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Studente van die Tshwane Universiteit van Tegnologie bring Pretoria tot stilstand tydens protestoptogte

Studente van die Tshwane Universiteit van Tegnologie bring Pretoria tot stilstand tydens protestoptogte

Studente van die Tshwane Universiteit van Tegnologie (TUT) het weereens die strate ingevaar en verkeer in die sentrale gedeeltes van Pretoria ontwrig.

Klasse is ontwrig en studente eis die kop van die polisieman wat Andries Monareng glo doodgeskiet het.

Die studente het gedreig dat hul die hele Pretoria tot stilstand sal bring. Winkels is gesluit en berigte van stropery by wegneem eetplekke is aangemeld.

Die polisie ontken intussen steeds dat hulle verantwoordelik was vir die dood van Monareng.

Deur: Die Vryburger


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Barbaarse studente in Pretoria stig brand voor Bheki Cele, minister van polisie, se kantore

Barbaarse studente in Pretoria stig brand voor Bheki Cele, minister van polisie, se kantore

‘n Groep studente van die voormalige Technicon, tans bekend as die Tshwane Universiteit van Tegnologie, het die polisie besig gehou deur ‘n brand te stig voor Bheki Cele, minister van polisie, se kantore in Pretoria.

Dit volg na die dood van een opstoker student op die Soshanguve kampus tydens geweld wat daar uitgebreek het.

Waarnemers vra die vraag wat sal die polisie doen as boere strate afsper en breek en brand oor plaasmoorde?

Deur: Die Vryburger


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BLF leader, Andile Mngxitama invades double-storey mansion in Pretoria after noticing no one was living in it

BLF leader Andile Mngxitama invades double-storey mansion in Pretoria after noticing no one was living in it

The BLF decided to move into the big house after noticing no one was living in it.

The High Court in Pretoria has refused to get involved on an urgent basis after a double-storey mansion in diplomat’s row in Brooklyn, Pretoria, was invaded by a group associated with Black First, Land First (BLF).

The house “invaders”, who claim to be students, moved into the unoccupied thatched-roof house last month after getting a locksmith to open the door for them. When confronted, they allegedly said they could not afford accommodation and called their “lawyer”, who turned out to be BLF leader Andile Mngxitama, who is not an attorney.

The executor in the estate of the house’s deceased owners, attorney Mike Potgieter, launched an urgent application to have the students evicted, saying they illegally gained access to the property and were trespassing. Judge Nelisa Mali, however, ruled that the application was not urgent and struck it off the roll.

The main house on the property had been standing empty for years after the owners died, leaving the property to their sons, who both live abroad.

The estate is embroiled in a legal battle with a neighbour who made an offer to buy the house in 2015 and obtained a court order to stop the executor from letting it or selling it to anyone.

Potgieter said in court papers he had called the police after learning about the trespassers from the man who had been staying in the servant’s quarters since 2013, but they refused to assist, saying he had to get an eviction order, as the occupiers claimed they had been staying there for some time.

He said the property was a valuable asset of great architectural significance worth about R3 million, but the unauthorised occupants had detracted from its value and posed a security risk to the property and the surrounding area.

The house invaders opposed the application, saying it was not urgent and that Potgieter had granted them the right to stay there by negotiating with them about a lease agreement to rent the house at a cost of R20 000 per month. Potgieter strenuously denied entering into any agreement with Mngxitama.

One occupant, Amanda Mjindi, said there was no proof that their presence would result in further damage.

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Activist group threatens to shut down Pretoria east after a previous memorandum was not taken seriously

a previous memorandum

The group claims that a previous memorandum handed to the Tshwane metro in March was not taken seriously.

A Mamelodi activist group, which recently shut down Mamelodi municipal office services for several weeks, said they will do so again – if their demands are not met, reports Pretoria East Rekord.

Oupa Mashiane, chairperson of the Mamelodi Concerned Residents for Service Delivery, made the remarks while handing over a memorandum to the metro at the local municipal offices on Monday morning.

It was the second such memorandum, he said, and “the last”.

Mashiane gave the metro seven working days to respond to demands.

