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One to appear in court for 3 West Rand murders

An alleged suspect in the 3 West Rand murders which has occurred in the past 3 weeks, has been arrested.

The 29-year-old male is set to appear in court on Monday.

This following the murders of Anthony Scholefield( 10 May), Hanle Lategan (31 May) and Kevin Mc Alpine(26 May).

The body of Scholefield was allegedly found in the baggage storage compartment(boot) of his car in Krugersdorp, the same as Mc Alpine.

The body of Lategan was, however, found next to a 'spruit' in Randfontein.

Captain Appel Ernst, public relations for the Randfontein and Krugersdorp South African Police Services has confirmed the arrest.

CAA: Maintenance failures led to the death of pilot

 

CAPE TOWN- The death of Bees Marais, a very experienced Helicopter Pilot, came as a shock to both his family and the aviation industry.  

Marais passed away in March 2015, after what should have been a general fire-fighting mission, trying to contain a flare in the Cape Point Nature Reserve.  

He crashed after trying to make an emergency landing.  

This led to an investigation by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA).  

During this investigation the CAA found that Marais struggled to regain control, owing the loss of the tail rotor thrust, which was caused by a broken control cable.  

Further investigation into this case showed that the wear of this cable went undetected, due to maintenance staff failing to perform their daily inspection duties after 20 January 2015.  

While investigations continue by the CAA and other authorities, the helicopters are being maintained by several independent aviation maintenance organisations and have been recertified.  

 
 

'Double bad luck' strikes Celine Dion

 

CANADA- Double bad luck struck singer, artist and song writer, Celine Dion after yet another member of her family passed away on 17 January. 

Two days ago Dion had to say goodbye to her husband and life time partner, Rene Angilil, due to cancer.  

And now she is yet again faced with the trauma of saying goodbye after her older brother, Daniel Dion, passed away earlier today.  

Rene, passed away in Las Vegas, after two bouts with throat cancer.  

Daniel, passed away near Montreal, owing cancer to the throat, tongue and brain - this was reported by his sister, Claudette, to the Journal de Montreal newspaper.  

BBC reported the following:  

"

The funeral of Mr Angelil, who helped to launch Celine Dion's career, will be held on Friday in the Notre Dame basilica in Montreal, where the couple married.

Dion recorded 25 studio albums and is the fifth-best-paid recording artist in the world, with a value of some $630m (£437m).

In 1999, her song My Heart Will Go On, from the soundtrack of the film Titanic, won two Grammy awards.

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Wonderkind se laaste ure

As seen in the Klerksdorp Record / Rekord  

"Pappa tel my op asseblief. Ek wil by jou wees.” Dit was klein Zan-Marie du Preez se laaste woorde voordat sy in haar pappa se arms haar laaste asem uitgeblaas het.

