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A nanny who had been caring for a 21-month-old toddler for the past 17 months has been arrested for allegedly strangling the baby boy on Friday, 18 October. The toddler’s body was found in a closet later that day. Lerato Mnguni, 28, the mother of Langalihle reportedly arrived at her house in Daveyton located in Benoni on Friday, accompanied by her aunt and Lihle’s father when they discovered he was missing. According to Sowetan, the nanny claimed that there had been four intruders in the house who had abducted Lihle. She reportedly claimed that she was almost raped and had wounds on her arms, which she claimed were stab wounds. An ambulance was called to attend to the nannys’ injuries and paramedics asked that she be cleaned up before they would take her to hospital, Daily Sun reported. When the aunt went to the storeroom to fetch a washtub, she reportedly found Lihle lying on the floor, with a bandage tied across his mouth and head, covered with a blanket.
Langelihle Mnguni who was found allegedly murdered.
The woman is expected to make a second appearance in court, after she appeared in the Benoni Magistrate’s Court on Monday, 21st October. More information to follow on the suspects appearance in court.
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Community unhappy with accused being released A 34-year-old man who was arrested for allegedly raping a two-year-old girl in Reiger Park has been freed due to a lack of evidence.
October is also a month celebrated widely across the country as Oliver Reginald (O.R.) Tambo Month. The City of Ekurhuleni has lined up an array of activities to pay homage to this patriot and stalwart of the struggle for emancipation of all the oppressed South Africans.
The toddler was allegedly raped last Tuesday when her mother, who was at work, left her in the care of a man who was known to them. Angry residents marched to their local councillor’s home on Monday night demanding an explanation.
The City of Ekurhuleni on Sunday, 27 October laid wreaths at Oliver Reginald Tambo’s grave at Tamboville in Wattville in his honour and remembrance. The celebrations included school debates held in Ekurhuleni on 13 October for students to learn about diplomacy, international relations, world problems and possible solutions. The month-long celebrations are undertaken to preserve O.R. and Adelaide Tambo’s legacy, promote their values, and to engender a culture of selflessness.
DA Gauteng Provincial Leader, John Moodey said that the DA is shocked and horrified and that the 34-year-old man be immediately removed from society as he is a menace to all women and children and has destroyed the life of a baby girl with so much potential.
Joburg’s M2 highway set to be reopened after R58m repairs
The O.R. Tambo commemorations are held under the theme: “Celebrating the 90th birthday of Mama Adelaide Tambo”.
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Joburg motorists can say goodbye to traffic congestions as the city announced the M2 highway was set to be reopened after undergoing rehabilitation for the past eight months. The closure of the highway, which was closed between the Crown interchange and
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The City of Ekurhuleni is embarking on a process to vet and draft new by-laws to ensure local legislation remain alive to the ideals of the Constitution of the country and its social cohesion aspirations. The process focuses on several by-laws that are offensive to the morality, current laws and the spirit of the Constitution. These include, but not limited to, by-laws on bus transportation, parks, cemeteries and use of public facilities.
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Maritzburg Street following safety concerns in February, has caused traffic congestion in the area. City of Johannesburg’s executive mayor Herman Mashaba, said the highway would be reopened for traffic motorists on Monday, November 4. “I am happy to report to the residents of the City of Johan-
nesburg that repair work on the closed section of the M2 Highway will be complete on October 30 as planned,” Mashaba said. “A ceremony will be held to mark this important occasion, at which point an operational plan will be announced and rolled out over the weekend to ensure that the motorway is
A letter to the Editor This by-law review process will also fast-track the city’s pursuit to become a single city by addressing disparities found in what is known as different towns of the City. Currently, different by-laws of former town councils constituting the City of Ekurhuleni lack uniformity in terms of land and public spaces, building control, public transport use and public behaviour, amongst others.
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These disparities provide a negative impact on how the Ekurhuleni Metro Police Department (EMPD) enforces these by-laws.
In this regard, the City of Ekurhuleni assures residents that public participations process will be undertaken to ensure that residents have an opportunity to contribute to the new by-laws. The review comes shortly after the City rolled out a process to name and rename several landmark features in the City
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fully operational to motorists on November 4,” he said. Mashaba said the R58 million emergency repair of the bridge by the Johannesburg Road Agency (JRA) started following continuous assessments which revealed that the structural integrity of the concrete elements were severely reduced, posing a danger to motorists. “I stood on that bridge, I felt vibrations and saw first-hand cracks in the supporting structures. There is no doubt that this was a life-saving and necessary decision,” he said. “Furthermore, I plan to visit the bridge myself on October 30 before the lanes are opened to the public,” he added. Mashaba said the condition of roads across the City of Johannesburg have been a matter of concern as they are integral to connecting the residents who commute daily.
with names that significantly bring honour and pride to the residents. Both these processes seek to achieve to redress the apartheid legacy and promote social cohesion in efforts to create a National Democratic Society. The imminent by-law changes augurs well as the City of Ekurhuleni is gearing up to celebrate 20 years of its formation in 2020, following abolishment of the erstwhile nine town councils.
