Innholdsfortegnelse for 2026-01-26 i Daily Voice

Cases Firearms were involved in 60.6 percent of these murder cases, and many occurred in public places such as streets and open areas. Over the first six months of the 2025/26 financial year, the province recorded about 2 308 murders, already 51.6 percent of the total murders from the entire previous year, underlining how rapidly the violence was escalating. The Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union (POPCRU) provincial secretary Mluleki Mbhele added: “Visible policing is essential, vehicles must be procured, detectives must be employed and properly capacitated to deal with case dockets in preparation for court.” But a SAPS spokesperson in the provinc, Brigadier Novela Potelwa, has hit back, explaining that they have developed and are currently implementing a Gang Stabilisation Plan at identified hotspots across the province. She…

Risk Van Der Zandt said: “The load this pony was forced to pull posed an immediate and serious risk to its life. No animal should ever be made to haul that kind of weight, especially in an urban environment.” Inspectors found the pony to be underweight, with its ribs visible, but said the most serious concern was overloading. The SPCA said the conditions constituted a clear contravention of the Animals Protection Act 71 of 1962, as well as the SABS SANS Code for Animal-Drawn Carts, which exists to protect working equines from overloading, neglect and poor equipment. Further compounding the cruelty, inspectors found the pony’s hooves to be in an extremely poor condition, indicating prolonged neglect and a lack of routine care. “Hoof neglect is incredibly painful and can lead…

THE community of Klapmuts is demanding answers after the tragic death of an eight-year-old boy at Klapmuts Primary School. The school is mourning Grade 3 learner Matthew Baartman who died on the school premises on Friday morning. The school took to their Facebook page, writing: “Our school community is deeply touched by the tragic passing of one of our Grade 3 learners, Matthew Baartman, following an incident that occurred at the school. “On behalf of the management, staff and entire school community, we would like to extend our sincere, deepest and most heartfelt condolences to Matthew’s parents, family, loved ones, classmates and friends. Cause “At this stage, the exact cause of the incident cannot yet be confirmed, as extensive investigations are currently underway.” Police spokesperson, Sergeant Wesley Twigg, has since…

TWO mense are lucky to be alive after the car they were travelling in went off the road on Chapman’s Peak Drive and crashed into the rocks below yesterday morning. The scenic Kaapse road was forced to closed in both directions and motorists were advised to use alternative routes until the road was re-opened. Video footage of the motor vehicle accident shows the car mangled on the rotse just above the waves, while a man can be seen making his way out of the vehicle, however the driver was stuck in the vehicle. A man at the scene taking a video explained: “This is where they are. There is one gentleman. They came off this cliff all the way from the top, so it’s about 100 metres, 50 metres from…

Assaulted The Hawks said the girl was expected to engage in sexual intercourse with the man and was physically assaulted when she refused. Warrant Officer Zinzi Hani said the victim later managed to escape. “The girl was apparently deceived under the pretence that she was relocating to South Africa in order to study,” Hani said. The Hawks said the victim reported the matter at a police station in George in November last year, after which the case was referred to the Hawks for further investigation. The minor was subsequently moved to a place of safety in Cape Town. Following an intensive investigation, the suspect was arrested on 22 January. He is expected to appear in the Bellville Magistrate’s Court today on charges of trafficking in persons related to forced marriage…

Counts The suspect, arrested on Friday in Zweletemba, Worcester, now faces nine counts of murder and one count of attempted murder when he appears in the Athlone Magistrate’s Court on Monday. Potelwa said: “Provincial serious violent crime detectives have made a breakthrough. A suspect has been charged.” According to reports from the police, three suspects wentshoretly after midnight into the shebeen and opened fire inside the structure. Six people died at the scene, one victim succumbed while being transported to hospital, and days later a ninth person critically wounded in the attack also died. One of the deceased was a woman. It is suspected she was the owner of the shebeen. The police has inticated that more arrests are imminent as their investigations into the massacre are ongoing.…

Confirmed Police spokesperson Colonel Andrè Traut confirmed that detectives from the Serious and Violent Crime Unit are on the case. Traut reported “The South African Police Service strongly condemns the violent shooting incident that claimed the lives of three young people in Samora Machel on Saturday morning, 24 January 2026. The motive for the attack is still unknown.” In a separate incident, a Valhalla Park family has been left shattered after a man and a mother and her son were shot dead late on Saturday evening on the corner of Paulus and Hester Street. Bishop Lavis Community Policing Forum (CPF) Chairperson Amanda Davids said the community was stunned by the unimaginable loss after the killing of the mom and her son. Davids said: “The Bishop Lavis CPF want to condemn…