Caryn Dolley
Freelance Reporter at Freelance
Tiny particle in a tiny particle. Author of Man Alone, Clash of the Cartels, To The Wolves, and The Enforcers.
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2 days ago |
dailymaverick.co.za | Caryn Dolley
An illegal immigrant crackdown in Texas in the US in 2024 sparked an investigation into a man who said he was from South Africa and who was subsequently arrested on terror suspicions. The 18-year-old is now in an American detention facility and may be awaiting deportation. In September 2024, Umar Farooq Ashraf, who is reportedly 18, was detained in Texas with a group of allegedly undocumented immigrants.
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1 week ago |
dailymaverick.co.za | Caryn Dolley
Police Minister Senzo Mchunu has acknowledged that the rape investigation centred on a seven-year-old girl in Matatiele in the Eastern Cape could have been elevated to senior police officers sooner than it was. No suspect has been identified in the ‘complex’ case opened in 2024. About six months ago, a medical doctor examined a seven-year-old girl, who has become publicly known as “Cwecwe”, in the Eastern Cape and a rape complaint was subsequently lodged with the police.
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1 week ago |
dailymaverick.co.za | Caryn Dolley
Police minister has signed off on firearm proposals that could disarm guards at malls, taxi ranks and protests – triggering pushback from the security industry and praise from gun-control advocates. South Africa’s booming private security sector is about to change. If proposed draft amendments to Private Security Industry Regulations are enacted, armed officers at malls may become a thing of the past. Don't want to see this?
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1 week ago |
dailymaverick.co.za | Caryn Dolley
Following a three-day national policing summit, South Africa’s police bosses have vowed to better use resources to tackle crime in the face of constraints. They have also said that bodycams would be rolled out and that an operational room was being created to monitor their overall progress. The way crime fighting is being conducted in South Africa needs sharpening, especially because police officers are dealing with limited resources and increasing demands.
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1 week ago |
dailymaverick.co.za | Caryn Dolley
Nearly three years ago, Daily Maverick reported on Fred Enslin, who was under investigation for allegedly masquerading as a legal practitioner. Now Enslin, previously a plumbing company manager, has been arrested and this week appeared in a Northern Cape court with another accused. Two accused have appeared in a Northern Cape court in a case that is now developing a few years after allegations surfaced that the law firm that they were involved in was unregistered and effectively fake.
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25 years ago today: South Africa’s cricket captain, Hansie Cronje, was accused in India of match-fixing, sparking a scandal that has persisted over a quarter of a century, spans several countries, and involves suspicions linked to a ‘global terrorist’. https://t.co/cK4KFMJ5ic
In 2021 Daily Maverick reported that the Western Cape’s Anti-Gang Unit may have been a gimmick to attract voters in the run-up to an election and that the police watchdog found it was poorly resourced. Now more suggests it still lacks resources. https://t.co/Kc0gyUIp4N
RT @dailymaverick: Afrikaner group goes global with campaign to garner more support against ‘SA race laws’ https://t.co/HeeWvRjyda