BRITS POS – BRITS - “As employees of the South African Police Service our foremost priority must be the obligation to collectively render service to the community”, these are the profound words of the newly appointed Station Commander of Brits, Brigadier Noriel Kepadisa when she took up her new position on 1 January 2025, with 32 years of service.
Background
Brigadier Kepadisa was born and bred at Ramosadi village in Mahikeng and she commenced her schooling years at Stadt Primary in 1979. She completed her matric at Letsatsing High School, Mahikeng in 1991.
BAKWENA N1N4 TOLL - Bakwena’s response to Nedbank’s Card Payment decision
BRITS POS – BRITS - Bakwena Platinum Corridor Concessionaire (Pty) Ltd (Bakwena) notes Nedbank’s recent announcement to disable certain Nedbank cards at tollgates, effective from Monday, 20 January 2025.
“Bakwena takes fraud prevention seriously and is dedicated to implementing measures to safeguard our operations and all toll transactions,” says Solomon Kganyago, Bakwena’s Chief Operating Officer.
SKEERPOORT ROAD CLOSURE 20 JANUARY 2025 - Urgent action required regarding Khutso-Naketsi Agri employee payments
BRITS POS – SKEERPOORT – Numerous people have come across recent social media posts regarding the farm workers employed by Khutso-Naketsi Communal Property Association (CPA) or Khutso-Naketsi Agri (PTY) Ltd. These posts claim that Henning Pretorius has not paid these workers for the last four months of 2024.
Interesting Zama-zama facts
BRITS POS – STILFONTEIN - Rescue operations at shaft 11 in Stilfontein commenced on Monday, 13 January with the retrieval of 35 illegal miners.
“This follows the clearing of the site over the weekend and the arrival of the 45 tonne Mobile Rescue Winder crane that can reach a depth of 3000 meters underground,” says Makhosonke Buthelezi, DMRE spokesperson.
On Monday, regrettably of the 35 illegal miners, nine corpses were recovered in Monday’s operation and pathology services have removed them from the scene.
OPERATION SHANELA - More than 1 000 suspects arrested in one week
BRITS POS – BRITS - Police in the province working together with other law enforcement agencies and role players worked tirelessly over the holiday season to arrest 1 194 suspects for different offences during Operation Shanela actions, executed between Monday, 6 and Sunday, 12 January 2025.
“The suspects were arrested for illicit mining, murder, rape, attempted murder, assault with the intent to do grievous bodily harm and common, dealing in drugs, illegal dealing in liquor, possession of drugs, burglaries at business and residential premises and driving under the influence of alcohol, reported Brigadier Sabata Mokgwabone,