Erns du Preez kyk weg. Sy oë gaan rus iewers in die pad waar ons die bietjie hitte van die laaste flenter middagson op die stoep opsoek. Dan kyk hy jou weer in die oë. “Jy weet, hulle behandel mense soos honde. Maak nie saak of jy wit, swart, pienk of pers is nie. Soos honde.”Erns is kwaad. Kwaad oor sy kind dood is. Kwaad vir die regering. Kwaad vir die dokters by die Klerksdorp en Tshepong-hospitale. En ook bietjie kwaad vir homself oor hulle nie eerder hulp by ’n privaat hospitaal gaan soek het nie. Maar dit bring weer die kwessie van geld op. Geld wat daar nie is nie. Erns en Sonja is altwee werkloos. In die kort tydjie wat hulle hul dogter se verlies moet verwerk, is hulle ook uit hul blyplek gesit by Orkney-Vaal weens agterstallige huur. Erns was besig om sy eie onderneming saam met ’n vriend op die been te bring. Maar ook dit moet nou eers wag. Hulle het pas agtergekom hul drie maande oue babaseun, Zandré, is blind. Hy is op 33 weke gebore en het 1,92kg geweeg. Ouma gee bottel. Hy is koliekerig en almal is dit eens dat hy sy ouers se spanning aanvoel.Waar Erns op die stoepmuurtjie sit, kan Sonja nie stilsit nie. Sy is ’n klein vroutjie en dra baie swaar aan die verlies van haar enigste dogtertjie. Sy sê meer as een keer dit voel of ’n deel van haar lewe weg is. “Zani was my alles. My lewe. Ons was twenty four seven bymekaar. Ek mis haar so.”Op 27 het sy al meer deurgemaak as ander in ’n leeftyd en vertel van haar eerste baba wat te vroeg gebore is en toe dood is. ’n Seuntjie. Toe kom Zan-Marie. Ook ’n prembaba wat op 36 weke gebore is. ’n Wonderwerk, want dokters het gesê Sonja sal nie weer kan swanger raak nie. “Ons het so gewag vir haar. En geveg dat sy dit maak. Toe al het ons ’n stelletjie afgetrap by Klerksdorp Hospitaal en Erns het my uit die hospitaal gehaal en sy is gebore in die Anncron. Al my kinders is wonderwerkies,” gesels Sonja terwyl sy die baba se bottel volmaak.Die ouerpaar is baie bitter oor die be-handeling wat hulle met hul siek kind in die Klerksdorp en Tsheponghospitale gekry het. Dit was ’n Saterdagaand (“kinders word mos net oor naweke en in die aand siek”) om en by 19:00 wat klein Zan-Marie by haar mamma gekla het dat sy siek voel. Sonja het vir haar panadostroop gegee en sy het gaan slaap.Die volgende oggend na kerk het die kind weer geslaap en eers laat wakker geword en gehuil van pyn op haar maag en in haar regterbeen. Sy het ’n hoë koors gehad en naar geword. Die kind het net sieker geword en die ouerpaar het haar na 20:00 na Klerksdorp hospitaal geneem. Daar is sy ondersoek en huistoe gestuur met panadostroop en antibiotika. Vir blaasontsteking.Sonja raak driftig as sy verder praat. “Ek was glad nie tevrede nie en die dokter sê toe ek moet haar dan Tshepong toe neem as ek nie happy is nie. Hy het ook geweier om my ’n verwysingsbrief te gee,” sê Sonja.Hulle is toe huis toe en die volgende oggend is hulle na Tshepong aangesien Zan-Marie net swakker geword het. “Ons het verduidelik sy kla van pyn op die maag en haar beentjie is lam. Selfs ek, wat ’n spraypainter is, weet dit is jou blindederm. Wil jy vir my sê ’n dokter wat sewe jaar geleer het, weet dit nie,” sê Erns.“Ons was bekommerd oor ons kind en almal kyk ons net ongelowig aan. Zan-Marietjie was toe al in ’n koma en het stuiptrekkings van koors gekry. Hulle het haar gehelp, maar in geen stadium kon ek sien dat hulle dit as ’n noodgeval hanteer nie. Sy is vir x-strale geneem, bloed is getrek en ’n sonar is gedoen en tog het niemand ons ernstig opgeneem as ons van haar blindederm praat nie. Haar koors het bly klim, maar die dokter het gesê hy sien niks fout nie. “Hulle het haar wel later opgeneem in die sjirurgiese afdeling en gesê haar blindederm kan bars. Dit het glad nie gelyk of hulle haar vir ’n operasie voorberei nie,” vertel Sonja.Die paartjie is oortuig dat hul kind nog sou lewe as dokters vinniger opgetree het. Sy is om 14:15 in Tshepong dood. Die nadoodse ondersoek het getoon dat sy wees septisemea dood is. Waarskynlik omdat haar blindederm gebars het.Die Du Preez’s is bitter. Hulle het ’n verklaring by die polisie afgelê wat ’n geregtelike ondersoek na haar dood gelas het. Hulle oorweeg ook regstappe teen die dokters en die hospitaal.“Die hospitaal het ons geskakel en ’n afspraak gemaak om hulle te kom sien, maar ek gaan nie soontoe sonder ’n prokureur nie. Te veel mense bly stil oor wat daar gebeur en ek gaan niks toesmeer nie,” sê Erns.Sonja gaan sit. Die laaste sonstrale val langs die stoep. Sy byt die trane weg. “Dit gaan nie vir ons oor geld of sensasie nie. Ek wil net keer dat iemand anders se kind oorkom wat met myne gebeur het nie.”

