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Skaars 3 weke oud en boewe slaan toe
Vandale beskadig Prinses-staproete
Die nuwe Prinsesvlei-staproete in Retreat is skaars ‘n paar weke oud, maar vandale het reeds aansienlike skade daaraan berokken.
Volgens die Stad Kaapstad het verdagtes hout-panele by een van die voetbrûe langs die 4,23km-lange sirkulasieroete in die vroeë oggendure van Maandag 30 Junie verwyder. Stadswagte het die verdagtes op heterdaad betrap, maar hulle het van die toneel gevlug en die gesteelde hout agtergelaat.
“Dit is baie teleurstellend dat infrastruktuur by Prinsesvlei geteiken is net drie weke nadat hierdie gemeenskapsfasiliteit geopen is. Ons Ontspannings- en Parke-afdeling doen wat hulle kan, binne die raamwerk van beskikbare hulpbronne, om ‘n sekerheidsteenwoordigheid op die perseel te handhaaf.
“Maar Prinsesvlei is ‘n oop ruimte en die roete is etlike kilometers lank, daarom is die gemeenskap se waaksaamheid belangrik,” het die Stad se burgemeesterskomiteelid vir Gemeenskapsdienste en Gesondheid, Francine Higham, gesê.
Dit het ook sedertdien aan die lig gekom dat verskeie aanwysing borde beskadig is.
Die Stad het R10,2 miljoen in die roete belê en werk saam met die Prinsesvlei-forum en plaaslike gemeenskappe.
“Ons veroordeel sulke optrede ten sterkste. Die verantwoordelikheid berus by elkeen van ons om gemeenskapsbates te bewaak vir die genot van almal,” het raadslid Higham bygevoeg.
Teenager hit, rushed to hospital
Man gunned down in Retreat
CRIME SCENE: Steenberg, Cape Town: Multiple shots rang out in Steenberg and Retreat last night, Friday 3 July 2026, leading to the death of at least one man and injuring a teenager.
Sergeant Wesley Twigg, a media liaison officer for Western Cape SAPS, said Steenberg police registered murder and attempted murder cases for investigation following a shooting incident at about 22:30, in Beethoven Street, Retreat.
“A 34-year-old man and a 15-year-old boy were shot. Police members attended to the crime scene where they found the victims with gunshot wounds to their bodies. The 34-year-old man was declared deceased on the scene by medical personnel, while the boy was transported to a medical facility for treatment.
“The circumstances surrounding the incident are under investigation and no arrests have been made yet,” said Twigg.
He said SAPS members are following up information and are conducting operations in efforts to bring those responsible for the shooting to book.
Anyone with any information about the incident is kindly requested to contact Crime Stop on 08600 10111 or use the mobile MySAPS-App anonymously.
Earlier the same evening, at about 19:00 shooting also took place in Sullivan Street, Steenberg. It is unknown at this stage if there were injuries in this incident.
Bridge damaged at R10 million facility
Vandals strike at Princess-trail
Vandals have struck at the brand-new Princess Vlei Walking trail in Retreat, causing substantial damage to one of the bridges.
According to the City a group of suspects removed wooden slats from one of the footbridges along the 4,23 km circulatory trail in the early hours of Monday, 30 June. City rangers caught the suspects in the act, but they fled the scene, leaving the wood behind.
“It is deeply disappointing that infrastructure at Princess Vlei has been targeted just three weeks after this community facility was opened. Our Recreation and Parks Department is doing what it can, within available resources, to maintain a security presence on site.
“But Princess Vlei is an open space and the trail is several kilometres long, so community vigilance is essential,’ said the City’s Mayoral Committee Member for Community Services and Health, Francine Higham.
It has also since emerged that multiple signs have been damaged, and at least one of the sign boards have been defaced.
The City has invested R10,2 million in the circulatory trail and is working in partnership with the Princess Vlei Forum and local communities.
“We strongly condemn such destruction and disregard for the collective efforts to ensure universal access to community facilities. The responsibility rests with each and every one of us to guard community assets for the enjoyment of all,” added Councillor Higham.
Residents can share any information about these or other acts of vandalism with the City’s Public Emergency Community Centre on 021 480 7700 or report crime and by-law offences anonymously, 24-hours a day, on 0800 110077.
