Mineworkers union, National Union of Mineworkers (Num) says its members will stay away from work for their own safety if rival union, Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu) carries out its threat on strike.

Amcu is expected to serve Lonmin Platinum Mine in Rustenburg on Tuesday with a 48-hour notice that it plans to embark on a protected strike which will start on Saturday.

Num and Amcu have been at loggerheads over the ”recognition” issue. A Num shop steward was shot and killed at the mine last week.

Amcu members have voted to strike despite Lonmins application for arbitration which is expected to take place later this month.

Amcu demands to be declared the majority union and wants NUM offices to be closed at the mine.

Num spokesperson Lesiba Seshoka says Lonmin will have to guarantee its members’ safety if it wants them to go to work.

“We have persuaded management that if it wants anyone to be at work, it will have to provide adequate security. In the absence of that security, we are unable to guarantee anyone that there will be any workers coming to work because many workers fear for their own safety,” says Seshoka.

He says that many people lost their lives during strikes in the past while on their way to work.
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Talented young left-back, Simphiwe Mtsweni, has joined Kaizer Chiefs on a three-year deal and is expected to go straight into their first team.

The 19-year-old Stars of Africa academy graduate has been a target of the Amakhosi for a long time now, and the Siya crew has previously reported that his signing was imminent.

Now, after weeks of training with Chiefs’ academy, crew can reveal that the strong defender has put pen to paper at Naturena on a three-year deal, with a source revealing that the club rate him very highly and, despite his age, have decided that they will put him straight into the first team set-up rather than the academy.

Mtsweni attracted the attention of Chiefs’ youth coach, Donald Khuse, whilst playing in a youth tournament last year, and the crew reported back in July 2012 that he was a potential target for the Amakhosi.

With the player having finally signed his deal with the club after months of speculation he can now focus on continuing his development as a player at Naturena.
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Orlando Pirates’ wing wizards, Tlou Segolela and Mark Mayambela, are expected to report for pre-season training next week, despite their futures remaining in doubt.

Segolela and Mayambela have both been linked with moves away from the Buccaneers during the upcoming transfer window, with the former yet to have a loose option on his contract extended and the latter due to see his deal expire at the end of June.

However, despite the fact that both players could well leave the club, their representative, Tim Sukazi, has confirmed to Soccer-Laduma that, for now, they are still contracted to Pirates and are therefore obliged to attend pre-season training when it begins on June 18th.

The crew recently revealed that Segolela has been invited for a trial with an unnamed English Championship club, though it remains to be seen whether he would get a permit to go there.

Meanwhile, Mayambela has struggled for game time at Pirates since joining from Bloemfontein Celtic and his future has been in doubt for a while now.
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Johannesburg – ANC branches in the Eastern Cape are in the midst of an intense leadership race as the province prepares to hold its elective conference later this month, Dispatch Online reported on Wednesday.

Only the position of provincial chairperson looked likely not to be contested, according to the report.

Two line-ups had emerged with both groups wanting incumbent Phumulo Masualle to retain his position.

However, the position of deputy chairman could be contested by OR Tambo district mayor Dingaan Myolwa and Amathole regional chairperson Sakhumzi Somyo.

The position of provincial secretary was also reportedly hotly contested between African National Congress MPL Michael Peter and incumbent Oscar Mabuyane.

Helen Sauls-August and Ten-Ten Pikinini were likely to contest the position of deputy secretary.

Zukiswa Faku and MECs Pemmy Majodina and Thandiswa Marawu would contest the position of treasurer.

According to Dispatch Online, ANC Youth League Eastern Cape chairperson Ayanda Matiti’s ambition of leading the ANC in the province was dealt a blow at the weekend when the branch in his home town of Mdantsane did not nominate him for the provincial executive committee (PEC).

However, Raymond Mhlaba branch member Thembi Maseti reportedly said Matiti had been nominated.

During a meeting last week it was found that Matiti’s membership in the branch was not in good standing.

This was confirmed by Buffalo City regional secretary Phumlani Mkolo.

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Durban – Two school pupils were seriously injured and 10 others sustained minor injuries when a taxi they were travelling in overturned on Wednesday morning in Gillitts, near Pinetown, paramedics said.

Netcare 911 spokesperson Chris Botha said the accident happened on Stockville Road at about 07:00.

The cause of the accident was not known. The pupils had been taken to various hospitals in Durban.

In another accident, a 6-year-old pupil was in a critical condition at the Albert Luthuli Hospital after being hit by a vehicle.

Botha said the girl was hit while she was crossing Briardale Road in Newlands West, Durban, at around 07:00.

