Daily Archives: November 30, 2015

TWO died in a horrific accident in Taung

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BY REGINALD KANYANE
TWO people died in a horrific accident near Taung Fire Emergency Service on Sunday. The accident involving Greater Taung municipality driver, Mothusi Mocweng took place at around 7:30pm.

North West police spokesperson said: “A 70 year-old man and a woman aged 50 died during collision. Two cars were involved in a head-on collision. Other occupants were taken to Taung hospital for medical attention. A case of culpable homicide was opened and investigations continue.”

Meanwhile Greater Taung municipality sent their condolences to those who departed.

Greater Taung Local Municipality Manager in the Office of the Municipal Manager, Percy Matshane said: “We are very touched about what transpired. Our driver was on duty during the calamity. We cannot reveal what he was doing, but he was on duty at the time. Our heartfelt condolences to the deceased and we wish speedy recovery to those who were transported to the hospital.”

According to information, one of the drivers lost control and resulted in a head-on collision.
Mocweng was allegedly ferried municipality employees to their various destinations shortly before the accident.

The employees were allegedly from Pretoria where they attended workshop.
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Accused confident he will be acquitted

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Although his bid to appeal and overturn a murder conviction and 18-year prison sentence failed in court this week, Rajiv Narandas is “100 percent” certain he will be acquitted eventually.

Narandas, 29, was charged with murder after he stabbed Veenand Singh with a Swiss army knife during a brawl outside a Sandton nightclub in 2008.

However, judges Rean Strydom and Motsamai Makume reduced Narandas’s sentence to 15 years when the matter came before them at the South Gauteng High Court on Wednesday, extending his bail.

The judges said they took into account Narandas’s age and the fact that he was part of a group when Singh was attacked and killed.

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19 killed in horror taxi crash

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Johannesburg – Shoes, handbags, vehicle debris and shattered glass lay scattered eerily a few metres from the charred shell of the minibus taxi. Bodies lay strewn across the road. Fresh blood spatters glistened on the tar.

This was the horrific scene near Westonaria on the West Rand on Sunday after 19 people were killed when the taxi they were travelling in collided with a heavy-duty truck and burst into flames.

The accident happened on the R28 in Jagersfontein towards Vereeniging just after 12.30pm.

Five children and 14 adults died in the crash, according to Gauteng police spokesman Lieutenant-Colonel Lungelo Dlamini.

“Five others were taken to hospital, two with serious injuries and three with slight injuries,” he said.

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