Cape Town – Thandi Maqubela is guilty of murdering her husband Patrick Maqubela, Judge John Murphy said in the Western Cape High Court on Thursday.

According to Sapa her co-accused Vela Mabena was acquitted on the basis that the State had not proved his involvement beyond reasonable doubt.

Murphy said Maqubela was “the perpetrator of her husband’s death”.

Murphy concluded his 220-page judgment which he started reading on 4 November.

He said call records showed there was a fair amount of contact between Maqubela and Mabena after the acting judge’s death in his apartment on 5 June 2009.

He said these calls and text messages were suspicious for two people who claimed to hardly know each other and whose contact was said to be for the sole purpose of a book.

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Johannesburg – A 3-year-old Cape Town boy died after an 8-year-old stabbed him with a piece of wire, Western Cape police said on Thursday.

“Three-year-old Liyabona Mgxebo was stabbed with a piece of wire in his head by an 8-year-old while playing with a friend; he succumbed the next day in hospital,” spokesperson Andre Traut said.

This happened on Monday in Mfuleni, outside Cape Town.

The 8-year-old was in the care of his guardians while the investigation continued, Traut said.

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By Obakeng Maje

Modderriver-Police are investigating a case of possession of dagga after a 34 year-old male was arrested on Wednesday at approximately 23:50pm. 

“The police were busy with routine patrols when they spotted two suspicious men standing at the bus stop near the Modderiver/Ritchie crossing” lieutenant Sergio Kock said. 

Northern Cape police said one of the two men fled through a nearby veld. 

The police found 3 bags(one luggage bag, one tog bag and one plastic bag) with the suspects. The bags contained dagga weighing approximately 20kg and has a street value of R100 000,00. “The suspect will be appearing in the Modderivier Magistrates Court soon” Kock said.-TDN

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RUSTENBURG – Employees from both the public and private sectors today has vowed to do everything in their power to blow the whistle on corruption in their workplace by reporting it to the relevant institutions.Hundreds of senior politicians and officials in both private and public sector, who attended the 3

rd North West Anti-Corruption Round Table Conference on Thursday, spoke in one voice to distancing themselves from taking part in corruption, directly or indirectly.

Fraud and corruption was identified as major contributor towards rendering most municipalities dysfunctional in the province.

The Executive Mayor of the Bojanala Platinum District Municipality, Councillor Louis Diremelo agreed that municipalities in the province are struggling to provide services to communities due to corruption.

“Corruption in our municipalities must be dealt with accordingly because if we don’t, our people will never receive proper services that must be due to them. Today is yet another step forward towards improving awareness of fighting corruption in our workplace,” he said.

Davhana Maselesele, an employee at the North West University, Mahikeng Campus also said everyone had a role to play in combating corruption and fraud, not only through education but by preventing it.

“It is our role both in the private and public service to act strongly against corruption.

Corruption has increase so high in our workplaces that if we do not do something about it will hamper development in our communities,” she said.

Chief Financial Officer in the Office of the Premier, Thapelo Masome also noted that corruption make the administration of the public service impossible.

He said corruption must be fought at all level especially in the public service.

“The best way of dealing with fraud and corruption is to deal with it at its earliest form in our organization.

We must instill and promote clean government at all cost in our institutions so that development must continue without any problems,” he said.

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Bafana Bafana coach Gordon Igesund has announced a very young and exciting squad of 23 players to take on World and European champions Spain in an international friendly match scheduled for Tuesday, 19 November 2013.

Dubbed “The Champions are Coming,” the historic clash will take place at the home of South African football, FNB Stadium in Nasrec near Soweto.

Kick-off is at 21h00.

Igesund has selected a mixture of youth and experience, with an average age of 24 years.

He has named nine players based overseas, with the rest based locally.

“I am very excited about the squad and I hope the whole country is excicted too. The squad you see today is a true reflection of the type of players we are looking for going forward to the 2015 and 2017 AFCON tournaments in Morocco and Libya respectively, as well as the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia,” said Igesund.

“You have to get the balance right and it hasn’t been easy because there have been some ambassadors of this country over the last few years who are now slowly coming to the end of their international careers, making way for up and coming youngsters. They have played a huge role and will still do so for a while because we cannot just throw in the youngsters – they need guidance from these experienced players. I am also happy that these youngsters are gradually coming through.”

The Bafana Bafana mentor added that they are excited, as the whole country is, that they landed an opponent of Spain’s calibre.

“It is always a pleasure and a great thrill for any player to play agaisnt the best in the world. There is no doubt in my mind that they are best team in the world. They are the reigning World and European Champions, and for us to be playing agaisnt them is a great boost for the country as it will give us a good idea of where we are, but I am confident that we will be competitive on the night,” added Igesund.

