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IOL News
14-05-2025
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Butcher manager placed on leave after teenager drinks oven acid in prank incident
Mitchell's Moslem Butchery in Woodlands, Mitchell's Plain. Image: Supplied Police are investigating attempted murder after a 17-year-old was allegedly pranked into drinking a liquid from a cool drink bottle which contained acid. The victim, who left school to assist his single mother, was employed at Mitchell's Moslem Butchery in Woodlands, and was apparently set to get a promotion. According to reports, the victim allegedly drank oven acid from the Sprite bottle thinking it was cooldrink, however, spat it out. The medication he took after allegedly resulted in internal bleeding and the victim was admitted to Groote Schuur hospital. The victim was on life support in the ICU, but as recently gone off critical status. Police spokesperson, Anelisiwe Manyana, said Lentegeur police are investigating an attempted murder case. 'It is alleged that the 17-year-old victim was pranked into drinking a liquid from a cool drink bottle which contained acid. "He got cramps and vomited where after he was admitted to a medical facility to receive medical treatment. The case was reported by a family member the next day,' said Manyana. "Subsequently the butchery was closed pending further investigation. No arrest has been made.' Lentegeur Community Policing Forum (CPF) chairperson, Michael Jacobs, said they have spoken to the station commander and said CCTV footage would need to be viewed and statements of employees need to be taken. The butchery's management were advised not to give a comment yet to protect the dignity of the staff member and his family. National Coloured Congress (NCC) member and community leader, Shahiem van Nelson, said a meeting was held on Monday opposite the butcher to calm residents after they expressed their anger. 'We calmed the community down because the building had nothing to do with what transpired there. "Mitchell's Butchery has been long in the community; they have been serving this community for very long,' Van Nelson said. 'We also have community members that are working there and if anything should happen to the butcher itself our people will be sitting without work.' He added that allegations that have been spiralling on social media saying that the manager is on the run are not true, but rather that they were asked to take leave and not to come to the butcher until the case has been resolved. "We as a community made a collection for the mother and father to travel everyday to hospital and we really have to thank the community," Van Nelson said. Cape Argus
IOL News
24-04-2025
- IOL News
A decade later: The search for Kauthar Bobbs and Shaskia Michaels continues
Kauthar Bobbs, 5. Image: File More than ten years after 4-year-old Shaskia Michaels and her 5-year-oldneighbour, Kauthar Bobbs mysteriously vanished a year apart, police are appealing for these cold cases to be solved. One case is still treated as a kidnapping, while activists call on a special task team to tackle it. As the case of Joshlin Smith continues in Saldanha Bay, activists have called for the little girls not to be forgotten. Little Kauthar disappeared while playing at a park in Cedarberg Road in Tafelsig, Mitchell's Plain, in October 2012. A year later, her next door neighbour, Shaskia, also disappeared while playing outside of her home in Bayern Munich Street. Michael Jacobs of the Mitchell's Plain United Residents Association (MURA) and Lentegeur Community Policing Forum (CPF), who had been part of the search for the two children, said it was time that authorities changed their strategy. 'I am of the view that a dedicated task team needs to be set-up by provincial police and the National Prosecuting Authority to probe cases such as these including that of Joshlin Smith.' The two girls lived in a community overrun by drugs and gangsterism. Kauthar's own mother, Lamees Bobbs, her brother, Yaseen Bobbs, who was murdered in 2014 and was a Rude Boy gang member, were hotly questioned by police about her disappearance. Kauthar's grandmother, Nazley, was previously arrested for drug related charges and speculation was that the child had been human trafficked, but this was never proven. This week, police spokesperson, FC van Wyk, said they were appealing for any information which could 'crack' the cold case. 'This office can confirm that both missing persons had not been found yet,' he said. Shaskia Michaels. Image: File 'The matter regarding Shaskia Michaels is currently being investigated by the Cold Case Unit as a kidnapping. The investigation is ongoing. 'No further leads or information available that may assist in tracing Kauthar Bobbs. This case is currently investigated by Mitchells Plain FCS Unit. 'The search/investigation is therefore still ongoing and we do appeal to anyone with information to please contact Crime Stop at 08600 10111 or to share information through our mobile application, MySAP.' Bianca van Aswegen of Missing Children SA, said sadly the girls' cases were among several that turned cold, but there was still hope. 'Kauthar Bobbs and Shaskia Michaels are just two of many children that are currently still missing in South Africa. "To date there has been no new information regarding both these children, and we urge the public that anyone with information please contact Missing Children South Africa or your nearest Police station,' she said. 'There are many cases such as Kauthar and Saskia that have become cold cases, and these children should never be forgotten. "There have been amazing stories of children that have been found after being missing for many years, so there is always hope in a missing persons case.