“This is a serious matter – the city of Tshwane must take our demands very seriously,” said Mashiane.

Utility services MMC Darryl Moss received the memorandum on behalf of the Tshwane mayor.

He promised to meet with the mayor the same afternoon to “personally hand over the memorandum to him”

Mashiane claimed the metro did not take the group’s previous memorandum, which was handed over on March 23, seriously.

The memorandum is unchanged and contains residents’ complaints regarding service delivery.

Mashudu Maepya, who read the memorandum aloud before handing it over, said residents were generally unhappy with RDP housing fraud.

Water and electricity bills were also substantially higher and unaffordable.

The community was charged R2.40 for a one-litre bin, which was initially said to be free.

Maepya further said burial costs are higher, there is higher unemployment and more people are living below the bread-line.

“Most streets in Mamelodi are gravel roads, whereas no white areas are in this condition despite us all paying rent to the same centre,” she said.

“The drainage system is very poor, leading to flooding into yards and obstructing traffic follow.”

“Projects from the council were granted to special people who are friends with the ward councillors and not to the community. Community members who were hired are being paid slave wages.”

She concluded that the community is prepared to only pay a R40 per month flat rate until the “apartheid debts are audited”.

By: The Citizen


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Bultfontein, PTA: Farm attack, man shot dead, elderly sister wounded

Farm attack, couple traumatized after 3 hour ordeal, Pretoria West

A violent farm attack took place on 26 August 2018, at 23:20 on a smallholding in Bultfontein, north of Pretoria. Two attackers neutralised the electric fence and lifted the gate and then broke the front door down.

The man (74) was shot in the head outside the home and died on the scene and an elderly woman, the man’s sister, was shot in the abdominal area and was rushed to hospital.

A third occupant of the house, a woman, apparently managed to raise the alarm on the emergency radio and the attackers fled. She was not injured. It seems that a firearm was stolen from the home during the attack.

There have been no arrests and police are investigating.

The incident was first reported on twitter by Ian Cameron of AfriForum.

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Illegal land grabbers in Faerie Glen, Pretoria East became very hostile and threatened the community that they will burn down their homes and kill them

Land grabbers in Faerie Glen, Pretoria East became very hostile and threatened the community that they will burn down their homes and kill them

Dear Residents,

I just got back from an attempted land grab of Municipal Property in Faerie Glen, Plaston Str.

I arrived on site this afternoon with the community who wanted to meet with the ‘owners’ of the property after they started building and even put in an illegal water connection to this property, probably to make the construction seem more legitimate.

Unfortunately for the land grabbers, the community is very well organized and aware of the fact that this property is a Municipal Road Reserve.
I immediately contacted the MMC as well as the Chairperson of Roads & Transport from the site, who confirmed my position that no Municipal Land was sold to these ‘owners’.

I proceeded to disrupt this meeting, saying that we cannot engage with thugs grabbing land and, unless they can prove the contrary, they should leave – this prompted the land grabbers, who were very diplomatic up until then, to show their true colors and intent.

The land grabbers became very hostile and threatened the community that they will burn down their homes and kill them. There were a few shuffles between the land grabbers and the community which TMPD Officers, and later also SAPS, had to break up.

The negotiator later asked me to get the community to agree to a round table meeting during the week, only then will they leave. I told him that if they don’t leave, I will not be held responsible for any possible actions of the community.
They left within 15min thereafter, shouting that they will take the land by force.

The Tshwane Metro Police Department’s Land Invasion Unit will start cleaning the area.

I have also made contact with the Community Policing Forum, who mobilized, and security companies will patrol this area to ensure the safety of the residents.

We always think that this will not happen to us. Clearly it does, and in this case a very quiet street in Pretoria East.
The community, from all walks of life, yet again showed their calibre by mobilizing against lawlessness and sent the land grabbers leaving with, among others, a Mercedes Benz and a Range Rover.

My plea to you is:
Be vigilant.
Get involved in the CPF.
Get onto a community WhatsApp or Telegram group.
Build a personal relationship with your security company.

We can only succeed if we work together, as a community.

To the residents in the area of the land grab, well done and thank you for being active citizens!

