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THIS IS SO SAD

Middelburg's own house of abominations
It's not just Springs that has a house of horrors. In Middelburg a mother of three children pleaded guilty to r**e, child neglect and failure to report sexual offense's.

The six year old boy was unconscious with an empty stomach, sick of jaundice and found on the floor between dog stools.
A social worker's report, presented to the court, revealed hideous neglect and abuse:

• Her neglected baby boy was found with ticks and other insects in his cot.

• The eight-year-old daughter was allegedly r**ed by her father so often that she pleaded with police officers to never send her back home. The father arrived at www.mobserver.co.za 's offices and denied aggressively that his children were neglected. Shortly thereafter he and his wife disappeared.

• The girl was never sent to school and was at the level of a three-year-old when welfare had removed her.

• She was found with bloody buttocks, without underwear, by welfare.

• The newborn baby has been treated in Life Midmed Hospital for more than a week. Animal hair had to be removed from the child's mouth and nasal passage before paramedics could apply treatment.

The woman will be sentenced later and will face life imprisonment. Her husband appeared briefly in court on Thursday during which his hearing date would be determined. Their names are prevented from being published to protect the children.

The couple were both detained after fleeing from Middelburg to family in eMalahleni. The court identified them as a flight risk and bail was refused.

All three children were placed in foster care and showed good progress.

The children's grandmother, who stayed with the family in the house, was not charged, despite threatening to put the family's dogs on the welfare worker when the children were fetched.

The father has been charged on 4 counts of r**e, child abuse and charges of sexual abuse.

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24/06/2018

News24:

Five killed, six injured in two separate accidents in Carletonville

16:00 24/06/2018
Derrick Spies, Correspondent
Five people were killed and six others injured in two separate accidents in Carletonville over the weekend.

ER24 spokesperson, Ineke van Huyssteen, said two people died and five sustained injuries in the first accident, which occurred at around 22:00 on Saturday evening when two vehicles collided on Blybank road in Carletonville.

She said when paramedics arrived, they found a vehicle in the road and another vehicle partially in a field.

"Upon further assessment, paramedics found two people entrapped in the vehicle. Unfortunately, there was nothing paramedics could do for them and they were declared dead at the scene," she said.

Van Huyssteen said five other people had been found to have minor to moderate injuries.

"ER24, as well as another medical service on the scene, transported the patients to hospital for further medical care," she said.

Second accident

Van Huyssteen said three more people died and another sustained moderate injuries in a second accident, when their car rolled on the P111/R501 road in Carletonville at around 03:00 on Sunday morning.

She said paramedics found the patients lying across the road.

"It is believed that they were ejected from the vehicle. Three patients were declared dead at the scene," she said.

Van Huyssteen said another medical service on scene transported the injured passenger to hospital for further medical care.

"The exact circumstances surrounding both incidents were not known to our paramedics, but police were on the scene for further investigations," she said.

22/06/2018

Our own Molapo had a bad experience with criminals. Thank God he is unharmed.

20/06/2018

News24:

Traditional healer makes history by opening traditional hospital

19:43 20/06/2018 Sandile Mbili

KWA ZULU-NATAL– A traditional healer from Ingwavuma in the north of KZN has made history by forming a private hospital in Bhambanana area at Mhlabuyalingana.

Dr Mxolisi Nkomonde (33), who is known as Dr Mkhulu, has opened a traditional hospital called Dr K Traditional Hospital, where he treats patients who are in need of traditional treatment.

Many lives have been lost

He came up with the idea of opening this kind of hospital after seeing many people suffering from diseases caused by witchcraft, but were unable to get the correct kind of help and ended up dying.

"So many lives have been lost in hospitals. It is not that these hospitals are not working, but the nature of illness is a factor which western doctors do not understand or treat. I heal illnesses like swelling ankles, piles, hallucinations, wounds, and many more. I divide my patients regarding their gender and illnesses," explained Dr Mkhulu.

The hospital was officially opened in January and is fully operational and growing.

He also clarified that the hospital is registered with the Department of Health (DoH) to ensure everything he does is within the law. The hospital has about 20 employees, five buildings with 24 beds and three ambulances used to transport patients.


