The Sandton Convention Centre will be the venue for the AKA Memorial service. The music icon and culture figure Kiernan Forbes better known as AKA, was shot and killed outside Wish restaurant on Florida Road in Durban on February 10, 2023.
The Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department’s (JMPD) High-Speed Unit detained 7 drivers for speeding on New Year’s Day and in one instance, arrested a driver traveling at 189 km/h in a 120 km/h zone.
All levels of the City of Johannesburg security cluster have been mobilised as this weekend’s 33rd Johannesburg Pride remains on track, following an alert of a potential terrorist attack in the greater Sandton area.
Johannesburg Pride returns to Sandton for the 33rd annual Pride march for LGBTIQ+ rights in South Africa on October 29, after a two-year hiatus.
The latest developments in the murder investigation of a German tourist, shot and killed close to the Kruger National Park, have been optimistically welcomed by the Police Ministry.
South Africa’s lawlessness has taken another tourists life as the South African Police Service (SAPS) at Masoyi are investigating an incident in which a German tourist was fatally shot by a group of ruthless criminals at Numbi Road near White River.
As peak hour traffic returns to pre-pandemic levels and load-shedding leaves the roads of greater Sandton dark, motorists are asked to remain vigilant as smash and grab incidents become incessant.
Robberies with firearms are on the increase seeing people threatened with a firearm to hand over their belongings. This trend has been prevalent across Sandton, with weekends being the most prominent days, mostly between 5am and 4pm according to Sandton SAPS.
Whilst some might be quick to label Sandton a ‘crime hot-spot’, the latest crime stats released by the South African Police Service (SAPS) show a year-on-year increase across six crime categories, but a general downward trend since 2017.
The interior of The Greenhouse in Sandton has been extensively damaged following a fire at the popular bar just after 10pm on Saturday night.
