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21 MARCH 2022 ISSUE Nimrod Matsane, 24, whose four of his family members were simultaneously shot and killed this week is living in fear as he thinks the killers might come back to kill him and his brother as they are the only surviving members of the family. His family members including his father, Johnson Fakude, 58, his mother Gift Matsane,50, his younger sisters, Princess Fakude, 11, and an eight-year-old Priscilla Fakude died when two gun-wielding men entered their home in Castel, Bushbuckridge and open fire without uttering a word.
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MASHONISA AND FAMILY MURDERED IN CASTEEL BUSHBUCKRIDGE STAFF REPORTER
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“My brother and I are in trouble because these people might come back to finish what they started. When the shooting happened I was at work in Secunda in the Mpumalanga Highveld and my elder brother was also away when the incident happened. My father had a cash loan business and he was a polygamist and had left one of his wives, who threatened to kill him a few months ago. Now we suspect that the woman might be behind the killings. If she is behind this she will probably send people to kill us too because we might interrupt her when she wants to take the property and businesses that were left by my father,” said Matsane. He said his parents told him last month that there were people who had been planning to kill them. He is also appealing to the law enforcement agencies to protect him and his brother. I am shocked about my parents and my siblings’ death and ready to assist the police to arrest those who are responsible,” he said. Matsane says he will interact with the police to give them the information that might facilitate the process of arresting the suspects. “Before they were killed, my parents told us who wanted to kill them and I believe those people are responsible. Recently, Bushbuckridge and the surrounding areas have seen several incidents in which family members
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including children and women were shot and “We urge anyone with information about the incident or the whereabouts of the killed.In most cases, the killings are said to suspects to contact the police. be in connection with the gang-related violence that is rife in the area. Police preliminary investigation revealed Mpumalanga police spokesperson Brigadier that after the gunshot sound was heard at the Selvy Mohlala has called on the community victims’ houses two men were seen jumping over a wall towards the direction of R40 members to assist the police to make sure road then disappear into the darkness,” said that the perpetrators are brought to book. Mohlala. social media for the 2nd time this week He said when the police and the medics as people continue to post pictures of buckets filled with dirty water. Our efforts arrived at the scene all the four family members were already dead with gunshot to get a comment from the Mbombela wounds. He said the motive of the killing Municipality were unfruitful was still unknown.
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THE 42.0 KM R40 YELPS HASTY PRAYERS VUSI KAMTFOMBENI
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Last week a tipper truck believed to be driving to phalaborwa lost control, rolled over and overturned into the roadside shrubs at Ga-josefa village between casteel and Acornhoek. According to a source who was at the scene, the driver fell asleep while he was driving. This accident happened not long after residents had taken to the streets to picket about how trucks cause accidents on the R40.
Speaking to the youth voice newspaper, A casteel resident who is a former truck driver said “ The Truck drivers are not getting enough rest, since they get paid according to the number of deliveries they make each day" In another incident a minibus caught fire on the hill from Dwarsloop to bushbuckridge, The cause of the fire is still unknown hence the case is still under investigation.
Motorists who were at the scene tried to stop the fire but it was too late. It is alleged that the minibus struggled to drive on the hill. No fatalities have been reported on both accidents hence drivers managed to flee on the scenes of the accidents, however residents remain restless, and a local pastor is calling for a hasty prayer to curb the evil spirits haunting the R40.
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