Mandilakhe Tshwete
Senior Multimedia Journalis at The Star (South Africa)
Independent Media Multimedia Reporter
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1 week ago |
iol.co.za | Mandilakhe Tshwete
5minAmanda Smith-Daniels, Kelly Smith's mother and the grandmother of missing child Joshlin Smith, arriving in court before the sentencing proceedings in the trial. Image: Ayanda Ndamane/IndependentNewspapers Amanda Smith-Daniels, the grandmother of missing six-year-old Joshlin Smith, says she is grappling with deep psychological trauma after her daughter, Racquel “Kelly”, Smith was sentenced to life in prison for trafficking her child.
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1 week ago |
iol.co.za | Mandilakhe Tshwete
3minJayden-Lee Meek was murdered outside his home after failing to come home on 12 May 2025. Image: Supplied At their own expense, a Johannesburg-based women’s rights organisation has travelled to Cape Town to picket outside Parliament in a desperate bid to force the police to take decisive action in the brutal murder case of 11-year-old Jayden-Lee Meek.
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1 week ago |
iol.co.za | Mandilakhe Tshwete
2minA police officer was killed in Vrygrond, Muizenberg, Cape Town. Image: Independent Newspapers ArchivesResidents of Muizenberg and Vrygrond are demanding increased police resources after a police officer and a scholar transport driver were shot dead in separate incidents on Friday morning. In the first incident, a 48-year-old police sergeant stationed at Wynberg SAPS was gunned down in front of his home in Thys Witbooi Street, Vrygrond, just before 5am.
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1 week ago |
iol.co.za | Mandilakhe Tshwete
2minMajor-General Andre Lincoln. Image: Phando Jikelo / Independent NewspapersMajor-General (retired) André Lincoln, a veteran crime fighter and former head of the Western Cape Anti-Gang Unit, passed away on Friday morning at 63. Lincoln spent nearly four decades in the South African Police Service (SAPS), where he led several high-profile crime-fighting initiatives, most notably in communities affected by gang violence across the Cape Flats.
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1 week ago |
iol.co.za | Mandilakhe Tshwete
6minMissing Joshlin's father, José Emke, speaks to Independent Media after the mother of his children, Kelly Smith, was sentenced to life imprisonment. Image: Mandilakhe TshweteAs the three people convicted of kidnapping and trafficking Joshlin Smith begin serving life sentences, the missing six-year-old’s father, Jose Emke, has broken his silence, calling for the truth and expressing deep fears for the safety of his surviving daughter.
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