PEFM 87.6 News: May 2015

Sunday, May 31, 2015

NEWS: Clean sweep for SA at Comrades

DURBAN - South Africa has come out tops at the Comrades Marathon with Gift Kelehe winning the men's race and Caroline Wostmann winning the women's race.

Comrades 2015 winner Caroline Wostmann crosses the finish line on 31 May 2015. Picture: Twitter via @ComradesRace

Comrades 2015 winner Caroline Wostmann crosses the finish line on 31 May 2015. Picture: Twitter via @ComradesRace

Kelehe completed the race in a time of 5:38:35, seven minutes and 39 seconds ahead of second placed Ethiopian Mohammed Husien.

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NEWS: Baxter quits Kaizer Chiefs

Kaizer Chiefs and championship-winning coach Stuart Baxter have agreed to part.

Baxter, still contracted to the club for a year, will depart after three years in which he delivered two league titles, the Nedbank Cup and MTN8 trophies.

Chiefs fans should brace for a new-look Amakhosi next season, minus Itumeleng Khune in goal. A Chiefs team, almost unchanged for three seasons - during which they enjoyed unprecedented success in the PSL era - is set for a reshuffle.

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NEWS: Tutu blasts government for humiliating SA

Johannesburg - Archbishop emeritus Desmond Tutu on Saturday blasted the South African government for humiliating the country by allowing the president to get away with spending R246m of taxpayers' money on home improvement work.

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"When the South African government denied His Holiness the Dalai Lama a visa to attend the Nobel Laureates Summit in Cape Town last year, I called them a lickspittle bunch," said Tutu in a statement.

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Friday, May 29, 2015

NEWS: Zuma does not have to pay back the Nkandla money

Cape Town - President Jacob Zuma will not have to pay back any money towards the R246m tax-payer funded security upgrades to his home in Nkandla, Police Minister Nkosinathi Nhleko said on Thursday.

In a live broadcast, he said that the "firepool", the new cattle kraal, chicken coop and culvert, as well as the ampitheatre and visitors centre were all found to be necessary for the safety and security of the homestead.

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NEWS: Fed-up Vodacom user puts up slam banners

Johannesburg - A disgruntled customer has put up banners in Fochville, Gauteng that criticise mobile network Vodacom’s services in the area.

Fochville is a farming and mining town outside Johannesburg, and an unnamed customer has printed banners that allege that Vodacom has poor signal in the area.

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NEWS: Judge orders Derby-Lewis be granted parole

Pretoria - Clive Derby-Lewis, who provided the gun that killed SA Communist Party leader Chris Hani, should be allowed to go home on medical parole, the High Court in Pretoria ruled on Friday.

The conditions of his parole will be determined by Justice and Correctional Services Minister Michael Masutha and the Medical Parole Board. This is with immediate effect.

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NEWS: Scientists find head of 'Abel'

According to the Bible, Abel was the world's first murder victim, killed at the hands of his brother Cain.

But now archaeologists have discovered a skull dating from 430000 years ago that shows distinct evidence of foul play. The scientists were able to determine that the victim was probably killed by two blows to the head before being tossed down a shaft in a cave.

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Thursday, May 28, 2015

NEWS: Xhosa king demands to be treated like (Zulu) royalty

King Zwelonke Sigcawu wants all South Africa's monarchs to be paid the same as Zulu King Zwelithini.

The recently crowned Xhosa king and his advisers believe that the government should "close the gap" between what it spends on the Zulu monarch and the salaries paid to the other six kings in the country.

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NEWS: Warner took FIFA World Cup bribes: US indictment

Former FIFA vice-president Jack Warner asked for and accepted bribes during the selection processes for the 1998 and 2010 World Cups in France and South Africa, according to allegations published Wednesday.

The charge that the choice of host countries was tainted by corruption, was just a fraction of a slew of allegations aimed at some of football's most influential decision-makers.

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Wednesday, May 27, 2015

NEWS: 17 Things you need to know about travelling with minors in SA

Cape Town - The notorious changes to the visa regulations for people travelling with under 18-year-olds is creeping closer, and whether travellers would like to hear it or not, these provisions have to be made if you're planning on travelling legally with your children.

Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba reaffirmed on Monday that the Department of Home Affairs will not go back on a decision to implement new visa requirements, set to come into effect on 1 June 2015, Traveller24 reported.

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NEWS: SA Running Out of Penicillin

Pietermaritzburg - A new crisis has hit the medical fraternity after information revealed a national shortage of penicillin. This comes on the heels of recent reports which exposed a shortage of antiretrovirals (ARVs) in KwaZulu-Natal.

The Witness can reveal that doctors have warned that the shortage of penicillin in the country could lead to a spike in cases of “super bugs” as broader spectrum antibiotics are used instead.

NEWS: Maimane: ANC implementing reverse apartheid

Cape Town - Residents of Mitchells Plain braved the rain and cold on Tuesday to listen to new Democratic Alliance party leader Mmusi Maimane at a rally in the suburb, reported Netwerk24.

