Daily Archives: February 25, 2014

The Face Of Mahikeng Auditions Open


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By Obakeng Maje
Mahikeng-Time for local aspiring beauty queens and handsome guys to try their luck at stardom is here again.

Pageants who have been running for the second year are out, so it time for you to shine.

“This year’s leg of the event will be held month end of April and is expected to draw the attention of huge number of lasses. As a concert Jnr Face Of Mahikeng and Jnr Mr Mahikeng was conceptualized in 2013, with the aim of scouting talent for Miss Teenagers SA and Mr Teen SA” Lesco Events Organiser Lesego Molamu said.

The Organizer of the event, Lesego Molamu of Lesco Events says hosting this event is way through which his organization pledges it’s support in building the nation. 

“Our main aim is to assist in fighting social-economic issues that cripple our communities especially those who deal with abuse, peer-pressure and substance abuse” Molamu said. 

“Winning this competition doesn’t automatically promote one to glitz and glamour, it is a chance for the entrant to make a mark for themselves by being good role models, explains Bontle Sehemo Reigning Jnr Face Of Mahikeng 2013/2014. 

Last year Bontle Sehemo, has been involved in numerous activities ever since she was crowned last year May. She is doing Grade 10 this year at Sol Plaatjie High and has so far managed to inspire other girls as she went to represent the North West at Miss Teenagers SA.

Entry Forms for JNR FACE OF MAHIKENG & JNR MR MAHIKENG are available on http://www.lescoevents.co.za/ and one can an apply ONLINE.

“The age we targeting is from 14 to 17 years” outlines Molamu.

Auditions will be on the 01 March at Mmabana Mahikeng @09h00am.

For more information you can contact us @info@lescoevents.co.za or

+27711667501-TDN
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‪‪ Brazil arrive on Monday for Bafana Bafana encounter


Johannesburg-Brazil national team will arrive in the country on Monday in three batches.

The first batch will arrive at 07h40 at OR Tambo Airport with the second scheduled to touch down at 10h30 at Lanseria Airport while the last will arrive at OR Tambo at 22h05.

Coach Felipe Scolari has added three more home-based players to the squad that will face Bafana Bafana in an international friendly match scheduled for Wednesday, 5 March 2014.

The clash will be played at FNB Stadium and kicks-off at 19h00.

“Brazil coach Scolari has confirmed the trio will join the 16 overseas-based players already selected for this match” says Bafana spokesperson Matlhomola Morake.

The three players are Fred who plays for Fluminense, Atletico Mineiro striker Jo, and Botafogo goalkeeper Jefferson.Fred finished top goal scorer when he bagged in five goals in 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup, which Brazil won. Due to injury, he has been absent from the Brazil squad since the 1-0 defeat to Switzerland in August last year.

Jo has become a regular under Scolari while Jefferson returns after missing November’s friendlies against Honduras and Chile.

“It’s a good opportunity to meet the group, our last before the final squad of the World Cup [is decided],” Scolari said in a statement released by Confederação Brasileira de Futebol (CBF).

“It will be an important test against an African team who recently beat Spain, and a good time to talk to the players and coaching staff on planning for the World Cup.”

Tickets for the game are going for R50, R100 and R200.

ARRIVAL TIMES FOR BRAZIL:

Monday, 3 March 2014

07h40 at OR Tambo International Airport10h30 at Lanseria Airport22h05 at OR Tambo International Airport.  

The full Brazil Squad:GoalkeepersJulio Cesar       (Toronto FC)Jefferson                             (Botafogo)DefendersThiago Silva                         (Paris Saint-Germain)David Luiz                            (Chelsea)Dante                                    (Bayern Munich)Daniel Alves                       (Barcelona)Rafinha                                 (Bayern Munich)Marcelo                               (Real Madrid)MidfieldersLuiz Gustavo                      (Wolfsburg)Fernandinho                      (Manchester City)Paulinho                              (Tottenham Hotspur)Ramires                                (Chelsea)Oscar                                     (Chelsea) Willian                                   (Chelsea)ForwardsNeymar                                (Barcelona)Bernard                                (Shakhtar Donetsk)Hulk                                       (Zenit Saint Petersburg)Fred                                       (Fluminense)Jo(Atletico Mineiro) 
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Acting NWest Premier gazettes election date for provincial legislature


North West-Acting Premier Paul Sebegoe issued a proclamation calling and setting the 7 May 2014 as voting date of the North West Provincial Legislature.

