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Major copper cable theft bust in the City of Tshwane

An anonymous tip-off has led to a major cable theft bust valued at about R500 000 by a specialised unit of the Tshwane Metro Police Department (TMPD) early this morning. Members of TMPD’s newly established Cable Theft Unit received information last night about a truck carrying stolen copper destined for a known second-hand scrap metal dealer west of the city. Five members of the unit, in a marked police car, flagged down the truck on Van Der Hoff Road, a few metres from its destination. When the driver saw the police, he made a quick U-turn and sped off. The police gave chase and forced the truck off the road. When police asked the driver what was in the back of the truck, he said he was delivering a pile of rubbish to a scrap metal dealer. Upon inspection of the truck, police made a startling discovery of used and new copper cables belonging to the City with a street value of R500 000 covered under a pile of rubbish. The cables had been stolen from the vandalised Suid…

Plans to move Parliament from Cape Town to Pretoria are back on the agenda

Plans to move Parliament from Cape Town to Pretoria are back on the agenda. National Assembly Speaker Baleka Mbete says that work on the study will start this month and that she expects a report in six months time. A consulting firm has been contracted to carry out a feasibility study on the impact of its relocation. National Assembly Speaker Baleka Mbete says that work on the study will start this month and that she expects a report in six months time. She was speaking while tabling Parliament’s budget on Tuesday. The decision to base Parliament in Cape Town dates back to the formation of the Union of South Africa in 1910, when the seat of government became Pretoria and Bloemfontein the judicial capital. Mbete says consulting firm Pamoja (Pty) Ltd will carry out the latest study on the feasibility of moving Parliament to Pretoria. Senior ANC MP Vincent Smith says the costs of two capitals can’t be justified. The apartheid arrangement that arises from ha…

Msimanga leads crime clean-up campaign in Sunnyside

Tshwane mayor Solly Msimanga this morning led a crime clean-up campaign in Sunnyside alongside the Tshwane Metro police, emergency services and municipal water and electricity technicians. The raid meant to tackle drug dealings, illegal electricity and water connections, by-law enforcement and the reclaiming of the municipality's buildings. Msimanga pointed out several illegal power connections and meter tempering at Nuweveld building on Troy Street as he inspected the municipal flat. He said the building owed the City at least R2 million in rates alone and it was about time it complied. During the raid, Msimanga introduced himself to several tenants and asked to speak to caretakers of buildings. This he said was because the City was determined to eradicate all criminal activities in the city. The mayor also visited Nix Accommodation on Rissik Street near Unisa in Sunnyside to inspect the building for possible illegal connections. The metro police officers said …

EFF: As die Stad Tshwane nie die standbeeld van Paul Kruger van Kerkplein af verwyder nie,sal ons dit doen

“Ons doen ’n belangrike beroep op die Stad Tshwane, as hoofstad van die land, om Madikizela-Mandela te vereer. Sy het ’n enorme bydrae tot die land gelewer en word nie genoeg daarvoor vereer nie,” het Mabogoane Donderdag by navraag gesê. Hy sê die EFF het die Tshwane-metro twee opsies gegee: Kruger se standbeeld word óf verskuif na ’n ander plek, of word heeltemal gesloop. “Ons vra nog altyd dat die standbeeld verwyder word. Dit is ’n belediging vir swart mense. Indien die stad dit nie verwyder nie, sal ons dit self doen, ons het dit al voorheen gedoen.” Mabogoane sê hulle het in die stadium nie ’n sperdatum vir die stad om die standbeeld te verwyder nie, maar hulle is ernstig oor die saak. Hy sê dit is deel van die EFF se mandaat om ontslae te raak van alle simbole en standbeelde wat aan apartheid gekoppel is. Intussen het die VF Plus in ’n verklaring gesê hy distansieer hom van die EFF se versoek dat die standbeeld van Kruger vervang moet word met dié van Madik…

Pretoria tot stilstand gebring deur vullisverwyderaars van SAMWU

Verkeer in Pretoria sentraal is tot stilstand gebring laas week deur protesoptogte van van vullisverwyderaars wat aan SAMWU vakverbond behoort. Die werkers kla dat hulle in onveilige werkstoestande verkeer en vrees vir die moontlike opdoen van siektes. Persoonlike beskermingstoerusting word geis vir alle werkers, terwyl hulle ook nuwe vullisverwydering vragmotors eis.

