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Father of two was shot six times in a home invasion incident in north of Pretoria

A father of two in the north of Pretoria was in a critical condition after he was shot six times in a home invasion. “It’s so surreal. I cannot believe my husband Jan is in ICU and fighting for his life,” Lorna Schoeman told Rekord. A normal weekday for the Schoeman family in Great Dane Street in Hesteapark turned into a nightmare when two men suddenly entered their home at around 04:50. Schoeman said she was in the kitchen preparing their children’s school lunches when she heard a window break. “Something was thrown through the window, and the next moment there were two unknown men in our house.” A struggle ensued between her husband Jan, who had just woken up, and the attackers in the hallway. “The next moment the gunshots were fired,” said Schoeman. Schoeman said Jan was rushed to the Netcare Montana Hospital. “The bullets did a lot of damage. I just want my husband to recover; there is still a long road ahead as he is in critical condition.” The c…

Tshwane Metro Police Department officers pounce on robbery suspects

Pretoria - Tshwane Metro Police Department officers on Sunday arrested three men for possession of a car that was taken during a house robbery in Limpopo about two weeks ago. The arrests were made in Barnett and Hilda streets in Hatfield at about 11am. The suspects had been on the run after committing another crime on Saturday. Metro Police spokesperson Senior Superintendent Isaac Mahamba said the vehicle's original number plate had been replaced. The suspects, aged 24, 32 and 37, are facing charges of house robbery, attempted murder, possession of an unlicensed firearm and ammunition, as well as possession of a hijacked motor vehicle. Mahamba said two charges were opened in Limpopo and the others yesterday in Pretoria. “Between May 18 and 19, three suspects went to a house in Limpopo and committed house robbery and took a VW bakkie, a firearm, R4000 and bank cards and went to withdraw R5000 from the victim's account. “On Saturday night they went to a pub in L…

Jo’burg:- Plastic bags will be banned at some of SA’s biggest malls, including Sandton City

JSE-listed real estate giant Liberty Two Degrees (L2D), which owns some of South Africa's top shopping malls, says it will implement a "no plastic shopping bag" policy at its malls by 1 January 2020. Some 1,808 tenant shops may have to drop plastic bags by the end of the year. L2D’s shopping mall portfolio includes Sandton City, Melrose Arch, and the Eastgate complex. L2D decided to take the "bold step to implement a ‘no plastic shopping bags’ policy across our malls to ensure that change starts with us,” said Amelia Beattie, the company's chief executive, in a statement. “With rising levels of plastic pollution in our country and oceans, it is no longer a case of best practice to eradicate the use of plastic shopping bags but rather a commitment of paramount importance and necessity. We are committed to implementing this initiative to drive our sustainability imperative," said Beattie. It has already introduced recycling drop-off booths at Sandton City and a…

Motoriste word gewaarsku dat boewe bedrywig is op die N4 – Oos snelweg op die Cullinan/Rayton afrit en die Diamond Hill tol-plaza

Vyf voertuie se bande is in die vroeë oggendure van 27 Maart voor die tol-plaza beskadig. Dit wil voorkom asof skerp voorwerpe en hindernisse op daardie pad geplaas word om motoriste te dwing om stil te hou sodat hulle beroof kan word. ‘n Vrou wat in ‘n oostelike rigting op die snelweg gery het, berig dat sy oor twee onbekende hindernisse gery het en twee pap wiele gekry het. Sy het besluit om nie stil te hou nie en het deur die tolhek gery en by The Rose vulstasie aangedoen om na die skade te kyk. By die vulstasie het sy vier ander voertuie met beskadigde bande gevind en van daardie motors het al vier bande verloor. Volgens ‘n sekuriteit firma van Bronkhorstspruit was ten minste een ander motoris nie so gelukkig nie Hy het daardie nag van die pad afgetrek om insleep-dienste te skakel nadat sy bande beskadig is en is dadelik beroof. ‘n Polisiewoordvoerder sê dat die polisie bewus is van die probleem en die snelweg gereeld patrolleer. Verlede maand is ‘n Tradevest Logistic…

AfriForum dagvaar polisie om vir onwettige grondgryp te betaal – Polisie het versuim om hul pligte tydens ’n grondgryp naby Onderstepoort in Pretoria, uit te voer

Die verontregte eienaar van ’n plaas naby Onderstepoort in Pretoria het vandag in samewerking met AfriForum ’n dagvaarding uitgereik teen Bheki Cele, minister van polisie, om die kostes en uitgawes verbonde aan ’n dringende uitsettingsaansoek in 2018 te verhaal. Die polisie het versuim om hul pligte tydens ’n grondgryp wat op die perseel plaasgevind het, uit te voer. Die polisie het in Augustus verlede jaar geweier om dr. Motodi Maserumule by te staan om betreders te arresteer wat sy grond wederregtelik betree en begin het om strukture op te rig. Dr. Maserumule het AfriForum genader en ’n dringende hofbevel bekom wat gelas het dat die betreders verwyder word, en dat die polisie die balju daarmee behulpsaam moet wees. Dr. Maserumule en AfriForum het die Rooimiere ’n mandaat gegee om die betreders en strukture te help verwyder. “AfriForum raak betrokke by sake soos hierdie om toe te sien dat die polisie gedwing word om hulle werk te doen. Ons hoop dat hierdie eis as afsk…

