By Obakeng Maje
Hebron- In another case suspected to be linked to the current protests, a shop was burnt down during the night in Hebron.
“The police are investigating a case of arson and no one has been arrested” colonel Sabata Mokgwabone said.-TDN
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By Obakeng Maje
Majakaneng-Following a week of violent public protests by Majakaneng community in Brits area, the North West Premier engaged the community with the view to address their concerns which were mostly about lack of water.
Despite the Premier having addressed the problem of water, and requesting the community to refrain from acts of vandalism and general lawlessness, the police still receive reports of passing vehicles being pelted with stones and of local businesses being looted.
“It is clear from these reports that criminal element has always been behind the violence and the destruction of property, taking advantage of genuine community concerns” colonel Sabata Mokgwabone.
The police will continue to intensify their actions around the area and a call is being made to all law abiding citizens and community leaders to identify and report to the police all those who are busy committing crime.
“It is important that the community resist all the efforts of those who want to destroy the property and to loot local businesses as this will only worsen the plight of the community in terms of access to basic services” Mokgwabone said.
Police said during the early hours of this morning, four suspects were arrested.
They were caught breaking and looting a local business. The suspects will be charged for burglary as well as theft, and anybody found in possession of suspected stolen or robbed property will face the full might of the law.
“The suspects ages including a woman range between 24 and 35 are expected to appear in Brits Magistrate’s Court on Monday” said Mokgwabone.-TDN
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The valve that has been directing water to the nearby mine instead of the community should be opened to redirect it to the disgruntled Majakaneng community for it to assess water from their taps within the next 24 hours, North West Premier Thandi Modise instructed on Saturday.
In appealing to the community to give the intervention in Madibeng Municipality a chance, Premier Modise assured the community that had been rioting since Thursday that three boreholes will be commissioned within the next seven days to augment the supply of water to the area.
Like the Mothotlung community, the disgruntled residents rejected water tankering which they alleged is part of the fraudulent tender associated with corruption.
““Violent protest and chaos will only serve to disrupt the momentum of interventions aimed at getting service delivery that was negatively affected by fraud and corruption within your municipality back on track,” highlighted the Premier.Modise said that the intervention is part of the over R2 billion water project implementation plan set aside to address water challenges across the province.
In terms of the plan, R300 million is earmarked for water projects to communities experiencing problems with water provision within the jurisdiction of Madibeng Local Municipality.
Premier Modise was accompanied by the Executive Mayor of Madibeng, Matshediso Mangoathe and Members of the recently established Provincial Executive Council Task team overseeing interventions in municipalities, MEC for Local Government and Traditional Affairs,Manketse Tlhape, MEC for Finance, Paul Sebegoe, MEC for Human Settlement-Public Safety and Liaison, Nono Maloyi,
In her address to community leaders in Koster in the late afternoon, Modise also assured them that allegations of fraud, corruption and nepotism service levelled Kgetleng RivierLocal Municipality would be investigated.
Premier Modise is scheduled to meet with Madibeng Council on Monday morning and thereafter address rioting Hebron residents in the afternoon.-TDN
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After watching his team win 3-0 against Black Africa in the first leg of their CAF Champions League Preliminary Round match, Kaizer Chiefs coach Stuart Baxter believed they should have won by more.
While being content with the result, considering that he made a number of changes to the team, Baxter thought the performance lacked consistency, but said he would take the result.
“The result, 3-0, is okay, the third goal was the important one. The overall performance was a bit up and down, but we made a lot of changes today.
“I thought at times very good, at times a bit sloppy, all in all, the result should have been heavier, we should have been able to put them to the sword more than we did. We created chances and the main thing today was that we rotated the squad and still got away with the win, so that’s satisfying.
“We gave Mandla (Masango) a run and we gave George Maluleka another run, we brought Siya back in and Moleko played again, Pa (Gaxa) was at left back, Morgan was out and Tower came in.. I think it was a lot of changes for one game and I think that sometimes effects your continuity.
“I put Matthew on in the second half, and I think the ones that came on did okay, and I think it was a difficult pitch, a little bit slippery tonight, I think 3-0 you’ll take, but it should have been more.”
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Cape Town – Democratic Alliance leader Helen Zille cancelled her election campaign drive in Manenburg, Cape Town in the Western Cape due to safety concerns, the Sunday Times reported.
Zille was expected to visit the Cape Flats township on Saturday to encourage DA supporters in the area to register for the upcoming elections, the newspaper reported.
The visit was cancelled as gunshots were heard in the area on Saturday, as gang violence resumed.
She was in neighbouring Langa before she was scheduled to move onto Manenburg, instead Zille later visited registration points in Capricorn, near Muizenberg.
“We pulled out all the DA activists from staffing tables at the registration point there…because of the resumption of shooting in the area, and because we did not want to put our activists at risk,” Zille was quoted as saying.
Chief of the Independent Electoral Commission in the Western Cape Courtney Sampson said that voting stations in Manenburg were under heavy police guard.
The party was targeting between 55% and 60% of the votes in the Western Cape this year, DA provincial leader Ivan Meyer told the newspaper.
The DA took 51% of the provincial vote in the previous general election in 2009.
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President Jacob’s Zuma’s son is to be questioned by police this week following a car accident that left one woman dead and two others seriously injured after his Porsche smashed into a packed taxi in Johannesburg recently.
According to the Sunday Times, Duduzane Zuma had been driving his car, a Porsche 911 Turbo, at the time of the accident which happened on 1 February in heavy rain in Grayston Drive in Sandton. However, a breathalyser test to determine his blood alcohol level was not carried out. This is a mandatory test at an accident scene.
Metro police on Saturday denied having given Zuma preferential treatment at the scene, despite having allowed him to also have his car towed away.
The deceased woman, Phumzile Dube, 30, was killed instantly. She was buried on Saturday at her hometown, Plumtree, in Zimbabwe.
Zuma is widely regarded as his father’s favourite and he enjoys a close relationship with the controversial Gupta family. In 2010 he was embroiled in a scandal involving the takeover of Kumba’s Shishen mine – along with the Guptas.
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