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10-19-2009, 05:57 AM #4861
Armed gang hits Joburg bakery
Johannesburg - A group of at least 10 armed men held up Fournos Bakery in Dunkeld West, Johannesburg, on Sunday afternoon.
The robbers arrived at about midday, and took wallets and cellphones from patrons and employees. They also took all the money from the cash registers.
This is the third bakery robbery in about seven months, said employee André Human, 22.
André van der Westhuizen, 38, from Linden, arrived at the Dunkeld West shopping mall along with his wife, Debra, and their 17-month-old baby boy, Andrew, while the robbery was taking place.
"We'd wanted to buy a few things for a picnic. When I opened the door after we'd parked, a man pressed a firearm against my body. I said I want to get my child. He said: "Quickly, quickly."
"I took the child and left the keys in the car. We ran to the opposite side of the road," said Van der Westhuizen.
The robbers took their Honda Jazz.
"They were probably looking for a getaway car. I'm shocked. It feels strange. I'm happy that everyone's safe," he said.
A waiter, who wanted to remain anonymous, said a robber had approached him and pointed a gun at him.
"He said: 'Son of a bitch. Where's the money?' Obviously I was scared." The robber also took the money from his apron.
A security guard, Themba Mkwanazi, said the robbers told other people in the centre to go to the bakery and then lie down on the floor.
"I was lying flat. I was scared. They held out plastic bags for people to put their cellphones in. They also asked for wallets. All that took about six minutes, he said.
Police spokesperson Lungelo Dlamini said no shots were fired, but a client was assaulted. The robbers fled in three cars.
10-20-2009, 04:51 AM #4862
Moord op gesinne in SA van die hoogste, sê kenners
Suid-Afrika het volgens kenners een van die hoogste gesinsmoordsyfers ter wêreld.
“Gesinsmoorde is te algemeen,” het regter Lettie Malopa verlede jaar in die hooggeregshof in Pretoria gesê toe sy ’n vrou wat haar twee seuns vermoor het, sewe jaar tronkstraf opgelê het.
Voorbeelde van polisielede wat gesinsmoord gepleeg het of daardeur geraak is, sluit in:
Mei 2009: Marius van der Westhuizen, ’n voormalige superintendent, word in die Wes-Kaapse hooggeregshof skuldig bevind aan die moorde op sy drie kinders. Hy het Bianca (16), Marius jr. (5) en Antoinette (18 maande) in 2006 doodgeskiet nadat hy en kapt. Charlotte van der Westhuizen van die Kuilsrivier-polisiekantoor, sy vrou, oor haar werk gestry het.
2006: Supt. Katrina Coetzee van Kuilsrivier word die tweede keer deur ’n gesinsmoord geraak. Mnr. Francois Arnold Coetzee, haar man en ’n oud-polisieman, bring hul dogters, Arnina (8) en Ancois (6), om die lewe en hang homself. 13?jaar tevore het sers. Willem Beukes, haar eerste man, hul dogters, Riana (6) en Wilna (3), doodgeskiet en homself met sy dienspistool doodgeskiet.
1998: Sers. Danie Lategan (35) van Heidelberg skiet sy kinders, Dewald (7) en Wynand (3), en sy eksvrou, mev. Mareleine Lategan (31), met ’n outomatiese geweer en homself met sy dienswapen.
10-20-2009, 04:52 AM #4863
System blamed for kids' murders
Cape Town - The police system was to blame for former police officer Marius van der Westhuizen killing his three children, the Western Cape High Court heard on Monday.
The incident could have been avoided if police officials were trained in how to deal with severe stress, defence attorney Milton de la Harpe told the court.
Judge Willem Louw reminded De la Harpe on Monday that Van der Westhuizen did request and receive psychotherapy prior to the triple murder.
Van der Westhuizen, former officer in command at the charge office at the Claremont police station is to be sentenced on Thursday for the murder of his three children.
Two were from his marriage to his present wife Charlotte and one was from a previous marriage.
According to the evidence, Van Der Westhuizen had had previous episodes of depression and had been booked off work twice, the judge said.
De la Harpe said van der Westhuizen had been diagnosed as having a depressive personality, and was a "pleaser" - always anxious to assist others.
The policeman was also regarded by his subordinates as a perfectionist, and someone who would "rather die than not go to work".
At the time of the shooting, he was mentally disturbed, De la Harpe said.
