NORTHERN CAPE ANC CONDEMNS FAKE LIST OF 2019 ELECTION PUBLIC OFFICE BEARERS

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The ANC in the Northern Cape has condemned the circulation of what it has dubbed as a “fake provincial list,” amid the emergence on social media of a list bearing the names of 23 party members purported to be earmarked for deployment as Members of Parliament (MPs) after next year’s general elections.

The ANC’s provincial secretary Deshi Ngxanga lambasted the list as an attempt “to sway public opinion to advance a narrow regionalist posture that seeks to pit one ANC region against the other,” in a statement.

With the ANC heading into its provincial list conference next month, Ngxanga’s reaction pinpoints the simmering tensions into what could be a menacing nomination process for salaried political careers and perks that come with being a public office representative.

“The nomination process for public representatives and who will be nominated is at the discretion of branches of the ANC,” asserted Ngxanga.

He added in the statement that the nomination process would be seeking to find the best amongst ANC members “in order to advance the struggle for radical socio-economic transformation and to speed up the fight against poverty, unemployment and inequality.”

One of the lists in possession of NCNN.Live is of province to national which translates into possible seat in parliament’s National Assembly and the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) which has largely been criticised to be functioning like a “post-office” in rubber-stamping legislation and sadly perceived to be a place where political careers fade-away.

Indications are that there could also be another list in circulation purporting names of those to be installed in the provincial legislature and with a chance of being appointed into the executive council as MECs.

It remains to be seen as to whether the nomination process will end up in a court battle or even end up festering itself as a reflection of a spillover effect of contestations into the outcome of the party’s provincial conference of last year. For now, Ngxanga stated that it all “at the discretion of the ANC branches.”

Source: Northern Cape News Network

An assault case against former EFF Provincial Chief Whip resumes

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By BAKANG MOKOTO

An assault and crimen injuria case against Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) former provincial Chief Whip and the Member of Provincial Legislature (MPL), Bunga Ntshangane will resume at the Mmabatho Magistrate’s Court today.

Ntshangane allegedly assaulted the EFF junior female staffer, Maggie Klaas onNovember 9 last year.

The two had a heated exchange at the party’s offices at the North West Provincial Legislature.

Klaas was the first state witness to be cross-examined, telling the court that she was humiliated by the accused in front of her colleagues.

“I felt humiliated after Ntshangane said he will cut-off my clitoris. He also grabbed me by my neck and assaulted me. I suffered injuries on my shoulder and knee after he pinned me to the ground.

“No post-traumatic counselling has been offered to me and I continue to work in the same hostile environment. I was charged for misconduct for speaking-out publicly and the perpetrator has not been charged or placed under provisional suspension. I was also charged for not greeting my aggressor,” she said.

Klaas said the misconduct charge was subsequently withdrawn against her.

She said she has received many threats from the EFF management too.

“I would like to see justice prevails and proper decisions being taken against Ntshangane. I am now frustrated and I do not feel safe anymore. Every single day I get calls from EFF Human Resources Management threatening me. They said if I do not withdraw an assault case against Ntshagane, they will keep on suspending me.

It is also alleged that Ntshangane offered Klaas R4 000 to withdraw the case.

The African National Congress Women’s League (ANCWL) in Bokone Bophirima said the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) must ‘walk the talk’ especially when it comes to Gender-based Violence (GBV) matters.

ANCWL provincial secretary, Bridgette Tlhomelang said: “We urge EFF to deal with its own trash and ensure that the matter is dealt with fairly. We also urge the judiciary to speed up the process.

“We will continue to show support to Klaas, despite our political differences. Gender-based Violence is real and we call on all women who are abused to speak-out,” Tlhomelang said.

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Banyana Banyana into the top 50 in the world

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Following their success in the 2018 COSAFA Women’s Championship held recently, Sasol-sponsored Banyana Banyana have moved into the top 50 of the FIFA World Rankings released today (Friday, 28 September 2018).

South Africa has also moved one notch up on the continent – from 5th place to 4th– swooping places with Equatorial Guinea. The top three are Nigeria, Ghana and Cameroon.

The good news come as Banyana Banyana are going into camp on Monday, 1 October 2018 to start preparations for the upcoming two friendly matches against Chile.

