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Durban: The City of eThekwini has announced that their 23 bathing beaches are more than ready to entertain visitors that have already started to flock to the city for the festive season holidays. eThekwini Mayor Cyril Xaba revealed that all 23 bathing beaches are safe for swimming. He said over 2,000 officers will be deployed for day and night time patrols on freeways, beachfront, shopping centres and on crime hotspots. “All these safety and security efforts will be supported by more than 500 CCTV cameras. The city has increased its capacity at the beachfront by recruiting 650 seasonal staff. The city is ready to deliver a safe, vibrant and memorable festive season,” said Xaba.
Esikhaleni: The Esikhaleni Regional Court has on Monday sentenced 28-year-old Samkelo Dumisa to two terms of life imprisonment plus 25 years in jail after he was found guilty of the murder of taxi assistant Sandiso Rasta Magwaza, the attempted murder of a taxi boss, as well as kidnapping and robbery. On 18 November 2023, a taxi owner was driving his minibus taxi full of passengers from Empangeni to Ntambanana. When the taxi arrived at the last drop-off, all passengers got off the taxi except for three men who remained inside. The three men then produced firearms, tied both the taxi owner and his assistant with ropes and took them to Port Dunford beach. The taxi boss was robbed of an undisclosed amount of money. The suspects then shot and killed Rasta Magwaza before strangling and stabbing the taxi boss several times and left him for dead. Two days after the incident, the taxi boss regained consciousness and he was found by a traditional healer who had gone to the beach for rituals. He was then taken to hospital. The body of Rasta Magwaza was found on the seashore at the same beach.
Madadeni: The Madadeni Regional Court has sentenced a 39-year-old man to life imprisonment for the murder of a woman in the Osizweni area in April 2024. The accused and the deceased were in a relationship and the accused was employed to look after a homestead in the area, so he and the deceased lived on the property together. Before the incident, the accused told his friend that the deceased had cheated on him and that she had used a love potion on him. The following day, the accused went to the same friend and told him that he had killed the deceased because of her alleged infidelity and the use of the love potion. The accused showed him the knife he had used to commit the offence. They then went to the accused’s employer’s homestead where the accused told his employer what he had done. Thereafter, the accused took his friend and his employer to the house and showed them the body of the deceased. While his employer advised him to hand himself over to the police, the accused fled the area and was eventually arrested in the North West province.
Pictured above: The City of eThekwini has announced that their 23 bathing beaches are more than ready to entertain swimmers and visitors that have already started to flock to the city for the festive season holidays.
Image source: eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality
