FONG KONG TSOTSI ARRESTED 15 MINUTES AFTER ROBBED SUPERMARKET IN PE

By DK NEWS REPORTER

Two suspects were arrested within 15 minutes of a robbery at a 24-hour supermarket in Port Elizabeth.

Police spokesperson, Colonel Priscilla Naidu said the Spar Supermarket was robbed in Rink Street in Central in the early hours of Monday morning.

She said a 21-year-old cashier was confronted by four males who entered the shop and demanded money. 

Naidu said they took a small amount of cash and cigarettes and left. 

No weapons were produced during the robbery.

About 15 minutes later, SAPS Humewood members spotted two suspects near the taxi rank. 

“When they stopped next to them, they realised that it was the same suspects on the video footage,” Naidu said.

Two suspects were arrested while two others are still at large.

No stolen items were found in possession of the suspects. 

The men, aged 25 and 29, are expected to appear in court on Wednesday on a charge of business robbery. 

By Phumlani Saul

Port Elizabeth police have opened a murder docket, following the death of a 46-year-old woman at her Motherwell home on Thursday evening.

Police spokesperson, Capt. Andre Beetge told Daily Kasi News ” four suspects knocked at Bukeka Sigungqa’s home in Mpheko Street, and when she opened the door, she was shot 13 times.

He says 26-year-old daughter was also wounded in the leg and arm during the shooting, and taken to hospital.

“The motive for the attack has not been established, and anyone with information, is asked to contact the nearest police station, or call 08600 10111”, Beetge said.

The Democratic Alliance in the Eastern Cape reports that service delivery protests are on the rise in the province and continue to contribute to an environment of chaos and disorder, with about two protests taking place every day.

In the latest incident, protesters burned tyres in the Motherwell, Markman Townships area of Port Elizabeth before dispersing shortly before 6 am.

MEC of Safety and Liaison, Weziwe Tikana, said in response to a parliamentary question, that 674 service delivery protests took place in the province between the 1st of April 2018 and the 31st March 2019.

According to the DA’s shadow MEC for Safety and Security Bobby Stevenson, this is a staggering increase of 158 additional protests that took place when compared to the 2017/18 financial year.

Stevenson said the DA condemned this lawlessness in the strongest possible terms and that the police alone cannot become the frontline for service delivery failure and imploding municipalities.

The Eastern Cape had the third-highest number of service delivery protests in the country for the 2018/19 financial year.

The general reasons for service delivery protests according to the response are electricity, housing, land and roads issues.

Two Port Elizabeth men were wounded in a suspected gang shooting in Timothy Valley on Monday night.

Police spokesperson, Colonel Priscilla Naidu, said a 24-year-old man was shot in the legs while his 34-year-old companion was wounded in the stomach.

A third person escaped unharmed when two men opened fire on the trio in Sweden Street shortly before 10 pm.

Naidu said the shooter is known to the victims and that the Provincial Gang Investigation Unit is investigating three cases of attempted murder.

Meanwhile, Naidu said that Algoa Park police are also investigating a case of attempted murder after a 35-year-old shop owner was shot in the head late on Monday night.

She said the victim was asleep in the shop in Old Uitenhage Road in Missionvale when shots were fired from the outside.

“A bullet hit him in the head. He was transported to a hospital in a critical condition. Soon after the shooting, a vehicle was heard speeding off,” Naidu said.

She said the motive for the shooting is not known.

By daily Kasi News reporter

Just a few hours after snuffing the dreams of Chippa United head coach, soccer boss Siviwe “Chippa” Mpengesi made the dreams of the Moni family come true when he donated a fully-furnished house on Monday. 

Mpengesi fired Clinton Larsen following the Chilli Boys 2-1 loss to Orlando Pirates on Saturday. 

But when he arrived at Buthulo Village, near Port St Johns, Eastern Cape, the worry that comes with owning a soccer team seemed far from Mpengesi’s mind. 

If anything, he was in a giving mood as he also donated soccer kits to a local team.

“I hope that this kit will result in a player from this village joining Chippa United. Maybe we’ll even get a coach from here,” he mused – drawing laughter from the crowd gathered inside a marquee.

The joke was not lost on them. 

The event was attended by Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation minister Lindiwe Sisulu who was accompanied by her deputy, Pam Tshwete and Eastern Cape MEC for Human Settlements Nonkqubela Pieters.

The Moni family of 14, lived in a single room mud structure which measures 20m2.

But on Monday the family’s fortunes turned for the better when they were handed over the keys to their new solid structure home – built using alternative technology.

The village was among those affected by the floods that left a trail of destruction, when over 200mm rainfall was recorded, in April.

The keys to the house were handed to the widowed Macacisile Moni, 61, who could not contain her joy of owning her first solid home.

“I have never been to heaven but today it feels like I’m in heaven. This is the happiest day of my life,” said Macacisile, as she wiped tears from her face.

“When it rains I would ask my children to go seek shelter at the neighbours’ homes as I feared that this house would collapse on us. I would say to them, ‘it would be better if I’m the only one who dies inside this house’,” said Macacisile, who shares her house with her brother, her eight children and four grandchildren.

Their other dwelling, a mud rondavel, was washed away by heavy rains.

The house was donated by Eastern Cape born Mpengesi whose company Chippa Holdings built it using green crete technology –  which uses recycled waste, binding chemicals and other materials to create environmentally friendly building materials.