                   Response from the hospital

Klerksdorp - Little Zan-Marie du Preez was being prepped for surgery before her death.This is what Nico Masiu, communications manager at Klerksdorp/Tshepong hospital complex, said about the death of the two year old. “Based on patient records the patient was seen by the hospital doctor on 28 July and diagnosed with Urinary Tract Infection (UTI). It is worth noting that appendicitis in young children may also present as UTI,” he said.He added that the patient was treated and discharged with oral antibiotic and anti-pyrexia medication. “The doctor further requested the patient to be brought back to hospital, if the problem persists. “The patient was again seen at Casualty in Tshepong hospital on 30 July at 08:55 complaining of abdominal pains, fever, vomiting and poor appetite. The patient was seen by the casualty officer and at 09:20 the patient further examined by the surgical doctor, who ordered sonar, abdominal and chest X-rays. The patient was followed up at surgical outpatient clinic at 13:00 where the abdominal and chest X-rays reports were reviewed, whilst awaiting blood results.  “The patient was subsequently admitted in ward 6 in preparation for surgery with diagnosis of either appendicitis or faecal impaction. The patient was seen by the surgical doctor and the surgical consultant and the decision was to await the final blood results and then take the patient for surgery. Whilst waiting the blood result, the patient arrested, and was resuscitated without success and certified dead at 15:35. A post-mortem was requested.” The hospital management would like to express their sincere condolences to the family for loss of their loved one.

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He is not yet in prison as of yet.  

The trial is expected to continue on 20 August 2012. The evidence of state against the defendant has increased tremendously and the state is trying to get hold of two more of his victims to confirm his identity.  

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Skrif aan die muur vir Sondag-Verkragter

Die skrif is aan die muur vir Jaco Steyn (36),  nadat sy ex-vrou op 30 Julie in die hof teen hom getuig het.

Steyn het haar na bewering geskakel en gesê "Ek het weer iemand ontvoer,  eks ‘n monster en eks deurmekaar."

Steyn word beskuldig daarvan dat hy op 12 Oktober 2012 die 16-jarige Louise de Waal ontvoer het toe sy en haar vriendin,Natasha Gordon,  oppad was na Hoërskool Die Burger.

Volgens Steyn se vrou het hy ook gesê dat hy gaan aanhou ry en dat as die polisie by die huis sou opdaag moet sy sê dit was hy.

Steyn sê egter dat hy dit nie aan haar gesê het nie terwyl hy sy gesig afvee met ‘n sakdoek.
Volgens Steyn het hy vir Michelle,  sy vrou,  gesê dat terwyl die ondersoek aan die gang is gaan hy laag lê.

Hy sê ook dat hy sy vrou gebel het om te sê dat daar polisie by hul huis in Wilropark,  Roodepoort was.
 
"Ek het hom vooreen gekonfronteer oor die vorige artikels,  en die kar wat soortgelyk was aan dié wat hy gebruik het,"  sê Michelle.

"Hy het gesê dis nie hy nie,"

Daar is ook petrol kanne op Steyn se perseel gevind en toe hul Michelle daaroor vra is gesê dat dit vir ‘n parafien verwarmer gebruik is.
 

Mr Price gee terug aan die gemeenskap op 18 Julie

Donderdag, 18 Julie, het Mr. Price besluit om die minderbevoorregde leerders van Laerskool Dr Havinga in Witpoortjie,  te verras met ‘n spesiale kospakkie.

Volgens Dr Havinga se skakelbeampte,  Me Anesta Zevenster het Dr Havinga tans 75 leerders wat hul daagliks voorsien van kos.

"Die initiatief was op oud President Mandela se verjaarsdag," sê Anesta.
Dit was hul 67 minute wat hulle by die skool gedeel het.

Anesta sê verder "Baie dankie Mr. Price."

