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Polisie op verdagtes se spoor ná moord en aanval
Twee gru-dade in daglig, tuis LIENTJIE MENTZ Net enkele dae ná die moord op ’n bejaarde man van Pellissier, is ’n man in Wilgehof Maandag helder oordag met ’n panga in sy huis aangeval.
Stake a claim for victory The Kovsie netball stars won their match against the Madibaz of the Nelson Mandela University, in the Wits Multi-purpose Sports Hall on Monday, 15 September. With the ball is Reratilwe Letsoalo of the University of the Free State. Read more on p. 9. Photo: Thando Jafta/Varsity Sports Netball
Die Parkweg-polisie soek na sewe verdagtes: drie vroue en vier mans. Hulle word verdink van huisroof en poging tot moord op die 58-jarige man. Die slagoffer was op Maandag 15 September by sy huis by Ellenbergerstraat 7 toe twee vroue hom glo vir water gevra het. Nadat hy vir hulle water gegee het, het hulle weggegaan. Kort daarna het hulle egter teruggekeer, met nog ’n vrou en vier mans, en hulle het onregmatig toegang tot sy huis gekry. Volgens sersant Mahlomola Kareli, Vrystaatse polisiewoordvoerder, het die verdagtes die slagoffer met ’n panga aangeval en sy hande met elekriese koord agter sy rug vasgebind. Hulle het deur die huis beweeg en huishoudelike artikels en klere gesteel voordat hulle van die toneel gevlug het. Kareli sê die polisie het Maandag om 14:40 ’n oproep uit Wilgehof ontvang en daarop reageer. Hulle het die slagoffer in die huis gevind met ’n wond aan sy kop. Paramedici het na hom omgesien, en hy is na ’n hospitaal gebring. Hy is in ’n stabiele toestand. Buurtwaglede het Maandagaand ’n boodskap
Die slagoffer is met ’n panga aangeval en sy hande met elekriese koord agter sy rug vasgebind uitgestuur om mense te waarsku om nie onbekende mense op hul eiendom toe te laat nie. Dit kom ná die moord op Albertus Opperman (75) op Vrydag 12 September in sy huis in Pellissier. Opperman was die afgetrede regimentsersantmajoor (RSM) van 1 Valskermbataljon by Tempe. Die Parkweg-polisie, wat die saak ondersoek, sê daar word vermoed dat die moord tussen 07:20 en 08:30 gepleeg is. Met die aankoms van Opperman se huiswerker Vrydag het sy twee onbekende mans in die huis in Siembambastraat 17 aangetref. Hulle het gevlug toe hulle haar sien, en sy het hulp by die bure ontbied. Die bure het ’n veiligheidsonderneming en die polisie is in kennis gestel. Met hul aankoms is die lyk van Opperman gevind. Hy is met ’n mes in die bors gesteek. Opperman is op die toneel dood verklaar. Geen verdagtes is nog in verband met Opperman se moord in hegtenis geneem nie. Mike Bolhuis se Specialised Security Services het glo intussen begin om saam met die Parkweg-polisie te soek na die verdagtes in Opperman se moord.
Residents could pay dearly for metro’s shifty management LIENTJIE MENTZ Instead of solving the service delivery issues in Bloemfontein, the Mangaung Metro managed to put a spanner in the works and ensure that the residents will pay for it. The planned implementation of a shift system for workers to ensure savings in overtime and beter service delivery, backfired because management never consulted with workers before execution thereof at the beginning of July. This resulted in members of the South African Municipal Workers Union (Samwu) going to court. The Labour Court agreed that the Man-
gaung Metro had acted unlawfully by changing employment conditions unilaterally. The court ordered that Samwu members’ working terms and conditions were to revert back to what it had been on 1 August. With the onus now being on the metro to cover the legal costs of the application, residents will, in effect, have to pay for the court case. The Mangaung Metro filed an application for leave of appeal on 10 September − effectively suspending the judgement until the appeal comes to court. The decision to implement a shift system was aimed at curbing the enormous amount of over-
time spend. Overtime overspending increased sharply over the last two financial years, with the 2024-’25 figure more than three times higher than the previous year. Overtime spend in 2024’25 was an enormous R136 million. Both the executive mayor, Gregory Nthatisi, and the municipal manager, Sello More, presented the shift system as the primary method for controlling overtime spend. However, they implemented it without consulting workers. Hardie Viviers, DA councillor, says at a recent Section 80 Finance Committee meeting the DA learned that the metro’s July overtime spend was nearly triple its monthly budget.
“The DA supports the shift system, which was designed to allocate 12-hour shifts to metro employees,” he says. Residents now risk paying double for services, once for excessive overtime and again for potential legal costs, if the Mangaung metro loses its appeal. ■ BloemNews reported on bloemnuus.co.za that More had warned workers that if an alternative for overtime could not be reached, it could lead to work losses. He said that the metro could not continue to spend more thant R100 million per year on ineffective services.
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