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crime in Witsand
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The assassination of South Afican National Civics Organisation (Sanco) leader Moses Matiso (32), who was gunned down on Monday 31 March, has left more questions than answers.
The social activist was shot and killed while cleaning his churchyard in Witsand. Police spokesperson Capt Lisa Munro confirmed two unknown men entered the premises and start shooting at Moses before fleeing the scene on foot. She said police members responded to a complaint of a shooting at a church and on arrival there found the victim with gunshot wounds to his body. He was declared deceased on the scene by medical personnel, Munro confirmed.
Matiso was elected chairperson of Sanco’s JS Masakala branch in Witsand just under a year ago and was outspoken about crime in the area
The branch said in a statement that he was a dedicated community leader committed to justice and development in his community.
“On Monday 31 March 2025 he was brutally shot dead at his church, located on the corner of Mnga and Mnama Street, Witsand, Atlantis This heinous act is believed to be linked to many criminal syndicates, which have been targeting him ever since he pledged to fight crime in our community.”
Wessie van der Westhuizen, Subcouncil 1 manager, said it was a pleasure working with the young, energetic civic leader who, he added, never hesitated to
ask for advice and guidance with projects, and his presence would be sorely missed.
Matiso had lashed out at a police imbizo held earlier this year, when he said to police management information about extortion and other crimes had been brought to the local police’s attention, but no response was forthcoming
Just days before his death he told in a public meeting with police that he had reported criminal activities that had taken place in his community, but had not been taken seriously
Reports that the young leader had received death threats could not be confirmed by police.
Munro confirmed Matiso’s death was being investigated by the Taxi Crime Unit and no arrests had yet been made.
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Matiso dedicated himself to fighting
Die adjunkminister van handel, nywerheid en mededinging, Andrew Whitfield, en die burgemeesterskomiteelid vir ekonomiese groei, James Vos, Maandag (7 April) by
Several suspects arrested, weapons, dagga nabbed
Murphy Roberts
The determination of Atlantis police to decrease crime in the community and put its perpetrators behind bars yielded positive results when its members arrested several suspects and took illegal firearms and ammunition off the streets.
On Sunday 6 April, at 02:50, members of Atlantis Police Crime Prevention Unit were doing patrols in Schartewald Street, Ext 12, Atlantis when they spotted a man in a field, and on approaching him he started running. While in pursuit they saw him throw an object away, but which landed on the roof of a house.
The 24-year-old claimed he was unable to account for the firearm and am-
munition found and was subsequently arrested for possession. He will appear before the Atlantis Magistrates’ Court once charged To date, 11 illegal firearms have been taken off the streets, and suspects were arrested and have appeared in court.
The station commander, Colonel Mario Thyse, would like to express the police’s sincere gratitude to the community for their ongoing assistance in maintaining a safe environment.
Three Chinese nationals were arrested after the police had received information about illegal activities on a farm outside Atlantis, police spokesperson Captain Lisa Munro confirmed. She said a shotgun and thousands of dagga plants were found on the premises
Baba se dood by
Wesfleur bekyk
Murphy Roberts
Klagtes oor swak diens by die Wesfleur-hospitaal stroom steeds in.
Volgens die gemeenskapsaktivis Peter Stoffberg wissel die klagtes van minder ernstig tot baie ernstig en het hy reeds ongeveer byna 200 klagtes ontvang
Hy sê die meeste van die klagtes gaan oor swak diens – en in sekere gevalle verkeerde medikasie wat aan pasiënte voorgeskryf word. “Dit is heeltemal onaanvaarbaar dat mediese personeel daarmee kan wegkom,” het hy gal gebraak. “Ek is tans in gesprek met ’n regsfirma om klaers by te staan met siviele eise teen die departement van gesondheid,” het hy bevestig.
