Daily Archives: September 29, 2014

North West premier sends his heartfelt condolences to Taung crash victims


By Obakeng Maje
Mahikeng- The Premier of the North West Province Supra Mahumapelo on Sunday sent a message of condolence to the families of 15 people who lost their lives following this past weekend’s fatal accident which happened on the N18 road between Taung and Magogong, south-west of Vryburg.

The twenty-five people who sustained injuries are being treated at Hartswater, Taung and Klerksdorp hospitals.

The accident reportedly happened on Saturday afternoon when a bakkie and a taxi collided. 

Sending the Provincial Government’s condolences, Mahumapelo said, “We offer our sincere condolences and express our deepest sympathy to the members of the bereaved families and the injured. We also wish the injured a full and swift recovery”, Mahumapelo said.

Premier Mahumapelo confirmed that he has already contacted the Northern Cape Premier Sylvia Lucas to extend the North West Province’s condolences and to offer co-operation on how the families could he assisted with funeral arrangements.   

Mahumapelo who voiced his concern about the loss of many lives following this tragic accident, appealed to road users to obey all the rules of the road, exercise caution and show good behaviour while on the road.

He also committed the Provincial Department of Community Safety and Transport Management to ensuring that road safety campaigns are intensified and that law enforcement officers show no mercy to traffic law violators.

A case for culpable homicide against a 66 year old man who was driving the bakkie, is being investigated by the Northern Cape police.

Elias Morebudi briefly appeared before Hartswater Magistrate Court and granted a bail of R3000 and his case will resume on 22 October 2014.
-TDN
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Government condemns petrol pastor


The Gauteng Provincial Government took a swipe at the ingestion of petrol by worshippers, decried the loss of South African lives in Nigerian during a church building collapse, and urged churches to play a role in building township economy.

Gauteng Infrastructure Development MEC Nandi Mayathula-Khoza said speaking on behalf of the Gauteng Premier, at Father Masango St John apostolic Faith Mission Church, in Soshanguve, west of Tshwane. She asked church leader Archbishop Petrus John Masango, to help pray for South Africans to recognise their own indigenous church the role they play in healing and community building.
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Amajimbos hit Mzansi after victory


Johannesburg- Dr Danny Jordaan, President of the South African Football Association (SAFA), invites members of the media to the arrival press conference of the triumphant South African Men’s Under 17 National Team (Amajimbos).

The squad is expected to land at the OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg just after 07h00 on Monday, 29 September.

Amajimbos qualified for the 2015 African Youth Championships in Niger after a 2-2 draw in Egypt on Saturday (27 September). The match took place Contractors Stadium in Cairo.

The South Africans precede 4-3 on aggregate.

Details of the Press Conference:

DATE: Monday, 29 September 2014
TIME: 08h30
VENUE: Southern Sun Hotel OR Tambo International Airport
(Green Building)
-TDN
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This week, on the way to see his father in Soweto, Tom Moyane received a call from Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene.

Nene told Moyane he had landed the top job at the SA Revenue Service (Sars), replacing Oupa Magashula, who resigned last July after a recording laced with sexual innuendo surfaced of him offering a 28-year-old woman a Sars post without following proper recruitment processes.
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Public works lost R35 billion in five years: report


The public works department has lost almost R35 billion to wrongful and wasteful construction or leasing of state buildings in the last five years, The Star reported on Monday.

The R34.98bn losses were uncovered during the department’s review of around 1.3 million transactions of the Property Management Trading Entity (PMTE) dating back to 2009.

The losses were revealed in a confidential report that The Star reported it had seen.

The losses were … “a result of supply-chain management processes not adhered to”.

It revealed however, that there was a steady decrease in the losses of public funds in the last five years.

Around R22bn was lost in the 2009/10 financial year, R4.9bn was lost in 2010/11 while R3.8bn was lost in the 2011/12 period.

The figure was R3.1bn in 2012/13 and R600 million in the last year.Around R1.1 billion was lost to fraudulent activities.

Public Works Minister Thulas Nxesi was expected to reveal the details at a media briefing on Monday while the report would be released to the public once it was presented to Parliament on Tuesday.   

-Sapa

Hartswater deadly car crash case postponed


By Obakeng Maje
Hartswater- A case against a driver who was arrested after a deadly accident that left 15 people dead, was postponed on Monday by Hartswater Magistrate Court.

Elias Morebudi,66, appeared briefly before Hartswater Magistrate Court after he allegedly killed 15 people in a fatal accident in Magogong village, Taung.

The deadly accident took place on Saturday when Morebudi failed to adhere to the stop sign and allegedly ploughed into a taxi.

Morebudi’s nephew, Eric Sepato poured out his sincere message to all affected families.

“We would like to apologise to all bereaved families and as the family of the accused our heartfelt condolences goes out to them. We are all into this and hopeful Almighty will give them serenity” Eric Sepato said.

Morebudi was granted a R3000 bail which his family agreed to, but will only pay it at the later stage.

The case was postponed until 22 October 2014 and police investigations continue.-TDN
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Woman who translated the Bible into Nama recognised


“She is not invisible any more,” Ursula Truper says with a thick German accent outside the VGK Church at Steinkopf in Namaqualand.

Truper is referring to her “great, great, great, great, great” grandmother, Zara Schmelen (nee Hendricks), a Nama woman who was born at Steinkopf in the late 1700s.
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15 killed in Hartswater accident


Two more people have died after a bakkie accident on the N18 near Hartswater, bringing the death toll to 15, Northern Cape police said on Monday.

“Two more people died in hospital yesterday [on Sunday],” said Lieutenant Olebogeng Tawana.

A mini-bus taxi collided with a bakkie on Saturday afternoon killing 13 people, police reported on Sunday.

“Some of those who died are children but I cannot confirm how many or their ages until their families have come in to identify them,” Tawana said.

Twenty-four other people, including the driver of the taxi, were injured in the crash, he said.

“The passengers from the bakkie were flung off and strewn all over the N18 and others landed into a nearby water canal,” Tawana said.

Four bodies were found in the canal while the jaws-of-life had to be used to free people who were trapped inside the taxi.

The injured were taken to Hartswater,Taung and Klerksdorp hospitals.

The 59-year-old driver of the bakkie was expected to appear in the Hartswater Magistrate’s Court on Monday.

“He will now be facing 15 charges of culpable homicide,” said Tawana.   

-Sapa