Daily Archives: July 16, 2012

Chief Justice Mogoeng joins prayer for leadership and unity

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BY Obakeng Maje

Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng will be one of the speakers at a special prayer service for unity among leaders in politics, government, the business sector, the church and other institutions is to be held in Mahikeng, North West Province this afternoon.

“The church cannot afford to watch from the sideline when our leaders are at each others’ throats and our communities are burning. Our government needs divine intervention and spiritual support to tackle challenges that it is facing,” says Pastor Joseph Khoza of the Living In Divine Purpose Ministries (LDPM).  

The prayer session hosted by LDPM in partnership with Mahikeng Minister Fellowship is scheduled to commence at the Mmabatho Miracle Crusade Big Tent situated at the Airport road intersection between Unit 15 & Unit 13.

As part of the church’s contribution towards moral regeneration, a leadership seminar to be conducted by renowned author of books on leadership, marriage and spiritual growth, Dr. Elijah Maswanganye is to be held at Unibo Chapel at 11:00 am on Monday. Entrance to the seminar is Free. 

 

NWest Office of the Premier reaches out to rural learners

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NW Premier Thandi Modise addressing the Mandela month media briefing at Kaditshwene.MEC for Sport,Arts and Culture,Tebogo Modise on the right ..jpg

BY Obakeng Maje

The staff members of the Office of the Premier have embarked on an initiative to mark Mandela month and do their bit by giving 67 minutes of their time in a selfless effort to respond to the plight of those in abject poverty.

The initiative includes among others giving in kind to learners from disadvantaged and poor communities.

To achieve this objective staff members have contributed gifts to be handed out to three schools in the North West Province over two days. The schools that have been identified to which donations will be made are the Madiba Comprehensive School in Rooigrond, the Thutlwane and the Madibogo Pan Primary school in Madibogo Pan.

Staff members will be handing out these gifts at the respective schools and also spend the day with the learners part of a build-up programme towards the national Mandela Day event to be hosted by the province

There will also be other activities including story-telling, motivational talks as well as sporting activities.

The events will take place as follows:

 

Venue: Madiba Comprehensive School (Rooigrond)

Date : 16 July 2012

Time : 11h00

 

Venue : Thutlwane Primary School (Madibogo Pan)

Date : 17 July 2012

Time : 11h00

 

Venue : Madibogo Pan Primary School

Date : 17 July 2012

Time: 11h00

 

Members of the media are invited to cover the event.

 

Protesters burn school

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Bona-Bona, North West – Fifteen school computers were burnt during the service delivery protest in Bona-Bona village in Morokweng, North West police said on Thursday.

Brigadier Thulani Ngubane said two classes and a staff room at Tlotlang Thuto Middle School were set alight on Wednesday by protesters demanding tarred roads, electricity and water in their area.

“Community members broke the burglar door of the school kitchen, took out two gas cylinders and placed them in each class,” he said.

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Man held over job seeker rapes

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another limpopo rape

Rustenburg, North West – A 31-year-old man was arrested on Friday for allegedly raping young women seeking employment around Rustenburg in North West, police said.

Colonel Emelda Setlhako said the man was taken into custody in Mogwase after a tip-off.

“He is alleged to have been luring young women by falsely promising them work in the mines around Rustenburg, taking their cellphones and demanding money before raping them in the nearby bushes.”

Setlhako said that on May 11, the man had approached a 19-year-old woman in Rustenburg, promising her that he would help her get a job at Impala platinum mine, as his brother was working there.

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12 arrested for school arson

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IOL news jul14 fire

Eight women and four men were arrested for allegedly setting classrooms on fire and damaging 15 computers during service delivery protests in Bona-Bona, North West police said on Saturday.

Brigadier Thulani Ngubane said the 12 people faced charges of arson, public violence and malicious damage to property.

They allegedly placed two gas cylinders in two separate class rooms on Wednesday.

“They opened them and set the classrooms alight… the staff room caught fire from the two classes and 15 computers which were in the room were badly burnt,” said Ngubane.

They also set alight three water tanks.

The residents were protesting over poor service deliver in the area.

The 12 were expected to appear in the Ganyesa Magistrate’s Court on Monday. -Sapa

 

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Crowd gathers for mayor case

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IOL pic july12 justice scales gavel

A large crowd gathered outside the Rustenburg Magistrate’s Court on Monday morning ahead of the judgment in the case of the former mayor Matthew Wolmarans.

Wolmarans and his co-accused Enoch Mtshaba are appearing on a charge of killing councillor Moss Phakoe.

Phakoe was shot dead at his Rustenburg home in March 2009, two days after he had handed a document to former co-operative governance minister Sicelo Shiceka alleging corruption in the local municipality.

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‘Each cop must issue 15 fines a day’

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IOL mot pic jul16 National Traffic Police Unit

Picture: Boxer Ngwenya

Gauteng traffic cops have reportedly come up with a way to make a cool R11 million a year.

Once again using motorists as cash cows, the cash-strapped National Traffic Police Unit is said to have instructed its officers to issue 15 traffic fines each a day.

f the 268 officers reach the target, they could generate more than R11 million a year.

According to insiders, the latest move is to keep afloat the unit launched last year with much hype by former transport minister S’bu Ndebele.

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Warning over new Spider-Man movie

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NM SPIDERMAN

Balitto – Parents who let their children see age-inappropriate movies are causing more harm than they know, a Ballito clinical psychologist has warned.

Sumayyah Khan, a child, adolescent and family therapy specialist, says she has seen nightmares and bedwetting in traumatised little children for whom it is not “just a movie”.

“This is my issue. Many parents don’t take responsibility, and don’t pay attention to the age restriction when it’s a DC or Marvel comics story,” Khan said.

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Off-duty officer suspected of killing friend

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cop shot july 16

Pic: Independent Newspapers

A night out ended in tragedy when an off-duty police officer allegedly shot and killed a 23-year-old manwho was sleeping.

Sakhiwo Njokweni, of Philippi, was shot once in the headin his shack after a night of drinking at a tavern on Saturday.

Police spokesman Lieutenant-Colonel Andre Traut said a 24-year-old off-duty police constable stationed at the Bellville police station was arrested and charged with the murder.

He said the two men knew each other.

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