Durban – The aunt of one of the eight children who died in a fatal bus accident near Ulundi, has described the horror of the search for her nephew and the bloody state of the injured children at the hospital.The bus, carrying 43 pupils and four teachers, overturned on the R66 on Tuesday evening.

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Pretoria – AfriForum Youth will highlight affirmative action by charging students of different races different prices for a cup of coffee at the University of Pretoria (UP) on Friday.

White students would pay R5 a cup, coloureds and Indians R3, and blacks R1, AfriForum Youth chairperson Barend Taute said in a statement.

ANC supporters would be given a free cup of coffee if they dropped a donation into a box marked “Corruption Fund”.

Taute said the campaign was being held to commemorate Freedom Day, and to draw attention to the impact of racial profiling.

“Nineteen years after South Africa was ostensibly freed from racial profiling, students at the UP are still admitted based on their race,” he said.

“Students want to be free from racial profiling, and this action is a way to show how inane racial bias has become.”

Taute said a recent referendum at UP indicated that 97 percent of students supported the abolition of racial profiling.

The coffee sales would start at 10am on Friday. – Sapa

Johannesburg – Coloured people in the Western Cape are finding it difficult to be promoted within the correctional services department, it was reported on Thursday.

This was one of the issues which emerged in a Labour Court case on Wednesday, The Star reported

According to the newspaper, several employees took the province’s correctional services department to court about its employment equity plan.

Pupils from across the province will be taught about national symbols and hoisting of the national flag in a ceremony to be held at all schools on the eve of the of the Freedom Day celebrations on Saturday.

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The provincial secretaries of the ANC Youth League (ANCYL) in Limpopo and Gauteng said they had attended the court appearance of exiled league president Julius Malema in Polokwane on Tuesday in their personal capacities.

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Animal health technicians and veterinarian services officials have intensified the provision of animal health care to farming communities across the province.

This comes partly as the provincial agriculture and rural development department seeks to mark April as animal health month but at the same time providing much-needed care to farmers in all parts.

The campaign started at the beginning of this month and has seen officials vaccinating animals against various diseases.

The agriculture department is working in partnership with the North West University’s school of agriculture at the Mahikeng campus to provide general animal husbandry services such as dehorning, deworming, castration, animal identification or brand marking, animal handling and parasite control.

Agriculture MEC Desbo Mohono said that vaccines were very valuable tools to stop the spread of a large number of transmittable diseases that threaten the health and welfare of animals and human beings.

“What the department has embarked upon is an attempt to contribute positively to the development of livestock farmers in the rural community by improving the health and quality of our livestock.

“The officials have also been helping farmers with information on livestock supplements that can be helpful to animals during this winter season because it’s the disease-prone time that puts most animals in danger,” she said.

Mohono said that vaccination and general screening of animals were rendered free of charge and anyone could have their livestock inspected.

The MEC further encouraged livestock farmers to keep in close contact with their local animal health technicians, saying their services to farmers was critical to the broader programme of livestock improvement in the province.

Department spokesperson Bonolo Mohlakoana said: “While most rural areas have been serviced since the beginning of this month, the primary animal healthcare services would continue to be provided at various sites, with the last round of Ngaka Modiri Molema district activities moving to Mmanawana and Ramatlabama today.”

She said that the campaign would be taken to Uitkyk village on May 7. “Farmers in Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati district had technicians visiting Matsheng and Tlapeng villages in Kagisano-Molopo local municipality yesterday, while Dipodi, Kudunkgoane and Tlapeng livestock will be vaccinated on Friday.”

Some of the livestock farmers expressed gratitude for the gesture shown by the department and promised to take full advantage of the campaign.

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Thousands of residents in the North West Province are expected to take to the street to present a memorandum against the scourge of rape on Thursday.

The march is to precede the launch of the Ambassadors of Goodwill Project, Prayers and roll out of the North West Provincial 2013 One million Signature Anti-Rape Campaign to be held at the Mmabatho Convention Centre as from11:00 am.

The procession of the march to involve learners and the aged will start from Mmabana Cultural Centre to the Convention Centre at 10:00 am.

The Anti-rape campaign supports the million signature campaign launched by Premier Thandi Modise in partnership with the National Interfaith Council of South Africa -North West Chapter last month.

 Premier Modise had earlier said that crime is eroding the moral fibre and needs to be fought on all fronts.

The Ambassadors of Goodwill Initiative and distribution of a safety-kit to the elderly is in response to the Premier’s call for crime prevention structures such as Community Policing Forums, street committees and neighbourhood watch to look into providing elderly women who are staying on their own with whistles which they could blow to alert their neighbourhood of the threat of the scourge of rape and other crimes in their homes.

Ninety-eight- year- old Betty Titse from Tloung village and 11- year- old Ofentse Mogale from Mmakau were among the victims who were murdered during rape incidents in the past few months.

The Ambassadors of Goodwill Initiative is led by the South African Police Service and supported by the Office of the Premier, Office of the Status of Women, Department of Human Settlement and Public Safety, Department of Social Development, Women, Children and People with Disabilities.

Partners supporting the one million signature campaign and the Ambassadors of Goodwill Anti-Rape initiative include Motsweding FM, North West FM and All Community Radio Stations in the Province. 

By Obakeng Maje

Taung-Two suspects briefly appeared before Taung Magistrate Court on connection of murder.

Monnapula Madienyane,25 and his co-accused Modisaotsile Mainaakae,22 were arrested after they allegedly shot dead a 59 year-old Shimane Baabua. arrested two suspects in connection with the murder of the 59-year-old Simane Baabua

“Baabua was allegedly gunned down in front of his wife and granddaughter. The incident occurred between 00:00 and 01:00 on Monday,at Magogong village in Taung” said police. 

“It is alleged that two suspects gained entry by forcefully breaking the front door” said Funani.

Police said Baabua overheard people in the house and went to investigate.

He allegedly found suspects in the living room and was shot after squabble.

Police subsequently arrested a 22-year-old suspect last week while hiding inside a red Mazda bakkie that was hi-jacked from the Ethiopian National shop, two streets away from the shooting incident. 

“The suspect sustained minor injuries. According to the information received, the car overturned outside Magogong Village while the two suspects were trying to escape” police said.

A 25-year-old suspect was also arrested in the early hours of that morning in Magogong village. The two suspects appear before Taung Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday and their case was postponed until Monday” said captain Pelonomi Makau. 

Madienyane and Mainaakae were remanded in custody until next appearance on Monday.

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