Ikageng Riddled with Rubbish

12 April 2018 Prys: R5,80 Webblad: www.potchefstroomherald.co.za RowersRowersRowers 33 skietskietskiet studentstudentstudent virvirvir niksniksniks Die parkeerarea waar Magda Geldenhuys (21) geskiet is. Volgens haar is dit ‘n wonderwerk dat sy nie ernstig beseer is nie Inlas: Die wond wat die kooël in gegaan het. Foto’s: Felix Dlangamanda/Netwerk24 Skoolkind byna ontvoer 2 Potch se 8- GemeenskapGemeenskapGemeenskap treurtreurtreur jarige ‘vlieënier’ oorooroor vermoordevermoordevermoorde papapa 2 mik hoog 7 Water canal claims another young life 2 Siemens batteries R40.00 per pkt FREE HEARING SCREEN TEST Tel: (018) 294 5189/93 Shop 27, West Acres Mall, c/o Walter Sisulu & Retief Street, Potchefstroom 2 www.potchefstroomherald.co.za Potchefstroom Herald 12 April 2018 Gemeenskap treur oor vermoorde pa Dustin Wetdewich veelvuldige steekwonde aan sy bors en oor wat gebeur het. maag gevind. “Ons is baie hartseer, maar ons staan Boodskappe van meegevoel vanuit alle Dit lyk of hy ook met ’n swaar voor- saam, soos wat Christo altyd by ons ge- oorde van die gemeenskap het gister in- werp oor die kop geslaan is, het Mohut- staan het,” het hy gesê. gestroom aan die familie van ’n ver- siwa gesê. Christo laat twee dogters van onder- moorde pa. Weens die aard van sy beserings kon skeidelik 5 en 2 jaar, ‘n seun van 11 Dit volg nadat ’n lyk wat Sondagmid- die polisie hom nie in daardie stadium jaar, drie broers, Anthony, Barend en dag, 8 April omstreeks 12:30 deur die identifiseer nie. Erwin, asook sy ouers, Anna en Ernest polisie gevind is, as dié van Christo Volgens Shane Snyers, Malgas se na. Boodskappe van bemoediging vir Malgas (29) geïdentifiseer is. neef, was hy ’n baie rustige mens wat die familie het op Facebook inge- Volgens ao. Ishmael Mohutsiwa, poli- baie vriende gehad het. stroom. siewoordvoerder, is die polisie Sondag “Hy het altyd tyd gehad vir ’n grappie, na ’n moordtoneel in Dassierandstraat hy het humor gebruik om moeilike si- naby Promosa uitgeroep. Met hul aan- tuasies ligter te maak,” het Snyers gesê. Regs: Christo Malgas se lyk is Sondag deur koms het hulle die lyk van ‘n man met Volgens hom is die familie stukkend die polisie gevind. Foto: FACEBOOK WaterWater canalcanal claimsclaims anotheranother youngyoung lifelife The storm water canal that Selogile Leshage The angry mother said Tlokwe City runs past Ext. 7, among others, Council had promised her countless has claimed the lives of at least The Ikageng police are investigating times that it would barricade the water five children after heavy rains. an inquest case after a 6-year-old canal properly to avoid further deaths. Photo: Selogile Leshage boy drowned in a water canal on ‘They once put a fence around it but it Monday. was useless. Do they want another According to Warrant Officer Ish- child to drown before they act?’ she mael Mohutsiwa, the police spoke- fumed. sperson, the police were called to the At the time, the councillor, Stone scene at the Eskom site in Ext. 11 Matlhabe, accused the then Tlokwe Ci- at about 19:45. ty Council of dragging its feet in addres- Upon their arrival, they found the sing the issue. diving team searching the water ca- ‘I have reported this hazard many nal. Moments later, an unidentified times. Do they want another child to woman pointed to where the body die? I have also told them that this ca- was and notified the police. nal is environmentally unhealthy. I usu- ‘They found a boy wearing a jac- ally chase the children away when they ket and red shirt in the water. The play near the canal after heavy rains,’ body was taken out of the canal and he said at the time. handed over to the ERMS who de- When asked why there were no bar- clared him dead and took him to the ricades and when the municipality pro- mortuary. The boy was identified as posed to do anything about the hazard, Boitshoko Malekane from Ext 6,’ Tlokwe’s spokesperson, Mr William said Mohutsiwa. Maphosa said fencing had been erected In March 2016, the Herald repor- on both