BY REGINALD KANYANE

TWO suspects appeared before Bafokeng Regional Court in Tlhabane on Thursday for stock-theft. Petrus Mokoena, 26, and Pheko Tinkane, 39 were sentenced to five years imprisonment without an option of a fine.

The two accused were arrested at Tlaseng village near Phokeng by members of Stock Theft Unit on August 16 in 2010, says North West police.

Provincial police spokesperson, Sergeant Kelebogile Moleko said: “The two men were awaiting trial and were on bail since the incident. The accused stole six Afrikaner cattle valued R90 000 from a cattle post near Rietspruit and sold them at the stock auction. Both accused were also declared unfit to possess a firearm in terms of section 103(1) of the firearms control act, Act 60 of 2000. They will serve their sentence at Mankwe Correctional Centre in Mogwase.” she said.

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Mahikeng- The leader of the Democratic Alliance in the North West province, Joe McGluwa, was sworn in as a Member of the Provincial Legislature (MPL) on Friday.

“There is no greater honour than to serve the people of this province, every day, and I welcome the chance to lead from within the border of the province,” said McGluwa who had been serving in the national parliament.

“I have come to the legislature to hold to the fullest account the ANC of Supra Mahumapelo, and to stand against government corruption and failure to deliver to our people.”

McGluwa will also become the DA caucus leader in legislature. He was elected provincial leader in May.

“I relish the opportunity to serve our people, and I will work tirelessly to grow freedom, fairness and opportunity in the North West,” he said.

His seat in parliament will be filled by Herman Groenewald, who would vacate his seat in the National Council of Provinces.

Long serving North West MPL and former North West leader Chris Hattingh takes up Groenewald’s seat in the National Council of Provinces (NCOP).

Hattingh served as an MPL for 21 years and had been leader of the DA in North West for 16 years.

North West Provincial Legislature Speaker, Sussana Dantjie bid farewell to Chris Hattingh on Thursday.

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Rustenburg – Copper cable theft has silenced Mafisa FM, a community radio station in Rustenburg, the station said on Friday.

“Our transmitter was stolen last Saturday in Lefaragatlhe near Rustenburg – that is the reason we are not on air,” said Jacob Dikgang, secretary of the Mafisa FM board.

The station went off air on Saturday and upon investigation it was found that its transmitter was stolen. Copper cables were also stolen.

The station opened a case of theft at the Tlhabane police station.

Dikgang said the theft of the transmitter had cost the station a great deal of revenue.

“We cannot run adverts, we cannot serve our clients. This is costing us,” he said.

He said the station was speaking to Sentech with a view to having signal from Sentech transmitters relayed to the radio station.

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Durban – The family of a 19-year-old Durban girl who died at St Augustine’s Hospital, allegedly from medical negligence, is suing the hospital for R8 million for the suffering she endured prior to her death.

A high court application has been brought against the hospital, and two doctors, Dr Sudarshan Naidoo and Dr Bala Govender.

The deceased, Jadene Naidoo, was involved in a car accident on September 9. She sustained minor injuries but was admitted to the hospital’s ICU for treatment and observation. Her parents, Trevor and Pathmavathy Naidoo, said she complained of severe abdominal pain. But despite this, she responded well and doctors assured them she was in good health and recovering well.

“She had minor injuries to her face and underwent surgery. On the same day, she was certified fit by the doctors to be transferred to a surgical ward. This is where the challenges started to unfold when she was neglected by doctors and nursing staff.

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The community of Port Shepstone rallied together last week to prove that charity really does begin at home.

Following the water crisis in the Ugu District, where the taps ran salty, the community, along with the local business forum, joined forces to solve the problem last Monday.

Some prominent businessmen in the area went as far as to open their private boreholes to the public.

The South Coast community woke up to undrinkable, salty tap water as the drought tightened its grip on the province.

The towns and resorts affected included Port Shepstone, Margate, Hibberdene and inland to Bhoboyi.

Most local shops had run out of five-litre bottles of water before lunchtime as customers raced to stock up.

One good samaritan, Yunus Moosa, of the Lucky’s Group of Companies, opened his borehole to the public at the Harbourview shopping centre.

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Pumlani Mkolo, the man believed to be the mastermind behind the Mandela funeral scandal in the Buffalo City metro, has been re-elected unopposed as the ANC’s regional secretary.

His election comes at a time when the provincial executive committee (PEC) of the ANC placed him on special leave following the Mandela funeral scandal.

Mkolo was regional secretary of Buffalo City in 2013 when late former president Nelson Mandela died. He is currently facing fraud and money laundering charges in the East London Magistrates’ Court after he allegedly used his influence to siphon off millions from city coffers.

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Johannesburg – In less than a minute, two explosive bangs shook the ground and two high-rise buildings that once stood in the Sandton CBD were reduced to dust and rubble.

A cloud of dust rose over the corners of Rivonia road and 5th street at around 06:10 on Sunday as the building where football federation FIFA had set up its headquarters for the duration of the 2010 Soccer World Cup was demolished.

The building had been vacant for the past four years and was badly vandalised, Chief Operations Director of SA Demolishers Naeem Joosab said.

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Paris – French police have identified three teams of gunmen wearing suicide vests who killed at least 129 people in Paris’s worst ever attacks that were claimed by the Islamic State group and prompted a global outpouring of solidarity with the victims.

A 29-year-old Frenchman was the first to be identified among the seven attackers, all of whom died in the assault, prosecutors said, while at least one man under investigation over the atrocities had registered as a Syrian refugee in Greece.

The discovery of a Syrian passport near the body of one attacker has raised suspicions some of them might have entered Europe as part of an influx of people fleeing Syria’s civil war.

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Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa has defied attempts to make him use a Gupta-owned jet – choosing commercial flights for a visit to Iran instead.

Suspended national police commissioner Riah Phiyega has hit back at her detractors, accusing them of wanting her out of the way so that they can loot police funds.