BRITS POS – PHOKENG - Police in Phokeng request community assistance with regards to two cases of malicious damage to property investigations reported in the early hours of Tuesday morning at two Bojanala Bus Depots.
It is alleged that six buses at the Bojanala Bus Depot at Chaneng and a further 17 buses at Tlaseng were set on fire.
ATTEMPTED MURDER Police officer to appear in court
BRITS POS – MARIKANA - A 47-year-old police officer made his first appearance in the Rustenburg Magistrates’ Court on Monday, 30 September, for attempted murder.
“The Police officer, who is a Sergeant attached to Marikana police station, was arrested in the early hours of the morning on Friday, 27 September 2024, in Marikana,” says Colonel Adéle Myburgh, SAPS North West spokesperson.
Huurder koelbloedig doodgeskiet
BRITS POS – BRITS – ‘n 72-jarige man is in hegtenis geneem nadat hy Sondag, 22 September, sy huurder, Frikkie Knoetze (50), op ‘n kleinhoewe op Skeerpoort, koelbloedig doodgeskiet het.
Brits Pos het met die vrou van die oorledene, Isobel Knoetze gepraat en volgens haar het sy en haar man ongeveer ses weke ‘n huis op dié kleinhoewe by die verdagte gehuur.
“Gedurende die tyd was daar kort-kort die een of ander probleem en die eienaar het, sonder waarskuwing die water en elektrisiteit na ons woning gestop,” sê Isobel.
Corruption case against businessman and co-accused relating to SAPS tenders postponed
BRITS POS – PRETORIA - The Pretoria Regional Court postponed the corruption case against Kishene Chetty and 23 co-accused, who include 13 former police officers, six SAPS administrative clerks as well as various business persons to 30 September 2024, for the legal aid attorneys to study the disclosures that were provided by the state in preparation for pretrial conferencing.
The applications for legal aid were confirmed for five of the accused whose legal aid applications with Legal Aid South Africa were pending.
VALA UMGODI - MOOINOOI Suspects arrested
BRITS POS – MOOINOOI - The integrated “Vala Umgodi” operation aims to counter illegal mining activities and this led to the arrest of 13 suspects between Thursday, 19 and Friday, 20 September, in Mooinooi.
All 13 suspects were nabbed for contravention of Section 49 (1)(a) of the Immigration Act, (Act No. 13 of 2002) and appeared before the Brits Magistrates’ Court on Monday.
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