Mahikeng-A taxi driver was arrested and fined R3 500 for loading 26 school children in a vehicle certified to carry 9 passengers. The driver was arrested along the Vryburg road during the Jaws special operations focusing on overloading, taxi/vehicle and driver fitness.

The North West Traffic Authorities issued about 38 summonses worth R28 900 to those found overloading and other offenses such as driving without driver’s licenses and PdPs during the operation which started as early as 4am this morning and lasted for six hours.

More than hundred commuters were left stranded and inconvenienced as their drivers had to be taken to different police stations to pay spot fines and those taxis were impounded. About four taxis were also impounded for being unroadworthy.

North West MEC for Human Settlements, Public Safety and Liaison, Nono Maloyi said the department has realised that most of taxi drivers overload school kids and Traffic Authorities will definitely work hard and deal harshly with those found on the wrong side of the law.

“Most of overloading cases are registered in the morning more especially to school transport drivers. We will continue to monitor school transport on daily basis and those found overloading will be penalised,” said Maloyi.

MEC Maloyi further pleaded with parents to monitor their children’s transporters by making sure that they travel safe to and from school. “Parents must ensure that their children are transported with roadworthy vehicles and that they are not overloaded because that exposes them to danger.”

Maloyi said overloading is one of the contributory factors that lead to high number of fatalities on our road.

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A safari lodge company based at the Kruger National Park says a field guide who was filmed while charging on foot towards an elephant has been dismissed.

The announcement came after the online posting of a video that showed a man running at an elephant in the game reserve while his friends cheer and laugh. In the video, the elephant stands its ground, ears flapping, and then retreats.

The Singita company posted a statement on its Facebook page on Monday, saying it investigated the video and has dismissed the guide who ran at the elephant. It says disciplinary measures are “in progress” against others involved in the incident.

Video footage of the apparently inebriated man lunging out of his car and charging the elephant caused an uproar on Monday.

The footage, posted on wildlife site Latest Sightings (www.latestsightings.com), showed the unidentified guide charging towards the startled animal, with friends cheering and encouraging him.

The man runs towards the elephant, falls to the ground but gets up again and bolts in the direction of the animal.

“Run at him right now, run,” another voice is heard over the footage, which appeared to have been filmed by his colleagues.

The elephant initially swings its trunk towards the man, but soon makes its escape.

The man returns to his cheering friends.

Latest Sightings said on its Facebook page that it received the video at the weekend but it was unclear when the incident occurred.

Wild animals in the two-million-hectare park sometimes attack visitors and elephants have been known to overturn the cars of sightseers. – AFP, AP

Johannesburg – The drug problem in Eldorado Park, south of Johannesburg, had reached “abnormality”, President Jacob Zuma said on Tuesday.

“I read the letter and I was shocked. The degree of the problem and the description is unheard of… this is a crisis, an abnormality,” Zuma told residents on a visit to the area.

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The draw for the 2013 CAF Champions League Group Stages was conducted on Tuesday, May 14, at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.

Orlando Pirates, who are representing South Africa in Africa’s most prestigious club tournament, have been drawn into Group A, alongside AC Leopards (DRC), Zamalek (Egyptian) and Al Ahly (Egyptian).

Group B comprises of Recreativo Libolo (Angola), Esperance (Tunisia), Sewe Sport (Ivory Coast) and Coton Sport (Cameroon).

The Group Stages consists of eight teams, parted into two groups of four teams each. Each team in their respective group will play each other twice, in a home and away leg, whereafter the top two sides from each group will qualify for the semi-final stage.

Bucs, who won the CAF Champions League title in 1995, are looking to go all the way with their current crop of players and earn a second star for the Soweto giants.

By reaching the Group Stages, Bucs are guaranteed $400 000 (+/-R3.6 million), while the winners of the overall competition will bag $1.5 million (+/-R13 million).

Group A

AC Leopards

Zamalek

Al Ahly

Orlando Pirates

Group B

Recreativo Libolo

Esperance

Sewe Sport

Coton Sport

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By Obakeng Maje 

Johannesburg-According to media reports,Kaizer Chiefs are reportedly not keen on participating in Africa.

A local soccer magazine reported early today, but the reports were squashed by Kaizer Chiefs Communication Manager Alpheus Maphosa who told TDN that all that is untrue as no officially statement has been released by the club.

By virtue of being PSL

champions, Amakhosi would be eligible to participate in Africa’s premium competition, but recent reports suggest they could boycott the 2014 CAF Champions League.

“The reports are not correct as the chairman of the club, Kaizer Motaung haven’t decided on whether to take part or not. Kaizer Chiefs has not been crowned Premier Soccer League champions yet, so after winning the league then that’s when the club will exercise its options” said Maphosa.

However, Khumalo is hoping the club will use the opportunity to test themselves against the continent’s best.

“Well, I’m not too sure whether we would go for it but participating in Africa means the team and the country will benefit,” the legendary midfielder told kickoff.com. 

“I would love to see Kaizer Chiefs playing in Africa, because we would be putting the country on the map.” He said.

Back in 2005, CAF slapped Chiefs with a $1,500 fine when they withdrew from the Confederation Cup, after they had been eliminated in the third round of the Champions League by Tunisian side Esperance.

Clubs that are eliminated in the third round of the Champions League drop to the Confederation Cup.

In addition, Chiefs were slapped with a three-year ban.

In 2001, Chiefs won the Africa Cup Winners’ Cup – now of course called the CAF Confederation Cup, after it was merged with the CAF Cup.

“The mood in the camp is electrifying and everyone is upbeat. So tomorrow’s game will be awasome and we looking at earning three points” Maphosa said.

He said Chiefs want to win the league outright not through goal difference.

“We targeting three points and that all. On our injury list we have Jambo and Morgan Gould, but except that all players are ready” said Maphosa.

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Mamelodi Sundowns defender Alje Schut is confident that the team will end the season in the top eight.

In what has been a lackluster season for the Chloorkop-based side, Sundowns moved into the top half of the Absa Premiership table last weekend, following their 1-0 win over Orlando Pirates at the Orlando Stadium.
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Three of the four teams in action tomorrow night will have a key member of their side missing in what will be their penultimate games of the PSL season.

Kaizer Chiefs coach, Stuart Baxter, will serve the first of his two-game suspension this week after being sent from the field of play during his club’s 2-1 Nedbank Cup win over United FC, with Doctor Khumalo set to fill the void left on the Amakhosi’s bench. Baxter will also miss the game against University of Pretoria on the weekend.
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With the CAF Champions League draw set to go ahead at 14:00 this afternoon, Soccer-Laduma has taken a closer look at the seven teams that Orlando Pirates could face when the two groups of four are selected.

Recreativo Libolo – Angola

The two-time Angolan league winners have had a difficult season in Angola in their current campaign and after 10 games are sat mid-table in 11th place. Their attendance in the Group Stages of the CCL this year is the furthest they’ve ever reached.
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Kuruman – A woman was killed when the car she was travelling in collided with a truck in Kuruman, Northern Cape on Friday, paramedics said.

ER24 spokesman Derrick Banks said paramedics arrived at the scene to find the woman in her 60s trapped in the wreck.

She was treated at the scene, but died on her way to hospital. – Sapa

Pic: (Billy’s tarven where a Regional Leader of Union was killed0

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