Top news headlines of 2015, part two
We take a look at top stories from April to June this year.
During this time of the year, the #RhodesMustFall campaign started at the University of Cape Town and had the entire country talking about the symbol of monuments. The national discussion reached Krugersdorp when one of the monuments were defaced next to Monument Dam.
Die News het, onder andere, ook begrafplaasinwoners ontmoet.
Veredere nuus wat opslae gemaak het:
April:
• ‘n Ongemerkte spoedhobbel was deels die oorsaak dat ‘n jong man sy lewe in die vroeë oggendure in Krugersdorp-Noord verloor het.
• The community of Azaadville was in shock and horrified following the tragic news that a grandfather set himself and his 9-year-old grandchild alight in a car.
• Die geskiedkundige monumente van President Paul Kruger en advokaat JG Strijdom langs Hoërskool Monument word weer tot hul volle glorie gerestoureer nadat vandale dit met rooi verf besmeer het.
May:
• Ella Ellis en Jannie Barnard, Burgershoop Begraafplaas se self-geproklameerde opsigters weier om te verhuis na Munsieville soos Mogale City munisipaliteit hulle vra.
• Agtjarige Caden Slabbert van Monument Primary School is in ‘n koma nadat ‘n baksteen deur sy pa se motorruit hom getref het terwyl hulle op die hoofweg gery het.
• Kevin Coetzee is met ‘n televisieskerm deur dwelmhandelaar gegooi nadat hy dwelms by hulle geweier het.
• Jaagduiwels kan vir ses maande soender hul rybewyse moet klaarkom as hulle die spoedgrens oorskry, vertel Krugersdorp se Landdroshof.
June:
• A teacher who was arrested for breaking a 12-year-old girl’s hand with a steal pipe as punishment, was granted bail.
• A man suffering from throat cancer died a painful death after he allegedly was denied proper medical treatment at the Dr Yusuf Dadoo Hospital.
• After a no-show by Mogale City officials, another public participation meeting was held to discuss residents’ views on merging four local municipalities into one West Rand Metropolitan municipality,
• Hoër Tegniese Skool Nic Diederichs se skoolhoof Gunter Bühner en onderwyseres Jackie Alberts is onder die ses wat in ‘n kop-aan-kop botsing op die N14 in Brandvlei, Tarlton, dood is.
For a flashback of the first quarter of the year, click here.
