Cape Town – The student funding scheme is in crisis, with a huge gap of R51 billion between its budget and the amount needed to meet demand.
The situation is so serious that the Department of Higher Education and Training will have to ask the National Treasury to increase the National Student Financial Aid Scheme’s budget dramatically from its R6bn this year.
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Kimberley – Axe murder accused John Langeveldt pleaded guilty to two charges of murder in the Northern Cape High Court on Tuesday, following the brutal attack on four family members, two of whom were hacked to death, earlier this year.
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The media should be discerning about who we give a voice to and ask if we want to portray a violent mob as being heroic, says Fikile-Ntsikelelo Moya.
Pretoria – I asked a colleague the other day why we were covering yet another violent strike by yet another group disgruntled about something. His answer was the stock answer you will find among journalists – because it is happening. We report what is happening. While that is true, it does not seem enough of an answer for me.
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Cape Town – Mixed communities in Plumstead and Wynberg say the construction of a MyCiTi “freeway” through their peaceful suburbs will, like the Group Areas Act of apartheid, rip apart their neighbourhoods and their families.
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Cape Town – A police expert measured the arms of the gunman who killed Swedish beauty Anni Hindocha a day before he died.
This emerged in the Western Cape High Court on Wednesday when ballistics expert Pieter Engelbrecht took the stand in the trial of British businessman Shrien Dewani, who is accused of orchestrating the murder of his wife Anni while they were on honeymoon in Cape Town.
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Washington – Ben Bradlee, the hard-driving editor who reigned over the Washington Post newsroom with the style of a well-dressed swashbuckler and the profane vocabulary of dockworker as the newspaper helped topple President Richard Nixon in the Watergate scandal, died on Tuesday at age 93.
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Modimola – Twenty (20) cattle farmers in Ngaka Modiri Molema District have as part of the roll-out of Setsokotsane Programme, benefited from the Department of Rural, Environment and Agricultural Development’s Sire Subsidy Scheme.
This after the Premier of Bokone Bophirima Supra Mahumapelo handed over ten (10) Bonsmara and ten (10) Brahman bulls to 20 farmers during an event that was held at Modimola village outside Mahikeng on Tuesday.
The highly praised Setsokotsane Programme was launched by the Premier last Friday at Montshioa sports ground, Mahikeng.
Premier Mahumapelo told beneficiaries of this scheme that the distributed stud bulls will improve the quality and reproductive rates of their livestock, while contributing to farmers’ efficiency in livestock management.
“We have consciously prioritised Agriculture as one of the anchor economic pillars in our Province, and distributing stud bulls to subsistence farmers signifies our strategic intent to position Bokone Bophirima as the best in beef production and farmer development”, Premier Mahumapelo said.
“This delivery represents the Provincial Government’s swift and integrated approach to implement Setsokotsane Programme objectives, which are about stepping up delivery of services at all local municipalities in the Province”.
One of the beneficiaries, Kesolofetse Motshegare, a 36 years old female farmer from Lokgalong village who received a Bonsmara bull, applauded the intervention by government saying this will enable and encourage them to participate favourably in the value-chain and economic growth of the Province.
In Ngaka Modiri Molema District, a total of 105 subsistence cattle farmers will benefit from the Sire Subsidy Scheme this financial year, and the remaining 85 farmers will receive theirs as Setsokotsane Programme will be taken to various Local Municipalities in the District.
Mahumapelo who was joined by the MEC for Department of Rural, Environment and Rural Development who is also the Leader of Government Business Ms Manketsi Tlhape and MEC for Culture, Arts and Traditional Affairs Ms Tebogo Modise, went on to hand over 300 dust bins (240ltr wheel-bins) to Danville township communities for domestic waste management, as part of the Setsokotsane Programme.
This Programme was initiated by Premier Mahumapelo who pronounced during its launching on last Friday that the activities in Ngaka Modiri Molema District will start in earnest from Tuesday.
The programme seeks to amongst others, align Integrated Development Plans (IDP’s) of municipalities with Annual Performance Plans (APP’s) of the Provincial Departments, and position municipalities as service delivery drivers.-TDN
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Johannesburg – A man was killed and another injured when they fell off the back of a delivery vehicle in Eldoraigne, Centurion, paramedics said on Wednesday.
Netcare 911 spokeswoman Santi Steinmann said it seemed the car was going around a traffic circle on Willem Botha Street on Tuesday afternoon when the pair fell off.
“Paramedics and other services arrived on scene and found one man had already succumbed due to the extensive injuries he had sustained during the fall,” she said.
The injured man did not require hospitalisation. – Sapa
By Obakeng Maje
Hartswater- A case of a 66 year-old man who killed 15 people in a car accident appeared before Hartswater Magistrate Court on Wednesday.
Elias Morebudi,66, ploughed into a taxi while driving a bakkie with 14 people on it at Magogong village, near Hartswater.
The fatal accident took place on 27 September 2014 and that left commuters strewn around.
Morebudi was arrested by Northern Cape police and charged with 15 culpable homicide cases.
According to reports, he was driving under the influence of alcohol and allegedly failed to adhere to a stop sign.
Our crew spoke to Thabo Moyo who was the driver of a taxi that was knocked-down by Morebudi and he had this to say “I am very grateful to be alive. If I relive the moment, I will say it was so terrible and it happened at a blink of an eye.
“I was driving behind a 16-ton truck with a trailer, and after the truck passed, I saw a bakkie pouncing on us. I could not do anything by then and the bakkie ploughed on us” a teary taxi driver, Thabo Moyo said.
He also sent his heartfelt condolences to the bereaved families.
Thabo Moyo spent two weeks in Intensive Care Unit (ICU) in Klerksdorp hospital and he is on crutches with a broken hand and leg.
Moyo also warned all drivers to buckle-up at all times on the road as anything can happen at anytime.
Moyo believe the accident was no ordinary, but said it was a satanic deeds.
“According to the bakkie driver, his vehicle’s brakes failed to work at that time, so I believe this was not an ordinary accident, but satanism took charge” Moyo laments.
The case was postponed until 19 November 2014 for further investigations.-TDN
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Johannesburg – More municipalities are sending out electronic accounts to clients as the two-month post office strike continues, the SABC reported on Tuesday.
The public broadcaster said Tshwane metro was the latest to resort to using electronic means to correspond with clients.
Private courier companies have meanwhile reported a boom in business as ordinary South Africans and companies use them to ensure delivery of parcels and documents.
Post Office employees are on strike demanding a 15% salary hike while casual staff are demanding permanent employment.
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