Yearly Archives: 2012

Dad drives over toddler

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Pretoria paramedics tried in vain to save a two-year-old girl whose father had accidently driven over her at the family’s home, Beeld newspaper reported on Thursday.

According to Xander Loubser, manager of Best Care Ambulance Services, he and his team were at the casualty department of the Meulmed Hospital in Arcadia on Tuesday when a woman came running in with her child in her arms, begging for help.

Paramedics tried for half an hour to resuscitate the girl, but she died.

Brigadier Wiseman Mthembu, station commander at the Sunnyside police station, told Beeld that the child’s father had turned into the driveway at the block of flats where the family lived, and failed to see his child, who ran behind the car.

A case of culpable homicide has been opened. – Sapa

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Obsession leads to teen’s murder

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A 14-year-old boy from Vanderbijlpark has been stabbed to death, allegedly by the son of his mother’s boyfriend, according to a report on Thursday.

Dante Chan, 14, was found on Tuesday afternoon with a steak knife protruding from his chest, in the driveway of the alleged attacker’s home, the Beeld reported.

His mother, Yolanda Coetzee, 37, who found her dying son when she came to pick him up after cricket practice, told the newspaper that she had tried in vain to save her child.

“I fell down next to him and said, ‘just breathe, son, you’re a tough one, fight to live’, but it was too late.”

A third-year student from North West University, who was arrested in connection with the incident, had been obsessed with the victim for a long time, according to Coetzee, who is in a relationship with the alleged attacker’s father.

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Multi-million orphanage benefactor remarkable South African and Philanthropist says North West Premier

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BY Obakeng Maje

North West Premier Mme Thandi Modise has hailed murdered Potchefstroom farmer At van der Merwe as a remarkable South African and philanthropist whose compassion and love for humanity transcended class and race.

Premier Modise said that the Abraham Kriel orphanage advisory board owe it to his memory to ensure that his noble objectives are realised without compromise.

“The indelible mark and legacy that At van der Merwe has left us should be a lesson of love to all of us to care for those less fortunate than ourselves. Though he had no child of his own, he understood the African adage “Every child is my child,” she emphasised.  

Van der Merwe had no association with the orphanage towards which he left his entire estate worth R30 million. He reportedly led a hermit-like existence, was unmarried, and had no children of his own.

Premier Modise called on members of the community to assist police in their investigations so that those responsible for Van der Merwe’s death are arrested. He was reportedly assaulted and robbed in his home in April 2012 by unknown person/s. No arrest have thus far been made in connection with his murder.

THREE PEOPLE DIE WHILE 15 GETS INJURED DURING A STRIKE IN K5 KHWEZI MINE, BOITEKONG

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About 250 mine workers that were alleged to be on an illegal strike for the past two weeks were today 01 August 2012 gathered outside K5 Khwezi mine this afternoon at about 13:30.  The group of employees were dismissed by their management as they were involved in that illegal strike.  There was a confrontation between members of the security and the unrulyemployees.  Fires were shoot and three people died due to the shooting while 15 were injured.

 

The police were called to the scene.  Petrol bombs that were used by the employees were confiscated.  Ballistic testing will be done on the security guards and post-mortem will be conducted on the deceased to determine the cause of death.

 

At this stage the situation is calm and under control as the police are monitoring the area. A case of murder and attempted murder is being investigated.

 

 

Rapist’s sentence on first day of women’s month gives women hope-Premier Thandi Modise

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BY Obakeng Maje

The sentence meted on a Mahikeng youngster for the rape and brutal murder of a 59 year old woman should serve to remind perpetrators of violence and sexual offences against women that the days for the rampant scourge are numbered, North West Premier Mme Thandi Modise said on Thursday. 

“We are encouraged that the sentence handed out on the first day of women’s month will serve as a deterrent to other perpetrators and give hope to women and victims of crime that criminal justice system will not fail them,” said Premier Modise in welcoming the 32 years and 18 months sentence that the North West High Court pronounced on 19-year-old Phillip Mooki.

