The Nedbank Cup Last 16 draw took place in Johannesburg today.
The Nedbank draw is: (Home team mentioned first)
Black Leopards vs Platinum Stars Free State Stars vs Bloem Celtic Mamelodi Sundowns vs Golden Arrows Vasco Da Gama vs SuperSport United Kaizer Chiefs vs Polokwane City Jomo Cosmos vs United FC Tembu Royals FC vs Maritzburg United African Warriors vs Maluti FET College.
Johannesburg – The Independent Police Directorate (Ipid) is investigating the death of a man who, according to cellphone footage, was dragged for about 400m behind a police van.
The amateur cellphone video footage, obtained by the Daily Sun, shows SAPS members handcuffing the Mozambican taxi driver to the back of a police van and dragging him for about 400m behind their vehicle in Daveyton, on the East Rand.
The man reportedly later died of various injuries.
“We are still interviewing the witnesses because the allegations are that he was dragged with the police vehicle,” Ipid spokesperson Moses Dlamini was quoted as saying on Wednesday.
Ipid were also attempting to locate the person who filmed the video to “authenticate the footage”, reports said.
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ORLANDO Pirates have dropped Oupa Manyisa, not for any reasons of form but
because he needs rest.
Coach Roger de Sa confirmed the Bafana Bafana midfielder would not be flying to the Comoros Islands today with the rest of the team for Saturday’s African Champions League first round, second leg tie against Djabal in Moroni because he needed a break.
But the Buccaneers will take what De Sa described as a “pretty solid” squad because they do not want to take any chances even though they have an overwhelming five-goal lead and are playing against a part-time outfit.
Pirates, who have conceded seven goals in their past two games, had selected their team for the trip, even before the 3-2 loss to Moroka Swallows on Tuesday.
“We did that for reasons to do with the passports and tickets,” explained De Sa, though Pirates are scheduled to charter their own plane to the islands today, a four-hour direct flight that sees them cut out an extra day of unnecessary travel if they were to go by commercial airlines.
“We are taking the players we think have to go,” De Sa said, failing to give a clear picture of whether the fringe players might get a run.
“Manyisa is not going. He is tired. You can see he needs a rest. But we are going with a pretty solid team,” the coach said.
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THE ANC ‘s resolution that forces party members facing allegations of improper
conduct to step down is facing a stern test following the arrest of North West
ANC deputy chairman and suspended local government MEC Thamsanqa China Dodovu.
Dodovu was arrested on Monday in connection with the murder of ANC regional secretary David Obuti Chika.
He appeared in the Klerksdorp Magistrate’s Court yesterday with six other suspects – including ANC Youth League North West chairman Papiki Baboile.
Dodovu denied the charge against him and said his arrest was politically motivated because of his fight against corruption at Matlosana municipality in Klerksdorp.
His case was postponed to March 4 and he was deniedbail.
Dodovu’s immediate future will be discussed by the North West ANC provincial executive committee (PEC) today.
He might be forced to step down.
Provincial spokesman Kenny Morolong and chairman Supra Mahumapelo said a decision on Dodovu’s future would be taken by the PEC in line with the December Mangaung resolutions.
ANC delegates resolved to establish integrity committees in all provinces within three months from that time.
These committees would be able to force members who are in trouble with the law to step down from their positions while they tried to clear their names.
The committee would also have the power to remove members in senior government positions once they were found guilty of financial irregularities.
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The North West ANC Provincial Executive Committee is meeting today and among other things to be discussed is the future of embattled North West MEC for Local Government and Traditional Affairs, China Dodovu. Dodovu is a suspect in the murder case of ANC Regional Secretary in Dr Kenneth Kaunda District, Obuti Chika.
He appeared in the Klerksdorp Magistrate Court yesterday, his case was postponed to Monday where the bail hearing will continue.
According to Supra Mahumapelo, North West ANC chairperson, the Mangaung conference resolved that steps must be taken against all ANC members who are formally charged with criminal activities. Dodovu is the eighth suspect to be arrested in connection with Chika murder. Other accused are community member Jeffrey Letuka, 28, North West provincial ANC Youth League chairman Papiki Baboile, 27, ward secretary Paul Molomonyane, 33, councillor Itumeleng Molebatsi, 50, municipal worker William Malefo, 46, Sihlangu Sekhakhane and taxi driver Kgotso Kali, 36.
They were all arrested earlier this month. Chika, 33, was shot at point-blank range in the driveway of his home in Alabama, Klerksdorp, on December 14. He died at Klerksdorp Hospital shortly after his arrival there. He was the ANC’s regional secretary in the Dr Kenneth Kaunda District Municipality.
