North west
CYRIL RAMAPHOSA: We're rebuilding lives and livelihoods after the floods
President Cyril Ramaphosa says in his weekly newsletter that the departments of home affairs, health and social development have been assisting affected...
He was found in possession of 15 explosive gels, eight shock tubes, two explosive detonators and a detonator cord.
The ANC member was shot dead outside the Mothotlung Community Hall near Brits where the party was holding a meeting earlier this week.
The group launched its North West branch in Rustenburg on Wednesday just weeks after KwaZulu-Natal.
Cassius Sejake allegedly flouted tender processes to the value of R7.8 million between 2018 and 2019 during his stint as acting municipal manager.
Masked assailants allegedly arrived at the ANC's Branch Biennial General Meeting in a white sedan and shot at the 38-year-old, also wounding a 30-year-old woman who was struck by a stray bullet.
Otshepeng Nkate and Lebogang Tladi allegedly raped a 20-year-old woman who had called for help from police during a domestic violence crime at her boyfriend's home in March.
The area is plagued by service delivery problems and residents have staged protests, barricading the road between Koster and Rustenburg to try and pressure government to do its job.
Fifteen members of the Ntlatseng family, who were killed in a head-on crash that claimed 19 lives in the North West, will be laid to rest in Schwiezer Reneker on Sunday.
The group was returning from a wedding anniversary celebration when the crash happened between Bloemhof and Schweizer-Reneke on Sunday.
A warrant of arrest has been issued for Junior Modise who is one of four men charged with June 2021 murder, after a man's remains were found in the boot of a burnt-out car in Klipgat, in the North West.
Pontsho Mosinki committed a slew of rapes near Vryburg between 2017 and 2018.
Some council members walked out of the sitting organised to debate a motion of no confidence in newly elected Mayor Stockie Makgothu.
Onthatile Sebati and her co-accused, Tumelo and Kagiso Mokone, were granted R10,000 bail in the Brits Magistrates court this afternoon under strict conditions.
A bakkie collided with a truck near Kroondal Plaza in the early hours of Monday morning.
The 41-year-old is accused of strangling, raping and pouring petrol over his estranged wife after an argument.
JB Marks Municipality spokesperson Willie Maphosa said that residents who still needed help must approach the disaster team.
The JP Marks Local Municipality said arrangements were being made to assist residents in Ikageng and Promosa who were affected by the localised flooding.
Onthatile Sebati and two others are expected to apply for bail following their first court appearance earlier this month.