Johannesburg – Protesting Gauteng pupils have headed home after an afternoon of looting and wreaking havoc in Johannesburg, police say.
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Cape Town – The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) are not Nazis and are not inspired by Adolf Hitler, the party said in a statement on Wednesday.

EFF spokesperson Mbuyiseni Ndlozi described comments in this regard by ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe as “sick observations”.

“Every day, Mantashe manufactures derogatory labels and tries to stick them to the EFF and he is continuously failing because the EFF is growing stronger and stronger,” Ndlozi said.

On Tuesday, Mantashe said that in the same way Hitler had used brown shirts to mobilise support, the EFF was using red overalls.

“Nazis didn’t start by killing Jews,” Mantashe told reporters in Johannesburg following the ANC’s national working committee meeting.

“They started by making many promises… developed a uniform of brown shirts, mobilised society, [and] when it was in power only then did it kill Jews and put them in concentration camps.”

EFF members elected to public office wear red overalls and domestic worker attire in legislatures across the country, to show solidarity with the workers they represent.

This resulted in clashes between the party and the Gauteng legislature earlier this month after they were told the overalls bearing the word “Asijiki” (we will not retreat) on the back were inappropriate for the legislature.

Mantashe said the comparison was fair, based on a political analysis of Julius Malema’s EFF.

The party rejected his statements.

“How on earth can a committee of people who are supposed to lead South Africa come to a characterisation that the EFF is a Nazi-inspired organisation and movement?” Ndlozi asked.

“The EFF has nothing to do with Nazis and is not inspired by Hitler.”

The EFF was radical, leftist, anti-capitalist, and anti-imperialist.

“Now, any political leader who uses proper ideological tools of analysis and guide to action will know and understand that a movement that draws inspiration from the broad Marxist-Leninist and Fanonian schools of thought cannot be associated with Hitler and Nazis,” said Ndlozi.

“To be Nazi is to massacre workers when they go on strike to demand a living wage.”

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Potchefstroom- A man and woman are in a critical condition after their vehicle rolled this afternoon on the R53 outside of Potchefstroom, North West Province.

ER24 paramedics arrived on scene and found the two critically injured patients lying 3 meters away from their vehicle.

Both patients sustained severe injuries and required advanced life support.

“Two ER24 helicopters were called in to transport the patients to nearby hospitals for urgent medical treatment” ER24 spokesperson Russel Meiring said.

The cause of the collision is not yet known but local authorities were on scene to begin their investigations.
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By Obakeng Maje
Potchefstroom- A man,30, and woman in her 40s are in a critical condition after their vehicle rolled this afternoon on the R53 outside of Potchefstroom, North West Province, says ER24 spokesperson Russel Meiring.

ER24 paramedics arrived on scene and found the two critically injured patients lying 3 meters away from their vehicle.

“Both patients sustained severe injuries and required advanced life support” Meiring said.

Two ER24 helicopters were called in to transport the patients to nearby hospitals for urgent medical treatment.

The cause of the collision is not yet known but local authorities were on scene to begin their investigations.
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By Obakeng Maje
Northern Cape Police welcomed the rape and murder sentencing of a 35 year-old Kimberley man.

Lieutenant Sergio Kock said the accused, Basil Daniel Van Rooi appeared in the Galeshewe magistrates’ court on Friday.

“He was sentenced to life imprisonment for two counts of rape and 12 years imprisonment for the murder of a 55-year-old woman from Soul City in Kimberley. The sentences will run concurrently” Kock said.

The victim, Feiky Booysen, 55 years-old was raped and murdered during the early hours of the morning on 24th December 2012. The woman was last seen drinking with the accused at her shanty in Soul City.

“Her naked body was discovered in her shanty by a neighbour at approximately 09:00 on 24 December 2012. Police arrested the accused a few hours later. The accused was linked to the crimes through DNA” he said.

The Galeshewe Cluster Commander, Major General Kolie Matthys congratulated Detective Warrant Officer Essie Esterhuysen and Kagisho Detective Team for their good investigative work and said he believe that this conviction will serve as a deterrent to any would-be-rapists and murderers.

“The sentencing was as a result of an intergrated approach by different units within the criminal justice system. Crime against women and children is a priority for the police and we reiterate that those who commit such inhumane crimes will be detected, prosecuted and sentenced to lengthy terms of imprisonment” Matthys said.
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JOHANNESBURG – The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (NSPCA) has laid criminal charges of intimidation against National Council of Provinces (NCOP) chairperson Thandi Modise’s farm manager after he allegedly threatened officials who visited the farmhouse in Modderfontein near Potchefstroom.

NSPCA senior inspector Grace de Lange has accused Neo Moepi of threatening her and her colleague and snatching the keys of her car from the ignition when they inspected the farm last week.
De Lange reported the matter to the police on Tuesday. 
She says, “He had a scuffle with my colleague but the rest of it was threatening what he would do to us; like the burn the vehicle or [asked] if we are aware of what he could do to us.” 

But Moepi has denied threatening the two inspectors with violence and claims he saved them from harm at the hands of farmworkers.
“There’s never been an incident where I threatened anybody, including NSPCA officials. They’re just caught up in their own emotions and I’ve accepted their explanation and their apology.” 
Modise is facing criminal charges of animal neglect and cruelty after officials found that the animals were left without food and water for nearly two weeks. This resulted in more than 50 dead pigs, with the remaining 85 cannibalising on rotting carcasses.
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Taung- A case against 10 people who were arrested two weeks ago at Mokassa village, Taung after being linked to a ‘witchcraft’ fiasco will resumes on Wednesday.

10 people were arrested after Vinolia Sesing was allegedly beaten and the community members threatened to burn her alive. Vinolia Sesing was accused of killing Boikie Nthuta and turned her into a zombie.

The atrocity took place two weeks ago at Mokassa 2 village after Sesing was sent packing by Mokgareng villagers. She relocated to Mokassa village on Friday, but that did not augurs well with the residents of Mokassa either.

The allegedly attacked and beat her on her arrival also accusing her of practicing witchcraft. However Sesing told our crew that the accusations leveled against her lack substance.

She was attacked by enraged mob and that allegedly forced her husband to find an option to evaded angry mob. Sesing’s husband allegedly ploughed on few villagers with his car in attempt of escaping the wrath of the mob, and left six people injured and of casualties was transferred to Klerksdorp hospital under critical conditions.

Those who were arrested were charged with attempted murder, assault and malicious damage to property and their case was postponed until Wednesday and remanded in custody.
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