African National Congress in Bokone Bophirima calls on the people of this province to refrain from participating in ugly incidents of xenophobic attacks. ANC Provincial Secretary, Dakota Legoete said people should also refrain from looting from the premises owned by the foreign nationals doing business in their localities. Legoete said these attacks have led to a number of foreign nationals dying in most brutal ways and others being misplaced and living in fear.

“These incidents takes place in the same month when our country celebrate twenty one years of freedom, and the irony of these targeted violence is that it is done on people who housed the ANC and other liberation movements in their countries during many years of our fight for the freedom we will be celebrating next week” he said.

He said they would like to applaud many people who remained peaceful during the past two weeks of xenophobic attacks, and ask them to continue accommodating and assisting those affected by these ugly acts of violence.

“We trust and have confidence on the South African Police Service that they will be ready at all times to combat any incidents, which dent the peaceful nature of our province. Our people should also report those who participate in the looting and killing of foreign nationals to the authorities” he concludes.

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Mahikeng- African National Congress in Bokone Bophirima calls on the people of this province to refrain from participating in ugly incidents of xenophobic attacks. African National Congress Provincial Secretary, Dakota Legoete said people should also refrain from looting from the premises owned by the foreign nationals doing business in localities. He said these attacks have led to a number of foreign nationals dying in most brutal ways and others being misplaced and living in fear.

“These incidents takes place in the same month when our country celebrate twenty one years of freedom, and the irony of these targeted violence is that it is done on people who housed the ANC and other liberation movements in their countries during many years of our fight for the freedom we will be celebrating next week” Legoete said.

He said they would like to applaud many of our people who remained peaceful during the past two weeks of xenophobic attacks, and ask them to continue accommodating and assisting those affected by these ugly acts of violence.

“We trust and have confidence on the South African Police Service that they will be ready at all times to combat any incidents, which dent the peaceful nature of our province. Our people should also report those who participate in the looting and killing of foreign nationals to the authorities” Legoete said.

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Rustenburg – An elderly man has been arrested for allegedly raping a nine-year-old girl outside Rustenburg, North West police said on Monday.

The man, 68, allegedly raped the girl in Monakato near Mogwase last week, said Colonel Sabata Mokgwabone.

“It is alleged that the girl went to her grandmother’s place to play with another child. She was allegedly raped there when the suspect called her… dragged her into the bedroom where he raped her,” said Colonel Sabata Mokgwabone. “The minor allegedly went home where she disclosed the incident to her mother.”
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Rustenburg – A 68-year-old man, accused of raping a nine-year-old girl, appeared in the Mogwase Magistrate’s Court on Monday, North West police said.

Colonel Sabata Mokgwabone said the man was arrested on Friday for allegedly raping the girl in Monakato, outside Rustenburg, on April 14.
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Rustenburg – A case against two women accused of witchcraft was withdrawn when they appeared in the Jericho Magistrate’s Court north of Brits on Tuesday, North West police said on Tuesday.

The women were arrested in Bethanie near Brits on Friday after allegedly snatching a month-old baby girl from her mother’s bed before, according to reports, returning her to her home.

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Rustenburg – A man has been taken in for questioning in Rustenburg in connection with the murder of an Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu) leader, North West police said on Tuesday.

“It can be confirmed that a 40-year-old Lesotho national has been taken in for questioning. It is believed that he will assist the police in the investigation and arrest of the suspects,” said Brigadier Thulani Ngubane.

“Preliminary investigation has shown that at this stage, the incident is not linked to previous rivalry between National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) and Association of Mineworkers and Construction. We would like to state that when the case was reported, it was not clear that the deceased was a member of Amcu, but the police reacted to the incident promptly.”

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Johannesburg – The attacks on foreign nationals over the last few weeks are embarrassing and inhumane, Deputy Agriculture Minister Bheki Cele has said.

“We can’t behave like animals. There is no justification whatsoever for the way we are behaving,” he told News24.

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Johannesburg – The police and army raided the Jeppestown hostel on Tuesday night searching for weapons, Gauteng police said.

“The whole national team are here. The national commissioner as well,” spokesperson Lieutenant Kay Makhubela said.

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Johannesburg – The North Gauteng High Court granted an order on Friday that apartheid-era assassin Eugene de Kock’s lawyers must have access to him, his lawyer Julian Knight said.

The court ordered that the paroled former Vlakplaas commander’s lawyers also be allowed to consult with him in private.

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A worker tragically died in a pedestrian accident at the corner of Zambezi and Moloto Roads this afternoon. Exact detail to the cause of the accident will remain a subject for police investigation and comment.

Netcare 911 paramedics arrived at the scene and found that the man had been pinned against a fence by a vehicle. After medics examined the patient it was found that  he had tragically died before our arrival due to the extensive injuries that he sustained.

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