By Mzwandile Bhefile

Port Elizabeth police are searching for two suspects who shot and killed two men in separate incidents in the city’s northern areas on Saturday.

Spokesperson, Colonel Priscilla Naidu says it is alleged that 26-year old Nealon Warricker was walking in Coetzee Street in Salt Lake with two friends when four men approached them from the opposite direction.

She says Warricker and his friends started running away after seeing a firearm in the one of suspect’s hand.

The suspect chased after Waricker and fired several shots at him.

He died at the scene.

The other two did not sustain any injuries.

In the second incident on Saturday evening, a 23-year-old man was fatally wounded when an unknown suspect fired through an open door of his shack in Bloemendal.

Colonel Naidu says it is alleged that Virgil Fortuin was watching TV with his girlfriend in his shack in the Danny Jordaan informal settlement when someone from outside called him.

She says he did not go outside, but as he stood up, several shots were fired through the door.

He sustained two gunshot wounds and died at the scene.

The motives for the attacks are still unknown and cases of murder are under investigation.

By Phumlani Saul

The 60-year-old Televangelist who is usually dressed in flamboyant outfits arrived at court on Thursday with a Springbok Jersey and a matching scarf.

During their last appearance in October, the Supreme Court of Appeal rejected an application for leave to appeal an earlier ruling in the High Court related to the jurisdiction of the court to hear the charges against him that were allegedly committed outside its jurisdiction.

Omotoso and his co-accused Lusanda Sulani and Zukiswa Sitho have now petitioned the Constitutional Court.

The case was postponed to the 28th of January 2020 pending the outcome of the Constitutional Court.

The three are facing more than 90 charges that include rape and human trafficking.

Omotoso has been in custody since his arrest in April of 2017, so he’s been languishing at St Albans Prison for nearly two and a half years now, while his co-accused are both out on bail.

A large group of supporters from an organisation called “Christians of South Africa” arrived with a custom made banner where they make several allegations against the State.

By Phumlani Saul

AS the flame of their love burned ever lower, the couple started fighting more and more.

The man apparently planned to end the relationship – but before he could, an angry fire ate them both alive!

The two lovers were burned to death in a shack fire in Vastrap squatter area in Port Elizabeth in the early hours of Wednesday.

Neighbours said Mpumzi Mkaliphi (34) always fought with his lover Lulama Magiliwe (27), also of Vastrap, and that he had wanted to end the relationship.

Xolisile Dinga (29) of Vastrap told Daily kasi news: “Their love affair was marred by too much fighting. Mpumzi had suspected that his girlfriend was cheating on him.

“He wanted to end his affair, but Lulama, who worked at a hair salon, said she would never leave him and that she would die where he died.”

The lovers were neighbours as well.

“They hadn’t fought on Tuesday and were drinking beer together.

“At about 12:45am we saw the fire. I went outside to check on my boyfriend’s shack and saw huge flames.

“We tried to extinguish it but we couldn’t save them.

“One died near the door.

“We only managed to save the shack of the girlfriend,” he said.

Cops spokesman Warrant Officer Alwin Labans said: “The fire broke out in the early hours of Wednesday

morning. The bodies of the couple were found in the rubble. The cause of fire is unknown. Investigation continues.”

Nomathamsanqa Magwa

THEIR water supply dried up on Saturday, making it difficult for them to cook and bath.

And the little water they have is from the dead.

Khayamnandi residents near Despatch haven’t had water since a main pipe burst.

But at the local Khayamnandi Cemetery, they found salvation in a water pipe that’s leaking. The water is coming out slowly, however.

The water they get here can’t be kept for more than a day as it changes its colour and starts to smell.

But residents have no option. They need water to drink, cook, wash and flush their toilets.

When the DKTeam visited the area, many residents were queuing up for water in the graveyard with buckets and drums. Some found the situation funny. They made jokes like: “It’s pouring water very slowly because water is not needed here.”

Nontsikelelo Tom (40), ward committee member, said: “Our councillor told us the problem would only last for a day. More than 2 000 residents have been affected. The water truck only comes once a day after four hours.”

Mthubanzi Mniki, spokesman for Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality, said officials were attending to the problem. “We brought trucks to deliver water for residents. As soon as we get a report from the construction company that was working in the area, we will e-mail it to the councillors who can then report back to residents about the problem.”

By Mzwandile Bhefile

NOT even hurtful remarks by some of the residents, overflowing sewage drains and violence can chase this mlungu away ekasi.

Imre Kandiko (79) and his girlfriend Fikina Dlanga (52) are the talk of the town in KwaNobuhle kasi in Uitenhage.

