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Gender parity, not “sex tape”, reason for sacking of chief whip that Chauke be axed this week. The Vhembe ANC region secreThe Vhembe ANC region has tary, Adv Anderson Mudunungu, opted to remove the controver- said that they had to consider the sial Chief Whip of the Collins issue of gender representation. At Chabane Municipality from his the local municipality, the senior position. Cllr Miyelani Chauke leadership is male dominated. was apparently removed on During the REC meeting, the Wednesday to restore the resolution was taken that the gender balance in the council’s position of Chief Whip should be senior executive, but many filled by a female councillor. believe the move may be about Mudunungu said that the the alleged “sex-tape” scandal decision was influenced by the or perhaps political hustling for sacking of mayors in June this positions. year, following the VBS saga, A week or so ago, the 17-second which caused an imbalance. He clip started doing the rounds, said that the mayor of the Collins allegedly depicting Chauke Chabane Municipality was a male having intercourse with a young and so was the Speaker. “As the woman. Chauke has vehemently ANC we have to appoint a female denied that he is the person in the in the position (of Chief Whip) to video, pointing out that he has balance the gender,” he said. distinguishable scars on his body, “The REC, in its wisdom, took which the person in the video the decision to allow the council clearly does not have. to approve the recommendaChauke also laid charges of tion to reshuffle or relieve the crimen injuria at the MalamuChief Whip with the intention of lele police station last week. He bringing stability to the municibelieves that this forms part of pality,” he said. He concluded by a smear campaign against him, saying that they were going to which is timed to be ahead of the appoint the new Chief Whip in upcoming elective conference in the municipality before the end of the party’s Vhembe region. the week. The ANC’s regional executive Cllr Miyelani Chauke was not committee (REC) recommended available for comment. By Kaizer Nengovhela
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Why end it this way? By Kaizer Nengovhela In what appears to be a suicide, a clerk stationed at the Waterval police station set himself alight in his house on Tuesday morning. The 46-year-old Mr Sonty Risimati Baloyi died in his five-room house at Waterval. From what could thus far be established, he locked himself inside the house before setting it on fire. News of the incident spread quickly, and later that day, people from surrounding areas were gathering at the scene. Friends and family members interviewed after the incident were puzzled as to why he would have taken his own life. Traumatised relatives cried uncontrollably when the sad news was broken to them. Residents who live nearby said that they only heard a big bang in the morning. “We could establish the direction it came from and that was why we did not take long to locate this place,” said a man who lives in the
Died: Sonty Baloyi.
area but preferred not to be named. A cousin of the deceased, Mr Petrus Baloyi, said the incident had caught them off guard. “It came as a shock to us, having to lose such an intelligent person like him. We are very sad,” he said. He said that Sonty had been living on his own in the house. A source very close to the deceased said he had spoken to him on Tuesday morning, but he had not shown any signs of stress. “We are still in shock and we cannot even figure out what had happened and what might have caused the incident,” he said. A member of the local SANCO branch, Mr Andy Munyai, said that they
Shocked family members at the scene.
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were saddened by the incident. “We were shocked to learn of the incident and, as community leaders, we want to encourage people to share their problems with people close to them or seek help from professionals to prevent such incidents.” Baloyi was described by many as a hard worker. “He was my pillar of strength, a man who was always ready to go the extra mile when it came to doing things for this community,” Munyai said. According to the spokesperson for the SAPS, Brig Motlafela Mojapelo, the circumstances leading to the tragedy are still sketchy. “We have opened an inquest,” said Mojapelo.
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