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Moeneeb speaks out

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Moeneeb Josephs has sent out a statement regarding his withdrawal from the current Bafana Bafana squad, and his retirement from international football. 

His Orlando Priates teammate Benni McCarthy has offered The Star an explanation, saying he believes Josephs is not being given a fair opportunity to fight Itumeleng Khune for the Bafana number-one jersey.

“Moeneeb is a great professional and if I was in his situation I would have done the same thing,” McCarthy told the newspaper.

“You do everything possible to fight for the number one spot, but you know yourself you are never going to get the number one, because it’s fairly clear it’s Itumeleng Khune.

“He’s [Khune] a great goalkeeper who’s worked hard and put himself there … [but] in this country there are a lot of great goalkeepers and you have to make it open for everyone to fight for the number one. 

“It’s clearly not like that, it’s plain to see that the manager has his ideas of who is the number one, irrespective of other great goalkeepers around,” he says.

McCarthy says Josephs was was reduced to tears by the difficulty of his decision: “I think it’s sad he has pulled out of the national team, he’s an absolute gem … I understand Moeneeb’s issues and hopefully it will work out for the best and people won’t hate him.”

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Joseph’s statement, however, makes no mention of competition within Bafana. Josephs cites family commitments and past injuries, and says he wishes to “step aside” to make way for “the fantastic young goalkeepers in our country”.

Josephs’ statement in full:

I have been fortunate to be a part of the South African national football team for the past nine years. I have represented South Africa on 22 occasions. On each of these occasions I have been proud and honoured to represent our Rainbow Nation. 

It is with a heavy heart, and after careful consideration and discussion with both my family and manager, that I have elected to retire from international football with immediate effect. 

At the age of 32, keeping in mind the injuries that I have sustained, together with my desire to prolong my career, and considering the fantastic young goalkeepers in our country, I believe that it is the correct time to “step aside”. 

In addition, I have spent very little time with my family in recent years, and I believe this decision will give me the opportunity to do so.

I would like to thank Safa and all the managerial coaching staff for the honour and privilege they have afforded me by representing our national soccer team. 

I wish Pitso and the boys all the very best in their upcoming qualifiers!

Moeneeb Josephs

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Satanism suspected at school

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Police have sent a specialised unit to a Cape Town high school after reports that pupils were practising satanic rituals, such as drinking their own blood and drawing upside-down crosses on school property.

 

Mitchells Plain police confirmed they had sent in their social crime prevention unit to run workshops with a group of children and their parents at Tafelsig High.

Community Police Forum spokesman Mogammet Fazloodien said he had found out about it when a parent had come to him for help.

Reports suggested that children at the school were drawing inverted crosses on their clothes, books and school benches.

Grade 8 pupil reportedly said they cut their arms to drink their own blood.

School principal Rushda O’Shea did not return phone calls on Tuesday.

Police spokesman Jerome Voegt said their social crime prevention unit had gone to the school to run workshops with the parents and children.

Fazloodien said the discovery had opened up a “can of worms” at the school. The police and a church have been called in to help.

Glendale High principal Achmat Chotia said he dealt with a similar incident two years ago and warned that children’s behaviour changed.

He was now educating parents on the tell-tale signs which could lead to satanism.

Chotia said schools often did not want to admit that their pupils were involved in satanic activity.

 

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‘It was my spoilt ballot paper’

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The smearing of the painting depicting President Jacob Zuma with his genitals exposed was a political statement, one of two men accused of defacing the work said at the Johannesburg Regional Court on Wednesday.

“It was my spoilt ballot paper,” the man, 58, said as he waited to appear in court on a charge of malicious damage to property.

He allegedly made two large red crosses on the painting, one over Zuma’s genitals, another over his head.

He said he did not know the other man accused of smearing black paint over the work, and that he only met him after they were both arrested.

The man said it was not about art, but rather a political issue which had become a race issue. He would only comment in detail later about his actions.

George Moyo, who appeared earlier at the Hillbrow Magistrate’s Court after allegedly attempting to spray paint the word “respect” on a wall of the Goodman gallery, was at the Johannesburg Regional Court to show his support for the two accused men. – Sapa

Zuma painting: Accused gets R1 000 bail

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Johannesburg – The man who allegedly tried to spray paint the word “respect” on the wall of the Goodman Gallery was granted bail in Hillbrow Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday. 

George Moyo was granted R1 000 bail and would return to court on June 14. He was charged with malicious damage to property.

When he was apprehended the letters “res” had been sprayed onto the white wall.

He was the third person to be arrested after Brett Murray‘s painting The Spear was defaced on Tuesday. 

Two men painted over the canvas depicting President Jacob Zuma with his genitals hanging out.

A full bench of the South Gauteng High Court would hear an application by the ANC on Thursday to have the painting removed.

US pastor: Let gays die out

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A Baptist pastor in North Carolina triggered internet outrage on Tuesday with his call from the pulpit for all gays and lesbians to be rounded up, fenced in like cattle, then left to die.

Reverend Charles Worley delivered his unabashedly homophobic homily on May 13 – Mother’s Day in the USs – at his independent Providence Road Baptist Church in the small town of Maiden, North Carolina.

“Build a great, big, large fence – 240 to 160 kilometres long – put all the lesbians in there, fly over and drop some food,” Worley told his congregation, as seen in a video that went viral on YouTube with more than 305 000 views.

“Do the same thing for the queers and the homosexuals and have that fence electrified so they can’t get out… and you know what, in a few years, they’ll die out… Do you know why? They can’t reproduce,” he said.

“If a man ever has a young’un, praise God, it’ll be the first one.”

With some of his parishioners in the background shouting “amen,” the barrel-chested Worley, 71, went on to say: “I ain’t going to vote for a baby killer or a homosexual lover.”

