RUSTENBURG, September 17 – Six alleged gang members were stabbed to death and a teenage girl strangled in two separate incidents in North West at the weekend, police said on Monday. Police spokesperson Captain Sam Tselanyane said a man was stabbed several times in an apparent gang fight in Kanana near Orkney on Friday […]
RUSTENBURG, August 23 – The Tswaing municipality in the North West collapsed due to a weak monitoring role played by the provincial local government and human settlement department, North West portfolio committee on local government and human settlements said on Thursday. Committee chairperson Motlalepula Rosho said the municipality’s collapse was due to a lack of commitment […]
JOHANNESBURG, August 23 – National Arts Council Chairperson Hartley Sandy Ngoato has survived an assault at the weekend that has been described as a ”brutal racist attack”. Ngoato, who is nursing severe injuries to his head said through a family spokesman – Mmeli Mdluli – that he was assaulted on Sunday in Hartbeespoort, North West. “Ngoato was severely assaulted […]
RUSTENBURG, August 22 – A 26-year-old man was arrested in connection with the murder of his girlfriend, North West police said on Monday. Spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Amanda Funani said he was arrested on Sunday night after the body of his 22-year old girlfriend was found by soccer players at Unit 9 Sport grounds, Mmabatho on […]
JOHANNESBURG, August 16 – The African National Congress (ANC) and the Democratic Alliance (DA) retained seats in by-elections held in North West and Northern Cape this week. The by-elections were contested by one independent candidate and seven candidates from five political parties. At Moses Kotane municipality in the North West, Tshepo Confidence Khumalo of the […]
MARIKANA, August 15 – Marikana will forever be infamous for the fatal shooting of 34 striking mineworkers by heavily armed policeman that took place on 16 August 2012. As may as 78 others were wounded on that fateful day, which will be commemorated on Thursday. The day marked one of the darkest days in post-apartheid […]
BRITS, July 13 – Protesters shut down Madibeng local municipality in the North West province on Friday. A group from Mothutlong chained the entrance to the municipality, accusing the municipality of removing R18 million allocated for the paving of streets. They alleged the money was now moved to Oukasie township. The group toyi-toyid in front of […]
KOSTER, June 28 – All 44 people arrested in connection with violent protests in Koster, in the North West, are expected to appear in the Koster Magistrate’s Court on Thursday. Thirty-one people were arrested in May following violent service delivery protests in Koster and Derby. Residents in the Kgetlengrivier municipality went on a rampage and […]
POTCHEFSTROOM, June 25 – Police at Hartbeespoort Dam are investigating a murder and house robbery after a 64-year-old man was shot dead on Saturday, North West police said. “According to information at our disposal, the father and his three daughters had a family gathering and two of the three daughters left afterwards,” Lt-Col Amanda Funani […]
RUSTENBURG, June 11 – A North West farmer’s son accused of murder could be discharged from the case on Monday. Lawyers representing Mathew Benson, 24, have applied to the High Court in Pretoria to discharged him under section 174 of the Criminal Procedure Act, after the State concluded its case last week. Judge JJ Hattingh […]