The official was under investigation by the Road Traffic Management Corporation’s national traffic anti-corruption unit and the Hawks - following allegations that he was involved in corrupt practices involving the fraudulent issuing of driving licences at the centre.
The City said it will be registering a case docket with the South African Police Service and ask them to escalate the matter to the Hawks.
During the operation the police arrested a 39-year-old Mexican national.
Keneilwe Shalaba has abandoned her bail application. The 32-year-old Boipatong resident is accused of trafficking her two-year-old son.
Large cocaine bullets packaged in a plastic belt and wrapped around her torso were discovered with officials estimating their street value to be at R1.8 million.
The City of Johannesburg region, in particular, will likely be struck the hardest by any aggressive intervention.
The state of the gold bars, irregular in shape, not neatly moulded or standardised like investment-grade gold bullion, suggests they were potentially smuggled from a refinery, or worse, produced by zama zamas (illegal miners).
According to the Joburg Roads Agency, routes on and around low-lying bridges were inaccessible due to floods.
On social media, videos have surfaced showing what appears to be a rotating column of air passing through a residential area in Randfontein.
The woman had initially reported that her son was kidnapped by three men in a silver-grey VW Polo on Wednesday, 13 November 2024.
The Unpaid Benefit Campaign, a group advocating for the release of withheld pension funds, will stage a march that will affect multiple streets in the area.
Reports from eyewitnesses suggest the man took his own life over a relationship dispute.
The suspect had flown into Johannesburg from São Paulo, Brazil, a known hotspot for cocaine trafficking.
Eskom warns Soweto residents about scammers targeting customers in meter upgrade queues, as the utility extends its prepaid meter reconfiguration deadline to accommodate "zero buyers."
The fire was traced to the Uninterrupted Power System (UPS) in the plant room on the seventh floor.
The toxic substance is banned for household use and has been implicated in similar food poisoning cases across the country.
The boy's family informed authorities that he displayed worrying symptoms after consuming a snack purchased from a local spaza shop.
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One Dudula member voiced frustration, saying, “We are gatvol. But our president decides to prioritise them over us.”
The building, situated across the road from the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE), on the ever-busy Maude Street, houses several businesses which, from what we understand, remain closed until further notice.
For eight years, the suspect used fake German and Israeli passports to move around the continent, evading INTERPOL's hot trail by hiding in plain sight.
Police have cordoned off parts of Red Show and Immink Drive, collecting forensic evidence and working diligently to clear the debris.
Private security sources claim the iStore and Woolworths were the primary targets during the heist, though Eastgate management has yet to confirm this.
Gauteng police are searching for two-year-old Kutloano Shalaba, who was abducted in Boipatong by men in a silver-grey VW Polo.
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The chain messages, which have spread rapidly on platforms like WhatsApp, claim that residents should avoid drinking or cooking with tap water due to a supposed poisoning incident involving “Indians pouring poison” into the dam.
This is according to Premier Panyaza Lesufi who on Sunday updated residents on the implementation of by-laws to govern spaza shops.
The City of Joburg’s debt to Eskom reportedly stands at almost R5 billion, with an additional R1.4 billion due by the end of November.
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