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Atamelang Bus Service appeal North West High Court decision  

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By AGISANANG SCUFF

2 September 2025- The Department of Community Safety and Transport Management said it regrets to inform communities in Ngaka Modiri Molema District that the start of the subsidized commuter transport service will be delayed. The North West High Court recently set aside an interdict by Atamelang Bus Service, which had previously prevented the department from appointing a new service provider.

The North West MEC for Community Safety and Transport Management, Wessels Morweng said this ruling had paved the way for the resumption of services in the district. Morweng said Atamelang Bus Service, which had stopped providing services since December 2024, went to court in an attempt to block the department from appointing a replacement operator.

“This failure to render services constituted a breach of its service level agreement with the department. Following the favourable court ruling, the department initiated processes to resume services, including the procurement of a new operator and engaging employees of the former service provider to ensure their absorption by the incoming company.

“However, Atamelang Bus Service has since lodged an appeal against last week’s ruling. This legal process unfortunately delays the resumption of the commuter service,” he said.

Morweng further said his department assures that communities will be kept informed of developments and will be notified as soon as a firm resumption date is confirmed.

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Concerns over repayment of R36m based on ‘ghost contract’

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By OBAKENG MAJE

1 September 2025 – The Portfolio Committee on Public Service and Administration on Monday said it has noted with concern reports relating to the repayment of R36 million based on a “ghost contract” of the Government Pensions Administration Agency (GPAA).

The committee said this follows earlier media reports alleging that the GPAA paid Shula Developers, who allegedly misrepresented themselves as the landlord, R36 million upfront to lease a building for the GPAA’s headquarters.

The Chairperson of the Committee, Jan de Villiers said according to media reports, the developers paid the refund only after earlier reports revealed alleged irregularities. De Villiers said the refund reportedly did not include interest, which amounts to approximately R4 million.

“Responding to the report by News24, the committee will seek clarity on why such a large upfront payment was allegedly authorised, if the underlying contract was fraudulent and why the repayment was allegedly made only after the matter was reported in the media.

“The committee also wants to know which GPAA officials authorised the payment and whether they will face consequences if wrongdoing is confirmed,” he said.

De Villiers further said the committee will also seek clarity on whether the arrangement between the GPAA and Shula Developers constitutes potential corruption that now requires accountability from both the company and implicated officials. He added that the committee also expressed concern about reports that R26 million was paid to Dikeamo Architects for office designs linked to the same building.

“Not only would this represent wasteful expenditure on a property that could never be leased, but the sum itself appears unusually high for architectural planning services,” said the Chairperson.

“The committee will seek clarity on whether this payment was justified and whether there was any misrepresentation,” said de Villiers.

He said the committee will invite the GPAA to appear before it to account and outline steps being taken to investigate and recover any losses. De Villiers said the committee will write to the Auditor-General, the National Treasury and relevant law enforcement authorities to ensure that the full facts are established.

“They should ensure that an appropriate financial recovery, including interest, is pursued and that any proven corruption is dealt with decisively through consequence management and prosecution.

“GEPF members and pensioners entrust the government with their life savings. To see those funds placed at risk through such allegations is unacceptable,” he said.

De Villiers said the committee remains committed to ensuring that this matter is thoroughly investigated and that accountability is enforced.

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Kgetsi tse pedi tsa go shupa ka sethunya kgatlhanong le Kaalpens di buseditswe morago

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28 Phatwe 2025- Kgetsi tse pedi tsa go shupa ka sethunya kgatlhanong le monna wa kwa motseng wa Maphoitsile, gaufi le Taung, eleng Thato Gaobuse, mme a itsege thata ka leina la Kaalpens, e buseditswe morago go fitlha kgwedi ya Lwetse a tlhola matsatsi a le 4.

Kaalpens o ile a tshwarwa ka Labobedi mabapi le ditatofatso tsa go shupa ka sethunya. Go begwa fa monna o, e le kgale a batliwa ke sepodisi.

Sebueledi sa sepodisi mo sedikeng sa Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati, Warrant Officer Tryphosa van Rooyen, o ganne go neelana ka ditlha tse di feletseng gore ditatofatso kgatlhanong le Kaalpens ke tsefe le gore di diragetse kae. Van Rooyen are tshedimosetso eo, e tla ama dipatlisiso tsa sepodisi.

Kgabagare, Kaalpens o tla nama a letile kwa ntlolefitshwana go fitlhelela a boela kwa kgotlhatshekelo.

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Kgetsi ya go shupa ka sethunya ya kwa Longaneng e buseditswe morago

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28 Phatwe 2025- Kgetsi ya go shupa ka sethunya kgatlhanong le monna wa motswakwa, Raji Mohamed Ibro (43) yo e leng moagi wa naga ya kwa Ethiopia, ebile a na le lebenkele kwa motseng wa Longaneng, gaufi le Taung, e o buseditswe morago ke kgotlhatshekelo ya Taung go fitlha Lwetse a tlhola matsatsi a le 4.

