Rustenburg – A 23-year-old man has been arrested in Boikhutso near Lichtenburg for murder, North West police said on Sunday.

The man allegedly beat up another man who fell on a bottle which pierced his neck, said Colonel Sabata Mokgwabone.

“It is alleged that the fight started after the victim and the suspect, who are reported to be friends, got involved in an argument,” he said.

The man died in hospital.

The incident occurred on Saturday and the suspect was arrested on the same day.

He was expected to appear in the Lichtenburg Magistrate’s Court on Monday, said Mokgwabone.

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By Obakeng Maje
North West police arrested a total of 678 suspects through various operations in the past seven days between 15 and 22 June 2014 for Contact, Contact related, Property related and other crimes.

The arrests include 3 for murder, 113 for assault GBH and common, 38 for burglary residential and business, 24 for shoplifting, 12 for driving under the influence of liquor, 68 for drug related crimes and 45  for theft.

Furthermore, 45 undocumented persons were also arrested while other suspects were arrested for many other crimes. 

“It was during the operation that the police managed to recover and seize properties such as various drugs, illegal cigarettes, 6 firearms, 7 cellphones, dangerous weapons like knives as well as numerous electrical appliances” colonel Sabata Mokgwabone said.  

Mokgwabone said most of the suspects have already appeared in various courts within the province while others are due  to appear on Monday.
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Johannesburg – A 30-year-old man accused of murdering his older cousin was arrested in Willowvale on Sunday, Eastern Cape police said.

The man was taken into custody after he shot his 37-year-old cousin in Lurhwayizo village, also on Sunday, said Captain Jackson Manatha.

“The deceased was hit on his upper body and died on the spot.”

Police confiscated the firearm used in the shooting, with it to be sent for ballistic tests to see if it was used in other crimes.

Manatha said the motive for the shooting was unknown at this time. Police were investigating.

The man was expected to appear in the Willowvale Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday, and would also be charged with illegal possession of a firearm, he said.

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Johannesburg – President Jacob Zuma will lead South Africa’s delegation to the 23rd ordinary session of the African Union summit in Equatorial Guinea, the presidency said on Sunday.

The summit would be held from Wednesday to Friday in Malabo, spokesperson Mac Maharaj said in a statement.

“The theme of summit is ‘2014 Year of Agriculture and Food Security in Africa, Marking the 10th Anniversary of Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme’.”

At the summit, the status of peace and security in Africa, the implementation of Nepad (New Partnership for Africa’s Development) projects, and the African Peer Review Mechanism would be discussed.

The African common position on the post-2015 development agenda, as well as the report of the committee of African heads of state and government on climate change would also be deliberated upon among other matters.

“The AU summit will also deliberate on the finalisation of the Agenda 2063 Continental Framework,” Maharaj said.

Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa would be acting president while Zuma was out the country, he said.

Zuma would be accompanied by International Relations and Cooperation Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane, Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, State Security Minister David Mahlobo, Minister in the Presidency Jeff Radebe, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Senzeni Zokwana, Public Services Minister Collins Chabane and Deputy Public Services Minister Ayanda Dlodlo.

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Mbombela – The Nelspruit Regional Court has heard that one of the men implicated in the theft of 112 pieces of rhino horn from a strong room at the Mpumalanga Tourism and Parks Agency (MTPA) was a police informer who knew where horns were being sold in Mozambique.
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Johannesburg – The youth in South Africa must seek to make it a better place, Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande said on Sunday.

In a speech prepared for delivery at a Young Communist League youth month rally at Phaahla stadium in Siyabuswa, Mpumalanga, Nzimande said the youth must continue the struggle fought by the generation of 1976.

“This must include developing and using African languages academically, and combating distortions that can only contribute in liquidating these languages,” Nzimande said.

“We must focus on relevant education, and therefore the transformation of curriculum, especially the content of learning and teaching.”

The dominance of neo-liberalism in South Africa’s curriculum, especially but not exclusively at college and university levels, needed to be challenged.

Nzimande, also the general secretary of the SA Communist Party, said it was such neo-liberal content in education that taught students the market was the remedy to the problems facing human society, which was not true.

“On the contrary, it is because of the market that society is vulnerable to endemic economic crisis, inequality, unemployment and poverty.”

The youth were most affected by the triple challenges of inequality, unemployment and poverty, with 42% of South Africa’s citizens under 35, with an average age of 25.

“Youth unemployment is double that of people over the age of 35. What must we do? We must at least focus on education, among others, making use of all opportunities opened up by the ANC-led alliance and government,” he said.

Eighty percent of schools were now no-fee schools, and with pupils in those schools receiving a meal a day, there was no reason why young people should not attend school or drop out.

This applied especially to pupils from poor households.

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