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63 strikers in court More than 60 people will appear in the Lephalale magistrate court today (Friday) on charges of malicious damage to property and public violence following strike action at the Aveng Grinaker LTA site in Lephalale last Friday. Striking employees burnt a generator and set fire to property adjacent to the office buildings of Avenge Grinaker before they took to the streets where they threw stones at passing motorists. All 63 detainees were denied bail when they first appeared in court on Monday. Avenge Grinaker LTA is a contractor on The Mokolo and Crocodile Water Augmentation Project (MCWAP) which is overseen by the Trans Caledon Tunnel Authority (TCTA). Spokesperson for the TCTA, Khudu Mbeba, told Northern News on Tuesday that the site is
closed until further notice. He also confirmed that 25 strikers were treated in hospital on Friday after police fired shots in the air and a stampede ensued in which strikers were trampled. “All of the injured workers were released from hospital on Friday, after sustaining minor cuts and bruises.” Mbeba commended Lephalale Mayor, Jack Maeko, whom strikers demanded to speak to. “The Mayor listened to their grievances and then had the opportunity to communicate those grievances to the management team. Grievances relate to pension funds and benefits. The TCTA is in the process of facilitating talks between unions NUM and NUMSA and Avenge Grinaker LTA with the hope that we can resume work on the project as soon as possible.”
26 Julie 2013
Staat gaan wapens vernietig Persone wat vrywillig vuurwapens en ammunisie aan die polisie oorhandig het, het tot 29 Julie tyd om ‘n vertoë aan die polisiehoof, genl. Riah Phiyega , te rig om te verhinder dat die vuurwapens vernietig word. Dit volg nadat Phiyega in die Saatskoerant van 8 Julie aangekondig het dat die staat alle vuurwapens, ammunisie en dele van vuur-
wapens wat vrywillig ingehandig is, gaan vernietig. Vertoë moet die vuurwapen, eienaar se naam en polisie stasie waar die wapen ingehandig is bevat. Meer inligting en ‘n lys van die vuurwapens wat vernietig gaan word, is op die blad http:// www.saps.gov.za beskikbaar.
Dagga dealer arrested Caught red handed A 20-year-old African male was arrested on drug dealing charges in Lephalale on Friday after he was found in possession of 75kg of dagga. His arrest followed a tip-off which the police followed up immediately. He appeared before the magistrate in Lephalale regional court the same day and was denied bail.
Young Cassenova stabbed to death On 21 July at 2:10am a 16-year-old boy was found stabbed to death outside Lebese Tavern in Mahwelereng. The boy was said to be fondling another girl when his 13-year-old girlfriend walked in on them. A fight allegedly broke out between the two girls. The boy was later attacked and stabbed to death. The suspect (13) appeared at the Mokerong Magistrates court on Monday on a murder charge and was released to the custody of her parents. She will undergo psychological evaluation and is due back in court on August 7.
A 25-year-old man from Pholapark was arrested and charged with housebreaking. The suspect was reported to the police by neighbours who had suspected him of burglaries in the area. Upon the police officers’ arrival at the house he was reported to be in, they found the padlock on the door was sawn off. They searched the house and found the suspect inside a wardrobe in possession of window handles, that was stolen from a vacant house shortly before his arrest.
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