70-year-old woman<\/a> was hanging washing in her yard in Beacon Valley when shooting broke out and she was shot.<\/p>\n\n\n\nSgt Wesley Twigg of the police\u2019s provincial media office said a case of attempted murder had been opened. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
He said the shooting happened in Tennis Street about 08:30. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cMitchell\u2019s Plain police responded to a complaint of a shooting on Sunday morning, 26 October,\u201d Twigg said. \u201cOn arrival on the scene they found a 70-year-old female who sustained a gunshot wound to her stomach.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Twigg said the woman was taken to hospital and no arrests had yet been made. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Anyone with information can contact Crime Stop on 08600 10111 or use the mobile application MySAPS anonymously.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Meanwhile, in Eastridge, residents marched to Eastville Primary School on Friday 24 October because a teacher had allegedly behaved inappropriately with several learners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
One learner\u2019s grandmother said in a voicenote circulating on WhatsApp that the teacher had exposed her granddaughter\u2019s breasts in class and mocked their size.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She allegedly also told learners details about her sex life and flashed her private parts to one of the children and asked him how it smelled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The voicenote said the teacher threatened to beat the children if they told their parents. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe children of Eastville are traumatised,\u201d the woman said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She said parents marched to the school to demand that the teacher be removed, but were not allowed through the gates. The woman claimed the deputy principal had come to speak to the parents but the woman was not removed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Western Cape Education Department spokesperson Milicent Merton said the woman was a governing body member.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cA complaint about a SGB member who also volunteers at the school was reported on Friday and is being investigated,\u201d she said. \u201cThe allegations are concerning and counselling support will be made available to any affected learners.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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