De la Harpe said police policy was that if a police official was in need of help, such as psychotherapy, he had to seek such assistance himself.
De la Harpe said the kind of incident concerned would happen again unless the police system was changed to take care of police officials having to face stressful situations.
‘Gebroke Marius kan nie meer jammer sê'
Marius van der Westhuizen is ’n gebroke man, maar hy kan nie meer jammer sê nie.
In die slotargumente voor dié veroordeelde kindermoordenaar en oudpolisieman Donderdag gevonnis word, het Van der Westhuizen se regspan aangevoer die polisie kon die “tragedie” voorkom het. Van der Westhuizen, voorheen ’n superintendent, het sy kinders – Bianca (16), Marius jr. (6) en Antoinette (18 maande) – op 28 Julie 2006 in hul slaap geskiet.
Volgens adv. Milton de la Harpe, Van der Westhuizen se regsverteenwoordiger, gebeur dit maand ná maand dat polisiebeamptes hul gesinne uitwis. Hy het uitgevaar teen die tekorte wat betref hulp en bystand aan polisiebeamptes en het gesê dít het bygedra tot Van der Westhuizen, ’n depressielyer, se geestestoestand.
Regter Willem Louw het in reaksie hierop gesê Van der Westhuizen het ook die verantwoordelikheid gehad om na homself om te sien en hulp te kry, veral ná sy vorige ervarings met depressie.
De la Harpe het aangevoer Van der Westhuizen was baie siek en was nie ten tyde van die voorval by sy volle positiewe nie. Hierop het Louw gevra of Van der Westhuizen opregte berou het as hy nie erken dat hy die daad gepleeg het om sy vervreemde vrou, Charlotte, te straf nie. “Hy kan nie meer sê hy is jammer nie. Alles waarvoor hy gewerk en geleef het, is verwoes,” was De la Harpe se antwoord nadat hy en Louw lank geredeneer het.
Adv. Mornay Julius, vir die staat, het gevra dat die hof Van der Westhuizen tot 25 jaar effektiewe gevangenisstraf vonnis.
10-20-2009, 04:54 AM #4864
‘Ek was die gelukkigste man in die wêreld
“Die oggend, oomblikke voor haar dood, het ek nog gedink ek is die gelukkigste man in die wêreld. Nou is dit net donker.”
Só het ’n emosionele mnr. Clifford Warburton Saterdag gesê tydens die roudiens van sy vermoorde vrou, Bianca (26), in Rosebank, Johannesburg.
Bianca, ’n sielkundestudent wat vanjaar met haar internskap by die Ububele-sorgsentrum in Alexandra begin het, is Woensdagoggend buite die sorgsentrum deur motorkapers doodgeskiet.
Die sinelose dood van dié gewilde jong vrou het opnuut die emosionele kwessie van geweldmisdaad en politici se omstrede “skiet eers, praat later”-opdrag aan polisielede in die kollig geplaas.
“Ek het God elke dag gedank dat sy aan my sy kon wees. Alles wat sy aangepak het, het sy met soveel oorgawe en liefde gedoen,” het Warburton gesê.
Bianca se kollegas van Alexandra het vroeër aan Rapport vertel hoe gewild sy daar was.
Mev. Brenda Sephuma sê sy het tien minute voor die mislukte motorkaping nog ’n SMS van Bianca gekry.
“’n Ander kollega was kort agter haar in haar motor en het eerste op die toneel afgekom en my laat weet. Ek het in die straat afgehardloop na waar die paramedici probeer het om haar by te bring.
“Ek het haar probeer wakker skud. Ek het langs haar in die pad gaan lê en haar vasgehou en so aan die slaap geraak.
“Later het die polisie my wakker gemaak toe hulle haar liggaam kom toegooi het.”
Sephuma het vertel hoe skrikkerig die fyngeboude, blonde Bianca was toe sy die eerste keer in Alexandra moes werk.
“Maar ná haar eerste dag in die gemeenskap het sy daar en dan besluit sy wil hier tussen die mense wees. Sy was later so lief vir Alexandra en die mense hier?… sy het altyd gesê sy sal ná haar studies hierheen terugkom.”
Sapa berig dat drie verdagtes gister weens die moord in hegtenis geneem is.
Intern's murder 'a mistake'
Johannesburg - One of the men accused of killing psychology student Bianca Warburton told the Alexandra Magistrate's Court her murder was a "mistake".
