Crime & safety
Business owners beware!
SA – With the festive season fast approaching, the police are urging business owners to avoid keeping large sums of money on their premises as well as to take additional precautionary measures.
Crime & safety
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Crime & safety
Beware of a tyre fire
Thabazimbi – When a concerned citizen witnessed a truck transporting several massive tires on Friday 18 October to a local property, he immediately thought about the safety implications.
Crime & safety
Manhunt yields three arrests
Northam – The joint effort by various South African Police Service units in Limpopo, supported by local communities, have resulted in the arrest of three suspects involved in a business robbery that took place at a local wholesale store in Northam on Friday 18 October.
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Mother and son die in housefire
Setaria – On Saturday 12 October, Northam Police received a distress call about a house on fire in Setaria. The police and emergency personnel responded swiftly.
Crime & safety
Murderous robbers kill three people
Thabazimbi – “Three people died and nine more were seriously injured on the evening of Saturday 12 October when China Liquor Tavern, a local tavern, was robbed at gunpoint,” said police spokesperson Titus Khumalo.
Crime & safety
Local restaurant robbed at gunpoint
Northam – In the early hours of Saturday morning, 28 September, Ivory Pot Restaurant was robbed at gunpoint.
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12-year old drowned
Brits – Police in the North West are investigating the drowning of a 12-year old boy from Brits in the Damonsville Dam.
Crime & safety
Illegal USE of SASSA brand
The South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) is distressed by unscrupulous shop owners who illegally use its name to target social grants beneficiaries. In certain recent instances, beneficiaries fell prey to scammers.
Crime & safety
Let’s work together
Northam – Following the spate of crime in Northam recently, the Northam police station commander lieutenant Jeffrey Ramatsitisi called a community meeting on 6 September to strategise a plan to fight crime.
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Fighting a jumping fire!
Thabazimbi/ Koedoeskop/ Kwaggasvlakte – The dry conditions after winter has left the bushveld vulnerable to veld fires.
Crime & safety
ILLEGAL CROCODILE TRADE
Brits – Two suspects, aged 32 and 28, were arrested on Saturday 14 September at Rooikoppies, close to Brits, for the possession and transportation of 13 crocodiles worth R40,000.
Crime & safety
OH FLOCK! Cop arrested for stolen sheep
Brits – A 35-year old police officer appeared before the Brits Magistrates’ Court on Thursday 12 September following her arrest two days earlier in connection with allegations of stock theft.
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