Ballito woman unhurt by rock thrown at car

A BALLITO woman has survived a rock-throwing incident‚ one of several in the wake of an attack which claimed the lives of two siblings last week.

Alicia Cilliers‚ of Westbrook‚ was travelling on the N2 when a group of men pelted her car with rocks yesterday morning.

One of the missiles‚ which she maintains was aimed at her windshield‚ smashed her passenger window. She was alone in the vehicle.

“I had just joined the N2 and was driving toward Durban, when I noticed a group of guys standing in the bushes on the side of the road,” she said.

“They just threw a rock through my passenger window and it exploded. I got such a fright.

“I think they were aiming for my windscreen to get me to stop my car. I am so glad I just carried on driving.”

Cilliers said a December 27 rock attack on the KwaZulu-Natal north coast‚ in which siblings Amina and Abdur Rahim Haffejee died‚ had been fresh in her mind.

“We live right there and our community is so stressed about these rockthrowing attacks,” she said.

“Yesterday, there were two other incidents on the M4, also in Westbrook.”

A reward of more than R250 000 has been offered for information leading to the arrest of those responsible for the murder of the siblings.

They had been travelling from Umhlanga to Stanger when the rock tore into their car on December 27.

The rock ripped through the windshield and hit Amina – the force of impact causing her seat to fly back and hit her little brother. – TimesLIVE