Rustenburg – A 68-year-old man, accused of raping a nine-year-old girl, appeared in the Mogwase Magistrate’s Court on Monday, North West police said.
Colonel Sabata Mokgwabone said the man was arrested on Friday for allegedly raping the girl in Monakato, outside Rustenburg, on April 14.
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Rustenburg – A case against two women accused of witchcraft was withdrawn when they appeared in the Jericho Magistrate’s Court north of Brits on Tuesday, North West police said on Tuesday.
The women were arrested in Bethanie near Brits on Friday after allegedly snatching a month-old baby girl from her mother’s bed before, according to reports, returning her to her home.
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Rustenburg – A man has been taken in for questioning in Rustenburg in connection with the murder of an Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu) leader, North West police said on Tuesday.
“It can be confirmed that a 40-year-old Lesotho national has been taken in for questioning. It is believed that he will assist the police in the investigation and arrest of the suspects,” said Brigadier Thulani Ngubane.
“Preliminary investigation has shown that at this stage, the incident is not linked to previous rivalry between National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) and Association of Mineworkers and Construction. We would like to state that when the case was reported, it was not clear that the deceased was a member of Amcu, but the police reacted to the incident promptly.”
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Johannesburg – The attacks on foreign nationals over the last few weeks are embarrassing and inhumane, Deputy Agriculture Minister Bheki Cele has said.
“We can’t behave like animals. There is no justification whatsoever for the way we are behaving,” he told News24.
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Johannesburg – The police and army raided the Jeppestown hostel on Tuesday night searching for weapons, Gauteng police said.
“The whole national team are here. The national commissioner as well,” spokesperson Lieutenant Kay Makhubela said.
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Johannesburg – The North Gauteng High Court granted an order on Friday that apartheid-era assassin Eugene de Kock’s lawyers must have access to him, his lawyer Julian Knight said.
The court ordered that the paroled former Vlakplaas commander’s lawyers also be allowed to consult with him in private.
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A worker tragically died in a pedestrian accident at the corner of Zambezi and Moloto Roads this afternoon. Exact detail to the cause of the accident will remain a subject for police investigation and comment.
Netcare 911 paramedics arrived at the scene and found that the man had been pinned against a fence by a vehicle. After medics examined the patient it was found that he had tragically died before our arrival due to the extensive injuries that he sustained.
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Mahikeng – Premier Supra Obakeng Ramoeletsi Mahumapelo has welcomed the peaceful outcome of discussions between Provincial Government and the Ledig Community which has returned calmness and normalcy to the community following days of unrest.
“On behalf of the People and Government of Bokone Bophirima, we thank the community and leadership of Ledig for agreeing to work with Government to seek formal and legal means to find answers to questions raised by the community about mining operations in the area and their benefits, said Mahumapelo”.
Premier Mahumapelo further expressed his disappointment and outrage regarding isolated incidents of criminality in the Province targeted primarily at foreign nationals.
“We call on our communities to find reason in our deep reserves of tolerance and understanding to work together with Government to resolve any grievances which might have ignited this shameful treatment of our brothers and sisters particularly from Africa, Mahumapelo appealed”
The Provincial Government will very soon publish for consultation regarding new regulations governing small business in line with our new policy on Villages, Townships and Small Dorpies (VTSD).
These regulations will amongst others ensure that opportunities in the small business sector are not abused by anyone whether South African or foreigner, to sell drugs and stolen goods.
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Ledig – Order has been restored in Ledig near Sun City, following the successful intervention of MEC for Local Government and Human Settlements in Bokone Bophirima, Collen Maine who has been in the area, engaging at length with all affected parties in since the beginning of the week.
On Thursday, community leaders committed to ensure that order is sustained throughout, whilst engagements continue to bring the matters that led to the violent protests, to finality. More than 30 people who were arrested since the weekend, were released on R500 bail each on Thursday after appearing at the Mogwase magistrate court. A Board Director of Bakubung Community Development Corporation (BCDC) and Bakubung Economic Development Unit (BEDU), Mr Johannes Phologane, whom they community accuse of embezzling a whooping R700 million earned from sales of shares, and three local councillors have agreed to resign from their positions.
MEC Maine said he is confident that the matter would be brought to finality, amicably. “As the provincial government, we want to get to a point where community funds are accounted for and the community is also brought up to speed on how their monies are invested and spent. We will not allow a situation where the community has no say in profit made from the land of their forefathers, get managed elsewhere. As such, we have requested that the articles of association of all the investment companies be reviewed, to allow members of the community to be given an opportunity to elect board members’’, said MEC Maine.
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Mbombela – The case against a Londolozi employee accused of stealing more than R200 000 in cash and transferring nearly R5m from the world famous game reserve’s bank account has been postponed to Friday.
Wade Morgan Williams, 30, was not asked to plead to charges of theft, vehicle theft, gun pointing and kidnapping when he appeared in the Nelspruit Regional Court on Thursday.
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