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EFF abandons court challenge for secret ballot in anti-Supra motion

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The EFF wants to test the resolve of ANC members of the North West legislature to get rid of embattled Premier Supra Mahumapelo.

The party is abandoning its court challenge for a secret ballot in the motion of no confidence against him.

Instead, it will now write a letter to the speaker of the legislature to demand that the motion be debated urgently.

The EFF wants to test the resolve of ANC members of the North West legislature to get rid of embattled Premier Supra Mahumapelo.

The party is abandoning its court challenge for a secret ballot in the motion of no confidence against him.

Instead, it will now write a letter to the speaker of the legislature to demand that the motion be debated urgentl

“We have no sympathy for Supra. Secret ballot or no secret ballot. We want to expose the crooks inside the ANC, to see if they mean business when they say they want Supra to go. Why don’t they vote with the EFF in our motion of no confidence?” EFF leader Julius Malema said.

He was speaking in Coligny, North West, at a rally to celebrate the party’s Ward 15 victory in by-elections last month.

The speaker of the legislature had earlier decided to indefinitely postpone the EFF’s initial motion of no confidence, when it approached the court to demand a secret ballot.

‘No need for bloodshed’

Malema accused some members of the legislature, including those from the SACP, of refusing to use their powers within the legislature to rid the province of Mahumapelo.

“When we gave them a tool to remove Supra without a drop of blood, through a motion of no confidence, they refused,” Malema said.

The ANC’s national working committee (NWC) was due to meet on Wednesday to discuss Mahumapelo’s fate. Members of the NWC have argued however that only the national executive committee (NEC) has powers to recall a premier.

A battle is expected when the NEC sits this month to discuss the matter, among others.

“We don’t want a drop of blood. We want you to take government using your votes [instead of violence],” Malema said.

“A motion of no confidence is a peaceful thing introduced in our Constitution by Mandela and [others]. They are refusing to use it,” he said.

Protests not ‘genuine’

Malema labelled Mahumapelo as corrupt, accusing him of stealing money from various government departments meant for the poor.

He denounced the violence that recently gripped the North West. Several towns ground to a halt as residents looted shops and set alight public buildings, demanding that Mahumapelo step down.

A 16-year-old boy was killed during the unrest.

Malema warned EFF members against participating in the protests, which he said were part of factional battles within the ANC.

“I don’t want the red berets in places being burnt. Don’t get involved in the looting of shops, it is an ANC thing to do. They are fighting factional battles, it’s not a genuine fight. If it was genuine why don’t they use the EFF’s motion of no confidence to remove Supra without a drop of blood?” he asked.

Malema said the EFF would remove Mahumapelo the same way it removed former president Jacob Zuma, who was now sitting idle in his home village of Nkandla.

The EFF exerted pressure on the ANC NEC to remove Zuma by calling a motion of no confidence against him in Parliament.

The EFF wants to test the resolve of ANC members of the North West legislature to get rid of embattled Premier Supra Mahumapelo.

The party is abandoning its court challenge for a secret ballot in the motion of no confidence against him.

Instead, it will now write a letter to the speaker of the legislature to demand that the motion be debated urgentl

“We have no sympathy for Supra. Secret ballot or no secret ballot. We want to expose the crooks inside the ANC, to see if they mean business when they say they want Supra to go. Why don’t they vote with the EFF in our motion of no confidence?” EFF leader Julius Malema said.

He was speaking in Coligny, North West, at a rally to celebrate the party’s Ward 15 victory in by-elections last month.

The speaker of the legislature had earlier decided to indefinitely postpone the EFF’s initial motion of no confidence, when it approached the court to demand a secret ballot.

‘No need for bloodshed’

Malema accused some members of the legislature, including those from the SACP, of refusing to use their powers within the legislature to rid the province of Mahumapelo.

“When we gave them a tool to remove Supra without a drop of blood, through a motion of no confidence, they refused,” Malema said.

The ANC’s national working committee (NWC) was due to meet on Wednesday to discuss Mahumapelo’s fate. Members of the NWC have argued however that only the national executive committee (NEC) has powers to recall a premier.

A battle is expected when the NEC sits this month to discuss the matter, among others.

“We don’t want a drop of blood. We want you to take government using your votes [instead of violence],” Malema said.

“A motion of no confidence is a peaceful thing introduced in our Constitution by Mandela and [others]. They are refusing to use it,” he said.

Protests not ‘genuine’

Malema labelled Mahumapelo as corrupt, accusing him of stealing money from various government departments meant for the poor.

He denounced the violence that recently gripped the North West. Several towns ground to a halt as residents looted shops and set alight public buildings, demanding that Mahumapelo step down.

A 16-year-old boy was killed during the unrest.

Malema warned EFF members against participating in the protests, which he said were part of factional battles within the ANC.