This will be the first ever meeting between the two nations.

“We have been very consistent in our performance this year, and got our best ever position at the Cyprus Women’s Cup earlier this year. Now we will be playing Chile who have qualified for the World Cup – this is another phase of our preparation which is geared for the Africa Cup of Nations in Ghana later this year. The two matches against Chile will test us in all aspects, more so because they recently played the USA, but on the other hand will prepare us well,” said Banyana Banyana head coach Desiree Ellis.

In the first fixture scheduled for Saturday, 6 October 2018, South Africa and Chile will face off at Estadio Sausalito in Vina del Mar, with an 18h30 local time kickoff (23h30 South African time) – SOUTH AFRICA IS FIVE HOURS AHEAD OF CHILE.

The second match will take place in the capital Santiago on Tuesday, 9 October at Estadio Santa Laura.

Kickoff is at 17h00 local time in Chile (22h00 South African time).

The matches are part of preparations for the Africa Cup of Nations tournament scheduled for November in Ghana. The competition will serve as qualifiers for the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup qualifiers to be played in France in June.

The squad departs for Chile on Tuesday, 2 October and return to South Africa on Thursday, 11 October.

 

Top 10 in the latest FIFA Women’s rankings:

  1. USA
  2. Germany
  3. England
  4. France
  5. Canada
  6. Australia
  7. Japan
  8. Brazil
  9. Sweden
  10. Netherlands

*** 50. South Africa ***

 

Top 10 in latest CAF/Africa rankings:

  1. Nigeria
  2. Ghana
  3. Cameroon
  4. South Africa
  5. Equatorial Guinea
  6. Ivory Coast
  7. Morocco
  8. Algeria
  9. Senegal
  10. Mali

*** The next rankings release will be published on Friday, 7 December 2018 ***

Source: http://www.safa.net

Don’t share #Dros rape video: government

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Cape Town – Government has cautioned the public to remain calm and refrain from taking the law into their own hands after the rape of a 7-year-old girl at a Dros restaurant in Pretoria.

On Thursday night, the South African government tweeted an appeal for the public to refrain from circulating a graphic video purportedly showing the child’s alleged attacker being violently confronted at the restaurant. The bleeding man can be heard protesting his innocence and insisting that he was just using the toilet.
The government went on to say that it was outraged by the incident and that sharing the video was insensitive to the child and could impact negatively on the prosecution of her attacker.
The incident, which has shocked people across South Africa, took place in the men’s toilet of the Dros restaurant in Silverton last Saturday.
Earlier on Thursday, members of #NotInMyName SA campaign visited the restaurant and vowed to shut it down if management failed to deliver on promises made to the victim’s family, which included covering medical costs for the little girl.

Source: http://www.iol.co.za

Masike: ‘Youth empowerment is essential’  

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Picture: North West MEC of Health, Dr Magome Masike

By BAKANG MOKOTO

A radical approach towards skill development was emphasised during the two day Provincial Skills Development Lekgotla in Rustenburg. The event was organised by the North West Provincial government.

The event was organised by the North West Provincial government.

North West MEC of Health department, Dr Magome Masike said: “The aim is to empower the youth and deepen skills development efforts to respond to the needs of the economy of the province.

“We discussed interrogated and devised strategies to upskill young people with expertise required by the economy of the province. Skills in the province will be developed through business incubation.”

Masike said effective approach integrated with the opportunities of the fourth Industrial Revolution and the Community Skills Development Centres will be prioritised. He further said these are some of the resolutions taken during the Lekgotla.

“The event was held under the theme: “The fourth industrial revolution and the opportunities for developing skills of the future in the province.” The Lekgotla was held to deepen skills development efforts and respond to the needs of the economy of the province.

“Skills Development Lekgotla will help the province to catch up with the 4th industrial revolution initiatives,” Masike said.

He added that some industries are already experiencing things such as artificial intelligence, robotics, quantum computing and so forth. Masike said this should radically change the approach to skills development.

“As a province, we need to have a four sided plan for this radical change, because the 4th industrial revolution will not only affect private sector, but all of us. The Lekgotla also created a platform for discussions on skills development initiatives which will contribute to the successful implementation of the National Development Plan (NDP).

