Power cuts expected for 10 days

ESKOM said there was a high probability of rotational load shedding as a result of the power system being constrained by the evening peak period due to increased demand.

“The power system is expected to be severely constrained this evening (Tuesday) from 5pm to 9pm, with a high risk of load shedding,” spokesperson Khulu Phasiwe said.

Eskom said at the weekend the system remained constrained and would take up to 10 days to recover. – African News Agency (ANA) TWO MEN were found guilty for the execution style murder of 12-year-old Aliya “Angel” Tee in the Port Elizabeth High Court.

Angel was killed in June 2016 when gunmen, posing as police officers, forced open the back door of her Barberry Street home in Bethelsdorp.

Judge Mandela Makaula found Nealon Redhouse, 18, and Deon Harmse, 24, guilty of the attempted murder of Angel’s parents Candice and Edmund Tee.

The pair were also convicted on a charge related to them impersonating police members and housebreaking with intent to commit murder. Redhouse was also found guilty of possession of an unlicensed firearm and ammunition.

Judge Makaula found that Angel’s parents were credible witnesses who did not contradict one another. “Their demeanour was impeccable. They excelled in reliving the event and the trauma they suffered did not affect their ability to tell what had happened that night.

“It is clear to me that when the accused left they thought they had killed everybody,” said the judge.

Angel was a Grade 7 pupil and prefect at Strelitzia Primary School in Port Elizabeth’s northern area.

Angel’s father, Edmund, was shot and incapacitated while trying to fend off the attackers. After the men shot him they proceeded to look for other family members in the home. Angel and her mother, Candice, were in the bathroom when they were discovered by the gunmen. After pleading with the men not to shoot, the schoolgirl was shot execution style in the head.

Her mother survived the tragic incident and passed out during the shooting. She later regained consciousness to discover her daughter’s lifeless body covered in blood.

The case was postponed until July 26 for sentencing proceedings. – African News Agency (ANA)