IPID to probe deadly prison truck bomb blast

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News National IPID to probe deadly prison truck bomb blast 23 OCT 2012 16:08 - ANDILE NAYIKA The Independent Police Investigative Directorate will lead the investigation into the bomb blast which killed three prisoners on Monday. OUR COVERAGE Report shows sorry state of South Africa's prisons Thirty-six awaiting trial prisoners were being transported from Randburg Magistrate's Court to the Johannesburg Correctional Services Facility in Naturena, south of Johannesburg, when a bomb exploded at the back of the police truck. Fifteen prisoners were injured. A case of murder, possession of explosives and escape from lawful custody is being investigated. According to the police, the driver heard a loud bang when he reached the corner of Naturena and the old Soweto Highway. He immediately noticed a hole in the rear door of the truck. Two prisoners were trying to flee. They were captured before the truck drove to the correctional service facility for safety reasons, said the police. "All evidence at the scene has been collected and was sent to a forensic lab for analysis. Investigators are busy tracing and locating the next of kin of the deceased," said police spokesperson Brigadier Neville Malila. Because the prisoners died while in police custody, the investigations will be led by the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) with the help of the police. "We have assigned a team of investigators to assist the IPID," Malila told the Mail & Guardian. Malila said the investigation is in its early stages and statements are being taken from the prisoners. 'Negligence' In reaction to Monday's blast the South African Prisoners' Organisation for Human Rights (SAPOHR) said it holds the police, the justice department and the department of correctional services "accountable for their negligence". SAPOHR president Golden Miles Bhudu said he believes the explosives were smuggled in at one of the three institutions. "How can a bomb be smuggled from the court and taken to the holding cells and then into a police vehicle? But we are not surprised, you can smuggle anything in our courts and prison cells, there is no security. The department of correctional services, the police and the justice system should apologise to the bereaved families … They should also be compensated because of states negligence," said Bhudu. "The judiciary should be sued and dragged screaming to the court to for what has happened," Bhudu told the Mail & Guardian. SAPOHR plans to approach the Wits Law Clinic, the Lawyers for Human Rights and the Legal Resources Centre to advise those affected about their legal rights in the case. Mail & Guardian COMMENTS BY SONNY EXPLOSIVES? MILITARY? CIVIL/INDUSTRIAL? HAND GRENADES OR PLASTIC EXPLOSIVES? THIS IS TERRORISM! DOES THE ANC INVESTIGATE TERRORISM? OR IS IT ONLY LEFT FOR THE BOEREMAG ACCUSED WHO WERE FRAMED BY THE SAPS? IS THERE A THIRD FORCE AT WORK HERE? THE DAMAGED TRUCK ON eTV NEWS HAD IT SIDE TORN OPEN?

Wapenlisensies: Sake glo beter

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2012-10-19 22:41 Artikelopsies Deel Kry Volksblad op Tobie Bird, ’n wapenversamelaar van Ladybrand, kol. Daniel Dolo, van die sentrale wapenregister in Pretoria, en Francois Jacobs, prokureur op Ladybrand, op die vergadering oor vuurwapenlisensies op Ladybrand. Foto's · Lesersfoto’s · Volksblad in Foto's Stuur vir ons jou foto's · Stuur vir ons jou foto's Maryke Swart LADYBRAND. – Ná die groot probleme en gesloer met vuurwapenlisensies, lyk sake nou beter. Op ’n vergadering vandeesweek hier waar kol. Daniel Dolo van die sentrale vuurwapenregister inwoners toegespreek het, was hier min klagtes en baie lof, veral vir Dolo wat vir lisensie-aansoeke in die Vrystaat en Oos-Kaap verantwoordelik is. Ook Danie Venter, uitvoerende hoof van die Suid-Afrikaanse Jag- en wildbewaringsvereniging (Sajwv), het by navraag gesê die goedkeuring van vuurwapenlisensies is nou vinniger. Hy sê dit is sedert personeel van die sentrale vuurwapenregister nouer saamwerk met aansoekers wat probleme het. Oplossings word vinniger gekry. Die administrasie is beter, het hy gesê. Dolo het gesê sedert Januarie is sowat 5000 aansoeke in die Vrystaat afgehandel. “Ons probeer aansoeke so vinnig moontlik afhandel. “Solank daar goeie kommunikasie is, sal die diens aanhou verbeter en kan navrae vinniger hanteer en afgehandel word. “Mense moet hul klagtes indien. Hulle moet nie stilbly oor die probleme nie. Ons wil die beste diens lewer.” Francois Jacobs, ’n prokureur op Ladybrand, het gesê hoewel daar steeds probleme is met aansoeke wat wegraak of redes wat nie vir die afkeuring van lisensies verskaf word nie, is daar beslis nog mense in die polisie wat die ekstra myl stap om die proses te vergemaklik. Dolo is een van hulle. Die inwoners op die vergadering – die meeste van hulle wapenversamelaars – het geen klagtes gehad nie en was vol lof vir Dolo en sy span. Tobie Bird, ’n versamelaar, het gesê: “In die verlede het aansoeke tot twee jaar gevat, nou vat dit hoogstens twee maande. Hy (Dolo) stap die ekstra myl met jou. Sy houding is reg en hy is bereid om te help.” Dolo het gesê hy moet erken daar is steeds gevalle waar aansoeke wegraak en die proses vertraag word omdat ’n afskrif van die aansoek dan weer ingedien moet word. Nog redes vir vertragings is aansoekvorms wat verkeerd ingevul word, die reeksnommers van wapens wat in aansoeke ontbreek en skelm handelaars wat dieselfde wapen aan verskillende mense verkoop in die hoop dat daar sal fout gaan met die kopers se lisensie-aansoeke. Hy het gesê kopers moet druk op handelaars vir ’n 350-vorm waarop bevestig word dat die wapen aan hulle verkoop is. Dolo het die afgelope week ook inwoners van Phuthaditjhaba, Bloemfontein en Welkom toegespreek. Volksblad - - - kommentaar deur Sonny Dankie Kolonel Dolo vir die puik diens wat jy lewer.