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Springboks grind out win over Wales to book World Cup final spot
The Springboks will play England in the Rugby World Cup final after Handre Pollard scored 14 points to steer Rassie Erasmus’ team to a hard-fought 1916 victory over Wales in Yokohama on Sunday. Pollard nervelessly kicked the decisive penalty with four minutes to go as the tense game threatened to go to extra time with the scores locked at 16-16. “We’re in the final of the World Cup... but that’s only half way there. We’d love to win the World Cup,” said South Africa coach Rassie Erasmus. “We play a class England team in the final now but we’re there. We’ve got a chance now and we might go all the way. You never know.” It was a true battle of the boot as the 1995 and 2007 World Cup champions ground out a victory that consigned Wales to their third tournament semi-final defeat after previous losses in 2011 and 1987.
“It wasn’t our day but I’m still proud to pull this jersey on and represent all the people in this stadium,” said Wales captain Alun Wyn Jones, who was close to tears. The two teams played out a dreadful first half of rugby dominated by turgid setpiece, crash balls and aerial combat as both sides kicked the leather off the ball. There was none of the verve shown by England in their gripping 19-7 victory over New Zealand on Saturday, but the slowed rhythm suited the Springboks and their giant pack of forwards, reprising the tactics they also employed in their 26-3 quarter-final victory over Japan. Bok scrumhalf Faf de Klerk showed a spark of flamboyance at the very start of the game, darting down the shortside from a scrum and chipping ahead, George North just doing enough to cover on the bounce. But any glimmer of bright, attacking
rugby quickly faded amid a first quarter mired by never-ending scrum resets and poor kicking. When Justin Tipuric failed to roll away, Pollard stepped up and made no mistake with a simple first penalty, quickly neutralised by Dan Biggar when Willie Le Roux strayed offside, before the Bok flyhalf got his second after a Welsh scrum wheeled. Aerial ping-pong resumed, Wales scrumhalf Gareth Davies eventually spilling a ball to hand the Boks advantage, as the first ‘Mexican Wave’ rippled around the stadium on 25 minutes to rival the action on the pitch. Wales came pouring in at the side of a driving maul and Pollard made no mistake with his third penalty. Welsh woes continued as tighthead prop Tomas Francis, the most used player by Gatland since the last World Cup with 41 Tests played, injured his shoulder in a
tackle on Duane Vermeulen from the restart. One of Gareth Davies’ many box kicks almost brought success to the Welsh as Biggar fielded and offloaded to North, but the rare sortie into Bok territory was ended by a smart tap-tackle by the ubiquitous de Klerk. North, clutching a leg, followed Francis off the pitch as Biggar kicked his second penalty after Aaron Wainwright was taken out off the ball to make it 9-6 at halftime, both teams shuffling off the pitch in front of a subdued arena. Biggar levelled the scores with his third penalty early in the second period, before Damian de Allende finally broke the tryscoring deadlock. The Bok centre shrugged off a weak challenge by Biggar and fended off Owen Watkin and Tomos Williams for a fine individual five-pointer that Pollard converted. With 20 minutes to play Wales spurned a shot at goal to go for deep lineout. The maul was thwarted but the Welsh went through multiple phases and were eventually awarded another penalty in front of the posts, electing to go for the scrum. The bold decision, made to gasps from the crowd, paid off as Ross Moriarty managed to get the ball to Tomos Williams who fed Jonathan Davies, the centre’s instantaneous pass finding Josh Adams, who crossed in the corner for his sixth try of this World Cup. Halfpenny hit the conversion to put the scores level and with Wales suddenly in the ascendancy. Both Rhys Patchell and Pollard missed with ambitious drop-goal attempts before the latter kicked his crucial fourth penalty to eliminate Wales and set up a final against England on Saturday.
Upcoming Emperors Palace Charity Mile to be hosted in the South With just over a week to go to one of Gauteng’s most important horseracing events of the year, the Peermont Emperors Palace Charity Mile the all-important barrier draw for the race was held at Emperors Palace on Wednesday morning, October 23. Helping with the ballot was SuperSport anchorman, Neil Andrews of Lonehill who is one of the 16 well-known personalities who were paired at the draw with 16 top-class horse races for the benefit of 16 charities for the race which will be run at Turffontein Racecourse on Saturday, November 2. Pictured with Andrews, who will be hoping “Cascapedia” wins so that his charity Nageng Primary School can win the R150 000 first prize, is Peermont Human Resources Executive, Fihliwe Molefe (back middle) of Bryanston and the Palace of Dreams’ dancers, Tania Knoop (back left) of Fourways and Carmen Olympia (back right) of Beno-
ni who assisted with the draw. With this year’s Peermont Emperors Palace Charity Mile taking place on the same day as the Rugby World Cup final – Saturday, November 2 - the barrier draw for the popular Gauteng horse racing event, held at Emperors Palace on Wednesday morning, October 23, had a distinct rugby-feel to it. One of the 16 well-known personalities involved in the event, SuperSport presenter, Neil Andrews even got down to some “scrummaging” after the draw. He is pictured here “in action” with Emperors Palace’s Complex Operations Executive, Clive Tavener, Peermont Human Resources Executive, Fihliwe Molefe and Peermont Chief Operating Officer Gaming, Bob Yearham who all assisted with the draw. The Charity Mile annually sees 16 celebrities, paired with 16 top-class racehorses for the benefit of 16 charities at Turffontein Racecourse