Author: Boitumelo Tshehle
The white woman who sent a voice note with racist overtones, calling for black men to be killed and black women to be sterilised, rather than ban the breeding and ownership of pitbulls, will appear in court on March 27 next year. Belinda Magor, aged 60, faces charges of Crimen Injuria. She was arrested on Saturday and released the same day on a warning. Last week, Magor’s audio, where referred to blacks as rapists and murderers and called for their killing and burning instead of a imposing a ban on pitbulls ban, went viral across all media in South Africa. …
A KwaZulu-Natal pitbull lover has called out for the killing and banning of all black men and the sterilisation of all black women because they give birth to black children who in turn grow up and “they rape, they kill and are worse than any pitbull”. In a voice note leaked to You FM by one of the people on a whatsapp lobby group called ‘Pit Bulls be my voice’ that is opposed to the banning of pitbulls. The danger of pitbulls have been raised by the recent increase in the number of attacks and there are four known cases…
Residents of some of Matlosana local municipality’s seventeen informal settlements in the North West have taken to the streets demanding that the municipality expedite the process of “formalising” them, igniting a fuse that authorities are struggling to extinguish. The squatters who unlawfully occupied land belonging to the municipality and faced evictions, threw stones at a few vehicles in Jakaranda and Alabama informal settlements during the past two days while police maintained a heavy presence in areas affected by protests. Almost 40 homes have been demolished leaving scores of people homeless from the land they invaded a year ago. The residents…
Speakers at the Moses Kotane lecture at the North West University in Potchefstroom on Friday evening said it will take time to rebuild South African politics. They compared the current infighting of the ruling party to something Kotane experienced in the 1930s when he joined the Communist party. The first annual lecture was on how to reset South Africa’s journey to recovery and rebuilding. Analysts said even those at the highest levels of government and politics often have no idea who runs the show or holds the most influential positions inside the African National Congress (ANC). Political analyst and senior…
Twenty-six-year-old Kegomoditswe Faith Matete, from Kgakala village in Leeudoringstad, North West, is ready to embark on a life-altering trip as she sets her eyes on the title of the Miss Africa. Matete is one of the ten finalists from around Africa who will be on a five-day cruise from Durban to Momene in Mozambique in November courtesy of Pageant SA. The aim of Miss Africa pageant is to allow women aged 18 to 30 who have children or are married but still want to pursue their pageant goals to do so. The contestants are tasked with generating publicity and financial…
Heavy rains have wrought havoc in some parts of Potchefstroom in the North West where homes and infrastructure has been destroyed and animals killed because of the rainfall which caused three dams to overflow and flooded nearby settlements. JB Marks Local municipality spokesperson, Jeanette Tshite, has issued a flood warning to the community that three dams were overflowing. “We’re letting people in the JB Marks local municipality area know that the Klerkskraal, Boskop, and Potchefstroom dams have reached capacity due to the recent downpour. The MooiRivier is now overflowing its banks,” she explained. She assured the public that the municipality was…
Two North West men from Jouberton near Klerksdorp are appealing for financial assistance to attend the 2023 World Transplant Games, which will be held in Perth, Australia, in April. Velile Dube, 44, and Lebogang Moabi, 36, are renal failure survivors and members of the South African transplant organisation, which introduced them to sports such as the long jump and the ball throw. Dube and Moabi were selected to participate in the Perth games and were ecstatic to be chosen. However, their joy was short-lived when they learned they would need at least R45,000 to cover flight tickets, running shoes, accommodation and…
One of the 21 alleged illegal miners seeking bail told the Stilfontein Magistrates court in the North West on Wednesday that he had never visited the mine shaft where twenty of his co-accused were arrested last month. During cross-examined at his bail hearing, the court informed him that his vehicle was seen entering and exiting the mine shaft many times. The group of illegal miners were arrested in a mine shaft with 15 AK -47s, six hunting rifles, two shotguns, and a box full of ammunition. When a police vehicle carrying the accused arrived at the Stilfontein magistrates court on Wednesday;…
Early Childhood Development Centre (ECD) practitioners in Klerksdorp, North West are struggling to access their stipends as a result they are battling to manage the institutions financially. Their problems started after the ECDs were shifted from the department of social development to the provincial department of education. Last week Basic Education minister Angie Motshekga visited the province and found that over 2 400 ECDs had yet to receive stipends and this has been going on since April when they first migrated. Lerato Mosegedi from the Perseverance day care center in Jouberton challenged the department to visit her center and see how…
A 23-year-old man from Kanana township outside Orkney in the North West was inspired to help South Africa catch up with international standards in terms of technology after traveling to South Korea to compete in a competition that sought out the finest IT techniques in the world. Didimalo Gift Sereo represented South Africa at the World Skills International Competition in October last year where he took part in the IT network systems and administration category. It is always laudable to see a young man coming from a township plagued with gangsterism and crime, like , so determined to direct initiatives…