JOHANNESBURG – Gauteng police have made a breakthrough in the murder of business man Wandile Bozwana, arresting two suspects in Johannesburg.

Bozwana and a female employee were shot in a car at the Garsfontein Road exit off the N1 Highway last month.

He later died in hospital.

The North West Business Forum had offered a R2 million reward for any information that leads to the conviction of his killers.

The police’s Lungelo Dlamini says the two suspects will appear in the Pretoria Magistrates Court on murder charges tomorrow.

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The sentencing proceedings of convicted murderer Anthony Strauss were on Wednesday cut short due to water issues at the Randburg Magistrate’s Court.

The building had no water since early on Wednesday morning. All the accused were taken back to prison a few hours earlier than usual.

It was not immediately clear what had caused the water disruptions.

A homeopathic doctor had on Wednesday taken to the stand to testify in Strauss’s mitigation of sentence.

He was expected back on the stand when court proceedings resumed on December 2.

Strauss had on Tuesday also taken to the stand where he gave the court reasons as to why he should not be handed the harshest sentence.

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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)

Paris – French police commandos fired more than 5 000 shots into an apartment near Paris on Wednesday during a raid against a heavily armed jihadist group that lasted seven hours and turned the area into a war zone.

The fighting was so intense that not only were the police unable to identify the bodies of the militants after they had finally entered the apartment, but they could not even determine whether two or three people had died during the assault.

With forensic experts still scouring the building in the St. Denis suburb north of the capital, the Paris chief prosecutor and the police chief who leads the crack RAID commandos spoke of a complex operation that ran into problems from the word “go”.

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BY REGINALD KANYANE
THREE suspects were arrested after dealing with dagga in Mmakau village near Brits.

The suspects aged between 19 and 37 were nabbed after Mmakau Reaction Unit and Cluster CIG found 25 small packets of dagga were found in their shack.

North West police spokesperson, Captain Paul Ramaloko said: “The suspects were reprimanded and warned not to engage in this type of activities.”
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BY KEDIBONE MOLAETSI
ANC Women’s League in North West said they were  shocked and disturbed by the discovery of a lifeless body of an infant dumped near a construction site of Mahikeng Mall in Wednesday.

The league’s provincial secretary, Bridgette Seokamo said: “The infant was inside the plastic bag and could only be identified through the protruding head from plastic bag. We view this as a very horrible act any human being could ever do to the little innocent life.

“The ANCWL is mostly disturbed that this ugly act could only happen just when the country could start focusing its attention on the national campaign of 16 Days of no violence against women and children.”

Seokamo said they calling on the community who may have information about this act to report the matter to the police so that the culprit should be arrested.

“This act cannot be expected when our democratic country has systems in place to financially support children through Child Support Grant and also when the adoption is legal.

“We therefore appeal on our people to use available support structures of government in the department of Social Development where social workers are trained enough to deal with any social related problems,” She said.

NB: North West police spokesperson, sergeant Kelebogile Moleko could not confirm the incident at the time and promised to gather more details before returning to us.

Moleko failed return to us before we could go to print despite all attempts.
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BY REGINALD KANYANE
EIGHTEEN Police officers were busted in a biggest clamp down for corruption, fraud and defeating the end of justice.

The arrests took place on Wednesday in Zeerust.

Rustenburg Technical Response team backed up by the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigative team made the arrests in a sting operation at Kopfontein Port of Entry.

North West police spokesperson, Captain Paul Ramaloko said they targeted 20 corrupt officials.

“Thirteen police officers were arrested at the boarder,  other seven were arrested at their respective homes. Two Immigration officials were among the arrested officials. Those who were arrested were suspended with immediate effect.

“Internal disciplinary measures will be taken immediate effect. We have been investigating them for more than a year now. The charges range from dealing with illicit cigarettes, letting illegal immigrants to enter the boarder without legal documents and a massive cover-up.” Ramaloko said.

The Acting Provincial Commissioner of the North West police, Major General Jacob Tsumane vowed to support all endeavours intended at promoting integrity of the police service.

“These members were posted at this Port of Entry to facilitate the movement of people and goods, but they neglected their mandate. The arrested officials will be taken to court soon on corruption charges.” Tsumane said.
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