Author: Dimakatso Genkoe
A 23-year man will appear before the Moretele Magistrates court on Friday on charges of murder and defeating the ends of justice among others. The man was arrested by North West police on Wednesday after the body of his 15-year-old girlfriend Karabo Monyama was discovered in a shallow grave in his backyard in Cyferskuil in Makapanstad. According to police, Monyama went missing after leaving her home on Sunday to watch soccer at her boyfriend’s place and never returned home. Police said a search was conducted around the neighborhood without any success. Police are also searching for a 1-year-old boy, Keotshepile Molefe…
Nedlac has granted trade union federation Saftu permission to participate in the National Shutdown protests planned for Monday 20 March. SAFTU general-secretary Zwelinzima Vavi announced earlier that the union agreed to participate in the shutdown following the EFF’s request and sought permission from Nedlac Nedlac’s Standing Committee considered Saftu’s application and confirmed the protest would be protected under Section 77 of the Labour Relations Act which means no employer may institute disciplinary action against employees who decide to join the protest. Vavi stressed,however, the independence of the union and said they were responding to the socio-economic crisis and not joining…
Sibanye-Stillwater has concluded a section 189 process in its gold mining operations which will affect more than 2 000 employees in Gauteng. The mining giant announced last year that it would restructure its gold sector due to financial losses at Beatrix 4 Shaft and Kloof 1 Plant. The company says consultations were held between the company and affected stakeholders, which considered various avoidance measures to mitigate possible retrenchments and minimise job losses due to the potential cessation or downscaling of operations and associated services. According to a statement released on Thursday, other employees have accepted transfer opportunities to available positions…
The DA in Tshwane has welcomed the decision of the city manager of the City of Tshwane Johann Mettler to declare a vacancy for the seat held by the newly elected mayor Dr Murunwa Makwarela. Makwarela who descended to the mayoral office a week ago, was disqualified as a councillor following news that he was declared insolvent by a court of law in 2016. Councillor Jacqui Uys of the DA says shortly after Makwarela’s election as the ANC-EFF candidate for the mayoral position in the city, a member of the public informed the multiparty coalition partners that Makwarela had been…
Six pupils from a Limpopo School were killed on Friday morning when a taxi they were traveling in collided with a truck and another taxi on the R579 in Motetema near Groblersdal. Authorities in the province said the accident happened when one of the taxis was overtaking unsafely around 07h00. The school children and drivers of the two taxis are among those that were confirmed dead at the scene, while others were taken to a nearby medical facility and later died. The provincial transport department says three other people lost their lives in a separate accident on the R71 road…
The Presidency has confirmed that President Cyril Ramaphosa has accepted Deputy President David ‘DD’Mabuza’s resignation. Mabuza also resigned as a Member of Parliament, paving the way for the president to appoint a new second-in-command. This follows his request to Ramaphosa to step down from the position, which the president announced in his reply to the Sona debate in February. Ramaphosa extended his gratitude and appreciation to Mabuza on behalf of the country for what he described as exceptional service to South Africa over the last five years. This comes after Ramaphosa’s consultations with ANC alliance partners Cosatu and the SACP…
The DA wants an urgent ad hoc parliamentary committee to be established and to investigate the alleged corruption by ANC members and Cabinet ministers at Eskom. The leader of the official opposition party John Steenhuisen said he has written to the National Assembly Speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa Nqakula requesting that parliament take the lead and institute a thorough inquiry into the full extent of the alleged ANC’s criminal capture at the ailing parastatal. Steenhuisen believes that an ad hoc committee will have the power to subpoena any individual it deems necessary to come before it for questioning. This follows allegations by…
Build One South Africa (Bosa) leader Mmusi Maimane has joined calls for former Eskom CEO Andre de Ruyter to name and shame the politicians he implicated in the looting of funds at the power utility. Maimane laid a criminal complaint on Monday at the Cape Town Police Station in connection with the alleged looting by ANC leaders at Eskom that de Ruyter implicated in his explosive television interviews last week. He wants to compel authorities to get de Ruyter to share the details of corruption allegations he made against senior government employees and politicians. de Ruyter alleged in a TV…
The lioness that has been on the loose in the North West was recaptured and killed on Friday morning around the Piet Plesis area in the Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati Municipality. This was confirmed by the provincial Conservation and Tourism department spokesperson Jerry Matebesi after a two day search by a team of experts. Matebesi says two big cats were in their cages at the back of a bakkie when they were transported from the Landabush Game farm to another farm in Tlakgameng on Wednesday morning, the owner realised later the lioness had escaped. According to the department, the animal…
North West residents have been warned to be on the alert after a lioness escaped from her cage while in transit on the back of a bakkie on Wednesday morning. It is understood that two lions were being transported from the Landabush Game farm to another game farm in Tlakgameng and the owner realised that one animal had escaped when he stopped on the road to check on them. The North West Department of Economic Development, Environment, Conservation and Tourism (DEDECT) spokesperson Jerry Matebesi confirmed to Newsnote that a search mission has been launched. “The rescue mission that involves a…