Stay vigilant!

Best Regards,
Cllr. Ernst Botha
Ward 44


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Bekende skrywer, Tom Gouws op kleinhoewe buite Pretoria vermoor

Bekende skrywer, Tom Gouws op kleinhoewe buite Pretoria vermoor

Die bekende skrywer en letterkundige Tom Gouws is tydens ’n rooftog op sy kleinhoewe buite Pretoria vermoor deur aanvallers.

Die nuus is bevestig deur sy suster Judy Leclerc.

Volgens inligting ontvang van Judy het Tom en sy vrou onlangs ’n kleinhoewe buite Lynwood buite Pretoria gekoop waar hul ’n huis gebou het.

Tom is na bewering deur rowers by die huis ingewag waar hy koelbloedig vermoor is. Sy vrou is ook tydens die aanval beseer, maar haar toestand is nie bekend gemaak nie.

Daniël Gouws, Tom se seun het ook die voorval bevestig, maar was te hartseer om meer inligting te gee.

Medelye het vroeg Donderdagoggend op Facebook ingestroom nadat die nuus soos ’n veldbrand versprei het.

Fred en Mercia Eloff sê: “Tom ou maat, nou is jy waar Vader is. Vertroosting toegebid vir die familie.”

“Sjoe Tom … nou is jy elke dag saam met my …. WOLK van Getuie en moedig my aan. My meegevoel aan familie wat hier deur werk”, lui ’n inskrywing van Christa Stander.

Tom was veral bekend as digter, maar het ook verskeie dramas en radiodramas geskryf.

Hy was die vierde wenner van die jaarlikse Nagtegaalprys vir nuut geskrewe verhoogtekste vir die drama Nag van die langmesse.


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Gewilde Hartland program van lug af gehaal by Pretoria FM

Gewilde program op Pretoria FM sonder waarskuwing van lug

Luisteraars van Pretoria FM, voorheen bekend as Radio Pretoria, het penregop gesit toe hulle oor die lug verneem dat een van die gewildste programme summier van die lug verwyder is.

Skynbaar is ander ewe gewilde programme se tydsduur gehalveer, want “daar moet minder gepraat word” op die radio.

Ander programme soos Fokus, waar veral Solidariteit ‘n groot rol speel en waar mense soos mnre. Flip Buys, Jaco Kleynhans en ander uit die Solidariteit dampkring, onbeperkte spreektyd het, word skynbaar nie geraak nie, en volgens die direksie voorsitter, Willie Spies, in ‘n antwoord op mnr. Bennie van Zyl se Facebook inskrywing, gaan Fokus nou Hartland se plek inneem.

Die “minder praat” is dus skynbaar net van toepassing op sekere sprekers.

Die gewilde program Hartland is skielik deur die nuwe uitvoerende bestuurder, mnr. Hennie Koortz, nek-om gedraai, en Marianne Breytenbach, uiters bekwame en geliefde aanbieder van die indiepte nuusagtergrond program, het die aankondiging daaroor gemaak tydens ‘n laaste emosionele uitsending daarvan.

Haar laaste gaste was mnre. Louis Meintjes en Bennie van Zyl van TLU SA, wat in geen onduidelike taal te kenne gegee het dat hulle nie met die verandering geneë is nie en dit op die hoogste vlak sal beveg. Hulle standpunt is dat TLU SA se standpunt nou ook deur Pretoria FM gemarginaliseer gaan word, terwyl dié organisasie een van die eerste, langste en sterkste ondersteuners van Pretoria FM was.

Ook op sosiale media het daar ‘n hewige reaksie op die besluit gevolg, en die meeste deelnemers beskou dit as ‘n verdere afwyking van dit waarvoor Radio Pretoria aanvanklik gestaan het.

Na verneem word het is die radio se kortboodskap-lyn (sms) en e-pos adres ook oorstroom met besware van ontstoke luisteraars, en talle het gedreig om hulle finansiële bydrae te kanselleer.

