BY KEDIBONE MOLAETSI

A 34 year-old woman from Mogopela B in Taung was released after being arrested on Friday. The mentally ill woman was arrested amid the death of a 3 year-old toddler. The toddler was found hanged from the rafter of the roof in the house she used to call home. Now her death will remain a mystery after her auntie was released because there was not enough evidence linking her to the murder.

 North West police spokesperson sergeant Kelebogile Moleko, said a woman who was a sister to the mother of a murdered child, was arrested after suspected of murdering the child.

 “The woman, who is mentally challenged, was released pending preliminary investigations.  The police could not link her to the murder of the child. The child was allegedly hanged in the house. Police are waiting for post-mortem results and they will take it from there. She said the girl was hanged found hanged by one of family members,” Moleko said.

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BY KEDIBONE MOLAETSI

NORTH West police said 32 people were arrested during the weekend in operation Fiela. The operation was conducted across the province since Thursday. North West police spokesperson, Colonel Sabata Mokgwabone said the police will do what it takes to root-out crime.

“The operations were held jointly with Traffic and Immigration Officials in the policing precincts of Boitekong, Mmabatho, Lomanyaneng and Klerksdorp. The arrested persons include six that were suspects for assault GBH and assault common. Three nabbed for common robbery, seven for drug-related crimes, one for possession of a dangerous weapon and another one for malicious damage to property,” Mokgwabone said.

He said nine fines were issued for liquor-related offences, while five motorists were fined for road traffic related transgressions. “The arrested suspects are expected to appear in Mmabatho, Rusteburg, and Klerksdorp Magistrate’s Court soon. The police seized liquor and dagga during the operations. More than 165 premises, 83 vehicles and 508 persons were searched.  The operations will continue and will be intensified in various parts of the province. The aim is to maintain stability and ensure the safety of the community during the festive season as part of operation Duty Calls – Fiela Reclaim,” he said.

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BY REGINALD KANYANE

THE department of labour in North West closed down few offices at mini-Garona building in Vryburg. The department visited the building last week after complainants from some of employees who alleged that there building was not conducive. The building that cost the provincial government more than R300m harbours more than ten provincial government offices.

The department of labour provincial spokesperson, Orpa Mathabe said: “We visited the area and closed down few offices for non-compliance. There is no ventilation machinery system, and some of the windows do not open. So, that makes it hard for workers to work under those conditions. We completely closed down the office of the premier, department of education and partial closed the department of social development and health department.

“We are currently busy with paperwork after we realised that the department of education defied the rules and continue to use their office. We will drag them to court because what they doing is encroachment. We urge all private and public sectors to comply with the labour rules to avoid disappointment.”

The department of public works said the investigations were underway to determine if the problems persisted through poor workmanship or not.

Provincial Public Works MEC, Madoda Sambatha said: “We are currently conducting internal investigations. We want to check if the problems arose after the handover of the building by contractor or not. We will work together with the department of labour to derivate the problems. The provincial government aims at creating a mini-Garona at each district within the province. That will help our people to access government offices easily.

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BY REGINALD KANYANE

North West Provincial Legislature’s Standing Committee on Provincial Public Accounts (SCOPA) will hold public hearings on the Public Finance Management Act audit outcomes of the financial year 2014/15 for Department of Public Works and Roads and Signal Developments (PTY) Ltd in the Legislature Committee Room 2 on Wednesday at 09h00.

The public hearings will be attended by the MEC for Department of Public Works and Roads, Madoda Sambatha and CEO and senior management of Signal Development (PTY) Ltd including representatives from the Department of Finance, Economy and Enterprise Development and the Auditor General’s office.

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Cape Town – France’s ambassador to South Africa Elisabeth Barbier will on Tuesday brief the media at the French Embassy in Pretoria on Friday’s attacks in Paris which led to the deaths of 132 people.

Three teams of attackers including seven suicide bombers on Friday night attacked the national stadium, the concert hall and nearby nightspots.

The attacks left 350 people injured, 99 of them seriously.

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Paris – French President Francois Hollande will present a bill to extend the state of emergency in France, as well as propose severe amendments to the constitution in light of last week’s wave of attacks in Paris that killed at least 132 people.

The French leader said on Monday, in an exceptional joint gathering of parliament, that he would make the proposals on Wednesday and parliamentarians would vote on them before the end of the week.

Friday’s “acts of war… were decided and planned in Syria, prepared and organised in Belgium [and] perpetrated on our soil with French complicity”, he said, speaking in Versailles, south of Paris.

“I have asked the prime minister to prepare constitutional amendments,” he added.

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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.