Author: Ntetekeng Santi

The South African Police Services in Gauteng is investigating a murder case after a 42-year-old woman who was set alight lost a battle fighting for her life in Sebokeng Hospital since 26th of October 2024.Police spokesperson, Lieutenant Colonel Mavela Masondo, said Linell du Toit passed away on November 3 in hospital after her partner allegedly poured petrol over her and set her on fire. She suffered third to fourth degree burns over 80% of her body. Masondo says the incident took place on Saturday, October 26 around 17:30 at an apartment in Uniestraat where Linell and her partner shared an…

SEBOKENG – The Sebokeng SAPS is investigating a case of murder following the death of a 47-year-old Lesotho national, Motsamai Modibedi, believed to be the victim of mob justice.On the 12 October 2024, officers responded to reports of mob violence and found Modibedi’s lifeless body, wearing black pants without a shirt, bearing red marks and head injuries.Preliminary reports indicate he was attacked by community members after allegedly stabbing another individual in the area. Modibedi was a resident of the Sonderwater shacks, with no known next of kin.The body is currently being held at the government mortuary. Sebokeng Police Spokesperson Sergeant…

VAAL TRIANGLE – For decades Emfuleni Local Municipality has year in, and year out been on the headlines for fraud and corruption, this time the local municipality fired an employee who excessively spend R55 million on legal fees in a labour court battle dispute.Edward Radebe’s dismissal on Friday came just days after the Constitutional Court dismissed the municipality’s bizarre leave to appeal a lower court order to pay the former acting manager for occupational health and safety.This has seen the dismissal letter, dated 7 October 2024, in which the cash-strapped municipality informed Radebe of his dismissal. Radebe confirmed receiving the…

SEDIBENG. – Build One South Africa (BOSA) Sedibeng leader, Butiki Nkopane resigns.Nkopane’s journey with the party started from its One South Africa (OSA) days. Nkopane said there is a time in everyone’s political journey when they have to decide about their spectrum in order to continue responding to the orientation that continues to shape their conviction as an activist.“The 1994 breakthrough that seemed to be a strategic victory for our people has turned into a strategic defeat thirty years later. In my view, we haven’t won the fight until we unite ideologically and collectively reclaiming our birth rights, the land,…

EVATON – SBK Gym held a fun walk from Evaton Mall to Evaton Cemetery in an effort to raise cancer awareness.October is recognized as a Breast cancer month, but the SBK Gym also recognized other types of cancer, encouraging community members to wear any color that represented each type of cancer in honoring loved ones alive and those who lost the battle to cancer in the past.The following colors represent each kind of cancer that most people currently battle with on daily basis:*Pink for Breast Cancer*Blue for Prostate Cancer*Orange for Leukemia*Purple for All Cancers*Teal for Ovarian CancerInformative booths were stationed…

ORANGE FARM: The latest mass shooting incident, this time in Gauteng, has claimed the lives of seven people after they were gunned down in Orange Farm at a skwatta camp well known as Mokokotlong.The incident occurred in the early hours on October 13th, at the Mokokotlong.According to Gauteng police spokesperson Brigadier Brenda Muridili, preliminary investigations indicated that the shooting occurred following an altercation between a tavern owner and one of the victims.The tavern owner allegedly followed the victim home and opened fire inside the house, killing those inside and injuring others. The suspect later turned the gun on himself.

VANDERBIJLPARK – Emfuleni Local Municipality senior administrator received a holiday paycheck accumulated during the COVID-19 period amounting to R132, 000.According to LUR of Cooperative Government and Traditional Affairs Jacob Mamabolo, the employee in question demanded the leave he earned in the year 2021 despite working from home, this comes after much criticism from the DA which highlighted that such act violated the municipalities leave policy which only limits leave to 48 days.Kingsol Chabalala of DA insisted that an investigation should be launched citing that other employees with similar claims were denied. Chabalala highlighted that Emfuleni’s municipal rating and service delivery…

JOHANNESBURG – Randwater biggest supplier Lesotho Highlands Water Project LWHP, which annually transfers almost 700 billion of liters annually to South Africa will be under maintenance for six-month.According to LWHP spokesperson Mpho Brown, enough water was transferred to South Africa between January 2024 and end of September 2024 “the amount of water that would be normally delivered during that period was increased to mitigate against this down period” he said.The South African government has assured the residents of Gauteng province that water supply will continue and will not be affected despite six-month maintenance by LWHPThe department of Water and Sanitation spokesperson…

DENEYSVILLE – Amid Metsimaholo Local Municipality proposed name changes of Deneysville and the Gawie de Beer Game Reserve, Democratic Alliance (DA) in the district is unhappy and concerned about the community losing its heritage.According to DA’s Dr Igor Scheurkogel he said that the Free State Department of Sports, Arts and Culture had initiated the proposed name changing without taking into consideration the community’s rich history and public participation, although the community was informed of the intend to change names of these significant landmarks, he said on the 11th of September 2024.Scheurkogel further explained that the notification letter from the Free…

Gauteng MEC for finance and economic development Lebohang Maile recently met with Emfuleni Local Municipality leadership to discuss a solution and a way forward in getting the financially strained district in good standing and getting their affairs in order.According to Maile, the meeting was to understand the challenges the municipality faces, which included the structural challenges in order to come up with measures that will better the local municipality, “We met with the Mayor of Emfuleni Municipality as a result of our concerns regarding the municipality’s state of finances and their challenges, several of which are at the detriment of…