THE PAST 24 HOURS
1 Watch: Trump says #Transgender Policy seeks to ‘protect the country’
2 Caster Semenya nominated for IAAF Female World Athlete of the Year
3 Sagarmatha or virtual colonisation: It is time to set the record straight
4 #StateCaptureInquiry: I want to clear my name, says Ajay Gupta
5 Travelling Sharks up for WP challenge at hostile Newlands
PIERNEEF ‘GIVEN AWAY’
ANC SECRETARY-General Ace Magashule is at the centre of a criminal investigation into the disappearance of a Pierneef painting from the premier’s office in Bloemfontein.
The painting of the Golden Gate area went missing from the office during the period that Magashule was leaving office to take up his role as ANC secretarygeneral. The painting was apparently taken to the premier’s residence by mistake, and was allegedly given to his aide as a gift. | Own Correspondent
2 COPS RELEASED ON BAIL
TWO police officers charged for the murder of Tshwane University of Technology law student Katlego Monareng were released on bail yesterday.
They appeared in the Soshanguve Magistrate’s Court, north of Pretoria.
The officers – a captain and a constable – were arrested by the Independent Police Investigative Directorate on Monday for the August murder of Monareng.
They were released on R2 000 bail each, and the case was postponed until January 25.
| African News Agency (ANA)
SCORE FOR COMPACT
DSTV Compact customers will get to enjoy an even wider variety of football with the addition of Spanish league football.
Channel SuperSport 7 HD will be dedicated to La Liga and will go live on the Compact package today from 8am.
“The DStv Compact customer has evolved from being a local football purist into one who also shows appreciation for international football.
“It’s this appreciation and their loyalty that we’re rewarding by making La Liga available to them,” said SuperSport’s chief executive Gideon Khobane. | African News Agency (ANA)
WESTBURY BAIL ON ICE
THE bail application of three men arrested after the killing of Heather Petersen in Westbury in Johannesburg was postponed yesterday by the Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court to November 14.
Petersen was shot dead last month when she was caught in the crossfire of a gang shooting in Westbury.
A 10-year-old child she was walking with was injured.
The suspects remain in custody. | African News Agency (ANA)
PADDLING TO THE TOP
SOUTH African canoeist Sean Rice won the ninth edition of the International Canoe Federation (ICF) Breizh Ocean Race, from Locmariaquer to Quiberon in France, at the weekend.
The event took place in St Pierre Quiberon, where the 2019 world championships will be held.
Rice won the men’s event in 1:9:35, with Gordan Harbrecht of Germany second in 1:10:06.44 in an event that forms part of the ICF Ocean Racing World Cup. | African News Agency (ANA)
PRESS OMBUD RESIGNS
THE Press Council of South Africa announced yesterday that Press Ombud Johan Retief has resigned and will vacate the position early next year after more than nine years in office.
Retief said that the reason for his resignation was “purely personal”.
“After nine years in this position, I believe that I now owe it to myself to take a break, to move back to my Heimat, and to spend some quality time with my loved ones,” Retief said.
“I thank the Press Council for the opportunity to serve its worthy cause in this capacity,” he said.
| African News Agency (ANA)