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Police news Sept 11 2010
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Puzzling police news: a white woman is arrested for placing two threatening phone calls to non-strikers - but the SAPS ignore the aggressive, often offensively lewd black strikers who constantly threaten to kill teachers, doctors and nurses; the arsonist who started the mystery-fire at Kimberley hospital has not yet been arrested; 95,000 civil servants have been convicted or are facing charges for widespread benefits-fraud this year: and that does not include the municipal-level civil servants as yet; 110 on-duty cops died on the beat this reporting year but the Police Minister in the same breath, also ‘congratulates the community Police Forum for helping to fight crime”.
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110 on-duty SA cops died on the beat this year -
Three more SA cops died on the beat this year than the previous year - and community police forums were congratulated for fighting crime. "The number of police dying in the line of duty had increased from 107 to 110 in the 2009/2010 year. “
The announcement was made by the Minister of Police, Mr Nathi Mthethwa in Pretoria on 9 September 2010. In the same press release, he congratulated the Community Police Forum (CPF) and other civic organizations for their support and efforts in fighting crime. "We have always realized that fighting crime was never the sole responsibility of the police and the government is continuously working towards a safer society." He also spindoctored that it was ‘critical to remove elements in the criminal justice system who are engaged in various criminal activities and corruption. The police had managed to expose criminal networks operating within and out of these institutions without fear and favour." (view details below).
- "We are distressed by the untimely deaths of police. These are committed men and women who dedicated their lives to the noble cause of protecting our society and we shall remember their contribution."Captain S. Nono published the news release. Nono's tel is (012) 393 2040, cell 0729722237, email: Nonos@saps.org.za
http://www.sapsjournalonline.gov.za/dynamic/journal_dynamic.aspx?pageid=414&jid=24011
Confusing headline on SA Police journal website: "Killer-cop sentenced to life"
-- However the story has no relation to the headline at all. Instead it describes the hijacking of an unnamed 31-year-old woman who was hijacked in her drive way at Jim Fouche park, Welkom, FS.
- The story is as follows:
"A 31-year-old unnamed woman was hijacked on her driveway as she was locking the gate to leave for work at Jim Fouche Park in Welkom, in the Free State ( *A predominantly Afrikaans-language area- ed) The incident occurred on 03 August 2010 at approximately 08:10. It is alleged that two unknown suspects pointed at the victim with a firearm and demanded her car keys. The suspects drove away, but approx 600m away from the crime scene the vehicle's anti-hijack system went on and the motor vehicle stopped. The two suspects got out of the motor vehicle and fled in a blue Toyota Cressida. The police found the motor vehicle abandoned in Volks Road near the fire brigades offices. No one was arrested and the police are still looking for the suspects. The victim identified one of the suspects and an identikit of the suspect was compiled. The suspect is between the age of 20 and 25, about 1.70m tall, slender with big eyes and had a light moustache.Anyone with information that could assist the police in tracing the suspects, can contact Detective W/O Neville Wessels of Welkom SAPS on 057 391 6268 or 082 928 2422.”The story was filed by Sergeant MC. Mophiring Tele (051) 5076521, 0795284784 Email mothibelip@saps.org.za
http://www.sapsjournalonline.gov.za/dynamic/journal_dynamic.aspx?pageid=414&jid=23904
Fiona Kotze, 42, gets suspended sentence for placing two intimidating phone calls to non-strikers:
- Strikers responsible for potentially deadly fires and hospital deaths ignored by SAPS
On Wednesday 1 September 2010 Mrs Fiona Kotze, a 42-year-old woman from the Bluff area, in KwaZulu-Natal was found guilty on two counts of intimidation and sentenced to four years imprisonment suspended for five years.
Picture left: protesting black teachers stopped doctors and nurses from attending their patients at the hospital gates during the civil-servants’ strike – leading to the deaths of at least twelve patients, including newborn infants and women in labour.None of these strikers were arrested or charged – although they were creating life-threatening situations for tens of thousands of helpless patients in government hospitals .
