A farm attack took place on 22 October 2018 in the Buffelspoort area, North West. A 49 year old man finished dinner and let the dogs into the house, who immediately went to their sleeping baskets. Whilst carrying the dinner plates to the basin, he was surprised by four African males, armed with hand guns…
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Buffelspoort farm attack – Couple assaulted and tied up during home-invasion
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No wonder cops are no longer trusted – Law enforcer rapes 14-year old girl
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A Warrant Officer from the Public Order Policing (POPS) based in Potchefstroom has been accused of allegedly raping a 14-year-old girl. He was arrested on Wednesday and appeared in the Ventersdorp Magistrate’s Court on Thursday morning. It is believed that two police officers picked up four girls in a police Nyala in Tshing, Ventersdorp. The..
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General Mabula and nine members of the organized crime unit arrested for assault
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The deputy commissioner of police in North West, Major General Jan Mabula, and nine members of the organized crime unit were charged with assault with the intention of causing grievous bodily harm. Two suspects were tortured in 2006 during the investigation of the robbery of R14 million at the Benoni SAPS store. Several disciplinary matters..
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Rustenburg hearing: ‘Only expropriate white-owned land’
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The parliamentary constitutional review committee heard on Thursday that only land belonging to white people should be expropriated without compensation. This is according to one of the hundreds of community members in Rustenburg who attended parliament’s North West leg of public hearings on whether section 25 of the Constitution‚ which deals with property rights‚ should..
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North West health boss gave Gupta firm R30m. Why hasn’t he been fired?
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North West health boss Thabo Lekalakala is still in his job‚ despite a recommendation by the provincial legislature that he be suspended immediately for his role in a premature R30-million payment to a Gupta-linked company.
Lekalakala is so far the only man who may be taking the fall for the multi-million rand advance payment to Mediosa‚ a company supplying mobile clinics
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Farmer from Lichtenburg severely assaulted during farm attack
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A farmer from Lichtenburg in the North West has been rushed to hospital in Rustenburg after being attacked and robbed on Sunday 25 February 2018.
Lt. Col Amanda Funani, the police spokesperson said that Dirk(69) and his wife Lettie Pretorius (56) had just returned from church at 12:00 when they were attacked by the three suspects.
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ANCYL North West condems Premier office involvement in investigation
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JOHANNESBURG – The North West ANC Youth League (ANCYL) says Premier Supra Mahumapelo should not be involved in an investigation into the misappropriation of funds at the health department.
The department has been plagued by fraud and corruption some of which is related to Gupta linked Mediosa company and its multi million contract.
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Hostility flares in Lichtenburg over shooter’s bail – it’s OK to riot and loot, but not to defend yourself!?
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Tension has returned to Lichtenburg after a local businessman Jaco du Plooy, who allegedly shot dead a 15-year-old boy last week, was granted R20 000 bail this morning. Several businesses were closed as a large group of community members ran through the farming North West town. They were heading from Lichtenburg’s magistrates’ court to Blydeville..
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Bronze statue of Jacob Zuma will chase tourists away, not attract them.”
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The SABC reports that construction work for a monument of President Jacob Zuma is under way at the site where Zuma and other struggle comrades were arrested while trying to flee to Botswana. The SABC quoted the EFF’s Alfred Motsi, an opposition leader in North West, as saying that he and his party remain committed..
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Construction work on Zuma’s monument is underway – Say no more!
North West farming town Coligny resembled a war zone after several houses where torched and properties damaged during violent riots
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The small farming town of Coligny, North West, resembled a war zone on Tuesday afternoon with large clouds of smoke billowing from different parts of town. The main road linking Coligny and Lichtenburg remained closed as protesters who barricaded roads with burning tires and rubble clashed with police officers. All entry points into town were..
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