"It was a mistake," 25-year-old Ntembiso Msalaku said on Monday, in an English translation of a statement given to the court.
He intended to plead guilty.
Msalaku appeared alongside his co-accused Mpuhumazi Gumede, 29, and Moffat Mthoti, 27.
Magistrate Renier Boshoff said they faced a very serious charge.
"This offence could lead up to a sentence of a minimum of 25 years."
All three were arrested for the murder of 24-year-old Warburton near the Alexandra clinic on Wednesday.
The educational psychology intern had stopped her car at a stop street near the clinic when the trio confronted her. They allegedly attempted to hijack the vehicle and then one of them shot her in the upper body. She died on the scene. They ran away without taking anything.
They would remain in custody until November 13, their next court appearance.
Moord op jong intern was ’n fout, hoor hof
’n Vermeende moordenaar van ’n jong meestersgraad-student van Johannesburg het gister in die hof aangedui hy wil skuldig pleit en dat die voorval ’n “fout” was.
Mnr. Stembiso Msalaku (25) het saam met mnre. Mphumezeni Gumede (29) en Moffat Mthonti (27) in die Alexandra-streekhof verskyn in die verband met die moord op me. Bianca Warburton (26).
Sy is verlede Woensdag omstreeks 09:00 doodgeskiet op pad van ’n kliniek in Alexandra waar sy haar internskap gedoen het.
Warburton was byna klaar met haar meestersgraad in sielkunde aan die Universiteit van die Witwatersrand.
Nadat sy geskiet is, het sy nog ’n ent aangery voordat sy in Londonweg beheer oor haar motor verloor het. Sy was reeds dood toe paramedici en polisielede op die toneel aangekom het.
Die moordenaars het gevlug, maar niks gesteel nie.
Msalaku het in die hof aangedui hy beplan om skuldig te pleit en dat die voorval ’n “fout” was.
Hy doen ook aansoek om regshulp. Dit is onduidelik hoe die ander twee beskuldigdes, wat gesê het hulle gaan hulself verdedig, gaan pleit. Die drie het op aanklagte van moord, poging tot kaping en die besit van ’n onwettige vuurwapen en ammunisie verskyn. Streeklanddros Renier Boshoff het gesê die aanklagte is “baie ernstig”.
“Die minimum vonnis van 25 jaar is van toepassing. Verstaan julle dit? Is julle seker julle wil julle verdediging hanteer?” het hy aan die beskuldigdes gevra.
Die drie mans is Saterdagoggend vroeg op verskillende plekke in Alexandra gearresteer, het insp. Moses Maphakela, polisiewoordvoerder, gesê.
Die polisie het ’n wenk gekry wat tot die arrestasies gelei het.
’n 9 mm-pistool is glo ook by Mthonti gekry. Ballistiese toetse word gedoen om vas te stel of dit die moordwapen is.
Msalaku is eerste gearresteer en het die ander twee toe glo aan die polisie uitgewys.
Die saak is tot 13 November uitgestel.
Al drie bly in aanhouding.
10-20-2009, 04:56 AM #4865
Teen dies tragically in ambush
Johannesburg - A Grade 10 pupil from the West Rand died on Friday when he was shot in the head during a failed robbery.
Lanché Roberts, 17, a pupil at Jan Viljoen High School in Randfontein, was travelling on the back of a friend's father's bakkie when they were ambushed.
Earlier, he had said "goodbye my best dad" to his father, Sam Roberts, 43. He promised to be back in time to celebrate his sister Jolene's 22nd birthday that evening.
"He was shot when he was vulnerable. He couldn't defend himself. He had a right to live and his right was taken away from him. My wife, my child (Jolene) and I will always live with this," said Roberts on Monday night.
Lanché and his friend, who was only identified as CJ, sat in the back on the bakkie while CJ's parents and a girl, whose name was not released by the police, sat in the cabin.
They came around a corner on a dirt road near Rhino Quarries, where CJ's father worked, when they saw a silver VW Polo was parked across the road. The road was also blocked by a big rock.
Six men, most of whom were armed, jumped out of the car and started firing at them.
"His friend's father sped away and the robbers followed them. They kept on shooting," said Roberts.
At one stage during the wild chase, CJ started slipping from the bakkie and anxiously held on while he screamed for help.
The robbers later gave up without taking anything. Only after the bakkie came to a halt, did CJ find his friend under the canvas, where he was lying bleeding.
