British security group G4S denied that its workers had electrocuted and drugged prisoners at Mangaung prison, the maximum security facility it ran before the government stepped in to restore order earlier this month.

The Wits Justice Project said some prisoners were forcibly injected with anti-psychotic medication and subjected to electric shocks.
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JOHANNESBURG – Johannesburg bar chairperson Advocate William Mokhari on Monday laid a formal complaint against North Gauteng High Court Judge John Murphy with the Judicial Service Commission (JSC).
The two clashed in court last week during the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA)’s application for leave to appeal a judgment regarding former Crime Intelligence head Richard Mdluli.

Mokhari says his complaint against Murphy has been laid with the secretariat of the JSC.

But he says he won’t disclose its contents in much detail.
“The complaint relates to what happened in court as well as what happened outside court in the passage after Judge Murphy had abruptly adjourned the proceedings.”

The two exchanged words when Mokhari refused to answer a question posed to him by Murphy.

The judge adjourned proceedings and the standoff spilt over into the passage outside Murphy’s chamber.
Murphy apparently called Mokhari an idiot while waving a finger in his face.

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The Telkom Knock-out Cup semifinal set to take place this weekend has been postponed to November the 23rd to accommodate Orlando Pirates who are playing in the CAF Champions League final.

The first semifinal between Kaizer Chiefs and Platinum Stars was set to be played on Saturday, while the second semifinal between SuperSport United and Pirates was scheduled for the 20th of November.
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The state prosecutor has wrapped up her submissions in closing arguments in the Anene Booysen murder and rape trial in the Swellendam Circuit High Court in the Western Cape.

The state aims to prove that the accused, Johannes Kana raped, murdered and mutilated the Bredasdorp teenager in February this year.
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The Democratic Alliance (DA) says Home Affairs Minister Naledi Pandor must act to ensure the fast and efficient electronic registration of births.

DA MP Manny de Freitas says they will write to Minister Pandor requesting that she explore alternative and innovative solutions to ensure that all hospitals are on-line.
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Gauteng police say a detective from Silverton in Pretoria has been arrested for kidnapping and extortion in the case which allegedly led to hip hop star Khuli Chana being shot and wounded. Police say they’re also looking for other kidnapping suspects.

They allege that during the manhunt, police spotted a vehicle in Midrand, similar to that used by the kidnappers which sped off. Shots were fired and the driver Chana was wounded. Police had mistaken him for a kidnapper.
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Police in Diepsloot, north of Johannesburg, are investigating yet another murder involving a child. This after the body of another baby has been found thrown in a stream.

Police are looking for a mother of the child who is said to have thrown the child on Monday morning. This, as the deaths of children in the area continue to be on the spotlight.
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Matric learners from troubled Bekkersdal on Gauteng’s West Rand have had a smooth first day of final exams. Learners were evacuated and began writing their exams today at a secret location.

At the weekend, the Gauteng Department of Education evacuated 450 matric learners from the area following violent service delivery protests. The community had forced schooling to stop in the last few weeks and then threatened to disrupt matric exams.
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Johannesburg – The ANC on Monday condemned the brief detention of party stalwart Tokyo Sexwale in the United States.

“This affront on the rights and dignity of comrade Tokyo Sexwale necessitates an unconditional apology to him and the people of South Africa from the US administration,” ANC spokesperson Jackson Mthembu said in a statement.

“[We] call upon the US to remove from its terrorist profiling lists all those included because they fought against apartheid.”

The New Age reported earlier that immigration officials detained Sexwale at the John F Kennedy International Airport in New York.

His lawyer Leslie Makhabela said: “They alleged he posed a threat to international security.”

Sexwale and many other anti-apartheid activists had been on a list of people banned from entering several countries since the apartheid era.

They were not removed from it after the country gained democracy in 1994.

Sexwale had since returned to the country.

The international relations department said it would continue in its attempts to rectify the travel restrictions imposed on ANC members in some countries.

It said it had repeatedly raised the matter with the US.

– SAPA

Johannesburg – Attempts to return the remains of Khoi leader Dawid Stuurman to South Africa have started, the National Heritage Council (NHC) said on Monday.

A conference about the matter would be held with leaders of the Khoikhoi community and the NHC at the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University on Tuesday, the council said in a statement.

“An announcement will be made on the remains of Dawid Stuurman and reflections on the meaning of Stuurman’s life, Khoikhoi history and repatriation and memorialisation will be discussed.”

Activists and Stuurman’s descendants from around the country had pledged their support to bring back Stuurman’s remains from Sydney, Australia.

Stuurman died in Australia on 22 February 1830, having arrived in April 1823 from South Africa as a British prisoner.

– SAPA