By Vuyokazi Nkajeneni

In an attempt to boost their strike force ahead of the new Premiership season, Chippa United have singed Cameroonian international striker Eva Nga Bienvenu.

The Chilli Boys were the lowest scoring side last season having netted only 18 goals.

They will now pin their hopes on the 27-year-old former Bidvest Wits marksman to get the goal scoring tally ticking this coming season.

The Port Elizabeth side confirmed the Cameroonian signing in a Facebook statement on Tuesday.

Eva Nga played for Costa De Sol who won the 2018/2019 Mocambola in Mozambique,” the statement read.

“He was the top goal scorer with 25 goals and player of the season, before moving to the now defunct Bidvest Wits in January 2020.

“Eva Nga Bienvenu has signed a two-year contract with a year extension option.”

Chippa also announced the arrival of defender Riaan Hanamub.

“Joining Eva as new recruits for the Chilli Boys is 25-year-old Namibian international left lack Riaan Hanamub.

“Riaan is an integral member of the Namibian national team having featured in the last edition of the African Nations Cup

Last season, he played for Glad Africa Championship side Jomo Cosmos.

“He has signed a three-year deal with a two-year extension option contract.”

This comes after the exodus of 15 players which was announced by the club on Monday.

The club terminated the contracts of Zimbabwean twins Kevin and Elivs Moyo, Lehlohonolo Masalesa, Phetso Maphanga, Ryan Baartman and William Twala

.

Chippa also opted not to renew the contracts of Thabo Rakhale, Boikanyo Komane and Gerald Modisane which have lapsed.

The club further announced that on-loan Orlando Pirates trio of Diamond Thopola, Tercious Malepe and Meshack  Maphangule would not be returning to Chippa as their deals had lapsed.

Athini Jodwana and Ronaldo Maarman  will be loaned out for the 2020/2021 season while Ruzaigh Gamildien signed with Swallows.

Last week the Chilli Boys also announced the return of midfield Sizwe Mdlinzo on a 34-month contract.

By Nomathamsaqa Kula

Police in Port Elizabeth arrested a 28-year-old suspect who allegedly hijacked a beer truck just before 5 am on Friday.

Spokesperson Colonel Priscilla Naidu says the driver of the beer truck was on his way to Lady Frere when he was allegedly hijacked on the N2 near Blue Water Bay.
She says two armed men in a white Polo held the driver at gunpoint, before hijacking the truck and dropping the driver off in Missionvale.

Colonel Naidu says police received information about a group of men offloading a truck at an unused building in Xhama street in Motherwell and immediately responded to the scene.

She says when police arrived on the scene a group of about 25 men scattered in different directions.

Police managed to arrest one of the men and recovered beer worth over R500 000.

Colonel Naidu says they also recovered the truck which still had a jamming device connected to the battery inside the vehicle.

Police will continue their search for the other suspects.

The 28-year-old will appear in court on Monday where he will face a charge of hijacking.

By Nomathamsaqa Kula

Stanford Road was lit up in the red, yellow and green colours of the Rastafarian community, who marched through the streets of the northern areas to demand they are not passed by in the harvesting of dagga.  

Khoisan chiefs and Rastafarian leaders led a group at least 50 people to the magistrate’s court and the Gelvandale Stadium to meet a representative of the department of rural development and agrarian reform to hand over two memorandums.

Khoisan Chief Gaokxaob Kai Anib said years ago dagga was used by indigenous people to relax around a fire and to heal people. 

He said now that the plant had been decriminalised, indigenous people needed to educate themselves on how to generate an income from it and be given land to do so.

The farmers already have the power, the infrastructure to start planting dagga as a crop is there, we as a people who suffered the most for the legislation of the plant and arrested, won’t benefit.

“We don’t have land nor resources, we’ve been planting the plant in our backyards, the people with thousands of hectors will benefit, those are white farmers, we want land to cultivate the plant,” he said.

He said cannabidiol (CBD) in the plant had proven healing properties, which the Rastafarian community had embraced long before it was decriminalised.  

During winter there are fruits like oranges that nature provides for us the vitamin C that our body needs.

“To the department of justice we want [those that were arrested to have] their criminal records to be cleared so they can apply for jobs.

By Lolwethu Leeu

An eight-year-old boy who was in grade 3 in Momathamsanqa Primary School died on Saturday after being electrocuted by an exposed electrical wire in the bushes in Kingstown, Despatch near Uitenhage.

Ntombizanele Mdayi 37 mother of a boy Told Daily kasi news: ” I was at home when his friend came running to tell me that Chuma was shaking non stop at the field. They were playing at, this was every mothers worst nightmare coming true,she said.

” Chuma was supposed to be at a neighbors kids party unaware that they’ve wondered off. I wasn’t expecting such news as I knew where child was but waiting for my baby boy to come back home.”

The heartbroken mother of 4 says, Added ” upon arriving to where the kids were some residents screamed because it seemed he wasn’t breathing they took him to the nearest hospital that is where he was declared dead, this has shattered me because this is the last thing I expected to hear about my bubbly boy.”

Sonia Leeuw 45 a resident says “They have been asking the government to give them proper electricity lines now people have taken matters into their own hands by doing illegal power lines.”

Residents of Kingston in Despatch are furious and shattered that this issue has to get to a point a young boy dies,they say they’ve been asking for assistance but being ignored by the Municipality. 

Nelson Mandela Spokesperson Mthubanzi Mniki told Daily Kasi News: ” I’m not aware about the this incident. I will take the details and take it to the Electricity team and do the follow up.

