By Obakeng Maje

Roodepoort-A kwaito sensation Sipho Charles Ndlovu briefly appeared before Roodepoort Magistrate Court today. The kwaito muso who is affectionately known as Brickz was denied bail on Tuesday Roodepoort Magistrate Court.

Brickz and his supporters could not believed their ears when magistrate Piet Kotze denied him bail after consideration.

City Press reported that Brickz was denied bail after he spent almost three weeks in holding cells.

The kwaito star was frequently arrested after he allegedly raped his niece who is a minor.

A 16 year-old girl was residing with Brickz and his enstranged wife in Ramsig, according to reports.

The ordeal allegedly took place back in March this year and was only reported a month ago allegedly by Brickz’s wife Nqobile.

Muso’s lawyer, Mokgopi confirmed that he will appeal court decision.

“We are shocked by the verdict and we are appealing against the judgment. We believe the magistrate erred and the appeal court will arrive at a different conclusion,” he told City Press.

U’underpant fame singer was not happy about the decision when he was led back to the holding cells.

Tears were flowing uncontrollably within Brickz supporters when leaving court room with a fear hovering over their heads.

Brickz might spend christmas in jail if his representatives fail to overturn court decision.

Kotze said the singer might interfer with the case and might intimidates State witnesses.

The case was postponed until 05 December 2013.-TDN

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North West Premier Thandi Modise has called for no bail to be granted to the 44-year old teacher accused of raping a 13 –year old learner. Japhta Ngcuka from Dinokana village near Zeerust is scheduled to appear in the Lehurutshe Magistrates’ Court for a bail application today.

“Though the accused is presumed innocent until proven guilty, the allegations leveled against him are not only serious but despicable as they suggest that he might have betrayed the loco parentis trust. Teachers are supposed to protect learners under their charge not be involved with them in any improper relationships or bring them to harm,” stressed Premier Modise.

The Premier reiterated her call for real men to support the moral regeneration by taking a stand against adolescent pregnancy and the scourge of rape. 

The accused appeared in court last week Wednesday and was remanded in custody.

According to police, it is alleged that on 6 November 2013 at about 14:30, the accused who is a teacher at a local school requested the victim to remain behind after school and took her victim to the school toilets where he allegedly raped her.

It is alleged that on arrival at home the victim informed her mother of the alleged ordeal. The victim was taken to hospital where rape was confirmed

Spokesperson for the North West Police Captain Pelonomi Makau said that the Principal of the school at which the accused is employed took the accused to the Lehurutshe police station the next day as he was earlier wanted by the police at his school.

Captain Makau says that at the police station the accused was told that a case of rape was registered against him and was later arrested on charges of rape.  

Makau says that investigations are continuing.-TDN

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By Obakeng Maje
Mmabatho- A man appeared before Kagisano-Molopo Magistrate Court for allegedly raping and killing a Mahikeng teenager, North West police said.

A man who used to mesmerize Mahikeng residents, young and old alike was frequently arrested by North West police.

Bigboy “Hammer-man” Moleko briefly appeared at Kagisano-Molopo Magistrate Court for rape and Murder. Moleko allegedly raped and killed Sassa Manye, 15, of Mahikeng Extention 39 and threw her naked body in the veld.

More than 10 cases of a man with a hammer who persecutes Mahikeng residents were reported. Police managed to arrest Moleko and his case was postponed for next week Monday where he will apply for bail.
Manye’s naked body was found in the open veld by passerby who in turn informed the police. A man-hunt was launched by police and that yields the results after months.

MEC Nono Maloyi and North West Premier Thandi Modise pleaded with the residents to work together with police to arrest the monster.
A cleansing ceremony was held by delegates and residents at the scene where Manye was allegedly killed.-TDN
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Johannesburg – A man has been arrested for fatally stabbing another man at a party in Meadowlands, Soweto police said on Monday.

Constable Sibusiso Chauke said a 19-year-old man was believed to have approached a 23-year-old man on his way to the toilet at a party on Sunday.

The older man was stabbed in the upper body and died on the scene.

The other man ran away, but later handed himself over to the police and was expected appear in the Protea Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday.

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Johannesburg – Thirteen men arrested in connection with a dog fighting syndicate were granted bail by the Tsakane Magistrate’s Court on Monday, said the NSPCA.

A condition of bail was that all their domestic animals be handed over to a local Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) by Friday, said National Council of SPCAs deputy CEO Este Kotze.

The case was postponed until December 3.

The NSPCA and the police confiscated 14 dogs during a raid on the East Rand last month.

Thirteen of the dogs had to be destroyed because of the extent of their injuries, Kotze said.

NSPCA executive director Marcelle Meredith said she was disappointed by Monday’s ruling.

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Mangaung – A man has been arrested for shooting dead a policeman and wounding a woman in Mangaung, Free State police said on Monday.

