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Employee linked to killing Fresh produce businessman was stabbed 35 times CHARLENE SOMDUTH Facebook and Supplied ASHVEER Sukwa was killed by someone who worked for him. This is the angle police are investigating. Sukwa, 35, who ran a fresh produce distribution business was stabbed 35 times at his home in Fairbreeze, Tongaat, on the KwaZulu-Natal North Coast on Saturday morning. His body was found wrapped in a sheet and blanket on the floor of his bedroom. His father, Rajesh Sukwa, 67, was stabbed four times and locked in a cold room in a warehouse on their property. The suspects ransacked the home, fleeing with cash and other items. Swift work by members from Tongaat police station and a private security company led to the arrest of three suspects, one of…
Facebook tributes to Ashveer Sukwa • Shameen Thakur Rajbansi (MF leader): Aum Sadgati to a son in our family. This brutal murder is too tragic when it occurs in one’s family. Our farmers are robbed of yet another lifelong farmer in the North Coast. Farmer murders must stop. The perpetrators are none other than workers who kill the goose that lays the golden egg or bite the very hand that feeds them. Will land reform really heal the wounds and divisions being created in our country currently with rising farmer murders? I call on the Hon MEC of Safety and Security and the MEC of Agriculture to at least visit the home and (pay) their respects. Our people now need to protest in droves about farmer murders, and our Hon…
Retired principal robbed, bound, left in bathtub CHARLENE SOMDUTH A RETIRED school principal spent more than 24 hours in her bathtub, bound and gagged, following a robbery at her home in Woodhurst, Chatsworth. Dolly Roopnarian, 81, the former principal of Redfern Primary School in Phoenix, is now recovering in hospital. She sustained cuts to her wrists from the cable ties. Sadha Roopnarian, a family spokesperson, said he became concerned when his phone calls to her on her landline and cellphone went unanswered on Saturday morning. Sadha then contacted his nephew, Viren Roopnarian, who lives in Kharwastan, to check on her. “She lived alone. Even when she missed a call, she always called back. When Viren got to the house, he called out to her but there was no answer. The…
‘Pay salary increases or prepare for a fight’ Public servant unions warn government not to back down on wage agreement CHANELLE LUTCHMAN AND CHARLENE SOMDUTH PUBLIC servants are not interested in how empty the state’s coffers are. They want the money promised to them. In 2018, the government agreed to a three-year wage deal with workers – among them teachers, nurses and police. For the first two years, they received salary increases of between 4.3% and 5.4%. However, there was no increase this year. Mandla Shabangu, the Democratic Nursing Organisation of SA KZN provincial secretary, said: “We had an agreement and government cannot keep to it. “I don’t understand why (Finance Minister) Tito Mboweni was allowed to make such an announcement instead of the minister of public service. Our members…
Farewell to tireless fighter for justice CHANELLE LUTCHMAN SA History Online Supplied ENUGA Sreenivasulu Reddy, who led the UN campaign against apartheid, died in Boston, Massachusetts, in the US on Sunday. Reddy, who was often referred to as ES, was 96. He was born in Andhra Pradesh, India, and had followed Mahatma Gandhi and his teachings. Over the years, from his numerous visits, Reddy had developed ties with South Africa. He studied toward his BA at the University of Madras and in 1943 he obtained a Master’s in political science at New York University. Reddy then undertook his postgraduate studies at Columbia University. In the late ’40s, Reddy was one of the ANC’s main links in the UN. Reddy participated in a demonstration in front of the South African Consulate…
IFP chairperson welcomes new members CHANELLE LUTCHMAN CONSIDER the IFP your home. That was the message to the Indian community after the IFP welcomed five new members. On Friday, the party, led by its founder and former president, Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi, announced its plans ahead of the national and local government elections. Thami Ntuli, the IFP KwaZulu-Natal provincial chairperson, said he was pleased to welcome new members from the Indian community. He said Buthelezi held the Indian community in high regard. Jonathan Annipen, former eThekwini councillor with the Minority Front; Yusuf Mohammed Essack, a legal consultant; Yacoob Mansoor, former ANC member from Isipingo; Valla Pillay, an Isipingo resident; and Toney Pillay, a former DA member and ex-chairperson of the Croftdene Civic Association, were introduced as new members on Friday. Ntuli…