Police investigated the case and Fiona Kotze handed herself to the police and was arrested on 31 August 2010. Kotze, an employee of the Department of Education working at a primary school in the Bluff area, was found guilty of making two threatening telephone phone calls to a non-striking public servant. When the public service strike began three weeks ago, government issued a strong warning to all citizens to refrain from resorting to intimidation, violence, destruction of property and making inflammatory remarks. The first call was made on 24 August 2010 when an employee of the Bluff Medical Centre in Lighthouse Road, Brighton Beach, received an anonymous call in which a demand and a threat was made that the Medical Centre must be closed. The second call was made on 29 August 2010 which resulted in the principal of the Glen Ardle School being threatened that the school should close or risk being burnt down. Although the accused will not serve time in prison due to the suspension of the sentence, should she commit this crime again she could certainly face incarceration.Ironically, the Minister of Police, Nathi Mthethwa this past Sunday while addressing a community gathering in eShongweni, reiterated that the criminal justice system will ensure those who fuel anarchy during strikes will be apprehended and punitive measures taken against them. "We made a gentle appeal to society, particularly the striking and non-striking workers to respect the rule of law but it would seem, others like Kotze ignored our clarion call," he stated."While the South African Police Service recognizes and respects citizens' right to strike, it does not condone any form of violent conduct, intimidation and vulgarity. "If people assume that we are merely in the business of screaming from roof tops when we say we shall be tough on any criminal behavior, they are so mistaken. We once again wish to reiterate that no person has the right to take the law into their own hands under the disguise of a right to strike," concluded Minister Mthethwa. The National Police Commissioner, General Bheki Cele also warned that swift and decisive action will continue to be taken against any perpetrators. "This speedy arrest, conviction and sentence should serve as a warning to others that the criminal justice system will not tolerate any form of intimidation against those who intend to uphold their calling and serve the community," he stated.Mr Z. Mnisi, 082 045 4024
http://www.sapsjournalonline.gov.za/dynamic/journal_dynamic.aspx?pageid=414&jid=23933
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Kimberley hospital torched, – nobody arrested
KIMBERLEY, South Africa. September 4 2010 -- Arson is being investigated by the SAPS North Cape after a mysterious fire broke out in the Kimberley Hospital ‘s linen-room at the start of the civil-servants national strike. Spokesman Gamieldin said the fire “suddenly erupted” at 18.30 on Tuesday – and patients had to be evacuated from the fourth and fifth floor. One worker was treated for smoke-inhalation. Nobody was arrested for this act either. http://www.nuus24.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Brand-breek-uit-by-Kimberley-hospitaal-20100901
15,000 civil servants, 900 SAPS-officials convicted for benefits-frauds: another 80,000 face similar charges…
Sept 11 2010 - Johannesburg – More than 900 SAPS-officials have been found guilty of benefits-fraud – caught in the act by the Special Investigations Unit thus far this year, reports Jacques Pauw reports in Volksblad.
And that’s just the tip of the iceberg: a total of 95,000 of the 1-million civil servants in South Africa this year face internal hearings for defrauding the state out of billions of Rands worth of benefits on provincial and national level. And an investigation of civil-servants’ fraud at the municipal level still has to be launched…
Volksblad quoted Willie Hofmeyr, head of the SIU – who also warned that thus far they had only investigated benefits-frauds amongst the provincial- and national-level civil servants. They are now expanding their work to municipal level.
Nearly none of these fraudulent SAPS officials except in the Western Cape have however thus far lost their jobs or even been suspended after their convictions: although some 300 of the defrauding cops underwent ‘internal discliplinary measures or received written notifications” that they would be fired within six months if they were ever caught receiving illegal benefits again, writes Jacques Pauw.
Benefits-fraud is widespread not only amongst the SAPS but throughout the civil service: thus far this year, more some 15,000 SA government officials were found guilty of receiving welfare-benefits illegally although they also received salaries from the State -- and another 80,000 civil servants are facing similar charges.
A particularly ‘sensitive’ investigation is also ongoing in the ‘vast network of crime-syndicates and doctors which help government officials obtain illegal disability benefits with false documentation”, says Hofmeyr.
Most of the convicted 15,000 government officials agreed to plea-bargain arrangements with the national prosecuting authority (NPA), were given suspended sentences and arranged to pay back the stolen benefits-money to the state – with interest.
1,1910 civil servants arrested for R2-billion housing-benefits frauds:
Hofmeyr also confirmed that they were still investigating and prosecuting frauds in housing-allowances to the tune of some R2-billion – and that they had already recovered R40-million and arrested 1,1910 civil servants. Hofmeyr said his unit recently handed over another 945 ‘discliplinary cases’ to the SAPS and some 10,000 cases to other departments on the national and provincial level. They are now expanding their investigations to the municipal level.
SAPS: ‘only 350 members committed benefits-fraud – and they keep their jobs’:
The claim that 900 SAPS-officials were convicted for defrauding the state out of illegal benefit-payments, was denied by SAPS spokesman colonel Vishnu Naidoo. He said the SAPS ‘is only aware of some 350 people in our employment who committed fraud. Their internal discliplinary trials have been completed, they received warnings and they still work for the SAPS,’ he said.