Bach wie? Dr Havinga koor blink uit

 Op...het die Senior koor van Dr Havinga onderskeidelik,  ‘n A,A+ en A++ behaal tydens die jaarlikse RAK kunswedstryd wat by talle skole in Roodepoort plaasvind.  

Dr Havinga se skakelbeampte,  Me Anesta Zevenster,  sê "die kore het baie mooi gesing,"

" Dit was pragtig.  Baie dankie aan Mnr Johann, Mnr JW en Tannie Tina Langley wat die koor afgerig het."

Good morning angels help Shireen de Waal

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lG6KxfcJYSM

Steyn

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmEUceV-p1U&feature=player_embedded

De Waal alive when set alight

Johannesburg - Murdered teenager Louise de Waal was alive when she was set alight, the High Court, sitting in the Palm Ridge Magistrate's Court in Alberton, heard on Wednesday.

Forensic specialist Gina Rowe testified that soot and bloodstained froth was found when she examined De Waal's trachea and bronchi.

"It was inhaled into her lungs."

Judge Sida Kolbe asked if De Waal was alive for this to happen, to which Rowe answered: "It would have been an indication of life".

Foot burnt off

De Waal's mother Shereen gasped "Oh, my God", putting her hands over her mouth. But Rowe said there was not a lot of soot in her trachea, and therefore it was possible she had been unconscious.

Rowe explained the graphic findings of the post mortem, including De Waal's badly burnt scalp and protruding tongue. Her left foot was burnt off her body and the soft tissue was burnt off her lower legs.

Her carbon monoxide levels were at 9.8%, which Rowe said was high.

"I would expect lower levels (because she was burnt outside)."

Johannes Jacobus Steyn, dubbed the "Sunday Rapist", is accused of murdering school girls De Waal and Lazanne Farmer.

He is also charged with 11 counts of rape, 10 of sexual assault, 10 of kidnapping, one of attempted sexual assault, one of attempted kidnapping and two of assault.

The 11 girls he allegedly attacked between 2008 and 2011 were all between 11 and 18 years old.
The 36-year-old pleaded not guilty to all 37 charges against him on Monday.

On Tuesday, the court heard that an identikit compiled by a friend of De Waal's led to Steyn's arrest.

Steyn unresponsive

Policeman Warrant Officer Riaan Jooste testified that he received a call on October 17, the day De Waal was murdered, from a woman who wanted to remain anonymous.

Jooste narrowed the list down to 17 possible suspects, searched police files and found Steyn in the system because he had previously laid a complaint against someone else.

This led Warrant Officer Danie Pieterse to search for a silver bakkie at Steyn's house, which he found. He could not enter the property because the gate was locked.

During a break in proceedings, De Waal's mother Shereen commanded Steyn to look at her, but the unresponsive Steyn kept his head down throughout the day, a Bible beside him, making notes.

Trial with in a trial - Sunday Rapist

As seen on News24

Johannesburg - A trial within a trial has started in the "Sunday Rapist" case in the High Court, sitting in the Palm Ridge Magistrate's Court, in Alberton.

Magistrate Sune Jansen van Vuuren was testifying on Wednesday on the admissibility of a statement given by the accused, Johannes Jacobus Steyn, on October 14 last year in Krugersdorp after his arrest.

She said he was informed of his rights, including his right to have a lawyer present. He declined to make use of this right.

He told her he wanted no special treatment, only forgiveness.

"Ek wil net he my kop moet skoon kom [I only want my head to become clear]," she testified him saying.

"Ek wil net verstaan hoekom ek gedoen het wat ek gedoen het. As iemand my net daarmee kan help [I just want to understand why I did what I did. If someone can just help me with that]."

Jansen van Vuuren said Steyn did not want a long trial and he appeared calm, but emotional.

Steyn's lawyer Anton Lerm put it to her that his client was told what to say and paused before answering.

However, she denied this and said she would have recalled this.

Rapist feared torture

As seen on News24

Johannesburg - The "Sunday Rapist" was forced into making an incriminating statement, the South Gauteng High Court sitting in the Palm Ridge Magistrate's Court in Alberton heard on Wednesday.

"If he did not play along he would have been tortured," Anton Lerm, for Jaco Steyn, told the court.

Lerm questioned investigating officer Peet du Toit during a trial within a trail on the admissibility of a statement made to a magistrate in Krugersdorp.

Lerm said Du Toit promised Steyn if he made a statement and pleaded guilty, he would receive a short trial.

Du Toit replied: "Your honour, that is totally false."

Steyn is accused of murdering school girls Louise de Waal and Lazanne Farmer.

He is also charged with 11 counts of rape, 10 of sexual assault, 10 of kidnapping, one of attempted sexual assault, one of attempted kidnapping and two of assault.

The 11 girls he allegedly attacked between 2008 and 2011 were all between 11 and 18 years old.

The 36-year-old pleaded not guilty to all 37 charges against him on Monday.

Lerm said Steyn was promised the trial would go away quietly.

"That's absurd, how could I let the case go away quietly? It already had national coverage," Du Toit said.

Wanted him to escape

Lerm asked why Steyn was only brought back to Krugersdorp a day after he handed himself over in Margate in KwaZulu-Natal on 13 October last year.

Lerm said en route his client was left in an idling police vehicle with weapons inside.

He argued this was done to provoke Steyn to escape. Du Toit denied knowledge of this.

Du Toit testified that Steyn phoned him the day after De Waal's murder from Margate and said he tried to commit suicide.

Du Toit told him to hand himself over at the nearest police station and not meet halfway as Steyn had suggested.

Lerm argued that Du Toit told Steyn he should go to a police station because he would be shot by police if found.

Du Toit said this was untrue; he never said Steyn would be shot, he handed himself over willingly.

Lerm said the police docket and what Steyn should say to the magistrate were discussed with him beforehand.

Steyn feared he would be tortured if he did not co-operate.

Du Toit denied this.

"I find that totally absurd. He had a smile on his face [when he was brought in]. He was cool and calm. He greeted everyone by hand... He was not nervous. He said he wanted to clear his heart and was glad it was over."

Pulled over

Captain Martin Smith was recalled and corroborated Du Toit's testimony.

"The accusations that the accused are making didn't happen before me."

Warrant officer Andre van der Mescht was the last witness called to testify on Wednesday. He was one of the officers who drove Steyn from Margate to Krugerdsorp.

He testified that they didn't speak to Steyn and only stopped for petrol and once for food.

He said they were pulled over at a toll gate by police and asked who they were and where they were going. The conversation took no more than five minutes.

Asked by the State to explain why Steyn was only taken to Krugersdorp the day after he handed himself over, Van der Mescht said they had been working the day and the night before.

They then drove to Margate.

"It would have been very irresponsible to drive directly back with the accused."

The trial was postponed for cross-examination and the conclusion of the trial within a trial on Thursday.

Cops said Sunday Rapist must plead guilty

As seen on News24


Johannesburg - Jaco Steyn, dubbed the "Sunday rapist", said he was told to plead guilty when he took the stand in the High Court, sitting in the Palm Ridge Magistrate's Court in Alberton on Thursday.

"I was told I was young. Plead guilty and go on," a calm Steyn told the court.

He was testifying on what police told him prior to an incriminating statement he made to a magistrate in Krugersdorp, the day after he handed himself over in October 2011.

He said he admitted to crimes he did not commit because he had a previous conviction.

"Take the punch... because you won't get out of this... go on with your life... this is the easy way out for you," he said police told him.

He said he was briefed on what to say by investigating officer Peet du Toit before making the statement to the magistrate.

Steyn is accused of murdering school girls Louise de Waal and Lazanne Farmer.

He is also charged with 11 counts of rape, 10 of sexual assault, 10 of kidnapping, one of attempted sexual assault, one of attempted kidnapping, and two of assault.

The 11 girls Steyn allegedly attacked between 2008 and 2011 were aged between 11 and 18.

The 36-year-old pleaded not guilty to all 37 charges against him on Monday. 

Sunday Rapist says sorry for cheating

Johannesburg - Jaco Steyn, dubbed the Sunday Rapist, said on Thursday the forgiveness he asked for in a statement was for cheating on his wife.

He was testifying in the South Gauteng High Court, sitting in the Palm Ridge Magistrate's Court in Alberton.

Prosecutor Carina Coetzee was questioning him on an incriminating statement he made to a magistrate in Krugersdorp two days after he handed himself over in October 2011.

In it he admitted to phoning his wife, her mother, a pastor, and a psychologist and asking for forgiveness.

In these phone calls he referred to himself as a "monster" and said he wanted to stop.

However, he maintained this was because he cheated on his wife with prostitutes and other women, and because of his addiction to pornography.

He also wanted to make it right with God.

Steyn is accused of murdering school girls Louise de Waal and Lazanne Farmer.

He is also charged with 11 counts of rape, 10 of sexual assault, 10 of kidnapping, one of attempted sexual assault, one of attempted kidnapping, and two of assault.

The 11 girls Steyn allegedly attacked between 2008 and 2011 were aged between 11 and 18.

The 36-year-old pleaded not guilty to all 37 charges against him on Monday.

Asked by Coetzee if he was not emotional at being charged for the murder of a child, he answered: "It was of concern to me, but not so emotional".

Coetzee asked Steyn why he attempted suicide before handing himself over to police.

"I'd rather die before I'd be locked up again. And with the uncertainty because of my previous conviction, and at that stage I was emotional," Steyn said.

Go on with your life

Earlier on Thursday he testified he wanted to hire a prostitute the morning of de Waal's murder.

"I went looking for a good time... I went to find a prostitute... to get something I don't get at home."

When Judge Sita Kolbe asked further about this alibi, he said it was "very early" in the morning.

Steyn was testifying on what police told him prior to an incriminating statement he made to a magistrate in Krugersdorp. He said he admitted to crimes he did not commit because he had a previous conviction.

"Take the punch... because you won't get out of this... go on with your life... this is the easy way out for you," he said police told him.

He said investigating officer Peet du Toit briefed him on what to say before making the statement to the magistrate.

"I was told I was young. Plead guilty and go on," a calm Steyn told the court.

Coetzee asked Steyn how he could have found police actions against him threatening.

"They scared me into talking," was his answer.

Kolbe ruled the incriminating statement would be admitted into evidence.

"The confession is admitted into evidence at this stage. This ruling may be revisited at a later stage."

She would give the reason for her ruling later.

De Waal's mother Shereen told reporters she hoped her daughter would become an icon. She said attending court proceedings this week had been difficult.

"I am on medication. My nerves are shot, but I have to be here for my daughter. I have to be here for Louise."

The part of the trial involving De Waal would conclude on Friday with testimony from her sister Jessica.

Louise de Waal's Sister Testifies

As seen on News24

Johannesburg - The sister of murdered teenager Louise de Waal briefly took the stand in the High Court, sitting in the Palm Ridge Magistrate's Court in Alberton, on Friday.

Jessica du Toit was questioned by prosecutor Carina Coetzee on her sister's make of phone and telephone number. She confirmed De Waal owned a Blackberry.

She was asked whether she tried to phone her sister on the day Louise was kidnapped on October 12 2011.

"Yes, the whole day. Her phone was off," Du Toit said.

She was testifying in the murder trail of Johannes Jacobus Steyn, dubbed the "Sunday Rapist".

Steyn is accused of murdering school girls Louise de Waal and Lazanne Farmer.

He is also charged with 11 counts of rape, 10 of sexual assault, 10 of kidnapping, one of attempted sexual assault, one of attempted kidnapping, and two of assault.

On Thursday, Steyn was questioned by prosecutor Carina Coetzee about an incriminating statement he made to a magistrate in Krugersdorp, two days after he handed himself to authorities in October 2011.

In it he admitted to phoning his wife, her mother, a pastor and a psychologist, and asking for forgiveness for cheating on his wife.

He pleaded not guilty to all 37 charges against him. The 11 girls Steyn allegedly attacked between 2008 and 2011 were aged between 11 and 18.