Bloemfontein- A boy of nine got his arm stuck in a pool’s sucksion pipe at a school in Bloemfontein on Friday.

ER24 paramedics along with other services struggled for more than three hours to extricate the boy’s arm.

They managed to cut off a part of the pipe and ER24 paramedics then transported the boy to Mediclinic Bloemfontein for urgent assessment.  Part of the pipe was still attached to the boy’s arm.

“Emergency staff assisted by ER24 paramedics sedated the patient and used various tools including a grinder to remove the pipe from the boy’s arm. The procedure took approximately two hours” ER24 spokesperson Pieter Rossouw said.

The boy as well as his arm is now in a stable condition. The cause of the incident remains unknown.

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Pretoria- A man has tragically lost his life following a pedestrian accident on the R55 in Olievenhoutbos, Centurion just after 18h00 this evening.

Netcare 911 paramedics and other services arrived at the scene and found the lifeless body of a fifty-two-year-old man lying in the middle of the roadway after he was knocked over by a motor vehicle while crossing the road. Upon assessment they found that the man had tragically lost his life prior to their arrival and the man was declared dead at the scene.

“Upon assessment of the occupant of the motor vehicle they found that the man had sustained minor to moderate injuries during the accident and after receiving treatment at the scene, the injured man was transported to hospital for further medical care” Netcare 911 spokesperson Santi Steinmann said.

Exact detail surrounding the cause of the pedestrian accident and preceding events will remain the subject of a police investigation.

-TDN

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BY KEDIBONE MOLAETSI

KIMBERLEY- FOUR suspects including a cop appeared in the Kenhardt Magistrates’ court on Friday (20/02) on a charge of stock theft.

Northern Cape police spokeswoman colonel Priscilla Naidu said police received information about a possible stock theft between Kenhardt and Keimoes on Tuesday(17/02/2015).

Kenhardt station commander captain Johannes Van Wyk followed up on the information and found two suspects loading six sheep in the bakkie. A VW Polo was also at the scene, but the driver drove off after seeing the police.

“The vehicle was stopped in Kakamas and further alleged that two sheep those were loaded in the VW Polo were dropped off at the side of the road. The sheep were found along the road” Naidu said.

Constable Lourens Klip from Noenieput Police Station, was amongst suspects  and their next court appearance will be on the 25^th February 2015.

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A faculty building in Stellenbosch in a fire that has been brought under control.  The van der Sterr building in Victoria street in the Economics and Management faculty, has been partly destroyed in the fire that started on Sunday morning.

Firefighters are still on the scene. It is not clear yet how the fire started.

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Untreated sewerage continues to spill into the Vaal River.

This comes after two waste water treatment plants in the Matlosana local municipality, in the North West are dysfunctional.

Some of the farmers along the river believe that the extent of pollution; in the water is already beginning to cost them their live-stock.

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Young South Africans should get to know the country’s history better.

This is the message as we commemorate the death of hundreds of South African troops at sea during the World War I.

A memorial service was held at Ga-Mothakga Resort in Atteridgeville west of Pretoria.

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Around 18 miners were still trapped underground after a fire broke out at the Kusasalethu Gold Mine near Carletonville, the Harmony Gold Mining Company said on Sunday.

“Around 468 have been brought to the surface and around 18 are still underground,” said spokeswoman Charmane Russell.
“No injuries or fatalities have been reported and the fire has now been contained.”

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Former African National Congress (ANC) treasurer general Matthews Phosa has called for ANC structures in Mpumalanga to unite ahead of the 2016 local government elections.

He warned that the ANC in its current form in the province would lose support because of glaring divisions within the party.

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BY REGINALD KANYANE

TAUNG- A Dryharts resident who is a livestock owner is furious at the Pudimoe police. A 44 year-old man went to the police station with trust that he will receive help, but instead he is pointing fingers at the police and accuses them with incompetence.

Tshiamiso Goitsemodimo’s five goats were stolen and slaughtered near Choseng village in 2014. The suspects allegedly loaded the carcasses into a hearse.

They were arrested on N18 road near Vryburg and a case of stock-theft was launched and Goitsemodimo came forward to receive the carcasses of his goats and expect justice to prevails at the end, but that was the beginning of his nightmare.

“I opened a case after I positively identified that those slaughtered goats belongs to me. A case was opened against the suspects, but until now I haven’t received a case number. I just heard from the corridors that my case was struck off then roll, how I do not know” Goitsemodimo explains.

He said he tried to contact stock-theft unit in Vryburg but it seems no one could help him.

“I spoke with to the police there, but they were not co-operative and what I received was the carcasses of my goats and how the case was struck off the roll no one explained that to me” he outlines.

However North West police spokesperson colonel Sabata Mokgwabone said the case was opened and the case number was handed over to the victim.

“The victim was given a paper that confirmed him as the owner of the goats and on that paper, there was a case number. We will look into the matter and we would like to advice the victim to go and see station commander to ask his case to be put back on the roll. According to my understanding, the case was struck off the roll because there was no DNA that can identify that he was the rightful owner of the goats” Mokgwabone said.

According to Goitsemodimo, police handed over only four slaughtered goats even though they found five in the hearse, since they promised him to bring the fifth one.

He also said his two sheep were taken from him by police, but until now he never received them back a year later.

Police always promise to bring them back, but it seems that remains as such.

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BY LESEDI SETLHODI

TAUNG- Two suspects aged between 30 and 50 were arrested by community of Morokweng village, Taung in Baga-Maidi area on Thursday at around 03:00am, North West police said.

Sergeant Kelebogile Moleko said two men were arrested by community members after they allegedly stole more than 30 goats. One of the community members allegedly saw two men loading goats into a white bakkie with Kwazulu-Natal plate numbers.

The community beat them up before handing them over to the police.

Sergeant Kelebogile Moleko said the suspects appeared at Taung Magistrate Court on Friday.

“We can confirm that two men were arrested in connection of stock-theft in Morokweng village near Taung on Thursday. They were arrested by community members after they saw them loading goats into a bakkie at around 03:00am in the morning” sergeant Kelebogile Moleko said.

Thabang Sapele(27) said stock-theft is very rife in their area. He said they’re losing their livestock through theft.

“Stock-theft is very rife in the area and livestock is our life. We arrested two people trying to steal our goats and the sad part is that most people we arrest here, are from Kwazulu-Natal province” Sapele said.

Matlhogonolo Katong who almost lost 18 goats said his goats were stolen while in the veld on Wednesday.

“I am very happy to find my goats here. They were stolen last night(Wednesday) in Manthe village and I received a call on Thursday morning from one on my friends telling me that my goats were here. On my arrival, indeed I found my goats loading in a bakkie. We want to see justice prevails” Katong said.

The suspects were beaten up before being handed over to police and they briefly appeared at Taung Magistrate Court on Friday for stock-theft.

Their case was postponed until 24 February 2015 and they were remanded in custody.

-TDN

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