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T335687HD07 Friday,Friday, FebruaryFebrua 17, 2017 TEL: 011 740 1825 Dorp groet rugbyheld Squatters forced to move Lees meer op bladsy 2 Read more on page 6 Liam (wat geslaap het toe die foto geneem is) en Caleb het Dinsdag nog in die Life Dalview Hospitaal aangesterk. By hulle is hul ouers, Jeff en Erika Bekker, wat Maandagaand ’n baie traumatiese ervaring beleef het. Dapper pa red sy kinders Thelma Koorts reën getref is. water was en dat ek dit nie deur die oomblik dat ek gedink het dat ek my is na die Life Dalview Hospitaal [email protected] Jeff Bekker (32) vertel dat daar duikweg sou maak nie. Ek het rem vrou gaan verloor.” gehaas waar hulle vir ondermeer oomblikke was dat hy gedink het getrap maar ’n stroom water het ons “Ek was egter magteloos want ek hipotermie behandel is.” dat sy vrou, Erika (29), nie betyds Polo meegesleur en ons is in die kon my net by ons babas bepaal.” Volgens Jeff was hul toestand Die pa van ’n agt-maande oue uit die voertuig sou kon kom nie. Hy duikweg af.” “Op ’n stadium het ek darem Dinsdag bevredigend maar hulle tweeling het Maandagaand verbete was egter magteloos om haar te help “Ek kon gelukkig daarin slaag gesien hoe my vrou uit die voer- word nog dopgehou. in yskoue water aan sy seuntjies aangesien hy gespook en gespartel om my venster oop te draai en ek tuig kon kom en my verligting was “Ek is baie dankbaar teenoor die vasgeklou toe die voertuig waarin hy het om die tweeling, Caleb en Liam, en Erika het dadelik gepoog om die baie, baie groot.” Hulp het intussen insleepdienste en ander vrywilligers en sy gesin gery het deur vloedwa- se koppe omhoog te hou. kinders uit hul karstoeltjies te kry.” opgedaag in die vorm van insleep- wat gehelp het.” ter meegesleur is en in ’n kolkende “Ek en Erika was net voor 8nm op “Ek kon dit regkry om uit die kar voertuie en vrywilligers en ’n kabel “Ons was vir meer as ’n halfuur in watermassa beland het. pad na ons huis in Dalview. Dit het te kom en het die tweeling in my is laat sak na Jeff en die kinders. die water en ek het moeg geraak om Die voorval het net voor 8nm erg gereën,” het Jeff vertel. arms vasgeklou,” het Jeff vertel. “Ek kon dit regkry om aan die self staande te bly en die kleintjies plaasgevind toe groot dele van die “Voor die duikweg in Voortrek- “Erika kon nie dadelik uit die kar kabel vas te hou en is na veiligheid vas te hou. Gelukkig het alles goed dorp deur ’n hewige storm en swaar kerweg het ek besef dat daar te veel kom nie en daar was regtig waar ’n gebring. So ook Erika. Die tweeling uitgewerk vir ons,” het Jeff gesê. 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Mall@Carnival. * A vacant house along Springs The theft took place between Road, in Denneoord, was bro- 11.10am and 2.45pm. ken into. * Two homes were burgled. Window locks, an electrical Three television sets and a ket- distribution box, silver taps, tle were stolen from an address electrical plugs and door han- along 15th Road, in Sallies Vil- dles were stolen. lage; and a geyser was stolen * A female motorist was robbed from a vacant property at the of her handbag by a smash- corner of Northdene Avenue and-grab thief at the corner of and Prince George Avenue. Voortrekker Road and Station * A business situated along ’n Hoogtepunt was die loslating van 45 spierwit duiwe, ’n getal wat die ouderdom van die rugbyheld gesimboliseer Road. First Road, in Vulcania, was het. Die duiwe het uit ’n wit hok, waaraan foto’s van Van Der Westhuizen aangebring is, gevlieg. The woman was stationary at burgled of tools and a micro- the traffi c lights when a man wave oven. broke the front passenger win- * A shop along Rangeview dow and grabbed her bag. Road, in Dalpark, was robbed The bag contained cash, her by three men at around 5pm. Rugbylegende gegroet bank card, a camera and cell- Two men entered the store and phone. threatened the staff and owners ’n Groep mense het verlede Vrydagmiddag The incident took place at with fi rearms. 6.10pm. A third robber joined the pair hul laaste eer betoon aan die rugbylegende * A business situated along and the victims were searched. Joost van der Westhuizen, wie verlede Lemmer Road, in Vulcania, was A substantial amount of cash robbed by three men. and two cellphones were Maandag oorlede is. Die publiek is die The men threatened staff stolen. geleentheid gegeegee om members at gunpoint at around The robbers fl ed in a grey Toy- op die Bosman StadioStadionn midday and locked them in a ota Avanza, which was followed storeroom. by a blue Ford Focus. bymekaar te komm en The robbers helped themselves * The driver of a silver Audi A3 groen, geel en blou to a large sum of cash from a was robbed of his vehicle at the safe on the premises. corner of Boundary Road and ballonne los te laat.aat. * A case of common robbery Cavendish Street. was opened after a motorist The victim stopped at a three- was robbed along Rangeview way stop at 10.45pm and noticed Road, in Dalpark. a green Volkswagen Polo The victim told police he was stopped across from him. Annelise Janse van Rensburg het in Hayley Serfontein (2) was driving near Mall@Carnival at The driver pulled off and sudden- ’n Bloubul rugbytrui met ’n nommer 9 een van die jonger kindersders 7.30pm when he was forced off ly stopped the Polo in front of the opgedaag om haar laaste eer te betoon. wat ’n ballon losgelaat het. the road by a red Honda (mod- victim’s car. el not provided) and a white Two men alighted from the car Toyota Corolla. and ran towards the Audi. He pulled over on the side of One of the men was armed with the road and the two vehicles a gun, while the other had a FIND YOUR also stopped. knife. The driver of the Honda alight- The victim was ordered out of ed from the vehicle brandishing the car and was robbed of his a baseball bat and confronted cellphone. 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