Seven attackers with balaclavas attacked 3 workers and stole a cell phone and a laptop. No arrests made. Hartbeespoort, North West. *Ian Cameron This news release does not necessarily reflect the opinion of SA-news.
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FARM ATTACK:- In the North West area
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AfriForum insists Modise face the music over animal neglect on her farm of horrors
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AfriForum says steps have been taken to ensure she appears in court. As reports emerge that the outgoing chairperson of the National Council of Provinces could be elected as the next speaker of the National Assembly, Thandi Modise is haunted by the ghosts of animals that died on her farm five years ago. Civil society..
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Can and will a free and fair election to take place on 8 May after election boycotters already started to wreak havoc by torching a North West school just for being voting station?
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A school was set alight in Kraaipan outside Mahikeng in the North West, allegedly by a group of people intending to boycott the general election on Wednesday. Tlhakajeng Primary School was allegedly torched at the weekend by a group of people who were intending to boycott elections due to service delivery related problems. The school..
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Man in coma, son needing plastic surgery after horrific farm attack in North West Province
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A farm attack took place in Potchefstroom, in the North West Province. The attack was reported on 18 April 2019, by Eesruf Veiligheids Groep Reaksie-span. A man, Mario, his son Marlu (9) and the grandmother were really badly hurt during the attack on their smallholding. The son, little Marlu has a bad facial wound and..
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Poor little Thandi Modise states that ‘Black Farmers Do Better Than White Farmers In South Africa”, but your farm failed (photo’s)
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The National Council of Provinces chairperson Thandi Modise believes that AfriForum’s decision to privately prosecute her for animal cruelty is to advance the narrative of the failure of black farmers. The lobby group and the SPCA announced on Thursday it would pursue the case. Modise believes that AfriForum is targeting her to show that black..
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Farm attack horrors continues in South-Africa – Gruesome farm attack and rape in North West: ‘I prayed that the Lord’s hand would be over me’
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During a brutal farm attack on Tuesday 19 february 2019, at Makwassie in the North West. Elize Vermeulen (58) was attacked and assaulted by two black men between 13:00 and 14:00 on her farm. When one of the attackers took her to the shed and started to rape her she kept her head and just..
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AfriForum wins De Wildt land grab court case with Malema’s money
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AfriForum was victorious in the Northern Gauteng High Court on 21 january 2019, against illegal land invaders and the South African Police Service (SAPS). The victory follows an urgent application to force the SAPS to remove land invaders who illegally occupied land in the De Wildt area in the North West. The legal cost for..
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Warning to all Drivers for the holidays: These are the busiest roads – and days – to travel in December
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If you are looking to plot a Christmas getaway, make sure you don’t get caught up on the busiest roads at the worst times. We’re here to help.
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Buffelspoort farm attack – Couple assaulted and tied up during home-invasion
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A farm attack took place on 22 October 2018 in the Buffelspoort area, North West. A 49 year old man finished dinner and let the dogs into the house, who immediately went to their sleeping baskets. Whilst carrying the dinner plates to the basin, he was surprised by four African males, armed with hand guns…
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No wonder cops are no longer trusted – Law enforcer rapes 14-year old girl
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A Warrant Officer from the Public Order Policing (POPS) based in Potchefstroom has been accused of allegedly raping a 14-year-old girl. He was arrested on Wednesday and appeared in the Ventersdorp Magistrate’s Court on Thursday morning. It is believed that two police officers picked up four girls in a police Nyala in Tshing, Ventersdorp. The..
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General Mabula and nine members of the organized crime unit arrested for assault
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The deputy commissioner of police in North West, Major General Jan Mabula, and nine members of the organized crime unit were charged with assault with the intention of causing grievous bodily harm. Two suspects were tortured in 2006 during the investigation of the robbery of R14 million at the Benoni SAPS store. Several disciplinary matters..
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Rustenburg hearing: ‘Only expropriate white-owned land’
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The parliamentary constitutional review committee heard on Thursday that only land belonging to white people should be expropriated without compensation. This is according to one of the hundreds of community members in Rustenburg who attended parliament’s North West leg of public hearings on whether section 25 of the Constitution‚ which deals with property rights‚ should..
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North West health boss gave Gupta firm R30m. Why hasn’t he been fired?
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North West health boss Thabo Lekalakala is still in his job‚ despite a recommendation by the provincial legislature that he be suspended immediately for his role in a premature R30-million payment to a Gupta-linked company.
Lekalakala is so far the only man who may be taking the fall for the multi-million rand advance payment to Mediosa‚ a company supplying mobile clinics
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Farmer from Lichtenburg severely assaulted during farm attack
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A farmer from Lichtenburg in the North West has been rushed to hospital in Rustenburg after being attacked and robbed on Sunday 25 February 2018.
Lt. Col Amanda Funani, the police spokesperson said that Dirk(69) and his wife Lettie Pretorius (56) had just returned from church at 12:00 when they were attacked by the three suspects.
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ANCYL North West condems Premier office involvement in investigation
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JOHANNESBURG – The North West ANC Youth League (ANCYL) says Premier Supra Mahumapelo should not be involved in an investigation into the misappropriation of funds at the health department.
The department has been plagued by fraud and corruption some of which is related to Gupta linked Mediosa company and its multi million contract.
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