Klerksdorp Record, Orkney - The home of the former ANC Councillor charged with murdering his wife was damaged in a petrol bomb attack last week. A vehicle parked outside the house was also set alight.
Kanana SAPS are investigating cases of arson and malicious damage to property. No one was injured in the attack and it can only be speculated that it has to do with the murder charge against Sibusiso Kula.
Minister inspects R94m prison repair
Klerksdorp Record, Klerksdorp - In preparation of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s visit on Friday October 20, Minister Sihle Zikalala for Public Works and Infrastructure visited the Klerksdorp Correctional Centre earlier this week to inspect the renovation of the facility.
The facility is currently undergoing renovations to the tune of R94.4 million. It is an extensive initiative aimed at upgrading facilities and enhancing living conditions for inmates.
The project, which is expected to be completed by 2025, includes improving accessibility for individuals with disabilities, modernizing the sewer system, replacing damaged baths and cisterns, and making electrical and civil engineering advancements. The renovation also involves replacing the prison’s roof and ceiling to enhance the safety and structural integrity of the building.
During his visit to the construction site on Tuesday October 17, Minister Zikalala highlighted the government’s commitment to ensuring successful and efficient execution of all projects under the Siyahlola program. He was impressed with the Klerksdorp Prison renovation project and said it is an inspiring example of how public works projects can generate lasting, positive change within a community.
Boerekryger se graf verwoes
Klerksdorp Rekord, Stilfontein - ’n Voormalige Boeregeneraal van die Anglo-Boereoorlog se graf is geskend en opgegrawe in sy familiebegraafplaas. Die graf behoort aan ‘n voormalige Boeregeneraal, Andries Cronjé. Hy was ook bekend as een van die 12 stigterslede van Senwes. Die FAK het die grafskending by die polisie aangemeld. Die grafskending het plaasgevind op Gert Coetzer se plaas in die Stilfontein-distrik wat eens aan Cronjé behoort het.
Die familiebegraafplaas is op ’n afgeleë gedeelte van die plaas geleë en die oopgegroude grafte is verlede week ontdek.
Volgens Jan-Danie Malan, kultuurkoördineerder van die FAK se kultuurnetwerke, is dit ‘n erge skending van Afrikanererfenis. “Twee grafte is heeltemal oopgegrawe en daar is oorskot, vermoedelik van ’n skelet, gevind by die oop graf. Dit is onduidelik wat die doel agter die grafskending was, maar hierdie daad is afgryslik en skandelik ...Grafskending van die hoogste graad.”
Skooldae is verby
Die klas van 2023 nader die einde van hul skooldae. Hoërskool Wesvalia se matrieks het vandeesweek matriekafskeid gehou en omtrent opgetof vir die geleentheid. Die meeste hoërskole se afskeidfunksies is nou afgehandel en voorbereiding begin vir die eindeksamen wat op 30 Oktober begin. Op die foto is (agter) Wian Venter, Werner Kruger, Shaun Stroebel, Adriaan Venter, Deon Viljoen en (voor) Elbé van der Walt, Caitlin Kruger, Isabel de Jager en Kyla van der Walt.
Foto: Grant Betts.
Jouberton rocked by another murder
Klerksdorp Record, Jouberton - The township is in shock after the death of a young woman, allegedly at the hands of her boyfriend. Motlalepula Hermina Mokoena (24) was stabbed multiple times by a 26- year-old suspect, believed to be her boyfriend.
She worked as a security guard. She was stabbed in Ext 2 on October 2 and was declared dead on the scene. Her grandmother raised alarm after discovering the bloodied body and cried out for help to the neighbours.
According to Col Adele Myburgh, police spokesperson, Thabo Maputla Selabe was arrested on the same day of the stabbings. He appeared in court on October 4 on a charge of murder.
Stroesbelsrus Communiy Development, a local NGO, demands justice for the killing.
According to their spokesperson, Bitsa Lenkopane, they visited the family in partnership with other NGO’s to mobilise communities to fight the scourge of femicide, GBV and sexual crimes against women and girls. Mokoena’s funeral took place on Saturday October 7.
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