The eight policemen found guilty of murdering Mozambican taxi driver Mido Macia will be sentenced in the High Court in Pretoria.
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Manthe Primary School to be officially opened
BY REGINALD KANYANE
The Department of Mineral Resources will launch the Manthe Primary School in Taung, North West as part of Anglo American Platinum’s Social and Labour Plan (SLP) commitment on Tuesday.
A SLP is a pre-requisite for the granting of mining or production rights under the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act (MPRDA).
The Act is amongst other legislation to transform the mining and production industries.
Following extensive consultations and needs analysis by Anglo American Platinum with the Department of Education, the Ba-ga Maidi Traditional Council was approached and the proposed project was well received. A dilapidated primary school was then demolished and the new Manthe Primary School was rebuilt to benefit the Batlhaping Ba-ga Maidi Community.
The handover of the school to the learners and the community will take place as follows.
Date : 22 September 2015
Venue : Manthe Primary School
Batlhaping Ba GaMaidi Community,
Taung Magisterial District, North West
Time : 10:00
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One tap for 10 000 Kraaipan residents
Cape Town – The Democratic Alliance is shocked to learn that the people of Kraaipan in the Ngaka Modiri Molema district municipality in the North West share one tap among 10 000 people, DA MP Leon Basson said on Sunday.
This emerged after the DA conducted oversight of the living conditions of the people of Kraaipan, a village nearly 70km from Mafikeng, he said in a statement.
“It is outrageous and deeply disappointing to stand alongside residents who have to queue at the communal tap and wait their turn to collect water in containers for hours. Some have to then carry the water for kilometres.
“The DA observed on Thursday how schoolchildren walk from tap to tap trying to get water after the school day, hoping to find a working tap,” he said.
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Wanted: President Jacob Zuma
Cape Town – President Jacob Zuma, aka “Showerhead” is a wanted man and there’s a reward if you turn him in.
Cheeky “Wanted” posters featuring the mugshots of Zuma and other high-profile politicians caused a stir along the Sea Point beachfront on Sunday.
The six large posters were plastered along a wall at the Promenade, drawing stares and laughs from passers-by.
Other “wanted criminals” whose faces bear prison tattoos, included National Police Commissioner, “Ratatat” Riah Phiyega, former president FW “Eff Vee” de Klerk, deputy president Cyril “Buffalo Boy” Ramaphosa, the City’s mayoral committee member for safety and security JP “Jou P***” Smith, Shoprite CEO Whitey Basson, and mining magnate Ivan “The Terrible” Glasenberg.
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SPRINGBOKS PLUNGE TO SIXTH IN RUGBY WORLD RANKINGS
JOHANNESBURG – To add insult to injury, South Africa has dropped drastically in the latest World Rugby rankings, this following heir shocking loss to Japan in their opening game of the Rugby World Cupon Saturday.
The Springboks went into the tournament as the third best team in the world behind defending World Champions New Zealand and Australia, but wins for World Cup hosts England, Wales and Ireland have seen the three nations leapfrog ahead of Heyneker Meyer’s men.
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GUGULETHU SERIAL RAPIST CASE REMANDED TO NOVEMBER
CAPE TOWN – The case against an alleged Gugulethu serial rapist has been remanded to November.
Siyamcela Ntombeni is accused of raping at least three women along Voortrekker Road.
Police arrested the man last week.
He’ made a brief appearance in the Belville Magistrates Court today.
Ntombeni is charged with three counts of rape and three counts of robbery with aggravating circumstances.
It’s believed he lured female victims on Voortrekker Road by offering them jobs.
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BASIC EDUCATION: TEACHERS MUST PREPARE TO ADMINISTER ANA EXAMS
PRETORIA – The Basic Education Department has told teachers to prepare to administer the Annual National Assessment (ANA) exams despite an announcement by five unions that they will not participate in the process.
Sadtu, Naptosa and three other unions earlier today said that in its current form, the assessment is of no value, and it will only administer the exams after a diagnostic tool is remodeled.
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ANC still wants fewer provinces
Johannesburg – The ANC is still looking at reducing the number of provinces, legislature and governance committee chairperson Nomaindia Mfeketo said on Monday.
“That policy is at the bottom of trying to find an effective way of making sure that the state is efficient and responsive and much closer to the citizens,” she told reporters in Johannesburg during a discussion on the National General Council documents.
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Zim govt property in Cape Town sold for R3.7m
Cape Town – A property in Cape Town that belonged to the Zimbabwean government was auctioned off for R3.76 million on Monday to cover a legal costs order it owed AfriForum over that country’s land reform programme.
“This was the first time in history that a decision of a human rights tribunal in Africa led to the sale of a property of the country that has been guilty of human rights abuses,” The South African lobby group said.
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Abuse of dual citizenship an issue – Bapela
Johannesburg – South Africans who use their dual citizenship to join the army in other countries are abusing the system, the ANC’s international relations subcommittee chairperson Obed Bapela said on Monday.
“We have 4 000 British who are in the Royal services of the UK… and rightfully so because they are also citizens of Europe,” he told reporters in Johannesburg at an engagement on the party’s National General Council documents.
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