BY PHUMLANI SAUL

THE WOMAN was sleeping soundly when she was jerked from her slumber by the searing pain all over her face and body.

But it wasn’t due to a bad dream . . .

When she opened her eyes, she found her husband standing over her with a pot of steaming hot water in his hands! 

The 38-year-old woman from Mountainview near Kariega in Eastern Cape, claimed her 44-year-old husband scarred her for life because she neglected to leave the house keys behind for him when she went to work on Tuesday morning.

“My husband often calls when he won’t be coming back home, so on Tuesday I didn’t leave him the key as he didn’t call,” she said.

“But when I returned from work in the evening, he was waiting for me at a street corner. He began manhandling me right then and there, insulting me about not leaving him the key.” 

The woman said she went into the house and he followed her, still showering her with insults. 

She said she realised that her husband was very angry, so she left him alone and went to bed.

“I was sleeping facing up when he came in and poured the boiling water on my face and body,” she said. 

“I jumped out of the bed but he throttled me, pressing me to the floor until I lost consciousness. 

“When I regained consciousness, I saw a rope hanging from the rafters. I felt severe pain on my face and body where he burnt me. He was no longer in the house,” she said.

She called the neighbours, who called an ambulance and she was rushed to hospital. 

Sergeant Zikhona Mahlangu said the husband was arrested when he came to the hospital to check on his wife. He will appear in court Thursday.

BY XOLISWA VENA

Addo man fatally stabbed his girlfriend during an argument, police say.

On Monday just before 11 p.m., Addo police responded to a stabbing call in the.Endlovini settlement

Police learned that Xolisile Magaga, 58, confronted his girlfriend, Yolanda Hammond, 50, about some items he claimed she had stolen from him.As the couple argued, another man tried to intervene and he and Nagaga began to fight.

Xolisile struck the man, injuring the man’s head.

Police say Xolisile then continued to argue with Hammond and stabbed her repeatedly.

She died at the scene soon after police arrived.

The other man was taken to a hospital and treated for a non-life-threatening injury to his head.

Xolisile ran from the scene immediately after the stabbing.

Police were able to locate him on Alliance Bridge Road in Addo on Monday night at approximately 11:45 pm.

Xolisile was taken into custody by the Addo police and is currently awaiting a bond hearing at the Addo Detention Center.

He is charged with murder, aggravated battery, and aggravated assault.

BY ATHENKOSI MALI

A HOLAMISA family is devastated after their son was allegedly stabbed to death on Saturday, 5 August.

The late Njongo Qola (16) was allegedly stabbed by a teenage girl (17) when he intervened to break up a fight.

The grade 10 pupil was with his friends at the Somalian Shop in Holomisa, when he was allegedly stabbed once in the chest.

It is alleged that four girls approached one of Njongo’s friends and started insulting him before they started beating him up. When Njongo realised his friend was being attacked by the girls, he allegedly tried to break up the fight.

The girl who was among the attackers allegedly pulled a knife out of her pocket and stabbed Njongo. 

Njongo’s aunt, Noxolo Mangaliso, said a neighbour came to her house and told her sister that Njongo had been stabbed and was lying on the road. 

When they arrived at the scene, the girls had disappeared and Njongo’s two friends had run away, fearing they would be attacked.

“Our son was killed for nothing. He was trying to stop a fight but ended up losing his life. We are devastated because he was not someone who liked to fight,” said Noxolo.

Noxolo said Njongo spent most of his time working at his fruit and vegetable stand.

“When he was not selling at the stand, he was studying.”

A residents told the DKTeam that the girls who allegedly killed Njongo are known troublesome girls who dropped out of school in 2022.

A pupil said: “They challenge schoolboys and make fun of them for going to school. They are real bullies.”

Njongo was rushed to Provincial Hospital and later transferred to Livingstone Hospital, where he died on 05 August.

Police spokesman Captain Frederick Van Wyk confirmed the incident. 

“A 17-year-old suspect has been arrested and charged. She has appeared before the Kwanobuhle Magistrates Court and the next court date is on 21 August,” said Van Wyk.

BY PHUMLANI SAUL

SHE was walking home from work with her colleague when her ex-boyfriend walked towards them.

He asked the colleague to give them some privacy and Precious Tom sensed something bad was going to happen.

Her instinct was right because her ex-boyfriend pulled out a knife and stabbed her.

She screamed until people came out, and her ex-boyfriend fled the scene.

The 31-year-old from Zwide near, Gqeberha told Daily Kasi news she dumped the man in April, but he had been asking her to give him a chance.

“I was tired of him. He cheated on me with a lot of women in our area.

“I got tired and decided to leave him because I took care of him, but he humiliated me,” she said.

But the man told her he would not lose her until they are both dead.

That’s when he pulled out a knife and stabbed Precious.

“I was nearby a clinic, so residents rushed me there and I got help,” Precious told Daily Kasi.

