Author: Larson Thebe

Australian batsman Usman Khawaja has vowed to challenge the International Cricket Council (ICC) after it charged him for wearing a black armband in the first Test against Pakistan in Perth, in support of Palestinians. The batsman has been in the forefront to highlight atrocities committed against Palestinians. According to the ICC, Khawaja didn’t obtain prior approval from them, and Cricket Australia as required in the regulations, before displaying a personal message during the first Test match against Pakistan. “This is a breach under the category of an ‘other breach’ and the sanction for a first offence is a reprimand,” read…

Australian batsman Usman Khawaja has vowed to challenge the International Cricket Council (ICC) after it charged him for wearing a black armband in the first Test against Pakistan in Perth, in support of Palestinians. The batsman has been in the forefront to highlight atrocities committed against Palestinians. According to the ICC, Khawaja didn’t obtain prior approval from them, and Cricket Australia as required in the regulations, before displaying a personal message during the first Test match against Pakistan. “This is a breach under the category of an ‘other breach’ and the sanction for a first offence is a reprimand,” read…

The late Afro-Pop sensation Bulelwa Mkutukana, popularly known as Zahara, has been described as someone who never forgot her roots. This emerged during the funeral service of the Lolilwe hitmaker at Phumlani township in East London, Eastern Cape. The 36-year-old Zahara passed away last week at a Johannesburg hospital, following liver complications. Friends and mourners said despite been famous, she didn’t want to be treated like a celebrity whenever she visited East London. She was a down to earth, humble, and approachable person. She didn’t want to be treated like a star. We would see her on TV with big…

Transport Minister Sindisiwe Chikunga has revealed that there have been 719 road fatalities in the country since 1 December. This is less than 32 deaths from the same period last year, which was 751, leading to a 4.3% decline in fatalities.  Chikunga said this in Villiers, Free State, where she was releasing the preliminary festive road season statistics. “Gauteng has recorded 187 fatalities which is a 23.8% increase compared to last year, KwaZulu-Natal 135 fatalities which is 6.3% decrease compared to last year, Limpopo 88 fatalities which is the same as the previous year, Mpumalanga 81 fatalities which is a 6.6%…

The North West MEC for Community Safety and Transport Management Sello Lehari has assured the family of Matshidiso Mokotedi that he will leave no stone unturned until justice is served. This after the 31-year-old Rustenburg-based traffic officer, was brutally murdered by her alleged partner. Mokotedi, who was attached to the newly established elite Provincial Traffic Unit, The Eagles, was found murdered on Tuesday in Rustenburg. The officer failed to report for duty while her cell phone was also switched off. A suspect, who is well known and believed to be her former partner, was arrested when he tried to open…

Police in Limpopo have issued a warrant of arrest for Francois Swart, the Managing Director of travel agency, Priority Escapes. The Fourways-based company is accused of defrauding would-be holiday makers in Modimolle of millions of rands, after it promised them holiday destinations in the Maldives and other investments. To confirm their bookings, the unsuspecting victims paid either deposits or the full amount to Maldives and received fake confirmation documents from the holiday swindler. They victims were made to believe that their trips to Maldives were booked and paid for only to be advised, at the last moment, that the trips…

The nearly 2000 mineworkers at the Bafokeng Rasimone Platinum Mine outside Rustenburg in the North West have resurfaced after three days underground. The miners staged a sit-in demanding that their dividend shares and pension funds from their previous employer be immediately paid into their accounts. “The protest action, initially involving 2 205 employees, began at the North and South shafts on Monday. By 14h50 today (Wednesday) all North Shaft employees had returned to surface and by 17h05 all South Shaft employees had returned to surface, with all 2 205 employees who initially participated in the protest now safely on surface,”…

The Gauteng Department of Health said health services are continuing as normal at some of its facilities in Tshwane, which experienced extensive damages due to Tuesday’s night storm. The department said no patient or staff members at these facilities were injured because of the damages caused by the storm. The facilities are the Odi District Hospital in Mabopane, Sedilega Clinic in Mabopane, Block TT Clinic and KT Mutubatse Clinic which are both in Soshanguve. “The extent of the damage at Odi District Hospital include a collapsed ceiling in one of the sections of the hospital and the roof, which has…

The unprotected strike by nearly 2 000 workers at the Bafokeng Rasimone Platinum mine near Rustenburg in the North West enters its third day today. According to Implats, which owns the mine, the wildcat strike began on Monday morning without the sanction of the operation’s representative union, the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM). The mine management said as at 19h00 Tuesday, 167 employees had safely returned to surface and nearly 2 000 employees were still underground. The company says the underlying source of contention is principally among employees and relates to several misinterpretations and misunderstandings brought to the fore by the…

The North West MEC of Community Safety Sello Lehari is confident that arrests would soon be made, following Saturday’s mass shooting at the Popo Molefe informal settlement in Boitekong outside Rustenburg. Eight people were killed on the scene, the ninth one was certified dead-on arrival at the hospital while scores, including children, were injured in the incident. According to the police, a group of mainly Xhosa speaking individuals were sitting in a yard drinking liquor when an unconfirmed number of Sesotho speaking suspects opened fire on them. The incident is suspected to be a revenge attack over stock theft and…