Captain Harry Nagel said the 28-year-old policeman and his 36-year-old woman friend were sitting in a car on Sunday when a man approached them and opened fire without uttering a word.

“The policeman was shot once behind the ear and died on the scene, and the woman was hit twice in the upper body.”

She was taken to Pelonomi hospital.

Nagel said the 39-year-old man fled in a car and later shot himself twice in the upper body and the chin.

“He was found by police patrolling the highway and was transported to Clocolan hospital where he is under guard.”

An unlicensed firearm was confiscated.

The man had been charged with murder and attempted murder. He was expected to appear in court as soon as he recovered, said Nagel.

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Just imagine Jacob Zuma had held an open house at Nkandla two years ago, when questions were first asked, says Jovial Rantao.

Durban – Just close your eyes for a second and imagine the following. The sky above Nkandla is a dazzle of blue, with a few smatterings of cloud. It’s a perfect summer day and villagers in this neighbourhood go about their daily chores.

As the rooster’s call echoes through the valley, a woman walks past with a stack of neatly packed firewood on her head. Boys laugh as they enjoy a kick-about after breakfast. It’s a good day in Nkandla.

Just after 9am, several cars, travelling on the newly built tarred road, make their way to the household of President Jacob Zuma. It’s the media contingent about to visit the presidential private homestead. As the vans from television networks with satellite dishes atop whizz past, villagers of Nkandla don’t even bat an eye. They are used to their little nondescript place of abode being in the news.

It all started on that fateful day when one of their own became president of South Africa.
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Polokwane – President Jacob Zuma, together with ANC deputy president Cyril Ramaphosa and Public Protector Thuli Madonsela, came under attack from Julius Malema after his brief court appearance in Polokwane earlier on Monday, City Press reports.

In urging Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) members to intensify their recruitment drive and vote for his party, Malema said: “Ask [Zuma] to get the cows he built a R1m kraal for at Nkandla to vote for him. Teach him a lesson. Tell them in the spirit of the people of Marikana, you won’t vote for them,” he said.
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Kimberley – The cross examination of the 17-year-old youth accused of the Griekwastad farm murders will continue in the Northern Cape High Court on Tuesday.

He spent most of Monday in the witness stand.

Judge President Frans Kgomo is hearing evidence in the trial of the teenager, who is accused of shooting dead farmer Deon Steenkamp, 44, his wife Christel, 43, and their daughter Marthella, 14, on their farm Naauwhoek, near Griekwastad, on 6 April 2012.

Prosecutor Hannes Cloete told the youth that a big, strong man such as Deon Steenkamp would not have allowed a stranger to walk through his house.

“The fact is now we know the firearms used were in the safe. We know what needs to be done to get to that safe: through the kitchen, living room, down the passage, into the room, and open the safe and take the guns out.”

Cloete put it to the youth that there were no signs of a struggle in the house.

“There is no way on earth that Deon would allow somebody to pass him,” he submitted, asking the youth how he thought the attacker or attackers did this.

“I do not know,” he said.

Cloete put it to him that, for his version of the story to be true, somebody must have been in the house. The State has argued that this would have been impossible.

Cloete also asked the youth why his counsel had not queried any evidence the State had led, which seemed different from his version.

“I do not know why I missed the fact,” he replied.

Allegations

Earlier, the prosecution informed the youth that the State alleged he killed three people, tried to rape one of them, and lied to the police.

“Yes, Honourable,” he answered in Afrikaans.

“We are just going to test what you have said, if that could be the truth,” Cloete told him before he began his questioning.

He asked the youth why he had picked up the firearms he said he found next to the farm road. The teenager said it was a way to show the attackers, who might be still in the vicinity, he had a weapon.

“That could not be. Then you would not have placed them on the back seat,” Cloete said.

The prosecutor asked him how it was possible to see the firearms beside the road.

“There is testimony before the court that what you say about the firearms was not possible,” said Cloete.

When proceedings began on Monday morning the youth’s lawyer Willem Coetzee called him to the stand as the first witness after the State closed its case last week.

Coetzee led him through the events of the day before the murders. He then started to tell the court about his whereabouts on the day of the attack on the Steenkamps.

The trial continues.

– SAPA

Johannesburg – A 30-year-old security guard was arrested after the rape of a 25-year-old woman in Heidelberg, police said on Monday.

The woman allegedly left Vocos Pub in the early hours of Sunday morning, police spokesperson Mathews William Tshabangu said.

She was then picked up by a security guard in Voortrekker Street, driving a marked security company vehicle.

The guard then drove to the railway line, stopped the vehicle and forced the woman to have sex with him, Tshabangu said.

The woman immediately reported the incident to the police.

A security guard was arrested when the description of the vehicle linked him to the crime.

He was expected to appear in the Heidelberg Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday.

– SAPA