“I was bleeding all over. 

“I didn’t know what was happening. All I was thinking was that I was going to die,” she said.

Precious said she was then taken to hospital, where she was admitted for two days.

“I am happy I survived, but I don’t feel safe anymore. 

“I want the man found and arrested because my life is in danger,” she told the DK news.

“How am I going to walk in the street again when the person who almost killed me is walking free?

“We are looking for him and I plead with the community members to help me look for him so that he can go to jail for what he did to me.”

Precious opened a case against her ex, but the police hadn’t responded to Daily Kasi news inquiries at the time of going to print.

BY PHUMLANI SAUL

Police in Kariega have opened an inquest after three family members died in a shack fire early this morning, August 6, in Rosedale, Kamesh.  

According to police spokesperson, Colonel Priscilla Naidu, it is alleged that at about 00:15, a resident in another shack on the same property in Shrew Street noticed the shack on fire.

She said that he alerted other people, however, the flames were too high to save anyone.     

Craig Isaacs (45), his wife, Antoinette Samuels (44) and their son, Tyrese Samuels (7) died in the blaze.

“At this stage it is not known how the fire started,” said Naidu.    

“No foul play is suspected, and police have opened an inquest for further investigation.”

BY DK NEWS REPORTER

Volkswagen’s large range of passenger vehicles has a new pilot at the helm with Niels Wichmann being appointed as head of Volkswagen Passenger Cars Brand.

Wichmann took office on August 1 and replaced Steffen Knapp, who has been appointed as the brand head of Volkswagen Taiwan. 

The 51-year-old joins Volkswagen Group SA (VWSA) from Volkswagen’s headquarters in Wolfsburg, where he was the head of product marketing for small/compact cars such as Polo. 

VWSA sales and marketing director Thomas Milz said Wichmann brings with him a wealth of experience, having worked for Volkswagen since 2000 and held various management positions in sales within the Volkswagen Brand, including a global assignment in Brazil. 

“Niels experience in sales and product marketing will help us to move the brand to the next level especially at this time when it is faced with tough competition in the local market,” Milz said.

“He will also play an important role in our growth strategy in Sub-Saharan Africa.”

BY PHUMLANI SAUL

GOGO Nontsapho Hlela’s lifelong agony is that her daughter stole her husband. But since her husband died the gogo’s pain has become even worse.

SHE SAID HER DAUGHTER IS TRYING TO CHASE HER OUT OF HER OWN HOUSE!

I forgave her for taking my husband away from me, but I won’t let her take the house,” said gogo Nontsapho (67) from Duduza, KwaNobuhle . She told Daily Kasi News her daughter,Noxolo Hlela (48) is her late husband, Velaphi Tshazibane’s stepdaughter. The gogo claims Noxolo even had his child. Velaphi was 71 when he died in 2021.

“I got three protection orders against her but those documents are just worthless pieces of paper,” she said.

“She even threatens me with death but the cops won’t arrest her.” The gogo said she and the daughter share the same house. The daughter locks the bedroom door and they cook separately.

She said her daughter and the daughter’s children have been ganging up on her. “It is my house. I bought it with my husband and my name is on the title deed. I want the cops and the court to evict her.” Gogo said before she discovered the affair she noticed her daughter hated her but couldn’t understand why.

“It would have been better if my husband had cheated with another woman. Can you imagine the pain I went through because of her? I fed her at my breast when she was a baby and today she is my worst enemy,” she said.

“I used to leave them at home and go to work. I didn’t know I was leaving a husband and a wife in the bedroom.”

She said they spoke to social workers and Noxolo confessed she was sleeping with her mother’s husband.

Neighbours told Daily Kasi News they will drag Noxolo into the street if they have to. “We are not going to let her stay here,” said neighbour Rejoice More.

Another neighbour, Nkululeko Nhleko, said: “We are not going to allow that woman to do what she wants. She’s a whore.

“How can you sleep with your father and boast about it?” Daily Sun spoke to Puseletso, who refers to her lover as her father.

“My mother did this deliberately and she got what she deserved.  She refused to have sex with my father,” she said.

Noxolo would not say if she had children with Velaphi but said she was entitled to the property.

fixed the place and I have a right to stay in it.” Gogo Hlela said her daughter even tried to strangle her.

Captain Godfrey Kondile said the gogo must come to the police station to lay charges of assault and must bring all the protection orders with her.

BY LONWABO QUKUBANA

A routine delivery turned into a terrifying ordeal for a driver and his colleague after they were robbed in Walmer on Monday morning, hauled into the back of another vehicle and dropped off near the New Brighton station.

Police spokesperson Captain Sandra Janse van Rensburg said the incident took place in Sixth Avenue, Walmer, at about 9.30am when the pair were making a delivery in the area.

“Three unknown suspects approached the complainant and his co-worker with a firearm.

