South Africa: Thieves Sell Brass Instruments Worth R100,000 for Scrap

Cape Town youth brass band pleads for help Nine brass musical instruments were stolen from a church band in Samora Machel, Cape Town in June. The instruments, worth over R100,000 in total, were broken into pieces and sold to a scrapyard for a few hundred rand each. Three suspects were arrested. The investigation has been delayed because the case docket was not returned immediately to the police station after the first court appearance. Pastor Philiso Jefferey Jonas is asking for donations of instruments or financial contributions so the youth band can continue. Nine brass musical instruments were stolen from a youth church band in Samora Machel, Cape Town, and sold to a scrap yard for a fraction of what their value. The total estimated cost to replace the instruments will be over R100,000,