The stepfather of missing 7-year-old Joshlin Smith from Saldanha Bay, Jacquin Appolis says he feels like he is being accused by the public for something that to him is also unclear. He is not sure what he must do to show that he is innocent to the West Coast community and the public.
A week ago the grade 1 learner was left in the care of the mother's boyfriend, Mr Appolis. He was left responsible for the young girl because she was kept home from school due to Ill health. The mother, Kelly Smith went to work the morning and when she returned her daughter was missing.
After a frantic search for Joshlin brought up no sign of her, both Kelly and Jacquin decided to report her missing at the nearby police office. Appolis spoke to E-NCA news and says that he told the officers that it was not him. He says that he cannot even show his face at home. He is feeling really confused.
Back in Elsies River, Sade Nail has been reported missing. She is 23 years old. She lives in Clarke Estate. She was last seen on Sunday the 25 February between 8 and 9 pm. She was wearing blue jeans, a black long-sleeved silky blouse with black beach slippers. Her hair is braided to the back.
She has special features including a birthmark on her back, and she has smaller brown spots on her left leg.
If you have any information call Elsies River SAPS on 082 522 0494 or landline 021 928 1400.
In the Strand area a young 25-year-old woman has been found. According to the police the woman was kidnapped a month ago during a house robbery on the 26 January. Following up on leads the police swooped down on a building in Site B, Khayelitsha and police spokesperson Malcolm Pojie says detectives discovered the victim.
He said on Thursday, the team initially descended on a property in Site B, off Mew Way where they discovered two firearms, 200 rounds of ammunition and drugs. In the process the police arrested a 29-year-old as well as a 22-year-old suspect. Recently several kidnap victims were found in Khayelitsha. Eight year old Abirah Dekhta, a 27-year-old Chinese woman and Good Hope Construction owner Ismail Rajah, were victims of kidnapping and were recovered in Khayelitsha.
According to SAPS between October and December 2023 there were more than 4000 kidnapping cases across the country.
The City of Cape Town is upgrading the local libraries with UPS units. These units will provide the network to remain online. These power supplies should be installed by the end of the 2023-24 fiscal year. Sixty-Eight libraries will be able offer Wi-Fi if there is a power outage. CEO of Elises River Radio and the Elsies River Community Police Forum spokesperson Imraahn Mukaddam says that they applauds the initiative to ensure that our libraries have uninterrupted access to WiFi.
He says that libraries are a sacred space. Anyone attacking the library is attacking the knowledge of the entire community. Mukaddam is appealing to the community to become stakeholders of local libraries. Infrastructure such as WiFi need to be maintained and secured. Libraries remain one of the genuine community assets. The internat has become a fundamental human right.
In this province 90 out of 102 locations provide patrons with access to online services. Wi-Fi will be available at all 102 libraries in the next year. Inspire Elsies Radio Spoke to Head Librarian at Elsies River Library Beverly Fortuin and she says that the UPS that was installed at the library is making it realy easier to work. This is because even when there are power outages then they have internet.
They can still help the public because they can use the services online and issue and receive books through loadshedding, with their laptop and tablet. So library users can still use the library and have access to WiFi and to the computers.
Cancer patients might be receiving a lifesaving centre with cutting edge technology. UCT’s idea of a proton therapy centre for the Mother City. The University of Cape Town’s team says that the centre will set up at the Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital and Groote Schuur Hospital. Proton therapy is radiation therapy that makes use of a beam of protons from a machine called a cyclotron.
UCT’s Interim Vice-Chancellor and Emeritus Professor Daya Reddy says that this idea represents a pivotal stride toward advancing healthcare accessibility, fostering scientific excellence, and providing our communities with state-of-the-art cancer treatment options that they deserve. The Cape Town centre will be designed to benefit everyone providing the latest technological advances.
According to IOL this will include facilities for the production of short-lived radioisotopes for nuclear medicine, and beamlines for research in physics, engineering, neuroscience, radiation metrology and radiobiology. The centre will srevice not only South Africans but also for the African continent.
