Johannesburg – A woman motorist was arrested at her home after allegedly killing a pedestrian and fleeing the scene, Johannesburg metro police said on Sunday.

“(The JMPD) arrested a 24-year-old woman at her home in Radiokop last night, after she bumped and killed a male pedestrian along Northumberland Road in North Riding at about 9.30pm,” said Chief Superintendent Wayne Minnaar.

The woman allegedly spoke briefly to a man who witnessed the incident, then she drove off.

“The man rode behind her to where she lived and called JMPD who went to the address and arrested the woman.”

The pedestrian was identified and taken to a mortuary.

The woman will appear in the Randburg Magistrate’s Court on Monday. She faces charges of culpable homicide and leaving the accident scene. – Sapa

Johannesburg – Oscar Pistorius’s appeal against his bail conditions will be heard on the same day his older brother Carl is due in another court to stand trial for culpable homicide.

The double-amputee Olympic athlete’s legal team would challenge some of his bail conditions in the high court in Pretoria on Thursday, the family lawyer said. His brother’s trial is set for Wednesday and Thursday in the Vanderbijlpark Magistrate’s Court.

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Bafana Bafana skipper Itumeleng Khune has defended his team’s reaction to Central African Republic’s ‘hand of God’ goal, which was disallowed this evening.

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North West –

The ANC’s North West provincial executive committee (PEC) has decided to revoke its decision to suspend the membership of David Kham chief whip of the Tlokwe municipality, it said on Saturday.

“The PEC resolved to rescind it’s decision to temporarily suspend the membership of comrade David Kham. This decision was taken in the aftermath of NEC resolutions on the Tlokwe matter,” said acting provincial secretary Gordon Kegakilwe.

“The PEC further resolved to expedite the process of the resignation of comrade Kham as the whip of the Tlokwe local municipality, a PEC decision endorsed by the NEC (national executive committee).”

The decision to rescind Kham’s suspension was taken by the PEC at a special meeting held in Mafikeng on Thursday.

Last year the PEC decided to disband the ANC Ngaka Modiri Molema regional executive committee (REC) by suspending Mataboge and Tlokwe municipality council chief whip Kham.

Last month the NEC visited the province and took a decision that Maphetle Maphetle should be re-instated as mayor of Tlokwe municipality.

Fighting ANC factions had passed a motion of no confidence in Maphetle in November. He was replaced by Annette Combrink Ä the first DA mayor in the province.

But following the NEC decision, Maphetle reclaimed his seat as mayor in February after he won by 31 votes to 21.

The municipal council passed a vote of no confidence in Combrink before the voting took place.

In other matters discussed at the Thursday meeting, three PEC members resigned following their election to the ANC NEC during the elective conference held in Mangaung in December.

These were Philly Mapulane, Pinki Mokoto and Pinki Moloi.

Kegakilwe said the PEC had filled the vacancies with Ntombi Koloti, Suzan Tsebe and Fenny Motladiile.

“These replacements are subject to ratification of the provincial general council whose date will be decided by the next PEC,” he said.

At its next meeting, the provincial working committee (PWC) would also appoint the acting provincial treasurer after consultation with the NEC.

Three members of the Mahikeng Local Municipality who were removed by mayor Lenah Miga were reinstated with immediate effect.

The PEC said the decision by the mayor was taken without proper consultation of the PEC.

The ANC said it was ready to contest the by-election to be held in ward nine in Rusternburg and ward 14 in Tshwaing. – Sapa

Johannesburg – South Africans should brace themselves for what could be the most difficult winter as electricity supply remained constrained, the Public Enterprise Minister Malusi Gigaba said on Saturday.

“We need to worry about how we are going to go through this winter,” Gigaba said.

He was speaking to residents in Kliptown, Soweto where he was encouraging community members to pay for their electricity and to report illegal connections.

This was part of the 49M energy saving campaign.

Gigaba urged the public to continue with basic electricity saving habits like switching off geysers between 5pm and 9pm.

“We need to change our behaviour… instead of using heaters people should rather use blankets.”

He told residents that with Eskom reaching 40 million new connections last year, it meant by 2017, South Africa would have to have more power stations to meet the growing demand.