Imre is a retired motor mechanic, spray painter and scrapyard owner.

He has fathered four kids and has 11 grandchildren. All of them are in Russia.

He told the DK news: “I’ve been living in this township for the past eight years, since I divorced my wife.

“I used to visit some friends here and I fell in love with Fikina and township life.

“I noticed everything is cheaper here than in town, where you pay top prices for everything.

“Before we were living in a shack. Now we have moved into an RDP house with a tiled roof for free.”

Imre said his love for the kasi has cost him friends and family.

“After I came to the kasi, people here welcomed me with warm hands. They treated me with respect and accepted me.

“But relatives and friends cut ties with me. They said the kasi was too dangerous and they wouldn’t visit me.

“That hurt me, but my love for Fikina keeps me here in the kasi.”

Fikina said: “It was love at first sight. I feel like I’m dating a black person.

“He loves samp, umphokoqo and imifino. Thugs don’t mess with him because he is a tough man – he would hunt them down,” she said.

“He finds people here very supportive, he fixes their cars and also creates jobs for them. And he is a caring man.

“But some of the people here don’t like him. They say he belongs in town because he can afford the town lifestyle – but he is going nowhere.

“This kasi is where our home is and we will spend our lives here.”

Neighbour Thobela Jonas (47) said: “Everyone loves him.

“It is only the drunkards that sometimes shout at him and say white people belong in town.”

By Nomathamsanqa Magwa

AN unroadworthy jikeleza taxi bumped into pupils and overturned.

It’s alleged the taxi driver failed to apply his brakes.

The accident happened at about 8am on Monday in KwaNobuhle.

By Nomathamsanqa Magwa

AN ANGRY group of people almost burnt a woman to death on Monday night.

They accused her of being a fake sangoma who ruined marriages.

It happened in KwaNobuhle, Uitenhage. Among the crowd were NoAmen Sizila (45) and Nokwanele Ndletyana (50).They shouted: “She must voetsek from our kasi! We don’t want horny sangomas here!”

Nokwanele said she first met the sangoma in 2013 after being introduced to her by her gogo.

“She said she needed a place to live and I felt sorry for her because she had a small child. I let her have an outside room, but she soon started flirting with my husband,” she said.

“She told people I had sex with men in a toilet at my sister’s house in 2015, leading to fights with my husband. I ended up kicking her out of the house.”

NoAmen said she also rented a shack to the woman, who soon started causing trouble. “She told me a tokoloshe wanted to poke me, and my husband would leave me.”

When Daily kasi news tried to talk to the sangoma, she ran away.

Captain Gerda Swart said: “People should be careful of fake sangomas. We also appeal to the residents not to take the law into their own hands.”

By Nomathamsanqa Magwa

XHOSA men don’t eat imiqolo (fish bones) because they believe it is for kids and women.

However, KwaNobuhle men in Uitenhage say they can drink as much as they want because imiqolo helps them to fix hangovers.

The DKTeam caught up with kasi women and men queuing up for the delicious fish at Sisi Fikina’s place.

Thanduxolo Jacobs from Peace Village told Daily kasi news: “I love this fish because it makes me strong after drinking my umtshov’ alale. I used to be dehydrated after drinking it.

“But now I don’t worry anymore about the babalaas. A hot piece of this fish makes the body sweat and get rid of the babalaas. I also buy some of it for my lunch at work and I don’t get tired during working hours.”

“My wife always asks me to bring some of the spicy fish home for her because she also loves it,” he said.

Vusumzi Sowazi (32) said: “Imiqolo is cheap and delicious. When you have no appetite because of babalaas, this is a great starter. In Xhosa culture men are forbidden to eat this kind of fish.”

Aron Xhotyeni said: “According to Xhosa culture, men are not allowed to eat the fish’s back bone. It is for kids and women.” Sisi Fikina Dlanga (53) said: “My customers used to be women and kids but now men have also joined.”

By Daily Kasi News Reporter

The South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) has announced that its beneficiaries would receive their grant money for December on the 28th of November.

“The early December payment should not be seen as a bonus or double payment as it is mainly intended for the convenience of beneficiaries. Sassa does not pay a bonus at all and beneficiaries are paid for twelve months only per year,” Sassa said in a statement.

The agency urged beneficiaries to protect their PIN codes and avoid giving strangers their ID numbers even if they claimed to be from Sassa, as the festive season tends to see an increase in scams to defraud beneficiaries and to be mindful of scams operated through WhatsApp, mobile phone messages and social media.

Beneficiaries are urged to be vigilant at all times and to double-check information, especially if it sounds too good to be true.

The following grant payment will be on the 29th of December.