Administrateur verduister na bewering R4,6-m
Vrou tronk toe oor skoolgeld
JONGSTE! Die beskuldigde, Maria Jessica Kuhn (43), het vandag in die hof verskyn, waar die saak tot 7 Julie 2026 uitgestel is vir ‘n borgtogaansoek. Die beskuldigde bly in aanhouding.
MISDAADTONEEL: Kathu, Noord-Kaap: ‘n Voormalige skooladministrateur is gearresteer vir die verduistering van R4,6-miljoen skool fondse.
Die 43-jarige vrou is angekla vir, onder meer, bedrog en vervalsing. Sy is Donderdagoggend, 2 Julie 2026 by haar woonplek in Kathu, naby Kuruman deur die Valke se ernstige handelsmisdaad-ondersoek- en die polisie se ernstige georganiseerde misdaad-eenhede, gearresteer.
Die beskuldigde, wat voorheen as ‘n finansiële administrateur by Kathu Hoërskool gewerk het, het na bewering aparte private bankrekeninge geskep waarin sy skoolgelde betaal het.
Volgens die polisie is daar in Oktober 2025 onraad vermoed toe ‘n oudit onreëlmatighede in die skool se finansiële rekords opgetel het.
Die betrokke fondse sluit in leerders se skoolfooie en geld van skenkers, wat gebruik word om salarisse te betaal vir onderwysers wat deur die Skoolbeheerliggaam (SBL) aangstel word.
Die Valke se ondersoek het aan die lig gebring die beskuldigde het na bewering fiktiewe fakture geskep wat voorgekom hegt of dit wettige skoolverskaffers is en dan die betalings aan haar private rekening vir haar eie voordeel gemagtig het.
Daar word verder beweer dat die beskuldigde haarself oortyd betaal het ten spyte van die skool se beleid wat sulke betalings verbied.
Die beskuldigde sal môre, Vrydag 3 Julie 2026, voor die Kathu-landdroshof verskyn vir ‘n moontlike borgtogaansoek.
Woman allegedly paid herself from school funds
School worker jailed for R4,6m
UPDATE! The accused, Maria Jessica Kuhn (43), appeared in court today, where the matter was postponed to 7 July 2026 for a bail application. The accused was remanded in custody.
CRIME SCENE: Kathu, Northern Cape: A middle-aged former school administrator has been arrested for embezzling R4,6 million of her school’s funds.
The 43-year-old woman faces charges of fraud, forgery and uttering following her arrest by the Hawks’ Serious Commercial Crime Investigation and the police’s Serious Organised Crime units.
She was arrested on Thursday morning, 2 July at her place of residence in Kathu, near Kuruman.
The accused, who previously worked as a financial administrator at Kathu High School, allegedly created separate private banking accounts to which school funds were diverted. According to the police financial discrepancies were identified in October 2025 when an audit detected irregularities in the school’s financial records.
The affected funds included school fees and donor funds, which are used to pay School Governing Body (SGB) teachers’ salaries.
The Hawks’ investigation revealed that the accused allegedly created fictitious invoices purporting to be legitimate school suppliers and authorised payments to her private account for her own benefit.
It is further alleged that the accused paid herself overtime despite the school’s policy prohibiting such payments.
The accused will appear before the Kathu Magistrate’s Court tomorrow, Friday, 3 July 2026, for a possible bail application.
Bende-eenheid kry ook 100 Mandrax tablette
Tiener met vuurwapen betrap
MISDAADTONEEL: Hanover Park, Kaapstad: Die Suid-Afrikaanse Polisiediens (SAPD) het ‘n tiener gearresteer nadat hulle hom Donderdag, 2 Julie 2026 op heterdaad met ‘n vuurwapen betrap het.
Die Anti-Bende-eenheid was besig met patrollies om bendegeweld in Hanover Park te bestry toe hulle ‘n verdagte persoon in die pad sien loop. Toe hy die polisie sien, het hy begin hardloop.
Die SAPD het gesê die lede het die verdagte agternagesit, hom aangekeer en deursoek. Hulle het ‘n .22-pistool met 13 rondtes ammunisie in sy besit gevind. Die 19-jarige verdagte is gearresteer vir die besit van ‘n ongelisensieerde vuurwapen en ammunisie.
