By Obakeng Maje

Rustenburg-North West police are looking for six suspects after a 31 year-old woman raped.

Police said the incident took place on Friday at around 23:30 in Tlhabane.

“A woman was allegedly walking along the street with her boyfriend when approached by six suspects” sergeant Kelebogile Moiloa said.

“It is alleged that six suspects were armed with bottle of beers and lushed up. They pounced on a victim’s boyfriend,and stabbed him” Moiloa said.

With the odour of fear, it is alleged the boyfriend ran away and six suspects dragged a woman to Lefaragatlha graveyard where the ordeal took place said police.

“Six suspects allegedly took turns on raping her and fled the scene afterward” Moiloa adds.

No one has been arrested so far and investigations continue. 

Bloemfontein Celtic coach, Clinton Larsen, was visibly upset with some of the referring decisions during his side’s 3-0 loss to Kaizer Chiefs on Sunday afternoon, but instead opted not to talk about it and rather focussed on his players’ performance.

There were some dubious referring decisions made during the 90 minutes at the Free State Stadium on Saturday that saw, what many thought was, Kingston Nkthatha scoring from an offside position and then later in the match the referee wave away two legitimate penalty appeals for handball inside the box (the first being Morgan Gould and the second Siboniso Gaxa).

Larsen, though, did not want to dwell on the negatives, especially the poor referring which he says they have become accustomed to. Instead he said he was proud of his boys’ performance and the fact that they stuck to the tactical game plan.

“No, not at all we are used to this when you are playing against the bigger clubs but the less said about the refereeing the better,” said Larsen.

“I think [tactically] we got it spot on today, we gave them a lot of problems, using the space left by their fullbacks, they had to adjust to the way we played. We played a 4-3-3 and I think the boys executed the game play exceptionally well.

“If ever there was a deceiving scoreline I have to think that it is this one today,” said Larsen after the match.

“The first goal, 16 minutes into the game, totally against the run of play and so with the second one as well.

“I think in the second half they got into our box 3/4 times, we controlled most of the second half, so I am very proud of the performance. There are so many positives to take out of this for the next game.”

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By Obakeng Maje

Potchefstroom-Two people died in a hit and run Er24 spokesperson Derrick Banks said.

“Two men believed to be in their 50s were knocked down by a light motor vehicle at Rysmiersbult in Potchefstroom” Banks said.

Er24 said one man died on the scene while the other one succumbed to injuries in hospital.

It is alleged that the drver of a vehicle was not at the scene when the paramedics arrived.

Police investigation continues.

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Five people died when a helicopter crashed in the Kruger National Park on Saturday evening, the SA National Defence Force (SANDF) said.

“The helicopter was on a scheduled aerial patrol of the Kruger National Park as part of Operation RHINO, the anti-rhino poaching operation, in the Kruger National Park,” Brigadier General Xolani Mabanga said in a statement.

He said at about 7pm a South African Air Force Agusta A109 light utility helicopter crashed killing five members on board.

“A preliminary investigation is currently underway to establish the sequence of events that led to the fatal crash of the helicopter.”

Mabanga said Ministry of Defence and Military Veterans Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, the chief of the SANDF General Solly Shoke and the chief of the SA Air Force Lt-Gen Zimpande Msimang expressed their heartfelt condolences to the families, loved ones and friends of the deceased.-Sapa

Former ANC Youth League head and fraud-accused Julius Malema faces new court action after he allegedly failed to disclose a number of his assets.

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JOHANNESBURG – The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) on Saturday confirmed troops who came under attack by rebels in the Central African Republic (CAR) last week are safe, for now.

13 South African soldiers were shot and killed by Seleka rebels, when they overran the capital Bangui.

Pressure is still mounting on President Jacob Zuma to explain why the soldiers were in CAR to begin with.

The SANDF’s Brigadier Xolani Mabanga claimed there has been no decision to evacuate the troops from the troubled country.

“The soldiers that are in Central African Republic are reported to be safe and there’s nothing that threatens their lives, the property or the equipment they have.”

Meanwhile, Zuma has been invited to attend an extraordinary summit of the Economic Community of Central African States on Wednesday.

Here, leaders will meet to discuss a solution to bring stability to CAR.

The president will be accompanied by several ministers, including International Relations Minister Maite Nkoana Mashabane and Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula.