Villagers say woman took their cattle
Two Zola villagers from Ntabethemba are in search of a woman who left with four of their cattle which she committed to pay for by June 26.
Tuzana Zibi, who sold Jessica Wille a red bull and a yellow ox on June 19, said Wille did not answer her phone and could not be found at the farm where she lived.
His neighbour, Bulelwa Masimini, sold Wille two oxen on June 16.
Zibi said he was shocked to learn that Wille was apparently facing a fraud charge for taking cattle from two residents of Angola, at Who-CanTell village, Whittlesea.
He said other villagers had also fallen victim to Wille s scam, including some from Molteno.
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We opened a case against Wille at Thornhill “police station,” Zibi said.
Msoboli Ndamane, from Angola, said he sold Wille four cattle and his friend, Mkhangeli Jika, had sold her three in March.
Wille left with a bull, an ox and two-year-old “calves. She left with Jika s two oxen. She gave us
’ receipts and said she d pay us after seven days.
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When that did not happen we contacted her. “
She said the lockdown had affected her and we should wait for month end.
When the month ended she ignored our
“calls. We went to her farm and did not find her. Then we opened a case against her. She will “appear in the Queenstown magistrate s court on
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August 13,” Ndamane said.
I informed a chief from Zola about Wille. He “said two people had already sold cattle to her and one was planning to do so. I advised the one who had not yet sold to play along so we could come with the police to confront Wille.”
On the day, he asked a shocked Wille, who promised to pay them, where their money was. She was with a man called Mbuyiselo from
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Claremont, Whittlesea, who had taken cows from us in January. Three from me and three from another resident. He paid me a portion, but my neighbour was not paid.”
Police spokesperson Namhla Mdleleni said she was waiting to receive confirmation of a case against Wille from the Thornhill police station.
Wille could not be reached for comment.