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Johannesburg – A woman, who was arrested when the bodies of two babies were found in a chest freezer in KwaMashu, will appear in the Ntuzuma Magistrate’s Court on Thursday.
The bodies of a four-month-old baby and a newborn were found amongst chicken pieces and meat on January 26, after police received a tip-off from local residents.
The woman had allegedly been running an illegal funeral home called Mabinda Funeral Services.
She had been declared insolvent, and her assets liquidated. Despite this, she allegedly continued running the business.
The bodies were recovered when police conducted an in-loco inspection.
The woman was arrested and charged with contravening the Human Tissue Act. – Sapa
By Obakeng Maje
Klerksdorp-A case against eight suspects who are implicated in Kenneth Kaunda District Municipality regional secretary Oubuti Chika murder has been postponed.
NPA sposkesperson Medupi Simasiko said they will oppose a bail for suspects.
“We believe we have a strong case against suspects and we will oppose their bail application” NPA spokesperson said.
“We are convinced that the exhibits we obtain is more essential” Hawks said.
The Hawks outline that their evidence will be presented in court next week.
MEC for Local government and Traditional Affairs China Dodovu said his arrest is “politically-motivated”.
The arrest came after Oubuti Chika was shot in a point-blank at his house in Alabama,near Klerksdorp two days before Mangaung.
He was rushed to hospital and passed on shortly after his arrival.
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Despite the pothole sealing work currently done on First Street in the Industrial Site in Mahikeng, businesses along the street have blamed the local municipality for profit loss due to the road nightmare.
The road on the street has become a disaster with ever increasing deep potholes and motorists experience havoc with large traffic volumes getting stuck during rainy weather.
“I’ve given up hope. In my entire life for 44 years this road has been a crisis and has been reconstructed three times in 1986, 1992 and last year but it remains a ghost. I’ve lost a business and my clients have turned against me because of potholes and mini lakes that occur when it rains and again there is no drainage system,” said Car Care business owner, Andre Davids.
Sharpline Signs company co-owner, Mike Frits said: “Companies doing business with us have disappeared. I’ve lost my vehicle engine since I got stuck when I drove my car through stationary water on this road.
“Our company has been here since 1986 and it does not help patching up the road with soil which is washed away by the rain water.
The municipality has spent tax payers’ money and should now take responsibility for loss of our business profit”.
Nkosinathi Masombuka, a motorist complained about his vehicle wheel alignment. “I use this road going to work everyday. I keep paying for my wheel alignment because the potholes keep damaging my vehicle,” he said.
The road is one of the four projects under investigation by the SIU following unjustifiable expenditure.
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Johannesburg – Minister of Women, Children and People with Disabilities Lulu Xingwana on Wednesday apologised for her comments about Afrikaner men.
“It has become clear to me that my comments may have offended some members of our community. I would, accordingly, like to retract these remarks and apologise unconditionally to them,” she said.
Xingwana told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation that young Afrikaner men were raised to believe they owned women and children.
“Young Afrikaner men are brought up in the Calvinist religion believing that they own a woman, they own a child, they own everything and therefore they can take that life because they own it,” she said during the interview aired on Monday.
“We also have cultural differences as well in our own communities where we have women who are forced into marriage and we are dealing with all those issues.”
Xingwana was being interviewed following the arrest of paralympian Oscar Pistorius after the fatal shooting of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp on February 14.
“Through my comments, I sought to convey the message that, as a country we have emerged from a very violent past and that some tend to use cultural and religious beliefs to justify gender inequality and abuse,” she said.
Earlier, the Afrikanerbond said Xingwana had proven beyond doubt she was not fit to hold office in a constitutional democracy.
The Christian Democratic Party called for President Jacob Zuma to fire her.
“Many non-Afrikaners, black and white, are members of Calvinist churches and her latest statement could be considered as religious intolerance,” party spokesman Rev Theunis Botha said. – Sapa
Pretoria – Oscar Pistorius’ representatives have named the substance found in his bedroom after the shooting death of his girlfriend as Testis compositum, and say it is an herbal remedy used “in aid of muscle recovery.”
A product called Testis compositum is also marketed as a sexual enhancer, good for lack of stamina. Some online retailers advertise oral and injectable forms as testosterone boosters.
South African police say they found needles in Pistorius’ bedroom along with the substance, which they initially named as testosterone. Prosecutors later withdrew that statement identifying the substance and said it had been sent for laboratory tests.
Pistorius family spokesperson Lunice Johnston said in an email to The Associated Press on Wednesday that the athlete’s lawyers confirmed that the substance is Testis compositum. – Sapa-AP
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