“We are still confident that we will, in partnership with all South Africans and with more business joining the partnership, succeed to keep the lights on until we get out of this difficult situation,” said Gigaba.

He finally asked residents to observe Earth Hour on Saturday evening by switching off lights and appliances between 8.30pm and 9.30pm. – Sapa

Premier Modise expresses shock and condemns farm murder discovered after a week

North West Premier Thandi Modise has expressed shock that the incident in which a well known dog breeder Eric Labuschane was murdered and his 78-year-elderly mother was locked in the bathroom was only discovered after a week.

In condemning the heinous crime and conveying condolences to the Labuschane family, Premier Modise said that the incident highlights the need for farmers to keep in regular contact with each other as part of crime prevention strategy and in support of the rural safety plan.

“An effective communication network with farmers should be maintained by rural safety coordinating structures in order to prevent farm attacks and improve response time in the event attacks occur,” emphasised the Premier who was also concerned that the mother who suffers from Alzheimer’s from was found dehydrated and in a state of shock a day after her son’s body was removed from the scene.

“We wish Labuschane’s elderly mother a speedy recovery and pray for her strength to deal with her loss as she mourns the tragic death of her son,” Modise said.

She called on police not to leave any stone unturned until those responsible are behind bars. 

 According to the report, Eric Labuschane who had been renting a four-bedroom house on Olifants Hoek farm, about 23km outside Rustenburg 

 since August last year was allegedly stabbed and bludgeoned with a rock.

Labuschane’s body was discovered after his landlord, Peter Roberts,son of herbalist Margaret Roberts noticed a strong smell and flies and summoned police who broke down the front door to gain access into the house and discover Labuschane’s decomposing body in the main bedroom.

Roberts’s curiosity to enquire on Labuschane whom he had last seen last Wednesday night 

  was drawn by his dogs which were growing thin.

Roberts purportedly said that Labuschane was a recluse and he was not worried that he had not seen him or his mother .

North West police spokesperson Colonel Emelda Setlhako said Labuschane had also been strangled and that t did not look like there was forced entry into the house.

Setlhako also confirmed that Labuschane had a worker who was also last seen last Wednesday and that a Volkswagen bakkie and two cellphones were missing.

By Obakeng Maje

Cape Town-Bafana Bafana maneuver their way to the top of the group after walloping Central African Republic 2-0 in a world cup qualifier.

South African national team is leading the pack by five points and kept their hopes of qualifying for Fifa World Cup that will be hosted in Brazil next year alive.

The game started like a house on fire as Bafana’s prose has the merits of simplicity,euphony and precision.

Bafana started asking questions to the visitors in the early minutes.

Bafana striker Tokelo Rantie was supposed to put Bafana in the driving seat after he received a pass from Letsholenyane,but his shot went over the bar.

The CAR defence was buyoed and denied Bafana any opportunity.

CAR strikers imposed pressure on Bafana’s back four,but found them sturdy.

Bafana influential Defender Thabo Matlaba took a shot from a distance that left CAR goalkeeper in no man’s land.

The stadium erupted and commentators stuttered when Matlaba scores for Bafana.

“I am very happy after scoring for Bafana and what went through my mind was to score a goal” Matlaba said.

“The coach told us to play with confidence and take our chances. We believed in ourselves and taking that shot from a distance was marvellous” said man of the match.

The Central African Republic strikers Foxi shot was saved by skipper Itumeleng Khune who was more gingerly between the poles.

“I am very disappointed by the referee as he allowed the goal and succumbed to pressure from south African players who refuted the goal. Even the linesman did not acknowledged a hand ball to say the list” CAR coach said.

“Bafana won in front of their supporters and we expecting cracker game when they come to our backyard. We will show them when they visit on the 08th of June” said the coach.

Bafana international Parker unleashed a wonderful shot on the 70th minute to make it 2-0 in favour of Bafana.

“We played well today and improving game by game. We kept our clean sheet and our back four was more sturdy” igesund said.

Bafana midfielder Furman was substituted after he was left blurred by CAR player.

Bafana was so delicate and showed some improvements since the Afcon.

They won the game 2-0 and with an advantage.

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