The ANC apologised to the media on Wednesday over the confiscation of accreditation tags at the party’s policy conference.
“Let me… apologise on behalf of the ANC about some of the mishaps that happened (to journalists),” national executive committee member Jeff Radebe told reporters in Midrand.
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The media and the police faced-off over access to ANC delegates at the party’s national policy conference on Wednesday.
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BY Obakeng Maje
The campaignthemed “The Local Music Registration Campaign” includes a workshop on the music registration processwhich will be facilitated by personnel from different organisations such as The South African Music Registration Organisation (SAMRO) and The Association of Independent Record Companies (AIRCO).
The event which will be held at the Mega City Shopping Complex ‘s Food Court will go a long way in help local artists with information on how to register their music with the relevant bodies and the benefits of such registration. Artists are encouraged to bring along copies of their Identity Documents and copies of the music (in CD format) they wish to register, forms will be made available to everybody.
“The event is part of our North West Province Arts and Culture revival, this event will be take to all municipalities in the North West to get as many of our provincial artist to register their musical content and get it play listed on Radio Station”said Modise Ngwato Secretary of Street Kid Media Foundation. “ We must all invest in this golden economy so that the many artist and performers in NW can also benefit from Royalties that come with the production of music.
By doing this we enable Artist to sell and promote their music on their local radio station and create and environment were they can earn a leaving out of their talent and trade”.” We had engaged SAMRO with a workable solution to music registration and initiated the hosting of these workshops across the province. They agreed to come on board so we can address the backlog in the North West Province”added Ngwato.
“ We are pleased to be part of this initiative as this will increase the number of local content on rotation on the radio station. It forms part of our responsibility to the community and artist of Mafikeng so we want to see many of our artist head to the call” said Obakeng Molebatsi Station manager Mafikeng FM 96.7. For more information please contact Modise on 084 052 3394 or “Street Kid Media Foundation” on Facebook.
“Anonymous and nameless people who leak information to the media hurt our ANC [in] the same way apartheid government spies — planted to infiltrate our movement — hurt our liberation struggle and our movement,” provincial secretary Lubabalo Oscar Mabuyane said in a statement.
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“The ANC continually claims that the willing buyer, willing seller approach is too slow and cumbersome, yet the corruption and incompetence of the department of land reform is overlooked,” AfriForum spokesman Cornelius Jansen van Rensburg said.
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POLOKWANE – Officials from the Department of Basic Education on Wednesday arrived at a warehouse in Polokwane, from which textbooks are to be distributed to schools in the province.
Wednesday is the deadline for the department to deliver learning material to all schools.
A 15 June deadline imposed by the North Gauteng High Court was missed, so the department proposed a more realistic deadline to the organisation.
Trucks are lined up in the street, waiting to be loaded.
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BY Obakeng Maje
The North West Provincial Government has conveyed its condolences to North West premier, mme Thandi Modise who is mourning the death of her elder sister, Naledi Molete who is to be buried in Mahikeng on Saturday.
Molete’s funeral is to be commerce held as from 7:00 am at the Unibo Chapel in Mmabatho before the proceeding to the local cementery.
“This obviously a trying time for the Premier as the untimely loss of her sister coincides with the ANC National Policy Conference in which as the Deputy Secretary carries enormous organisational responsibilities” Moses Kgwele said.
“The provincial government trusts that the Premier and her family will find solace in knowing that the people of North West Province share in their grief and pray that the Lord grants them strength and fortitude during this period of sadness” Moses Kgwele continues.
Molete is survived by three children, two grandchildren, two sisters and two brothers. She passed away at Bophelong Provincial Hospital last Wednesday after a long period of illness.
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BY Obakeng Maje
South African Football Association is expected to annouce soon who should take over the reigns as Bafana coach. The football organisation parted ways with former Bafana coach last month after poor display Bafana presented during a 1-all draw against FIFA less-ranking, against Ethopia during World Cup Qualifiers that took place a month agao in Rustenburg.
Now the new twist has come to the fore that certain officials want Moroka Swallows coach, Gordon Igesund to take over while others want current interim coach, Steve Komphela to countinue.
This might delay the process as the soccer body need to decide and get over it.
SAFA Head of Communication, Dominic Chimhavi said the are some issues that need to be sorted out and cannot deny nor agree that there are certain division regarding the Bafana coach.
” I cannot tell if there is any division regarding who should take over and we have agreed that the coach who will take over will not receive the same amount we offered to previous coaches. The inflation has changed and also the market” he said.
There are rumours that go around saying the coach that will be hired will nort receive the same amount of salary the previous coach received which it was ranged to R850 000, but will only be paid R500 000.
The former coach, Pitso Mosimane is rumoured to taking the soccer body to court for unfair dismissal and want to be paid all the money was entittled to until his contract come to an end. Pitso Mosimane believed to be earning R8000 000 and he contract was due until 2014.
Which if he would have seen his contract, we will have received close to whopping R24 Millions.
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A Canadian serial killer was sentenced to life in prison on Tuesday for bludgeoning his two former wives to death with a rock, and killing his neighbour for her apartment with “a better view.”
Former diner dishwasher Camille Cleroux, 58, admitted to killing his ex-wives Lise Roy and Jean Rock and neighbour Paula Leclair over a two decade period beginning in 1990, and burying all three women in shallow graves.
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