The father of Orlando Pirates defender Siyabonga Sangweni has been shot, allegedly by one of his children, the soccer club's administrator said on Friday.



"It was not Siyabonga, it was one of his siblings," Floyd Mbele said.

Which sibling it was, and the motive for the shooting, were still unclear. It was also not known whether the father was killed or wounded. Mbele would not give further details.

Siyanbonga, 31, has two brothers who play for clubs in the Premier Soccer League. Thamsanqa Sangweni, 24, plays for Mamelodi Sundowns, and Mandla Sangweni, 26, is goalkeeper for AmaZulu.

Which sibling did it and why? We shall soon know... Hopefully!

Source: Sowetan

Christmas is a time where we spend time with our loved one and enjoy their company, share laughter's...

Diva's Wish, wishes you a very Merry Christmas. Enjoy

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The shoplifting case against former Generations actress Maggie Benedict has been postponed to January 28 after she appeared briefly in the Randburg Magistrates’ court today.

Benedict, who played Akhona in the SABC1 soapie, was released on a warning last night after spending a few hours in the Linden Police Station’s holding cells.

She was arrested after allegedly stealing a R17.90 packet of Panado tablets at Checkers in Joburg’s Cresta mall yesterday.

Dressed in a gold and black doek, black skirt, white T-shirt and black sweater and brown boots, Benedict eyed press photographers and members of the public who snapped pictures of her with their iPads and cellphones from the gallery.

She occasionally chatted to a woman who accompanied her to court and her lawyer, Kaiser Jonathan.

The court postponed the case to January 28 when Jonathan asked it to do so to afford his client time to make representations.

When the case was adjourned, Benedict walked into an empty court room in an attempt to evade scores of journalists who had gathered outside to try and get comment from her.

A man who introduced himself as her brother closed the door and guarded it to prevent journalists from talking to her.

He refused to answer any questions.

Jonathan told journalists that Benedict would be acquitted before the matter could even go to trial as the charge levelled against her was “preposterous”.

I would expect Zodwa to do such things but awu Akona never saw that coming now did you?? But khe  the Generations strike has been underway for quit a while now, I guess its NO WORK, NO PAY. Desperate means call for desperate measures... Just saying.....
 NB: In the pic even the clothes she's wearing make her look broke.

Source: City Press
Picture: Daily Sun

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Johannesburg - The man who has been blasted on social networks and accused of providing “fake” sign language interpretation at Nelson Mandela’s memorial service says he suffered a schizophrenic episode.

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Thamsanqa Jantjie said his schizophrenia, for which he takes medication, has not only left many people angry and accusing him of being an impostor, but it was also the reason he was medically boarded a few years ago, resulting in him having to rely on a social grant now.

He doesn’t know whether it was the magnitude of what he was doing or the happiness he felt throughout the day that might have triggered the attack while on stage.

Suddenly he lost concentration, and started hearing voices and hallucinating.

Afterwards, it all went downhill and he just signed things that didn’t make sense.

“There was nothing I could do. I was alone in a very dangerous situation. I tried to control myself and not show the world what was going on. I am very sorry, it’s the situation I found myself in.”

Jantjie said that although he was having an episode and continued seeing things and hearing loud voices in his head, things that impaired his ability to hear well and interpret what was being said, he couldn’t leave, so he stayed on and continued to sign things that didn’t make sense.

“Life is unfair. This illness is unfair. Anyone who doesn’t understand this illness will think that I’m just making this up,” he said.

The 34-year-old man makes ends meet by interpreting, and pictures in a document at his house show him on duty next to various people, including President Jacob Zuma.

When SA Interpreters, the company Jantjie works for, told him on Monday that he would interpret at the memorial service, Jantjie said he felt honoured to be part of that historic event.

He was to be paid R850 for the whole day’s job, he said.

The office of the Presidency has since contacted Jantjie to find out who recommended him for the job.

Minister in the Presidency Collins Chabane said the government would investigate what happened.

The Star spoke to SA Interpreters’ Thoneka Ngqase, but she asked that she be contacted later because she was in a meeting. She never answered her phone after that or responded to SMSes.



Meanwhile, Andries van Niekerk, spokesman for the National Institute for the Deaf (NID), told Sapa that what happened during the memorial service was unacceptable.

