Church bell falls silent after thieves strike

Saddened congregation will miss sound ringing out before services and at funerals

Thieves went to great heights at the weekend to steal a 60kg church bell in the city’s northern areas.

According to the shocked pastor at the United Congregational Church in Chatty, the Rev Adam Berkatt, the bell, which hung from a tower, was worth about R30,000...

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