Johannesburg – Two people have been stabbed during a strike in Sandown, Johannesburg, police said on Monday.
“We have received reports that construction workers were involved in a strike action over wages, and that two people were stabbed and taken to hospital,” said police spokesperson Kym Cloete.
Cloete said the circumstances surrounding the stabbings were not immediately clear.
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Ajax Cape Town PRO, Shooz Mekuto, lashed out at the Premier Soccer League for their protection of the Johannesburg teams, claiming the League has lost all its credibility.
The scathing attack comes after the Urban Warriors saw their League fixture against Orlando Pirates, originally scheduled for August 20, postponed due to Bucs’ MTN8 semi-final fixture against Kaizer Chiefs four days later.
The revised date was then moved to August 27, but that was also postponed by the PSL as Pirates where told to travel earlier than expected to Egypt for their CAF Champions League fixture against Zamalek on Sunday.
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Pretoria – The SA Police Service on Monday requested that media be barred from the Farlam Commission of Inquiry when it discusses a newspaper article about the strike-related unrest in Marikana last year.
“We object to the documents presented here… we request that media not be part of the inquiry when I address the commission regarding the article,” said Vuyani Ngalwana, for the police.
The commission is investigating the deaths of 44 people killed during strike-related unrest at Lonmin’s platinum mining operations at Marikana, near Rustenburg in North West, in August last year.
Michelle Le Roux, for the SA Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) handed out documents before she cross-examined North West deputy police commissioner William Mpembe.
The documents included a Mail & Guardian newspaper article about Mpembe demanding R1m for wrongful arrest.
The article, published last September, reported Mpembe’s arrest with several other officers after they were accused of watching and not doing anything while arrested miners were assaulted in custody.
Mpembe has denied being present during the alleged assault.
Commission chairperson, retired judge Ian Farlam, objected to Ngalwana’s suggestion.
“We will deal with the documents as we go on, but I am not prepared to bar media from being here.”
“The fact that the article would be aired here does not have an implication on how the commission progresses.”
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The 61-year-old woman allegedly attacked her partner after learning of his affair, battering him repeatedly about the face and head with the mug at their home southwest of Tokyo on Sunday afternoon, the Asahi Shimbun and other media reported.
A Japanese housewife battered her septuagenarian husband to death with a coffee cup after discovering he was cheating on her, reports said Monday.
The 61-year-old woman allegedly attacked her partner after learning of his affair, battering him repeatedly about the face and head with the mug at their home southwest of Tokyo on Sunday afternoon, the Asahi Shimbun and other media reported.
Yasuo Hirose, a 70-year-old honorary professor with Yokohama National University, was taken to hospital but later confirmed dead.
“He had an affair with a woman I hate,” Emiko Hirose told police, according to the reports. “I went mad and hit him more than 10 times with a cup.”
The wife has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder, reports said. Immediate confirmation was not available.-Sapa
JOHANNESBURG – As the country prepares for strike action in several key industries this week, the South African Transport and Allied Workers Union (Satawu)’s members on strike at the OR Tambo International Airport have just received a new offer from South African Airways (SAA). But striking workers have rejected the offer of 6.4 percent tabled by management, demanding 6.5 percent. Satawu’s 4000 members downed tools today for higher wages. The strike mostly involves SAA employees, but it’s understood other smaller airlines might also be affected. The Airports Company of South Africa Limited (ACSA) said there have been no flight delays at the airport, but shop stewards claim some flights have departed late. Satawu’s Matthew Ramosi says the impact is already being felt. “We’ve been told a couple of flights are delayed and some of the flights have been cancelled because there are no technicians.” Demonstrators are now protesting at the main gate of the airline’s technical park. The demonstration is gaining momentum as more people arrive. Ekurhuleni Metro Police are also on the scene to make sure passing cars or employees reporting for work are not intimidated. Meanwhile, ACSA says Cape Town International Airport has so far been spared the impact of the industrial action. ACSA’s Deborah Francis said, “Everybody has reported to work thus far. SAA technical and ACSA also have contingency plans in place to ensure everything runs normal.” (Edited by Tamsin Wort)
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Pretoria – A 6-year-old girl has shot and killed her best friend in a freak accident while playing with her grandfather’s firearm.
Beeld reported on Monday that the children were at the Lejwe La Metsi private game reserve near Bela-Bela on Saturday when the tragedy occurred.
Sibongile Moima, also 6, was shot in the face and died at the scene. Her friend, who was not named because of her age, apparently found the .38 Special revolver in a wardrobe in her grandparents’ home.
Her grandfather had apparently taken the weapon out of his gun safe on Friday after an attempted robbery, and forgot to put it back in the safe.
He was apparently so traumatised after the incident that he tried to hang himself on Sunday. He is due to appear in the Bela Bela Magistrate’s Court on Monday on a charge of negligent handling of a firearm.
“We do not know how to handle this. We are dismayed,” the grandmother of the girl who fired the shot said.
“My granddaughter asked me if I would speak to her again after what happened,” she added.
