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TONGAAT : VDEISRTURLIABMUT: ION AREAS - DOOR TO DOOR: Buffelsdale, Belvedere, Watsonia, Mitha Nagar, Flamingo Heights, Gandhi Nagar, Fair Breeze, Bur Breeze, Gandhi’s Hill, Truro land, Emona, Sea Tides, La Mercy, Sandfields. Everest Heights, Ottawa, Oaklands, Redcliffe,Trenance Park (Old phase), Trenance Park (New phase), Chelmsford Heights, Dawn Crest, Mountview, Verulam Central, Temple Valley, Riyadh, Parkgate. WATERLOO COPIES Vol. 1 No. 36 SEPTEMBER 5, 2018 Tel. 031-507 7761 / 031-459-8300 email: [email protected] 25 000 FREE WEEKLY Website: www.phoenixsun.co.za Phoenix Sun @PhoenixSunNews Murdered couple found in bathroom A couple was found murdered behind her back. She is believed in their home on Vincent Dick - to have been strangled, how - onson Road in Cottonlands on ever, this is yet to be confirmed. Monday. Members of a local se - Singh's body was found on the curity company received a call floor of the bathroom with stab from a family member request - wounds to his neck. A Stanley ing assistance after he looked knife, believed to be used in the through a window and noticed murder, was found in the living blood on the bedroom floor. Se - room. The house was ran - curity forces were dispatched to sacked. A TV and a bottle green the home and upon arrival, Toyota Conquest with registra - found that all doors leading into tion LCD 560 GP which be - the home were locked. The lock longs to Singh is confirmed to on a security gate leading to the have been stolen at this stage. veranda was forced open. According to the family, the Security officers climbed couple was last seen on Satur - through an open window and day afternoon at about 4pm at a found a pool of blood covered function in the area. Singh's em - with a towel at the entrance of ployee grew concerned this the bedroom. A blood trail led morning when he arrived for security officers to the bath - work and found the driveway room which was locked. gates locked. He assumed that After breaking down the door, Singh who is a farmer had al - the bodies of 68-year-old Dhir ready left to the Verulam Mar - Roy Singh and his 60-year-old ket. Several hours later, Singh's live in girlfriend Kay were dis - family arrived at the home and covered. Kay who is a former made their way onto the prop - resident of Redcliffe in Verulam erty when they noticed blood on was found lying face down in the bedroom floor. Police are Above: The ransacked bedroom of the Singh home. Top: A secu - Security officers entering the home through the bath tub with her hands tied investigating further. rity officer investigating the property. a window that was forced open at the scene. Page 2 TONGAAT AND VERULAM SUN, SEPTEMBER 5, 2018 Equipping pupils to tackle crime Sector 2 manager, Sgt Nishen Padayachee, to - gratitude to all those who assisted in the event gether with the local sub forum of the CPF held and encouraged the community to get involved a Crime Awareness Day at Waterloo Primary in community projects. Sgt Padayachee also School on Friday. thanked the CPF, teachers of Waterloo Primary Non-profit organisation, Bobby Bear, was also and the sponsors including, Razaks Butchery, invited to the event. Erika, a guest speaker from Havenridge Distributors, Gaterite Wholesalers the organisation, gave an educational talk to and Reaction Unit South Africa, for their gener - Inspirational women who were part of the successful womenʼs networking brunch. pupils on rape and other forms of abuse. ous donations of meals and refreshments to the Sector 2 CPF chairman, Mr Jithen, expressed his pupils at the school. Celebrating phenomenal women achievers A prosperous women’s networking brunch at the Nepaul. Formalities for the day included empow - Swaadisht restaurant, situated at the Ridge in ering addresses from phenomenal women, all of Shallcross, united women in business, ending Na - whom, have made a name for themselves in the tional Women’s Month on a high note indeed. business sector. A divine lunch, consisting of a Proudly hosted by the Tongaat and Verulam Sun variety of Indian delicacies, including the restau - and SUPERSPAR Chatsworth, the initiative was rant’s famous chicken tikka and lamb breyani, taken to host the special brunch following the im - was served to all attendees. mense success of a women’s networking break - To sweeten the occasion, decadent soji was fast held a few months ago. served. With the aim to help women in business grow, All women were thanked for gracing the event organisers were pleased with the outcome of the and were encouraged to look forward to the next session and how each woman left the venue feel - networking session, which will be filled with pos - ing inspired and motivated to make a difference. itive insights once more. The guest speaker was former Lotus FM presen - For more pictures from the networking session, ter, attorney and motivational speaker, Abigail visit www.risingsunchatsworth.co.za Sgt Nishen Padayachee of Sector 2 with the team from Bobby Bear. Flambel’s little ones crowned Flambel Primary School held a successful Grade and Dante Naidoo, as well as queen, Demeeliya After the cold Winter and windy August, the eager and ready tiny tots of the Little Angels R Prom at the Tongaat Town Hall, recently. Prin - Rose Moodley. They are flanked by first Club from Metcalfe in Tongaat, were thrilled to celebrate the return of Spring. 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TONGAAT AND VERULAM SUN, SEPTEMBER 5, 2018 Page 3 Armed men Sisters attacked by criminal duo Two sisters were at - closed amount of cash Left: The home threaten to rape tacked, bound and before they gagged the was ransacked gagged in their own victims and locked after the incident. home by a couple them in one of the during a house rob - bedrooms. They then schoolgirl bery in Olivine Road locked the front door in Everest Heights in and fled the property Verulam on Friday. with keys to the home Members of a local Two men were ar - and a Daihatsu Cha - rested by members of security company re - rade. The older sister a local security com - ceived a call from a who is teacher at a pany after they en - member of public, re - school in Durban in - tered a primary questing assistance formed security offi - school, armed with after he heard the cers that they firearms and with the women screaming for managed to remove intention of raping a help. Several security their restraints and 13-year-old pupil in officers were dis - started screaming for Mountview in Veru - patched to the home lam on Friday. help. The rope and shirt and upon arrival, en - The operations centre According to the vic - used to bind the tered the property and of a local security tims, both suspects victims. company, Reaction heard the women spoke in fluent Eng - screaming from a Unit South Africa, re - The suspect arrested 100 metres from his lish and Isizulu. The ceived a call from a home. bedroom at the back female suspect repeat - staff member at a pri - of the house. edly threatened to mary school in the Security forces found shoot the siblings if Mountview area.