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Daan’s Snippets – 2nd August 2026

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KILLING SPREE: Ekurhuleni under lockdown: Police launch manhunt in Kempton Park after eighth murder victim found 16th September 2026
The bodies of eight women have been discovered in Ekurhuleni between July and September, prompting an intensive police investigation. Authorities are urging the public to come forward with useful information and avoid speculation.
CROOKED BLUE LINE: Cocaine, kidnappings and robberies — damning allegations levelled against Joburg metro police 15th September 2026
The Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department faces allegations of collusion with criminal syndicates, interference in cocaine cases, kidnappings and robberies, and threats against officers investigating corruption in the department.
HARD ROW TO HOE: Bread & Wine: What’s the future of wheat and wine farming? (Part Six) 15th September 2026
Wine increasingly needs weddings, restaurants and wealthy owners. Wheat needs scale, outside income and good rain. What happens when the crops can no longer pay for the landscape?
THE FINANCIAL WELLNESS COACH: How to fairly divide a family holiday home between local and overseas heirs 15th September 2026
A good approach may be to leave the holiday home to the child who is likely to use it while deliberately creating equivalent value for the child living overseas.
EAST RAND MURDERS: Women in the dark — how broken cities make us unsafe 15th September 2026
From Johannesburg’s darkened highways to the unlit streets of Ekurhuleni, we found a landscape of broken streetlights, long grass and abandoned public spaces. But there is a way to turn the lights back on – and make the city safer for women.
TABLES TURNED: Masemola cleared in Cat Matlala tender scandal, Johnson-era Idac cases reviewed 15th September 2026
Public Prosecutions boss Andy Mothibi has ordered the withdrawal of charges against suspended national police commissioner Fannie Masemola in a case involving a controversial policing tender awarded to the company of organised-crime accused Vusimuzi ‘Cat’ Matlala.
DEFAMATION CASE: Mbalula, Dlamini Zuma legal teams clash in court over vote-buying claims 15th September 2026
An ANC delegate who claims he witnessed Fikile Mbalula distributing money to delegates at the 2022 Nasrec conference has emerged at the centre of the legal battle between Fikile Mbalula and Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma.
GIG ECONOMY OP-ED: Kicked to the kerb — delivery riders need better Cape Town streets and facilities 15th September 2026
The gig economy has birthed the delivery bike boom but for many riders there are no designated spaces to rest or even go to the toilet. However, new initiatives are addressing these problems.

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Daan’s Snippets – 2nd August 2026

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