Baie klaers wou nie met WeskusNuus praat nie en sê hulle het reeds hul mandaat aan Stoffberg gegee. Volgens Angelo Anderson het sy meisie hul baba verloor nadat sy ook huis toe gestuur is nadat haar vrugwater op nege maande gebreek het. “Dit was baie emosioneel vir ons omdat personeel bloot geweier het om aandag aan haar te skenk,” sê hy Anderson het ook sy kommer uitgespreek dat personeel pasiënte eenvoudig ignoreer in ’n beroep wat hulle gekies het om ander te help.
Die verbitterde Anderson het aan WeskusNuus gesê ten spyte van sy pleidooie wat op dooie ore geval het, kon sy baba vandag nog gelewe het en [die staat] moet ernstig en hard teenoor die personeel optree. Toe hulle haar na ’n ander hospitaal toe stuur, was dit al te laat,” het hy emosioneel vertel. “Ons baba is
keisersnit moes doen
met die Wes-Kaapse departement van gesondheid om ’n volskaalse ondersoek na dienslewering by die Wesfleur-hospitaal te doen. “Ek gaan nie huiwer om die nasionale minister van gesondheid te vra om in te spring indien die diensleweringskwessie nie aandag kry nie,” het hy vuur gespoeg. Volgens Stoffberg het hy onlangs met die nuwe uitvoerende hoof van die hospitaal oor die klagtes en die pad vorentoe vergader. Hy sê die hospitaal sal met elke klaer kontak maak en moet dit volgens beleid binne 25dae doen. Die uitvoerende hoof het verseker dat inwoners beter dienslewering kan verwag en sy sal alles in haar vermoeë doen om dienslewering te verbeter, het Stoffberg vertel.
Volgens Zee Brickles, direkteur van streekgesondheidsdienste, word die klagtes in ’n baie ernstige lig gesien en erken dat ’n dringende ondersoek gedoen moet word. Brickles het ook gesê elk van die klagtes moet afsonderlik in samewerking met die departement se klagtedepartement ondersoek word.
Slim-ID’S, paspoorte gou op bank-toep’s
In ’n belangrike stap gemik op die stroombelyning en modernisering van dienste vir SA burgers het die departement van binnelandse sake ’n nuwe baanbreker-inisiatief aangekondig waardeur Suid-Afrikaners regstreeks deur hul banktoepassings vir Slim-ID-kaarte en paspoorte kan aansoek doen. Hierdie digitale transformasie beloof om lang rye te verlig en toeganklikheid vir miljoene te verbeter.
Die aankondiging deur dr Leon Schreiber, die minister van binnelandse sake, het ’n samewerkingsooreenkoms tussen die departement, groot SuidAfrikaanse banke en die Suid-Afrikaanse Inkomstediens (SAID), onder ander regeringsagentskappe, uiteengesit. Hierdie vennootskap beoog om bestaande digitale bankinfrastruktuur te benut om gerieflike en doeltreffende toegang tot noodsaaklike dienste van Binnelandse Sake verskaf.
Die departement van binnelandse sake het beklemtoon dat hierdie inisiatief deel is van ’n breër poging om sy dienste te digitaliseer en te moderniseer, wat doeltreffendheid verbeter en die potensiaal vir bedrog verminder
“Ons is daartoe verbind om SuidAfrikaners gerieflike en veilige toegang tot noodsaaklike dienste te bied. Hierdie vennootskap met die banksektor is ’n belangrike stap om daardie doel te bereik,” het Schreiber gesê Hoewel biometriese data-opname steeds persoonlike besoeke aan aangewese plekke sal vereis, insluitend uitgesoekte banktakke wat oor die nodige toerusting beskik, is die aanvanklike aansoekproses aansienlik vereenvoudig
Die departement het aangedui dat die uitrol van hierdie nuwe dienste in fases sal plaasvind, met verdere aankondigings wat in die komende maande verwag word.
