BY REGINALD KANYANE
A 31-year-old suspect was arrested for being in possession suspected stolen vehicle in Modderspruit on Friday. Provincial police spokesperson, Col Sabata Mokgwabone said the suspect was arrested after he botched to give account of the vehicle.
“Preliminary investigation revealed that the vehicle was reported stolen in Tlhabane, near Rustenburg two years ago.
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BY REGINALD KANYANE
TWO suspects are expected to appear in Brits Magistrate’s Court on Monday. North West police spokesperson, Col Sabata Mokgwabone said the suspects were arrested after being in possession of drugs.
“Two suspects aged 33 and 38 were arrested at Slovo and Newstand sections in Modderspruit respectively. They were allegedly found with 300 and 200 plastic packets of drugs.
“The drugs were estimated at the street value of R15 000. Police also discovered undisclosed amount of cash. They were arrested through a crime intelligence driven operation that took place in Modderspruit near Brits on Friday,” Mokgwabone said.
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FIVE suspects aged between 21 and 42 are expected to appear in the Stilfontein Magistrate’s Court on charges of illegal possession of firearms and ammunition as well as contravention of the national environmental management.
North West police spokesperson, Col Sabata Mokgwabone said the suspects were arrested at Khuma location, near Stilfontein on Thursday. He said they were also linked to a rhino poaching incident that took place in April at Hartbeesfontein farm.
Two rhinos were killed and dehorned in the process.
Mokgwabone said police investigation led to the suspects at a certain house in Khuma Location, near Stilfontein.
“The police pounced and searched the suspects. They allegedly found a hunting rifle with a silencer, one pistol and five ammunitions in their car. They are facing conspiracy to commit crime, trespassing, possession of dangerous weapons and contravention of Section 57(1) of the National Environmental Management: Biodiversity Act, 2004 (Act No.10 of 2004).
“The sixth suspect linked to rhino poaching was nabbed in Hartbeesfontein on Tuesday. The suspect appeared in court on Thursday and was remanded in custody until May 12,” Mokgwabone said.
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Jacob Zuma is unlikely to pay back more than a million rand of the R246-million of taxpayers’ money spent on his Nkandla home.
Legal opinion given to the president, and comments from lawyers representing his adversaries, suggest that Zuma will not be made to pay R1-million for Nkandla.
In March the Constitutional Court ruled that the Treasury should determine “a reasonable percentage of the costs” Zuma must pay for the visitors centre, the amphitheatre, the cattle kraal, the chicken run and the swimming pool built on his property.
These items were deemed non-security-related by public protector Thuli Madonsela. The state spent close to R10-million on the five facilities.
The Sunday Times can reveal that Zuma has been advised that, in terms of the public protector’s remedial action enforced by the Constitutional Court, he would have to pay only a reasonable percentage of the reasonable costs of those five items and not what the Department of Public Works paid for them.
While the public expects Zuma to repay the millions spent on features he personally “unduly benefited” from, Zuma’s legal advice is that the bill to be handed to him would be a fraction of what was spent.
Source: Sunday Times
Madonsela is living in fear for her life after she was warned that a prominent Western Cape gang boss had been paid to arrange a hit on her.
The public protector has beefed up security and restricted her movements after receiving a tip-off from a “trusted” whistleblower.
The whistleblower, a known police informant, told Madonsela the gang boss had been paid R740000 and that three hitmen were planning to kill her next month in a hit made to seem like a car accident.
A distraught Madonsela spoke to the Sunday Times this week about her ordeal, saying she had immediately alerted the police’s VIP Protection Unit.
“I’m shocked,” Madonsela said. “I don’t know where this is coming from. I’m leaving office in five months’ time. It’s probably revenge.”
She said she had received a chilling text message on April 1 from an informant she had worked with several times in the past.
“I was preparing to go to the Cape Town Jazz Festival when I received it. The message said: ‘Morning. Please be careful. A top gangster by the name of … was paid to get hitmen to kill you. I will inform [Western Cape safety and security] MEC Dan Plato today about my information.'”
Source: Sunday Times
A Durban homeless couple recently gave people a free show during early morning traffic when they decided to get intimate.
A local said the couple are homeless and spend the day loitering and begging at robots. ‘The probably were high on whoonga and did not even see it was daytime’, the eye witness said.
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