Johannesburg – A man was arrested and another wounded during a shoot-out with police in Mofolo, Soweto, on Friday, Gauteng police said.

Members of the flying squad spotted a Toyota RunX in Mofolo and the driver sped off when the police approached, Warrant Officer Kay Makhubela said.

During the ensuing chase the Toyota’s occupants shot at the police.

“The police returned fire. The car hit a gate and police arrested a 42-year-old man. The other man had a bullet wound and was taken to hospital.”

The car was reported hijacked in Johannesburg on Friday afternoon. The men would be charged with hijacking the car, attempted murder for shooting at police, and possession of an unlicensed firearm and ammunition.

The arrested man was expected to appear in the Protea Magistrate’s Court on Monday. His accomplice would be in court once he was discharged from hospital.

Sapa

While Anene Booysen, 17, did not have a boyfriend, she liked Johannes Kana, the man accused of her rape and murder, the Swellendam Circuit Court heard on Friday.

Kana is accused of raping and murdering the teenager in Bredasdorp on February 2.

Witness Patricia Leonard, a close friend of Anene’s and who described her as a sister, told the court she was heartbroken when she heard about the incident.
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A man posing as a security guard has been arrested for allegedly raping a woman in Pinetown, KwaZulu-Natal police said on Saturday.

On Thursday, the woman was shopping in Pinetown when the man approached her and accused her of shoplifting, Captain Thulani Zwane said.

The man ordered her to accompany him to his office.

“As they were walking, the victim became suspicious as they approached a bush along the railway line.”

The man allegedly raped the woman at knifepoint.

As they walked back to the CBD, the woman screamed for help and her alleged rapist fled.

A few minutes later the man was arrested. He will appear in the Pinetown Magistrate’s Court on Monday on a rape charge. – Sapa

Cosatu has again urged Gauteng motorists to defy the government and derail e-tolling by refusing to buy e-tags to make the “unjust system” unworkable.

The trade union federation, which is planning a renewed campaign against the implementation the system on Gauteng highways, says it is confident that e-tolling in Gauteng is “not going to work”.
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Saxonwold residents are now threatening legal action should the City of Johannesburg give the green light to an illegally built mansion situated within the multimillion-rand Gupta compound.

Neighbours of the Guptas are now demanding compensation, decreed in a council building ordinance, for the “loss of value, privacy and amenity” to their homes and lifestyles, with some no longer able to enjoy their pools and gardens because of what they call the “triple-storey monstrosity”.
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Marikana – Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema slaughtered an ox in Marikana on Saturday ahead of the launch of his political party.

Malema, dressed in a red party T-shirt, red beret, red trousers, red shoes and dark sunglasses walked to the ox inside a trailer.

“Where is a rope? You must tie it up here,” he said pointing to a corner of the trailer.

“I am going to kill the first one, the rest is for you.”

The ox was tied and Malema stabbed it in the neck with a knife.

“I told you I am going to kill it,” he said pushing the knife deep into the animal.

The ox fell down and died.

Men pulled the ox out of the trailer and cut its throat.

“That’s that,” he said as blood streamed from the ox.

He dropped the knife washed his hands and left.

Men skinned the animal while waiting for seven others to be slaughtered.

EFF spokesperson Mbuyiseni Ndlozi said there was nothing special about the number eight.

“This is the number of cattle we have, [there is] nothing special about it.”

He explained that in African culture cattle were supposed killed in such a way that they would not suffer.

“The animal must not suffer. That is an important aspect of the tradition.”

He said the meat would be eaten on Sunday.

“A new baby is born, we are going to feast tomorrow [Sunday].”

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Johannesburg – Czech fugitive and businessman Radovan Krejcir denied any association with a man who was shot and killed in Bedfordview, east of Johannesburg on Saturday.

Police have identified the man as Bassam Issa.

“I did not have any association with the man, I only [knew] him as a resident of Bedfordview,” Krejcir told Sapa.

Earlier, Eyewitness News reported that the man was an associate of Krejcir’s.

“I only know him as a lonely man, who was always alone. I feel sorry for him but what can we do,” Krejcir added.

He said he was woken up by the news of Issa’s death and reports of his apparent association to him.

“You must not lie to people, I don’t know this man. We [didn’t] have any deals or business together.”

The 51-year-old man was killed in a shoot-out in Smith Street, Bedfordview.

Police spokesperson Katlego Mogale said Issa was gunned down while waiting at a robot in his car.

“The car [an Audi Q7] stopped at the robots and a Ford Ranger stopped next to him and opened fire. The victim tried to retaliate,” Mogale said.

“The Ranger fled the scene shortly after.”

Paramedics declared Issa dead on the scene.

Police were investigating but no suspects or leads were immediately being pursued.

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Johannesburg – A pilot was injured when his aircraft crashed at the Secunda Airshow in Mpumalanga, on Saturday, the event organiser said.

“There was an injury, the pilot was evacuated,” organiser Hannes van Heerden said.

He said the show would continue in the afternoon.

ER24 spokesperson Werner Vermaak said the pilot suffered several injuries, but the extent of his injuries was not immediately known.

“ER24 received an emergency call, but before [paramedics] arrived on scene, he had already been airlifted to Medi-Clinic Highveld.”

Further details were not immediately available.

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Johannesburg – The North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria has ruled that the minister of defence must pay damages after a botched surgery on an up-and-coming rugby player at 1 Military Hospital, the Saturday Citizen reported.

The amount of compensation has not yet been determined.

In 2007, Michiel de Goede, then a matric pupil, ruptured a tendon in his knee during a school rugby match. He had been offered a contract with the Sharks and was set to begin a professional rugby career the following year.

According to the report, De Goede went to the hospital for treatment but he was misdiagnosed with a sprained knee, and left with a bandage.

Eight days later, a military orthopaedic surgeon operated on his knee, after meeting De Goede for the first time as he was being wheeled into theatre.

In 2008, after undergoing another operation in the same hospital by a different doctor, he was set to start his contract with the Sharks, but the team’s biokineticist realised De Goede’s patella was in the wrong position.

He was referred to a knee specialist surgeon, who operated again and found that De Goede had developed progressive osteoarthritis. The damage to his knee was irreparable, and he would never be able to play rugby again.

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Johannesburg – Three youths and two men were sentenced for murder by the Eastern Cape High Court in Graaff Reinet on Friday, Eastern Cape police said.

A 16-year-old, a 14-year-old, and a 15-year-old were jailed for in effect 10 years each, said police spokesperson Rochelle Carelse.

Ricardo Lomberg, 19, was jailed for in effect 20 years, and Nantheniel Blouw, 22, was sentenced to life plus 41 years in jail.

The five broke into a house on a farm near Graaff Reinet in August.

The farm owner was stabbed 21 times and his wife was stabbed 11 times and hit over the head with a bottle, said Carelse.

The group fled with six firearms, a vehicle and household items.

They were arrested two days later at a roadblock in Knysna, after a shoot-out with the police.

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