“The suspects forced both of them into the back of a Opel Corsa LDV before taking their cellphones and the keys to the [delivery] vehicle and drove off with them.

“After a while the suspects stopped, dropped off the complainant and his co-worker near the train station in New Brighton and drove off.”

She said the delivery driver reported the hijacking to the Walmer police.

Their courier vehicle, a Toyota Hilux LDV, was recovered on the corner of Fifth Avenue and Heugh Road, Walmer, but its cargo had been removed.

No-one was injured during the hijacking.

BY MALUNGELO BOOI

WHEN EVIL arrived on her doorstep in the shape of skop, Mavis immediately called a powerful Ghanaian inyanga.

But he ran away in fear – so Mavis called another inyanga, who came with his powerful snake hanging around his shoulders.

“WITH MY SNAKE WE DEFEATED THE EVIL SPIRITS,” SAID THE PROUD PROPHET.

Mavis Somyali (58) from Kama Street in Motherwell NU2 kasi, Gqeberha in the Eastern Cape told Daily Kasi News her daughter, Phumeza Dyani (32), opened the kitchen door at about 5am on Saturday and saw the smiley lying on the ground.

“She screamed for help and I jumped up to see what the problem was. I saw this scary sheep head with needles and muthi smeared on it,” Mavis said.

“The sheep skop was tied up with needles and nappy pins. It had muthi in its mouth.”

Mavis knew a powerful inyanga from Ghana and she called him to get rid of the smiley.

“But when he arrived he started shaking and nearly collapsed as he tried to hold it. He said it was too strong for him.”

“The holy man showed no fear. He picked up the smiley and showed it to the snake and the snake wrapped itself around the skop.

“It looked as if it was licking the black muthi that was coming from its mouth. I think the snake defeated the evil smiley because it licked up the muthi and did not die itself.”

Mavis said evil spirits have been wrecking her home since 2019 when she survived a terrible car accident.

Her daughter, Phumeza Dyani (32), said: “In March last year I survived a car hijacking. In November thugs arrived at my house and kicked in the doors. They wanted my car

Snake prophet Delanoelano Madlanduna from KwaMhlabuyalingana in KZN was called.

“He parked his car and opened the boot and there lay the biggest snake I have ever seen,” Mavis said.

Two weeks later she had an accident and her car was written off.

“We consulted a sangoma who told us evil powers want to kill me and my mum,” she said.

“It seems there is a season for women to die, followed by men dying.”

The snake prophet Madlanduna said: “Today someone was supposed to die in this family but the evil has been beaten.”

BY PHUMLANI SAUL

“I want the nation to know… ”

SHE WANTS THE WORLD TO KNOW ABOUT THE EVIL THAT HAPPENED IN HER HOUSE.

Gogo Buyiswa Jonas (65), of KwaNobuhle in kariega , Eastern Cape has decided to stand up and tell a story that countless women around Mzansi have experienced. “I want the nation to know what happened to me. They must see my face and the court must understand that I am not lying. That child hurt me so badly. I never expected him to do a terrible thing like this to me,” she told Daily Kasi News

The gogo told the DK news she always made sure her doors and windows were properly locked before she went to bed at night.

“Just before midnight on Tuesday last week I was woken by the shattering of the glass of my bedroom window.

“I immediately called out, ‘Who’s there?’ but there was no answer. Then I saw the man standing at the end of my bed.

“I recognised him and called his name. I asked him what he was doing in my room.

“He said he was there to rape me.” That’s when the gogo realised she was in serious trouble.

“I looked for my axe that is next to my bed but it wasn’t there,” she said.

She grabbed the bucket of urine from under her bed and threw it at his face but it didn’t stop him.

“Usually men run away from a woman’s urine but it made no difference to him.

“I screamed for help but no one came to my rescue.”

A violent struggle ensued.

“We wrestled and he pushed me down on the floor. He was stronger than me and I got tired,” she said.

“He pushed my nightgown into my mouth so I couldn’t scream any more. Then he covered my face with the mat next to my bed and raped me.”

Gogo Buyiswa pretended she was dead. It probably saved her life.

“When he was finished raping me he jumped out of the bedroom window and ran away,” she said.

She must have fainted because she woke up some time later.

“I got up and ran to my neighbours for help.”

Gogo Buyiswa said she has known her rapist since he was a boy.

“He grew up with my kids. He was supposed to be the one to protect me when I screamed for help.

“I curse him and I will never forgive him. My wish is to see him dead,” said the gogo.

Warrant Officer Precilla Niadoo told Daily Kasi News : “A 36-year-old suspect was arrested for housebreaking with intent to commit crime.

“He is also facing two counts of rape because it is alleged he raped the woman twice.

“The suspect will appear Monday for formal bail application in KwaNobuhle Magistrates Court.

“He has been kept in custody since his arrest on 18 July .”