Yearly Archives: 2012

Minister nabbed in church

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WORSHIPPERS at a Soweto church were taken by surprise yesterday when their minister was arrested after the service.

The Uniting Reformed Church minister’s arrest follows a charge of theft and malicious damage to property laid against him by a congregant.

The congregant allegedly lent his car to the priest in 2010 to use as he did not own a car at the time.

“I lent him the car in February 2010. In September last year I checked on the car with the minister and realised that the engine was missing,” the congregant said.

The minister, who cannot be named until he appears in court, had allegedly promised to fix the car but has yet to do so.

“He promised me in October last year he would fix my car, but now he does not answer my calls,” he said.

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Protesters burn councillors’ houses

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Taung, North West – The homes of two councillors and headman were burnt down in a service delivery protest in Taung on Friday, said North West police.

Brigadier Thulani Ngubane said about 20 people participated in the arson at 2pm.

They also burnt a tribal kraal in Manokwane Village.

He said there had been protests in Taung in the past two months. The protesters were demanding roads, electricity, houses and jobs.

Three people had been arrested so far with more arrests expected.

Ngubane said the three arrested would appear in the Taung Magistrate’s Court on Monday. – Sapa

 

Suspects to appear in court in Taung

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Taung, North West – The homes of two councillors and headman were burnt down in a service delivery protest in Taung on Friday, said North West police.

Brigadier Thulani Ngubane said about 20 people participated in the arson at 2pm.

They also burnt a tribal kraal in Manokwane Village.

He said there had been protests in Taung in the past two months. The protesters were demanding roads, electricity, houses and jobs.

Three people had been arrested so far with more arrests expected.

Ngubane said the three arrested would appear in the Taung Magistrate’s Court on Monday. – Sapa

Policewoman arrested for murder

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North West – A North West police constable was arrested on Friday after she allegedly killed a man by throwing him from a moving car, the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) said.

The 32-year-old policewoman from Jouberton, in Klerksdorp, allegedly killed 20-year-old Kleinbooi Matthews on Sunday, IPID spokesman Moses Dlamini said in a statement.

“A group of youths were walking from a nearby tavern on the way home. A police vehicle stopped near an Engen garage and the driver of the police vehicle (the constable) called the victim to the police vehicle,” he said.

“It is alleged that the driver… then closed the window of the police vehicle and drove away while the victim’s head was inside. The rest of the victim’s body was dangling outside.”

He said the window was then opened and the man was thrown to the road.

Paramedics declared him dead at the scene.

The constable would appear in the Klerksdorp Magistrate’s Court on Monday. – Sapa

Two held for explosives

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Two Mozambican nationals will appear in court after they were caught trying to sell explosives to an off duty police officer, North West police said on Sunday.

“They were arrested in Bapong village on Friday after they tried to convince a police officer to pay them R1500 for the explosives,” said Captain Amanda Funani.

The men, aged 22 and 32, will appear in the Garankuwa Magistrate’s Court on Monday. The two were charged with unlawful possession of explosives.

Funani said the 32-year-old, who worked at the local Lonmin mine, told the police he stole the explosives from his employer.

“They led the police to their friend’s spaza shop where more explosives were found hidden in a fridge.”

She said the explosives were usually used to bomb ATMs in and around the area. – Sapa

Man stabbed at tavern

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A man was stabbed to death at a tavern in Lomanyaneng, North West police said on Sunday.

The incident happened at 1.30am on Saturday at a local tavern when an argument ensued between two men, said Captain Amanda Funani.

“The suspect stabbed the victim with a knife in the left side of his neck. The friends of the deceased took to him to Lomanyaneng police station to seek for help,” she said.

The victim, 31, was declared dead after the arrival of paramedics at the police station.

The 25-year-old man accused of killing the victim was taken to the Mafikeng Provincial Hospital with stab wounds to his shoulders.

He is under police guard.

Police also arrested a 21-year-old man, who was a friend to the victim, for assault with intent to do grievous bodily harm, after he attacked the alleged killer.

The man is expected to appear in the Mmabatho Magistrate’s Court on Monday. – Sapa

Mystery over missing SA yachtsman

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A South African family has flown to the Seychelles in a desperate bid for news on missing yachtsman Sean Terry, formerly of Cape Town, who disappeared in mysterious circumstances while completing what was to be the final leg of his circumnavigation of the globe on his yacht Finnegan.

Police in the Seychelles are investigating the disappearance of the SA/British national yachtsman, 48, who despite being an experienced yachtsman and skipper was allegedly lost overboard.

Although he usually sailed alone, Terry was accompanied by an Australian national on the final leg when he planned to sail from Sri Lanka to Chagos, and then on to Madagascar. The Australian is being held for questioning by police in the Seychelles.

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Cycling Golf Olympics More Sport Results SA Time: Mon Jul 23 2012 09:06:22 GMT+0200 (South Africa Standard Time)

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South African sportsmen once again proved to be world beaters on a day of high drama that first saw Hashim Amla make the highest Test score for a South African and then, hours later, golfer Ernie Els winning the British Open.

Amla crowned a record-breaking day when he first surpassed the highest individual Test score by an SA batsman before becoming the first South African to score a triple Test century as he finished on a mammoth 311 not out at The Oval in London.

Together with Jacques Kallis, the pair took their side to a commanding 637/2 declared against England at tea on day four of the first Test on Sunday before captain Graeme Smith declared with the Proteas 252 runs ahead on the first innings.

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‘Accused spent R2m on doll’s house’

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An Atlantis woman accused of defrauding her employer of R2 million allegedly used the money to buy doll’s house paraphernalia.

Julie Ann de Vigno, pictured, 50, made a brief appearance in the Cape Town Regional Court last week on charges of fraud.

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De Vigno, who worked in the finance department at a Milnerton cleaning company, is alleged to have taken money to buy a host of items for a doll’s house and other personal goods.

De Vigno had allegedly bought, among other things, doilies, brass umbrella stands, gold candlesticks, statues and vases in June 2010.

Kgalema in race – experts

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Evidence is mounting that Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe will stand against President Jacob Zuma for the ANC leadership at the party’s elective conference in December.

It was reported at the weekend that Motlanthe would not entertain attempts by Zuma lobbyists to cut a deal that would include him on the president’s leadership slate for the top six positions of the ANC’s national executive committee at Mangaung.

Analysts on Sunday said this was a clear signal that Motlanthe was likely to take up the political cudgels against Zuma.

Political analyst Professor Susan Booysen agreed that Motlanthe now appeared to be campaigning for the top job. “Zuma is doing an ‘I am not campaigning’ campaign,” she said. “It is probable that, in that context, Motlanthe has indicated, rather than denied, that he is available.

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