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11-16-2009, 01:53 PM #5061
Jhb mall robbery: 8 arrested
Johannesburg - Eight armed men were arrested after a robbery at the Westonaria Shopping Centre on Sunday afternoon, Gauteng police said.
The men went into the Jet shop in the centre at 12.30 and stole several cellphones before making their getaway in a white minibus, said Senior Superintendent Noxolo Kweza.
"The store manager immediately called the police and gave a description of the car. Police traced it and gave chase during which a shoot-out ensued," said Kweza.
The group ran into different houses in the area when they realised that they were outnumbered. All eight men were eventually arrested.
Kweza said police recovered five unlicensed firearms and the getaway car.
11-16-2009, 01:54 PM #5062
Hijacker killed in Durban
Johannesburg - A hijacker was shot dead on Sunday during a confrontation with police at a parking lot in Pinetown, paramedics in KwaZulu Natal said.
Netcare 911 Spokesman Jeff Wicks said the man was being monitored by police while trying to hijack the car.
"He was shot in the chest during a confrontation with the police and died at the scene," said Wicks
11-16-2009, 01:55 PM #5063
Polisie ‘trots op lede wat booswigte platgeskiet het’
Die 17 vermeende transito-rowers wat in minder as twee maande in drie voorvalle in drie provinsies doodgeskiet is, was geharde misdadigers met meer as 100 aanklagte – van onder meer gewapende roof en moord – teen hulle.
Dié rowers is doodgeskiet tydens drie transitoroofpogings in Kuilsrivier in die Wes-Kaap, by Kameelfontein buite Pretoria, en in Polokwane, Limpopo.
Uit dokumente wat Die Burger onder oë gehad het, was minstens 15 van die rowers ten tye van die voorvalle op borgtog en verhoorafwagtend, terwyl almal ’n kriminele rekord gehad het.
Van die sewe transitorowers wat verlede week in Polokwane doodgeskiet is, was twee gesoekte misdadigers.
Dié sewe rowers het altesame 60 sake teen hulle gehad wat wissel van gewapende roof, moord, diefstal, huisbraak en die onwettige besit van ’n vuurwapen en ammunisie.
Die meeste van die sake teen die 17 was hangende, terwyl ’n paar onderskeidelik teruggetrek en hulle op ander onskuldig bevind is.
Buiten vir ’n senior superintendent van die polisie se spesiale taakmag wat by Kameelfontein in albei sy bene geskiet is, is geen lede van die publiek in enige van die voorvalle gewond nie.
Snr.supt. Lindela Mashigo, nasionale polisiewoordvoerder, het gister in reaksie gesê dit is duidelik dat die polisie met geharde misdadigers te doen het.
Die polisie is ook trots op sy lede “wat die booswigte platgeskiet het, want hulle bedreig ons vryheid en veiligheid”.
In die eerste voorval in September vanjaar is ses transitorowers by Kameelfontein doodgeskiet. Twee van hul makkers is aangekeer.
Al agt wat na bewering by dié transitorooftog betrokke was, was verhoorafwagtend.
Tussen hulle het hulle 32 aanklagte teen hulle gehad.
Dít wissel van diefstal, gewapende roof, huisbraak, verkragting, poging tot moord, ontsnapping en die onwettige besit van ’n vuurwapen en ammunisie.
Net meer as ’n maand ná dié voorval is vier vermeende transitorowers in Kuilsriver doodgeskiet.
Een man is in hegtenis geneem.
Dié rowers het 26 sake teen hulle gehad waarvan sommige reeds afgehandel is, en ander steeds hangende is.
Twee van die rowers is verhoorafwagtend op minstens ses aanklagte wat moord, gewapende roof, poging tot moord en die onwettige besit van ’n vuurwapen en ammunisie insluit.
Volgens Mashigo kan ’n mens uit dié misdadigers se misdaadrekords sien hulle het nie enige respek vir die wet of wetstoepassers nie. Hulle is ook ’n bedreiging vir menselewens.
“Hul missie is duidelik dat hulle nie wil hê die polisie moet in hul pad staan as hulle misdade pleeg nie,” het Mashigo gesê.
“As die polisie wel in hul pad staan, is hulle bereid om ons dood te maak.
“Die misdadigers rig nie besemstokke op ons nie, maar grootkaliber-vuurwapens.
“Die wet laat ons toe om te skiet op misdadigers wat ’n vuurwapen op ons rig en om hulle dood te maak.”
Mashigo het gesê mense moenie dié soort mense in hul gemeenskappe wegsteek nie.
