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EDITOR: BETTIE GILIOMEE
Só ’n rose verrassing wag ook op pretdraf deelnemers Wavragte rose én harte wat blom, is sinoniem met Valentynsdag, maar Mikaela Oosthuizen, Mej. Tiener SA vir 2010, weet dit kos ook oefening om ’n hart – en vietse lyfie – in stand te hou. Daarom sien sy uit na die Metlife Mall/Die Burger se Valentynspretdraf op 15 Februarie. Mikaela se bewon deraars wat haar so met rose oorval, is (van links) Regardt Koen ( Mnr PE tweede prins), Peter Myburg (Die Burger/Boardwalk Mnr PE 2013) en sy eerste prins, Louis Zietsman wat by die pretdraf nóg deelnemers met rose sal verras. Hou Die Burger dop vir inskry fvorms, of kry dit by sportwinkels, Ladybugg of Metlife Mall.
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‘Not a gang war’, say police EXPRESS REPORTER
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OLICE say that residents do not have to live in fear of gang members’ turf wars spilling over to the rest of the city, after the cold-blooded shooting on a busy beachfront road of three suspected gang members on Saturday afternoon at 18:30. At the time of PE Express going to print on Monday, the police had not made any arrests but were confident that they would arrest the suspects this week. The victims are Gabriel Freeman (35), Gaynon Vustin (35) and Akhona Mkwelo (24). A total of 32 spent cartridges were found at the scene. Their vehicle were stopped by the suspects driving into them with their vehicle. “We are in control of the situation and this is an isolated incident. They (the gang members)
are not interested in shooting bystanders. They only go for their targets,” said Humewood police station commander, Brigadier Ronald Koll. Koll added that the gangsters were killed in the Beachfront area because they had been at the beach earlier that day and that the incident wouldn’t have occurred had they stayed in their “safe” areas. “Because of their lifestyle, they are not free to roam around the city; they are always targeted. This is why the murders happened here (beachfront). This was purely a matter of opportunity,” said Koll. Koll said they had identified the role players in the weekend’s shooting. “We are close to making an arrest. We have made this case a priority,” he added. Koll said the police were on a man hunt and although they had not yet found the vehicle involved in the murders (a white Opel Corsa bak-
kie), they knew who the owner of the vehicle was. “We know the vehicle registration numbers and we also know who the vehicle belongs to. It’s just a matter of time until we make an arrest,” said Koll. Commenting on the spate of violence that had occurred near Kings Beach and Livingstone Hospital, which saw one man murdered in cold blood, Warrant Officer, Alwin Labans, said the gang-related shootings had increased in the past few months with the police suspecting this was due to turf wars. “We are following up on leads; people are coming up with information. We cannot say yet if this a gang war but we believe the motive for the killings is turf related,” said Labans. Police spokesperson Capt. Sandra Janse van Rensburg, said in a statement that the SAPS establishes temporary task teams, to deal with spe-
cific issues as and when they arise. These task teams consist of Detectives, Crime Intelligence and VISPOL members. The TRT, K9 and other units will also assist the task team. This has been done in the Eastern Cape, Kwazulu-Natal and the Free State. “Recently we had a spate of shooting incidents within the Port Elizabeth area, these shootings was not just in the Northern Areas but has also spread the other parts of Port Elizabeth. “It is a fact the gangsterism has evolved changing with the times and that is why our policing methods are also continuously changing. This is because gangsterism is a social crime which not only requires combating by the police, it also needs to be dealt with by other authorities and civil society. It is for this reason that we mobilize civil leaders including the community to assist the SAPS with the apprehension of these criminals,” said Capt. Janse van Rensburg.
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