“Presentations on different skills development efforts were made and probed. Amongst some of the resolutions taken was to analyse the skills needs toward effectively channelling prior learning into current training programmes,” he said.

Masike said the provincial skills gap analysis to be executed in line with an employment needs analysis. He said this will incorporate resistance to change- inclusivity, collaboration, organised labour, private sector, government, rural community skills development initiatives which create exposure to all Industrial Revolution opportunities.

“Since parts of South have not adequately taken hold of the 3rd IR thus cannot effectively do so with the 4th IR. Office of the Premier must champion the programme for recognition for prior learning.

“Private companies should encourage sharing bursaries and training programmes with both provincial government and local government to form part of the skills development,” Masike said.

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‘Mokgoro is the man for the Job’

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By REGINALD KANYANE

North West Premier, Prof Job Mokgoro who is also the Provincial Chairperson of North West Resource Development Council (NWHRDC) said they will strengthen the human resources development capacity.

Mokgoro said the launch of the NWHRDC is a very important milestone in government to mobilise various stakeholders behind the country’s Human Resource Development Strategy towards 2030.

“This aims to develop skills that serve the needs of the economy and support the national objectives of radical economic transformation towards inclusive growth. The launch of the council is aimed at building the human resource development base necessary to ensure a prosperous and inclusive South African society and economy.

“The fact that the Deputy President of the Republic of South Africa is the chairperson of this body is indicative enough of its strategic importance in the creation and growth of a capable public service in line with Chapter 13 of the National Development Plan 2030” said Mokgoro.

North West HRDC consists of members from government, organized labour, business, civil society and academics. He said the provincial HRDC should be a mirror of the national structure aimed at creating a relevant platform inclusive of all social partners and enable them to engage towards using human resource development as a key vehicle towards addressing poverty, inequality and unemployment.

“We believe that the HRDC is central to the attainment of the necessary skills for government to deliver on its key objectives and defeat challenges faced by the country and development needs that are mostly unique to the North West.

“South Africa needs to focus on building a skilled and professional public service from both the top and the bottom. At the top, recruitment and management should be based on experience and expertise while at the junior levels, the State needs to focus on producing the skills and expertise that will be necessary for future public service cohorts,” concluded Mokgoro.

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Dagga use decriminalized in SA

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The Constitutional Court has upheld the Western Cape High Court ruling that the private use of dagga is legal.

JOHANNESBURG – The Constitutional Court has ruled that it is legal to cultivate and consume dagga for personal use.

In a unanimous judgment, the highest court in the land has decriminalised the private use of dagga.

Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo has upheld the Western Cape High Court’s ruling that marijuana can be used at home and ruled that Parliament must change its Drug Trafficking and Medicines Control Acts.

Source: http://www.ewn.co.za

Mokgoro appoints administrator at the Ba-Phalane Traditional Council

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By BAKANG MOKOTO

The situation nearly turned tense at the Ramokoka village during an engagement meeting between the North West Premier, Prof Job Mokgoro and community on Tuesday. Some of community members stormed into a meeting singing strugglibg songs, while Mokgoro addressing other community members.

The community members barricaded roads, torched few houses belonging to headmasters and prohibited children to go to school since June 2018 demanding that the current chief, Kgosi Joy Ramokoka be dethroned.

Community leader, Charles Makinita said the Ba-Phalane Traditional Council is marred with maladministration, corruption and fraud.

“Ramokoka created a trust that he imposed on us along with his cronies. The mines operating in our area deposited almost R400m in that trust, but we do not know what happened to that money.

“We welcome Mokgoro’s decision to bring interventions. This are the necessary interventions aimed at bringing stability in our area. We will see how this ends and we will take it from there. There are so many people who are former leaders who also orchestrated these corruption activities and we cannot allow that,” Makinita said.

Mokgoro invoked Section 10 (2) read with Section 9 (3) of the North West Traditional Leadership and Governance Act, Act No 2 of 2005 as an intervention measure.

He said Section 10 (2) states that the Premier may, subject to the provisions of this Act and the Constitution and with due observation of the tradition applicable in a traditional community, take such steps as may be necessary to ensure the due performance of the functions referred to in subsection (1).

