The community of the Saldhana Bay area were very upset about the fact that Kelly Smith alongside her boyfriend Jacquin “Boeta” Appollis, his friend Steveno van Rhyn and alleged sangoma Phumza Sigaqa were seen before a judge in the Vredenburg Magistrate’s Court. They ere charged with kidnapping and human trafficking.
A community member that used to take care of Joshlin after school says that she is a very lovely and friendly child. She is a very obedients and respectful girl. She says that they used to come to her after scholl and she is the youngest of two children. She has an older brother.
Another community member addressed the Mininster of Police Bheki Cele and says that the Saldhana Police department receive leads and they do not follow up on them. Then when the community follows up on the leads the police want to say that they are tampering with the investigation. They have been looking for Joshlin for far too long. She must be found. The Saldhana Police department must help the community and she says that Cele must instruct them to get out of their vehicle and help on the ground.
Provincial Minister Police Oversight & Community Safety in the Western Cape Reagen Allen says that these suspects must come clean. They encourage the magistrate to deny bail, should or when it is applied for. They are focusing their collective efforts on reuniting Joslin with her family; they continue to support other families who have missing children or family members. And they are partnering with law enforcement agencies to reunite everyone with their loved ones.
Allen says that they are one step closer to finding Joshlin. They trust that the investigation will now unfold in terms of what has happened. They are still keeping hope alive that she will be found unharmed.
The Bothasig Residents Association (BRA) decided to take matters into their own hands and bricked up a known drug house. They bought materials through a fundraiser and local businesses contributed and the goal in to seal the house for more than a year.
The Adam Tas Avenue house’s entrances and windows were sealed using bricks and cement. Ward councilor Miquette Temlett says that the property had been problematic for more than a year and lead to reports from worried residents.
She forwarded the reports to the appropriate departments and says that she is grateful that they have reached a milestone where access to the building has been restricted, potentially curtailing the purported illicit and unlawful activities associated with it.
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Hamzah a well-known Tiktokker from Palestine is an advocate for peace and stability in the region. His ancestry is rooted in Palestine and is passionate about exposing the truth and opening minds of people. He says that before Israel 1948, there was Palestine. They were all one region called Greater Syria. But there were sub regional identities that made the history of the Palestinian distinctions between different groups. This is based on culture, ethnicity, religion and more. Their history is especially unique as archaeological evidence shows a direct connection of ancient Philistinians over 3000 years ago.
He says that that this is not a religious issue. He says that he has the right to Palestine as a Palestinian, as an indigenous person to the land. His ancestry is in Palestine. This issue is not because he is Muslim. People are making to many oversimplifications and leaps in logic that most points are not even worth arguing. Your views contradict each other. He says that his culture is made up of diverse people that inhabited the region for over 3000 years. From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free.
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