Tens of thousands of convicted civil-servant benefit-fraudsters keep their jobs:
- Senior researcher at the Institute for Security Studies, dr. Johan Burger, asked to comment, said it was ‘unacceptable’ that police officials who were convicted of fraud, were still allowed to remain in the SAPS service. “The norm has always been that any official found guilty of such fraud-officials,or who were convicted of theft, were considered unfit for police service.’
He said it appears as if a ‘culture of condonement of corruption’ has crept into the civil service and this does not augur well for the future.’ The convicted government-officials illegally received benefits such as for child-benefit payments, care-payments, old-age pensions without being qualified for them. “They made false sworn statements and were in possession of fraudulent identity documents and birth certificates. Others bribed officials in various government departments to help them get these benefits,’ he pointed out.
Hofmeyr said this is just the tip of the iceberg: his independent unit has thus far only investigated illegal benefit-payments ‘on national and provincial level’. They still have to expand their probe to municipal officials – and their statistic of 96,000 defrauding civil servants thus could still grow considerably.
Burger said “corruption is an infection which just gets worse and worse. And how can one say that you want to wipe out corruption, but still allow convicted, corrupt officials to keep their government jobs?”
The Free State Education Department, also confirmed this pattern of condonement, noting that that they had taken steps against 184 civil servants, that all had merely received ‘final discliplinary warnings’ but were still keeping their jobs.
The Western Cape Health and Education Departments are the exception:, 344 officials received warnings in the education department after their fraud-convictions and 188 officials in the health department. Teachers who were found guilty of such offences either were fired outright; or warned and fined between R2,000 and R8,000 each, said their spokesman.
Hofmeyr also confirmed that the SIU was still busy with ‘very sensitive’ investigations against officials who were suspected of involvement in disability-benefits frauds – pointing out that much more money was involved in this kind of fraud than in the average welfare-benefits frauds. The disability-benefit frauds involve a vast network of corrupt physicians and crime-syndicates, he pointed out. - Volksblad http://www.nuus24.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Bedrog-in-polisie-20100911
Pretoria metrocops stop white motorists, humilate them sexually, demand bribes:
Facebook members warn that they are stopped in road-blocks,ordered to offload everything in
their cars... and sexually taunted, humilated. Sign up for the Policing the Police service at Eblockwatch to protect yourself!...http://www.eblockwat...ch.co.za/
East London citizen-crime fighters arrest 23 suspects, haul of illegal weapons:
Sept 7 2010 - The "East London Needs Camp Sector Crime Forum" arrested 23 suspects, recovered stolen corrugated iron and seized dangerous weapons. The operation started on Friday, 27 August 2010, and was led by Sergeant Vuyisile Slatsha a sector manager of the area, with a team of members from the Community Sector Forum.
Pictured left is -- what is being described by the SAPS news release -- ‘as the biggest haul made over a long period in the area”.
“The team followed up on leads and concentrated on shebeens and known hot spots. Some of the suspects were arrested in possession of petrol and it is suspected that it was going to be used in burning property.
“The area is known for violent crimes like rape, murder and gang-related crimes, and this success is going to make a huge difference. The sector Crime Forum is operating under the umbrella of the Needs Camp East London Community Policing Forum and the Chairperson is Mr Dan Njobe who is very active in fighting crime in this community.The suspects, aged between 23 and 25, are to appear on charges of burglary and theft, assault on police officers and possession of dangerous weapons.”
- Lt Col M R. Tana, tel (043) 7090529; cellphone: 0823017593, email: elareacommunic@saps.org.za http://www.sapsjournalonline.gov.za/dynamic/journal_dynamic.aspx?pageid=414&jid=23888
Police news Sept 11 2010
110 on-duty SA cops died on the beat this year -
Three more SA cops died on the beat this year than the previous year - and community police forums were congratulated for fighting crime. "The number of police dying in the line of duty had increased from 107 to 110 in the 2009/2010 year. “ The announcement was made by the Minister of Police, Mr Nathi Mthethwa in Pretoria on 9 September 2010. In the same press release, he congratulated the Community Police Forum (CPF) and other civic organizations for their support and efforts in fighting crime. "We have always realized that fighting crime was never the sole responsibility of the police and the government is continuously working towards a safer society." He also spindoctored that it was ‘critical to remove elements in the criminal justice system who are engaged in various criminal activities and corruption. The police had managed to expose criminal networks operating within and out of these institutions without fear and favour." (view details below).
- "We are distressed by the untimely deaths of police. These are committed men and women who dedicated their lives to the noble cause of protecting our society and we shall remember their contribution."Captain S. Nono published the news release. Nono's tel is (012) 393 2040, cell 0729722237, email: Nonos@saps.org.za
http://www.sapsjournalonline.gov.za/dynamic/journal_dynamic.aspx?pageid=414&jid=24011
Confusing headline on SA Police journal website: "Killer-cop sentenced to life"
-- However the story has no relation to the headline at all. Instead it describes the hijacking of an unnamed 31-year-old woman who was hijacked in her drive way at Jim Fouche park, Welkom, FS.