A bullet had hit the back of his head and had lodged in the front of his skull.
A private security company rushed to the scene while someone called Roberts while he was at the dentist.
"You had better come now, sir, your child has been critically wounded," was all that he remembered of this conversation.
Lanché was taken by helicopter to Milpark Hospital in Johannesburg, where he was admitted to the trauma intensive care unit.
"They couldn't do anything for him. His brain kept bleeding," said Roberts.
Lanché died at about 23:00 that evening.
According to Roberts, CJ's father was to have paid wages to his workers and this money (about R25 000) was found in the bakkie after the robbery.
Police confirmed this.
Lanché's mother, Heidi, said her son had had the "most beautiful and softest heart".
"His school friends came today to fetch his skateboard to put in a special place at the school," she said.
The school held a special service on Monday, after which several of his friends received counselling.
A candle was burning on Monday in the school's foyer in memory of this "helpful and decent" child who "had to die for nothing".
Superintendent Gert Kruger, detective officer at the Randfontein police office, asked anyone with information about the incident to call him on 082 413 2635.
Gr. 10-leerling in kop geskiet, dood
Johannesburg - ’n Wes-Randse gr. 10-leerling het Vrydag gesterf nadat hy tydens ’n mislukte rooftog agter op ’n vriend se pa se bakkie in die kop geskiet is.
“Goodbye, my beste dad!” het Lanché Roberts (17), ’n leerling van Hoërskool Jan Viljoen in Randfontein, die middag ná skool Sam Roberts (43) gegroet voordat hy saam met ’n skoolmaat na die Rhino Quarries-steengroewe sou gaan.
Lanché was nog opgewonde oor die 22ste verjaardag van sy suster, Jolene, wat hulle later sou vier en het belowe om betyds terug te wees daarvoor.
“Hy is weerloos geskiet. Hy kon homself nie verdedig nie. Hy het ’n reg gehad om te lewe en sy reg is van hom weggevat. Ek en my vrou en kind (Jolene) sal altyd daarmee saamleef,” het Roberts gisteraand gesê.
Lanché en sy vriend, wat net as CJ geïdentifiseer is, het agter op die bakkie gesit terwyl CJ se ouers en ’n meisie, wie se naam die polisie nie verstrek het nie, voor in die kajuit gesit het. Hulle het om ’n draai gekom op ’n grondpad naby die steengroewe, waar CJ se pa werk, toe ’n silwerkleurige VW Polo dwars oor die pad gestaan het. Die pad is ook met ’n groot klip versper.
Ses mans, van wie die meeste vuurwapens gehad het, het uit die voertuig gespring en op hulle losgebrand.
“Sy vriend se pa het weggejaag en die rowers is agterna. Hulle het bly skiet,” het Roberts gesê.
CJ het in ’n stadium weens die wilde jaagtog van die bakkie af begin gly en benoud agter vasgeklou terwyl hy om hulp geskreeu het.
Die rowers het later tou opgegooi sonder om iets te buit. Eers toe die bakkie hierná stilhou, het CJ sy vriend onder die bakkie se seil gekry waar hy bloeiend gelê het.
’n Koeël het hom in die agterkop getref en voor in sy skedel vasgeslaan.
’n Private veiligheidsmaatskappy het hulle na die toneel gehaas, terwyl iemand Roberts by die tandarts gebel het.
“Jy beter nou kom, meneer, jou kind is kritiek gewond!” is al wat sy pa van dié gesprek onthou.
Lanché is per helikopter na die Milpark-hospitaal in Johannesburg geneem waar hy in die trauma-waakeenheid opgeneem is.
“Hulle kon niks vir hom doen nie. Sy brein het bly bloei,” het Roberts gesê.
Lanché is omstreeks 23:00 dieselfde aand dood.
Volgens Roberts sou CJ se pa lone aan sy werkers betaal en is dié geld (sowat R25?000) ná die rooftog in die bakkie gevind.
Die polisie het dit bevestig.
Vir sy ma, Heidi, het Lanché die “mooiste en sagste hart” gehad.
“Sy skoolmaats het vandag sy skaatsplank kom haal om dit op ’n spesiale plek .?.?.?by die skool op te rig,” het sy vertel.
Die skool het gister ’n spesiale diens gehou waarna verskeie van sy skoolmaats berading gekry het.
