Picture: SACP Provincial Secretary, Madoda Sambatha

By BAKANG MOKOTO

The South African Communist Party (SACP) in North West welcomed the resignation of the North West Premier, Supra Mahumapelo. SACP Provincial secretary, Madoda Samabatha said they applauded the Mahumapelo for listening to the masses.

“We want to congratulate Mahumapelo for rendering his resignation as the North West Premier. We call for serenity in the province and our people need to understand that the ANC is the people’s party. The SACP also calls for a better replacement that will ensure that service delivery reaches people.

“We want somebody who will take the province to greener pasture post-Mahumapelo. The ANC has resolved to curb corruption, fraud and greed within government. So, we welcome the resignation and wish him all the best in his new endeavours,” Sambatha said.

North West Business Forum spokesperson, Sello Mogodiri said they welcome Mahumapelo’s resignation. Mogodiri said the former Premier listened to his conscience and resigned.

“There is no individual triumphalist in Mahumapelo’s resignation, but ANC is the winner. The people of the North West come first and we are happy that there is no loss of blood. So, we also call for stability and tranquility in the province while moving forward,” Mogodiri said.

The African National Congress (ANC) in Bokone Bophirima has welcomed the resignation letter of Mahumapelo. ANC acting Provincial Secretary, Sussana Dantjie said the ruling party accepts Mahumapelo’s decision with a sense of apprehension, but great pride.

Dantjie said: “We welcome the Mahumapelo’s voluntarily exit from his deployment as the Premier. We are proud of him for having introduced the five concretes to implement
the National Development Plan (NDP), which are Agriculture Culture & Tourism (ACT), Villages, Townships and Small Dorpies (VTSD) economic approach, Reconciliation Healing and Renewal (RHR), Setsokotsane and Saamwerk-Saamtrek philosophy.

“As an organization, we will forever be appreciative and learn from his emphatic principled, but simple approach to issues. We also commend him for having crisscrossed the entire province in pursuit of a better life for our people through the Setsokotsane campaign. In Mahumapelo’s 35 years of revolutionary activism in the ANC, he has mastered the art of remaining simple and humble at all times, despite sustained concocted attacks against him by some friends and comrades.”

Dantjie further said they know that Mahumapelo will continue to serve his movement, the ANC in whatever new role they will decide for him. She added that they urge Mahumapelo to remain steadfast in what he believes are the necessary tasks of executing the revolution.

“As the ANC in Bokone Bophirima, we still believe in Mahumapelo’s innocence until he has been proven otherwise. We commend him for putting the interests of the province and its people before his own. We salute you Moidi for your selfless role in government. Continue leading us on an exemplary role in society as you have done for so many years,” she said.

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North West Premier Supra Mahumapelo is facing serious claims of corruption and maladministration amid ongoing protests calling for his recall.

JOHANNESBURG – The African National Congress (ANC) leadership in the North West is rallying behind Premier Supra Mahumapelo despite a decision for the ANC’s top six leaders to begin urgent talks with him  about his fate.

Acting ANC provincial secretary Susan Dantjie says that they welcome the announcement by the party’s national working committee because it will give Mahumapelo a chance to respond to accusations.

Mahumapelo is facing serious claims of corruption and maladministration amid ongoing protests calling for his recall.

The ANC’s top leadership held a series of meetings in the North Westwhere they heard a range of accusations placing Mahumapelo at the centre of rampant corruption.

Dantjie says that the ANC in the province believes that Mahumapelo should be given an opportunity to defend himself.

She says that before the ANC’s top brass take a decision on the premier’s fate, he should respond to the accusations.

“We view this as an opportunity that he has been requesting from the leadership to listen to him, because allegations are allegations.”

Details of the meeting between Mahumapelo and the ANC top six are yet to be confirmed.

Source: http://www.ewn.co.za 

On Wednesday he was found guilty of murdering Karabo Mokoena last year and burning her body.

JOHANNESBURG – Sandile Mantsoe has been handed an effective 32 years in jail for the murder of Karabo Mokoena.

On Wednesday he was found guilty of murdering 22-year-old Mokoena last year and burning her body.

Mantsoe: I’m a very smart guy. If I really wanted to do something elaborate I would have done better.

