The City of Cape Town is offering a R100 000 reward, after a city official was murdered at a Delft housing construction site.
Wendy Kloppers became yet another
victim, as she is one of five people shot at the Power Construction’s N2
Gateway site in just a week. This is after she was gunned down while doing an
inspection at a housing construction site in the area. The 48-year-old victim worked
as an official in the City’s Environmental Affairs Department.
Last week, three construction
workers were shot and wounded and a petrol bomb was launched at the site in
what is referred to as the construction mafia running an extortion ring.
A week ago, Mathlodi Maseko,
DA spokesperson on Human Settlements said there had been 14 cases of housing
extortion reported.
According to Police
spokesperson, Warrant Officer Joseph Swartbooi, Kloppers had been sitting
inside a white BMW on Thursday when she was shot, sustaining multiple gunshot
wounds. A passenger who was with her was wounded in the arm.
“It seems that Kloppers had
been waiting for the security guard to open the gate at the construction site
when an unknown male approached the car on foot and fired several shots at the
driver’s side. Kloppers tried to escape the gunman and rammed into the gate”,
said Swartbooi.
Police had yet to determine
the motive and have made no arrests.
According to reports the
incident took place just hours before Police Minister Bheki Cele announced
Delft as the second highest precinct for murder nationally,
The site is home to a R500
million housing project which will accommodate beneficiaries of Blikkiesdorp to
Freedom Farm where 3 300 homes will be built and begin in March 2022.
by Everngelista Muza
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