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DURBAN PENSIONER’S PRIZED WEDDING BRACELET STOLEN DURING ARMED ROBBERY:

Sholaine Saraan:

Really sad and heartbreaking. Some say it’s just a piece of jewellery but to the owner it’s a sentimental piece of jewellery. You won’t understand it until it happens to you. This could have also been her most valuable and prized possession as she is a pensioner. I hope justice is served or better yet, karma.

Vasuthavan Govender: Keeping these things at home is an invitation to criminals to break in and steal. It is best to get a safety deposit box at one of the banks to store valuables.

Desarine Naidoo: I manufacture jewellery and I advise my clients that instead of keeping old jewellery to pass down to one person, rather melt it and make many heirlooms for your kids and grandkids. This is better than it getting stolen. So everyone you hand down your gifts to becomes an heirloom and they all have a piece that they can use – not chunky stuff.

Taylene Tasmiyah Cassim: I’m sorry that you lost your prized jewellery but you still have the most precious of all – and that’s life. You have the opportunity to see another day. Most have lost their lives over petty possessions.

Anusya Naidoo: Why would you keep so much expensive jewellery at home, knowing how crime-ridden this country is? It’s so sad.

Pari SinSook: Sad indeed. We treasure our belongings, especially our wedding jewellery. I was robbed of all my gold jewellery from home, and my mangalsutra with a Kruger coin was snatched from my neck. I wonder if he (the robber) made his wife wear it. Ever since then, I don’t own or wear gold jewellery – just imitation earrings and bangles.

Nireshaa Lala: This is not fair. Everything takes time and effort to acquire. People cannot continue to live like this. Politicians have to consider these situations and act appropriately.

Nirandran Keegan Naicker: Material possessions are all that matters to Charous …

Leon Subban: Jewellery needs to be locked in a safety deposit box at the bank – best practice.

Nirri Nirri: I love my gold jewellery, but as the days are passing it makes no sense to own them because we cannot wear them freely. Use it and pose in front of the mirror and send it to the bank for safekeeping. It’s sad but it’s not worth the value anymore.

Usha Basitheva: It’s not worth having any jewellery today because you are never going to enjoy using it. It’s really sad for the couple who lost so much.

Cameron Lokhai: What a loss of such beautiful gold heirloom pieces. Nobody understands the sentimental value these jewels have to the owner and family. Sadly, we also experienced theft in 2015 and our heritage, that was to be passed on to us, was taken. The heartache, pain and bitterness I feel whenever I think about my heritage being stolen makes me angry – alas South Africa and her problems!

UKZN EMPLOYEE, WHO WAS ALLEGEDLY KIDNAPPED BY A COLLEAGUE, DIED WITHOUT JUSTICE, SAYS WIFE:

Fay Mahomed:

So heartbreaking. RIP. I hope that some day this perpetrator will be brought to justice. Why, why, why? Shabir Haniff: RIP brother. Honesty will earn you a place in Heaven. The final judge will be Almighty God.