11-17-2009, 02:54 AM #5064
Arrestasies na moorde
HENDRIKSDAL - Sewe verdagtes is aangekeer in verband met die grusame moorde op mnr. Leon Steyn en sy vrou Hetta, in hul huis op 29 Oktober. Twee van die verdagtes was werknemers van die egpaar.
Die Steyns was die eienaars van die gewilde Artist’s Café en is klaarblyklik met R5-aanvalsgewere in die vroeë oggendure doodgeskiet. Niks is tydens die aanval gebuit nie.
Kapt. Leonard Hlathi, woord-voerder van die georganiseerde misdaadeenheid, het gister gesê dat die verdagtes Donderdag en Vrydag in onderskeidelik Marite naby Hazyview en in Sabie vasgetrek is. "Die meesterbreine agter die aanval was twee vroue wat by die Steyn-egpaar gewerk het," het hy gesê.
Laevelder het betroubaar verneem dat een van die verdagtes glo ‘n bekentenis oor die voorval voor ‘n landdros afgelê het. Vuurwapens wat R4-aanvalsgewere en ’n 9mm pistool insluit, is ook na bewering |in hulle besit gevind. "Daar is aanvanklik gedink dat die egpaar met R5-gewere vermoor is, maar dit blyk nou dat die aanval met R4-aanvalsgewere uitgevoer is," het Hlathi gesê.
Die vroue, wat vir die Steyns gewerk het, is Sindy Sambo (33) en Doro Sono (36). Die ander verdag-tes is Nicholas Nyalunga (24), Robert Wisane Mgiba (19), Nicholas Mdawe (24), Eddie Moshala (44) en Moses Ivan Mokwena (ouderdom onbekend). Hlathi het aangedui dat hulle hoop om binnekort ‘n agtste verdagte te arresteer. "Die verdagtes het gesê dat die motief vir die aanval roof was, maar dat hulle onderbreek is deur mnr. Martin Bolton wat gaan ondersoek instel het nadat hy die skote gehoor het," het Hlathi bygevoeg.
Hulle sou gister vra dat die saak vir sewe dae uitgestel word voordat die verdagtes ‘n borgaansoek voor die hof kan bring. Hetta se seun, mnr. Gerhard Coetzee, het gesê dat hy bewus is van die arrestasies wat gemaak is. "My ouers het goed na hul werk-nemers omgesien en ek kan nie dink dat van hulle ‘n wrok teen hulle sou koester nie. Hulle moes agter geld aan gewees het. Die arrestasies maak my aan die een kant bly, maar aan die ander kant... niks gaan hulle terug bring nie," het hy by navraag gesê.
11-17-2009, 02:56 AM #5065
Murder victim prayed for robber
Port Elizabeth - A petite blonde girl testified on Monday how murdered Jeffrey's Bay businesswoman Cecile Potgieter, 51, had prayed for her moments before she was killed.
During argument in her defence in the Eastern Cape High Court in Port Elizabeth, the 17-year-old girl acknowledged guilt to Judge Jeremy Pickering on a charge of theft, relating to the day when she and the other accused, Franklin Stuurman, 28, overpowered Potgieter in her home in Wavecrest on February 20.
The girl, whose name is being withheld due to her being a minor, made plea and sentencing agreements with the State.
During her testimony, she alleges that she and Stuurman - with whom she'd lived and had a relationship - walked from Ocean View to Wavecrest on that day.
State prosecutor Hannelie Bakker, deputy director of public prosecutions, read the plea argument in which the girl says states that she was under the impression that they would be doing a drug transaction with Nigerians.
However, when they came to Potgieter's house, Stuurman told her he planned to rob Potgieter.
"He said I must pretend that I want a glass of water. While I was talking to the woman, Franklin grabbed her and held a knife to her throat. They fell down and the woman struggled.
"Franklin took the woman into the house and instructed me to lock the door. He told me to get her laptop. He ordered the woman to make an electronic fund transfer of R10 000 into his bank account.
"He tied her hands with the DVD player's cord and went to her room to look for more money. I had to be the look-out. While I was holding on to the end of the cord, she took my hand and prayed for me."
According to the plea argument, Potgieter pressed the panic button.
The girl and Potgieter both ran out of the house.
"I was already in the street and I could hear her screaming. I went to my mother's house, and the next day, when I saw (in the newspaper) that she was dead, I phoned the police."
The girl responded that she understood the sentence when she was sentenced to three years in prison, suspended for a total of five years. She was placed under corrective supervision and house arrest. She will have to perform community service and complete a life skills programme.
Stuurman's trial will begin on February 1. He appeared in court briefly on Monday, after he was admitted at his own request to the Ford England hospital in Grahamstown for observation.
11-17-2009, 02:57 AM #5066
Human trafficking a harsh reality
A young girl in Limpopo is approached by a very sophisticated lady who offers her a modelling contract far from home.
