By Obakeng Maje

Kimberley-Police in the Northern Cape Province are looking for a rape suspect. 

“On Friday at about 03:00 am a 30-year-old woman was walking home from a tavern in Greenpoint (Kimberley) when she was allegedly grabbed by a suspect from behind” lieutenant Donald Mdhluli said. 

It is alleged that the suspect pointed her with a knife and took her to a nearby veld police said. 

“The suspect inserted the knife on the ground so that he could take off his trouser. Whilst taking off his trouser,the victim grabbed the knife and stabbed the suspect in his thighs and next to his genitals” Mdluli said. 

However, the suspect managed to get back his knife and stabbed the victim on her left hand, and eventually raped her.

After this barbaric act, it is alleged that the suspect took the victim to where she resides. 

“This has made the matter worse as it appears that the suspect knows where the victim stays and it poses danger to the victim”. 

“The victim has described the suspect as male person who is light in complexion and with middle height and middle body shape” police said. The suspect also has a moustache and wherever he is he would be in need of medical attention police said. 

According to the victim, the suspect was wearing a faded blue jeans with cream “tekkies”. 

She further alleges that he was wearing a red T-Shirt which had a double collar that was red and white. 

The suspect speaks fluent Afrikaans.

“The SAPS is concerned about the plight of women and children in South Africa and calls on community members to join hands with us to address this challenge by providing us with information about the whereabouts of wanted suspects” Mdhluli said. 

Police said by arresting this suspect will stop and prevent him to prey on other victims. 

The SAPS therefore calls on anyone with information regarding this suspect to contact Detective Warrant Officer Sabata Tsiu on 082 302 0473 (c) or 053-838 4212 alternatively contact Crime Stop number on 08600 10111. 

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By Obakeng Maje

Rustenburg-A 28-year-old man was found lying dead with a bullet wound on his right leg on Thursday at about 06:00 police said.  

Buyisile Totoba’s body was found at Sondela informal settlement in Boitekong outside Rustenburg.  “According to information on our disposal a passerby saw the body and alerted the police” sergeant Kelebogile Moiloa said. 

“It is alleged that the victim’s body was stoned to death” police said.

with rocks and blood. 

Police found an empty 9mm cartridge seven meter from where Totoba was lying.  

“Bloody rocks were also found next to him and he suffered injuries on his face” Moiloa said.

The police are still looking for the suspects and whoever might have information that can assist the Boitekong Police with the information, can Boitekong detective commander Colonel Mokwena on 014 593 3000.

Investigations continue.

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Kaizer Chiefs have received a major boost ahead of the trip to Free State for the Absa Premiership encounter against Bloemfontein Celtic on Sunday, 31 March 2013 with the return of duo, Lehlohonolo Major Majoro and George WhatsUp Lebese. 

The two players have been missing in action for a few weeks. Majoro was out with an ankle injury while Lebese broke his collar bone in the game against Free State Stars. 

Dave Milner commented; Both players are back in full training now. The Technical Team will monitor the players in training in order to evaluate their match readiness.

Pretoria – Oscar Pistorius could compete at this year’s world championships after a South African judge eased his bail restrictions and ruled on Thursday that the athlete, who faces a murder trial for the shooting death of his girlfriend, can travel overseas to run.

The international athletics body said that if Pistorius qualifies, it had no objections to him running – an event that could eclipse the stir last year when he became the first double amputee to compete at the Olympics. Pistorius’s agent told The Associated Press soon after the ruling that the world championships in Moscow in August could be a possibility if the runner wanted to return to the track on his carbon-fibre blades.

Judge Bert Bam upheld the Olympic athlete’s appeal against some of his bail restrictions, but said the 26-year-old Pistorius must travel under certain conditions. The athlete could face a life sentence if found guilty of murder for the Valentine’s Day shooting death of Reeva Steenkamp.

His passport will be held by a court while he is in South Africa, and he can only leave the country if he provides an itinerary of his travel plans at least a week before he is due to leave. Pistorius must also hand his travel documents back to the court within 24 hours of returning home, Bam ruled.

“Based on this (the judge’s decision), and if he is up for it and qualifies, the world championships will definitely be on the radar,” Pistorius’s agent, Peet van Zyl, told the AP by telephone.

The judge’s decision was “fair”, said Van Zyl, but any return to the track would be up to Pistorius, who hasn’t run competitively since September and hasn’t trained for two months. The worlds are in August, while Pistorius’s next court appearance is June 4.

“It’s his call. He’s the one under all the pressure for the court case and grieving for Reeva,” the agent said.

Although Pistorius’s lawyers said in the appeal hearing that he had no immediate plans to compete, he would likely need to return to track in the future to earn money, they said. Pistorius, widely known as the Blade Runner for his prosthetic legs, did not attend the court session.

“He has no desire to compete now but it might change and it will change,” defence lawyer Barry Roux told the judge in arguing for Pistorius’s travel restrictions to be eased. Roux said Pistorius would not try to evade trial if he is allowed to travel internationally, and would eventually need to run again “to earn an income”.

“He is not going to run away and hide. He is going nowhere,” Roux told the judge in the brown-walled courtroom in the high court, where television cameras and photographers were allowed in to record the proceedings. “Why stop him from travelling under controlled circumstances?” Roux added.