’n Kers het gister in die skool se ingangsportaal gebrand ter nagedagtenis aan “dié hulpvaardige en ordentlike” kind wat “vir niks moes sterf”.
Supt. Gert Kruger, speuroffisier van die Randfontein-polisiekantoor, vra enigiemand wat inligting oor die voorval het om hom te bel by 0 082 413 2635.
10-20-2009, 04:58 AM #4866
Gran takes on robber - and wins
Durban - An elderly woman hit back - literally - at a robber who attacked her and her husband on their farm as they returned from a Sunday church service.
And one of the robbers turned out to be a remorseful Christian who returned her belongings when she took him to task over the attack.
Sina Boshoff, 73, reacted quickly when she saw a robber had pinned her 76-year-old husband, Willie, to the ground, pummelling his head. She grabbed Willie's walking stick and hit the robber over the head until he ran away.
Speaking to The Witness, Willie Boshoff said he was proud of his wife's bravery.
He said the drama began as they returned to their farmhouse and noticed that some of the windows had been broken.
The next moment two men came crawling out the house through one of the broken windows.
"One challenged me and the other went for my wife. He pushed me over and hit me with his fists as I lay on the ground. The man who challenged my wife took her cellphone and her watch.
"But she told him that we were Christians and he said he was also a Christian. She asked him why he was doing this to old people if he was a Christian, so he returned her belongings and let her go."
Boshoff said as soon as his wife pushed off her attacker, she turned to his and began hitting the man with her husband's walking stick. He then fled.
He said they asked the Christian robber to help them catch his accomplice but he also fled.
Boshoff said they were recovering after the incident and that he had consulted a doctor for his injuries.
KwaZulu-Natal Agricultural Union security desk manager, Koos Marais, commended the couple for being alert and spotting that the house had been broken into before they entered.
Marais also congratulated local farmers who had come to the couple's aid and had apprehended one suspect.
He did say though that he was concerned that the Besters police "took an unacceptably long time to get to the scene".
He said he regrets that "Commando-type reaction units were shut down" were shut down in KwaZulu-Natal.
Captain Jacobs of the Besters police station said the Ladysmith Dog Unit had attended to the incident immediately while the only vehicle at his station was out attending to a cyclist that had been knocked over in the area.
Fight-back: elderly farmer’s wife shames and beats home invaders, foils robbery bid
AN elderly woman hit back at a robber who attacked her and her husband on their farm near Ladysmith as they returned from church on Sunday. The other robber turned out to be a remorseful Christian who returned her belongings when she took him to task.
Seventy-three-year-old Sina Boshoff reacted quickly when she saw a robber had pinned her 76-year-old husband, Willie, to the ground and was pummelling his head. She took Willie’s walking stick and hit the robber over the head until he ran away.
Speaking to The Witness, Willie Boshoff said he is proud of his wife’s bravery. “She saved my life.”
He said the drama began when they arrived back at their farmhouse. They noticed some of the windows had been broken. The next minute two men came crawling out the house through one of the broken windows.
“One challenged me and the other went for my wife. He pushed me over and kept hitting me with his fists as I lay on the ground. The man who challenged my wife took her cellphone and her watch. But she told him that we were Christians and he said he was also a Christian. She asked him why he was doing this to old people if he was a Christian, so he returned her belongings and let her go.”
But Boshoff said his wife then turned on his attacker, picking up his walking stick and hitting the man over the head “a couple of times” until he fled.
He said they asked the Christian robber to help them catch his accomplice, but he also fled.
When they went into the farmhouse they saw that a lot of their belongings had been packed in bags to be removed.
Boshoff said they are recovering and that he consulted a doctor, while his wife is very nervous after the incident.
KwaZulu-Natal Agricultural Union (KwaNalu) security desk manager Koos Marais commended the couple for being alert and spotting that the house had been broken into before they entered.
He said the story could have been different had they entered the house without realising someone was inside.
Marais congratulated local farmers who came to the couple’s aid immediately and arrested one suspect.
“We are concerned that Besters police took an unacceptably long time to respond to get to the scene; KwaNalu still regrets that commando-type reaction units were shut down.”
Police spokesman Inspector Nirvan Sibran confirmed the incident.
Captain Jacobs of Besters police said the Ladysmith dog unit attended immediately, but his only vehicle was out attending to a cyclist who had been knocked down.