The provincial proclamation dissolving the provincial legislature was gazetted in terms of Section 108(2) of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa and Section 18 of the Electoral Act 1998 after consultation with the Electoral Commission to give effect to the announcement of National and Provincial elections made by President Jacob Zuma on 7 February 2014.

In terms of the two pieces of legislation, election of the provincial legislature has to be held within 90 days of its dissolution.

Members of the Provincial legislature will remain members until on the day of elections while Members of the Provincial Executive Council (Exco) will remain in office until a new Exco is sworn in after elections.-TDN
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Judge sets out rules for Pistorius trial broadcast


Pretoria – The North Gauteng High Court on Tuesday granted media houses permission to televise parts of the murder trial of paralympian Oscar Pistorius.

Judge Dunstan Mlambo said hi-tech broadcast equipment could be installed in the courtroom where Pistorius was set to go on trial next week for the murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.

“The applicants’ authorised representatives are permitted to set up equipment in accordance with the specifications that I mention [in the judgment] to obtain a video and audio recording and or transmission of the permitted portions as indicated in this order.

Specifications

“The technical equipment shall comply with the following specifications: three cameras shall be installed in the courtroom at least 72 hours before the trial commences. The cameras shall be installed in locations which are unobtrusive,” Mlambo read from his judgment.

No camera personnel would be allowed in the courtroom, controlling the equipment during the trial. This, he said, was to avoid disrupting court proceedings.

“The equipment is not permitted to record any confidential communication between legal representatives, between clients and their representatives, or any bench discussions between the judge and assessors that may be appointed.

“The presiding judge shall specifically direct when recording should start and when it should stop,” said Mlambo.

He ordered that no “movie lights, flash attachments, or artificial lighting devices” were permitted in court.

The athlete’s testimony could not be broadcast.

Public interest

Mlambo said the media houses were allowed to broadcast audio-visual images of sections of the trial, including evidence of all State experts and the evidence of police and former police officers about the crime scene.

Closing arguments by the State and Pistorius’s legal team, delivery of the judgment or sentence, if applicable, could also be broadcast.

Mlambo said: “It is… in the public interest that, within allowance limits, the goings on during the trial be covered… to ensure a greater number of people in the community who are unable to attend the proceedings are able to follow wherever they may be.”

The application to film the proceedings was brought by news channel eNCA, joined by media houses MultiChoice and Eyewitness News.

Last week Frank Snyckers SC, for MultiChoice and Eyewitness News, told the court that media would use technologically advanced equipment that was unobtrusive and controlled remotely. Snyckers said media houses had secured the National Prosecuting Authority’s support for doing so.

Pistorius’s legal team opposed the application arguing that broadcasting the events would lead to an unfair trial. Barry Roux, SC, for Pistorius, asked why his client’s trial was not being treated like any other.

Pistorius is accused of killing Steenkamp, his girlfriend, on 14 February last year. His trial is to be heard in the North Gauteng High Court from March 3 to 20.

A 24-hour TV channel dedicated to the trial will begin broadcasting on DSTV on 2 March.

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Stand up and claim your money, former Bophuthatswana employees told


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By Obakeng Maje
Taung-The United Communist Democratic Party in the North West called all former Bophuthatswana employees to come and claim their money.

UCDP Deputy president Phillip Moerane said their aim is not to campaign for elections ahead of national elections that will be held on the 07 May 2014.

“While we do not hanker for the lost independence of this area, it is unfortunate that the good that was ushered in by the Bophuthatswana Government is ignored, diluted or used to the advantage of those who caused the fall of the territory disadvantaging those who lived and still live in the area” Moerane said.

UCDP said way back on 19 February 1994 in the Mmabatho Convention Centre Kgosi L M Mangope spoke strongly against the appetite developed around incorporating the territory while people were eyeing the good in it for their benefit.

He allegedly spoke against the looting of the Sefalana Employee Benefits Organisation Fund which the (1994) stood at R3 700 million, taken in round figures it was R4 Billion at the time.

