BY REGINALD KANYANE

TAUNG- PASTOR Elvis Thabang Moepeng is nursing an injury on his back after a tussle with alleged criminal who hit him with a hammer. Moepeng said the criminals broke into his church on Friday and stole two speakers worth R15 000 and a fan. He said on Saturday, he went to a funeral at Matolong village, near Taung and fortunately he was approached by an unknown person who informed him about the speakers whereabouts.

“I went to a funeral at Matolong village, near Taung on Saturday and I was approached by one of local people who informed me that he knows where my speakers are. He said I must come later on at around 20:00pm because according to information, the suspect planned to use the speakers for after party” Moepeng said.

According to Moepeng, he waited until the scheduled time.

“At around 20:10 I heard the noise coming from the pin-pointed house. I went there and most definitely the music that was playing, was from my speakers. I entered the tent and looked at my speakers and left. I planned to go to the police station to open a theft case, but because my wife knows that person as she is from the area we agreed to speak to him first” he said.

Moepeng said that was the beginning of hell and nothing holy came out of that talk. When he approached the house, there was no music and people told him that the minute he left the area, the owner decided to disconnect the music and packed those speakers away.

“We approached Buti Sekamoeng and asked him where are my speakers, but instead he retaliated. Sekamoeng grabbed a hammer and chased me away. He hit me twice on my back with a hammer and I fell down. I was rescued by other community members from Sekamoeng’s jaws” Moepeng said.

North West police spokesperson captain Pelonomi Makau said the case was opened at Taung Police Station and the suspect was arrested.

“We can confirm that a case of assault with grievous bodily harm (GBH) and house breaking and Theft were opened at Taung Police Station. The suspect appeared at Taung Magistrate Court and the case was postponed until 12 March 2015. The suspect was remanded in custody until he returns to court” Makau said.

Moepeng request to anyone who knows or have any information about where he can find his speakers to come forward and he will make sure that that person will be rewarded as the church is not enjoyable without speakers.

“We appealing to the public to come forward with any information that could lead police to recover those speakers as they are very expensive and we use instruments to sing, so we cannot perform to our best levels” he said.

-TDN

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BY STAFF REPORTER
TAUNG- THE Community of Lokaleng village in Taung are up in arms after they claimed that the owner of Top Store in the area Moni Molla(29), sells expired stock to them.

According to one of customers at the shop, Caroline Nosipho Mphahlele, said is been a while since Molla selling expired stock to them and when they question him he becomes angry and arrogant.

“We’re sick and tired of this foreigners. They come here and do as the please. We go there to support their businesses but what we get in return? They ill-treat us when we return the parcels” Mphahlele laments.

Another victim, Michael Motate said the Bangladesh national does not co-operates, but instead threaten them.

“Everytime one buy something from this shop, you will find it either rotten or expired. And the worst part is when you return the product, he becomes angry and promise to shoot us” Matate said.

However Moni Molla refutes the allegations and said he never threatened anyone and people are jealous of his business so that is why they bad-mouthed him.

“You see here my friend, this people are jealous of my business. I do not sell expired goods, everytime I see expired product I move it out of the shelve. I know the stock is many, but I make sure I check my stock every now and then” Molla said.

Few minutes later Molla changed his tune after our crew went down through his shelves and found some of the products like mayonnaise and canned beetroot with expired date.

Molla who was soft-spoken tried to bribe our crew by offering our reporter any money he wants as he said the bad publicity will affect his business.

“Please my brother do not write about this as if this appears on papers it will affect my business. I can give you any money you want, please promise me you won’t write about this neh” Molla said.

North West Health Department official said that consumers must report anything they do not understand regarding the products to National Consumer Commission.

“Customers can report anything that they’re not happy with to National Consumer Commission. They must be informed and assert their rights by refusing to buy or use expired product as that could harm their health” he said.

-TDN

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Deceased: Remoratile Sehemo,5, who was allegedly hanged by his father.

BY STAFF REPORTER
I WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER HIM!
This words were uttered by Remoratile’s grandmother where she weeps and sobered like a baby. Remoratile Sehemo(5) was allegedly hanged by his father on Christmas eve last year in 2014 after his father was engaged in an argument with his mother.

Kereditse Sehemo(58) who resides in Maphoitsile village, near Taung said she always dreams of a 5 year-old boy since his untimely death.

“I miss him a lot. Every night when I go to sleep, I see his face. He always slept next to me…but now he is no more” Kereditse Sehemo said.

Remoratile’s grandmother, Kereditse said the mother of Remoratile is still shocked by the event.

Remoratile was hanged by his father, Boitumelo Seoposengwe(29) after they had a quarrel with his girlfriend Nnana Sehemo.

According to information, Seoposengwe asked his son, Remoratile to visit him at his home on the 24th December 2014. He allegedly entered his bedroom and hanged the boy from the rafters of roof.

Seoposengwe was subsequently arrested and appeared at Taung Magistrates Court on Wednesday for murder, but his lawyer did not pitch so the matter was postponed until 24 March 2015 for further investigations.

He will remanded in custody.

Maphoitsile residents packed Taung Magistrates Court and community leader Boitumelo Gaojelwe(30) said they signed petition and handed it over to the investigating officer.

“We signed petition and handed it over to investigating officer for Seoposengwe not to be granted bail. We did this to help everyone within our society because people like Seoposengwe are endanger to the society” Boitumelo Gaojelwe said.

North West police spokesperson captain Pelonomi Makau confirmed the arrest and said “The incident took place on the 24 December 2014 and Seoposengwe was arrested in connection of murder after he allegedly hanged his 5 year-old boy” Makau said.