When paramedics arrived on the scene they placed her on a ventilator, he said.

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Pretoria – Numerous media houses remained outside a Pretoria hospital on Wednesday as former president Nelson Mandela spent his fifth day there being treated for a recurring lung infection.

More than ten outside broadcast vehicles were parked close to one of the hospital’s entrances.

Security remained tight at the facility, with six police officers manning each entrance. All cars entering the facility were searched.

By 08:00, no family members of the elder statesman had been seen entering or leaving the hospital.

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On Tuesday, Mandela’s ex-wife, African National Congress MP Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, left the hospital before 18:00.

She and her daughter Zindzi were driven off in a black Audi, escorted by a white Mercedes Benz. Both cars had flashing blue police lights.

Mandela’s other two daughters, Makaziwe and Zenani, who is South Africa’s ambassador to Argentina, were also seen at the hospital on Tuesday.

On Saturday, the presidency announced that the ailing icon had been admitted to hospital in the early hours of the morning and was in a “serious but stable” condition.

His condition had remained unchanged since then.

The presidency said on Tuesday that the doctors treating Mandela had given President Jacob Zuma a thorough briefing on Monday night.

“President Zuma has full confidence in the medical team, and is satisfied that they are doing their best to make Madiba better,” spokesperson Mac Maharaj said in a statement.

Mandela was still in a “serious but stable” condition.

This is the third time this year the Nobel Peace Prize laureate has been hospitalised.

At the end of March and in April, he spent nine days in hospital receiving treatment for recurring lung problems.

Earlier in March, he was admitted to a Pretoria hospital for a scheduled check-up and was discharged the following day.

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Durban – The KwaZulu-Natal government wanted a contract with Uruguayan businessman Gaston Savoi to be concluded quickly so he could make a donation to the ANC, the Mercury reported on Wednesday.

Former KwaZulu-Natal health MEC Peggy Nkonyeni allegedly told this to Kantha Padayachee, who is challenging her suspension from the provincial health department in the Labour Court.

Padayachee, who was the health department’s legal services general manager, told the court that Nkonyeni told her about the donation when she raised concerns about the contract for oxygen-generating plants.

“She told me she [Nkonyeni] had just become the treasurer of the ANC in the province and was under pressure to conclude the contract [with Intaka] so the ANC could receive the donation,” Padayachee was quoted as saying by the Mercury.

According to the paper, Padayachee was in court fighting her three-year suspension from the department.

She claims she was suspended after being interviewed by the Hawks in connection with a corruption case.

In the case, Cape Town-based Gaston Savoi and several senior KwaZulu-Natal government employees were charged with racketeering, fraud, and money laundering.

The Mercury reported that the State alleged Savoi made a R1m donation to the ANC to secure the contract to supply water purification and oxygen-generating plants to the provincial departments of local government and health.

Nkonyeni, who was now the speaker in the KwaZulu-Natal legislature, was initially charged, but these charges were withdrawn in October. 

The health department said Padayachee was suspended after misconduct charges were brought against her. 

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By Obakeng Maje

Mahikeng-North West social development MEC Mosetsanagape Mokomele-Mothibi vows that she won’t pay even a cent on alleged misappropriate of funds she found herself in.

MEC Mokomele-Mothibi admitted using R174 000 of taxpayers’ money to attend the 2012 ANC elective conference in Mangaung, according to a report.

Mokomele-Mothibi admitted in a statement from the provincial legislature that she used the money to pay for her friend and officials to go to the conference and undertook to pay the money within a week, Business Day newspaper reported.

She and senior managers from her department appeared before the standing committee on provincial accounts on Tuesday, after it was claimed she attended the conference using taxpayers’ money.

Yesterday Mothibi changed her tune and said she won’t pay the money as the ministerial booklet allowed her to the benefit.

The committee decided to investigate Mokomele’s claim whether she was on an official trip or private.

“I will not pay back the money as I am entittled to those benefits. I do not know why only me being brought forward before the committe while there are other MECs who did the same, but they are not questioned” said furious Mokomele-Mothibi.

According to Chauke, the MECs are only covered if they on an official trip.

According to reports, a friend used a room meant for the department’s chief financial officer, who was unable to attend due to illness.

Committee chairman Hlomane Chauke said her admission had been welcomed, but that the committee would reconvene to make further recommendations to the legislature.

Democratic Alliance leader in the North West Chris Hattingh said the case should be referred to the police’s commercial crimes branch.

He said the DA would continue to demand full disclosure of all provincial government spending at the ANC conference, as Mokomele-Mothibi’s matter was unlikely to be an isolated incident.

According to other reports, other senior managers who were involved already paid their debts.

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