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EMPD monitoring Boksburg protest, roads near Reiger Park closed
It’s not yet clear what sparked the protest, but police and metro police are on the scene.
Gauteng Roads and Transport MEC Jacob Mamabolo has released the findings into the underlying recurring violence and fatalities in the taxi industry.
It’s understood the 27-year-old cop from the Katlehong police station assaulted his girlfriend on Sunday and took her to a field where he threatened to kill her with a pistol and three knives.
A week has passed since the assault in which the officer allegedly slapped and punched a woman in the face after she had asked him to wear a mask.
Officials say they found explosives after searching a shack belonging to one of the suspects.
Its alleged the two male officers stopped a truck driver earlier this week and requested a bribe after claiming he did not have the correct documentation.
EMPD's Wilfred Kgasago says that any form of abuse against women and other vulnerable members of society is unacceptable.
Demonstrators barricaded roads with burning tyres and rubble early this morning.
EMPD's Wilfred Kgasago says the man faces murder and attempted murder charges in the Tembisa Magistrates Court.
The pair was showing off lunch packs littered with bank notes and appeared to be eating the money.
The EMPD says the officers have brought the department into disrepute and acted in an unprofessional manner.
An unknown man pushed the EMPD official to the ground and dragged him while people cheered him on.
The EMPD officer was attacked, in full view of children, at the Dunnottar Primary School in Nigel.
The man was travelling on the N3 near Heidelburg at 158 kilometres per hour in a 120 zone.
The officer faces charges of gross negligence for allegedly knocking over & killing, a three-year-old girl.
Officers tracked a car that was hijacked from a couple in Boksburg to Roodekop early this morning.
Three months after the toddler was knocked over & killed, the officer implicated has not been arrested.
Three teenagers were necklaced in Etwatwa on Sunday while another survived an attack yesterday.
Ipid only got involved in the case this week after hearing about the incident through the media.