By Obakeng Maje

Mahikeng- Lomanyaneng police arrested two suspects aged between 26 and 31 after a 29 year-old man stabbed to death North West police said.

The incident took place last night at around 21:30 in Majemantsho village near Lomanyaneng.

“It is alleged that a 26 year-old old victim was from the nearest tavern when being two suspects approached him” Captain Amanda Funani said.

“The two allegedly accosted on a victim and initiate a quarrel. The argument precipitated to a fight where one of the suspects took out a knife and stab a 26 year-old man in a chest” She said.

The police acted swiftly and arrested two suspects who will appear before Mmabatho Magistrate Court for murder on Monday.

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by Obakeng Maje

Zeerust police are investigating a case of murder and rape after they found the body of a 52-year-old female under the bridge at Koster Road North West police said.

“The half-naked and partially decomposed body of Jean Rantsie was discovered by a passerby who called the police yesterday afternoon, Friday  at about 17:27” Captain Amanda Funani said.

It is alleged that Rantsie was brutally assaulted and hit with a rock on her head. The deceased allegedly left her home at Quariefontein Farm on Wednesday and did not informed the family where she was going” She adds. 

Police suspect that the victim who was found only with her bra on had been raped before being killed by her unknown assailant/s.

The police are urging anyone with information  that could lead to the arrest of the suspect/s to contact them.

Johannesburg –

The matric examinations of 2012 were declared fair, valid and credible by Umalusi on Friday.

“We hereby approve the release of the results of the national senior certificate examinations administered by the department of Basic Education,” said Umalusi CEO Dr Mafu Rakometsi.

He said the same approval was issued for the exams administered by the Independent Examinations Board (IEB).

“We are satisfied that the examinations were fair, valid and credible.”

Umalusi – the Council for Quality Assurance in General and Further Education and Training – approved the exams after various quality control measures, including moderating and approving question papers, verifying internal assessments, monitoring the conduct during exams, and monitoring and verifying the marking and final results.

Rakometsi said exams conducted for qualifications available through Further Education and Training (FET) colleges and Adult Basic Education and Training (Abet) were also approved – with the exception of N3 Electronics.

“These results are being withheld pending an investigation.

We suspect some irregularities,” said Rakometsi. – Sapah

Law enforcement officials say a police officer in southeastern Brazil shot and killed a garbage collector after mistaking the Bible he was carrying for a gun.

State Police Major Mauricio Jose Raimundo on Friday told reporters that Antonio Marcos dos Santos was stopped by police as he was heading to church in the city of Avare. When he raised his hands a police officer saw a bulge in his pocket and thinking it was a weapon opened fire.

The police officer will remain in detention pending the outcome of an investigation.

The incident occurred Wednesday evening. – Sapa-AP

Former Material Girl Madonna has built 10 primary schools in Malawi this year, her charity announced on Friday.

Two years after abandoning a $15 million girls academy, the pop diva said projects this year would educate 4 871 children in the tiny southern African country.

The projects were carried out by her charity Raising Malawi and the global non-profit buildOn.

“I am overjoyed that my commitment along with buildOn’s to help educate the children of Malawi has come to fruition,” Madonna said in a statement issued by her charity.

“In a country where girls have little opportunity for education, it’s additionally inspiring to know that more than half the students attending will be young girls.

“The fact that more than 4 800 children in Malawi will get to go to school in 2012is a tremendous step forward for their individual growth and the growth of Malawi,” Madonna added.

The schools, which had been scheduled to be built over 18 months, were completed six months ahead of schedule.

The charity said six of the schools are already in use and all 10 would be up and running in January 2013 for the first day of school in the New Year.

Madonna is no stranger to Malawi.

In 2006 she adopted toddler David Banda under controversial circumstances and two years later adopted another child, Mercy James.

Her charity, Raising Malawi, has poured millions of dollars in support of orphanages and a network of orphan care service providers.

Malawi is ranked by the UN Human Development Index as one of the world’s 20 least developed countries and 39 percent of its 13 million citizens live below the poverty line, on less than a dollar a day.

UNICEF estimates that only 26 percent of boys and 16 percent of girls complete primary school because of poverty and the long distances travelled to reach schools.

Madonna controversially stopped the construction of the state-of-the-art $15 million Raising Malawi Academy for Girls-RMAG- in Chinkhota village, 15 kilometres from the administrative capital Lilongwe, after it was mired in allegations of financial mismanagement.

The academy, styled on the lines of the one built by TV host Oprah Winfrey in South Africa, had been meant to offer 500

scholarships to girls from poor backgrounds and groom them into future leaders.

In abandoning the project, Madonna said the academy would not be adequate as two-thirds of the girls were not educated beyond primary school. Instead, she said, she wanted to reach “thousands and not hundreds of girls” by constructing several schools. – Sapa-AFP