Source: http://www.ewn.co.za 

Sandile Mantsoe is accused of killing his 22-year-old girlfriend Karabo Mokoena last year, burning her body and dumping it in a veld in Lyndhurst.

JOHANNESBURG – Sandile Mantsoe has been found guilty of Karabo Mokoena‘s murder.

Mantsoe was accused of killing his 22-year-old girlfriend, Mokoena, last year, burning her body and dumping it in a veld in Lyndhurst.

In his ruling on Wednesday, Judge Peet Johnson has found that the State managed to prove beyond reasonable doubt that he had murdered Mokoena and burnt her body to try and destroy the evidence.

“That the deceased did not have a tendency to commit suicide, did not attempt it, did not commit it and that the accused killed her.”

He’s questioned why Mantsoe felt the need to dispose of Mokoena’s body if he had not killed her.

Johnson has accused Mantsoe of trying to paint Mokoena as suicidal and depressed in order to drive his narrative that she had taken her own life.

The court will soon hear whether sentencing proceedings will continue Wednesday afternoon.

Source: http://www.ewn.co.za  

Two police constables have been arrested after they were identified in a crowd that looted shops during a service delivery protest in the Northern Cape.

The pair were on duty during the alleged looting. They were found in possession of suspected stolen cellphones were reported stolen from a local furniture store in Hartswater. The cellphones and many items including television sets‚ electric appliances were stolen during service delivery protests where looting was (the) order of the day. Two arrested police officers were also seen being part of community members who looted business premises in Hartswater and Pampierstad.”

They were arrested after Crime Intelligence‚ Counter Intelligence‚ the K9 Unit‚ Tactical Response Team‚ Public Order Police and Hartswater Police followed up on information that implicated them in the looting of businesses.

“One of the suspects was found with a cellphone in his possession‚ while other phone was found at the other suspect’s house. The suspects were handed to the IPID for further investigation‚” said Tawana.

Source: http://www.timeline.co.za

DA leader Mmusi Maimane visited Mahikeng after violent protests last week. Residents have called for Mahumapelo’s resignations and accused him of corruption.

MAHIKENG – Democratic Alliance (DA) leader Mmusi Maimane says the North West needs a serious governance overhaul, one without Premier Supra Mahumapelo.

Maimane visited Mahikeng after violent protests last week. Residents have called for Mahumapelo’s resignations and accused him of corruption.

Maimane says that residents have legitimate concerns of maladministration, corruption and poor service delivery.

He has urged residents to think much harder when they vote next year.

“The ANC has its own internal factions. It’s one faction versus another and the people are being left out.”

The DA leader has visited the families of those who claimed that they were brutalised by police.

Maimane has promised to press criminal charges against law enforcement officers if need be.

Meanwhile, the South African Community Party’s Madoda Sombatha says change in leadership is necessary, but he still believes in the alliance.

While the ANC is yet to take a decision on the premier, both the SACP and the DA agree Mahumapelo must go as a matter of urgency.

CALM FOR NOW

Mahikeng has been calm following days of violent protests last week.

It is business as usual, with taxis seen ferrying passengers across the town.

No roads have been blocked and traffic to moving freely.

Some shops are also opening. Workers could be seen waiting outside stores.

Meanwhile, 23 people who were arrested during last week’s violence are expected to appear in court.

Police are still on high alert and say they’re prepared to intervene should tensions flare up again.

The ANC is expected to finally put the matter to rest soon by announcing its decision on Mahumapelo’s position as premier.

Source: http://www.ewn.co.za 

The situation has reportedly gotten tense in Mahikeng, where residents had earlier taken to the street calling on Supra Mahumapelo to stand down as Premier of the North West on Wednesday.

Some residents have reported hearing gunshots and seeing ambulances around the area. Unit 14, where the premier lives, is also said to have been affected.

When contacted for comment, Mahumapelo said “there’s nothing going on. There’s nothing to worry about”.

The premier told News24 there were rumours that he would be attacked and that, as a result, neighbours went out to “do voluntary defence”.

“There was a rumour that people are going to attack the house. On their own, neighbours went to do voluntary defence, I am told. Remember, I don’t stay in a government presidential guesthouse. I took a decision to stay with the people.”

Mahumapelo said his family at his home was safe and there was no damage to his house. 

He was not at home but had been on ANC business since Tuesday.

Source: http://www.news24.com