- The story is as follows:
"A 31-year-old unnamed woman was hijacked on her driveway as she was locking the gate to leave for work at Jim Fouche Park in Welkom, in the Free State ( *A predominantly Afrikaans-language area- ed) The incident occurred on 03 August 2010 at approximately 08:10. It is alleged that two unknown suspects pointed at the victim with a firearm and demanded her car keys. The suspects drove away, but approx 600m away from the crime scene the vehicle's anti-hijack system went on and the motor vehicle stopped. The two suspects got out of the motor vehicle and fled in a blue Toyota Cressida. The police found the motor vehicle abandoned in Volks Road near the fire brigades offices. No one was arrested and the police are still looking for the suspects. The victim identified one of the suspects and an identikit of the suspect was compiled. The suspect is between the age of 20 and 25, about 1.70m tall, slender with big eyes and had a light moustache.Anyone with information that could assist the police in tracing the suspects, can contact Detective W/O Neville Wessels of Welkom SAPS on 057 391 6268 or 082 928 2422.”The story was filed by Sergeant MC. Mophiring Tele (051) 5076521, 0795284784 Email mothibelip@saps.org.za
http://www.sapsjournalonline.gov.za/dynamic/journal_dynamic.aspx?pageid=414&jid=23904
Fiona Kotze, 42, gets suspended sentence for placing two intimidating phone calls to non-strikers:
- Strikers responsible for potentially deadly fires and hospital deaths ignored by SAPS
On Wednesday 1 September 2010 Mrs Fiona Kotze, a 42-year-old woman from the Bluff area, in KwaZulu-Natal was found guilty on two counts of intimidation and sentenced to four years imprisonment suspended for five years.
Picture left: protesting black teachers stopped doctors and nurses from attending their patients at the hospital gates during the civil-servants’ strike – leading to the deaths of at least twelve patients, including newborn infants and women in labour.None of these strikers were arrested or charged – although they were creating life-threatening situations for tens of thousands of helpless patients in government hospitals over the past three years.
Police investigated the case and Fiona Kotze handed herself to the police and was arrested on 31 August 2010. Kotze, an employee of the Department of Education working at a primary school in the Bluff area, was found guilty of making two threatening telephone phone calls to a non-striking public servant. When the public service strike began three weeks ago, government issued a strong warning to all citizens to refrain from resorting to intimidation, violence, destruction of property and making inflammatory remarks. The first call was made on 24 August 2010 when an employee of the Bluff Medical Centre in Lighthouse Road, Brighton Beach, received an anonymous call in which a demand and a threat was made that the Medical Centre must be closed. The second call was made on 29 August 2010 which resulted in the principal of the Glen Ardle School being threatened that the school should close or risk being burnt down. Although the accused will not serve time in prison due to the suspension of the sentence, should she commit this crime again she could certainly face incarceration.Ironically, the Minister of Police, Nathi Mthethwa this past Sunday while addressing a community gathering in eShongweni, reiterated that the criminal justice system will ensure those who fuel anarchy during strikes will be apprehended and punitive measures taken against them. "We made a gentle appeal to society, particularly the striking and non-striking workers to respect the rule of law but it would seem, others like Kotze ignored our clarion call," he stated."While the South African Police Service recognizes and respects citizens' right to strike, it does not condone any form of violent conduct, intimidation and vulgarity. "If people assume that we are merely in the business of screaming from roof tops when we say we shall be tough on any criminal behavior, they are so mistaken. We once again wish to reiterate that no person has the right to take the law into their own hands under the disguise of a right to strike," concluded Minister Mthethwa. The National Police Commissioner, General Bheki Cele also warned that swift and decisive action will continue to be taken against any perpetrators. "This speedy arrest, conviction and sentence should serve as a warning to others that the criminal justice system will not tolerate any form of intimidation against those who intend to uphold their calling and serve the community," he stated.Mr Z. Mnisi, 082 045 4024
http://www.sapsjournalonline.gov.za/dynamic/journal_dynamic.aspx?pageid=414&jid=23933
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Kimberley hospital torched, – nobody arrested
KIMBERLEY, South Africa. September 4 2010 -- Arson is being investigated by the SAPS North Cape after a mysterious fire broke out in the Kimberley Hospital ‘s linen-room at the start of the civil-servants national strike. Spokesman Gamieldin said the fire “suddenly erupted” at 18.30 on Tuesday – and patients had to be evacuated from the fourth and fifth floor. One worker was treated for smoke-inhalation. Nobody was arrested for this act either. http://www.nuus24.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Brand-breek-uit-by-Kimberley-hospitaal-20100901
15,000 civil servants, 900 SAPS-officials convicted for benefits-frauds: another 80,000 face similar charges…
Sept 11 2010 - Johannesburg – More than 900 SAPS-officials have been found guilty of benefits-fraud – caught in the act by the Special Investigations Unit thus far this year, reports Jacques Pauw reports in Volksblad.
