The Special Investigating Unit has told parliament's standing committee on public accounts that its investigation into the “irregular and unlawful” awarding of contracts to LTE Consulting by Lepelle Northern Water in Limpopo has been concluded.
They prowled the streets of Nelson Mandela Bay armed with pickaxes and crowbars with the sole intention of breaking into houses and stealing valuable items to fuel their greed.
Child-headed families in the Eastern Cape are battling to make ends meet, with older siblings having to step in to play the role of parents to younger ones, while the children’s performance at school also often suffers.
While four of the five men believed to be members of the notorious “crowbar gang” have admitted to their part in a spate of house robberies across Nelson Mandela Bay, their fate now lies in the hands of the Gqeberha high court as judgment looms.
Police have opened two inquest dockets after a man’s body was found in the Woodbrook State Mortuary’s yard in West Bank, and another body found elsewhere on the premises.