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Three with AK-47’s terrorise family

Over the weekend the Kahts family, who live in Krugersdorp, woke up one evening to three heavily armed black robbers.

At around midnight Karin Kahts heard a noise that sounded like an accident as they live close to a busy road, but when her husband switched on the light they were terrified finding three armed black men in their house.

The robbers broke open their front gate, security gate and door to gain access to their house.

They were armed with AK-47 and 9mm guns and held Kahts’ 20-year-old son at gunpoint as they moved through the house.

Kahts tried to close her bedroom door but one of the robbers forced it open and instructed her and her husband to sit down while pointing a gun at them.

“Sit or we’ll shoot your wife,” they said.

One of the robbers then loaded his gun, while the others wrecked the house in search of valuable goods.

The robbers demanded money and firearms from Kahts along with the keys to her husband’s company bakkie, to which he refused.

“One robber then hit my husband over the head with the AK-47 because he could not tell them where the bakkie’s keys were,” Kahts recalled.

She believes the CPF radio in her husband’s hand may have scared them off as they only grabbed a TV, her son’s wallet and money before fleeing.

They kicked the CPF radio out of her husband’s hand before making their way to a dark blue getaway vehicle in which a fourth robber was waiting for them.

Kahts told the Krugersdorp News she no longer feels safe in her home and the family struggles to sleep at night since the traumatic incident.

“These guys are definitely professionals. They knew exactly what they were doing and were not scared to handle the guns. They also were well dressed.”

“I honestly thought they were going to shoot me. We are so thankful to be alive and would like to thank the [white] Community Policing Forum members of Sector 9 for responding so quickly to our call-out,” Kahts said.

S. African blacks attack and rob injured white at accident scene

A businessman from Krugersdorp witnessed the scene, akin to something from a horror movie.

The victim of a serious motorcycle accident, a 20-year old white man, was robbed and dragged by his broken arm by a black mob at the scene of the accident.

Quinton Wagner, whose father was shot dead in front of him earlier this year by black house robbers, is now fighting for his life in the Milpark Hospital in Johannesburg, according to the Johannesburg daily Beeld.

He was hit from behind by a pickup truck on his motorcycle in Krugersdorp, west of Johannesburg.

About 20 black bystanders from a nearby minibus taxi rank fell upon Wagner, manhandled him and dragged hom five metres from the accident scene into the bushes.

Since being admitted to hospital on Friday, he has undergone three operations. Hy is unable to breathe by himself and is dependent upon a breathing machine. He also has blood in his lungs, his liver has been ruptured and six of his ribs broken, as well as his right arm and collar bone. Wagner’s pancreas has been damaged and he has injuries to his legs.

A businessman from Krugersdorp witnessed the scene, akin to something from a horror movie. He said the bleeding young man’s right arm was so badly broken that the bone protruded from this shirt. The black attackers nonetheless grabbed him by that arm and dragged him into the bushes.

He was notified by a client involved in the accident. Because he was not far from the scene of the accident he and a friend went there as soon as possible. But the blacks proceeded to rob them too.

“I could not believe my eyes,” he said. “We saw how the boy was dragged by his arms. When we got out of my pickup truck the robbers fell upon us too. The robbers tore the boy’s safety helmet from his head. He was lying on his rucksack. The robbers dragged him to and fro like a rag doll. They also fought among themselves to get hold of his shoes which they stole.”

The Good Samaritan said that the robbers held him when he tried to get to the victim. His wallet and his mobile phone were taken and his client was also robbed of his phone and laptop computer.

Police vehicles with black policemen inside drove past the scene without stopping and after a long time only one pickup van arrived, after the police were called.

“The CPF (Community Policing Forum, composed of volunteers, usually whites) cordoned off the road so that the emergency helicopter could land. When the helicopter tried to land, the robbers ran towards them to rob them too. The CPF kept them away while the two police officers went to sit to one side. They would not even take down statements.”

Solomon Sibiya, a police spokesman, could not be reached on Monday. He said no-one had informed him of the incident and he could not comment.

Man arrested for firing shots at protest

A man has been arrested after firing shots during a protest in Kagiso, Krugersdorp, Gauteng police said.

He is accused of discharging a firearm and was taken into custody on Saturday after a protest erupted in the area, said Brigadier Sipho Ngubane.

Kagiso residents took to the streets over the weekend, demanding that mining activities in the area be stopped immediately.

“They were complaining that the mining activities in the area were damaging their houses.”

Most of the roads were still blocked with stones and burnt tyres, although Ngubane said the situation was calm on Monday morning.

He said on Sunday police fired rubber bullets to disperse protesters who were throwing stones.

“A municipal and a police vehicle were badly damaged by stones thrown by protesters.”

No one was arrested on Sunday.

Police would be deployed until the situation returned to normal, said Ngubane.

A meeting between the department of mineral resources and the mining company is scheduled for Tuesday.

Black male gets 28 years for raping 13-year old boy

A West Rand man has been sentenced to 28 years in prison by the Krugersdorp Magistrate’s Court for raping and robbing a 13-year-old boy, Beeld reported on Tuesday.

“In prison you can rape prisoners if you feel like it; at least you won’t be around little children,” magistrate Herman Badenhorst was quoted as telling Neo Molaudzi on Monday.

Molaudzi reportedly attacked the teenager, who is now 14, while he walking to school in September 2012. He threatened the youth with a piece of broken glass and pulled him into an alley where he raped him and robbed him of R10.

According to Beeld, Molaudzi, 22, said he was sorry for the crimes and that he felt “under pressure from the court”, but at the same time denied raping the boy.

Badenhorst reportedly said: “You forgot your semen was found on the boy. You have already been convicted, I’m sure you feel under pressure.”

Molaudzi had previously repeatedly been convicted of burglary and theft.

“You are clearly a danger and I need you out of the community as long as possible,” Badenhorst said.

The newspaper reported that Molaudzi asked for leave to appeal, but Badenhorst refused and said the DNA evidence was overwhelming, the rapist’s testimony had been false and he had tried to mislead the court. – Sapa

Mozambicans found guilty

Two Mozambican criminals who terrorised homes in Krugersdorp, west of Johannesburg, in 2009 have been convicted on four counts of robbery with aggravating circumstances, according to a report on Tuesday.

Eric Nkuna and Fortunato Simbine targeted townhouse complexes in the Noordheuwel area, frequently inflicting psychological and physical torture on their victims.

Nkuna was also found to have murdered Juan van Eeden, 28, at his townhouse complex, but there was insufficient evidence to link Simbine to the crime, Beeld newspaper reported.

In one incident, a family was held captive for hours, the mother was threatened with rape and the two daughters, who were seven and two respectively, were asked which of their parents should be shot first.

In a separate case, Simbine left a fingerprint at the scene of the crime after holding up Johan Potgieter at his home.

In another incident, a woman was choked, then beaten with a monkey wrench, before they stole her car.

Sentencing will take place later this week. – SAPA