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SEA RESCUE – Kleinmond – Saturday, 17 October. 3 men deceased after a boat was found washed ashore:

Schalk Boonzaaier, NSRI Kleinmond station commander, said:

At 07h11, Saturday, 17 October, NSRI Kleinmond duty crew were activated following reports of a RHIB (Rigid Hull Inflatable Boat) washed ashore along the shoreline approximately 4 kilometers from Kleinmond and the boat is suspected to have capsized during the night.

The NSRI Kleinmond sea rescue craft Jaytee III and Rescue 42 Alpha were launched and the NSRI Hermanus sea rescue craft South Star and Rotarian Burnett were diverted from a training exercise to join in the search.

A sea and shoreline search commenced for what was initially believed to be 4 missing men.

NSRI Gordons Bay duty crew and NSRI ASR (Airborne Sea Rescue) rescue swimmers were placed on alert.
The SA Police Services, WC Government Health EMS and Overberg Fire and Rescue Services were activated.

The casualty RHIB was located by rescue authorities where it had washed up on the beach.

During the search it was confirmed that only 3 men, believed to be from Hawston, had been on the boat during the night.

Sadly the body of one of the missing men was located and secured on the beach near to where the casualty boat was found.

NSRI rescue swimmers waded into the surf in that same vicinity and while rescue swimmers conducted sweeping line search efforts in the surfline the sea rescue craft continued in a sea search.

During an ongoing search sadly the bodies of the remaining 2 missing men were located and recovered.

The body of one the men was located floating in the surfline and the body was recovered onto the beach by NSRI rescue swimmers.

The body of one man was located floating in the surline and the body of that man was recovered onto our sea rescue craft and brought to shore.

The bodies were located a distance apart from each other along the shoreline.

The 3 bodies that were located and recovered have been declared deceased by paramedics and they are confirmed to be the men who had been reported missing.

The bodies of the 3 deceased men have been taken into the care of Police and WC Government Health Forensic Pathology Services.

Police have opened an inquest docket.

Condolences are conveyed to the families of the deceased men

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Ernstige ongeluk buite Kleinmond op die R44 anderkant Lamloch op pad na Hermanus. Twee bakkies, die een met werkers agterop, het gebots. Ses beseer, waarvan drie ernstig. Ons weet op hierdie tydstip nie meer nie

Skote klap op Pringlebaai

Gerard Grobler

PRINGLEBAAI - Sondag 11 Oktober 2020 – Die Herald het berigte ontvang dat smokkelaars en amtenare van seevisserye hier betrokke was in ‘n ernstige konfrontasie waartydens 'n beampte glo verskeie skote afgevuur het. Volgens ons bronne het die owerhede inligting ontvang dat ‘n besending perlemoen gereed was om opgelaai te word. Die voertuig wat die perlemoen sou oplaai is blykbaar geidentifiseer as ‘n wit Ford Bantam bakkie. 'n Amptenaar het klaarblyklik die bakkie digby die sirkel in Pringlebaai opgemerk en probeer voorkeer. Die Bantam en nog ‘n voertuig wat na bewering saam met die bakkie beweeg het, ‘n Toyota Fortuner, het egter geweier om stil te hou en glo verskeie kere probeer om die beampte se voertuig van die pad te druk. By die R44 t-aansluiting het die beampte se voertuig glo met die bakkie gebots en het dit van die pad geloop. Die drie mans agterop het die veld ingevlug. Die bestuurder en nog ‘n insittende het probeer verder ry. Die beampte het toe glo verskeie skote op die voertuig afgevuur en eers een van die voorste bande en toe een van die agterste bande van die bakkie uitgeskiet. Die smokkelaars het toe na bewering die meeste van die perlemoen van die bakkie na die Fortuner oorgelaai. Ons verstaan daar is wel op een sak perlemoen beslag gelê. Die eienaar/gebruiker van die Fortuner is na bewering Kleinmond se bekende smokkelbaas. Smokkelaars en hul aanhangers het Maandag Kleinmond se Hoofweg geblokkeer en verbygaande motoriste met klippe bestook na die polisie se misdaad intelligensie eenheid die betrokke smokkelbaas se huis deursoek het. ‘n Joernalis van die Daily Maverick is in die hospitaal opgeneem na die geweld en minstens nog een persoon beseer. Sover bekend is altesaam nege voertuie met klippe beskadig tydens Maandag se geweld.

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Regio TV - the Overstrand's online tv-station. Poacher gangs went on the rampage in Kleinmond's Main rd on Monday, apparently targeting white motorists specifically (please listen to exactly why we say this before making comments). One woman was injured and a journalist from the Daily Maverick publication, Ismail Lagardien was hospitalised. Lagardien suffered a broken jaw sustained when a brick was thrown through the passenger window. At least nine vehicles damaged. This follows a raid by Cape Town's Crime Intelligence Unit during which five locals were arrested and perlemoen confiscated. The local Kleinmond newspaper, the Overstrand Herald has meanwhile given both the Overstrand Mayor, Mr Dudley Coetzee and the Police's Cluster Commander, Brig. Donovan Heilbron seven (7) days to institute an investigation into why their respective officials did not act sooner to try and stop innocent and unsuspecting motorists from driving into this life threatening situation. Should they not investigate the Herald has undertaken to launch complaints with the Western Cape Police Ombudsman, the Public Protector and the Human Rights Commission

Poacher gangs went on the rampage in Kleinmond's Main rd on Monday, apparently targeting white motorists specifically (please read the full story on exactly why we say this before making comments). One woman was injured and a journalist from the Daily Maverick publication, Ismail Lagardien was hospitalised. Lagardien suffered a broken jaw sustained when a brick was thrown through the passenger window. At least nine vehicles damaged. This follows a raid by Cape Town's Crime Intelligence Unit during which five locals were arrested and perlemoen confiscated. The Herald has meanwhile given both the Overstrand Mayor, Mr Dudley Coetzee and the Police's Cluster Commander, Brig. Donovan Heilbron seven (7) days to institute an investigation into why their respective officials did not act sooner to try and stop innocent and unsuspecting motorists from driving into this life threatening situation. Should they not investigate the Herald has undertaken to launch complaints with the Western Cape Police Ombudsman, the Public Protector and the Human Rights Commission. Read the full story and our Editor's take on the story in the Herald. On sale this morning ( Thursday) at a store near you.

CPF Update 5 October 2020 at 19h00
Roads still closed. Traffic is being diverted. Please follow instructions from Traffic.
Jacques Oosthuizen
CPF Chairperson

POPS is gou deur en die stropers en die kinders wat die kligooiery begin het, verdwyn tussen die huise. Munisipale wetstoepassers en polisie hou 'n oog op gebeure.