Ongekategoriseerd – Pretoria.ws

Onwettige grondbesetting op R21 veroorsaak chaos

Onwettige grondbesetters het weereens chaos veroorsaak. Hierdie keer op die R21 naby Olifantsfontein. Die hoofweg is deur protesteerders geblokkeer vir verkeer, ‘n vragmotor is aan die brand gesteek en motoriste is met klippe bestook. ‘n Onbekende persoon is dood tydens die optrede maar die oorsaak van sy dood kon nie vasgestel word nie. Verkeer vanaf die lughawe na Pretoria is ontwrig deur rommel wat op die pad gestort is en die pad is laat Sondagmiddag vir verkeer oopgestel nadat polisie die rommel verwyder het. Deur: Die Vryburger

Afrika slaan weer toe – Herstelde substasie se kabels word gesteel

Pas nadat die substasie in die ooste van Pretoria herstel is, het Afrika weer toegeslaan en is daar kabels gesteel. Nadat groot dele van die Ooste van Pretoria sonder krag was die afgelope sewe dae is die substasie herstel na ‘n brand. Toe Metrodienste egter die krag wou aanskakel, is gevind dat daar op nie minder nie as agt plekke kabels gesteel is in die tyd. Die kabels sal glo deur die loop van die dag vervang word. Deur: Die Vryburger

Plane crashed at Wonderboom airport

ER24 reported that approximately 20 people have been injured yesterday afternoon following an aircraft crash at an airport in Wonderboom, Pretoria. ER24 paramedics, along with several other services, were on the scene treating and triaging the patients. Initial reports show that approximately 20 people had sustained injuries ranging from minor to critical. Paramedics are treating the patients and will thereafter transport them to nearby hospital for further treatment. The ER24 Oneplan Helicopters airlifted all critical patients to hospital. The details surrounding this incident are not yet known to our paramedics. The plane crashed near the Zambesi Moloto crossing, Kameeldrift in Derdepoort at about 16:45. The plane is a Rovos Rail DC3

Possible cholera outbreak in Pretoria

The water supply in Hammanskraal could be contaminated with cholera, the Tshwane metro has warned. In a statement on Wednesday, the metro warned residents against drinking tap water until further notice pending testing, spokesperson Selby Bokaba said. “Urgent tests are being conducted to determine if the water is contaminated with cholera.” “We urge residents not to drink the water to avoid the possibility of getting sick.” Bokaba said water tankers would supply water to the affected areas. He said the following areas were affected: – Dilopye – New Eersterust – Temba – Babelegi Industries – Marokolong – Ramotse – Majaneng – Mandela Village – Sekampaneng – Hammanskraal Bokaba said test results would be made public as soon as they became available. Article by Rekord East written by Robinson Nqola Journalist

Plaasaanval: Terroriste skiet man voor sy dogter, verloofde

'n Man is Woensdag in die vroeë oggendure ten aanskoue van sy sesjarige dogter en sy verloofde geskiet toe inbrekers toegang tot hul huis op ’n plaas in Leeuwfontein naby Roodeplaat in Pretoria wou verkry. Jonty Jacobs (28) is verskeie kere raakgeskiet toe hy op die aanvallers geskree het. Hy is in ’n kritieke toestand na die Steve Biko- akademiese hospitaal geneem. “Hy het tussen 02:00 en 03:00 wakker geword toe iemand die houtraam van die venster probeer oopbreek het,” sê Ian Cameron, die burgerregte-organisasie AfriForum se hoof van gemeenskapsveiligheid. “Hy is meer as een keer getref, vermoedelik ook in die ruggraat. “Hulle het ’n week of twee gelede verloof geraak,” sê hy. Sers. Portia Maleka, polisiewoordvoerder, sê die polisie het Woensdag omstreeks 03:00 gereageer op die voorval. Sy sê ’n aantal aanvallers het toegang tot die huis verkry deur ’n venster voor in die huis. “Toe hulle binne die huis was, het hulle vir Jacobs binne die huis gevind. …

Mango fruit fly infestation hits Pretoria

Residents of the quiet suburb of Gezina in East Moot, Pretoria, this week discovered a nasty infestation of mango fruit flies, also known as mango flies, Pretoria North Rekord reports. Charmaine Jacobsz asked for help on the ‘Moot se Mense’ Facebook page, after discovering 26 mango flies on her Maltese Poodle. “My husband saw mango flies in our garden a while back, but didn’t think much of it at the time. Shortly after this my Maltese Poodle began to look uncomfortable, and I could see she was in pain. A friend of mine who is a pharmacist assisted me in removing all 26 worms from her body,” she explained. Petra Odendaal’s 10-year-old daughter has bumps all over her body. According to Dr Jaco de Jongh from the Wilgers Animal Hospital, this is not the first case of mango flies. “We have seen an increase in dogs that have come into contact with mango flies recently. The flies lay their eggs under the animal’s skin, a larvae grows under the skin, and after a while it…

Seun se grafsteen uiteindelik op

Christo Engelbrecht

Ná byna twee jaar se gewag, kon ŉ Pretoria-gesin uiteindelik vandeesweek ŉ grafsteen vir Christo Engelbrecht by die Zandfontein-begraafplaas oprig.

Louis en Marisa Engelbrecht se rooikrulkopseuntjie, Christo, is op 5 November 2015 in die ouderdom van drie dood. Hy het onverwags siek geword en moes ŉ beenmurgtoets (lumbale punksie) kry. Die toets het komplikasies tot gevolg gehad en is glo nie deur ŉ pediater reg gediagnoseer nie.

Hy is gevolglik breindood verklaar en nadat hy twee keer na verskillende Pretoriase hospitale oorgeplaas is, is hy uiteindelik na die Garden City-hospitaal gehaas. Ten spyte van dokters daar se volgehoue pogings, is Christo dood met sy ouers en boetie, Coert, en sussie, Zanie, aan sy sy.

Christo is op 10 November 2015 vanuit die Gereformeerde Kerk Innesdal begrawe en in die Zandfontein-begraafplaas te ruste gelê.

Die Engelbrecht-egpaar en vele ander geliefdes van mense wa…