JOHANNESBURG, October 17 – The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) said that its members at South Africa’s leading supplier of cement and related products, PPC Cement Slurry in Mafikeng, North West, have embarked on a strike over wages. This comes after the NUM gave PPC Cement a notice to strike on Sunday last week and workers commenced with […]
RUSTENBURG, October 16 – A 26-year-old man was arrested for allegedly smashing his four-month-old baby on the ground instantly killing him in Khuma near Stilfontein, North West police said on Monday. “According to information available at this stage, [on Sunday] the suspect had an argument with his girlfriend when he grabbed the baby and threw […]
MOGWASE, October 16 – A fire destroyed at least 16 shacks in Mogwase outside Rustenburg on Monday, the Moses Kotane local municipality said. Spokesperson Beuty Makganye said that the shacks were burnt at Mogwase Unit 8 informal settlement, at around midday and that no injuries were reported. “The municipality’s disaster management is currently gathering information […]
RUSTENBURG, October 13 – A supermarket was looted and a building torched in Tigane outside Klerksdorp, North West police said on Friday. “Yesterday, late in the afternoon members of the community went on a rampage and set alight a building that was previously used as a satellite station. They also looted goods from a supermarket, […]
JOHANNESBURG, October 1 – A man believed to be in his late 30s was stabbed several times and appears to have been forced to drink acid before being found on a remote gravel road between Gauteng and the North West, paramedics said on Sunday. The man was found by community members on the remote road […]
BRITS, September 27 – The mother of missing Tebogo Ndlovu on Wednesday, dismissed rumours that her son was alive. ” It is not correct. I have not heard about this. If he is alive why is he not coming home,” said emotionally drained, Martha Ndlovu outside the Brits Magistrate’s Court. She was attending the bail hearing […]
RUSTENBURG, September 23– South African Police Service (SAPS) flying squad officers in Rustenburg on Friday foiled a possible armed robbery with a swift response following a “look-out” call received via social media from the anti-crime combatting group “SA Community Crime Watch”, North West police said. Information pertaining to the whereabouts of a White Mercedes […]
MAHIKENG, September 20 – The Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati District Municipality in North West plans to use township cycling tour to attract tourism to the district. Tourism manager in the district municipality Aggy Moheta, said the cycling was identified by youth in Vryburg. “We do support the idea, it is a lucrative idea but, we are […]
MAHIKENG, September 19 – A 25-year-old man accused of impersonating North West Premier Supra Mahumapelo appeared briefly in the Molopo Regional Court in Mmabatho on Tuesday. The case against Thato Hangari was postponed to October 27 for pre trial procedures. He was arrested in Kuruman in the Northern Cape on December 2016, after he allegedly […]