-TDN

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BY REGINALD KANYANE
TAUNG- SOME of community members in Khudutlou village, near Taung were up in arms after the outgoing principal of Keseokile Middle School being accused of stealing school property.

According to one of the community members who asked to remain anonymous, said the principal wanted to take the school fridge because she said she is the one who bought it.

However the principal, Kenalemang Bojosi(40) refutes the allegations and said the accusations are smear campaign against her.

“Those who say I want to take the fridge along with me are just using my name to earn themselves a cheap political stunt. I never tried to take the school fridge and you see for yourself, it is still there. I am leaving the school because I asked to be transferred, that is it” Bojosi said.

North West department of Education spokesperson Brian Setswambung said the principal asked to be transferred to another school and the department heed to her call.

“We can confirm that the allegations regarding the principal wants to take the school fridge are pure absurd. We never heard of that matter and as you know, the principal asked to be transferred willingly” Setswambung said.

The School Governing Body said they cannot deny nor confirm the allegations as they say the matter is beyond them.

SGB Chairperson Kedibone Sithole,58, said they do not want to be dragged into the matter.

“We do not want to confirm nor deny the allegations as there is nothing like that happened. Please give us the person who informed you about the matter then we can comment” Sithole said.
-TDN
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BY STAFF REPORTER
TAUNG- A case against four men who allegedly tortured and killed a Khibitswane man appeared before Taung Magistrates Court on Thursday.

Thabo Kamolane, Tlamelo Pico, Oratile Teisho and a 17 year-old minor appeared at Taung Magistrate Court facing murder charges. It is alleged that four men approached Siphiwe Kgosimere,17, who was working as a teacher at initiation school in Pudimoe village during festive season and abducted him.

The four men allegedly attacked Kgosimere with knobkerries and sjamboks after accusing him of stealing R6000.

According to information, Kgosimere was tortured and beaten to death after taken back to the initiation school.

North West police spokesperson captain Pelonomi Makau said three men will be back in court on the 17 February 2015 and were remanded in custody while a 17 year-old boy was released under his parents custody.

“Three men appeared before Taung Magistrate Court for murder after they allegedly killed a 19 year-old man at initiation school last year December” Makau said.

The case was postponed until 17 February 2015 for further investigations.
-TDN

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Utah -A US mother pleaded guilty on Thursday to killing six of her newborns and storing their bodies in the garage, bringing closure to a case that small town prosecutors called uniquely heinous.

Megan Huntsman, 39, faces up to life in prison when she’s sentenced April 20.

Her voice broke as she said “guilty” six times to answer for each count.

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Butterworth – Around 34 people are being treated for food poisoning after eating a dead cow in Dutywa near Butterworth, the Eastern Cape health department said on Thursday.

“They are presenting with vomiting, stomach cramps and headaches; this is after feeding on a dead cow,” said spokesman Sizwe Kupelo.

The people from Gxarha village were being treated at the Dutywa community health centre.

He said the number of people affected could rise as the community was calling for more ambulances.

This was the third food poisoning incident in as many weeks, Kupelo said.

“In Flagstaff, 115 people were treated for the same habit of feeding on dead cows, with one 64-year-old dying.”

In the second incident, 36 people were taken to hospital and some to ICU after drinking sour milk which was allegedly poisoned with organophosphates.

“We once again urge people to stop feeding on dead animals,” Kupelo said.

“If an animal dies naturally, without being slaughtered, if it was sick, they should not feed on it, they should just bury it or burn it.”

Sapa

Cape Town – A relative of a Somali national who was shot dead in Mitchells Plain along with two of his countrymen says a religious dispute led to their deaths.

The gunman, also a Somalian, has since been arrested, said police spokesman Frederick Van Wyk.

Three other Somali men were shot and wounded during the same incident on Wednesday. Brothers Abdi, 39, and Mohamed Musri, 40, died in hospital.

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Johannesburg – There is a low risk of load shedding being implemented over the weekend due to generators performing at their optimum, Eskom said on Friday.

“Our projection shows that we will not have to implement load shedding over the weekend,” spokesman Khulu Phasiwe said.

The demand for electricity during weekends was usually low.

“The risk of load shedding is low to medium, because we do have some generators working optimally at this moment,” he said.

There may be a need to implement load shedding if Eskom experienced any technical breakdowns.

President Jacob Zuma announced on Thursday during his State of the Nation Address in Parliament that Eskom would be given R23-billion to stabilise its finances.

On Monday morning at a breakfast meeting in Cape Town, he added that he was concerned about shortcomings in the running of the power grid and said the government wanted to establish whether this was due to negligence.

“You can’t have one power station collapsing after the other because they are not serviced; where were the people who are working there? What were they doing?”

The president described Eskom’s situation as a “challenge”, not a crisis.

He again blamed the scheduled blackouts, in part, on the apartheid regime’s failure to expand the electricity supplier’s capacity.

“If you look at energy, energy has a history in this country, it has never been enough. It was believed to be because the powers that be at the time said ‘we have enough’.

“So the demand has just rocketed after 1994, and therefore undermined the capacity we have,” he said.

Sapa

Johannesburg – A blind church minister has lodged a complaint against the Airports Company of SA (Acsa) because an official would not let his guide dog travel with him, Beeld reported on Friday.

Willem van Deventer, his wife Claire, and his dog Tonto almost missed a family wedding in Cape Town when an official at the OR Tambo International Airport would not let the dog fly with them.

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