Pistorius says he killed Steenkamp accidentally when he fired shots through a door in his bathroom in the pre-dawn hours of February 14, fearing there was an intruder in his house. Prosecutors claim he shot the model and reality TV star intentionally after they argued, and they have charged him with premeditated murder.

The IAAF, athletics’ ruling body, reiterated that it wouldn’t comment on the case involving Pistorius, but he would be allowed to run at the world championships if he met the sporting criteria.

“If he qualifies for (the) Moscow World Championships next August, then on the basis of (the) ‘innocent unless proved guilty’ principle he would be free to run,” IAAF spokesperson Yannis Nikolaou said in a statement emailed to The Associated Press.

The decision on whether Pistorius could run at other events would be at the “discretion of meeting organisers” and not the IAAF, Nikolaou said. – Sapa-AP

Johannesburg -The ANC will hold a memorial service for a young girl raped and brutally killed in Naturena, south of Johannesburg, party officials said on Thursday.

“We will on (next) Thursday hold a memorial service for Thandeka ahead of her funeral next weekend,” said Gauteng ANC spokesman Sakhile Khumalo.

“We will… announce a complete programme the African national Congress will launch to ensure that her death is not in vain and that crime in this area and in the province is dealt a serious blow.”

Thandeka Madonsela was raped and mutilated last Saturday. Her body was found dumped near the N1.

Khumalo and other Gauteng provincial caucus members visited relatives of the orphaned girl earlier on Thursday.

Speaking to residents and relatives, Khumalo said Naturena and Freedom Park were plagued by crimes against women and children.

“This area is plagued by serious crimes, inclusive of murder, women and children abuse, as well a number of unsolved murders and disappearances,” he said.

“At this point we are not sure of the reasons that give rise to crime in the area. It appears there are numerous interventions by our law enforcement, but these do not appear to produce the required results.”

Khumalo said the caucus would be holding a series of anti-abuse campaigns against women and children in the area.

Two boys, aged 16 and 17, were arrested for Madonsela’s murder.

“(They) have since appeared in court and their case is postponed for further investigation. They were released into the custody of their parents until their next court appearance,” said Lt-Col Katlego Mogale. – Sapa

Pretoria – Former president Nelson Mandela is “responding positively” to treatment for a recurring lung infection which has resulted in his re-admission to hospital, the presidency said on Thursday.

“The doctors advise that former president Nelson Mandela is responding positively to the treatment he is undergoing for a recurring lung infection,” presidential spokesman Mac Maharaj said in a statement.

“He remains under treatment and observation in hospital.”

Earlier, Maharaj said Mandela was conscious when he was taken to an undisclosed hospital just before midnight on Wednesday.

He said that given Mandela’s age and medical history, doctors had acted with the greatest caution and responsibility, and had decided to send him to hospital.

“He is receiving treatment to deal with the infection and to keep him comfortable.”

Maharaj said infections spread rapidly. Asked if this was the case with Mandela, he answered: “They always do.”

On Thursday afternoon, journalists set up cameras outside 1 Military Hospital in Pretoria anticipating that Mandela might have been admitted there.

Soldiers manned the gate and turned away media cars trying to enter the hospital.

Earlier this month, Mandela was admitted to a Pretoria hospital for a scheduled check-up relating to a long-standing abdominal complaint. He was discharged the following day.

In February, he was admitted to hospital with a stomach ailment.

In December, Mandela spent 18 days in hospital during which he underwent an operation to remove gallstones and received treatment for his recurring lung infection.

Before that Mandela was last was taken to hospital in January 2011, when he was admitted to Milpark Hospital for routine tests relating to respiratory problems.

Mandela’s last major public appearance was in July 2010, at the final of the Fifa World Cup at Soccer City stadium in Johannesburg.

Since then he has spent his time between Johannesburg and his ancestral village of Qunu in the Eastern Cape.

South Africa’s first black president has a long history of lung problems, dating back to the time when he was a political prisoner on Robben Island during apartheid. While in jail he contracted tuberculosis. – Sapa

By Obakeng Maje

Taung,Pitsong-North West police are investigating a culpable homicide case after a 22 year-old man died in a fatal accident.

Police said Keorapetse Morwaeng,22 died on a scene after his vehicle collided with a cow last night.

“We are investigating a culpable homicide case after a 22 year-old man perished in an accident” sergeant Kelebogile Moiloa said.

It is alleged that the incident took place in Pitsong last night. 

Morwaeng was allegedly alone in the car at the time of the accident.

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It is up to murder accused Oscar Pistorius to decide whether he wants to start racing again after some of his bail conditions were lifted on Thursday, his agent said.

“I will sit down with him and discuss it with him, but he will be the one to decide and let us know if wants to race,” Peet van Zyl said of the paralympic athlete.

“I have not discussed it [participating in races] with him yet, and would not be able to say if he would. He has not trained yet, and when a man hasn’t trained for such a long time he cannot just start racing again.”

Judge Bert Bam, handing down judgment in the High Court in Pretoria in Pistorius’s appeal of some of his bail conditions, said the paralympian would be allowed to use his passport to travel outside the country.

Pistorius had to inform his attorney a week before travelling, and provide an itinerary. He had to hand his passport back to his attorney within 24 hours of his return.

He was arrested on February 14 after his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp was shot dead in his Pretoria home. He did not attend the appeal proceedings.

-Sapa