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Johannesburg - She thought to
herself there was no way she
would give her
Heloise Matthee, 58, told on Monday how
robbers attacked and injured her and her
husband, Braam, 61, while they were praying.
Braam Matthee said on Monday: "Satan
hates this place. It is God against Satan and
Satan is their instigator."
The robbers attacked the couple on Sunday
night when they were sitting and praying in
the House of Wisdom and Prayer in
Muldersdrift.
Matthee was injured in his left upper arm and
had to have an operation on Sunday night to
repair the splintered bone. His wife was hit
in her right shoulder.
Matthee is a well-known businessman in the
area and owner of Bergvlei Estates.
He and his wife are also founder members of
the prayer house, situated just before the
Pinehaven offramp to Pretoria on the R28.
26 burglaries in a year
"It is a place of intense
prayer," Matthee said on Monday from
his hospital bed in Krugersdorp Private
Hospital.
On Monday, Matthee said that there had been
26 burglaries at Bergvlei and the prayer
house in the past year.
"The prayer house does not have keys.
The doors are always open so that anyone can
come to pray at any time.
"We heard how the dogs barked in three
different places in the area in the past few
nights. Then we knew there were three gangs
attacking at the same time in the area.
"My wife and I were praying on Sunday
night. I got up just after 21:00 to go to the
bathroom. Suddenly, two men came in the
door.
"At first, I thought they were
worshippers, but then they shoved me back
into the prayer house and pushed me flat on
the ground. A fight started and then one of
them shot me, breaking my arm."
His wife said she was sitting on the floor
when one of the robbers came and sat right in
front of her.
"He said I must give him my jewellery
otherwise he would shoot me. I had only one
ring on my finger, my 'Jesus ring'.
Robber fired two shots
"Then I hit him with the torch, using
all my strength. After that, I tried to reach
a bag of books to hit Braam's attacker,
but the other robber hit me. Then I was flat
on the floor."
The robber fired two shots, one of which hit
Matthee in the shoulder.
They fled in Matthee's vehicle, but only a
few metres away the anti-hijack system kicked
in and the vehicle stopped.
Mrs Matthee phoned her daughter on her
cellphone, and she took them to hospital.
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