Attackers entered the farm of the Nicholson’s, they spray painted in red paint the words “Kill the Boer” on the farm manager’s bakkie (a light truck or pickup truck) and then set it on fire.
This attack took place on a farm in Buffelspoort, North West province of South Africa.
During the time of publish this article no other information was available.
Sinkhole swallowed a portion of Snake Drive near the N12 in Benoni, according to William Ntladi, spokesman for the Ekurhuleni emergency services, working with several engineers to determine the cause of the sinkhole and to make plans for that hole on one of the southbound lanes collapsed.
Ntladi said both lanes were closed indefinitely for the safety of motorists.
Maroela Media earlier reported that the Gauteng Department of Roads and Transport had warned motorists at the beginning of November against the sinking four meters deep.
Footage of the sinkhole has been circulated on social media this week in which it appears that this hole is much larger in the face of heavy rain this week. However, Ntladi said Thursday morning that the hole is no bigger than mid-November.
Earlier this year, the road was predicted to be ready for use by the middle of next year.
The alleged drop in the consumer inflation rate, which is now at its lowest level in nine years, is called into question by many economic experts.
Although the decline has been welcomed by some agencies, consumers say the decline is certainly not credible as food, fuel and clothing prices are constantly rising.
However, the South African Reserve Bank came under pressure with the announcement to adjust interest rates downward.
Allegedly, consumer price inflation fell during November to the level of 3.6% in the Reserve Bank framework, which set the rate between 3 and 6% as acceptable.
Northern Gauteng High Court on Thursday ruled that new Justice Minister Ronald Lamola should decide whether or not to release Janus Walus, who killed communist Chris Hani, on parole.
Walus asked the court to reverse former Justice and Correctional Services Minister Michael Masutha’s decision to release him on parole and deport him to Poland, his native country. Walus’s legal team argues that Masutha’s decision to refuse parole was unfair and irrational.
Walus has been serving more than 25 years in prison for the murder of Hani, former leader of the South African Communist Party.
The court reversed Masutha’s decision to deny Walus parole, but referred the case back to new Justice Minister Ronald Lamola. They now have 60 days to rethink the matter. “Although Walus is eligible for parole, it is not a given that he should be released,” Judge Jody Kollapen said in his ruling. He did point out, however, that the testimony of several experts indicates that Walus is n
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South Africans will have to prepare for more power outages this weekend after Eskom announces that Phase 2 load shedding will take effect from 09:00 to 23:00 Friday. According to their latest statement, the bankrupt state entity says their system is still vulnerable.
Although the power grid units are recovering as scheduled, they also lost additional operating units on Thursday.
“Load shedding is essential throughout the night and all day Friday to prevent further short circuits and capacity to pump water reserves for us.”
The goal is to reduce unplanned short circuits to 9,500 MW to enable them to minimize and stop load shedding next week.
“Regardless of the phase, we want to remind our customers that load shedding is no cause for panic as the system is successfully controlled.”
The Phase 4 load shedding forced on South Africa this past week is attributed to poor workmanship with the erection of the Medupi power plant, which was initially highly praised by the ANC government.
The power plant has caused so many problems in the past week that the Eskom management had to take the load to Phase 4.
Although no one is prepared to explain what the bugs are at Medupi, observers have pointed out that there as some serious flaws that need to be corrected that forced Eskom to switch to Phase 6, and then back to Phase 4.
Experts believe the Medupi Power Plant will not be able to deliver up to its full capacity for several days, which means that South Africa will continue to see billions of rand being wasted for days.
All indications are that the current slump in the country’s economy may force Moody’s rating agency to recognize that junk status is now a reality.
Cleece Robertson of the National Sea Rescue Institute has warned in the past that the three sewerage plants in Cape Town cannot handle the increase in sewage.
Marine conservation photographer Jean Tresfon showed in his research and photographs that large “white plumes” were visible in the sea. The City’s website confirms that there is no primary or secondary treatment of sewage before it is dumped into the sea.
It seems that the Department of Water and Sanitation is mainly responsible for the spillage.