BY REGINALD KANYANE

NORTH West Community Safety and Transport Management, MEC Gaoage Molapisi handed over 16 animal drawn cards to the deserving communities of Modimola village in Mahikeng. The event was part of the official closing ceremony of the October Transport month 2015.

In his address during the event, Molapisi said non-motorised transport is the most dominant in the villages of Bokone Bophirima. He said it had been in existence from time in memorial. This mode of transport has been used for ploughing, movement of people, good and services for ages.

“This is a means of transport used in deep rural areas where people are transported to clinics, pension pay-points, and learners to school, transportation of goods, including water, wood, groceries and furniture. Many of our rural areas in the province are still reliant on these carts. For them to reach their destinations, they make use of this mode of transport,” Molapisi said.

He further added that the non-motorised transport was a safe, reliable and affordable mode of transport for rural-based communities in the province.

“Access to reliable, safe and affordable transport services by every citizen of this province and the country at large is a fundamental policy of government. Public transport, in most of our rural areas and villages is inaccessible due to number of factors, which contributes to less public transport making the service inaccessible and unaffordable for our rural communities. In some areas, our people are force to walk long distances to get to the pick-up points before they could ultimately access public transport. Now with the donation of these animal drawn carts will at least shorten your walking distance to pick-up points.

“This is also our possible alternative to provide you with an affordable, reliable and efficient mode of transport in support of the social and economic development needs in the rural communities of our province,” concluded Molapisi.

The October Transport Month is an annual feature on the calendar of the department of transport and is one of the platforms and vehicles through which the department engages directly with stakeholders.

It influences the economy in many ways, through its impact on the efficiency of business operations and labour mobility and, for its citizens, the attractiveness of South Africa as a place in which to live and prosper.

The month was officially launched in October 2005. This was to raise awareness of the important role of transport in the economy, and to invite participation from civic society and business, in providing a safer, more affordable, accessible and reliable transport system for the community.

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BY REGINALD KANYANE

Former Kaizer  Chiefs mentor, Prof Ted Dumitru and his Orlando Pirates counterpart Prof Augusto Palacios will conclude a 3 day coaching workshop with former professional players including Dukuduku Makhanya; Innocent Chikoya, Reagan Noble,  Mandla Zwane, Thabang Stemmer, Tambourine Kwenenyane, Fabian McCarthy, Jabulani Mendu and etc.

The workshop will be held under the auspices of SAFCA in partnership with Joburg Soccer Legend and the City of Joburg.

Date: Friday,  6 November 2015                                        

Time: 10:30 for 11:00              

Venue: Johannesburg Stadium Auditorium

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The Health Professions Council of SA is in for a major overhaul, following a probe that found the body failed in executing its core functions, says Health Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi.

The Health Professions Council of SA (HPCSA), which has been dogged by several complaints, is in for some sweeping changes, Health Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi announced on Thursday.

He made public a scathing report which found that the council was filled with unfit management who violated a string of procedures and failed to provide leadership.

“The team was given 60 days to complete the work but as it is, it ended up taking 6 months due to the load of work. The report they handed to me is actually 90 pages,” said Motsoaledi.

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Bloemfontein – The media was not allowed in court on Thursday for the testimony of a second witness in the bail hearing of a Danish man, Peter Frederiksen, accused of collecting clitorises.

Prosecutor Amanda Bester requested that the hearing be held in camera in the Bloemfontein Magistrate’s Court and the defence had no objection. The magistrate ordered the media and public out of the gallery.

News24 was told that witnesses received threats before testifying, but this could not immediately be verified.

The public gallery was packed again with members of the ANC Women’s League on Thursday.

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Durban – A top Durban city official has called on the public protector’s office to furnish more information about a Section 36 investigation being conducted at the eThekwini metro.

The municipality previously came under fire for the use of Section 36, which allows officials to bypass supply chain processes and grant tenders.

Section 36 was created for use in emergencies or disaster relief situations.

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Durban – A plucky little kitten clung to the undercarriage of a bakkie for nearly 8km – stuck inside a hole between the engine block and the sump.

Now named Lucky, the gutsy feline survived the ordeal late last month, and was discovered inside the engine compartment of the bakkie when the driver finally parked at a shopping centre in Empangeni. It is believed that kitty’s size was also its saving grace, as it trawled just above the tarmac.

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Johannesburg – White South Africans were the victims of the very system they were fighting to preserve, co-operative governance and traditional affairs deputy minister Andries Nel said on Thursday.

“For in becoming racialists and exploiters, they become closed off to important areas of human experience,” he said at a round table on whiteness, Afrikaans and Afrikaners in Johannesburg.

“The essential thing white South Africans lose is openness to the future and to other people.”

Nel was speaking under the theme Where are the Suzmans, Slovos, Fischers and Naudes of today?

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Johannesburg – At the age of 25, Mpho Rakgwale is South Africa’s youngest convicted serial rapist.

He was back in the high court sitting in Randburg on Wednesday after being found guilty of rape, kidnapping and robbery last year.

Rakgwale was convicted of 61 charges: 21 for rape, 17 for kidnapping, six for the illegal possession of firearms, five for aggravated robbery, six for the illegal possession of ammunition and another six for robbery

He received six life terms and 232 years’ imprisonment.

Rakgwale appeared nonchalant, chewing gum during court proceedings.

He was convicted on more charges on Wednesday – 12 for a string of kidnappings, rapes and robberies between May and September 2012.

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