sides of the canal in the past. safeguard the community. The first one partment of Infrastructure would ted that the same canal had already ‘These fences have been vandalised is to cover the existing canal with con- have to budget for the implementati- claimed the lives of four children. every time the municipality has erected crete slabs. on of either option. In 2013, Maria Mnanzana lost her them. The municipality is currently The other would be to erect a clear Two years down the line, Maphosa 8-year-old son, Mosimanegape Peter working on a new storm water master view fence on either side of it.’ had not responded to further questi- Mothabe, in the canal near Ext. 7. plan and is considering two options to Maphosa concluded that the De- ons in time for the deadline. Teen girl allegedly stabs family man in parking lot Selogile Leshage with assault GBH (grievous bodily moments, I took off my belt and hit him them he could beat me up,’ he said ang- harm). They were released in the care once to keep him away from me. He rily. A family man never imagined that he of their parents because both are mi- held the belt, grabbed me again and I Andries says it pains him even more would be lying on a cold pavement on nors. They appeared in the Potchef- lashed him with the belt again. While because they were minors. Teenagers a Saturday evening, bleeding profusely stroom Magistrates’ court on Monday,’ we were wrestling, someone came from mugging and stabbing people also hap- from a stab wound allegedly inflicted said Moleko. behind and stabbed me in my spinal pens a lot in the townships. by a teenage girl. The father of three who wants cord. I was in pain and bleeding pro- Teenagers open a counter-case Aganang radio station’s journalist, justice to be served told the Herald fusely and I saw a young girl with a The two teenagers had a completely Tebogo Leping’s video was trending on what had happened. knife. I didn’t know what to do, whether different version to Andries’s account. Facebook this week. It showed the se- ‘We were on a family outing. Later to run to my car on the other side of According to Warrant Officer Mpho curity personnel attending to Andries that day, I left my family at Fantasia to the mall or go to my wife. Three security Manyoba, the Potchefstroom police Phandle while waiting for the ambu- go and watch a soccer match at Gold guards and a group of men were staring spokesperson, the teenagers have lance and the police to arrive. The an- Rush. When the game ended at about at me but no one helped. I fell down and opened a counter-case of common as- gry crowd could be heard screaming 17:00, I went back to fetch them and asked someone close by to call my wife. sault. According to the driver of the ve- profanities and baying for the blood of drive home. They also called the emergency servi- hicle, he was trying to park his vehicle a couple. ‘When I crossed the driveway to the ces and the police,’ he said. at the MooiRivier Mall. According to Kelebogile Molale, the delivery area, a red Toyota Tazz sped The teens were aggressive ‘A man was walking where the driver NW police spokesperson, the incident past and almost hit me. I jumped out Andries was distraught after the inci- intended to park. He was moving slow- took place outside the MooiRivier mall of the way. The driver stopped a few pa- dent. ‘I do not know what to call it. The ly and the driver of the vehicle shouted where a 17-year-old male was having ces away and stormed out of the vehi- boy and the girl were aggressive and an- at the man to “take his time”. an argument with the victim. A 16-year- cle. gry. I don’t know he got such confidence ‘The man allegedly approached the old girl, a friend of the youngster, alle- ‘We had an argument and he said: and bravery to attack a grown-up man driver, took his belt off and started hit- gedly turned on Andries and stabbed ‘Ek sal jou ‘n warm klap gee. That is like me. I think he had the nerve to at- ting him. 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