Nceba Vanqa News Today

A family from Wellington was robbed of some valuable items this past weekend when robbers invaded their house.

Nomaza Gexa of Mbekweni is R12 000 out of pocket after paying an alleged architect, Junaid Adams, for a building plan in 2021, never to hear from him again.

Mbekweni police are investigating the murder of a man on Monday (27 November).

Three Lesotho nationals, who are allegedly part of a syndicate, were arrested on Tuesday in Mbekweni for being in possession of stolen Spoornet signal and copper cables worth R900 000.

This past weekend Mbekweni police officials attended to the murders of three males in the area. Two of these were the outcomes of “bundu courts”.

A Zimbabwean man’s life was taken in his yard in Mbekweni this past weekend in full view of his family.

A 43-year-old man was arrested in connection with the murder of five people last week in Mbekweni.

Five people, including two teenage boys, were shot and killed on Monday (7 August) in Mbekweni.

Another horrific death was reported in Mbekweni last Friday (2 May) when a man was found hanging from a tree in Drommedaris Street.

Crime is rampant in Mbekweni, and taxi violence may be expected to flair up again after a prominent figure and boss of the taxi association Codeta, Siyabulela Mandyoli (52), was shot dead on Tuesday afternoon.