“I also know the fans can go out in numbers and get their tickets to be part of this great spectacle. Let us have a great atmosphere at FNB and give Spain the respect they deserve as the World Champions by filling up the venue, we will do our part by being competitive. As a football fan this is one match I would not want to miss.”

The squad goes into camp on Saturday, 16 November.

Tickets for this spectacle are already on sale at Computicket, Shoprite, Checkers and Shoprite/Checkers stores countrywide.

They are R50 for the top tier; R200 for the middle tier and R100 for the bottom tier.

There are also suite ticket packages available for R895 and R1650.

 BAFANA BAFANA squad list vs SPAIN

NO. PLAYER’S NAME. CLUB

GOALKEEPERS:

1.Itumeleng KHUNE (C) 26Kaizer Chiefs FC (SA)

2.Senzo MEYIWA 26Orlando Pirates FC (SA)

 DEFENDERS:

3.Thabo NTHETE 28Bloemfontein Celtic FC (SA)

4.Bongani KHUMALO 26Doncaster Rovers FC (Eng)

5.Buhle MKHWANAZI 23Tuks FC (SA)

6.Siyanda XULU 21FC Rostov (Russia)

7.Anele NGCONGCA 25Racing Genk FC (Belgium)

8.Tsepo MASILELA 28Kaizer Chiefs FC (SA)

9.Thabo MATLABA 26Orlando Pirates FC (SA)

MIDFIELDERS:

10.Dean FURMAN 25Doncaster Rovers FC (Eng)

11.Kagisho DIKGACOI 28Crystal Palace FC (Eng)

12.Andile JALI 23Orlando Pirates FC (SA)

13.Daylon CLAASEN 23Lech Poznan FC (Poland)

14.Kamohelo MOKOTJO 22PEC Zwolle (Holland)

15.Bongani ZUNGU 21Mamelodi Sundowns FC (SA)

16.Oupa MANYISA 25Orlando Pirates FC (SA)

17.Ayanda PATOSI 20Lokeren FC (Belgium)

18.Lerato CHABANGU 28Moroka Swallows FC (SA)

19.Siphiwe TSHABALALA 29Kaizer Chiefs FC (SA)

20.Sibusiso VILAKAZI 23Bidvest Wits FC (SA)

STRIKERS:

21.Bernard PARKER 27Kaizer Chiefs FC (SA)

22.Tokelo RANTIE 23Bournemouth FC (Eng)

23.Kermit ERASMUS 23Orlando Pirates FC (SA)-TDN

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Johannesburg – A matric pupil from Hoërskool Jeugland in Kempton Park appeared in court after he allegedly broke into the school and left nude photos of himself on a teacher’s desk, Beeld reported on Thursday.

The 18-year-old boy broke into the school in September.

He was arrested on Tuesday and released on bail.

On Wednesday, he appeared in the Kempton Park Magistrate’s Court on a burglary charge.

A charge of crimen injuria in connection with the nude images had been added to the burglary docket.

It was not known if anything was stolen during the break in at the school.

Magistrate Prince Manyathi postponed the case to next month for further investigation.

The pupil’s lawyer André Swanepoel told the paper that his client would continue with his matric exams.

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Johannesburg – A 6-year-old boy died in Durban after swallowing a firework during the Diwali festival, The Star reported on Thursday.

Tyreece Jordan Naicker swallowed the firework on Sunday morning but only told his mother later that day.

She made him regurgitate and found a piece of the firework. He was rushed to hospital where he later died, the newspaper reported.

The boy’s uncle, Ronnie Naicker, said he was not certain what the firework was called and how much he had swallowed.

The tip of the firework has to be rubbed on the floor to ignite, in a similar way to striking a match. The firework lets off a fountain of sparks.

Naicker told the newspaper that the boy, who attended primary school, was his normal self the entire Sunday evening but took a bad turn on Monday.

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Johannesburg – Police are still monitoring the situation in Khutsong near Carletonville in Gauteng following the murders of six people in mob violence at the weekend, a spokesperson said on Thursday.

“The situation is quiet in Khutsong, the police are still there monitoring,” Brigadier Neville Malila said.

The six were killed after about 400 men, believed to be Khutsong residents, held a meeting to discuss gangsterism on Sunday.

The men separated into different groups.

One group attacked a 61-year-old traditional healer and set him and his house alight. The man died on the scene.

Other groups from the meeting targeted two young men, allegedly members of a gang, who were assaulted and set alight. They also died at the scene.

Two other alleged gang members were stoned. One died on the scene and the other died in hospital.

The body of a sixth man was found on Sunday night. He had been set alight.

Malila said no arrests have been made and two bodies had not yet been identified. 

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