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Help! My child is being bullied
Thabazimbi – I have cried myself to sleep for many nights because of bullies. My daughter (Grade 7) is constantly being bullied by boys and girls at school (in Thabazimbi).
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Alleged business robbers arrested and remanded in custody
Sandfontein/ Mogwase – Four men were arrested for allegedly robbing a business in Sandfontein near Mogwase on Tuesday 11 October 2022.
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Karate
Thabazimbi – Four Thabazimbi Karate Club students participated in trials held in Johannesburg on Saturday 16 October 2022.
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Electricity cuts crippling local businesses
Thabazimbi – Heads may roll… (if you’re following the Eskom vs President Cyril Ramaphosa’s battle), but is that enough to save our local economy?
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Update on baby Ulrich
Thabazimbi – In the Platinum Bushvelder issue of Friday 23 September, we shared the harrowing story of how dad DC van Eeden and Marchell van Eeden’s medical knowledge was put to the test with the birth of their son Ulrich.
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Truck hijacking on the increase
SA – In a press release issued by Mike Bolhuis, Specialist Investigators into Serious Violent & Serious Economic Crimes, it reads: ‘During the first quarter of 2022, figures declared by the SAPS showed that truck hijackings increased by a staggering 31.4%’.
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THUMBS UP TO KUMBA!
Thabazimbi – On Monday 26 September, the general manager of Kumba, Paul Fouche and his team cut the grass and cleaned up the entrances of Kwaggasvlakte and Spitskop.
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Little prince born in car
Thabazimbi – The Van Eedens are no strangers to emergency situations as they are often at the front line when people are in crisis.
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Suspect on most wanted list arrested
Brits – The long arm of the law finally caught up with a man who was on the police’s top 50 list of most wanted suspects in the North West province.
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Suspects in Steenekamp’s murder remain in custody
Maroelasfontein/ Northam – Two suspects, Thabang Koos Moruwa (30) from Mokgalwaneng village, and Bhekimpilo Trevor Ncube (38), a Zimbabwean national, both appeared before the Northam Magistrates’ Court on Friday 16 September.
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If you see a fire, report it immediately!
Thabazimbi – Raging fires are not an uncommon sight in Thabazimbi and surrounds during the months of August and September.
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Invitation for Public Comments to Repeal the Trespass Act, No. 6 of 1959
SA – On 12 August 2022 the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development issued a notice in the Government Gazette, inviting public comments on the proposed Unlawful Entry on Premises Bill, 2022 (the Bill).
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