BY REGINALD KANYANE

North West police are looking for a man in his 20s. According to police spokesperson, Colonel Sabata Mokgwabone, the suspect is sought after a rape case. The incident occurred on September 13 this year in Dockstreet 4, Ventersdorp.

He said anyone with information that could lead to the arrest of the suspect can call Investigating Officer, Sgt De Ruiter of Potchefstroom FCS. Mokgwabone said De Ruiter can be contacted on   073 948 9017.

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BY REGINALD KANYANE

The deputy minister of human settlements, Zoe Kota-Fredericks will officially launch the Youth Build programme on Wednesday. She will also hand over completed houses which were part of the 187 units (worth over R17 million), built by the winner of the Best Youth Contractor in the 2015 Provincial and National Govan Mbeki awards.

The event will take place in Kanana, Orkney near Klerksdorp in Matlosana local municipality.

Deputy minister Kota-Frederick will be accompanied by the acting MEC for local government and human settlements, Wendy Nelson, executive mayor of Kenneth Kaunda district, councillor Boitumelo Moloi, executive mayor of Matlosana local municipality, councillor Mike Khauoe.

The Department of Human Settlements spokesperson, Ben Bole said: “The implements youth development initiatives is in line with the National Youth Policy which stipulates that all sector departments must adopt a sectoral approach to connect young entrepreneurs to opportunities in the economy.”

Bole said the Youth Build is intended to facilitate the formulation of youth owned entities, initiate legal contracting processes, agreements and arrangements between youth contractors, main contractors, provinces and municipalities. Develop an emerging contractor incubator training and mentorship programme, facilitate the participation of youth contractors in the Govan Mbeki Human Settlements Awards and other excellence platforms,” he said.

The brick laying and handing over ceremony will be held as follows:

Date             :        18 November 2015

Time            :        10 am

Venue           :        House numbers – 20864 and 18811, Ext 13, Kanana, Orkney

Time            :        10 am

Community meeting will be held as follows:

Date             :        18 November 2015

Time            :        11 am

Venue           :        Community hall, Kanana, Orkney

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FILE – In this Tuesday, Oct . 7, 2014 file photo, Iraqi security forces hold a flag of the Islamic State group they captured during an operation outside Amirli, some 105 miles (170 kilometers) north of Baghdad, Iraq. The Islamic State group may be sprouting tentacles across the region but it is struggling in Syria, part of its heartland, where it has stalled or even lost ground in fighting with multiple enemies on multiple fronts. There are signs of tensions and powers struggles emerging among its ranks of foreign jihadis. (AP Photo, File)

Johannesburg – The whole world, including South Africa, is at risk of terrorist attacks, a senior researcher from the Institute for Security Studies said on Monday.

“The Islamic State declaring its intention to attack western interests in any part of the world makes any country, including South Africa… vulnerable,” Martin Ewi told News24.

There were a number of western interests in South Africa and in Africa as a whole.

“There could be an attack [in South Africa] because we harbour elements that are incompatible with these Islamic groups.”

However the country had good policies which minimised the threat and made sure South Africa did not infuriate Muslims or isolate the Muslim community, Ewi said.

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Kirkwood – Residents of Paterson, Addo, Bersheba, Uitenhage and Thornhill have threatened to close down the Sundays River Valley Municipality in Addo if a canal which they say is killing their children is not closed within seven days, GroundUp reports.

Since 1984, about 18 people, including 16 children, have died in or near the canal at KwaNomathamsanqa location in Kirkwood.

Johannesburg – A Harmony Gold employee was killed on Sunday in a fall of ground accident at the Masimong mine in the Free State, the company said.

Investigations into the accident were underway, Harmony Gold said in a statement.

No further details were available.

The company sent its condolences to the employee’s family.

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Cape Town – Suspended Police Commissioner Riah Phiyega has had a difficult year. Suspended by President Jacob Zuma following the Farlam Commission report which called for an investigation into her fitness to hold office for among other things tampering with evidence and lying, she now faces significant findings against her from an inquiry by the Minister of Police Nathi Nhleko, reports GroundUp.

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Johannesburg – The Water Institute of Southern Africa (Wisa) has called on citizens to stop playing the blame game and work together when it comes to the country’s water crisis.

Wisa chief executive Lester Goldman on Monday said discussions and frustrations about the challenges of climate change, infrastructure planning and maintenance, increasing demand and skills concerns needed to temporarily be put on hold.

“All these challenges need to be addressed in due time, but first, let’s get through the heatwaves and water shortages together as a nation united in using our water supply sparingly, and to the benefit of the greater good,” he said in a statement.

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Durban – One police officer has allegedly been killed and another is in a critical condition following a shoot-out near Ginginglovu, south of Richards Bay, on Monday.

Police are yet to confirm details on the incident, but it is believed the two officers spotted two men in a suspicious vehicle and stopped them. When the vehicle came to a halt, the men in the car opened fire on them.

Speaking to News24, IPSS spokesperson Paul Herbst said paramedics had treated the critically injured officer.

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Paris – French police have carried out “more than 150” raids on suspected Islamists since the attacks on Paris, Prime Minister Manuel Valls said on Monday, as a source in the southeastern city of Lyon said an arsenal of weapons had been seized there.

Police sources in Paris said “several dozen” pre-dawn raids were carried out in French cities on Monday, including in Bobigny, an eastern suburb of the capital.

Thirteen raids were carried out around the southeastern French city of Lyon, a local police source said.

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The case against two senior South African Defence Force (SANDF) officials is due to start on Monday in the Oudtshoorn Regional Court in the Little Karoo.

Brigadier General Xolani Mankayi and Colonel Nkhabu Nthejane face charges of intimidation after they allegedly threatened police.

It relates to an incident in May last year when police arrested eight soldiers at an unlicensed shebeen in Bongolethu.

The military officers then allegedly gathered two platoons in armoured vehicles and drove to the local police station to demand the release of their comrades.

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