Deur: Die Vryburger


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Onwettige grondbesetting op R21 veroorsaak chaos

Onwettige grondbesetting op R21 veroorsaak chaos

Onwettige grondbesetters het weereens chaos veroorsaak. Hierdie keer op die R21 naby Olifantsfontein.

Die hoofweg is deur protesteerders geblokkeer vir verkeer, ‘n vragmotor is aan die brand gesteek en motoriste is met klippe bestook. ‘n Onbekende persoon is dood tydens die optrede maar die oorsaak van sy dood kon nie vasgestel word nie.

Verkeer vanaf die lughawe na Pretoria is ontwrig deur rommel wat op die pad gestort is en die pad is laat Sondagmiddag vir verkeer oopgestel nadat polisie die rommel verwyder het.

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FAK verwyder brondsbeeld van oudpres. Paul Kruger om te restoureer

FAK verwyder brondsbeeld van oudpres. Paul Kruger om te restoureer

Vandale het die graf van oudpres. Paul Kruger in die Heldeakker, Pretoria, geteiken en groot skade is aangerig deur die borsbeeld op sy graf te vernietig.

Die Federasie van Afrikaanse Kultuurvereniginge (FAK) het Woensdagoggend verneem dat Kruger se graf beskadig is. Die FAK het ondersoek ingestel en bevestig die graf is op 11 Julie beskadig.

Die borsbeeld was in ’n stoorkamer by die Heldeakker-begraafplaas en die FAK het die nodige toestemming bekom om dit te verwyder om dit te herstel.

Die beeld is nou in veilige bewaring by die Voortrekkermonument.

FAK verwyder brondsbeeld van oudpres. Paul Kruger om te restoureer                           FAK verwyder brondsbeeld van oudpres. Paul Kruger om te restoureer

In 1995 het vandale ook Kruger se graf verniel en die oorspronklike marmerbeeld beskadig.

Luidens ’n verklaring van die FAK het die groot grafblad in die proses ook seergekry – die krake lê steeds oor die Nederlandse boodskap: “Gestorven in Ballingschap te Clarens, in Switzerland.”

Kruger is op 14 Julie 1904 in Clarens, Switserland, oorlede en op 16 Desember 1904 in die Heldeakker in Pretoria ter ruste gelê. Meer as 20 000 mense het die begrafnis bygewoon.

Die FAK was ook in samewerking met die Ou Presidensie Historiese Vereniging betrokke by die beveiliging van oudpres. J.H. Brand se familiekerkhof in Bloemfontein. Die afgelope naweek is die heining onthul tydens die 130ste herdenking van Brand se sterfdag op 14 Julie 1888.

“Skaars is een president se graf veilig, of ’n ander president se graf word verniel. Die manier waarop Afrikanererfenisse geteiken word, is kommerwekkend,” sê dr. Danie Langner, besturende direkteur van die FAK, in ’n verklaring.

“Ten spyte van die departement van kuns en kultuur se standpunt dat standbeelde en monumente nie beskadig moet word nie, ontbreek die politieke wil om die vandalisme van Afrikanererfenisse stop te sit. Dit plaas groter druk op kultuurorganisasies om met beperkte fondse self in te gryp om Afrikaners se geskiedkundige erfenis, soos die beeld en grafsteen, te herstel en te beveilig.”

Die Tshwane-metroraad is verantwoordelik vir die bestuur van die Heldeakker.

Lindela Mashigo, ’n woordvoerder van die Tshwane-metroraad, het by navraag gesê die metro is daarvan bewus dat Kruger se graf beskadig is.

“ ’n Indringer het toegang tot die terrein gekry deur die heining af te breek. Die stad beoog om die gebreekte dele van die heining reg te maak. Daarna sal die stad kyk na die herstel van die grafsteen in konsultasie met die nasionale departement van kuns en kultuur,” sê Mashigo.

Die geskiedkundige begraafplaas is die laaste rusplek van verskeie bekende figure, onder andere koningin Victoria se kleinseun, prins Christian Victor, Jopie Fourie, Andries Pretorius, genl. Louis Botha, Afrikaanse digters soos Eugène Marais en Jan F.E. Celliers, asook die voormalige eerste ministers H.F. Verwoerd en J.G. Strijdom.