Crime & safety
Car flips onto its roof
Northam – A Volkswagen and Nissan collided on the R510 road just outside Northam on Saturday 30 July.
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Expect to be scammed
NW – Police in the North West have urged members of the community to be vigilant whenever they visit online sites to avoid falling prey to scams involving the sale of vehicles or livestock.
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Head-on collision on Brits Rd
Thabazimbi – Two vehicles collided on the Brits Road in the early evening hours of Sunday 1 August. Trauma Rescue responded to the scene where five people who were injured, were transported to hospital.
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Don’t be the next victim Make sure your car is locked!
Thabazimbi – Over the last two weeks remote jammers have plagued our community. Remote jamming is the practice where a criminal jam the immobiliser’s signal to the vehicle, so that it doesn’t lock – even when its owner presses the ‘lock’ button.
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Lesego is making strides
Northam – Following one’s dreams often means making difficult but necessary sacrifices and finding the motivation to achieve success while facing seemingly insurmountable challenges.
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1.5 million rounds of ammunition still missing
KwaZulu Natal – “More than a 1.5 million rounds of ammunition looted from a container depot in Mobeni, KwaZulu Natal, during a rampant spate of unrest, is still missing,” said Specialist Investigators into Serious Violent & Serious Economic Crimes Mike Bolhuis.
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Have you seen these men?
Thabazimbi – Recent reports indicate that Johan might be in the Thabazimbi/ Northam area while Shamus was last seen at Food Zone Thabazimbi.
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Three escapees re-arrested, 1 still on the run
Limpopo – Three criminals have each been sentenced to 22 years behind bars after the Mokopane Regional Court found them guilty of robbery with aggravating circumstances, possession of illegal firearms and ammunition as well as contravening the Immigration Act.
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SIM card scammers on the prowl!
Northam – I nearly got scammed by so-called ‘good Samaritans’ after having problems with my phone.
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Dye-stained banknotes is a no-no
SA – The slogan, “A stained note is probably a stolen note”, has not been more relevant than in the past few days since the looting in KwaZulu Natal and Gauteng. Visuals of looters vandalising ATMs circulated on social media.
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Road accident claims two lives
Thabazimbi – A horrific accident involving two trucks, a car and a bakkie occurred on Sunday evening 11 July on a treacherous part of the Ellisras road leading to Thabazimbi. During the collision, the car ended up under one of the trucks whereafter a Ford Ranger also collided into the accident scene.
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Protecting our own
Thabazimbi – Amidst Covid-19’s third wave, level 4 lockdown, and an unemployment rate of 32%, thousands of looters took to the streets of SA and wreaked havoc.
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