Missing head found in Chatsworth


Johannesburg – The missing head of a woman who was killed in Chatsworth, KwaZulu-Natal has been found, police said on Saturday.

The head was found in Imfume on the south coast on Friday while her body had been discovered on Thursday, said Colonel Jay Naicker.

“On Thursday… Chatsworth [police] detained six suspects… including a woman and a traditional healer,” said Naicker.

The group aged between 18 and 32 would appear in the Chatsworth Magistrate’s Court on Monday where they would face murder charges.

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Man shot and wounded during hijacking


Johannesburg – A man was shot and wounded during a hijacking in Ga-Rankuwa, north of Pretoria on Saturday morning, paramedics said.

“Paramedics arrived at the scene and found the man to have sustained life threatening injuries,” Netcare 911 spokesperson Chris Botha said in a statement.

He was treated on scene and then taken to a nearby hospital for further medical care.

Police were not immediately available for comment regarding the hijacking.

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Man shot and wounded during hijacking


A man wounded during a hijacking in Ga-Rankuwa, north of Pretoria on Saturday morning, paramedics said.

“Paramedics arrived at the scene and found the man to have sustained life threatening injuries,” Netcare 911 spokesperson Chris Botha said in a statement.

He was treated on scene and then taken to a nearby hospital for further medical care.

Police were not immediately available for comment regarding the hijacking.
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IFP: Probe Youth Ambassadors programme


Johannesburg – The Inkatha Freedom Party in KwaZulu-Natal on Saturday called for an investigation into the Youth Ambassadors programme following claims that some of its affiliates were unemployable.

“The IFP calls for a full scale independent investigation into the alleged claims that some of those who were recruited under the Youth Ambassadors programme are not employable by other companies because their names are still appearing in… the premier’s office,” provincial chairperson Blessed Gwala said in a statement.

“The premier must expedite this as matter of priority because even those who want to register for social grants are being denied as their names appear in the system as workers, employed by the premier’s office.”

Gwala said the investigation should also look at how much money was spent on the programme as former Youth Ambassadors claimed that the programme was for five years while they only worked for two years.

He asked who was benefiting from the money for the other three years.

“The premier must do right thing by telling our young people the truth and that the Youth Ambassadors Programme was meant for canvassing votes for the ANC during the recent general elections,” he said.

The premier’s spokesman Ndabezinhle Sibiya labelled the move by the IFP as a tactic to score cheap political points.

He said contrary to the misinformation being spread by the party, participants of the programme had informed them of the opportunities opened by the experience gained.

“We are receiving reports from those young people given opportunities to be ambassadors on how the experience gained was opening doors for them,” said Sibiya.

He said the programme only ran for two years.

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Two bodies found burnt in Joburg

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The bodies of two men were found burnt beyond recognition in Johannesburg on Thursday, Gauteng police said. One body had a burnt tyre around its neck.

A passerby found the body of one of the men in the veld in Dobsonville, Soweto, Warrant Officer Kay Makhubela said. “He appears to be in his thirties,” said Makhubela.

The body of another man was found by a passerby in the veld in Lenasia. “He was found burnt with a tyre around his neck,” said Makhubela.

Police did not have further details relating to the deaths of the men. They have not yet been identified and two murder cases had been opened.

No arrests had been made in either case.  

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Life in Marikana ‘worse after carnage’

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Marikana -Agnes Lebone moved from her home in Lesotho to Marikana, North West, for a better life.

“My whole family had moved to South Africa and I wanted to join them to avoid poverty.”

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Marikana families criticise Lonmin

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Pretoria – Families of miners who died at Marikana in August 2012 criticised Lonmin at the Farlam Commission of Inquiry on Thursday for its role in the wage dispute and violence.

“I have a complaint against Lonmin. It called the police who killed our husbands. Our children will grow up not knowing their fathers,” said Nolundi Thukuza, whose husband Mphangeli was killed in the violence.

For more http://www.iol.co.za

Zuma responds to Nkandla reports

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Cape Town – President Jacob Zuma on Thursday formally submitted to Parliament his response to Public Protector Thuli Madonsela’s Nkandla report.

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Krejcir trial postponed

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Johannesburg – The trial of Czech fugitive Radovan Krejcir and five others was postponed in the South Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg, sitting in Palm Ridge, on Thursday.

The matter was postponed to Friday after the court heard that State witness Captain Mashudu Freddy Ramuhala was unwell.

Krejcir also needed to consult a doctor as he was suffering from bronchitis.

Judge Colin Lamont has indicated the case needs to be concluded within four weeks as he has other cases to hear next month.

The matter has undergone numerous delays and is currently in a trial-within-a-trial.

It is aimed at establishing whether one of the accused, Desai Luphondo, was pressured into a confession by the police.

Ramuhala began testifying on Wednesday.

He is the investigating officer behind the arrest of Krejcir and five others charged with kidnapping, attempted murder and dealing in drugs.

Luphondo’s lawyer has told the court her client was kicked, slapped and suffocated when he was arrested by Ramuhala and other police officers last November.

Ramuhala has dismissed the alleged assault.

Luphondo, Krejcir, Warrant Officers Samuel “Saddam” Maropeng and George Nthoroane, Jan Lefu Mofokeng and Siboniso Miya were charged following allegations that they recruited a man known as Doctor Nkosi to help smuggle 25kg of tik (methamphetamine) to Australia, allegedly for Krejcir.

He worked for a cargo company at OR Tambo International Airport, when he disappeared with the shipment.

Krejcir and his co-accused allegedly then kidnapped and tortured his brother, Bheki Lukhele, in a bid to have him reveal his sibling’s whereabouts.

Nkosi has also testified in the trial, where he confessed to stealing the drugs.

– SAPA

20 injured in Durban crash

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Johannesburg – Twenty people were injured when three taxis collided on the M4 in Durban on Thursday morning, paramedics said.

“Paramedics arrived on the scene to find that the three taxis [were involved]… in a rear end collision,” Rescue Care spokesperson Garrith Jamieson said.

The passengers from the three taxis sustained minor to moderate injuries.

They were stabilised on the scene of the accident, at the off-ramp just before Moore Road, and then taken to various hospitals for further medical care.

 

– SAPA