“On the other hand, Section 9 (3) states that the Premier may take such steps, not inconsistent with this Act, to ensure proper administration and good governance by traditional councils. The intervention measures to be put in place would involve the appointment of investigators with clear terms of references relating to issues raised around administration and good governance.

“To bring stability, members of the community are urged to cooperate with and support the intervention team. Furthermore, we appeal with the Ba-Phalane boo Ramokoka to allow learners to go to school, allow the clinics to open and daily operations to continue, while the intervention is unfolding,” he said.

Mokgoro also announced that due to the sensitivity of the prevailing situation and to bring stability, the intervention will be with effect from today.

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Cassper Nyovest doesn’t own the #FillUp trademark and can’t take legal action

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An investigation by TshisaLIVE has found that rapper Cassper Nyovest does not yet own the #FillUp trademark at the centre of a fight between himself and Tsonga musician Benny Mayengani.

Cassper’s team revealed last week that he would be taking legal action against Mayengani for using the phrase to market his Fill-Up Giyani Stadium concert‚ which had over 25‚000 people attend. The EFF weighed in on the drama‚ labelling Cassper a “bully” and offered Benny legal protection.

However‚ the matter may never see a court room as the trademark Cassper claims Benny used without his permission has not yet been granted.

TshisaLIVE has seen the trademark records for the phrase which shows that Cassper‚ who used his full name Refiloe Maele Phoolo‚ applied for the trademark with the Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC) in November 2016.

It’s at an ‘advanced stage’ The application was processed and “accepted with conditions.” A letter was sent to Cassper in June 2017 telling him what conditions needed to be met to have the trademark granted.

“The office has issued an official action setting out the conditions for acceptance of the application. The trademark applicant needs to respond in writing to the office agreeing to the conditions in order for the application to proceed to acceptance‚” senior manager at CIPC’s Head Of Trademarks Division Fleurette Coetzee explained to TshisaLIVE.

Once a response has been received the application is advertised for three months‚ giving people the chance to object. Cassper has not not responded and‚ as a result‚ the application has not been advertised.

Cassper may be able to take action in the future Copyright lawyer Adele Els told TshisaLIVE that a person who has applied for a trademark but had not yet registered it cannot prevent another person from using it. However‚ once granted‚ they can retrospectively take action against its use while the trademark status was pending.

This means that once the trademark is registered Cassper could take legal action against Benny.

“Only once the trademark has proceeded to registration do the rights come into existence and can the trademark proprietor institute infringement proceedings. It is important to point out‚ however that once registered the rights are granted retrospectively to the date of filing‚” she said.

Source: http://www.sowetanlive.co.za

Magashule says Top 6 is ‘fine’ with his response to Ramaphosa plot claims

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ANC secretary general Ace Magashule says the ANC’s top six is content with the explanation he has given them, following claims that he was part of a secret meeting where a plot to remove President Cyril Ramaphosa was discussed.

The Sunday Times reported over the weekend that Magashule, ANC Women’s League secretary general Meokgo Matuba, ousted North West ANC chairperson Supra Mahumapelo and ANC Youth League KwaZulu-Natal secretary Thanduxolo Sabelo were part of a secret meeting to discuss such a plot.

But Magashule responded to a question News24 posed at the ANC’s Luthuli House headquarters on Tuesday and said the claims came up during the party’s top six meeting on Monday.

“We had an officials meeting. I engaged on this matter and I think we are fine with the fact that I met [former] president Zuma,” Magashule said.

The secretary general said he would engage with party members and alliance partners, who were not satisfied with denials issued by the ANC over the past few days and who felt there was more to the story.

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ANC national executive committee members Jackson Mthembu and Derek Hanekom were among those who called for an investigation into the claims. In addition, leader of labour federation Cosatu Bheki Ntshalintshali said, although he had heard the denials, he felt there was more to the claims.

“I had to clarify certain things and there was also engagement and advice as to how we should move forward and deal with matters pertaining to the organisation,” explained Magashule.

He also said that the meeting was not secret.

“[There was] no problem with meeting [former] president Jacob Zuma. No problem at all. We did not meet at a secret place. [We] met at a busy hotel where people are all over,” said Magashule.

Source: http://www.news24.com