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Seshego without water
JOHANNESBURG - Chaos has erupted at Ngoako Ramatlhodi community hall in Seshego, outside Polokwane, Limpopo, during an engagement session with Polokwane executive mayor John Mpe. Mpe is meeting with residents over water shortages in the area. Residents of Seshego and Polokwane have been without water for over four months. Last month, residents in Seshego blockaded the roads with burning tyres during the protest action. Residents have described the meeting with the executive mayor as a fruitless exercise.
Man charged with fraud
JOHANNESBURG - A Gauteng man has been charged with fraud after he allegedly faked his death, assumed a dead man’s identity, and lived ‘a low-key life’ along the picturesque Garden Route, where he was found on Tuesday - 23 years later.Robin Smith (67), was arrested along with his wife, Alice Abigail Boschoff (59). According to the Hawks, Smith assumed the identity of his father-in-law, Chris Boshoff, who died many years ago. Hawks Spokesperson, Captain Lloyd Ramovha, said the couple lived in Boksburg, Ekurhuleni at the time they ‘connived and faked Smith’s death’.
Woman shot in the head
DURBAN - A Durban woman has died after being shot in the head outside a popular takeaway chicken outlet in Bluff, south of Durban, on Wednesday night. A second person was wounded during the shooting. KwaZulu-Natal police Spokesperson Lt-Col Nqobile Gwala said the incident occurred at about 7.30pm. “Police found a woman with a gunshot wound in the head and a man sustained gunshot wounds to the right shoulder and left thigh. They were taken to hospital, where the 27-year-old woman succumbed to her wounds,” she said. “Charges of murder and attempted murder were opened for investigation. The motive of the killing is unknown.”
JOHANNESBURG - Workers affiliated to the Public Servants Association (PSA) embarked on a nationwide strike yesterday over wage increases and other demands, which include:
home owners’ allowance;
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filling of vacancies; and
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bursaries for children of PSA members.
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At least 200 000 members of the union, with the exception of essential workers, are expected to take to the streets.
Union members, who last received raises in 2019, are demanding a 6.5 per cent increase against the government’s three per cent offer, said to be effective this month.
“We cannot afford that our members are given three per cent because government is pleading poverty when the other State-owned companies like Eskom get a salary increase of seven per cent and the government is only poor when it comes to public servants,” said PSA labour relations manager John Teffo.
The PSA said the strike would have a serious affect on government departments, particularly Home Affairs, transport and border control.