VOL 14 ISSUE NO.143
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NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2016
Next big star beckons at Bonteheuwel Got Talent
Excitement is mounting as the day draws nearer to find the next big star at the Bonteheuwel Got Talent show, schedule for Friday, December 9 at the Bonteheuwel
Civic Centre. There will individual and group dancers, solo and individual singers, standup comedians plus poetry. It promises to be an evening of fun and enjoyment for the
whole family. There will be food stalls from the afternoon and security will be on full alert to ensure a safe and secure evening for everyone. At the end of the evening the
overall winner will walk away with a grand prize. Residents are urged to come see who is going to follow in the footsteps of James Bhemgee and Pj Twins! (special reporter)
Killings of cops worrisome ahead of festive season LANZO CRUYWAGEN The National head of the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (HAWKS) say they are appalled by the recent brutal slaying of three police officers the past week. A further three officers were also wounded during these callous acts perpetrated by unscrupulous gunmen. In the early hours of Saturday morning Const. Masibonge Mqwade, 33, was shot and killed during an apparent hijacking in Kraaifontein. At about 01:00 he dropped of relatives when he overpowered by three armed men. About two hours later in Delft residents made a ghastly discovery when the stumbled on the wounded Const. Thandoxolo Ndiki, 30. He bled profusely
from a gunshot wound to the upper body and unfortunately succumbed to his injuries in hospital. A week prior to two senseless killings Const. Amanda Ladlokova was killed in apparent ambush in Philippi East after she and her partner finished serving a protection order and respondent to a similar complaint. MEC of Community Safety Dan Plato has meanwhile increased the reward to R100 000 for anyone with information that would result in the arrest and successful conviction of cop killers in the Western Cape. A wreath laying and memorial service was held on Tuesday for the slain officers. The National Head of the Hawks, Lieutenant General Mthandazo Ntlemeza underlined that police attacks remain a priority crime as
this threatens the safety of communities in the country. “We shall continue to relentlessly pursue all responsible in carrying out the directorate’s mandate of ensuring that all people are and feel safe in the country, an attack on a police is an attack on the state.” Community leaders expressing their views say they believe that attacks on police officers could be linked to recent huge successes achieved in confiscating large consignments of guns on the Cape Flats and arresting prominent figures. The confiscation of large quantities of drugs has also dealt kingpins a serious blow and the only way these scumbags can retaliate is by attacking police officers. The major breakthrough in a massive gun smuggling syndicate
resulted in the conviction and 18-year sentencing of former disgraced cop Christiaan Prinsloo who sold thousands of guns to gangsters on the Cape Flats. During his plea agreement with the State the drug dealer implicated Cape Town businessman Irshaad Laher who allegedly sold guns he bought from Prinsloo, to gangsters. Last month, police seized 250 firearms, ammunition and money at a premises of an alleged 28s gangster in Valhalla Park. The investigations into these deaths are continuing and police have urged the public to provide any information that could lead to the arrests of the suspects by calling the SAPS Crime Stop on 0861 10111.