A man in his 50s was killed and five others injured late last night after three vehicles collided on the N12 near Fochville, North West.

ER24 paramedics arrived on scene and found three wrecked vehicles on scene. One of the vehicles, a tranporter, lay on its roof while the other two bakkies were on either side of the road.

The occupants of the transported had already crawled out from their vehicle and were waiting for paramedics.

“On inspection of the scene, paramedics discovered that one man lay trapped inside his crumpled bakkie. Unfortunately the man had already succumbed to his severe injuries” Er24 spokesperson Russel Meiring said.

Four other occupants from the transporter and second bakkie had sustained moderate injuries while the fifth lay in a critical condition.

Paramedics set out treating the patients while providing the critically injured patient with advanced life support.

“Once treated, all the patients were transported to Mediclinic Potchefstroom for further treatment” Meiring said.

The cause of the collision is not yet known but local authorities were on scene for further investigations.
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The newsworld is currently abuzz with reports of a hostage situation in Truworths at the Golden walk shopping Centre in Germiston.

It was reported that an unhappy client was holding Truworhts staff at gunpoint, and guards from a SBV money truck who had arrived just before the incident took place had gone to attempt to help resolve the situation. Reports of two Germiston SAPS members who were not in uniform reacted

to the hostage situation, where they were mistaken for robbers by the SBV guards. After the robbery alarm had been activated by the gaurds a shoot-out ensued where one plain clothed SAPS officers had been wounded.

It is being reported that the armed perpetrator responsible for the whole situation has now been arrested, and the situation is resolved.
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Johannesburg- Bafana Bafana coach Shakes Mashaba has named a provisional 34-man squad for the CAF Orange Africa Cup of Nations (Equatorial Guinea 2015) tournament which starts next month.

Mashaba has kept the bulk of the team that played in AFCON qualifiers where they went unbeaten in six matches.

He has named four goalkeepers, 10 defenders, 15 midfielders and five strikers.

The squad will be trimmed down to the required 23 for the tournament on Tuesday, 30 December after a mini-training camp that will be held in Johannesburg from 26 – 30 December.

“The bulk of the boys in the squad are the ones who helped Bafana Bafana to be where it is now and we didn’t want to change much going into AFCON. The bloated squad means we want to give everyone a chance as we don’t have guaranteed places in the team; it is an opportunity for all of them to fight hard for the final spot,” said Mashaba.

“Änd for those not on the list, we can’t say for sure they are completely out as they also stand a good chance of making it. As you can see most of those on the list have been with us for the last three months or so.”

Bafana Bafana’s opening match of the tournament is against Algeria on Monday, 19 January (21h00 SA time), followed by the clash with Senegal on Friday, 23 January (21h00 SA time) with the last group stages match against Ghana on Tuesday, 27 January (20h00 SA time).

South Africa will play all their group stage matches in Mongomo.

BY REGINALD KANYANE
KOKOMENG- A 49 year-old man passed away in Kokomeng village, near Taung on Sunday after he dropped dead while walking home.

North West police spokesperson captain Pelonomi Makau said two men were walking together when a 49 year-old man suddenly fell.

“He was confirmed dead by paramedics and a case of inquest was opened. Police suspect no faul play in this matter” Makau said.

The incident took place on Sunday at around 18:30.
Police investigations continue.
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BY REGINALD KANYANE
POTCHEFSTROOM- Netcare 911 paramedics noticed that a light delivery vehicle’s load caught alight while driving near Potchefstroom in the North West Province.

They immediately stopped to assist the driver.

“They managed to put out most of the fire with the fire extinguisher from the ambulance” Netcare 911 spokesperson Santi Steinmann said.

Fortunately no-one was injured during this incident.
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Johannesburg – North West police were on Wednesday searching for a man who allegedly raped a woman in Ga-Botha village in Moutse West.

“The case docket of rape was opened and police are busy with the investigations,” said Constable Lethunya Mmuroa.

The 28-year-old woman was raped at her house in the early hours of Wednesday morning.

“The suspect broke the window, found the victim sleeping and raped her.”

Mmuroa said the woman knew the 28-year-old man as they lived in the same village. – Sapa

Johannesburg – Ellen Tshabalala has resigned as chairperson of the SABC board and also quit the board, the presidency announced on Wednesday.

“The President thanks Ms Tshabalala for her contribution to the public broadcaster and wishes her all the best in her future endeavours,” the presidency said in a statement.
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