She feels flattered and thinks about the money that she will be able to send to her orphan brothers and sisters. She falls for the trick and is transported away. On the way, cocaine is shoved up her nose. She finds herself in an unknown place, trapped. After being raped repeatedly until she offers no more resistance, she is ready to be exploited as a sex slave.
An unreal scenario?
Maybe not, if taking into account that between 28 000 and 30 000 children are currently being pros-tituted in South Africa. Half of these children are younger than 14 years old. Limpopo, Mpumalanga and the Eastern Cape are the main “recruitment” areas for victims of human trafficking. Human trafficking is expected to increase significantly in the months preceding the 2010 Fifa World Cup in South Africa. The sex trade is also moving to middle- and high-income houses and rich neighbour-hoods near sports stadiums in the run-up to the world cup soccer tournament.
Information and statistics such as these were shared at the launch of a counter-human-trafficking campaign in Polokwane and Louis Trichardt and surrounds. On October 14, the Director of Stop Trafficking of People (STOP), Ms Corinne Sandenbergh of Stellenbosch, spoke at a LISA (Limpopo Independent Schools Association) meeting in Polokwane.
“Our children and women are not for sale,” Sandenbergh said.
Human trafficking is the exploitation of human beings by selling them for sex, bonded labour or domestic servitude. “Human trafficking is currently the fastest growing moneymaking scheme in the world. You can sell drugs or guns once, but a human being you can keep on selling for years on end,” informs www.givengain.com
“These people who traffic in humans are extremely cunning and totally unscrupulous. They employ innovative, devious methods. We want parents and children to be aware,” said Ms Sonja Prinsloo, Louis Trichardt coordinator of STOP.
The plan of action includes the training of teachers and volunteers. An educator’s manual on how to stop human trafficking, containing a detailed, easy-to-use les-son plan, is available. A DVD to create awareness is available as well as a complete written play, The butterfly spoke, which can be performed.
Part of the initiative is the Traffick Proof Project, as well as the Valuable to Jesus Project, where small dolls are knitted and given to children in Limpopo. “The doll is a tangible reminder to each child that he or she is special to the Lord and not to be trafficked,” Prinsloo said. Senior citizens and other people prepared to help with the knitting are requested urgently. A knitting pattern is available.
The involvement of churches is vital to help identify volunteers and to encourage intercessors to pray. Training for caregivers of trafficked victims is offered. Safe houses should be made available to support, counsel and empower trafficked victims.
The roll of the SAPS is crucial and police protocol will be observed. Last year, a persistent police officer from Port Elizabeth cracked a human trafficking syndicate.
Those talented in fundraising and communication are required to come to the fore to offer assistance. STOP is run in partnership with Firestorm Productions to put together an awareness campaign to inform and involve the public, also through Internet- based video clips and an interactive website. STOP is an alliance of like-hearted representatives from organisations that are involved in the fight against trafficking. For more information, visit www.givengain.com. Those who want to offer assistance or get involved can phone Corrinne on 082 456 2459 or Sonja on 084 700 7960.
11-17-2009, 02:58 AM #5067
Burnt body found on field
Johannesburg - A body of a woman burnt beyond recognition was found in Orange Farm early on Monday morning, police said.
Captain Johannes Motsiri said the woman, aged between 20 and 25, was identified as a white person because one of her hands was not completely burnt.
He said a passerby saw the body still burning in an open field near Poortjie at 04:00.
Motsiri said it was suspected that the woman could have been hijacked somewhere else before being set alight and dumped in the field.
11-17-2009, 03:00 AM #5068
Johannesburg - A 29-year-old man who had been on the police wanted list for a number of crimes was denied bail in the Johannesburg Magistrate's Court on Monday, police said.
"He will appear again in the same court on November 25 for formal bail application," said Inspector Nokulunga Mahonga.
The man, who has been on the run since October after a robbery in Johannesburg's Brackendowns and Basonia areas, was arrested on Saturday in KwaZulu-Natal.
He allegedly committed crimes ranging from murder, housebreaking, theft, possession of a stolen vehicle and house robbery.
Cops find 6 IDs, 2 firearms
A month ago, the man and three other assailants allegedly pounced on a woman who had just stopped in her driveway, said Mahonga.
"They demanded her car keys at gunpoint and dragged her to her house where they unlocked the safe and stole a German Mauser pistol, identity document, passport and cash - all valued at R80 000," she said.
When police raided the men's complex in Mondeo, they found six identity documents and two unlicensed firearms.
Mahonga said one firearm was found to have been used in the Basonia robbery.
"Police are searching for the remaining suspects," she said.
