Suspended Deputy National Police Commissioner Shadrack Sibiya is back in court today for his bail application. He faces five charges, including rape, trafficking in persons and child sexual grooming. The State is opposing bail.
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@carteblanche.co.zaSuspended Deputy National Police Commissioner Shadrack Sibiya is back in court today for his bail application. He faces five charges, including rape, trafficking in persons and child sexual grooming. The State is opposing bail.
@carteblanche.co.zaThe estranged husband of 23-year-old Boitumelo Gift Mashita has been found dead in his vehicle in Midrand after police identified him as a person of interest in her murder. Mashita was shot dead while on her way to work in Thembisa on Monday.
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@carteblanche.co.za⛽ Fuel prices could rise sharply in October.
Petrol is currently projected to increase by around R3/litre, while inland 50ppm diesel could move above R33/litre wholesale.
Final prices are still to be confirmed.
@carteblanche.co.zaA powered exoskeleton has helped an exhausted 47-year-old hiker descend Table Mountain in a first for South African mountain rescue. Would you trust robotic legs to get you safely down?
@carteblanche.co.zaAnother woman’s body has been found in Springs, bringing the number discovered across Ekurhuleni since July to 11. Police have not confirmed that all the cases are connected. Has this changed how safe you feel where you live?
@carteblanche.co.zaThe Wedela mass shooting death toll has risen to 18, while 10 people were killed in a separate attack in Lwandle over the weekend. Police are still searching for those responsible. Would you feel safe enough to share information with police?
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@carteblanche.co.zaDr Elmarie Myburgh spent almost three decades with the SAPS specialising in serial murders. She believes there are enough warning signs for police to consider the possibility of a serial murderer in Ekurhuleni. #CarteBlanche
@carteblanche.co.zaThe Ekurhuleni murders highlight a national breakdown in police response and justice. What should government do first? #CarteBlanche
1️⃣ Sharpen SAPS Intel
2️⃣ No Bail for Violent Crime
3️⃣ A Central DNA Database
4️⃣ More GBV Courts
@carteblanche.co.zaElizabeth "Tsontso" Moselakgomo was the sixth victim found in Kempton Park. Her friend Sakane Mokoena says the community is on edge. #CarteBlanche
@carteblanche.co.zaFollowing several murders in Ekurhuleni, EMPD officials are executing raids in an effort to track down suspects. #CarteBlanche
@carteblanche.co.zaThis vendor has a terbufos (halephirimi) supplier in Joburg who sells to him in bulk. Altogether, these bags cost him R500. #CarteBlanche
@carteblanche.co.zaTerbufos (or halephirimi) is a pesticide that's been banned in SA since February 2026. So, why is it still available on street corners? #CarteBlanche
@carteblanche.co.zaJournalist Orrin Singh has covered one of the biggest terbufos poisoning cases in SA - the death of six children in Naledi in 2024. But there are many more such cases. #CarteBlanche
@carteblanche.co.zaiSimangaliso is legally bound to empower local communities, but broken promises over land trigger direct conflict with park authorities. As Paul Jennings says, conservation only succeeds when neighbouring communities have a real stake in its success. #CarteBlanche #southafrica #news
@carteblanche.co.zaDecades after being forcibly evicted from their land, a community lodged a successful land claim and R22 million was granted by the state for local development. But they haven't seen a cent. #CarteBlanche
@carteblanche.co.zaIn 1972, the apartheid government forcibly evicted families to clear land for the iSimangaliso Wetland Park. Edmund was a child when police trucks arrived to enforce their eviction. #CarteBlanche
@carteblanche.co.zaIn a matter of hours during protest action at iSimangaliso, fever trees across at least ten hectares were felled, and protected land cleared. Painted numbers appeared on freshly cut stumps, marking individual plots for a systematic land invasion. #CarteBlanche #southafrica #news
@carteblanche.co.zaTonight on Carte Blanche: the felling of Fever Trees in iSimangaliso, the illegal sale of Terbufos, the murders of eleven women now being reported on the East Rand, and an update on our bark-stripping investigation.
@carteblanche.co.zaNine women dead. Nine families left searching for answers. A community rocked by fear and desperate hunt for answers. Could some of the deaths be connected? Watch #CarteBlanche tonight 7pm on M-Net channel 101, and DStv Stream. #southafrica #news #kemptonpark
@carteblanche.co.zaHow does an agricultural pesticide end up on our streets, and in our homes? That's #CarteBlanche tonight at 7pm on M-Net channel 101, and DStv Stream. #southafrica #news #crime #YourChoiceHasPower