Public Works MEC Sambatha meets with contarctors

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BY REGINALD KANYANE

NORTH West Public Works MEC, Madoda Sambata met with contractors to try and solicit common grounds after they downed tools. The contractors were hired to build roads across the Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati district, but left the roads unfinished because of unpaid money.

Departmental spokesperson, George Madoda said the department met with all contractors and they are in a process of paying them the money they owed.

“MEC Madoda Sambatha met with three contractors on Friday. There is Leviro contract firm that is building a road between Morokweng and Bona Bona, and another one building a road between Morokweng and Tseage. We agreed that we will make sure all contractors will be paid before the end of this week and the process of continue building roads will resume,” Madoda said.

Madoda said Sambatha also met with Taung residents and explained that the department will meet with the contractor soon because there are still outstanding matter involved in the case after the contractor took department to court.

-TDN

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Pope makes it easier to end marriages

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Vatican City – Pope Francis, making the most substantial changes to Catholic marriage annulment procedures in centuries, on Tuesday radically simplified them and said bishops should give greater help to divorced couples.

In a move that again showed his desire for the Church to be more merciful to Catholics in difficulty, Francis reaffirmed traditional teaching on the “indissolubility of marriage”, but streamlined annulment procedures many considered cumbersome, lengthy, outdated and expensive.

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Mafikeng Airport back in business

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Mmabatho – Mafikeng Airport in the North West province is set to be back in full operation by resuming regular flights to Johannesburg and Pilanesburg, the office of the provincial premier announced on Friday.

Speaking during the official launch of the flight schedule at the airport on Friday morning, North West Premier Supra Mahumapelo said the move was part of the provincial government’s broader plan to reposition, rebrand and renew the province with special focus on Mahikeng as the capital city.

“By June last year we were talking theory, and today we have moved from theory to practice. We said that we will make this practical and I am very happy that SA Express and all stakeholders came to the party to make this a reality in line with our saamtrek saamwerk (pull together, work together) philosophy. This proves that we are committed to achieve our objectives,” said Mahumapelo.

SA Express will fly from Mahikeng to Pilanesberg and OR Tambo International Airport three times a week on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.

Fares would range from R400 for Mahikeng to Pilanesburg and from R600 for Mahikeng to Johannesburg.

Mahumapelo said that they were also looking at the possible introduction of flights between Mahikeng, Bloemfontein and Kruger National Park as part of enhancing the Maize Triangle strategic growth.

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‘Flabba’ witness smoked dagga that night

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Johannesburg – Rapper Nkululeko “Flabba” Habedi had a fight with the woman who allegedly killed him, the Johannesburg High Court sitting in the Randburg Magistrate’s Court heard on Tuesday.

“He came in and greeted us and sang to his track then told us that he had a fight with Sindi [Manqele] and needed to go sort it out,” his cousin Mpho Motsoari said during cross-examination from Norman Makhubela, for Manqele.

Motsoari recalled how Habedi came into the relaxation room and greeted him and another friend and a few minutes later Manqele went into the house.

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18 animals already killed in platform-hunt – NSPCA

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Johannesburg – Despite a public outcry, the platform-hunt at a farm outside Alldays in Limpopo continued and 18 animals were killed, the National Council of Societies for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (NSPCA) said.

“It is with sadness that we have to report that the hunt has continued despite the phenomenal public outcry opposing this. We can confirm that 18 animals were killed [Monday], including gemsbuck, eland, wildebeest, warthogs, Impala and duiker. We mourn their lives,” the NSPCA said on its Facebook page.

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Shakes: Should he stay or should he go now?

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Cape Town – The jury is out on whether Bafana Bafana coach Shakes Mashaba should get the axe – or continue at the helm of the national team.

Bafana hit rock-bottom in their AFCON 2017 qualifier against minnows Mauritania on Saturday, going down 3-1 to the 114th-ranked team in the world in what will go down in the annals as the worst performance by Bafana in living memory.

Was it a mere blip in the road to long-term glory, or is it time for fresh blood in charge?

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NW SELECT TEAMS TO PLAY IN THE NATIONAL SCHOOL SPORT CHAMPIONSHIPS

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BY REGINALD KANYANE
Vryburg – The North West Education and Sport Development department hosted a two days Provincial School League games on Friday and Saturday, 04 – 05 September 2015 at Gert Lubbe Stadium Sports Ground in Vryburg, Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati District.

