Daily Archives: June 15, 2015

Department to groom five young people in Kgetleng to become viable contractors

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Swartruggens – Bokone Bophirima MEC for Local Government and Human Settlements Collen Maine has committed to support five ordinary young people from Kgetleng River Local Municipality to groom and turn them into viable and sustainable housing contractors.

MEC Maine who was representing the Bokone Bophirima Provincial Government made the announcement during the Youth Dialogue session held at Swartruggens community hall yesterday as part of young month activities. 

The dialogue was attended by young people from different villages, townships and small dorpies of Kgetleng Rivier local municipality who raised diverse issues which mostly focussed on the triple challenges of unemployment, poverty and inequality.

MEC Maine said: “As the Department of Local Government and Human Settlements we have committed 700 houses this financial year which should be build by young people. Some of those young people will be from this area. I need five young people so that we put them to participate in the mainstream of our economy by becoming viable housing contractors.

“However we need disciplined young people who will deliver quality houses and not buy expensive cars after their first claim. This opportunity is for those who want to grow and remain in the industry and groom other wanna-be contractors” said MEC Maine.

MEC Maine also ordered the registration of cooperatives by young people so that they can begin to be part of the contractors who should be included in future project in the area.

“On Thursday in the municipal community halls, officials will come to assist you to register cooperatives and we appeal to you to avail yourself for this exercise. As the provincial government we have taken a decision that in each and every project, 40% of the work should be given to local cooperatives. So in all future projects these cooperatives will benefit so that we create employment and depart important skills to young people’’, said MEC Maine.

Other issues raised by young people included the unavailability of youth desks, lack of recreational facilities and support by government, alcohol and drug abuse, high teenage pregnancy, lack of scholar transport and few text books.

MEC Maine has advised to ensure availability of youth desks with important information at all municipal buildings and that young people should use halls and other recreational facilities without paying. He also committed to forward other concerns to relevant departments so that they can be attended to as a matter of urgency.
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Trio nabbed for business robbery in Ganyesa

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Potchefstroom- Three men namely Butie Kopedi (36), Abram Keikanetswe (21) and Obakeng Kopedi (20), appeared today in the Ganyesa Magistrates’ Court for Business Robbery today.  

The three were arrested on Friday after they allegedly broke into a shop of a foreign national in Rabu-rabu Section at Morokweng.  

“Police traced their foot tracks in the area that led to one of the suspect’s homes. The suspect was found in possession of stolen goods and led police to the arrest of the other two suspects who were also found in possession of the other stolen goods,” North West police spokesperson sergeant Kealeboga Molale said. 

“Suspects are still in custody and they will appear again on Thursday for further investigations and bail application,” she said.
-TDN
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Rustenburg woman arrested with nyaope

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BY OBAKENG MAJE
Potchefstroom- North West police dog unit (K9) in Phokeng in conjunction with Royal Bafokeng Administration (Reaction Force) arrested a 21-year-old woman in Phokeng for possession of nyaope to the amount of R250.  

North West police spokesperson, sergeant Kealeboga Molale said the suspect was arrested on Monday in Dithabeng Section at Phokeng. 

“The team was on their daily routine patrolling in the area when they received information about a woman who was allegedly selling heroin. When the team raided the house, eight small packets believed to be of heroin were found in the gloves,” Molale said.

She said the woman is due to appear at Bafokeng Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday facing charges of possession of drugs. 
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Police investigate double murder in Belthorne Estate


CAPE TOWN – A suspect has been taken in for questioning following a fatal shooting in Athlone.

Two people were shot and killed after a fight broke out at a karaoke bar in Belthorne Estate on Saturday night.

Police discovered the body of a 40-year-old man outside the Turfhall Stadium when they attended to the scene shortly before midnight.
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Del Bosque wins 100th match in charge of Spain


MOSCOW – Spain coach Vicente del Bosque celebrated 100 games in charge with a 1-0 victory over Belarus in a Euro 2016 qualifier on Sunday, Manchester City’s David Silva scoring the goal.

Victory at the Borisov Arena kept European champions Spain in second place in Group C with 15 points from six games, three points behind group leaders Slovakia.
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‘Omar al-Bashir will leave SA when he’s ready to’


JOHANNESBURG – Sudan’s foreign minister has said the country’s President Omar al-Bashir will leave South Africa when he’s ready to and is not bound by a High Court decision obliging him to stay. 

Al-Bashir has been in this country attending the African Union (AU) Summit in Sandton but his visit has landed South Africa in a difficult diplomatic situation. 

‘NPA has no agenda against Jiba’


Pretoria – Assertions that the NPA is driving an agenda against deputy National Director of Public Prosecutions (NDPP) Nomgcobo Jiba are incorrect, NDPP Mxolisi Nxasana said on Friday.

“When I received a call from the national police commissioner (Riah Phiyega), to be honest I still don’t know what was the reason for her call. She said the summons was not issued properly,” Nxasana told journalists at the National Prosecuting Authority’s office in Pretoria.
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Tutu: Why not raise a statue to Graca?


Cape Town – The Desmond and Leah Tutu Legacy Foundation weighed in on the Rhodes statue debate on Friday, proposing that a statue of UCT’s chancellor, Graça Machel, could be erected on the university’s campus.

It added that a monument to the white UCT students who played a role in the anti-apartheid struggle should also be considered.

In a statement written by its executive director, Reverend Canon Mpho Tutu, the organisation credited students on campus for sparking an “important societal debate”. However, she said they had no right to destroy “our history, as some are threatening to do”.
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‘Luke’s death left our family shattered’


Johannesburg – Luke Tibbetts’ uncle Lewellyn Valentine could not hold back his tears on Friday as he described how the three-year-old boy’s death had affected the family.

“It has left my family shattered,” he told the High Court in Johannesburg, sitting in Palm Ridge, during arguments in aggravation of sentence.
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