"I do refer some of my patients to Mosvold Hospital if I see symptoms of HIV, cancer or TB which are diseases I cannot cure," Dr Mkhulu explained.

Community in favour of hospital

President of the Traditional Healers Council, Sazi Mhlongo, said he was pleased that the DoH was not against the traditional hospital.

Mosvold Hospital manager Vusi Vilakazi, asked about the patients he receives from the traditional hospital, said he could not comment on the matter.

KZN Health Department spokeswoman Ncumisa Mafunda said they had never received any application from Dr Mkhulu, and had never issued him with a license.

"Although the Department does work with traditional healers in some ways, we mostly only have contact when they refer patients after noting that they are showing symptoms of HIV and TB. Then they refer them to healthcare facilities," said Mafunda.

Community members appear to be in favour of the traditional hospital. Bhongo Nombekela (32) said Dr Mkhulu was working hard to help the community.

"My foot was sore for so long. I went to clinics, hospitals and doctors but I couldn't find help. Then I went to Dr K Traditional Hospital where I received help. He knows what he is doing," said Ntombi Makhathini (43). – Health-e News.

20/06/2018

Man shot in the hand during Hillbrow CIT heist

22:28 19/06/2018
Christina Pitt

A man in his forties was shot in the hand during a cash-in-transit heist in Hillbrow, Johannesburg on Tuesday.

ER24 spokesperson Russel Meiring said that when the paramedics arrived on the scene, a man who is believed to be the driver of a small truck was found with a gunshot wound in the hand.

"He explained to paramedics that his vehicle was behind the security vehicle when a shot was fired and entered his vehicle through the dashboard," Meiring said.

He was treated on the scene and later transported to a nearby hospital for further care. No further injuries were reported.

13/06/2018

News24:

'We fear for our lives': Cash-in-transit guards call for more protection

14:52 12/06/2018
Amanda Khoza, Jenni Evans and Mxolisi Mngadi

Hundreds of security guards working in the money transportation industry marched in major cities across South Africa on Tuesday after a spate of brazen heists that have rocked the industry and the country in recent months.

They are calling for more visible policing, increased reaction times to robberies and more effective intelligence gathering.

The scourge of cash-in-transit robberies reached a boiling point last week, with Police Minister Bheki Cele announcing new plans to bring down the well organised and heavily armed gangs carrying out the heists, which are robbing the country of millions of rands in cash.

SCROLL: Cash-in-transit guards hand over memorandum, response expected within 14 days

In Johannesburg, cash-in-transit security employees handed over a memorandum listing their demands to the Department of Community Safety.

"The recent increasing attacks on our members in the cash-in-transit sectors compels us to bring the following demands to your attention," the secretary general of Motor Transport Workers Union of South Africa, Mdumiseni Mabaso said.

"Without these workers, South Africa could not function and they need to be protected whilst performing their duties in such a crucial and important sector of the economy."

Strike on the cards

They further called on the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development to "deal harshly with convicted criminals" and ensure investigations were done properly to "minimise criminals walking free due to lack of evidence".

"We will be monitoring the situation closely, and if we do not see any improvements or adherence to our demands within the next few months we will have to reserve our rights in terms of the labour laws, which could result in members withholding their labour," Mabaso said.

The memorandum was accepted and signed by a representative from the department who promised workers that there would be a meeting with all stakeholders to deal with their demands.

David Baloyi, a security guard employed by Fidelity, said they were in constant fear of being killed.

"Since the beginning of this year, we are being killed. The criminals are bombing us and it is putting our lives in danger," he said.

"We have families that we have to live for. We fear for our lives and that is why we have come together today."

: Hundreds of security guards working in the money transportation sector are protesting against the recent spate of cash-in-transit heists around the country. The security guards say there is no counseling after traumatic incidences. pic.twitter.com/YpZy2IpjCE

— Amanda Khoza () June 12, 2018

When asked who may be behind the recent spike in the attacks, Ephraim Ralibona, who works for SBV, said: "I heard the investigators say some of those involved in the heists were some of their members (police), but we are not sure because they said some of the thugs who were involved were police officers and some of our colleagues."

