Page 1 - 21 June 2024

Farm Attack: The South African

Successful Arrest GNU

of Suspects

(GOVERNMENT OF NATIONAL UNITY)
On Sunday, 9 June Mr Dirk
Odendaal senior (69), was – the way forward
brutally attacked on his farm,
Omega, in the Barkly East
district. On Friday evening, 14 June signed up to be part of the cohesion and unity in
At approximately 21:30, Mr 2024, after a full day of unity government pact. diversity;
Odendaal was on his way to proceedings during the first This collectively represents • Peace, stability and safe
the generator room to switch sitting of the National 273 seats in the National communities, especially
off the generator, which is Assembly of the seventh Assembly, or 68% of for women and children;
about 15 meters from his Parliament, President parliament’s 400 seats. ANC
home, when he was attacked Ramaphosa was re-elected -159 seats, the DA - 87 seats, • Accountability, trans-
by 2 men. He was brutally as President. the IFP -17 seats, PA - 9 seats parency and community
stabbed in the neck. The sitting took place at the and GOOD has a single seat. p a r t i c i p a t i o n i n
government;
He valiantly fought back and Cape Town International The Economic Freedom
the assailants fled. He Convention Centre (CTICC) Fighters party has 39 seats • Evidence-based policy
managed to get back to the in the Western Cape. and has said it will not be part and decision-making;
house. He contacted his Three hundred and thirty- of a government that • A professional, merit-
son, Dirk (Junior) and was nine ballot papers were includes the DA or the based, non-partisan,
rushed to hospital. issued and counted, with 12 Freedom Front Plus. developmental public
invalid ballots. Ramaphosa service that puts people
He had lost a lot of blood and The ANC says it has not
was transferred to a hospital received 283 votes against closed the door on the GNU first;
in Bloemfontein. He is Economic Freedom Figh- as discussions with other • Integrity, good gover-
expected to make a full ters leader Julius Malema, parties are ongoing. nance and accountable
recovery. who received 44 votes. The uMkhonto we Sizwe leadership.
(Okay I just don’t understand
As far as we can ascertain the the invalid Ballots – these are party (MK), led by former The Patriotic Alliance party
K9 unit was also involved in the leaders of a country, our President Jacob Zuma, (58 leader, Gayton McKensie
the search for the suspects. parliamentarians, sup- seats) has said it will join an says he is willing to take the
alliance of opposition parties
On Tuesday afternoon the S A P S w e r e n o t i f i e d , Congratulations to the SAPS posedly educated). called the "Progressive Police Ministry if Home
SAPS let the farming fortunately there was a members and farmers who The President’s election Caucus", which includes the Affairs isn't up for grabs. The
community know that they vehicle in the area and they responded quickly on c a m e a f t e r f o r m e r EFF and the United party has been gunning for
had information that the responded very quickly. They Monday morning. The Agriculture, Land Reform Democratic Movement. Home Affairs, promising to
suspects were in the found the suspects near the community at large is and Rural Development According to this statement mass deport all illegal
Heuningneskloof area. Wolfhuis cuttings. On seeing deserving of commendation Minister, Thoko Didiza was of intent, parties that want to foreigners. He further says
Local farmers immediately the police, the men started for their co-operation and elected as the Speaker of the form part of the GNU must his past gangster life has
notified farmers in the Lady running, but they were involvement. A huge thank National Assembly. The commit to upholding the equipped him to be Police
Grey and surrounding areas, apprehended. you to Dr Olivier and Democratic Alliance's Dr following principles: Minister.
giving them a description of Detectives are also investi- everyone involved and for Annelie Lotriet was elected We, as South African
the two suspects. as the Deputy Speaker. • R e s p e c t f o r t h e
gating possible links to other the brave ladies who noticed Constitution, the Bill of citizens, can only hope and