The cold and rainy weather could not discourage the different teams of learners to compete for the number one spot in their respective different sporting codes. All the teams played on point system whereby the winning team in the group qualified to represent the province in the National championships at the end of the year in December.

The third leg for the Provincial School League games targeted the Under 13 and Under 17 boys and girls in the following sporting codes football, netball, basketball and volleyball.

The second leg took place late July 2015 and consisted of Indigenous games while the first leg consisted of the Special Schools and took place in June 2015.

Schools that will represent the Under 13 at the National Championships in Basketball Itirele Primary Schools from Matlosana (Dr Kenneth Kaunda District) for both girls and boys, in Softball General Hendrik Schoeman Primary School will represent for both boys and girls, in Volleyball A re Itshokeng Primary School will represent the boys and girls at national championships, in Football the boys from Kgetleng Primary School were on top of their group and girls from Kgetleng Primary School won in their group.

In the Under 17 category, the boys from Itshupeng Secondary School from Schweizer Reneke (Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati) won the group, while the girls from Mogawane Secondary School from Bojanala won the group.

In Volleyball the boys from Eletsa Secondary School in Letlhabile (Bojanala District) won the group and the girls of Tsamma Secondary School in Jouberton (Dr Kenneth Kaunda District). In the Basketball, the boys and girls from Keledi Secondary School won their both groups meaning that they will both represent the province at national.

MEC Maphefo Matsemela congratulated the schools who won the selection and wished them good luck at the National Championships.

“I wish to congratulate all the schools who won the Provincial School League Championships and encourage those who did not make it through. These competitions are a very good platform for our learners because they get to expose their talents at different levels until to National. I wish them good luck and they need to work extremely hard in order to bring back Gold to the province”,said MEC Matsemela.
-TDN
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‘Three nabbed for business robbery’

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BY REGINALD KANYANE
DOUGLAS- Three suspects aged 27,28 and 42, briefly appeared before Douglas Magistrate’s Court on Monday in charges of house breaking.

Northern Cape police said, Douglas police responded to a burglary at Barnetts Furniture Stores.

Police spokesperson, Lieutenant Sergio Kock said an immediate search of the area resulted in the arrest of  one suspect hiding near the post office, and another one under a motor vehicle.  

“The third suspect was found waiting in the getaway vehicle (Toyota Avanza), not very far from the scene. Police found two stolen flat screen TV’s hidden in a yard in the vicinity of the furniture store. The TV’s and the Toyota Avanza was confiscated by the police,” he said.

The value of both television sets is about R8000.
-TDN
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‘A body of a boy found flaunting in a river’

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BY KEDIBONE MOLAETSI
Daniëlskuil- Northern Cape police are investigating a case of murder following the discovery of a body a five-year-old boy on the Sunday at about 16H00.

According to police, two children were playing in the field and discovered the body of Boitumelo Uzair Engelbrecht lying in a dry dam in Daniëlskuil.

Lieutenant Donald Mdhluli said police were alerted.

“Engelbrecht was reported missing on the 31 August 2015. An autopsy will determine the exact cause of death. Police are appealing to the community to come forward with information that can lead to the arrest of the suspect(s),” he said.

Mdhluli saidthe Investigation Officer on the case is Detective Warrant Officer Johan Viljoen can be contact on 082 302 0380 -TDN
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Premier’s Coordinating Council to focus on Water and Sanitation issues

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BY KEDIBONE MOLAETSI
Potchefstroom- NORTH West premier, Supra Obakeng Ramoeletsi Mahumapelo will on Tuesday convene a special sitting of Bokone Bophirima Premier’s Coordinating Council (BBPCC), to discuss water and sanitation services in the Province.

The special sitting which will be held in Potchefstroom, Tlokwe Local Municipality, will be attended by amongst others, representatives from the Development Bank of Southern Africa, Eskom, Magalies Water, Sedibeng Water, Members of Executive Council (MECs), Mayors, Heads of Departments and Municipal Managers.

The details of the BBPCC sitting are as follows:

Date : Tuesday 08 September 2015
Time : 09h00
Venue : Banquet Hall in Potchefstroom
-TDN
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