There was joy and excitement when a young mother on Sunday was reunited with her eight-day-old baby boy who had allegedly been snatched by a teenager on Saturday. Nontembeko Fusa, 26, sang the praises of the police who traced the infant and arrested a 14-year-old girl, as she allegedly tried to register the child as her own at the Mthatha General Hospital.
At least four men believed to be involved in a number of brazen cash-in-transit heists in the Mthatha CBD have been shot dead in separate incidents this month. Some are believed to have been kidnapped before being killed as their bodies were found about 150km from where they lived.
A traffic officer was shot and killed in the Mthatha CBD at midday on Monday. An unknown assailant shot the officer, who was on duty, at close range, and escaped in a black Toyota Tazz. The officer’s body was observed lying next to an FNB outlet near the corner of Sutherland and York roads.