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JOHANNESBURG – It’s understood Gauteng Police Commissioner Mzwandile Petros has already begun clearing his office after his contract expired in mid-August and was not renewed. It’s not immediately clear when Petros will officially leave office or who will replace him, but it’s believed National Police Commissioner General Riah Phiyega is seeking a replacement. Petros made an official announcement in an impromptu speech on Saturday night at a glittering police awards ceremony. Although his speech was vague, it has ended weeks of speculation about his future within the force. “After 10 years being the captain of the ship. This captain has embarked the ship,” he said. Petros was initially deployed from the Western Cape to Gauteng, but officially announced on Saturday night that he was leaving the police force. It is not yet clear what his next appointment will be and police have declined to comment on the matter. It is believed he will make an official announcement sometime this week. Meanwhile, Phiyega thanked Petros for helping to reduce Gauteng’s notoriously high crime rate (Edited by Tamsin Wort)
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By Obakeng Maje
Taung-A 23 year-old man is expected to appear before Taung Magistrate Court today after he allegedly killed his granny.
The atrocity took place at Dryharts village, near Taung where a man allegedly was engaged in an argument with his granny regarding her pensison money and that led to bludgeoned.
“A 23 year-old man was arrested on Thursday after the neighbour saw a 79 year-old granny lying in pool of blood” colonel Sabata Mokgwabone said.
Police were summoned to the scene and allegedly found a man sitting outside on the stoep.
Police asked him to open the door, but he decided to ask help from his knees.
Mokgwabone said the police chased and arrested him.
“He will appear on Monday for alleged murder at Taung Magistrate Court” he said.
A granny was confirmed dead on the scene by paramedics and suffered a open wounds on her forehead and other one below her ear.
Police investigations continue.-TDN
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The Barolong Boo Mariba Traditional Council have undertaken to use profitably the six farms they received as part of the land that was stolen from them through the 1913 Land Act. The farms valued at R60 million were handed over to the community by North West Premier Thandi Modise at a celebration in Dalyspan Farm near Mabule in Ratlou Local Municipality over the weekend.
There was exhilaration when the elated Premier Modise belted out a popular freedom song about the land,
Mabayeke Umhlaba Wethu, loosely translated, “the land must return to its rightful owners.”
Modise who sang the tear-jerking song in high spirit to the finish said the government will make sure that all the land is returned and urged the traditional council to use the land fruitfully and preserve it for future generations.
“Never and never again must this country experience some of the things that many of us are still reeling from. Hold on to the land we return to you today. Don’t allow people to steal it. We must preserve our land for our children. It was stolen and it is being returned. Don’t let it slip through our fingers again,” said Premier Modise on Saturday.
Speaking on behalf of the traditional council, Kgosi Kopano Lekoko said he was thankful to the government for having had the wisdom to resort to negotiation to obtain the land.
“We are thankful to the ANC led government that the land was being returned without bloodshed. There are many farms in the land that we have claimed. So far only six farms have been returned. We owe it to the government to demonstrate to them that we will use it profitably to feed our people, the country and the international market. The work on the farm begins as soon as this celebration ends,” said the jubilant Kgosi Lekoko.
Community member, Olebogeng More, 62 said it has been a long wait and the hand-over shows that patience is virtue. “We are going to safeguard the land of our forefathers. No one will do what they like here. Our cattle will no longer starve. We are back on course after many years of oppression and land dispossession. Our dignity will be restored,” he said.
“We will now be able to sleep. To ours the land is an important asset. But it is also more than just a commodity. It’s also about our identity and it’s therefore consecrated because if you are evicted from your land you are dehumanised,” said 63 year old granny Tshenolo Tlhogi.
Kobus Odendaal, 77, who bought the Dalyspan farm seven years ago from another farmer said he and his wife Susan are very happy for the community although they will always miss the good life they had at the farm. “It was a very good farm, very productive.”
Premier Modise, who also toured the farms to inspect facilities available, said her administration is hard at work looking at various models to make life easy for farming communities and people in rural areas in general.
She said in addition to availing training opportunities through the Kgora Training Centre which seeks to equip subsistence and aspirant farmers with farming skills, she plans to lead a delegation to Thailand where they will investigate, among others, solar opportunities to make it easy for people in far-flung areas to have cheaper electricity.
Premier Modise who was accompanied by Mayor of Ratlou Local Municipality Councillor Victor Mance thanked the Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform, Gugile Nkwinti for his tireless effort in driving the land restitution programme.
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By Obakeng Maje
Springbok-The Northern Cape police arrested two Namibian men subsequent to the house robbery at Klipwerf farm at Vioolsdrift. The incident happened in the early hours of Friday morning at about 01:00, whereby four men stormed into a farm house, threatened the farmer and his wife at a knife point.
They tied them with rope and ransacked the house.
“The suspects robbed the farmer of his three firearms, ammunitions, I-pads and undisclosed amount of cash and fled the crime scene after the incident” lieutenant Olebogeng Tawana said.
The farmer and his wife managed to loosen off the ropes and alerted the police about the incident.
The police responded promptly to the incident and launched an investigation and search.
“All the necessary role players were beckoned to assist in the investigation, including police air wing unit, K9, crime intelligent and detectives and visible police” he said.
The suspects were arrested respectively at Steinkopf and Portnolloth later during the day on the same Friday.
“During the arrest the police managed to recover back some of the monies, ammunitions and I-pads that were stolen during the house robbery” said Tawana.
The police sought after other two accomplices who are still at large.
However Tawana said it will not be too long before this suspects being arrested soon.
“The police are following possible leads of their whereabouts.
We appeal to the public not to try to apprehend them on their own because these suspects are dangerous and are heavily armed” he said.
Any person with the information that can lead to the arrest of these suspects may contact 10 111 / 08600 101 11 or Investigating Officers Captain De Jongh and Warrant Officer Brandel at 082 4484 596,
The suspects in police custody and are expected to make a brief appearance before the Springbok Magistrate’s Court on Monday.-TDN
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