Sisulu thanked Mpengesi and said using alternative building technology was crucial for the government’s house building programme going forward.

Sisulu assured Moni that the title deed for the house will be registered in her name and encouraged her to look after her new home.

The mud structure – with its walls cracked and a collapsing roof – stood in stark contrast to the spanking new house.

Mpengesi announced that his Chippa Holdings will be donating 90 houses to the poor all over the country.

“We will build 10 homes per province. This is my way of giving back as I know hardship…having lived in a shack in Cape Town while working as a security guard,” said Mpengesi.

By Phumlani Saul

The Eastern Cape Health Department is appealing to the community of Nelson Mandela Bay to work with authorities to fight crime.

The appeal on Monday came after another attack on ambulance personnel who were transporting a patient with asthma to hospital in the early hours of the morning.

Health Department spokesperson, Sizwe Kupelo, said that the EMS crew was accosted at the intersection at the Chatty Dip and Uitenhage Road by assailants who placed a barricade in the road.

He said three men emerged from the shadows and smashed the driver’s side window of the ambulance, injuring the driver.

Kupelo said the second crew member and the patient were robbed of their personal belongings and were left traumatised by the incident.

“We are really calling upon the people of the Bay to stand up and fight this thing, work with police, work with all the structures on the ground that are fighting crime,” he said.

“An assault on a health official, particularly those who are providing essential services, is an assault on the community,” Kupelo added.

He said police are investigating the incident.

By Phumlani Saul

Two Eastern Cape teachers and an admin clerk have been arrested for allegedly raping three teenage learners in Ngcobo.

Police spokesperson Captain Namhla Mdleleni said one of the boys was allegedly raped in June and the other two in August.

She said it was alleged that the teachers and the official took the boys to one of their homes under the pretence of helping them with homework, but the boys were allegedly plied with alcohol before being raped.

Mdleleni says the matter was only reported to police on Friday when a case was opened.

The alleged perpetrators are expected to appear in court soon.

Meanwhile, the Eastern Cape Department of Education said the three have since been suspended.

Spokesperson, Mali Mtima, said the learners have also been provided with the necessary support.

He said they only became aware of the case last Thursday.

Last week the Education Department announced that a subject advisor in Lusikisiki was arrested for allegedly raping a 6-year-old learner while a 27-year-old caretaker at a school in Whittlesea appeared in court for allegedly raping a 7-year-old girl.

Gift of the Givers rolled into drought-hit Adelaide in the Eastern Cape on Monday to deliver fodder for starving cattle and water for thirsty locals.

The Eastern Cape town is facing a dire crisis including recent reports that cattle were dying in the streets and that the local dam had dried up.

Gift of the Givers founder, Dr Imtiaaz Sooliman, said they had already drilled five boreholes for the local council but he said the water table had dropped.

He said on Monday they would be delivering the first of four truckloads of fodder for “all farmers” while drilling boreholes in areas closer to communities in the hope of finding water.

Sooliman said they would also be sending in two water tankers, truckloads of bottled water, and will install solar pumps on two additional boreholes that they have already drilled.

He said this week Gift of the Givers will also bring some relief to Bedford, once again sending in the water tankers and bottled water to the Eastern Cape town.

Drilling machines will also be deployed in Bedford with the hope of finding underground water as a sustainable solution to the crippling drought.

Sooliman said the Mnquma Municipality at Butterworth has also requested urgent intervention

By Phumlani Saul

Teenagers who allegedly hijacked a car from a motorist at knife point were no match for the flying squad when they tried to speed away from police in the Eastern Cape.

The 45-year-old motorist’s car was allegedly hijacked in Ross Gradwell Street, Uitenhage, by five men and a woman while he was driving home just before 2am on Saturday.

“They took his R100 cash and his vehicle. He managed to flee and seek help,” said police spokesperson Col Priscilla Naidu.

“Port Elizabeth flying squad members, Warrant Officer Severiano Blundin and Constable Eugene Abrahams, acted on information received about a vehicle that was hijacked in the Uitenhage area and was on its way to Port Elizabeth to be sold.”

The car was spotted with no registration plates and when the occupants saw the police vehicle, “they tried to speed away, but drove into dead end”.The occupants jumped out and started running, but four of them were arrested.

The suspects, aged between 16 and 19 years old, were detained for hijacking and are expected to appear in the Uitenhage Magistrate’s Court on Monday. The vehicle was impounded for further investigation,” said Naidu.

In another incident, Blundin and Abrahams joined a car chase with security company vehicles pursuing an alleged business robber outside Humansdorp.

They forced the vehicle off the road and arrested a 39-year-old suspect. Two cellphones, a watch, a small amount of cash and a car were seized.

By Phumlani Saul

Clinton Larsen has been fired as Chippa United coach following the team’s 2-1 loss away to Orlando Pirates in Soweto at the weekend.

Larsen, who was employed in January replacing Joel Masutha, on Monday became the latest in a string of coaches to be set packing by Chilli Boys owner Siviwe Mpengesi.

Chippa have endured a slow start to the season failing to win any of their five matches. Larsen presided over three draw and two losses.

The latest defeat to the Buccaneers was enough to push the notoriously trigger-happy Mpengesi over the edge.

Although the club have yet to make an official announcement, Mpengesi took to the airwaves on Monday morning to break the news on Umhlobo Wenene to confirm Larsen’s sacking.

A replacement has yet to be named although Duran Francis will take the reins as care-taker coach.