Pretoria beplan aktivering van ou kragsentrales as plan B indien Eskom nie aan die aanvraag van elektrisiteit kan voorsien

Die Stadsraad van Pretoria is glo besig om die twee ou kragsentrales van die stad op te gradeer en weer in werking te stel in die lig van die onsekerheid oor kraglewering deur Eskom. Een kragsentrale in die westelike deel van die stad en die Rooiwal kragstasie beskik oor die gesamentlike potensiaal om 1,000 MW krag te lewer as hulle opgradeer word. Die twee aanlegte is aanvanklik opgerig om met antrasiet te werk, maar omdat die uitvoer prys daarvan baie goed is, het dit meer voordeel ingehou as wat dit met elektrisiteit opwekking is. Die omskakeling na steenkool kan bekostigbaar wees, maar inwoners sê die opgradering moet ook die versekering bied dat lugbesoedeling nie die stad onleefbaar maak nie. Deur: Die Vryburger Hierdie berig weerspieël nie noodwendig die mening van SAUK-nuus nie.

Die myn wat die wêreld se grootste diamant gelewer het, het nou weer ’n groot blinke uitgehaal – Nog ’n knewel van ’n diamant gevind by Cullinan

Cullinan, die klein dorpie oos van Pretoria is gewoonlik net in die nuus as daar nog ’n knewel van ’n diamant gevind is soos wat nou weer die geval is. Die myn, wat die wêreld se grootste diamant gelewer het, het nou weer ’n groot blinke gelewer – bykans ’n eeu nadat die opspraakwekkende diamant gevind is wat tans in besit van die koninklike forste huis van Brittanje is. Die Petra myn se jongste fonds het sy aandele op die beurs laat spring met 7% tot die vreugde van sy eienaars in ’n tyd wat die diamantbedryf maar ’n minder goeie tyd deurmaak. Volgens die Petra Diamonds se webtuiste is die diamant ’n tipe D kleur en 425.19 karaat, wat een van die groter diamante is wat die wêreld tot dusvêr opgelewer het. Die wêreld se grootste diamant is ook uit Cullinan afkomstig, en met 1,055.89 karaat, is die pragstuk die eiendom van die Koninklike Huis van Koningin Elizabeth in Engeland. Deur: Die Vryburger

Frail and elderly patients at Huis Davidtz Retirement Home take on role of nurses after yet another service disruption at the home

Pretoria - The frail and elderly patients at Huis Davidtz Retirement Home assumed the role of nurses, while they cleaned dishes and swept the floor, after yet another service disruption at the home. Some did not receive their daily chronic medication, while others were cleaned and fed late. One patient who has arthritis lay with a urine filled and unchanged diaper, which further gave the room a strong scent. The person was one of many patients at the troubled centre in the CBD, who have been left unattended while staff, who have worked there for decades without work contracts, went on strike. The issue of contracts date back to two decades ago with staff claiming they have worked at the home for more than 20 years without employment contracts. They also made allegations of racism, the abuse of patients by management, being underpaid, and more. In August, disgruntled nurses, volunteers, chefs and cleaners went on a three-day strike, led by the EFF with police k…

HUGE LAND CLAIM IN CENTURION – Alarmingly the land claim also includes Laerskool Rooihuiskraal and a piece of the Danie Joubert N1 highway, property affected is estimated at over R4Billion

As we reported before, land claims in suburban areas are becoming the norm. The stark reality is that people should realize that these land claims are a far greater threat than what they initially thought. Front National attended a meeting on 19 February 2019, held by Afriforum at Leriba Lodge, pertaining to the pending land claim in Centurion. The land claim stretches over 4000 hectares and it effects more than 2000 households. This includes areas such as: Zwartkop, Doornkloof, Rooihuiskraal, Olievenhoutbosch, Hoekplaats, Trigaardspoort, The Reeds, Brakfontein, Heuweloord, Louwlardia, Kosmosdal and Midstream. Some properties have up to seven claims on the same property and each claim must be dealt with individually. Alarmingly the land claim also includes Laerskool Rooihuiskraal (with 2000 Afrikaans pupils) and a piece of the Danie Joubert N1 highway. The total value of all the property affected is estimated at over R4Billion. The attendance was huge and more than 1000 peop…

How to smash and grab a brand new stadium in SA – New Tshwane stadium worth R44.3 million already in ruins in less than a year

Thieves have stolen almost the entire Zithobeni stadium near Bronkhorstspruit in Gauteng, which was built for R44.3 million just over a year ago by the Tshwane metro. Water pipes, electrical fittings, door and window frames, and the cafeteria’s roll-down service opening have been stolen, and now the perimeter fence is going. Urinals, toilet bowls, basins and copper pipe fittings have been ripped from the walls of all the ablution facilities. Bathroom fittings that could not be stolen have been destroyed and turned into a heap of rubble, with electrical fittings also ripped off the walls and rafters. Almost the entire facility’s doors, as well as door and window frames, have either been stolen or vandalised. The cafeteria’s roll-down service opening has been stolen, with dressing rooms and guardrooms not spared the rampage. Water is seeping and flowing around after thieves stole pipe fittings and taps, with freshly painted walls covered in obscene statement…