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  • Prevention is key to protecting our homes from fire. In this month’s Community Safety Tips published from p52 in Servamus: September 2021, we share information about the common causes of fire and what you have to do in case of fire.

  • It can be a headache for authorities to identify the bodies of deceased persons. article published from p22 in Servamus: September 2021 provides valuable information on how forensic science and databases can be used in the identification process.

  • With their keen sense of smell, biological body-fluid detection dogs play a vital role at rape and murder crime scenes. Our article published from p18 in Servamus: September 2021 explains their training, work and successes along with their human partners.

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Act 7 of 2021 supra appears in English and Afrikaans in Government Gazette No 44650 dated 1 June 2021. It amends the Correctional Services Act 111 of 1998.

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This Act 2 of 2020 is discussed comprehensively in Ask Pollex in Servamus: October 2020.

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- S v Josephs 2021(1) SACR 450 (WCC)

Relevant legislation
Section 302 of the Criminal Procedure Act 51 of 1977 (“the CPA”) provides as follows:

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- S v Tiry and Eight Others 2021(1) SACR 349 (SCA)

Factual background
The principal complainants in this matter are Sasol and Engen who are producers of petroleum products. These complainants use freight companies to transport their products with tankers to various central destinations around South Africa, in this case, the Sasol refinery at Secunda in Mpumalanga, and the Engen depot in Mokopane (formerly Potgietersrus). Two counts (25 and 26) involved another producer namely BP Southern Africa and the transport of fuel to its depot in Pretoria.

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Servamus - September 2021

Sharing information about crime on social media needs to be done responsibly
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The relatives of a Pietermaritzburg couple, who were shot dead in their bakkie on Old Greytown Road in March 2021, were angry when a young, close relative discovered a video making rounds on social media platforms showing the grisly scene.
By Kotie Geldenhuys
The media and its role in reporting on crime
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These days the media is able to cover almost every aspect of the criminal justice system, from the bloody crime scene and the arrest of the perpetrator, to the trial and eventually the sentencing of the perpetrator.
By Kotie Geldenhuys
Picking up the pieces – The impact of crime scenes on police members
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Blood dripping from stairs like waterfalls and maimed bodies; decomposed bodies covered with maggots; small children crying out in pain after being raped by someone they trus-ted; and women with bruised faces and bodies who shamefully try to hide their pain and humiliation are just a few scenarios that police members come across when they are called to a crime scene.
By Kotie Geldenhuys
Cold cases, cold justice
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One of the most familiar cold cases, which still boggles South Africans’ minds after all these years, is the Gert van Rooyen and Joey Haarhoff case, when at least six young girls mysteriously disappeared in the late 1980s.
By Kotie Geldenhuys
Newsflash

Pollex - September 2021

The Correctional Services Amendment Act 7 of 2021
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Act 7 of 2021 supra appears in English and Afrikaans in Government Gazette No 44650 dated 1 June 2021. It amends the Correctional Services Act 111 of 1998.
Border Management Authority Act 2 of 2020
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This Act 2 of 2020 is discussed comprehensively in Ask Pollex in Servamus: October 2020.
Automatic review by a High Court of criminal proceedings held before certain specified magistrates
Read More - S v Josephs 2021(1) SACR 450 (WCC)
Relevant legislation Section 302 of the Criminal Procedure Act 51 of 1977 (“the CPA”) provides as follows:
Again the difference between section 2(1)(e) and section 2(1)(f) of POCA
Read More - S v Tiry and Eight Others 2021(1) SACR 349 (SCA)
Factual background The principal complainants in this matter are Sasol and Engen who are producers of petroleum products.

Letters - September 2021

80 is the “new 60”
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When police members turn 60, they are legally obliged to go on pension. Yet, that does not mean that they are "old".
“Thank you officer”
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Pollex noticed the following two letters in the regional newspaper Tyger Burger, dated 2 June 2021, which circulates in the Northern Suburbs in the Cape Peninsula.
September Magazine Cover

Servamus' Mission

Servamus is a community-based safety and security magazine for both members of the community as well as safety and security practitioners with the aim of increasing knowledge and sharing information, dedicated to improving their expertise, professionalism and service delivery standards. It promotes sound crime management practices, freedom of speech, education, training, information sharing and a networking platform.