Sgt Edwill Schippers and WO Audrey Miller with the illegal shotgun found on a farm just outside Atlantis
Peter Stoffberg en Angelo Anderson, wie se baba dood gebore is nadat die Somerset-hospitaal dringend ’n
Minister in sy skik met Asez- Sone 1
MurphyRoberts
“Die Asez gaan nie net oor infrastruktuur nie – dit gaan oor die ontsluiting van die potensiaal van hoëwaarde-
vaardigingspilpunt maak
Tydens sy besoek was Whitfield ook by GRI Towers Suid-Afrika, ’n groot windtoring- en flensvervaardiger in die Asez
Die besoek het die departement se steun
volhoubaarheid te dryf”
“Die Asez het aan ons ’n toekomsgerigte platform verskaf om met vertroue te belê, en ons is trots om tot die ekonomiese ontwikkeling van die Wes-Kaap by te dra
“Dit is net die begin; as ons ’n volhoubare toekoms wil hê, het ons volhoubare vervaardiging nodig "
Janel van Vliet
Deadline to apply today
Parents who haven’t already applied for school admission of children who will be entering Grade R, 1 or 8 next year have until today, 15 April, to get their applications in.
The on-time admissions applications window for learners attending Grade R, 1 and 8 in the Western Cape in 2026 opened on Tuesday 11 March
The Western Cape Education Department encourages all parents of learners entering Grade R, 1 or 8 next year to ensure they are ready to apply by collecting the following required supporting documents in advance:
• Identification – any one of the following can be submitted: identity document (ID) or birth certificate of the learner; for foreign learners, a passport or a copy of parent's refugee or asylum seeker permit on which the learner's name should appear;
If the learner has foreign parents, but was born in South Africa, a handwritten birth certificate (DHA 19 form); if not born in South Africa, a passport or refugee or asylum seeker permit issued in the learner's name
• Immunisation card or Road to Health chart, applicable to pre-primary and primary schools only.
• Latest official school report or academic report.
• Proof of residence eg rates
account/lease agreement/an affidavit that has been made at a police station confirming residence.
If any of these documents are unavailable parents can submit a police affidavit, in place of the above, indicating the above.
Applications are to be submitted online, and documents will need to be scanned and uploaded to the online admissions system.
The admissions system as well as background information and step-by-step guides on how to apply are available here: https://www.westerncape.gov.za/education/service/learner-admissions
Parents will not have to drop certified hard copies of the documents off when they apply
They will submit certified hard copies to the school only once they have been offered and have accepted a place.
Parents who are not able to access the online system can receive assistance in person at their education district office or at the school to which they wish to apply
Parents are encouraged to bring all the necessary documentation with them if they are seeking personal assistance with applications
Applying on time will help WCED to plan better for a place for your child next year Applications close on today, Tuesday 15 April.
Joshua Dammon het ’n bronsmedalje in die WP-kampioenskap in die 800mitem vir o 13’s behaal en was negende in die SA kampioenskap in Germiston
Joshua wen medalje
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Joshua Dammon kon wel nie voortbou of op sy bronsmedalje tydens die WP-kampioenskap verbeter nie, maar dié leerder van Mamre, wat in Darling skoolgaan, se hart is van goud. Dammon is Sondag hartlik deur die gemeenskap van Mamre terugverwelkom ná die onlangse SA kampioenskap in Germiston. Dammon, wat daar slegs
die negende plek kon behaal is egter nie in sak en as nie.
