Author: Dimakatso Genkoe
Former Mkhondo Local Municipality mayor Vusi Motha and his co-accused will remain in custody until their next court appearance. They appeared before the Piet Retief Magistrates court on Tuesday following their arrest on Monday in connection with the killing of Councillor Sbonelo Ntshangase and two other people. In a statement released on Tuesday, Mpumalanga police confirmed the two, aged 43 and 52 were arrested on Monday and during their arrest, an automatic rifle with ammunition was confiscated and they were both charged with unlicensed firearm and ammunition. Police also confirmed that other firearms and ammunition alleged to be owned by…
The day that members of parliament have been waiting for has finally arrived, as they are expected to meet to deliberate over the Phala Phala Section 89 Independent Panel Report and President Cyril Ramaphosa’s future. The panel report found that Ramaphosa has a case to answer and the president has since taken it on review following an ANC NEC decision taken last week where the party pledged its support for its top nominee for the second term as president of the organisation. Parliamentarians were today expected to decide on a way forward after proceedings were postponed last week. The ATM,…
“We still want to know who sent Janusz Walus to kill our leader Chris Hani”, this is the question from Young Communist League of South Africa (YCLSA) who were reacting to the release of Hani’s killer Yanusz Walus on parole on Wednesday. The YCLSA National Secretary Tinyiko Ntini says they are not shocked by the recent development, but they are still disappointed by the Constitutional Court’s decision to release the man who hasn’t shown any remorse. “The big issue is that he regrets killing Hani, but not a communist, in essence, communists are an endangered species in the society,” Said…
Convicted murderer Janusz Walus is now a free man. Walus was released on parole this morning by the Correctional Services Department Minister Ronald Lamola following an order by the Constitutional court two weeks ago. The 69-year-old Polish immigrant spent 25 years of his life in jail for killing SACP leader Chris Hani on 10 April 1993. Hani, an anti-apartheid leader and former Umkhonto Wesizwe chief of staff, was assassinated on an Easter weekend at his home in Dawn Park in Boksburg on the East Rand. Also implicated in Hani’s assassin was Conservative Party MP Clive Derby-Lewis who died at the…
South Africans must brace themselves for a Christmas without the merry-making as cash-strapped consumers have to grapple with high fuel costs, load shedding, high interest rates and high food and transport costs. The Department of Energy and Minerals announced new petrol price increases that have shocked many motorists because they are higher than what was expected. After 12 midnight tomorrow (WED) motorists will 59c more for a litre of both grades of petrol. A litre of 95 Unleaded petrol will cost R22.81 at the coast and R23.46 on the inland and 93 Unleaded will retail for R23.16. This comes as…
An inquest docket has been opened by the North West police following a fatal pitbull attack in Mogwase near Rustenburg. It is alleged that a 39-year-old man jumped over a fence at a local tavern in the early hours of Saturday morning and got mauled to death by a pitbull. Police spokesperson Colonel Amanda Funani said according to the information they received; the owner of the tavern asked all the patrons to vacate the premises as it was his time to close, and the deceased waited for everyone including the owner to leave and allegedly scaled the fence. It was…
Convicted murderer Janusz Walus will spend another night in his cell after an agreement between his legal team and the State attorney that his medical parole will be finalised after he gets a clearance from his medical doctor, the Department of Correctional Services said in a short statement last night. The Constitutional Court ruled last week through Chief Justice Raymond Zondo that Minister Ronald Lamola must place Walus on parole after spending 25 years of his life sentence in prison for killing anti-apartheid leader Chris Hani in 1993. Walus, Hani’s assassin approached the Constitutional Court in 2020 after the Supreme…
The department of Correctional Services says it is investigating circumstances that led to the stabbing of Chris Hani’s killer Janusz Walus. The department confirmed in a statement that Walus, who was stabbed by another inmate from the same housing unit, is in stable condition. Spokesperson Singabakho Nxumalo says the healthcare team is attending to Walus and every necessary care will be afforded to him. This comes as Walus was due to be released on parole after serving a life sentence for the assassination of SACP leader Chris Hani in 1993. Earlier the Department of Home Affairs issued a directive that…
A man arrested for allegedly killing his five month-old nephew with a spade in Kgakala Township in the North West was denied bail by the Leeudoringstad Magistrates Court on Tuesday. The state successfully opposed Lazarus Hambone’s bail application and the National Prosecution Authority (NPA) said in a statement that among other factors, Hambone is a parolee on a murder charge that he committed in 2011. The 38-year old Hambone was released on parole in May last year. According to police reports, a 16-year-old mother was carrying the baby on her back when Hambone attacked her with a spade after an…
Free State police have opened an inquest following the death of a three-year-old boy who was mauled to death by two pit bulls on Sunday morning in Welkom, Free State. According to police spokesperson Captain Steven Thakeli, the toddler was playing with his friends at his home in Heneman when the vicious dogs bit him. He died on the scene. Thakeli told newsnote that angry residents wanted to attack the owner of the dogs who had to be rescued and one of his pit bulls killed. “Members of the Welkom Public Order Police, POP were summoned to the scene and…