And that’s just the tip of the iceberg: a total of 95,000 of the 1-million civil servants in South Africa this year face internal hearings for defrauding the state out of billions of Rands worth of benefits on provincial and national level. And an investigation of civil-servants’ fraud at the municipal level still has to be launched…
Volksblad quoted Willie Hofmeyr, head of the SIU – who also warned that thus far they had only investigated benefits-frauds amongst the provincial- and national-level civil servants. They are now expanding their work to municipal level.
Nearly none of these fraudulent SAPS officials except in the Western Cape have however thus far lost their jobs or even been suspended after their convictions: although some 300 of the defrauding cops underwent ‘internal discliplinary measures or received written notifications” that they would be fired within six months if they were ever caught receiving illegal benefits again, writes Jacques Pauw.
Benefits-fraud is widespread not only amongst the SAPS but throughout the civil service: thus far this year, more some 15,000 SA government officials were found guilty of receiving welfare-benefits illegally although they also received salaries from the State -- and another 80,000 civil servants are facing similar charges.
A particularly ‘sensitive’ investigation is also ongoing in the ‘vast network of crime-syndicates and doctors which help government officials obtain illegal disability benefits with false documentation”, says Hofmeyr.
Most of the convicted 15,000 government officials agreed to plea-bargain arrangements with the national prosecuting authority (NPA), were given suspended sentences and arranged to pay back the stolen benefits-money to the state – with interest.
1,1910 civil servants arrested for R2-billion housing-benefits frauds:
Hofmeyr also confirmed that they were still investigating and prosecuting frauds in housing-allowances to the tune of some R2-billion – and that they had already recovered R40-million and arrested 1,1910 civil servants. Hofmeyr said his unit recently handed over another 945 ‘discliplinary cases’ to the SAPS and some 10,000 cases to other departments on the national and provincial level. They are now expanding their investigations to the municipal level.
SAPS: ‘only 350 members committed benefits-fraud – and they keep their jobs’:
The claim that 900 SAPS-officials were convicted for defrauding the state out of illegal benefit-payments, was denied by SAPS spokesman colonel Vishnu Naidoo. He said the SAPS ‘is only aware of some 350 people in our employment who committed fraud. Their internal discliplinary trials have been completed, they received warnings and they still work for the SAPS,’ he said.
Tens of thousands of convicted civil-servant benefit-fraudsters keep their jobs:
- Senior researcher at the Institute for Security Studies, dr. Johan Burger, asked to comment, said it was ‘unacceptable’ that police officials who were convicted of fraud, were still allowed to remain in the SAPS service. “The norm has always been that any official found guilty of such fraud-officials,or who were convicted of theft, were considered unfit for police service.’
He said it appears as if a ‘culture of condonement of corruption’ has crept into the civil service and this does not augur well for the future.’ The convicted government-officials illegally received benefits such as for child-benefit payments, care-payments, old-age pensions without being qualified for them. “They made false sworn statements and were in possession of fraudulent identity documents and birth certificates. Others bribed officials in various government departments to help them get these benefits,’ he pointed out.
Hofmeyr said this is just the tip of the iceberg: his independent unit has thus far only investigated illegal benefit-payments ‘on national and provincial level’. They still have to expand their probe to municipal officials – and their statistic of 96,000 defrauding civil servants thus could still grow considerably.
Burger said “corruption is an infection which just gets worse and worse. And how can one say that you want to wipe out corruption, but still allow convicted, corrupt officials to keep their government jobs?”
The Free State Education Department, also confirmed this pattern of condonement, noting that that they had taken steps against 184 civil servants, that all had merely received ‘final discliplinary warnings’ but were still keeping their jobs.
The Western Cape Health and Education Departments are the exception:, 344 officials received warnings in the education department after their fraud-convictions and 188 officials in the health department. Teachers who were found guilty of such offences either were fired outright; or warned and fined between R2,000 and R8,000 each, said their spokesman.
