disease 2019) Summary extracted from the RRA: On 31 December 2019, a cluster of pneumonia cases of unknown aetiology was reported in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China. On 9 January 2020, China CDC reported…
COVID-19 (The CO stands for corona, the VI for virus and the D for disease), with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) as the causative virus. South Africa, like many other countries around the world, has reported its first case of the virus and…
A multi-disciplinary approach between SAPS Anti Hijacking Team, JMPD and Tracker yielded results when three suspects between ages of 18 and 43 were arrested in connection with a hijacking that occurred in Naturena, south of Johannesburg on the 9th of March 2020 at about 20:00.…
Pretoria, South Africa, 13 March 2020 - The ongoing effects of COVID-19 were felt by the tennis community on Thursday afternoon, when the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) and the International Tennis Federation (ITF) announced a six week suspension of tournaments due to escalating concerns…