10-20-2009, 05:00 AM #4867
Woman in hospital after N2 brick attack (video)
MYSTERY surrounds a brutal attack on a Uitenhage woman who was hit in the face with a brick on the Van Stadens N2 highway off-ramp outside Port Elizabeth.
Police spokesman Inspector Alwin Labans who could only identify the woman as S Moolman, 42, said she had stopped her BMW car on the off-ramp shortly after 9am yesterday, intending to turn left to Uitenhage, when three men approached her.
“They smashed the (driver’s) window with a brick and hit the woman in the face until she lost consciousness,” Laban said.
“It appears that she was also stabbed in the back.
“Passers-by witnessed the incident and alerted police. The men took off on foot and are still at large.”
A case of attempted hijacking and robbery has been opened.
Moolman, who was admitted to Netcare Cuyler Hospital in Uitenhage, was reported by hospital spokesman Andre van der Merwe to be in a stable condition last night.
10-20-2009, 05:01 AM #4868
Hospital robbed (video)
STAFF at the Netcare Greenacres Hospital were left rattled yesterday after three men robbed them of an undisclosed amount of money.
Police spokesman Alwin Labans said the men had been sitting at the front entrance while staff members were collecting money at the hospital’s casualty section.
“Employees were coming from casualty when the suspects attacked them,” said Labans. Netcare Greenacres Hospital area manager Gloria Murison said a security guard had pressed a panic button.
Police and security companies responded quickly but the robbers had already taken off.
10-20-2009, 05:03 AM #4869
My son was cruelly stolen away, says grieving father
THE emotional father of slain Port Elizabeth teenager Juan Matthews said after his son’s funeral yesterday that Juan had been “stolen away” from him in a cruel way.
“It was God’s will. He came to take him away from us for a reason which only He knows and, hopefully, one day we will understand,” said Andrew Matthews.
Juan, 19, was stabbed five times in the neck and head in Verdun Road, Kamma Park, while on his way to a supermarket with two friends.
Brandwag High School matric pupil Brent Cunningham, 18, has been arrested for the murder. He appeared in court last week and was given bail of R10000 so that he could write his matric exams. The court found there were no reasonable grounds to deny him bail.
His bail was accompanied by strict conditions, including 24-hour house arrest at weekends.
The case was postponed to December 7 for further investigation.
During an argument between the two teenagers, Cunningham allegedly drew a knife and stabbed Juan several times. He died on the way to hospital.
At Juan’s funeral at the Port Elizabeth West Dutch Reformed Church in Newton Park yesterday, Andrew Matthews said “half of my soul” had gone with Juan to his resting place.
He said he was bidding farewell to Juan with a broken heart “that will never be repaired”.
The church was packed with mourners. The service was conducted by Ds Jan Kampman, who said the killer’s family should be forgiven for what had happened. “Though I don’t condone what happened, I believe the family of the other boy should be forgiven.”
Juan’s sisters described him a person who had been full of life and always smiling.
Younger sister Cindy said she would miss Juan’s sense of humour and how he had made her laugh.
Elder sister Chantal said her brother had had a soft voice and had been like a butterfly in their lives.
He was buried at Forest Hill cemetery.
10-20-2009, 08:12 AM #4870
Armed robbery rocks Franschhoek
ANOTHER armed robbery rocked the sleepy tourist town of Franschhoek yesterday morning.
Two staff members of the Pink Geranium nursery, on the doorstep of the town, were attacked by armed men shortly after the day had started for business at 08:15 on Wednesday morning.
They were locked up in the kitchen while the robbers emptied the tills.
Only once the men had fled did one of the employees phone the emergency number of the police, 10111 with a cellphone.
Members of the Franschhoek police freed the woman shortly thereafter and a massive manhunt was launched for the five fugitives who had fled on foot in the direction of the Berg River. They had escaped with an undisclosed amount of cash, as well as cellphones.
Anyone with any information can contact Insp Leon Jacobs at 021-876-8061.
At the time of going to print, no arrest had yet been made. The search continues.
The police of Klapmuts have warned women to beware, following four rapes during the past two weeks.
Although the suspects in these cases have been arrested, the police want the public to be very vigilant.
Women are especially warned not to walk alone at night and to avoid deserted and open areas. When at home, do not open doors to strangers and avoid places of ill repute, such as illegal shebeens.
In the case of a rape, victims must immediately report the crime to their local police, to speed up the investigation and to receive the necessary medical care.
The Klapmuts police station can be contacted at 021-875-8000.