North West Office of the Premier, 27 May 2014 Assist investigations into death of hanged miner - Premier Mahumapelo North West Premier Supra Mahumapelo has called on communities in the platinum belt to assist police investigations into the death of a man found hanging in a tree and condemned in the strongest terms possible the alleged assault of two miners. "We are concerned that the death might be related to acts of violence and continued intimidation of non-striking mineworkers and call on police not to leave any stone unturned," Premier Mahumapelo said. According to police, the body of the man alleged to be a mineworker was found hanging on the tree in Leeukloof, not far from Hartbeeshoek Road in Broederstroom between Hartbeespoort Dam and Krugersdorp on Tuesday. Brigadier Thulani Ngubane said that a schoolgirl who was on her way to school noticed the body of the man who was dressed in clothes similar to those used by mineworkers and alerted her mother. A Volkswagen Golf apparently belonging to the deceased was found on the roadside. It had crashed into a tree. "How the victim ended up being hanged in the tree is what police are investigating as a registered inquest," Ngubane said. The two mineworkers were allegedly beaten up near Impala's UG2 shaft in Freedom Park near Rustenburg on Tuesday morning while on their way to work. According to police, ne of the men apparently worked at an engineering construction at Bafokeng Rasimone Mine and the other at UG2 shaft at Impala. "The victims aged 33 and 37 sustained multiple stab wounds on the body and feet. No one has been arrested at this stage, as the police investigation continues," Brigadier Ngubane said. Premier Mahumapelo remains optimistic that mediation by Labour Judge Hillary Rabkin-Naicker will assist to break the wage dispute deadlock and bring to an end the four months old strike. Enquiries: Lesiba Moses Kgwele (Spokesperson) Tel: 018 388 3705 Cell: 083 629 1987 Fax: 018 388 3157 E-mail: [email protected] Issued by: North West Office of the Premier <http://www.nwpg.gov.za/> From: http://www.gov.za/speeches/view.php?sid=45716 -- -- You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address (repeat): [email protected] . --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "YCLSA Discussion Forum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
