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<strong>January</strong> <strong>17</strong>, <strong>2019</strong><br />

Robbers beat<br />

elderly woman,<br />

steal R40,000<br />

necklace<br />

An elderly Seafield<br />

resident was beaten<br />

by robbers who broke<br />

into her home and<br />

stole a R40,000<br />

necklace in the early<br />

hours of Tuesday<br />

morning.<br />

Po l i c e<br />

s p o ke s person Captain<br />

Mali Govender said:<br />

“It is alleged that two<br />

suspects threw a<br />

rock, breaking a front<br />

big window [to] gain<br />

entry to the house.<br />

“In the house there<br />

was an elderly woman<br />

staying alone.<br />

“The suspects hit<br />

her with a fist [and<br />

she] sustained<br />

injuries to her upper<br />

lip and the left wrist.”<br />

Also on that same<br />

morning in<br />

Kleinemonde,<br />

burglars broke into<br />

another house but in<br />

this case only stole<br />

some beers.<br />

“The suspects<br />

broke a window using<br />

a plank and gained<br />

ent rance,” Govender<br />

said.<br />

A case of house<br />

robbery was opened<br />

but no arrests have<br />

been made.<br />

LUCKY SAILORS: The current and waves generated on the Kowie River can be harsh and unyielding even for the experienced, as the crew of this 6m<br />

Buttcat learnt on Sunday<br />

Picture: MAUNEEN CHARTER<br />

Three swept from<br />

Buttcat as wave hits<br />

¿<br />

29 Miles St, Port Alfred<br />

PO Box 2871, Port Alfred, 6<strong>17</strong>0<br />

046 624 4356 / Fax: 046 624 2293<br />

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Mauneen Charter, mcharter@tisoblackstar.co.za<br />

<br />

Anneli Hanstein, hansteina@tisoblackstar.co.za<br />

Jon Houzet, houzetj@tisoblackstar.co.za<br />

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ΛĂůŬŽŌŚĞŽŶĞĐ<br />

ĂůŬŽĨŚĞŽŶ<br />

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Crew members safe and sound after NSRI,<br />

Gardmed, police assist at East Beach rescue<br />

Even experienced sailors<br />

can have problems, as<br />

skipper Jurie Swart<br />

discovered on Sunday when<br />

three members of his<br />

six-person crew fell overboard<br />

when his boat was swamped<br />

by a wave at East Beach in<br />

Port Alfred.<br />

NSRI Port Alfred deputy<br />

station commander Stephen<br />

Slade reported the incident.<br />

“At 7.12am on Sunday<br />

<strong>January</strong> 13, NSRI Station 11<br />

Port Alfred, Gardmed<br />

Ambulance Services and the<br />

SA Police Services responded<br />

to East Beach where some of<br />

the crew of a 6m Buttcat boat<br />

had reportedly fallen out of<br />

the boat in the surf when the<br />

craft had attempted to turn<br />

into the waves,” read Slade’s<br />

repor t.<br />

The sea rescue craft Rescue<br />

11 Alpha was launched.<br />

“Of a total crew of six, all<br />

adult males, that were on the<br />

boat, three had fallen out the<br />

boat when the boat turned in<br />

a wave,” reported Slade.<br />

“One man had been<br />

recovered onto the boat. One<br />

man had reached the pier and<br />

was able to reach safety. One<br />

man was rescued onto the sea<br />

rescue craft.<br />

“The casualty craft beached<br />

on East Beach and was later<br />

recovered with the assistance<br />

of a breakdown recovery<br />

ser vice.<br />

“Two men were treated for<br />

injuries, the man who had<br />

reached the pier and the man<br />

who was rescued by the NSRI,<br />

were both treated for non-fatal<br />

drowning symptoms, scrapes<br />

and bruises, and transported<br />

to the hospital by Gardmed<br />

ambulance in a stable<br />

condition.”

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