Another Uber bike stolen in a jiffy… as polls show confidence in CPF leadership jittery

While the Laudium CPF and their cronies are trying hard to paint a picture that the CPF is making a huge difference in curbing crime in the area, residents are certainly are not being fooled.

Even a recent open poll on the Laudium Sun’s Instagram platform, revealed that 72% of the respondents did not believe that the CPF, under it’s present leadership, was effective in addressing the high crime situation in Laudium.

This follows yet more incidents of crime being reported this week to the Laudium Sun for stats purposes.

In one of the incidents, another Uber Eats delivery rider fell victim to crime. Within 3-4 minutes of the rider leaving his Uber delivery motorbike locked outside and popping in at a tuck shop on Delhi Ave, in Laudium Ext 3, last Monday morning in broad daylight, the motorbike went missing.

The Uber rider, Innocent Dhlakama, formerly from Zimbabwe, now living in Itireleng, told the Laudium Sun that he could not believe his eyes when he returned from the tuck shop to see that his Uber motorbike, a white Big Boy, Reg No: ML81VPGP, was gone, despite him parking the bike just outside the tuckshop.

Innocent added, “It was early on Monday morning at around 8am when I left home for work, on my delivery motorbike, which I hired from my boss to do Uber Eats deliveries. I stopped for less than 5 minutes at a tuck shop on Delhi Avenue to buy some snacks, before I started with my deliveries for the day. I parked my bike right outside the shop and I locked it properly, making sure it was secure before I went inside. After about 3-4 minutes, when I came out of the shop, I was shocked to see that my motorbike was no longer there, where I had parked it. At first I thought maybe I was mistaken about the exact spot where I had parked it, but when I looked properly, I realised that it was gone. I started to panic and began asking people around the area if they had seen anyone taking the motorbike. I was confused and shocked because I had only been inside the shop for a very short time. One Black guy told me that he saw someone take my motorbike towards Itireleng. I strongly suspect that the person I approached about my motorbike, is the same guy who planned with others for my motorbike to get stolen, because I saw a gun on him and he looked dangerous. He was not answering me properly and by his accent I could tell he was South African. The way he responded made me feel very uncomfortable and suspicious. I then immediately reported the theft to my boss, who owns the motorbike. This situation is really hectic for me because I was jobless a few months ago and I was lucky to finally get a job as a delivery driver. Now that the bike has been stolen, I cannot work. Crime in this area is just too high and we fear for our lives all the time. There is no law and order because people can just walk around, even with guns, without being questioned by the police. I hope that the police will recover the motorbike that was stolen, so that my boss can hire me again, as I have a family to support and it is very hard for me to survive without any job or income.”

Mustafa Rehman of Delhi Avenue, told the Laudium Sun, “It was really disturbing when I heard about the delivery driver, who lost his motorbike. People want to live a decent life, but these criminals won’t let anyone to live in peace. If everyone in this country was hardworking, we would not be in the situation we are in now. On top of that, we are living in a country where lawlessness and corruption are common, so what can we expect? We do not have an effective police unit to protect us.”

Hassan Madaliso, assistant at the tuck shop on Delhi Avenue, told the Laudium Sun, “I was inside the shop and did not witness anything unusual. When I came outside from the shop, the same time as the Uber Eats delivery driver, that is when he realised that his bike was not there and had been stolen.”