According to investigations, SEBO was going to pay out R15 million in benefits.

Cosatu showed immense interest in the fund and went on to say they were satisfied with SEBO’s transparency, its management and its Africa approach to African needs.

That was in 1994 and fast-forward in 2013, COSATU’s dirty hand was found in the SEBO (BOSELE) cookie jar.

Mathilda Phiricwana, 71 from Ditshilong village near Taung shared her unhappiness of not receiving her pension money.

“I worked for 39 years at Taung Hospital but the money I received was too way low. I would be so grateful if I could get all my money” she said.

Florah Bonnetswe,74 from Veertien also shared her sentiment: “I was working at Bophuthatswana National Development Corporation(BNDC) which was later changed to NWNDC. After 20 years of service, I only received little amount of money, I tried to fought this but I failed”.

Bonnetswe said some lawyers came and said they will help them, charge them R100 per head, but from there they disappeared in thin air.

UCDP said COSATU’s investment arm Kopano ke Matla plundered millions of rands from Bosele(successor of SEBO) employee provident fund.

“The Financial Services Board (FSB) the watchdog for pension funds refers to this as “unusual and suspicious transaction and payments”. We are suprised the authorities are quite. It is for the beneficiaries of BOSELE to stand up, speak out and make a change to their lives” said Moerane.

The vociferous Vavi as Secretaey General of Cosatu was alerted to this in 2010 but never raised a finger until he was suspended last year.

This affected 400 000 former Bophuthatswana employees whose funds are in Bosele Provident Fund the successor to SEBO.

Two names are mentioned in the systematic swindling of the fund.

A lawyer who was employed by Bosele as a consultant and the other was a consultant for the fund.

R123 million rand was allegedly paid from Bosele to Kopano Coompanies over a period of three years.

The Managing Director of Kopano Employee Nasieyah Basadien benefits or her husband received R56,3 million.

Vavi kept quite after being informed of the looting.

“In 2011 Bosele has assets to the value of R787, 8 million which was spun off from the BNPF (Bophuthatswana National Provident Fund) to which all private sector employees contributed” said Moerane.

According to Moerane, Bosele is a goose that laid golden eggs.

“Are people going to sit back and continue to wallow in poverty when those who laughed at the when they worked in Bophuthatswana live luxury on for having defrauded the former BOP employees?” Asked Moerane.

“As responsible leaders in this part of the country and having sweated blood ourselves we call on the former employees of BOP not to remain sheepish but to stand up and speak out to bring about change to their lives”.

Moerane said it is possible that luxurious Cosatu Head quaters in Braamfontein was built with your money?.

“Stand up and Speak out to change this country once and for all. These people must know that living in this part of the country does not qualify us to perpetual subjugation, domination and poverty” he said.

He said North West province is the only province without air transport yet 20 years ago had two functional airports with regular flights.

“That is better life for you in North West ala ANC” concludes Moerane.-TDN
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Motsweding FM DJ granted R5000 bail


By Obakeng Maje
Mmabatho-Motsweding FM Dj Papa Moalusi appeared before magistrate court and was granted a bail of R5000.

The embattled Dj was arrested after he plunged on two boys in the early hours of Sunday at Extension 38, near Mmabatho.

Mmabatho police have opened two counts of culpable-homicide, reckless and/or negligent driving, drunken driving, failure to ascertain injuries and failure to render assistance where the person(s) were killed.

“This was after two boys were hit by a vehicle at approximately 05:00 at extension 38” Brigadier Thulani Ngubane said.

It is alleged Papa Moalusi,30 who was driving a silver Audi hit the boys aged 9 and the other estimated to be between 20-25 who were walking along the road with their mother on their way to church.  

“It is further alleged the silver Audi collided with a maroon Toyota corolla that was in front of it, hit a the rock and eventually stopped” Ngubane said.

Moalusi fled the scene on foot leaving behind the female passenger.

The police searched for the suspect at his residential place and also at work. The suspect then handed himself over to the police at about 11:00 with his legal representative.

He was arrested and detained.

He appeared before Mmabatho Magistrates’ Court and granted R5000 bail.

He will be back on 17 June 2014 and police investigations continue.-TDN
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