Ibro one a tshwarwa le go latofadiwa ka go shupa ka sethunya le go thuntsha. Go begwa fa Ibro a ile a tshosetsa moagi wa kwa Longaneng, Sello Stephen Kokamo (43) ka sethunya le go thuntsa mo moyeng.

Go begwa fa go ile ga tsoga kgakgauthano ya mafoko magareng ga banna ba babedi ba. Ibro o tla nama a letile kwa ntlolefitshwana go fitlhelela a boela kwa kgotlhatshekelo go dira kopo ya beile.

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Kgetsi ya polao kgatlhanong le monna wa kwa Magogong e buseditswe morago

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Setshwantsho- Monna o latofadiwa ka go bolaya mosadimogolo ka garawe

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28 Phatwe 2025- Kgetsi ya polao kgatlhanong le monna wa dingwaga di le 33 wa kwa motseng wa Magogong, gaufi le Taung, e buseditswe morago go fitlha 29 Lwetse 2025. Molatofadiwa, Kagiso Starzen Thipe, o tlhotse a rototse matlho fa pele ga magistrata kwa kgotlhatshekelo ya Taung mo letsatsing la gompieno mabapi le ditatofatso tsa go bolaya mosadimogolo, Masechaba James (71).  

Go begwa fa Thipe a ile a kgemetha le go bolaya James ka garawe ka Labobedi morago ga tlhatlharuane magareng ga bobedi jo.

Sebueledi sa sepodisi mo sedikeng sa Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati, Warrant Officer Tryphosa van Rooyen are go begwa fa Thipe a ne a tlhagola fa moswi a ne a mo kopa gore a se epe mosima mo thoko ga legae la gagwe. Van Rooyen are go begwa fa go ile ga tsoga kgakgauthano ya mafoko magareng ga bobedi jo, mme Thipe a teketa moswi ka garawe go fitlha a tlhokafala.

“Mmelaelwa o ile a tshwarwa, mme o tlhageletse ka boripana kwa kgotlhatshekelo ya Taung mo letsatsing la gompieno. Ene o lebagane le kgetsi ya polao,” van Rooyen wa tlhalosa.

Kgabagare, Thipe o tla nama a letile kwa ntlolefitshwana go fitlhelela a boela kgotlhatshekelo.

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Monna wa motswakwa o tshwerwe le go latofadiwa ka go tshosetsa ka sethunya

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28 Phatwe 2025- Mong wa lebenkele wa motswakwa kwa motseng wa Longaneng, gaufi le Taung, o solofetswe go tlhagelela kwa kgotlhatshekelo ya Taung mo letsatsing la gompieno. Se, se tla mabapi le ditatofatso tsa go shupa ka sethunya le go thuntsha.

Go begwa fa monna o wa dingwaga di le 43, a latofadiwa ka go tshosetsa Sello Stephen Kokamo (43) ka sethunya le go thuntsa mo moyeng.

Go begwa fa go ile ga tsoga kgakgauthano ya mafoko magareng ga banna ba babedi ba.

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Sepodisi se batlisisa kgetsi ya maiteko a kgothoso le tshenyo ya dithoto ya kwa Maphoitsile

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28 Phatwe 2025- Sepodisi mono Taung se tlhalositse fa se batlisisa dikgetsi di le pedi. Sepodisi se batlisisa kgetsi ya maiteko a kgothoso o tlhometse le kgetsi ya tshenyo ya dithoto.

Sebueledi sa sepodisi mono Bokone Bophirima, Brigadier Sabata Mokgwabone are tiragalo e, e diragetse kwa motseng wa Maphoitsile, gaufi le Taung, mo bosigong jwa Labobedi. Mokgwabone are banna ba ba neng ba rwele dithiba nko le molomo (balaclavas), ba ile ba kgorogela mong wa lebenkele wa dingwaga di le 29, mme ba thuba motshini wa kgwebo (gambling machine) mme ba tsaya madi a mo teng.

“Ba ile ba fetela kwa lebenkeleng le lengwe la mong wa dingaga di le 40, kwa ba fitlhileng ba thuntsa teng. Fela, ba ile ba tswa ka nngopo e sa fotlhwa. Ga gona ope o tshwerweng go fitlha ga jaana.

“Sepodisi se ikuela go mongwe le mongwe o a ka tswang a na le tshedimosetse mabapi le dikgothoso tse go ka letsetsa seteishene sa sepodisi se se gaufi,” Mokgwabone.

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Monna wa kwa Magogong o tshwerwe morago ga go latofadiwa ka go bolaya mosadimogolo ka garawe

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Setshwantsho- Monna o latofadiwa ka go bolaya mosadimogolo ka garawe

Ka OBAKENG MAJE

27 Phatwe 2025- Monna wa dingwaga di le 33 o solofetse go tlhagelela kwa kgotlhatshekelo ya Taung mo letsatsing la kamoso mabapi le polao. Go begwa fa monna o, a ile a bolaya mosadimogolo wa dingwaga di le 77 wa kwa kgaolong ya Dipitsing kwa motseng wa Magogong, gaufi le Taung, ka garawe mo letsatsing la maabane.

