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Merwe, told Rekord that they were planning Upon her arrival, she walked to the safe a 50th birthday party for her stepmother where she took out a Retha. fi rearm and returned to “She would’ve the dining room to sit turned 50 on 9 August. with her husband. We were planning a “She didn’t say party for her and she anything. She just sat even made a calendar next to me,” said her note for the event. We husband Ben. can’t seem to fi gure out “At fi rst I didn’t see why she did this. This the gun, but then she was so unlike her.” held it to her head and She said Retha’s shot herself.” sudden death was hard ER24 paramedics to take as she had pre- were called to the scene viously lost her mother, and tried to revive Geldenhuys’ previous Retha with CPR. wife, to a car accident. They initiated “I lost my mother advanced life support and now this. This is interventions for about hard to take but we will 40 minutes. get through this.” “Unfortunately, after Retha co-owned a some time, no vital homemade sauce busi- signs returned and the ness with her husband Vote now for your favourites in the Best of woman was declared Retha and Ben Geldenhuys. called Ma Se Kombuis dead on the scene,” Photo: Facebook and was a familiar sight Pretoria Readers’ Choice Awards 2016 ER24 spokesperson at local markets. Russel Meiring said. “We have received a Geldenhuys, who had been married to lot of support from people who have worked When it comes to picking the best restaurant in the capital for an English break- Retha for just over two years, said his wife at the market. They have been helping us fast, even local singer Dewald Wasserfall is having trouble deciding. “Rocket 88 was a loving and positive person. with funeral arrangements. on Lynnwood has one of the coolest “build your own” breakfast items on their “We have come a long way. 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Police spokesperson Constable Tumisang Centurion Concerned Citizens (CCC) Moloto said two men were trying to break spokesperson Hannes du Buisson said a down a steel gate at a home in Sinorita CCC member became aware of the robbery Street, Erasmia. when placing an order at the drive-thru win- “[The homeowner] however fi red shots. dow in Ruimte Road. One suspect was shot and fatally wounded Two men were arrested after they were spot- “The employee could not give her the ice and the other fl ed on foot and is still at ted by Monitor Net. Photo: Monitor Net cream she ordered and advised her to leave large.” as an armed robbery was in progress.” Police were alerted and arrived to fi nd the He said the member, Anje van Dijk, sent intruder in a pool of blood with a torch and a out an alert on Zello and while driving away. knife next to his body. Monitor Net, Copwatch, Scorpion and The items were confi scated by police, community members of CCC immediately Moloto said. responded. The homeowner was initially put into Shots were fi red by the robbers as they police custody on a charge of murder. were getting into their getaway car, which According to news reports, he was was spotted within minutes by a CCC reac- released later in the day without being tion member. charged. “The suspects were apprehended in front Police were this week still searching for of the Saxby Centre in Eldoraigne by Moni- the second would-be robber, Moloto said. tor Net,” Du Buisson said. In a third crime, a woman and four men “They arrested two suspects and recov- were caught with dagga of about R100 000 ered a fi rearm.” in their possession in Centurion on Monday Four of the accomplices ran away, he morning. said. 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