Marikana, North West – No violence was reported overnight at the Nkaneng informal settlement in Marikana, outside Rustenburg, where three people were killed at the weekend, North West police said on Monday.

“It is quiet… Nothing was reported overnight,” said Brigadier Thulani Ngubane.

Two brothers were shot dead and two women were wounded in Nkaneng, Wonderkop, on Saturday.

The police were shot at on their way to the murder scene, said Ngubane.

“There were a lot of people gathered there and some started shooting at police and the police responded (by firing live ammunition).”

“We have not received any reports of casualties.”

Ngubane said the shooting had been reported to the Independent Police Investigative Directorate.

He said a group of armed men, wrapped in blankets and wearing balaclavas, stormed into a shack on Saturday night and asked the twin brothers inside where another man was.

The brothers were shot when they said they did not know the man.

“The one brother, who was shot two times, died on the scene, while the other brother died on arrival at the Andrew Saffy Hospital.”

Two women, who were in the shack at the time, were wounded.

One was shot in the thigh, and the other was hacked with a panga. They were taken to hospital and were discharged on Sunday.

The North West regional organiser of the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu) was also shot dead in the same area on Saturday evening.

Four men shot Mawethu Khululekile Stevens, 46, at a tavern in Photsaneng on Saturday.

Branch secretary Gaddafhi Mdoda said workers at Anglo American Platinum (Amplats) would hold a meeting on Monday afternoon to discuss the murder and planned retrenchments.

“There will be a meeting at each shaft between 1pm and 2pm. The workers are angry about the murder of our comrade.”

He said it appeared that hitmen were being hired to kill Amcu members.

The two brothers killed in Nkaneng had not been confirmed to be Amcu members.

“We are verifying whether they are our members. We should know by this afternoon,” he said. – Sapa

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Letlhabile-Police arrested a 37 year old suspect for alleged raping a teenager at Bock 13, in Letlhabile. 

It is alleged that the survivor was in the company of her friend to a local internet café when a car stopped next to them. 

“The suspect allegedly threatened a 17 year-old girl with a knife and forced her into the car and drove off to his place where he allegedly raped the girl” colonel Sabata Mokgwabone said.  

The matter was reported to the police and the suspect was arrested.  

He appeared before the Brits Magistrate’s Court on Thursday,and was granted R1000.00 bail. 

He will appear before the court again on 1 July 2013.   

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Klerksdorp: The police are searching for suspect(s) after a body of a 100 year old woman was found inside a house on Friday approximately at 17:00 in Klerksdorp. 

“It is alleged that the old woman‘s decomposed body was found in the kitchen tied with a curtain rope on her feet and neck” said colonel sabata Mokgwabone.

“According to the information received, the victim was staying alone in the house and her neighbours did not see her for two weeks” said police. 

It is apparent that the victim’s house was ransacked, but it is not yet determined properties taken except that her Mazda car with unknown registration number is missing. 

Nobody is arrested, and the police request the community to come forward with information that may lead to arrest of the suspect(s) by calling this number (018) 464-5079/80/69. Alternatively, Crime Stop number 08600 10111, can be called and the caller may remain anonymous.

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No arrests have yet been made in connection with the murder of a North West regional organiser of the Amcu trade union, police said on Sunday.

Brigadier Thulani Ngubane said four men, who on Saturday came into Billy’s Tavern near Anglo Platinum’s Khomanani mine shaft two in Rustenburg and shot and killed the 46-year-old man, remained on the run.

Meanwhile, North West Premier Thandi Modise said workers should not be incited to commit violence against each other.

“Workers should resist the temptation to be drawn towards violence against each other by faceless people and give the investigation a chance,” she said.

She also said that members of the public should assist the police in their investigation and that police should leave no “stone unturned” in finding the murderers.

ENCA reported that the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union official had been expected to testify before the Farlam Marikana commission of inquiry.

The commission is investigating the deaths of 44 people killed in violence related to a strike at Lonmin’s Marikana mine in August last year.

In April this year, lawyer Dali Mpofu – who is representing miners involved in last year’s police shootings in Marikana at the commission of inquiry – was robbed and stabbed while walking on the beach in East London.

Previously in March, a sangoma who was meant to testify at the Farlam Commission, was shot and killed outside his home in the Ludeke Holt village in Mbizana.

At the funeral of Alton “Ndzabe” Joja in April, Uncedo service taxi association president Ntsikelelo Gaehler claimed his murder was a result of taxi wars.

Earlier this year, the Farlam Commission heard that Joja was believed to have performed rituals on protesting Lonmin mineworkers before the police shooting on 16 August.

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