Daily Voice 2025-04-30

RESIDENTS from Leiden in Delft are dik of skelms apparently stealing electricity from the power lines, leaving them without krag for weeks on end. Resident Adelah Harrison, 58, said she has been living in Delft for 23 years. But since mense started putting up shacks in the area during the Covid pandemic, they have been having issues with electricity. She explains: “It has been going on like this for five years. Most of the time the power is off instead of on and we cannot take it anymore. “Our power will be off for two weeks then go back on again for a day, then off for another week or longer before it goes back off for weeks. “We are homeowners who pay for electricity but we never have electricity.…

TENSIONS peaked in the Western Cape High Court yesterday as Judge Nathan Erasmus pressed the State on key contradictions in the case of six-year-old Joshlin Smith’s disappearance. While the prosecution insists there was an agreement to sell the child, Erasmus raised concerns about how star State witness Lourentia “Renz” Lombaard’s testimony lined up with that of the accused. Lombard’s testimony forms the backbone of the State’s case, after she was granted immunity in exchange for full disclosure in the events surrounding Joshlin’s vanishing on 19 February 2024. Renz alleges that Racquel “Kelly” Smith, conspired with Jacquen “Boeta” Appollis, and Steveno “Steffie” van Rhyn to sell Joshlin for R20 000, a plan supposedly conceived months before it was executed. However, Judge Erasmus is not keen on accepting Lombaard’s version in full.…

PEYTON Connor from Welgelegen proves that being differently-abled does not define her as she has risen against the odds to represent South Africa at this year’s Dance World Cup in Burgos, Spain. Peyton, 14, was diagnosed with Anxiety Disorder and high-functioning Autism in 2023. She has been a dedicated dancer since the age of five and is a member of K&J Dance Unlimited. She specialises in contemporary, modern, commercial, jazz and hip-hop styles. She competed at the South African qualifiers for the Dance World Cup (DWC) last month and won four gold medals after placing first in four of her categories. Peyton says that she loves how dancing makes her feel free and confident. She shares: “It helps me express myself without needing to say anything. Even when I’m feeling…

HARTSEER details surrounding the frantic search for Pinelands man Previn Pillay have emerged at the Western Cape High Court as the trio of alleged killers pleaded not guilty. Nearly five years after the horrific murder of the young businessman who was decapitated and his mutilated corpse placed in a suitcase and set light, his alleged killers have pleaded not guilty as his father took the witness stand on Tuesday. The 29-year-old man from Pinelands was last seen on 23 December 2020 leaving his home in Pinelands in his white Toyota Hilux bakkie. The bumper of the vehicle was later found in Sunbird Park, but the bakkie was never recovered. A week later, cops were called to Hazendal Train Station in Athlone where a mutilated body was found in a suitcase.…