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.

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.

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,

BRITS POS – ELANDSRAND EN DAMONSVILLE – Die Pendoringsubstasie het in die slag gebly nadat ‘n transformator Sondag deur weerlig getref en aan die brand geslaan het. 
Die kontrolekamer is ook vernietig met die toerusting wat nodig is vir die monitering, beheer en beskerming van die elektriese toerusting binne ‘n substasie.
Dit sluit aflos-, beheerpanele, kommunikasietoestelle en ander instrumentasie in wat krities is vir die werking en veiligheid van die substasie.