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March 3, 2020

Angelique Janse van Vuuren 2 minutes read

Heavy seas wreck the surf championship

LIFESAVERS had to be rescued when the Natal Lifesaving Championships turned to disaster because ofheavy seas.

The swim events were called off after a rubber duck was washed onto the rocks and lifesavers got into difficulties.

This resulted in a mass rescue operation. Lifesavers were battling against a strong side wash as they went to help their fellow clubmates.

Lives threatened by gangsters

GANGSTERS hit St Winifreds when a petrol bomb was hurled through the window of an upper class home.

The resulting fire caused over R220 000 damage to the home of Ronnie Geotz. W/O Rassie Erasmus said the CIS were treating the incident in a serious light. “We have every reason to believe that both Mr and Mrs Geotz are in danger,” he said. Geotz and his family recently moved to Toti from Gauteng.

Child nearly dies in pool

TOTI lifesaver, James Ross, was at the right place at the right time when he saved the life of a three-and-a-half year old child.

On Saturday, 4 February, James went for a swim at Pipeline Beach in the early evening. Unnoticed, a child who was at the pool with his grandparents, fell into the water. A man at the scene jumped in and pulled the child, Viren Thaver, out. James found that Viren wasn’t breathing. He administered CPR and revived him.

Robbers strike a second time

VICTORY Supermarket at Warner Beach was robbed for a second time in a month.

Police believe the same gang is responsible. According to police three armed robbers entered the store at around 7.15am. One had an automatic rifle and two had handguns. The owner of the store and a customer believe there were six men in the gang. The robbers made off with an undisclosed sum after holding up the manager.

Lovu is underway

JERRY Zuma, his wife Mildred and their baby Freedom, were handed the first title deeds for a home at Lovu housing development.

It was the official opening of the show village which offers 3 900 housing opportunities. It was history in the making. When the plan was first mooted in 1991 for a housing development in the area for 80 000, officials met with much opposition. Peter Miller, minister of Local Government and Housing, KwaZulu-Natal, congratulated the Zumas on the acquisition of their own home. He thanked show house builders for ‘taking the risk’ to put up houses. Many were testing the market with new products.