A three-year-old girl has died and other six people were injured in a head-on collision in Kwa Mashu north of Durban on Sunday, paramedics said.
Netcare 911 spokesman Chris Botha said the three -year-old-girl , her father and mother were found in a critical condition.
“Medics immediately started to resuscitate the child but tragically she died on scene.”
He said four other people were found to have sustained serious injuries.
The injured were taken to hospital.
A formal announcement on whether talks over Anglo American Platinum’s (Amplats) planned retrenchment of nearly 14 000 mineworkers had succeeded in saving jobs is expected tomorrow.
The meeting followed discussions on Thursday, between the company and Mineral Resources Minister Susan Shabangu.
“[The] meeting received suggestions on a number of interventions,” Mineral Resources spokesperson Zingaphi Jakuja said.
“Amplats has been allowed space to consult internally on these and a formal pronouncement will be made on Monday by the stakeholders.”
Amplats declined to comment to the outcomes of the meeting.
Earlier in January, Amplats said it planned a restructuring that could lead to the retrenchment of 14 000 workers. About 13 000 of them were from Rustenburg, in the North West.
By Obakeng Maje
Zeerust-Three arrested with ten others for serial murders.
An end to a dark chapter of killings in Zeerust, North West.
A string of murders where women were raped, murdered and shot in the head had engulfed the Zeerust Cluster in North West starting from 13 August 2011 police said.
Three suspects,Joseph Batshabenge Motshame(33) and Jacob Mojafi both from Ikalageng Section in Dinokana together Kabelo Molatole(21) found in a nest, hiding at Ottoshoop were arrested on different dates, starting from the 22 November 2012.
This spell an end to the dark cloud of mystery killings that were rife in Zeerust.
“A close friend of the three alleged serial rapists and murderers,a 29 years Kagiso Mafora was also found in possession of dagga to the street value of R8000, 00 was also arrested” Brigadier Thulani Ngubane said.
The three suspects were arrested for more than seven (7) counts of murder, kidnapping and hijacking in the areas of Zeerust, Motswedi, Madikwe and Lehurutshe.
The mystery of people being killed started in Lehurutshe on 7
th July 2011 when a young girl left home for her school graduation ceremony in Pretoria. Since leaving home she never returned home.
On Tuesday 2nd August 2011 her naked decomposed body was found in a farm,near Zeerust with a bullet wound on her forehead. The body was totally decomposed and DNA tests had to be taken to compare with those of the mother. The results were positive.
Another unknown female body was found dumped on the 28 July 2011 in Motshwedi at Mokaleng Section in Kgopane village.
The deceased was raped and also had a gun shot on the head.
Madikwe District on 05 November 2011 this is where two bodies of a couple were found in Dinokana village at Koffie Kraal in a nearby bush with gunshot wounds in their heads.
They were also stripped naked.
Another Lehurutshe couple were found on 29 September 2012 in their residential area at Ntswelontsoku Village after shortly arrived from the local shop.
They were stripped naked by the suspects who later raped and shot the victims.
And a case of rape and attempted murder was registered by the Police.
A third couple was found on the 19 October 2012 at Motswedi in Mantsie village. Their bodies also had gunshot wounds on their heads and the victims were found naked. Their vehicle was found abandoned at Ntswelonsoku village on the road near the tar road.
The last case of a similar nature was reported in Lehurutshe after the two victims were attacked while driving along the graveyard road in their white mini golf vehicle.
The male victim was undressed by the suspects and instructed to climb on the boot of his vehicle.The suspects drove the car while the victim hangs on the boot along the N4 road.
The vehicle moved towards the direction of Dinokana Village and fortunately the man hanging on the boot managed to escape. The suspects armed with 9mm pistol drove away with the girlfriend, she was later found dead, stripped naked, raped with a bullet wound in the head in the bushes. Her body was also mutilated with her private parts was and the right eye were missing.
The hijacked city golf was found abandoned in Lehurutshe near Tsholofelo Magope Middle School.
“All the successful arrests came after a Zeerust Cluster team of Detectives was appointed to investigate the cases where a total of 13 people were arrested.” Ngubane said.
Some of these people are family members of the main suspect who were found to be in possession murder weapons x3 9mm pistols, citi golf, laptop, dagga, rounds of ammunition.
All recoveries are estimated to the value of R82, 300.
Some of the suspects are charged for defeating the ends of justice. The suspects are going to appear in the Lehurutshe Magistrate Court on Monday on charges ranging from Murder, attempted murder, hi-jacking, possession of ammunition and dagga.
The North West Provincial Commissioner, Lieutenant General Zukiswa Mbombo commended the members of Zeerust cluster task team of detectives for the sterling work they had done in a short while.
By Obakeng Maje
Upington-The police are investigating a culpable homicide after a head on collision occurred between a Toyota Corolla and a VW Golf 7 approximately 73km outside Upington on the Gemsbok Park Road yesterday in the early hours.
“Mr Raymond Jansen(38), his wife Amanda(40), their daughter Kaitlyn(10) and son Raymonde(1) were on their way home after visiting their elder child,Bradley(16) who resides in Byleveld hostels when the accident occurred” Lieutenant Sergio Kock said.
The 28 year old driver of the VW Golf was travelling alone police said. “Although the exact cause of the accident is being investigated,it has been confirmed that both vehicles caught fire after the collision” Kock said.
A motorist passing who was passingby and witnessed the gruesome accident managed to rescue all the occupants from both burning wrecks except for Mr Raymond Jansen who was trapped in the vehicle and ultimately died as a result of the fire.
Kaitlyn Jansen later died as a result of the injuries sustained during the accident.
All the other persons were hospitalised for medical treatment.
All information regarding the incident can be forwarded to Detective Warrant Officer Steven Roos at 054 337 3440. The investigation continues.
