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Is that Pretoria ‘pap and vleis’ being made with donkey?

The slaughter of donkeys has raised concerns about consumers being duped when ordering “pap and vleis” from vendors on the outskirts of Pretoria. Three men caught driving a Citi Golf‚ loaded with buckets and refuse bags of freshly slaughtered donkey meat‚ appeared in the Ga-rankuwa Magistrate’s Court on Monday on charges of livestock theft. Zimbabwean national Mgcini Dube was denied bail while local residents Stephen Sepeng and Collen Molapo were released on bail of R1‚000 and R500 respectively. The trio were arrested on November 29 when an off duty police captain spotted a suspicious vehicle making a U-turn. SPCA inspector Mishack Matlou was shocked when he arrived at the scene of arrest‚ after the organisation was contacted by the police. "The meat was packed in buckets and refuse bags. We are still investigating as to how we could add cruelty to animals to their charges because the donkeys are killed in the most horrible way‚ sometime hacked with pangas‚" he s…

Pretoria hijacking hotspots identified

With people getting ready for the upcoming holiday season, it is natural to be slightly more relaxed at this time of the year. Relaxation mode, however, might be the worst thing to do while behind the wheel during the holiday and festive season. Hijackings, common as they are, tend to happen more frequently during the festive season. Motorists in and around the city are required to be more vigilant at all times to avoid becoming a statistic. It is also advisable for motorists to familiarise themselves with hijacking hotspots. Compiled by the SAPS, various tracking companies and the South African crime intelligence bureau, Pro-ActiveSA made an all-in-one list of hijacking hotspot areas. Pro-ActiveSA said: “It will provide the reader with a visual overview of areas to be most aware of.” Areas and streets prone to hijacking occurrences include: – Es’kia Mphahlele Drive – Paul Kruger Street – R55 – Burnett Street – Delfi Avenue and Garsfontein Ro…

City of Tshwane: Workers who protested outside the Gauteng High Court are misinformed

THE workers who protested outside the Gauteng High Court, Pretoria, over what they perceived to be a delayed justice in their case with the City, were misinformed, municipal spokesperson Lindela Mashigo said. The out-of-work staff and subcontractors were bused in to the court to demand a speedy verdict. The court case concerns the validity of a tender between their employer, Moipone Group of Companies, and the City. The high court heard the case on September 21, but a verdict is still pending. The workers said they supported their employer, who took the City to the high court for refusing to pay for services rendered under a “valid and binding” contract. To showcase their frustrations, they marched from Marabastad to the high court, where they delivered a memorandum to acting court manager Lucky Makumule. The protesters said the City lacked the will to honour its contractual obligations and that had put them out of work since June. They were hoping for a favou…

Guards cause havoc at Steve Biko Hospital – angry security staff strike over pay

MANAGEMENT at Steve Biko Academic Hospital yesterday terminated the contract of the Born to Protect security company after its employees embarked on an unprotected strike, which massively disrupted services. More than 200 security officers barricaded the hospital’s entrances with rocks, burning tyres and rubble from the morning, claiming they had not been paid. Police eventually intervened. The guards also threatened to shut down the hospital today should payments not be made by the end of business yesterday. The guards said they were striking due to their payments being delayed and some not getting paid at all. The hospital’s acting chief executive, Dr Mathabo Mathebula, said management was terminating the services of the company as the non-payment allegations and delays were not happening for the first time. “Whether they are paid or not, the alternative is for us to terminate the contract with the company; they are privately employed by the company that is workin…

Beloning uitgereik om inligting te bekom oor plaasmoord te Donkerhoek, oos van Pretoria

Sedert die moord op ‘n hoewe op Donkerhoek, oos van Pretoria, in 2015, was daar geen vordering in die ondersoek nie, wat daartoe gelei het dat ‘n beloning nou uitgereik word in ‘n poging om meer inligting te bekom. Op 15 November 2015, nou twee jaar gelede, is die 32-jarige Gavin Wolfswinkel vermoor, en Lucky Sithome is ook in die aanval dood. Wolfswinkel sou ‘n maand later getrou het. Die Boschkop polisiekantoor, wat die gebied bedien waar die moord gepleeg is, was al voorheen dikwels in omstredenheid gedompel omdat lede nie hulle werk doen nie of selfs openlik rassisties teen blanke klaers optree. Chnay Coetzer, Wolfswinkelse suster, sê die gebrek aan vordering deur die polisie met die ondersoek, het hulle as familie laat besluit om ‘n private speurder aan te stel en ‘n beloning vir bruikbare inligting uit te loof. Lede van die publiek wat enige inligting het, kan dit deurstuur aan Chnay Coetzer by 079 522 1210. Mense is welkom om anoniem hulle inligting te deel e…