Race divisions issue continues at Unisa

THE two black women at Unisa who complained that the white professor was racist were actually the perpetrators of harassment, bullying, abuse of power and intimidation of junior staff members, said a group of academics at the institution. The group of professionals of different races - including black - claimed the women had charges laid against them by junior staff members, but the university had been reluctant to deal with them because the alleged perpetrators were black. Last week, the women told the media that the white professor, who the Pretoria News opted not to name, was racist and aggressive. They alleged he made their lives miserable on campus. One of the woman claimed she was harassed and suspended by the professor, but later won a case at the CCMA and was reinstated. However, the academics now allege the woman did not win the case on substance, but rather due to a technical issue. “It must be noted that the professor accused of racism had not playe…

Mango fruit fly infestation hits Pretoria

Residents of the quiet suburb of Gezina in East Moot, Pretoria, this week discovered a nasty infestation of mango fruit flies, also known as mango flies, Pretoria North Rekord reports. Charmaine Jacobsz asked for help on the ‘Moot se Mense’ Facebook page, after discovering 26 mango flies on her Maltese Poodle. “My husband saw mango flies in our garden a while back, but didn’t think much of it at the time. Shortly after this my Maltese Poodle began to look uncomfortable, and I could see she was in pain. A friend of mine who is a pharmacist assisted me in removing all 26 worms from her body,” she explained. Petra Odendaal’s 10-year-old daughter has bumps all over her body. According to Dr Jaco de Jongh from the Wilgers Animal Hospital, this is not the first case of mango flies. “We have seen an increase in dogs that have come into contact with mango flies recently. The flies lay their eggs under the animal’s skin, a larvae grows under the skin, and after a while it…

Pick n Pay branch in Rayton shares a storage building with a morgue

A Sowetan journalist who reported how a Pretoria building houses both a mortuary and a food storage facility for a local Pick n Pay store has described his shock upon discovering the premises. Isaac Mahlangu on Monday morning exposed how the retailer's branch in Rayton shares a building with a morgue. He goes on to describe how the food is separated from bodies only by a four-metre wall. The food stored there includes soft drinks and cooking oil. Mahlangu says that he received a tip-off from community members. “On Friday we decided to head out and when we got to Rayton we were really surprised to see this one structure behind Rayton Park Mall and the doors were opened. “You could see food that was stored in that storeroom and just behind it, a mortuary, all under one roof.” By: EWN/ 2018-04-09

Talle woonbuurte in Pretoria dalk vandag sonder water

Die Tshwane-metro het gewaarsku dat talle woonbuurte in Pretoria Dinsdag moontlik sonder watertoevoer gaan wees. Lindela Mashigo, woordvoerder van die metro, het gesê die metro se waterverskaffer, Rand Water, het die raad kennis gegee dat die Garsfontein-reservoir in die ooste van die stad afgeskakel gaan word vir beplande instandhoudingswerk. “Watertoevoer sal van 09:00 tot omstreeks 23:00 afgeskakel wees om ŉ ou watermeter met ŉ moderne een te vervang. Voor dié tydperk sal die reservoir tot sy maksimum kapasiteit gevul wees om water aan die woonbuurte te voorsien, maar inwoners word egter versoek om water spaarsamig te gebruik om te verhoed dat dié water opgebruik word, anders sal dit tot wateronderbrekings lei,” het Mashigo gesê. Die woonbuurte wat geraak sal word indien wateronderbrekings plaasvind, is Bergtuin, Colbyn, Derdepoort, East Lynne, Ekklesia, Jan Niemandpark, Kenley-kleinhoewes, Kilnerpark, Koedoespoort, Montana, Môregloed, Queenswood, Rietfontein, Rieto…

Die busse in die Tshwane-metro ry al weer nie

Selby Bokaba, woordvoerder van die metro, sê busbestuurders het Woensdag omstreeks 12:00 opgehou werk en alle hekke by al die busdepots gesluit om busse te verhinder om die depots te verlaat. “Hulle weier om redes te verskaf waarom hulle staak.” Die stakende busbestuurders is lede van die Suid-Afrikaanse Munisipale Werkersunie (Samwu). “Ander busbestuurders van ander vakbonde soos Imatu (die Municipal and Allied Trade Union) wil werk, maar het uit vrees vir hul lewe ook nie vir werk opgedaag nie.” Die metro sal dringend met die stakende werkers vergader om ’n oplossing te probeer vind om hul “onbekende griewe” te hanteer. “Die bestuur van die metro meen onderhandelings is die beste en enigste oplossing om die griewe van die werknemers op te klaar, wat dit ook al mag wees. “Ons vra ons buspendelaars om verskoning vir die ongerief wat hulle weens die staking ervaar. Ons doen ’n beroep op hulle om ander reisreëlings te tref. Ons sal hulle op die hoogte van sake h…