“Dit was gewis nie my laaste en sal volgende jaar weer terug wees en die keer baie beter voorbereid wees,” het die 800m-atleet gesê. “Die inwoners van Mamre het my verder gemotiveer om nooit op te gee en die verwelkoming dien ook as nog meer inspirasie,” vertel hy
Vredenburg buig die knie op die Grafkelder
Y’Heartsonoorwonne
Murphy Roberts
Young Hearts het Saterdag op die Grafkelder sy onoorwonne status behou toe hy Vredenburg se Burg Boys sonder ’n punt [op die punteleer] teruggestuur het
Young Hearts het die wedstryd 39-21 gewen nadat die tuisspan rustyd 12-13 agter was Vredenburg het die troepe van die grafkelder in die eerste helfte met aanvallende spel die meeste van die verded-
iging laat doen, maar die tuisspan het die besoekers in toom gehou Vredenburg, wat met ’n strafskop eerste bloed geruik het, kon egter nie daarop voortbou nie Die tuisspan het egter koelkop gebly en is met ’n onverdoelde drie beloon en ook sy neus voor gekry
Vredenburg – met hope balbesit en gebiedsvoordeel – is egter op die agtervoet gehou met rotsvaste verdediging deur die tuisspan Vredenburg het ook die vasteskrums in die eerste helfte oorheers, maar
kon nie die kanse in punte omskep nie
Die tuisspan het die tweede helfte begin soos ’n span wat honger is om te wen en nie teleurgestel nie Die Burg Boys was egter net ’n skadu van die eerste helfte Die besoekers moes keer vir al wat hulle werd was en is ook in die vaste skrums soos ’n “Shoprite trollie” rondgestoot Die besoekers kon egter nie al die gate toemaak nie en die tuisspan het nog drie drieë ingeryg, wat hul bonuspunt
verseker het Die twee spanne was voor die wedstryd onoorwonne, en met ’n eerste plek op die spel het Young Hearts se aanvallende troepe sy eer op die Grafkelder verdedig Die besoekers se dissipline het ietwat gelol terwyl die tuisspan ook nie juis engele was nie Young Hearts het met die oorwinning die eerste plek op die punteleer ingeneem (een wedstryd minder as die ander) Mamre het sy veldtog in die Swartland-streek op dreef gekry met ’n 36-18-oorwinning oor Voorberg
Volledige uitslae: Weskus Young Hearts 39-21 Vredenburg, Paternoster 27-27 St Helena, Hopefield 23-22 Saldanha, Velddrif 73-13 Goedverwacht en Langebaan 46-30 Piketberg Swartland Villagers Wittewater 17-16 Wesbank, Never Despairs 24-20 Abbotsdale, Darling 15-10 Moorreesburg, Goodhopes 38-31 Porterville en Voorberg 18-36 Mamre
Easter Youth Cup: Atlantis set to reclaim soccer legacy
Murphy Roberts
After years without a dedicated soccer tournament Atlantis is set to host the first-ever Atlantis Youth Cup this coming Easter weekend.
Allister Lightburn, Sub-council 1 chairperson, said this event will be an annual one aiming to uplift young players and re-ignite the community’s passion for the sport. The inaugural tournament will take place on 17, 19 and 21 April at the Robinvale Sports Grounds, he said.
This milestone is the result of a collaborative effort between Atlantis LFA and the local organising committee (LOC) made up of passionate community members, Lightburn and the City of Cape Town.
The LOC’s Usen Jacobs said Lightburn had spoken to him some time before of the possibility of such a tournament and since took the initiative in bringing all stakeholders together to make it a reality.
Also backed by the South African Football Association
(Safa) Cape Town, Jacobs said in its first year the Atlantis Youth Cup is intended exclusively for local soccer clubs affiliated to the Atlantis LFA, ensuring young players from the community get the opportunity to showcase their talent.
The tournament will feature five age divisions: u-8, u-10, u-12, u-14 and u-16. Beyond the soccer action, the event promises a fun-filled atmosphere with live entertainment, food vendors and a strong call for parents and supporters to rally behind the young athletes, Lightburn said.
While the tournament has already secured sponsors, more are welcome to join this exciting initiative Jacobs said. All proceeds from the event will be reinvested in the young players’ development for the rest of the season.
The Atlantis Youth Cup is more than just a tournament Lightburn said it is a move to bring families, communities and young soccer talent together. Don’t miss this historic event as Atlantis reclaims its soccer legacy For sponsorship and general enquiries email them on info@atlantisyouthcup co.za
Young Hearts val oor vir sy bonuspunt-drie in die span se wedstryd teen Vredenburg se Burg Boys Saterdag op die Grafkelder Foto: Murphy Roberts
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