The youngster had earlier on the day of Gloria Bereng’s murder been at her home in Motlhabeng village with the deceased’s son who happened to be his friend at the time but returned alone after leaving him at a nearby tavern to rape and strangle his friend’s mother.

In expressing hope that the Bereng family will find closure now that justice has been served, the Premier reiterated the call she made recently for the partnership between police, crime prevention structures, churches, faith-based organisations, women organisations, non-government organisations and other civil society organisations to be strengthened to combat the scourge of sexual offences against women and girl children.

Modise said the spate of rape incidents that was experienced in recent months in the province, particularly those involving victims known to perpetrators, pointed to moral decay that needed united action .

 

Two Police Reservists arrested

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By OBakeng Maje

Rustenburg- Two Reservists Police Officers were arrested by one of their own at the taxi rank and in full view of the public.

This came after two off-duty police officers arrived at the busy taxi rank in full SAPS attaire and pretend to be on duty.
They allegedly consficated fake DVDS and illegally arrested some members of public and demand bribe for their freedom.

“Two Police officers who serve as Reservists were arrested for corruption after they took their full police uniform and pretent to be on duty,where they consfiscate fake DVDS and arrested members of public illegally”

“An off-duty police officer who saw this event unfolded called police after realising two officers are up to mischieve,nd they were arrested on the scene” said Brigadier Thulani Ngubane.

Two officers will appear today in court in connections of corruption

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North West ANC celebrates

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Scores of ANC members are celebrating the arrival of  centenary flame 

in the North West today.  ANC members from all over North West are in Moretele to celebrate the arrival before the torch tour the province. We are there and we will keep you posted.

The lighting of the flame is a time to reflect on historical achievements and the price that was paid for democracy.

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CSA ‘failed to exercise leadership’

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Cape Town – The board of Cricket SA (CSA) had “failed to exercise leadership”, members of Parliament’s sports portfolio committee heard on Wednesday.

Briefing MPs on the recommendations of the Nicholson Report, following the bonus and administration scandal that has rocked the cricket body, board member Chris Nenzani said there had been a “lack of oversight” by CSA.

The report, compiled by retired judge Chris Nicholson, found among other things, that now suspended CSA chief executive Gerald Majola had “surreptitiously negotiated the payment of bonuses” totalling R1.8 million, after the hosting of the Indian Premier League in South Africa in 2009.

Nenzani said on Wednesday that the CSA had accepted the Nicholson Report and was committed to sorting out the problems in SA cricket management.

“We made a public commitment… to fix the mess that we have created… I believe the board might, to some extent, have failed to exercise leadership.

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Thato’s shooter ran away

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ohannesburg – The policeman who shot dead Thato Mokoka placed the gun next to his body then ran away, the High Court in Johannesburg heard on Wednesday.

“He didn’t walk away, he ran,” testified a pregnant, 15-year-old friend of Mokoka, 16, who was shot dead on February 14 outside his home, allegedly by student constable Sipho Mbatha.

The police went looking for Mokoka with two youths and two women who accused him of being part of a gang called the BWA, and of having a gun.

“I heard one of the boys say Thato had a gun while we were still inside the shack,” the girl, who may not be named, testified in camera. She told the court that one of them had not got along with Mokoka.

“He didn’t like Thato. He was jealous because Thato was always around girls. He didn’t like me because he proposed to me and I turned him down.”

She confirmed that Mokoka was part of a group of friends who called themselves the BWA (Boys With Advices).

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Gauteng is ‘gangsters paradise’: Petros

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Johannesburg – Gauteng police commissioner Mzwandile Petros on Wednesday admitted the province was labelled as a ‘gangsters’ paradise’.

“I was fascinated by the beauty of the walls of Gauteng because the walls are five metres high instead of two metres high,” he said during an interview on Talk Radio on 702.

“Something is not right. The people are living in fear.”

He said the term ‘Gangsters’ paradise’ was given by the people of Gauteng themselves and this fear was justified.

He recalled in the interview when he moved to Gauteng from the Western Cape in 2010 to take up the post as provincial commissioner.

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