Innholdsfortegnelse for 2025-08-06 i Daily Voice

IT’S Women’s Month, and I want to salute every woman who, after a long day, still manages to put love on the plate. It’s not always easy, the days are long, the budget is tight, and the family is always looking forward to a home-cooked meal – by you. Working eight hours a day is not child’s play. Being on your feet all day is definitely no grappie, and then you still have to pick up socks off the floor, wipe crumbs off the kitchen table, and, believe it or not, somehow find time to sit down and help with homework. That’s us, we are educators too. But we’re not just educators, we’re nurses tending to scraped knees, chefs feeding hungry mouths, counsellors listening to what happened during the day,…

THE father of the Grade 12 learner who died in a horror car crash in Brackenfell, together with three other victims, has described how he now has to change matric ball preparations for a funeral instead. It had been 17-year-old Perth Keaden Eksteen’s dream to wear a white double-breasted suit with glitz and glam like P Diddy while his family was to be donned all in black and cruise in a white BMW. Perth’s father, Mark, told Cape Argus they would now be placing his body into a white coffin and that they would be dressed in black and be driven in a hearse for his funeral, which is expected to take place on 16 August, depending on finalisation of the DNA testing. Tragic Perth was one of four people…

RESIDENTS of Gugulethu say they have been trapped in their homes due to severe flooding caused by overflowing sewers and inadequate stormwater infrastructure after this week’s cold front. Wendy Mtsi, a resident of the New Rest area on Tambo Road, said the water levels in her yard have become so severe that she can only leave her home by jumping over a back wall with assistance. She explained: “Someone must help us to get to the other side of the yard, and if one can’t jump over, then they will have to stay at home. “I have a seven-month-old baby, and this water is dirty because it is mixed with faeces. I fear that my baby might get sick from this. We have nowhere else to go and have no…

GUN violence continues to rock Mitchells Plain after two more people were shot and killed in what police believe to be gang- related shootings. Multiple gunshots have been reported in Beacon Valley and Lentegeur on Monday despite efforts to restore calm. In Beacon Valley, cops reported a man was ambushed by a group in Metropolitan Street. He was seated in his vehicle while fetching his children. Police spokesperson Lieutenant-Colonel Malcolm Pojie said the motive for this attack is believed to be gang related. Case Pojie explained: “Mitchells Plain SAPS registered a murder case for further investigation following a shooting in Metropolitan Street, Beacon Valley, Mitchells Plain at about 14:40 on Monday, 4 August 2025 which claimed the life of an adult male. “Preliminary reports suggest that the deceased received a…

Bludgeoned The victims were found bludgeoned to death in the backyard of their home next to a blood-soaked mattress. On 16 December, two days after the incident, the investigating team contacted a police psychologist to assist in interviewing Kemp while he was in custody. The psychologist was taken to the crime scene before being allowed to engage with the suspect. During the interview, Kemp confessed to the killing his relatives with a brick. During the court proceedings, Kemp did not dispute the charges. Despite comments from relatives suggesting that Kemp may not have been in the right state of mind at the time of the incident, no psychiatric defence was formally raised during the trial. The court found the evidence, including the confession and pointing out, compelling.…