Hofmeyr also confirmed that the SIU was still busy with ‘very sensitive’ investigations against officials who were suspected of involvement in disability-benefits frauds – pointing out that much more money was involved in this kind of fraud than in the average welfare-benefits frauds. The disability-benefit frauds involve a vast network of corrupt physicians and crime-syndicates, he pointed out. - Volksblad http://www.nuus24.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Bedrog-in-polisie-20100911
Pretoria metrocops stop white motorists, humilate them sexually, demand bribes:
Facebook members warn that they are stopped in road-blocks,ordered to offload everything in
their cars... and sexually taunted, humilated. Sign up for the Policing the Police service at Eblockwatch to protect yourself!...http://www.eblockwat...ch.co.za/
East London citizen-crime fighters arrest 23 suspects, haul of illegal weapons:
Sept 7 2010 - The "East London Needs Camp Sector Crime Forum" arrested 23 suspects, recovered stolen corrugated iron and seized dangerous weapons. The operation started on Friday, 27 August 2010, and was led by Sergeant Vuyisile Slatsha a sector manager of the area, with a team of members from the Community Sector Forum.
Pictured left is -- what is being described by the SAPS news release -- ‘as the biggest haul made over a long period in the area”.
“The team followed up on leads and concentrated on shebeens and known hot spots. Some of the suspects were arrested in possession of petrol and it is suspected that it was going to be used in burning property.
“The area is known for violent crimes like rape, murder and gang-related crimes, and this success is going to make a huge difference. The sector Crime Forum is operating under the umbrella of the Needs Camp East London Community Policing Forum and the Chairperson is Mr Dan Njobe who is very active in fighting crime in this community.The suspects, aged between 23 and 25, are to appear on charges of burglary and theft, assault on police officers and possession of dangerous weapons.”
- Lt Col M R. Tana, tel (043) 7090529; cellphone: 0823017593, email: elareacommunic@saps.org.za http://www.sapsjournalonline.gov.za/dynamic/journal_dynamic.aspx?pageid=414&jid=23888
Thousands of black pupils attack Afrikaans schools
Many thousands of black pupils marched on Afrikaans high schools in Parys and Senekal FS during exams; trample fencing … demand ‘25% free points’ before sitting exams…
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PARYS, FREE STATE – September 10 2010 - Hundreds of black schoolchildren from the Tumahole township school in Parys went on riot today and started marching towards the so-named ‘Parys High school old model C school”- the Afrikaans-language high school for Afrikaans-speaking pupils (of all races).
Initially the crowd started at around 300 people but rapidly grew to 3,000, including many armed adults and members of the ANC-alligned COSAS student movement.
The local SAPS stopped the marchers on the way and drove them back with rubber bullets and pepperspray. Seventy-three protestors were “arrested’ and released again just down the road.
The black pupils, egged on by students from the Congress of SA Students organisation (COSAS, left, their facebook administrator Mosa Phoshane-Pakade, administrator of Congress of SA Students’ Facebook page: dsrupted exams at 17 schools including the Parys and Senekal Afrikaans High Schools “because their pupils refuse to join the riots’. The 3,000 protesting Tumahole township pupils demanded that before sitting their exams, they first want an extra 25% points added to their examination results.
Tumahole has always had a large activist-group of students and pupils: on July 17 this year, addressing ‘hordes of attendants’, the Free State premier Ace Magashule and the ANC provincial chairman also whipped the pupils of Tumahole into a frenzy when praising their ‘activism during apartheid’ .
The drama started Thursday when matric-pupils tore up their exam-papers, insisting on 25% ‘free points’ before they would write them. A total of 19 schools were attacked by strikers and the pupils’ examinations were interrupted across the entire Free State said health department spokesman Howard Ndaba.
In Senekal several thousand pupils from three black schools aggressively trampled down the fence of the Paul Erasmus Afrikaans school, said head Jacques Bradford.
“My children write exams and these protesting kids were standing outside, screaming and singing slogans and interfering in their concentration’, he said. The Afrikaans pupils were also threatened with violence if they didn’t stay away from school next week. The university student organisation COSAS had all week been sweeping up the pupils up to demand the 25% “free points’. http://www.nuus24.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/73-oproerige-leerlinge-vas-20100911
- Picture: Mosa Phoshane-Pakade, administrator of Congress of SA Students’ Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1524988216#!/mosap
- http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1524988216#!/group.php?gid=64122969939&ref=ts
- http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1524988216#!/photo.php?pid=415178&fbid=1150520241930&op=1&o=global&view=global&subj=64122969939&id=1195341850
Can you believe this abuse of the English language by supposedly well-educated ‘students’?