Colleagues killed

In Cape Town, Federation of Unions of SA general secretary Dennis George said cash-in-transit workers had been under a sustained attack since the beginning of the year.

"There have been 157 different incidents of cash-in-transit heists this year alone," he said.

One driver, Craig Nicholls, who had been driving for 30 years, said robbers who had wanted to exact revenge on him tracked him down at home.

"My wife was inside the house and heard the shot go off. I was outside at my car when they shot me," he said. "They only got me in the leg."

He added: "Many of the guys that I have worked with for years are dead."


Demonstrators in Cape Town. (Jenni Evans, News24)

More protection needed

Cash-in-transit employees also marched through Durban's streets, calling for an end to the killing of their colleagues, and more protection from the police.

Themba Mbhele, who has worked with Fidelity Cash Solutions for 15 years, told News24 that he had eight children he had to take care of.

He said he was not afraid of dying, but of being broke.

"If I die, my family will be broke and nobody will take care of them and send them to school," he said.

SAPS Stop Robbing Us: says a placard carried by one of the CIT security guards in Durban. pic.twitter.com/30WKSryqAt

— Mxolisi Mngadi () June 12, 2018

He said Cele "should get rid of corrupt policemen in the SAPS, and he must have an input in fighting the recent scourge of heists in our country".

At a briefing on Wednesday last week, Cele said police had arrested 13 suspects connected to recent heists over a 24-hour period.

"Criminals have declared the war, so they must get ready to fight the war. All of the units are out of the barracks, all of the units are on the streets, we will be responding much quicker, and responding much more decisively," he said

“ : Hundreds of security guards working in the money transportation sector are protesting against the recent spate of cash-in-transit heists around the country. The security guards say there is no counseling after traumatic incidences. https://t.co/YpZy2IpjCE”

09/06/2018

Brazilian newborn survives seven hours buried alive
12:04 08/06/2018

A newborn indigenous baby girl in Brazil survived seven hours of being buried alive by her family, prosecutors said on Thursday, following her rescue.

A nurse alerted authorities on finding out that the girl had been buried shortly after her birth on Tuesday in the Xingu National Park in Mato Grosso state, which is home to many of Brazil's tribal peoples.

Police released a video showing officers digging sand out of a shallow hole at night, then pulling out the naked baby, umbilical chord still attached.

The baby's great-grandmother, a member of the Tamayura tribe, was detained, state prosecutor Paulo Roberto do Prado said.

"We are investigating whether it was an attempted infanticide or if she thought the baby was dead," he told AFP.

Despite spending seven hours underground, "the information we have is that the child is doing well", do Prado said.

The baby was brought to Cuiaba, the Mato Grosso state capital, on Wednesday and placed in a neonatal intensive care unit.

Investigators interviewed the family in the territory near the town of Canarana. An anthropologist, psychologist and representatives of Funai – the government body in charge of indigenous affairs – took part.

They wanted to clarify if there were "anthropological issues" in the case linked to indigenous customs, do Prado said.

The family told police the baby fell on its head after her mother gave birth in the bathroom. However, the authorities suspected a cover-up.

"Since the father refuses to recognise the child and the mother is only 15, there are suspicions that they had tried to kill the newborn," state police said.

02/06/2018

News24:

Two people die in Limpopo helicopter crash

19:09

01/06/2018

Amanda Khoza
The police at Rooiberg in the Belabela cluster in Limpopo have opened an inquest after two people were killed in a helicopter crash on Friday.

Police spokesperson Brigadier Motlafela Mojapelo said the helicopter was allegedly flying over Lumary farm near Zebula lodge when it crashed, instantly killing the two adult men.

"The police and paramedics were summoned to the scene, reacted swiftly and on arrival, the deceased were still trapped in the wreckage. Forensic experts and the aviation investigators were also informed and are currently at the scene," said Mojapelo.

He said the deceased had been identified as 37-year-old Herman Wenhold and 31-year-old Jacque Oelofse, and were flying from Rustenburg in the North West province to Zebula lodge when the accident happened.

The cause of the crash is not known at this stage, said Mojapelo.