Arson attack
Expert team concludes preliminary assessment of fire damage in Parliament
A Department of Public Works and Infrastructure expert team has concluded a high level preliminary visual assessment of the damages to Parliament.
In the latest incident over the weekend, six carriages were destroyed when a train caught alight on the Monte Vista line.
The admin block was gutted by flames in the early hours of Wednesday morning, disrupting the first day of the academic calendar.
A fire was started during the early hours on 28 November and caused the temporary shutdown of the station.
Four suspects were captured in the act on CCTV cameras and Prasa has issued an award of R100,000 to whoever finds them.
An arson attack on a farm owned by the Mathulini Communal Property Association (CPA) has resulted in damage of over R1 million.
It’s understood the suspect set the building alight on Friday after robbing the victims of their belongings.
Police say equipment and furniture valued at over of R90,000 have been lost in the attack at the Ncedisizwe Senior Secondary School.
The R66 was closed due to protests in Umlalazi, as police investigated the scene where a farmhouse was torched and a bakkie stolen.
Education MEC Spokesperson Jessica Shelver says the site offices and stores at the construction site of the new school have been completely destroyed.
The five vehicles were being kept at an impound lot for pending cases, while others had been stolen or abandoned.
Police are investigating an arson attack on the Grassy Park Police Station, Cape Town.
A university building was damaged after a petrol bomb attack on Saturday night.
Angry residents set North West Education MEC Sello Lehari’s family home alight this week.