Word reaching the Siya crew is that Chippa United and defender Mbulelo ‘Old John’ Mabizela have parted ways.
Contrary to media reports indicating that the tough tackling defender has gone AWOL, Mabizela has been allowed to leave the Chilli Boys.
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ABSA Premiership
Result: Black Aces 0-1 Chiefs
Date: 2 August 2013
Venue: Mbombela Stadium
Kaizer Chiefs got their season off to a winning start with a hard-fought 1-0 triumph over newly promoted Mpumalanga Black Aces at the Mbombela Stadium on Friday night.
Before the game got underway, Doctor Khumalo came onto the pitch with a protest letter which Chiefs had addressed to the PSL regarding Mabhuti Khenyeza’s inclusion in the starting XI.
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Nelspruit – A Mpumalanga man accused of keeping two Mozambican children as sex slaves at his house was released on R2000 bail on Friday, a Sapa correspondent reported.
The 52-year-old man, who lives in KaMhlushwa township near Malalane but originally comes from Mozambique, was not asked to plead.
He faced two charges of rape when he appeared in the Nelspruit Regional Court.
“The court decided to give him R2000 bail after his fourth appearance,” said Mpumalanga police spokesman Colonel Leonard Hlathi.
The man was arrested on June 25 after residents reported that a man was keeping two Mozambican girls, now aged 10 and 14, as sex slaves at his house.
“According to information that the police have, the two girls were left at the man’s house by a relative. Some residents observed the relationship between the man and the girls and found it to be suspicious,” said Hlathi.
The matter was postponed to September 6 for further police investigation.
Sapa
Cape Town – A man who allegedly bought liquor using counterfeit R200 notes appeared briefly in the Bellville Specialised Commercial Crimes Court in Cape Town, on Friday.
Colin Diergaardt, 38, allegedly gave some of the notes to three friends to buy liquor in Lamberts Bay in September 2004.
One of the friends, Koos Links, allegedly bought a case of beer while Anthony van Zyl, another friend, bought three five-litre containers of wine.
All four men were arrested soon afterwards, after R22 800 in counterfeit notes was allegedly found in their possession.
The men face charges of conspiracy to commit fraud, possession of counterfeit money and purchasing goods with counterfeit money.
Only Diergaardt appeared in court on Friday with magistrate Sabrina Sonnenberg postponing the matter to Thursday.
Sapa
Johannesburg – Kagiso Moeti is a prisoner in his own house. Two years ago, the 18-year-old was beaten up so badly with a golf club, it put him in a wheelchair.
Today, he can’t move his right hand. Part of his skull has caved in and he walks with a limp.
His attacker, Zolani Nyengele, was convicted of attempted murder. But he is back on the streets after serving only 10 months of his five-year jail term.
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The case against nearly 200 people, accused of being in possession of human feces, has been postponed to the 25th of October in the Cape Town Magistrate’s court.
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Gauteng police have launched a manhunt for a suspected robber following a shootout in the Johannesburg city centre on Thursday.
One was killed during the shoot-out and two others were arrested. The fourth suspect is still on the run.
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President Jacob Zuma has received an overwhelming welcome at Botshabelo, east of Bloemfontein in the Free State.
The President is in the area to campaign for next year’s general election. Zuma has called on people of Botshabelo to watch out for mushrooming political organisations and warned them not to throw away their votes by voting for them.
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Johannesburg – Police on Friday confirmed that a University of Johannesburg student was arrested after a 23-year-old woman was kidnapped from the Kingsway campus on Thursday, Beeld reported.
The woman’s VW Polo car was traced to the suspect’s house, Eyewitness News reported.
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Durban – Three men accused of killing an ANC branch leader appeared briefly in the Durban Magistrate’s Court on Friday.
The case against Bongukwanda Excellent Gasa, Sipho Innocent Sikhakhane, and Skhulu Phiwayinkosi Gasa was postponed to 13 August.
They had been expected to bring a formal bail application, but defence attorney Laurens de Klerk asked for a postponement because the State was not satisfied with their residential addresses.
“We were given addresses in the Nkandla area, but those addresses are not appropriate for the State. We still need to verify addresses the defence will give to us,” said prosecutor Blackie Swart.
De Klerk said he would put forward an address for a safe house which could be easily monitored and was close to a police station should the court grant the men bail.
They are accused of killing Sithembiso Ngidi, an executive member of the African National Congress ward 75, Jacobs area branch.
Ngidi was shot dead on 23 June after taking part in a door-to-door election campaign in Lamontville, south of Durban.
The three were arrested on 2 July on murder charges.
The courtroom was filled to capacity on Friday with members of the Inkatha Freedom Party and the ANC.
– SAPA
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