“I don’t want the red berets in places being burnt. Don’t get involved in the looting of shops, it is an ANC thing to do. They are fighting factional battles, it’s not a genuine fight. If it was genuine why don’t they use the EFF’s motion of no confidence to remove Supra without a drop of blood?” he asked.

Malema said the EFF would remove Mahumapelo the same way it removed former president Jacob Zuma, who was now sitting idle in his home village of Nkandla.

The EFF exerted pressure on the ANC NEC to remove Zuma by calling a motion of no confidence against him in Parliament.

Source: http://www.news24.com

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SANDILE MANTSOE GUILTY OF KARABO MOKOENA’S MURDER

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Sandile Mantsoe is accused of killing his 22-year-old girlfriend Karabo Mokoena last year, burning her body and dumping it in a veld in Lyndhurst.

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JOHANNESBURG – Sandile Mantsoe has been found guilty of Karabo Mokoena‘s murder.

Mantsoe was accused of killing his 22-year-old girlfriend, Mokoena, last year, burning her body and dumping it in a veld in Lyndhurst.

In his ruling on Wednesday, Judge Peet Johnson has found that the State managed to prove beyond reasonable doubt that he had murdered Mokoena and burnt her body to try and destroy the evidence.

“That the deceased did not have a tendency to commit suicide, did not attempt it, did not commit it and that the accused killed her.”

He’s questioned why Mantsoe felt the need to dispose of Mokoena’s body if he had not killed her.

Johnson has accused Mantsoe of trying to paint Mokoena as suicidal and depressed in order to drive his narrative that she had taken her own life.

The court will soon hear whether sentencing proceedings will continue Wednesday afternoon.

Source: http://www.ewn.co.za  

‘Hands off Supra’

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NORTH WEST went up in flames last week as protesters called for Premier Supra Mahumapelo to step down.

The scenes of vandalism and looting were still on police officers’ minds when minibuses filled with ANC members parked outside Luthuli House in Joburg yesterday.

Only this time the people were marching in support of Mahumapelo.

The marchers travelled from North West to demand that Mahumapelo be left alone.

More than 1 000 Mahumapelo supporters barricaded the road leading to Luthuli House, bringing traffic to a halt.

The marchers said they represented the Bojanala, Ngaka Modiri Molema, Dr Kenneth Kaunda and Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati regions.

The group claimed a third force was behind the protests in North West.

Mlungisi Mathews, an ANC member in the Dr Kenneth Kaunda region, said many of the people who were calling for Mahumapelo to step down were not even ANC members.

“There are people who are being paid to wreak havoc in our province.

“Many of them don’t even know who Supra is. These people are not members of the ANC, yet they are leading the chaos,” said Mlungisi

According to the group’s memorandum of grievances, North West is ready to hold its regional conference. The memorandum called for members to rally behind the North West ANC’s leadership.

The marchers also demanded that a motion of no confidence suggested by the EFF be done away with.

Their memorandum was received by the ANC’s national executive committee member Febe Potgieter-Gqubule.

The group said it expects a response by Friday.

– Daily Sun

‘Those who want to go back to school should do so’- Makoro

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By REGINALD KANYANE

It’s been almost two months since pupils at Baga-Maidi community were prohibited to go to school due to strike over a tar road. The community members in Molelema village in Taung and its surroundings embarked on protests where shops were looted and few buildings were torched in the process.

They also barricaded road linking Taung and Schweizer Reneke and other internal roads with debris and burning tyres. The community members demand tar roads on D208 and D209 respectively.

North West Public Works and Roads department heed their call and offered to construct 10km tar road as a start. MEC Mmule Maluleke said the department cannot construct 71km tar road as there is no budget.

However, Maluleke’ submission was fervidly rejected by community members as they said: “Either 71km tar road or nothing.”

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Community leader, Mothibi Makoro said: “The situation is unscrupulous and school children are mostly affected. We had a meeting with those who are affected and the parents of those children agreed that there will be no school until our demands are met. However, we agreed that those who want to go back to school should do so without being prohibited.

“Some of these school children also agreed with the decision and say they understand the demands are valid. So, we will be meeting with the department today at Greater Taung Local Municipality offices for a way forward.”

Makoro also lambasted those who circulated fake messages on social media under his name. He said people should be wary of that and refrain from redistributing those messages.

“There is a section of community members who want to divide us and create confusion. However, we are aware of those detractors and we will address that decisively. We cannot budge now and let people to divide us. We stand together as community and we want to see our demands being properly addressed,” he said.

North West Education and Sport Development department spokesperson, Freddy Sepeng said the protests affected many pupils especially Grade 12s. Sepeng urged those who are behind protests to let children to go to school.

“We urge those who are behind those protests to refrain from prohibiting pupils to go to school. These protests will affect those children in future. The department understands that communities are angry and their demands are valid. However, it is absurd and irresponsible to prohibit children from attending school.

“We will come up with remedial actions and assist those who are affected. Our teachers will organise extra classes especially during June school adjournment to recover from time lost during unrests,” he said.

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