- Macnetic Thane - are Vaal Campus of the university of north west well consciountised? http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=580806001#!/group.php?gid=153354635389&v=wall&ref=search
- Gopzito Rantao Yo pupilz we nid 2 tk action coz nw diz teachaz we computaz.dy cnt xpct us 2 ryt acc n mathz on da same day.we cnt b faced wit their repacationz itz highly unexeptable.oh n ya we nid 2 demand 25% ya mahala b4 we sit 4 our finalz.dam i h8 diz http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1524988216#!/group.php?gid=64122969939&v=wall&ref=search
- Translation attempt: Yo pupils we need to take action because now the teachers we (?) cannot expect us to write exams on maths and accountancy on the same day. We cannot be faced with their (?) it is highly unacceptable. O and yes we need to demand 25% free points because we sit for of our final examinations in 8 hours.
Crime reports, Sept 11 2010
Summary: Marianne Hopkins was found murdered in her bathtub in Stellenbosch; Afrikaner families attacked in Piet Retief and Amsterdam in Mpumalanga; and some 95,000 defrauding civil servants, including 900 SAPS-members convicted of fraudulently getting state-benefits - still kept on in their jobs…
Marianne Hopkins, 47, mom of four, tied up, strangled in bath, Stellenbosch.
2010-09-10 Stellenbosch – Afrikaans matric-pupil Nina-Sue Hopkins, 18, found her tied-up, murdered mom Marianne, 47, (picture) floating in the bathtub --
just after the teen had arrived home from writing a maths-exam on Friday Sept 10 2010.
2010-09-10 Stellenbosch – Afrikaans matric-pupil Nina-Sue Hopkins, 18, found her murdered mom Marianne Hopkins, 47, tied up, strangled and floating in the bathtub -- just after the teen arrived home from writing a maths-exam on Friday Sept10 2010.
Journalist Ilse Krige reports in Die Burger newspaper that the terrified teenager's screams reportedly echoed throughout the high-security housing complex De Boord as she cried: “My ma is dood! My ma is dood! Kom gou!” (My mom is dead, please come quickly).
The pupil at the Afrikaans Girl's High School Bloemhof made the traumatic discovery at around 11:45am. Her mother's lifeless body reportedly was floating in the bathtub, which was filled to the brim. The woman's hands and feet were tied. The SAPS said their initial impression was that she had been strangled.
The distraught teen’s first call was to her friend Marli, 18 and her mother Grethe Schoonraad, 47, reports Krige. Mrs Schoonraad rushed to the Hopkins home and described the murder scene at Nr 24 Rhodes Street North to the journalist. "It was horrific. It just could not be true'...Upset neighbours, friends and family members quickly gathered behind the police barrier, including the youngest child Anne-May (10), a pupil at the Eikestad primary school. Reneé and Nina-Sue had to tell the bad news of her mother's dead to the little girl. The murdered woman's mother Reneé Carinus was so shocked that she sank to her knees at the entrance of the high-security housing complex and beat at the grass with her handbag, reports Die Burger.
Marianne Hopkins' son Billy, 24, who was on a trip in Durban, took the next flight home and the children also were still trying to trace their divorced father Vince, who lives with his son Billy outside Stellenbosch on a farm, but had gone on a fishing trip in Namibia.
SAPS capt Rene Matthee said Nina-Sue (left, being consoled by a male friend), had rung the front-door bell upon her return from school, but did not get any response from her mom. The girl, noticing that the dogs were locked up inside a room, ran to the backdoor which was ajar. The teen ran upstairs, noticed that all the rooms were in disarray - and then found her mother's body in the bathroom and raised the alarm.
The family car, a silver-grey BMW, reg. nr CL 43169, is missing. The investigating officer was w/o Nicky Steyn at tel. 082 684 4370.
The initial brief examination of the murdered woman have the SAPS believing that she may have been strangled, but this will have to be confirmed with the usual post-mortem examination by a police-forensics expert.
Capt Matthee confirmed that there had been 'several breakins' in the region recently. Die Burger also reported an armed attack against the local Spar supermarket during which its manager was kidnapped. http://www.nuus24.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Ma-van-vier-tuis-in-bad-vermoor-20100911
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Black youths attack Afrikaner families in Amsterdam and Piet Retief, East Transvaal/Mpumalanga:
Marlene Strydom Boshoff writes on the Facebook page of Afriforum:
Sept 11 2010 – My mother’s sister Brencia Truter was attacked on Monday-morning just after her husband had left for work, inside her home in Amsterdam, East Transvaal/Mpumalanga. Two young black men attacked and assaulted her and held her at knife-point. Their only interests were weapons and money. She opened the gun-safe and handed them the gun and the little bit of money they had. That same day another woman was attacked in Amsterdam and similar attacks have also been reported in Piet Retief. http://www.facebook.com/pages/Censorbugbear-Reports/116752351671946#!/profile.php?id=100000418115549&v=info
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15,000 civil servants, 900 SAPS-officials convicted for benefits-frauds: another 80,000 face similar charges…
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Institute of Security Studies: ‘Convicted civil-servant benefit-fraudsters still keep their jobs…’
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Sept 11 2010 - Johannesburg – More than 900 SAPS-officials have been found guilty of benefits-fraud – caught in the act by the Special Investigations Unit thus far this year, reports Jacques Pauw reports in Volksblad.
