Daily Voice 2025-12-11

THE running joke in December was always that traffic cops needed to make their target and therefore they are the paaie vol during the festive season. I was told that that’s not the case and that the obvious reason for the increase in fines is the increased visibility during this period. Make with that what you want. What I do know is that just the other day the Western Cape government launched its festive season safety plan on our roads, deploying more than 600 provincial officers and over 300 vehicles to help manage holiday traffic across the province. Mobility MEC Isaac Sileku haaked af: “One life lost is one too many. We enter this festive season with an unwavering determination to ensure that everyone is safe on our roads. Road…

LAAITIES barely tall enough to see over a car bonnet are being pulled into gang life in Delft — some as young as nine are sent to steal and surrender their loot to underworld leiers. And now, in a fast-spreading new trend, the kids who call themselves the Terrible Hooker Boys are swarming delivery vans, ripping open doors and making off with packages in seconds. They are so brazen that they are even stripping the Centre for Community Development in The Hague and using it as their “gang den”. This comes as the Mother City reels from a wave of bendegeweld that has left at least six children shot in the past week. Four have died. Local Delft Ward 13 councillor Michelle Adonis said things were now “out of hand”,…

Delays “These figures, and related reporting about vetting delays caused by the Department of Justice’s manual processes, demand urgent and concrete action to protect learners.” Ahmed said lower Western Cape numbers do not mean it’s protected, adding: “The national statistics are deeply worrying and must be treated as urgent for every province. The pattern – a steady stream of allegations, a substantial proportion of guilty findings, and vetting bottlenecks – mirrors the challenge the WCED is already trying to address.” Asked whether current systems adequately protect learners, his response was blunt: “Short answer: No – not reliably.” Ahmed raised concern over educators re-entering the system despite red flags, saying: “This is a real and documented concern…” Western Cape Education Department spokesperson Bronagh Hammond urged reporters to verify ELRC’s figures…

“WHAT type of person does this to another person they are supposed to love? She didn’t deserve this, nobody does and especially not her.” The family of a four-month pregnant vrou found buried in a shallow grave at Klip Road Cemetery in Grassy Park have been left devastated by her brutal killing – allegedly by her berk. The body has been identified as 23-year-old Shanice “Niecey” Rudolph from Lavender Hill, who went missing on 4 December and was last seen alive in Cafda, Retreat. Grassy Park police confirmed that a murder case has been registered. Police spokesperson Captain FC van Wyk said Rudolph was reported missing at Steenberg SAPS. He said: “A murder case was registered following the discovery of the body of a 23-year-old woman in a shallow grave…

Cutting “The State alleges that on 7 December, the accused murdered Peter Joubert by cutting and dismembering his body with a sharp object. “The State alleges that the accused physically violated the deceased’s body by cutting off his arms and private parts. His case has been postponed until 17 December 2025 for bail information and a possible referral to a district surgeon for mental assessment.” Witzenberg Municipality has since condemned the brutal murder of their resident, saying: “Witzenberg Municipality is deeply saddened and shocked by this brutal crime against one of their local residents. The municipality said the man’s body was found under a bridge and that the suspect was apprehended by Municipal Law Enforcement officers and subsequently arrested by the South African Police Service (SAPS) A statement added: “Municipal…

MILOSH Basson made his first appearance at the Cape Town Magistrate’s Court yesterday after being charged for the murder of Kensington teen Alnika Mitchell. The 14-year-old meisie was gunned down in front of her house on Saturday in Lugmag Street, Factreton. Alnika and two of her friends were watch ing learners celebrate their matriekafskeid when she was hit by a stray bullet and ran inside her yard where she collapsed and died. Basson, 35, was arrested on Monday in a plakkerskamp in Royal Road, Maitland, and is now facing six klagtes, one charge for murder, four attempted murder charges and the other for possession of an unlicensed firearm. Basson will remain in custody after the matter was postponed to 18 December 2025 as he will be appointing a private attorney.…