Police spokesperson Captain Gerda Swart said an inquest had been opened following the child’s death.

She said the child then told the residents about the boy being electrocuted.

“The child was rushed to hospital but was declared dead.”

She said the name of the child would be released once a formal identification was completed.

By Phumlani Saul

Capitec customers who transacted on some card machines woke on Friday to unexpected deductions from their bank accounts.

Some of the bank’s account holders complained that their cards appeared to have been used at retail stores in the early hours of the morning, and others said cash back purchases were made. 

Capitec said in a morning tweet that the deductions were caused by a technical glitch

We are aware of a technical issue between us and another bank that has caused Capitec clients who transacted on this bank’s card machines to be double deducted,” Capitec said.

Our IT team is working to rectify the issue. The transactions will be reversed within the next 24 hours.”

Capitec said it would contact affected clients directly.

Daily kasi News has reached out to Capitec for more information about what went wrong. This is a developing story.

By Olwethu Nanto

Desperate to receive medical care, Malabar residents took to the streets to vent their frustration with the closure of their local clinic.

Last week, the Helenvale clinic reopened after being closed for two years due to gang-related incidents. The move saw the Malabar clinic subsequently reverting to the way it was run before — opening only on Fridays.

Thursday’s protest saw a mixture of the elderly, young people and women with infants gathering outside the Malabar community centre, holding placards and demanding the district health department reopen the clinic.

One of the organisers, Rozanne Moodaley, said their biggest concern was the safety of patients both at the Helenvale clinic and while travelling there, saying that while Helenvale residents had previously complained of crime while en route to the Malabar clinic, now the reverse would occur.

Our biggest concern is the gangsterism that led to the clinic in Helenvale to close. The gangsterism hasn’t ended in that area

We understand them [Helenvale residents] wanting the clinic to be reopened but they were robbed by people from their area while walking to the Malabar clinic.

“The people here won’t be able to walk to the Helenvale clinic, it is mostly the frail and old who would need to walk to the clinic, while other people would need to take a taxi to Schauderville, which costs R40 in total.”

Among the other reasons the Malabar community members wanted the Malabar clinic to be reopened was the growth of their community, which Moodaley noted had seven extensions.

By Nomathamsaqa Kula

52 years old Diane Attwell, the Port Elizabeth woman accused of pointing a firearm at protesters outside a Clicks store earlier this week, made a brief court appearance on Thursday morning.

The case was postponed to November 6 for further investigation.

She faces a charge of pointing a firearm.The prosecution said a witness statement and video footage from the Walmer Park shopping centre, where Attwell clashed with protesters on Tuesday morning, were still outstanding.

Later, she was led out the back of the Port Elizabeth Magistrate’s Court building.

Despite some police presence, there were no protesters outside the court.

By Phumlani Saul

While residents have been forced to make do with an intermittent supply, or no water at all, for days, clean water has been continually leaking from a municipal building in KwaNobuhle.

Workers there claim the leak had been reported before the lockdown.

Municipality spokesperson Mamela Ndamase said yesterday officials had referred the matter to the water team who had been instructed to fix the leak within two days

Meanwhile, infrastructure and engineering head Mongameli Bobani informed Bay residents two water supply zones remained affected by disruptions.

All pumps pumping water to the reservoir are working and currently the municipality is trying to fill an empty system,” Bobani said.

He said the second supply zone was Emerald Hill and the affected areas were Walmer Heights, parts of Lovemore Park, Mount Pleasant, Miramar, Charlo, Walmer Downs, Overbaakens, Fairview and parts of Newton Park.

This zone is affected due to insufficient water into the system and an electrical fault on the pump station that pumps water into the reservoir.”

Bobani said no significant rain was predicted for the next three months and urged residents to use 50 litres of water per person per day or less.

“The system is highly vulnerable as a result of overall demand of water outstripping supply.

“Residents are urged to only use water for essential purposes,” he said.

By Nomathamsaqa Kula

Patrons at Walmer Park Shopping Centre in Port Elizabeth were left shocked on Tuesday morning when a scuffle between EFF members and a woman in her fifties resulted in a firearm being drawn.

Both parties were arrested but charges will not be pursued by either.

EFF members are protesting against Clicks following a racist hair advert published on their website.

Port Elizabeth police have confirmed that no charges have been registered.

Meanwhile: Retailer Clicks has obtained a court order against the Economic Freedom Fighters after several stores were damaged during an anti-racism protest on Monday.

In Tuesday’s order, the High Court interdicted the EFF from intimidating and threatening Clicks staff members or their customers.

According to police the firearm used in the incident is licensed. 

The Walmer Park Shopping Centre has been approached for comment and they said a statement would be issued in due course.

By Phumlani Saul

Port Elizabeth police are appealing to the public for assistance in their hunt for those involved in the brutal murder of an off-duty Nelson Mandela Bay metro police officer.

Police spokesperson Colonel Priscilla Naidu said the officer’s body had been found on Friday at about 8.45am after officers from the Kamesh police station responded to a report about an abandoned vehicle in Tembani Street, KwaLanga near Uitenhage.

The officer, who has not been identified as his next of kin were still to be notified, was found in the front seat of his silver VW Polo.

His body had been wrapped in a duvet and his throat had been slit, Naidu said.

The motive for the murder is not known and no arrests have been made.

The silver VW Polo has been taken in by police for further investigation, she said.

Anyone who can assist in the investigation or may know the whereabouts of the suspects is asked to call Warrant Officer Marlon van Heerden on 061-949-0122 or the Kamesh police station on 041-988- 8722 or Crime Stop 08600-10111, or their nearest police station.