There was no evidence public money was spent on President Jacob Zuma’s private Nkandla home, Public Works Minister Thulas Nxesi said on Sunday.
“There is no evidence that any house belonging to the president was built with public money,” Nxesi told reporters in Pretoria.
However, security upgrades were carried out.
“The security upgrades done at the Nkandla residence amount to R71,212,621.78 including consultancy fees,” he said.
-Sapa
“We want to see who gets paid so much that the average is so high. We do know that Eskom’s top-managers have been getting big bonuses and increases in the past decade,” Cloete said.
Investment Solutions economist Chris Hart told the newspaper that no company in the private sector could afford to pay salaries like that.
Eskom’s spokeswoman Hillary Joffe did not deny the proposed salary increase.
Nersa is expected to announce Eskom’s tariff increase on February 28.
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By Obakeng Maje
Mahikeng-North West are investigating a case of culpable homicide after a teen been knocked down by a hit and run vehicle.
Apparently a matric student from Kebalepile Secondary School went to the shops in Montshiwa to buy launch.
Tshego Phele was attending saturday classes with other students as she was in matric.
According to eye-witness the driver allegedly knocked Tshego and ran away.
“We have not received that incident and I will come back to you after gathering all information” sergeant Tselanyane said.
Even though the information is sketchy,according to unconfirmed reports the driver was allegedly drunk and after knocking Tshegofatso Phele fled the scene,however was arrested later on after intensive search by police.
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Johannesburg – It felt great to be a Bafana Bafana fan this week and, on Sunday night, it could be even better.
Having started the Africa Cup of Nations in the most unconvincing manner last weekend, the South African national team are now on the brink of qualifying for the knockout phase for the first time in 13 years, any result other than defeat in Sunday’s final pool fixture against Morocco certain to send the hosts through.
While the SA Football Association stated last year that a path to the semi-final would be the minimum expected of Gordon Igesund’s charges, reaching the last eight would be a momentous achievement for a country who’ve known nothing but hurt from the national side in the last decade.
Igesund, the Bafana coach, deserves praise for making bold decisions in Wednesday’s second game against Angola. It was encouraging to see Bafana, for once, going into the game without two holding midfielders – in fact, this was historic as Igesund had never done that since taking over the coaching reins last July.
The man he tasked with the anchoring role, Dean Furman, produced a Man of the Match performance that had even his doubters nodding in approval.
It was great to watch Furman winning the ball with assurance, without ever putting himself at the risk of a booking.
Impressively, Igesund also got all his substitutions spot on in the 2-0 win over Angola. We may have found it perplexing for him to remove May Mahlangu at half-time, but Reneilwe Letsholonyane provided more steel in central midfield, and also that magnificent long pass from which Lehlohonolo Majoro scored the second goal.
Wednesday’s performance should rank as one of Bafana’s highlights over the past decade, but what is important now is to maintain that high level for the rest of this tournament.
Although Bafana have done more than enough to merit a place in the second round, a possibility still exists that should their performance sink to last week’s deplorable levels against Cape Verde, and if they fail against Morocco, the north Africans would go into the knockout stages.
With no need to take risks, it is almost certain that Igesund will not field a daring line-up, as a draw will suffice for Bafana, but he also has to keep in mind the importance of where you finish in the group.
Bafana’s quarter-final opponents will come from Group B, likely to be Mali or DR Congo if we win Group A, but the great thing about the knockout phase is that it shouldn’t matter as to who you face.
Some would argue that Mali, expected to finish second to Ghana in Group B, should be avoided at all costs, but perhaps it would be best to play them, seeing that they were the last country to knock Bafana out in the quarters when they hosted the continental finals in 2002.
That 2-0 defeat Mali inflicted on Bafana was the start of our national team’s decline, and it would be good to exact some sort of revenge and begin a new path towards redemption.
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North West health MEC Magome Masike was shocked by reports that a woman died while waiting to see a doctor in hospital, his spokesman said on Friday.
“MEC Masike has instituted an internal inquiry to determine circumstances that led to the unfortunate death of Kelebogile Mosito,” Tebogo Lekgethwane said.
On Friday, Sowetan newspaper reported that Mosito, 22, was admitted at Moses Kotane Hospital in Ledig near Sun City on January 11, after a private doctor referred her to the hospital.
“Nurses saw her when she arrived. They called the two doctors whose names appeared on the standby roster,” Shirley Mosito, Kelebogile’s cousin, told the newspaper.
“They got hold of one doctor. He said he would see Kelebogile on Monday.”
Her brother Khedisaletse who visited her on January 12 said she was in a lot of pain when he saw her.
“She told me she had not seen a doctor and she was feeling weaker. She died that night,” he said.
The newspaper reported that the post mortem report said that Mosito had died from severe anaemia and tuberculosis.
Only a doctor can authorise a blood transfusion which could have saved her life, a doctor who asked not to be named told Sowetan. – Sapa
Rustenburg – An NUM official admitted on Friday that the union’s attitude towards wage negotiations prior to the deadly Marikana shooting was irresponsible.
This was the testimony of National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) chief negotiator Erick Gcilitshana to the Farlam commission of inquiry into the shooting.
Tebogo Mathibedi, for the police, questioned him about the union’s refusal to engage in wage talks outside of set labour structures.
“As at August 15, 2012 was it NUM’s attitude that they would not negotiate outside the labour structures?”
Gcilitshana replied: “ Yes, as I recall.”
Asked if this was not an irresponsible attitude by the union in view of the fact that 10 people had been killed at that stage, and that property had been destroyed, he replied: “Yes that’s true. That’s correct.”
Mathibedi asked at what stage he realised that the union’s attitude was irresponsible.
“When the lives of people were lost,” Gcilitshana said. – Sapa
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