Sebueledi sa sepodisi mo sedikeng sa Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati, Warrant Officer Tryphosa van Rooyen are go begwa fa mmelaelwa a ne a tlhagola fa moswi, Masechaba James a ne a mo kopa gore a se epe mosima mo thoko ga legae la gagwe. Van Rooyen are go begwa fa go ile ga tsoga kgakgauthano magareng ga bobedi jo, mme mmelaelwa a teketa moswi ka garawe go fitlha a tlhokafala.

“Mmelaelwa o ile a tshwarwa, mme o tla tlhagelela kwa kgotlhatshekelo ya Taung mo letsatsing la kamoso. Ene o lebagane le ditatofatso tsa polao,” van Rooyen wa tlhalosa.

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Kgetsi ya polao kgatlhanong le banna ba le bane ba kwa Manthe e buseditswe morago

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Setshwantsho: Mobeteledi, Bakang Katong ga mmogo le balatofadiwa-nae monkgetsing ya polao, Phenyo Katong le Katlego Mosimege

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26 Phatwe 2025- Kgetsi ya polao kgatlhanong le banna ba le bane ba kwa motseng wa Manthe, gaufi le Taung, e tlhotse e buseditswe morago ke kgotlhatshekelo ya Taung mo letsatsing la gompieno go fitlha di 10 Sedimonthole 2025. Bakang Katong (32), yo o atlholetsweng dingwaga di le robedi kwa kgolegelong mo kgetsing ya petelelo, ga mmogo le balatofadiwa nae mo kgetsing ya polao, Thabang Lenyai (23), Katlego Mosimege (31) le Phenyo Katong (34), ba ne ba tshwarwa dingwaga di le tharo tse di fetileng morago ga go latofadiwa ka go bolaya Thabiso Mothibedi (35), setlhogo.

Go begwa fa ba ile ba mo teketa le go mo golegelela mo generateng. Seno se tla morago ga gore ba mo latofatse ka go ba utswetsa madi a seatleng a lekang ka R20 000 le motsoko wa R600.

Sebueledi sa sepodisi mo Bokone Bophirima, Lieutenant Colonel Sam Tselanyane, o ile a tlhalosetsa ba lekwalo-dikgang la The Guardian Newspaper gore dipatlisiso di shupa fa tiragalo e, ele ya di 29 Moranang 2022. Tselanyane are go ile ga begwa fa moswi a ile a siela kwa motseng wa Longaneng.

“Fela, go begwa fa balatofadiwa ba ile ba tswa letsholo le go mo latela. Go begwa fa go gorogeng ga bone kwa motseng wa Manthe, ba ile ba mo gokelela mo generateng, mme ba mo teketa go fitlhelela a tlhokafala.

“Go begwa fa balatofadiwa ba ile ba tabogisetsa moswi kwa kliniking ya selegae fa ba bona a neela mowa. Baoki ba ne ba tlhalosa fa go se sepe se ba ka se dirang go boloka moswi, gonne one a setse a balelelwa le badimo,” Tselanyane wa tlhalosa.

Kgabagare, ka di 1 Motsheganong 2022, baagi ba ile ba bolotsa mogwanto kgatlhanong le balatofadiwa, mme ba ile ba fisa matlo a bone a le mararo mo tiragalong e. Gape, baagi ba ile thuba le go senya ntlo-maitiso ya balatofadiwa, mme ba itseela le nnotagi.

Go begwa fa Katong a boleletse lekgotlha ka mokgwa wa tiriso ya lekwalo gore o ipona molato mo ditatofatso tsotlhe kgatlhanong le ene. Lenyai le ene go ne ga begwa fa a ipone molato mo ditatofatsong tsotlhe kgatlhanong le ene, fela one a fetoga mme a kopa lekgotlha fa a batla go fetola mmueledi wa gagwe.

Katong o tlhaloseditse lekgotlha fa Mosimege le mogoloe, Phenyo, ba ne ba sena seabe mo tiragalong e.

Kgabagare, bosekisi le bone bo tlhalositse fa boitekanetse go ka tswelela ka tsheko, mme bo shupa fa bona le kgetsi e kwenneng kgatlhanong le banna ba, ba le bane.

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Monna wa kwa Maphoitsile o tshwerwe mabapi le dikgetsi tse pedi tsa go shupa ka sethunya

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Setshwantsho-papiso- Monna o kgothosa mokgweetsi

Ka OBAKENG MAJE

26 Phatwe 2025- Monna wa kwa motseng wa Maphoitsile, gaufi le Taung, o tshwerwe mo letsatsing la gompieno mabapi le dikgetsi tse pedi tsa go shupa ka sethunya. Go begwa fa monna o, e le kgale a batliwa ke sepodisi.

Sebueledi sa sepodisi mo sedikeng sa Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati, Warrant Officer Tryphosa van Rooyen, o ganne go neelana ka ditlha tse di feletseng gore ditatofatso kgatlhanong le mmelaelwa ke tsefe le gore o tlile go tlhagelela leng kwa kgotlhatshekelo. Van Rooyen are tshedimosetso eo, e tla ama dipatlisiso tsa sepodisi.

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