News of yesteryear

• Eaten alive

A domestic worker and her year-old grandson were eaten alive by two pit bull terriers in the garden of a house in Hastings Avenue on Tuesday morning.

The baby died at the Johannesburg Hospital on Tuesday night and the 53-year-old woman is in a critical condition.

Neighbours and passersby stood watching helplessly as the dogs were devouring the woman’s legs.

The child lay seriously injured only metres away.

A bloodstained path showed where the dogs had dragged his grandmother to a carport.

She had tried in vain to protect the child from the attack.

The dogs were shot dead, both covered in the blood of their victims.

The woman’s legs were ripped to shreds down to the bones and the child was savaged all over his body.

They were both airlifted to the Johannesburg Hospital.

• Warning to East Rand business community

A crime syndicate is targeting East Rand businesses, getting money by forged documentation.

The targets of these men are clothing stores and retail outlets.

Information was received from a source that the group would strike soon at a specific clothing store on the East Rand.

A trap was set for them to collect goods valued at R78 000.

They arrived with the correct documentation and were allowed to leave the premises.

The group was later apprehended, while loading goods into a getaway vehicle.

This particular group was linked to thefts from several East Rand clothing stores and the value of goods lost to date is estimated to be several hundred thousand rands.

The business community is advised to be vigilant when handing over goods.

They should look at the documentation carefully, to ensure they are correct.

• Best front pages

The Brakpan Herald has won the award for the best front pages for a free newspaper with a circulation of under 30 000 in the prestigious nationwide Sanlam Awards for Community Press.

The three front pages submitted by the Herald were winners.

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• 94 stolen or hijacked vehicles recovered

A total of 94 suspected stolen or hijacked vehicles were recovered and 34 suspects arrested for being in possession of them during the September Operation Crackdown.

The operation was conducted by police on the East Rand, assisted by the defence force and local law enforcement agencies.

Police arrested 708 suspects for a variety of serious crimes.

The crackdown war concerning illegal firearms is proving to be a great success.

During September, 66 firearms and 510 rounds of ammunition were seized by police and 25 suspects were arrested for being in possession of unlicensed firearms.

• Metro’s full-time positions

The Greater East Rand Metro will be a category A municipality.

The relevant committee has resolved to adopt an executive mayor, sub-council and ward participatory system.

The positions of executive mayor, deputy mayor, speaker of council, mayoral committee members and chairperson of the sub-council will all be full-time positions.

Victor Naughty Khabo has been appointed transformation manager for the Greater East Rand Metro and took over the appointment on August 11.

Provision in relation to staff matters for all municipalities that will be affected will be discussed in consultation with unions.

• Licensing office has re-opened

Following the closure of the licensing department on August 31, for allegedly having a flawed filing system, the Brakpan Town Council lodged an application for an interdict in the Johannesburg High Court.

This claimed that the Provincial Department had acted illegally in closing the department.

On September 21, a ruling was made in the council’s favour and the licensing office opened the following day.

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