“The interpreter at the service was clearly not competent and did not use hand shapes, movements or facial expressions typical of South African sign language,” he said.

“The NID is saddened that the deaf in attendance (at the service) could not understand what other great statesmen said about the legacy that the father of our nation leaves behind.”

Van Niekerk said the deaf community was outraged. – Additional reporting by Sapa

Schizophrenia in a nutshell

A mental disorder characterised by a breakdown of thought processes and by impaired emotional responses.

Common symptoms are delusions including paranoia and auditory hallucinations, disorganised thinking reflected in speech, and a lack of emotional intelligence.


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Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, the father of the nation, has died on December 5 2013 at the age of 95.


Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, the father of the nation, died on December 5 2013 at the age of 95.

President Jacob Zuma made the announcement from the Union Buildings in Pretoria on Thursday night. He said Mandela passed away at 8.50pm at his home in Houghton, Johannesburg, surrounded by his wife, Graça Machel and members of his family.

Zuma said Mandela would have a state funeral and that flags would fly half-mast from December 6 until after the funeral.

Zuma called on South Africans to "recall the values for which Madiba fought".

Long illness
Mandela was hospitalised on June 8 with a recurring lung infection. Initial reports from the Presidency suggested Mandela was stable, although his condition was serious. But on June 23, the Presidency announced that Mandela's condition had deteriorated and he was critical.

Court affidavits soon confirmed that the former statesman was on an assisted-breathing, life support machine. More reports emerged about Mandela in the days that followed—that he was in a "permanent vegetative state"—although the presidency denied these, maintaining that he was "critical yet stable".

On his 95th birthday, July 18, Zuma announced an improvement in Mandela's health. Mandela was discharged from hospital in September and transported to his home in Houghton. In November, his family said he remained "quite ill", but his pneumonia had cleared up.  Zuma visited Mandela on November 18 and said he was still in a critical condition, but that he continued to respond to treatment.

On December 3, his daughter, Makaziwe Mandela, said the former president was "strong" and "courageous", although he was "on his death bed". Mandela's grandson, Ndaba Mandela, said his grandfather was "not doing well", although, "he is still with us".

His declining health has been the subject of speculation over the past few years. He was diagnosed and treated for prostate cancer in 2001 but made a full recovery. In 2011, he was admitted to hospital following a severe respiratory infection and a year later underwent a scheduled surgery for a longstanding abdominal complaint.

Mandela was plagued by recurring lung ailments in recent years. He spent 18 days in hospital at the end of 2012 and, despite receiving home-based high care thereafter, was back in hospital in March and April 2013.

There were renewed fears for his health when he returned to hospital in June. Despite assurances from the presidency that he was in a "serious but stable" condition, South Africans began preparing themselves for the worst as Mandela's family members flocked to Johannesburg, struggle stalwarts paid visits to the icon, and the world's media gathered in Qunu, Houghton and at the Pretoria hospital where he was treated.

The much-loved Mandela, known affectionately as Tata Madiba, became increasingly frail and retired from public life in 2004 at the age of 85.

Mandela's last public appearance was a brief one, at the end of the Soccer World Cup in 2010. Since then, he has split his time between his home in Houghton and his ancestral home in Qunu in the Eastern Cape.

Mandela became the symbol of the struggle against apartheid after he was convicted in the Rivonia Trial of charges of sabotage and was sentenced to life imprisonment on Robben Island.

At the end of his trial, Mandela gave a now iconic speech in which he said: "I have fought against white domination, and I have fought against black domination. I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and with equal opportunities. It is an ideal, which I hope to live for and to achieve. But if needs be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die."

Mandela, a key figure in the African National Congress, who helped found the party's youth league and armed wing, Umkhonto weSizwe, was imprisoned for 27 years before he was finally released in 1990 at the age of 71.

Mandela was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993, together with former president FW De Klerk, for the "peaceful termination of the apartheid regime and for laying the foundations for a new democratic South Africa". A year later, he was elected president in the country's first democratic election.

He stepped down from the presidency in 1999 after one term in office but continued with a busy public schedule. He brokered negotiations for peace in Rwanda, established the Mandela-Rhodes Foundation for educational scholarship, and launched the 46664 Aids fundraising foundation.

Source - Mail and Guardian -mg.co.za