Innholdsfortegnelse for 2024-08-23 i Daily Voice

When Bobby Nitro hears of a Toyota Corona, his ears prick up. You see, Bobby’s car when he was a teenager was a kwaai 1970s Corona Mk2, with a two-litre engine and the go-fast stripes. What a cabbie. So when Jacobus Jacobs from Richards Bay turned up at a KwaZulu-Natal spin event recently with his 1972 Mk2 Corona bakkie, Bobby had to know the deal. The 20-year-old Jacobus says he has always wanted to build something that stands out and, growing up with a father who worked on cars, he gained that early experience and a love for cabbies that built the discipline to finish projects. He says: “I got the car from a friend in Johannesburg and it took some work. We mostly did body work, lowered it a…

Medical “The victim was declared deceased on the scene by medical personnel. The victim was dressed in a black T-shirt, black pants and brown jersey at the time of his death.” Local councillor, Simon Liell-Cock, said the suspicion is that the deceased was brought into the area and dumped there. Liell-Cock says: “This is the first time that we’ve heard of a body found in Scarborough. We will monitor whatever we can in terms of security. “We are not sure if the crime was committed in our community or brought in. “My issue is keeping Ocean View and Masiphumelele safe, so I’m concerned about anything that flares up in those communities and crime being imported.” Anyone with any information about this incident can contact Simon’s Town SAPS on 021 786…

Insult Moolman adds: “A hike of this magnitude is laughable and an insult to small business operators who are either in financial distress or working with miniscule profit margins. “In many instances electricity is a major input cost, and as some commentators have pointed out the tariff has already increased by around 450% since 2007.” Moolman noted that while the hike is a tricky equation, weighed on revenue vs livelihood, government should be looking at ways to incentivise small business, not hold them back. Electricity Tariffs Must Fall founder Natasha Gertse says the proposed tariff hike will cripple consumers. “Currently we are not even surviving, we are on load shedding even when there is no load shedding. We try to save on electricity costs wherever we can because R50 only…