Break-in and vandalism at St Edward's Anglican Church, Parys

Parys Gazette reported on 8 October 2026 that, the previous week, a burglar broke into the historic St Edward's Anglican Church (built 1915) opposite the post office in Dolf Street, Parys. He got onto the grounds over the wall, forced a door at the consistory, vandalized the bathrooms and left a trail of destruction in the church building and on the premises. Caretaker Mpho Ngobeni said police, who noticed the man on the grounds under suspicious circumstances at about 6:38 a.m. on Thursday, alerted her. The church was also broken into in 2024. The paper links the break-ins to a wider copper-theft problem in the town.

Break-in and vandalism, mapped to incidentType vandalism. Coordinates are a street pin for Dolf Street, Parys (−26.90426, 27.46100), not a church-footprint pin. occurredOn is Thursday 1 October 2026, inferred from the 8 October article's reference to last week and to police alerting the caretaker on Thursday morning. The article is in Afrikaans; the report does not list items taken this time.