INN News 15 April 2024

04/16/2024 15:43 in News

A policeman has been found guilty of raping a 14-year-old girl on December 13, 2019 at around 8pm. He has been sentenced to 20 years imprisonment. Captain Andre Bekkies is from the SAPS’s Protection and Security Services.

The Independent Police Investigative Directorate IPID spokesperson Phaladi Shuping says that Bekkies was found guilty of rape and three counts of sexual assault in the Parow Magistrates' Court. According to IPID he is receiving three years for the first count of sexual assault and five years each for the other two counts of sexual assault.

Another Western Cape policeman is also facing rape charges. IPID said the police officer is alleged to have raped a woman in the police station holding cells.

Eskom will be in Elsies River on the 18 and 19 April, Thursday and Friday respectively, at the Elsies River Civic Centre in Halt Road from 9 am until 2 pm.

They will be here to assist Eskom customers with recoding of prepaid meters. Eskom’s Senior Manager for Customer Services, Portia Papu says that it is critical that people know that the recoding of meters is done at no cost to the customers. This is a DIY process,

Eskom employees will continue to only assist customers that have logged queries and received proper reference numbers. It is important for customers to take note that should they not recode their meter, the meter will become inactive after 24 November 2024.

The Steenberg community is on edge after five people were killed in the latest wave of alleged gang violence. Five people including two teenagers were killed in a shooting in the Muizenberg precinct. The neighbouring Steenberg CPF has issued an alert saying that the escalating violence has deeply impacted their neighbourhoods, and it is imperative that they stand together to address this urgent issue.

It is incumbent upon each and every individual to report anything suspicious and come forward with any information that could assist in bringing those responsible to justice.

Police spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Malcolm Pojie says that provincial detectives are probing the circumstances surrounding the death of three people, two males aged 15 and 18 and a 25-year-old woman, whose bodies were found in the early hours of Saturday in Drakensberg Road, Hillview, Muizenberg.

The Animal Anti-Cruelty League Cape Town has branches in Epping and Bellville and are having a blanket drive for the upcoming winter months. The aacl relies entirely on the generosity of the animal-loving public for financial support.

They say you can help them to prepare for the colder evenings and winter months by donating warm PEP Stormy and Fleecy blankets at your closest branch, even if it's just one blanket anything helps to keep those tails happy and wagging. R79 is the recommended retail price.

Donations can be dropped off at:

Epping branch: 90 Bofors Circle, Epping
Bellville branch: 1 Bureau Street, Bellville South

Israel has vowed to take "offensive and defense action" in retaliation to Iran's unprecedented 350-missile airstrike yesterday.

Global tensions have reached boiling point after Israeli president Isaac Herzog branded the attack on their soil a "declaration of war".

Jerusalem looked like a meteor shower on Saturday night while the air sirens sounded out as shocked residents scrambled for cover. Three hundred and fifty drones and missiles were launched at Israel by Iran. Israeli military used dozens of fighter jets to intercept "all aerial threats". Iran fired 185 drones, 36 cruise missiles, and 110 ballistic missiles at the country in response to targeted killing of Iranians embassy in Syria and many assassinations in recent months.