11-17-2009, 03:01 AM #5069
Los die speelgoed-wapens, vra veldtog
Speelgoedvuurwapens lyk al hoe meer soos die ware Jakob.
In so ’n mate dat dit toenemend in rooftogte gebruik word.
Die organisasie Gunfree South Africa (GFSA) het handelaars wat speelgoedvuurwapens aanhou daarom gevra om dit van winkelrakke te verwyder.
“Ons vra kinders om hierdie speelgoed in te gee en ons vra ouers om dit nie as Kersgeskenke te koop nie,” sê me. Natalie Jaynes, Wes-Kaapse direkteur van GFSA.
As deel van ’n spesiale veld- tog met die oog op speelgoedverkope wat oor Kersfees toeneem, het GFSA al sowat 5 000 speelgoedvuurwapens ingesamel, sê Jaynes.
“Ons glo in ’n land soos Suid-Afrika wat deur misdaad getraumatiseer word, is dit noodsaaklik om vreedsame speletjies aan te moedig. Ons wil die boodskap aan kinders oordra dat vuurwapens nie pret is nie.
“Ouers dra teenstrydige boodskappe aan kinders oor as hulle vir hulle sê om weg te bly van regte vuurwapens, maar dan vir hulle speelgoedwapens gee om mee te speel.
“Wanneer ’n ouer ’n speelding aan ’n kind gee, neem die kind aan die ouer keur die speelding goed.”
Jaynes sê kinders “oefen” situasies. “Deur te speel oefen hulle om volwassenes te wees deur goed te gebruik wat volwassenes gebruik. Wil ons regtig hê hulle moet geweld oefen?”
Tot dusver, sê Jaynes, is Pick n Pay die enigste handelaar wat die veldtog steun.
Me. Tamra Veley, ’n woordvoerder van Pick n Pay, sê dié winkels verkoop net watergewere omdat dit nie vir vuurwapens aangesien kan word nie en “onskuldige pret” is.
Sy sê Pick n Pay het jare gelede besluit om nie speelgoed aan te hou wat vir vuurwapens aangesien kan word nie
11-17-2009, 03:03 AM #5070
‘Boewe wéét hul sal kan wegkom’
Die strafregstelsel is in ’n krisis.
So het dr. Johan Burger, senior navorser van die Instituut vir Sekerheidstudie (ISS), gister gesê nadat dit aan die lig gekom het minstens 15 van 17 transitorowers wat tydens drie transitorooftogpogings doodgeskiet is, was op borgtog vrygelaat.
Hulle was verdagtes in onder meer moord- en gewapende roof-sake.
Die transitorowers wat by onderskeidelik Kameelfontein buite Pretoria, in Kuilsrivier in die Wes-Kaap en in Polokwane, Limpopo, doodgeskiet is, was geharde misdadigers met meer as 100 aanklagte teen hulle.
Burger het gesê die strafregstelsel het gebreke en misdadigers buit probleme in die strafregstelsel uit. Die strafregstelsel dien net nie meer as afskrikmiddel vir die misdadiger nie, meen hy.
Burger het verwys na navorsing van dr. Rudolph Zinn, ’n oudpolisielid en senior lektor aan Unisa se departement misdaad en forensiese ondersoek, wat lui dat huisrowers gemiddeld 104 misdade pleeg in ’n tydperk van sewe en ’n half jaar voordat hulle vasgetrek word.
“Dít sê iets van die polisie se vermoë om misdadigers suksesvol op te spoor, asook van die howe se suksesvolle vervolging,” het Burger gesê.
“Misdadigers aanvaar hul kanse is goed om weg te kom.”
Volgens Burger is daar ook ontevredenheid by polisielede wanneer vermeende misdadigers op borgtog vrygelaat word.
Streeklanddros Adriaan Bekker, voorsitter van die Streeklanddrostevereniging van Suid-Afrika (Armsa), het gesê die probleem lê nie noodwendig by die landdros wat die vermeende misdadiger op borgtog vrylaat nie.
“Daar is allerhande maniere om die hof te mislei. Daarby het die staat soms nie ’n goeie saak nie of hulle opponeer nie ’n saak nie.
Ander kere daag die ondersoekbeampte nie by die hof op nie, of ’n persoon se vorige veroordelings of hangende sake word nie aan die hof geopenbaar nie.”
Volgens Bekker is daar ’n indruk dat vermeende misdadigers te maklik op borgtog vrygelaat word, maar dis onwaar.
Met ernstige misdade lê die bewyslas op die beskuldigde om aan die hof te toon hoekom hy op borgtog vrygelaat moet word.
“Die landdros moet ’n voorspelling maak of die beskuldigde sy verhoor gaan staan,” het hy gesê.
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