Geskiedkundige Kerkplein in Pretoria trek ’n nuwe baadjie aan

Die bome in die geskiedkundige Kerkplein in Pretoria het in die slag gebly, maar sal deur nuwe bome en ander aantreklikhede vervang word. Foto’s van die afgekapte bome het Pretorianers vandeesweek verstom, maar die Tshwane-munisipaliteit sê dit is net ’n tydelike situasie en die plein sal nadat die projek afgehandel is mooier as ooit wees. Solly Msimanga, DA-burgemeester van die Tshwane-metroraad, het met sy begrotingsrede in Mei dié projek aangekondig en inwoners gemaan om geduldig te wees omdat die projek sowat nege maande sal neem om af te handel. Die Lalela-projek (die Zoeloe-woord vir luister) sal volgens Msimanga die eerste in sy soort wees en hopelik tot ’n meer inklusiewe gemeenskap bydra. Die vorige ANC-beheerde burgemeesterskomitee het die projek vier jaar gelede goedgekeur, maar dit het nie ’n werklikheid geword nie. Die nuwe administrasie het in Augustus verlede jaar beheer by die ANC oorgeneem en meen Kerkplein kort ’n “nuwe laag erfenis” waar ál die…

Verdagte dreig met selfmoord ná polisie hom vaskeer

Twee mans is Woensdag tydens ŉ huisbraak in Laudium in Pretoria in hegtenis geneem en ŉ derde verdagte kort daarna. Konst. Simon Chokoe, woordvoerder van die polisie, het gesê die voorval het net ná 19:00 plaasgevind. Die drie gewapende verdagtes, tussen 30 en 45 jaar oud, het volgens Chokoe by ŉ paartjie se huis ingestorm, hulle aangerand en van hul selfone beroof. “In die verdagtes se poging om te vlug het die inwoner hulle gekonfronteer en twee van die verdagtes is vasgekeer. Een kon daarin slaag om te ontsnap,” het Chokoe gesê. Volgens Chokoe het ŉ spoedige reaksie van die polisie se taktiesereaksie- en honde-eenheid gesorg dat die derde verdagte in Claudius naby die R55 aangekeer is. “Een van die polisie se onderhandelaars is ingeroep na die toneel omdat die verdagte gedreig het om homself te skiet,” het Chokoe gesê. Volgens Chokoe is die verdagte binne minute ná onderhandeling in hegtenis geneem. “Die polisie het beslag gelê op twee ongelisensieerde vuurwa…

Burgemeester van Tshwane voor treurende families weggejaag

Solly Msimanga, burgemeester van Tshwane, moes Maandag uit Soshanguve, noord van Pretoria, vergesel word nadat gemeenskapslede hom verjaag het waar vyf kinders dood is toe ŉ paneel van ŉ munisipale ligmas losgekom het. Maroela Media het vroeër berig vyf kinders, tussen ses en 12 jaar oud, is dood toe hulle by Apollo-lig, net buite die Bopapes se huis, gespeel het. Die swaar metaalring wat die hoë lig ondersteun, het losgekom en vier kinders is op slag dood. Twee kinders is na ŉ hospitaal geneem, waar een van hulle by George Mukhari-hospitaal gesterf het. Een van die kinders is nie beseer nie. Twee van die kinders was nefies uit die Bopape-familie. Msimanga wou ŉ besoek aflê aan die treurende gesinne, het sy waarnemende woordvoerder, Lindela Mashigo, gesê. Toe Msimanga en ŉ span afgevaardigdes van die munisipaliteit egter Maandagoggend by Block X-gemeenskapsaal in Soshanguve opdaag, het lede van die plaaslike sakeforum hul “ongemak” uitgespreek met sy teenwoordigheid. “…

Voortrekkers gevra om te loop tydens raadsvergadering in Pretoria

“Mag Afrikanerjeug dan nie deelneem aan demokrasie nie,” vra dr. Danie Langner, leier van die Voortrekkers, nadat ’n groep Voortrekkers gevra is om ’n raadsvergadering in Pretoria te verlaat. “Ons het onskuldig met goeie bedoelings na die raadsvergadering gegaan . . . Hoekom mag hulle nie blootstelling kry nie? Ons wil ons jeug juis aan demokratiese prosesse blootstel sodat hulle kan sien hoe ’n demokrasie, ’n stadsraad en ’n parlement werk,” sê Langner. Volgens hom is dit “baie jammer” dat die groep van 14 Voortrekkers wat almal in gr. 10 is, Donderdag gevra is om ’n Tshwane-metroraadsvergadering te verlaat. “Ons is regtig teleurgesteld in die politieke partye in dié raad se reaksie. Wat is die boodskap wat hulle wou oordra? Dis ’n afbreek van sosiale kohesie en dui eintlik ook op ’n disfunksionele stadsraad.” Die Voortrekkers het die speaker, Katlego Mathebe, vooraf skriftelik toestemming gevra om die vergadering te mag bywoon. Mathebe het die versoek toegestaa…

Executive mayor of Tshwane nominates new police chief

Executive mayor of Tshwane, Solly Msimanga, has nominated a policewoman Johanna Nkomo for the position of chief of Tshwane Metro Police Department. Msimanga announced the nomination at Tshwane House ahead of the council sitting on Thursday. “I am glad to announce that the interview process has been concluded and we now have a nominee for the position of TMPD Police Chief. Msimanga hailed Nkomo as "someone with vast experience" within the policing environment. “The nominee is someone we strongly believe can fulfill the duties and responsibilities of the position of Tshwane’s top cop and assist in bringing the change to Tshwane which we desire and making the city a safer place to live in,” said Msimanga. He said Nkomo would assist the City in keeping residents safe. "We look forward to working with Nkomo in engaging some of the more challenging issues that are before us and some of the most exciting things that the City is working on to bring to the people of Ts…