And that’s just the tip of the iceberg: a total of 95,000 of the 1-million civil servants in South Africa this year face internal hearings for defrauding the state out of billions of Rands worth of benefits on provincial and national level.
Volksblad quoted Willie Hofmeyr, head of the SIU – who also warned that thus far they had only investigated benefits-frauds amongst the provincial- and national-level civil servants. They are now expanding their work to municipal level.
Nearly none of these fraudulent SAPS officials except in the Western Cape have however thus far lost their jobs or even been suspended after their convictions: although some 300 of the defrauding cops underwent ‘internal discliplinary measures or received written notifications” that they would be fired within six months if they were ever caught receiving illegal benefits again, writes Jacques Pauw.
Benefits-fraud is widespread not only amongst the SAPS but throughout the civil service: thus far this year, more some 15,000 SA government officials were found guilty of receiving welfare-benefits illegally although they also received salaries from the State -- and another 80,000 civil servants are facing similar charges.
A particularly ‘sensitive’ investigation is also ongoing in the ‘vast network of crime-syndicates and doctors which help government officials obtain illegal disability benefits with false documentation”, says Hofmeyr.
Most of the convicted 15,000 government officials agreed to plea-bargain arrangements with the national prosecuting authority (NPA), were given suspended sentences and arranged to pay back the stolen benefits-money to the state – with interest.
1,1910 civil servants arrested for R2-billion housing-benefits frauds:
Hofmeyr also confirmed that they were still investigating and prosecuting frauds in housing-allowances to the tune of some R2-billion – and that they had already recovered R40-million and arrested 1,1910 civil servants.
- Hofmeyr said his unit recently handed over another 945 ‘discliplinary cases’ to the SAPS and some 10,000 cases to other departments on the national and provincial level. They are expanding their investigations to the municipal level
SAPS: ‘only 350 members committed benefits-fraud – and they keep their jobs’:
The claim that 900 SAPS-officials were convicted for defrauding the state out of illegal benefit-payments, was denied by SAPS spokesman colonel Vishnu Naidoo. He said the SAPS ‘is only aware of some 350 people in our employment who committed fraud. Their internal discliplinary trials have been completed, they received warnings and they still work for the SAPS,’ he said.
Tens of thousands of convicted civil-servant benefit-fraudsters keep their jobs:
Senior researcher at the Institute for Security Studies, dr. Johan Burger, asked to comment, said it was ‘unacceptable’ that police officials who were convicted of fraud, were still allowed to remain in the SAPS service. “The norm has always been that any official found guilty of such fraud-officials,or who were convicted of theft, were considered unfit for police service.’
He said it appears as if a ‘culture of condonement of corruption’ has crept into the civil service and this does not augur well for the future.’ The convicted government-officials illegally received benefits such as for child-benefit payments, care-payments, old-age pensions without being qualified for them. “They made false sworn statements and were in possession of fraudulent identity documents and birth certificates. Others bribed officials in various government departments to help them get these benefits,’ he pointed out.
Hofmeyr said this is just the tip of the iceberg: his independent unit has thus far only investigated illegal benefit-payments ‘on national and provincial level’. They still have to expand their probe to municipal officials – and their statistic of 96,000 defrauding civil servants thus could still grow considerably.
Burger said “corruption is an infection which just gets worse and worse. And how can one say that you want to wipe out corruption, but still allow convicted, corrupt officials to keep their government jobs?”
The Free State Education Department, also confirmed this pattern of condonement, noting that that they had taken steps against 184 civil servants, that all had merely received ‘final discliplinary warnings’ but were still keeping their jobs.
The Western Cape Health and Education Departments are the exception:, 344 officials received warnings in the education department after their fraud-convictions and 188 officials in the health department. Teachers who were found guilty of such offences either were fired outright; or warned and fined between R2,000 and R8,000 each, said their spokesman.
Hofmeyr also confirmed that the SIU was still busy with ‘very sensitive’ investigations against officials who were suspected of involvement in disability-benefits frauds – pointing out that much more money was involved in this kind of fraud than in the average welfare-benefits frauds. The disability-benefit frauds involve a vast network of corrupt physicians and crime-syndicates, he pointed out. - Volksblad http://www.nuus24.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Bedrog-in-polisie-20100911