“We are ready for Mmusi," and "Viva DA, viva,” chanted hundreds of the party's supporters as he spoke using a loudspeaker. Maimane told the gathered crowd that the ANC were succeeding in trampling over former President Nelson Mandela’s dream of a democratic South Africa.

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Tuesday, May 26, 2015

NEWS: Helen Zille rescues lost German tourists

Cape Town - In what can only be described as a James Bond 007-like rescue operation, Western Cape Premier Helen Zille and her journalist accomplice saved two German tourists, from sleeping on the streets of Cape Town.

The rescue mission started off with Netwerk24 reporter, Marelize Barnard, offering to assist the two lost German tourists in a supermarket in Buitengracht street after dark on Friday 22 May. The tourists, Mr Lee and Mrs Kim, were not only completely lost in translation - since they did not speak a word of English - but also completely lost, geographically speaking.

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NEWS: Zuma: I want to apply my mind to the Marikana report

CAPE TOWN – President Jacob Zuma says it would be inappropriate for him to release the Marikana report before he’s properly ‘applied his mind’ to its findings.

President Jacob Zuma briefing media on xenophobia and the migration policy and promote united action to deal with the challenges the country is facing on 22 April 2015. Picture: GCIS.

President Jacob Zuma briefing media on xenophobia and the migration policy and promote united action to deal with the challenges the country is facing on 22 April 2015. Picture: GCIS.

Zuma was handed the report by Judge Ian Farlam at the end of March and has since come under mounting pressure, including the threat of legal action to make it public.

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NEWS: ANC hopes Methodists will minister to them

The ANC hopes the Methodist Church of Southern Africa will soon reverse its decision to bar its ministers from serving as chaplains for political parties.

ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe says relations are being “rebuilt” with the South African Council of Churches.

ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe says relations are being “rebuilt” with the South African Council of Churches.

A report presented at an ANC national executive committee (NEC) meeting in March held that the church may “revisit” the ban.

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Monday, May 25, 2015

NEWS: Girl, 8, raises money, buys dogs to fight rhino poachers

Mahikeng - Alyssa Carter was 6-years-old when she decided that rhinos needed her help.

Alyssa Carter with one of the dogs. (Steve de Beer, Netwerk24)

On Saturday, a year-and-a-half later, she handed two Belgian shepherd dogs worth R100 000 each to the Marakele National Park in the North West to aid in fighting poachers.

NEWS: Gauteng pastor unfit to stand trial for bribery and corruption

The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has withdrawn a charge of corruption against Reverend Josias Mabaso‚ accused of bribery and misusing education subsidies‚ following a psychiatric report that deemed him “unfit to stand trial”.

Mabaso‚ who is in his late 70s‚ appeared in the Johannesburg Commercial Crimes Court on Monday where he was standing trial for bribery and corruption. Mabaso is also alleged to have misused education subsidies awarded to two schools in Gauteng.

NEWS: Bucket system will be eradicated by year-end: Mokonyane

The bucket system programme in formal areas will be a thing of the past by the end of 2015‚ Water and Sanitation minister Nomvula Mokonyane said on Monday.

About 88% of South Africans have access to clean drinkable water and almost 78% have access to decent sanitation‚ Mokonyane claimed.

“Plans are underway‚” she said‚ “to explore and exhaust alternative solutions to reduce pressure on water resources and ensure that the remaining percentage is also served.”

NEWS: How to protect yourself from hijackings

Amidst the increase in hijackings in South Africa, it is very important to know some of the following aspects:

A video showing an attempted hijacking in Rubenstein Drive, Moreleta Park has come to light on Thursday. Picture: Youtube

A video showing an attempted hijacking in Rubenstein Drive, Moreleta Park has come to light on Thursday. Picture: Youtube

How do the hijackers operate?
When am I most at risk?
How do I avoid being hijacked?
What do I do when confronted?

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Sunday, May 24, 2015

NEWS: Petition calls on EU to let white South Africans return

Johannesburg – The European Union needs to admit white South Africans as they face ethnic cleansing, according to a petition circulating online on Sunday.

"The white South African population currently faces ethnic cleansing and persecutions at the hands of the ANC government, the EFF, and various individual anti-white aggressors," according to Rodrigo Herhaus de Campos, who says in the petition, posted on the website change.org, that he comes from Brazil.

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NEWS: Khune and Mashamaite demand millions, Chiefs show them the door

Two of Kaizer Chiefs top players have apparently been given their marching orders by soccer bosses for demanding steep salary increases.

Absa Premiership: Mamelodi Sundowns v Kaizer Chiefs

Itumeleng Khune and Tefu Mashamaite have left soccer club Kaizer Chiefs after they could not reach agreements on renewing their contracts according to Sunday World.

The weekly reports that Khune was averaging a salary of R3,9 million a season or R400,000 per month and wanted an increase of R8,4 million or R700,000 per month.

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