That was an apparent reference to President Barack Obama, who four days earlier came out in favour of same-sex marriage, and who is not opposed – as many Catholics and Evangelicals are – to abortion.

The local Catawba Valley Citizens Against Hate launched a social media campaign (www.facebook.com/CatawbaValleyAgainstHate) to condemn Worley’s sermon and organise a protest at his church on Sunday.

“We need to line the street in front of the church with people with some common sense to tell the world that hate is not welcome in our community. And, believe me, the world is watching!!” it said.

Same-sex marriage is a hot-button social issue looming over Obama’s bid for re-election in November, and it’s uncertain whether North Carolina, which voted for him in 2008, will do so again.

Obama’s apparent Republican adversary Mitt Romney opposes gay and lesbian marriage.

On May 8, North Carolina voters approved a state constitutional amendment explicitly forbidding gay marriages, civil unions and domestic partnerships. Similar bans exist in around 30 other US states.

Worley could not be immediately reached for comment, while the Providence Road Baptist Church website (www.prbcnc.com) was out of order. Telephone calls to the church were met with busy signals.

The furore spilled over into Google’s review pages, where a growing number of contributors gave the Providence Road Baptist Church one star out of a possible five and lashed out at Worley.

The only contributor to give the church five stars wrote: “Old Fashion Bible Believing Church. I feel so blessed to be a member. Brother Charles never pretends to be a saint. He preaches the true word of God.” – AFP


Zille laughs off naked spoof pic

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By Sandiso Phaliso

Western Cape Premier and DA leader Helen Zille has laughed off a photoshop picture depicting her posing naked with her private parts covered by what looks like a DA logo.

The image has sparked debate on Facebook, with some calling for its removal, while others say she deserves it.

A person by the facebook name of William ANCYL, who posted the picture early on Tuesday, refused demands from facebook friends to remove the picture.

He says the picture was in revenge for the painting The Spear that depicts President Jacob Zuma with his penis exposed.

Zille said: “Now you can see why I try to cycle vigorously for an hour every day. I obviously need more than Botox.

“Maybe one of those makeover shows can help: Style by Jury here I come!”

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Doctor fined for charging twice

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Durban gynaecologist Muhindo Gabriel Matebhere has been fined R20 000 after being found guilty of “split-billing”.

Matebhere appeared before of the Health Professions Council of South Africa’s professional conduct committee in Durban on Tuesday.

One of his patients, Tessa Ntshingila, 35, had filed a complaint against the doctor in February 2010, after he made her pay a cash amount of R1 500 for a surgical procedure and then charged her a further R900 on her medical aid.

Matebhere pleaded guilty to charges of unprofessional conduct, but argued that his only wrongdoing was failing to disclose that he had charged Ntshingila twice.

His lawyers said that both doctor and patient were in agreement over everything that Ntshingila was charged for and the doctor had made a “technical error”.

“I don’t know why he charged me an extra R900. We never agreed upon that,” Ntshingila said.

“He told me that this procedure was not covered by medical aid.”

According to Matebhere’s lawyers, Ntshingila was supposed to be charged R3 000, but he “felt sorry for her” and charged her a lower fee.

He asked her to pay R1 500 upfront and recouped his losses from the medical aid.

Ntshingila was charged a further R6 000 by the hospital after her surgery was completed.

 

Matebhere was ordered to pay a fine of R20 000 and was given an opportunity to appeal within 21 days.

Cop, prisoner caught having sex

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A policewoman was arrested and charged with corruption after she was caught having sex with a prisoner at the Scottburgh police station, the Natal Witness reported on Wednesday.

Lt-Col Zandra Wiid told the paper the prisoner, Sibusiso Ndaba, and officer previously had an intimate relationship.

Ndaba was arrested in December 2010 for a cash heist in Ixopo. He and five of his co-accused appeared in the Ramsgate High Court on Monday on charges of robbery, theft with aggravating circumstances, and illegal possession of a firearm and ammunition.

After the six had appeared in court Ndaba asked to go to the bank. Five of his co-accused were taken back to Umzinto where they were being held.

Wiid said Ndaba was escorted to the bank, but finished late and could not be taken back to prison. He was taken to the Scottburgh police station where he was caught having sex with the officer.

The constable was also allegedly involved in the case against Ndaba. An internal investigation into the incident was underway. The officer had not appeared in court yet. – Sapa

POLICE ARREST CATTLE THIEFS IN THE ACT: NORTH WEST PROVINCE

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BY Obakeng Maje

COLIGNY– On Monday, 21 May 2012,  at about 23:00, four suspects were arrested by police for stock theft. The Police conducted an intelligence-led operation and caught the suspects red handed, whilst they were stealing 15 cattle to the value of R180 000.00 on a farm called Vaalbank.

The stolen cattle were all recovered and it was handed back to the owner.

 

“The suspects, aged 20,22, 24 and 36-years, will all appear in the Coligny Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday, 2012-05-23” Captain Adele Myburgh said.

 

The Provincial Commissioner of the North West, Lt Gen Zukiswa Mbombo congratulated all police members on a job done well. She would also like to remind the community to come forward with information to assist the Police in the fight against crime.

 

COMMUNITY WARNED OF PERJURY

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BY Obakeng Maje

Police in Tlhabane have issued a stern warning to community members to refrain from opening false cases. Police have in recent months noted a disturbing increase in this trend. It is a known fact that people do sometimes open false dockets for the sake of insurance claims.

At this stage, police have arrested a number of suspects and are currently investigating several cases of perjury.

According to police reports, people involved in this crime often claim that their laptops, cellphones and plasma television sets have been stolen, when in fact it is not the case.

“According to the Law, submitting a false statement, knowing that it is false, amounts to perjury and is punishable by Law” Captain Philani Muna said.