Vigilant ladies from Lady cases of housebreaking in the suspects and raised the By Monday evening South Rights in its entirety, a pray that all these promises
G r e y a r e a s a w t w o the area. The two suspects alarm. Africa's new government had united South Africa and are upheld and the parties
suspicious looking men at a aged 27 and 32 years old five parties in it, representing the rule of law; involved in the GNU will work
stop-n-go between Barkly appeared in the magistrate The family requested a more than two thirds of the together peacefully for the
East and Lady Grey early on court on Thursday 13 June, special thank you to seats in the National • Non-racialism and non- benefit and upliftment of all
Wednesday morning. They on the charges of attempted Detective Warrant Officer Assembly, and talks with sexism; South Africans.
alerted the Barkly farmers murder, possession of illegal Jansen and his team that other parties were ongoing. • Social justice, redress As some commentators
who could identify them ammunition and possession would not rest until the The Democratic Alliance, and equity, and the have said that it is pleasing to
from the photograph. The of a dangerous weapon. suspects were arrested. Inkatha Freedom Party and alleviation of poverty; note that at long last South
the Patriotic Alliance have • Human dignity and the African politicians are
The New Premiers of the 9 Provinces joined the Government of progressive realisation of putting aside self- interest
socio-economic rights;
National Unity. Later another
and promising to promote
smaller party, GOOD, also • Nation-building, social the interests of the country.
In the May 29th elections, six the legislature), Lesufi's (DA)
out of nine provinces had a appointment was through DA's Alan Winde was re- Freedom Front (FF) Plus and re-elected as Premier of the Letsoha-Mathae (ANC)
party that received an the backing of partners of elected as the Premier of the the Patriotic Alliance (PA), province at the legislature's ANC women's league
outright majority. This the Government of National Western Cape, beating which have a combined four first sitting on June 14th. treasurer-general Maqueen
m e a n t t h e i r P r e m i e r Unity ANC's Khalid Sayed 26 votes seats in the legislature, The ANC received 62.16% of Letsoha-Mathae was elected
candidates could take the KwaZulu-Natal: Thami to 14. supported Saul to be the votes in the province as Premier in the Free State.
lead in the provincial Ntuli (IFP) Premier. North West: Lazarus
executive quite easily. Northern Cape: Dr. Zamani Mokgosi (ANC) We are seeing strange bed-
Ntuli received 41 votes, while Saul (ANC) Limpopo: Dr. Phophi fellows and a lot of horse
However, the appointments the uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK) Ramathuba (ANC) ANC's deputy North West trading as in the Northern
in Gauteng and KwaZulu- candidate, deputy prime N o r t h e r n C a p e A N C c h a i r p e r s o n L a z a r u s Cape, KZN and Gauteng.
Natal, and to a lesser extent minister of the Zulu Royal chairperson Dr. Zamani Saul A N C ' s D r . P h o p h i Mokgosi, was elected as the
in the Northern Cape, were House Inkosi Phathisizwe was re-elected Premier of the Ramathuba, was elected as Premier. I was indeed suprised that
the result of rigorous inter- Chiliza, garnered 39 votes. Northern Cape, beating DA Premier of Limpopo Mpumalanga: Mandla the Freedom Front and PA
backed the ANC in the North
provincial leader Izak Fritz .
party negotiations. The ANC won a majority of
Tembe was elected with the Although the ANC failed to Ndlovu (ANC) Cape.
These are all of the newly- support of the IFP, ANC, DA the seats (73,3%) ANC Mpumalanga provincial
elected provincial Premiers: and National Freedom Party win an outright majority in Eastern Cape: Oscar chairperson former MEC in We trust for positive changes
throughout our country and
the general election, with
Gauteng: Panyaza Lesufi (NFP) – all of which are in a 49.34% of the votes and Mabuyane (ANC) the province, Mandla Ndlovu that the interest of the
(ANC) coalition. taking 15 of the 30 provincial ANC Eastern Cape chair- was elected unopposed. country and people are seen
The ANC won 28/80 seats in Western Cape: Alan Winde legislature seats, the person Oscar Mabuyane was Free State: Maqueen as paramount.