Rustenburg – A 19-year-old man, accused of raping his cousin, appeared in the Bafokeng Magistrate’s Court in Tlhabane, North West police said on Tuesday.

Police spokesperson Major Pelonomi Makau said the man appeared in court on Monday for allegedly raping his 34-year-old cousin on Sunday. His case was postponed to August 3 for bail application.

“According to the information, the suspect and the victim are reported to be cousins who are staying in the same yard in Phokeng. They were allegedly walking from a tavern in the early hours of Sunday, when the suspect suddenly grabbed the victim and dragged her to the nearest river bank and raped her,” said Makau.
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Rustenburg – Four men accused of raping a deaf and dumb woman appeared in the Lehurutshe Magistrate’s Court, North West police said on Wednesday.

Police spokesperson Major Pelonomi Makau said the four appeared in court on Tuesday. The rape had allegedly taken place on Sunday.

“It is alleged that the woman was from a local tavern when the suspects accosted and attacked her with a panga before they took turns to rape her at Borakalalo village, near Zeerust. The victim managed to report the ordeal to the police with the assistance of her sister.

“The men were arrested on Monday at a house belonging to one of the suspects. Investigations into the matter continues.”

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Johannesburg – Dolly Tshabalala had twice visited Jabulani police station with the intention to open a domestic violence case against her DJ boyfriend.

But she would change her mind and return to the arms of Donald Sebolai, who is on trial at the high court sitting in Palm Ridge for allegedly killing her.
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Johannesburg – Former employees of the National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS) allege that its former chief executive Dr Saggie Pillay’s tenure at the body was marred by corruption – and that whistle-blowers were dealt with swiftly.

In 2012, former NHLS industrial relations manager Senzeni Ndlangisa lost his job after 12 years’ service after a junior employee accused him of sexual harassment.

Ndlangisa said he was falsely accused in order to derail his investigation into alleged irregular payments authorised by a senior female human resources staff member to recruitment company Holystic Approach.

A 2010 forensic audit had previously found that this staff member, whose name is known to Health-e News, also violated procurement policies when she authorised payments to a stationery company that was accused of providing kick-backs to other NHLS staff in exchange for business.
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BY OBAKENG MAJE

The North West Education and Sport Development, MEC Maphefo Matsemela came to the rescue of the Matloding community after learners have been away from school for a period of 35 days.

This peaceful resolution follows a series of meetings held between the officials of the department and the community which failed to yield positive results.

Since May 2015, the Matloding community embarked on a massive strike to demand a High school in their area. They prevented learners from going to school, burned local clinic, barricaded all roads within the village and destroyed a number of public properties in their area.

They complained about their children whom they alleged were ill-treated and beaten by other learners at Marumuloa Middle School and Mothibinyane Secondary School in Tshidilamolomo Village, which is 12 kilometres away from their area.

MEC Matsemela met with the community at a packed community hall of Matloding, which was attended by hundreds of people from the area. Tension was written on the wall when the meeting started and all speakers from the community spoke in one language to say,” We are very concerned about our children who are sitting at home and not attending school. We want the department to help us in taking them back to school in Logageng Village not in Tshidilamolomo”.

In responding to the concerns of the community MEC Matsemela assured them that, this is a government which listens to the people and surely it will assist them.

“As of tomorrow we are going to take learners to Logageng according to the demands made by parents. We are also going to establish a task team, which will come up with a permanent solution to the problem. The task team should report back to the community in October about progress registered. The department will in the meantime implement the recovery plan so that the learners can catch up for the lost time in class”, said MEC Matsemela.

The community agreed to release children tomorrow to go back to school and thanked the department for listening to their concerns. MEC Matsemela closed the meeting by requesting the community to join her in removing stones and trees used to blockade the roads.

-TDN

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