Die lede het toe ‘n perseel, ook in die Hanover Park-gebied, deursoek en 100 Mandrax-tablette en 10 rondtes ammunisie gekonfiskeer, wat hulle in die huis gevind het. Hulle het ‘n 38-jarige verdagte gearresteer vir die besit van Mandrax en die onwettige besit van ammunisie.
Die SAPD het gesê die doel van die operasies is om gemeenskappe te beskerm en vuurwapens uit die hande van misdadigers te verwyder.
Gang Unit catches up to 19-year-old
Teen nabbed with gun
CRIME SCENE: Hanover Park, Cape Town: The South African Police Service (SAPS) arrested a teenager after catching him red handed with a gun on Thursday, 2 July 2026.
The Anti-Gang Unit were conducting patrols in Hanover Park to combat gang violence when they noticed a suspicious-looking male walking in the road. When he saw the police, he started to run.
SAPS said the members chased after the suspect, apprehended him, and searched him. They found a .22 pistol with 13 rounds of ammunition in his possession. The 19-year-old suspect was arrested for the possession of an unlicensed firearm and ammunition.
The members then went on to search a premises, also in the Hanover Park area, and confiscated 100 Mandrax tablets and 10 rounds of ammunition, which they found in the house. They arrested a 38-year-old suspect for the possession of Mandrax and the illegal possession of ammunition.
SAPS said this formed part of crime prevention interventions to safeguard communities and remove firearms from the hands of criminals.
Twee by Viking Park doodgeskiet
Moord by haarkapper
MISDAADTONEEL: Viking Park, Kaapstad: Twee mans is Vrydagoggend, 3 Julie 2026 koelbloedig by die Viking Park- sentrum doodgeskiet, een binne ‘n haarkapper se winkel.
Volgens ‘n skakelbeampte vir die Wes-Kaapse polisie, kaptein FC van Wyk, het die polisie ‘n moordsaak geopen na ‘n skietvoorval om 10:45 by ‘n haarkapperswinkel in Viking Park, Elsies Rivier.
“’n 31-jarige man is in die haarkapperswinkel doodgeskiet. Ná hierdie voorval is ‘n nog man op die veld oorkant Viking Park, rigting Ruyterwacht, doodgeskiet. ‘n Derde persoon het van die toneel gevlug en dit is onbekend of hy beserings opgedoen het.
“Die motief vir beide skietvoorvalle vorm deel van polisie-ondersoeke,” het Van Wyk gesê.
Enigiemand met inligting oor die voorvalle word versoek om Stop Misdaad by 08600 10111 te bel.
Man gunned down inside barber shop
Two killed in horror shootings
CRIME SCENE: Viking Park, Cape Town: People watched in horror on Friday morning, 3 July 2026, when two people were shot and killed, one inside a barber shop, at the Viking Park commercial and retail centre.
According to a media liaison officer for the Western Cape police, Captain FC van Wyk, police registered a murder following a shooting incident at 10:45 in a barber shop at Viking Park, Elsies River.
“A 31-year-old male was shot and fatally wounded at the barber shop. Following this incident, another unidentified man was shot and killed on the field opposite Viking Park, direction Ruyterwacht, while a third person fled the scene. It is unknown if he sustained injuries.
“The motive for both shooting incidents forms part of police investigations,” said Van Wyk.
Anyone with information about these fatal shooting incidents is kindly requested to contact Crime Stop on 08600 10111.
Slagoffer verskeie kere in kop geskiet
Man in straat afgemaai
MISDAADTONEEL: Delft, Kaapstad: ‘n 35-jarige man is Donderdagaand, 2 Julie 2026, in ‘n straat hier doodgeskiet.
Volgens ‘n skakelbeampte vir die Wes-Kaapse polisie, Thembakazi Mpendukana, is die man omstreeks 19:50 in Tornado Sirkel, The Hague, Delft, geskiet.
“Toe Delft-polisie op die toneel aankom het hulle die liggaam van ‘n 35-jarige man gevind met veelvuldige koeëlwonde aan sy kop. Hy is op die toneel dood verklaar. Die polisie ondersoek tans die omstandighede rondom die moord en geen arrestasie is nog gemaak nie,” het Mpendukana gesê.