Innholdsfortegnelse for 2023-06-05 i Daily Voice

THERE are more drug dens than schools in the Western Cape. The fourth quarter crime statistics revealed that the province has 1 819 known drug houses with 37 linked to organised crime. During a parliamentary question-and-answer session last week, police revealed 1 077 of these dens were located in the Cape Town Metro, and 742 in rural areas. The Western Cape Education Department has 1 449 schools, reports Weekend Argus. Gillion Bosman, DA provincial spokesperson for Community Safety, said drug dens formed a critical component of the production and distribution networks maintained by merts. “The updated figures represent an increase [in drug houses] of more than 15% compared to similar numbers received by the DA in June 2021,” Bosman explained. “At that time, 1 577 drug houses were known to…

Whenever there is a focus on promoting good, the exact opposite happens. It seems there are more stories of women abuse during the 16 days of activism campaign, for example. Last week we had another terrible example of this. The day after Child Protection Week started, a bakkie carrying school children crashed on AZ Berman Drive in Mitchells Plain, killing five of them and injuring two others. They were in the back when the canopy shattered after the driver, Mninikhaya Mvuli, lost control, slamming into a tree and traffic light. It’s so easy to stand in judgement of this man. But lest we forget, the tragedy is compounded by the fact that one of the victims was his own niece, whom he had been raising as his own child. There’s…

Confronted Some also complain that the bin scratchers become abusive when confronted. Others complain that they are targeted after they check them for causing a mess. It was already bad the last time I wrote about it, but the situation has only worsened, with most of my neighbours no longer putting their bins out until they can actually hear the truck. But I think it’s worth reminding ourselves what we are dealing with in these very tough economic times. Ask yourself: is your once-a-week annoyance more valid than the hunger of a fellow human being? How dehumanising is it to openly scratch through other people’s rubbish just to find something to eat, or that you can sell for some cash? Our garbage is worth more to them than their own…

Suspect He was struck off the roll of attorneys last year. “It was established that suspect is a fugitive from justice being sought by the Namibian authorities to stand trial for racketeering, fraud, corruption and money laundering after an arrest warrant and extradition notice were authorised by the Paarl Magistrate’s Court in 2022,” Mogale said. “It is further alleged that the suspect caused an amount totalling in excess of R3 million be deposited into his trust account and the complainant deposited R280 000 into the same bank account for legal services.” Arrest During his arrest by the Hawks Serious Commercial Crime Investigation team and Interpol, the man’s cellphone and laptop were confiscated for further investigation. In January, Interpol released an updated red notice and seven South Africans topped the list.…

A BONTEHEUWEL family are demanding answers after their eight-month-old baby at crèche was rushed to hospital and died. Mogammat Qiran Canterbury passed away on Friday afternoon after he was taken to Vanguard Day Hospital. It is believed that the infant had been sleeping before his teachers noticed something was wrong. Qiran had been attending Linda’s Day Care in Bontas for the past two months. Dad Tashreeq, 22, said he and his wife Zaidah were both at work when he received a call from the crèche that his son was in the hospital. “When I got there, I found out that my baby had passed away. As the doctors explained it, when the teachers got there from the crèche, he was already dead.” Police spokesperson Wesley Twigg said that the toddler's…