BRITS POS – BRITS – “Although the DA welcomes the projects mentioned by the Premier in his recent media briefing, we still caution the residents of North West not to get swooped up in the array of empty promises.
We have heard it all before,” says Jóhni Steenkamp – DA Chief Whip in North West.
The promise of rolling out key service delivery programmes has been promised repeatedly by one Premier after the other.
OPERATION SHANELA More than 2 500 offenders arrested
BRITS POS – BRITS - With the focus on stabilising identified crime hotspots in the province and applying a multidisciplinary approach to prevent and combat serious and violent crimes, police working together with other law enforcement agencies and role players, arrested 2 570 suspects for various offences during the operations conducted between Monday, 04 and Sunday, 10 November 2024.
VALA UMGODI SUCCESS
BRITS POS – SUN CITY - The ongoing “Vala Umgodi” operation in the Bojanala Platinum District continues to achieve successes.
This after members stopped a white Nissan bakkie and arrested four males on Tuesday, 05 November 2024, at Tlhatlaganyane village near Sun City in Rustenburg. The males, including an undocumented Zimbabwean foreign national, were searched together with the car. Police found a backpack containing two firearms and ammunition.
Bakwena’s Charity Golf Day raises R180 500 for CANSA, Thusanang Day Care Centre and HAWS
BRITS POS – BRITS –Bakwena Platinum Corridor Concessionaire (Pty) Ltd (Bakwena) hosted its 15th annual charity golf day at Centurion Country Club, raising an impressive R180 500 to benefit local charities.
Since its inception, this popular fundraiser has raised over R2.5 million to support seven community-focused organisations. To maximise the impact of the donation, Bakwena selected three charities to receive the proceeds: the Cancer Association of South Africa (CANSA), Thusanang Day Care Centre in Groot Marico and Hartebeespoort Animal Welfare Society (HAWS).
VALA UMGODI – illegal miners resurface from underground 225 + 340 + 140
BRITS POS – BRITS – It is only the beginning as the Vala Umgodi task teams in North West applied pressure and achieved great success.
“225 illegal miners resurfaced from underground in Orkney as a result of starvation and dehydration by SAPS and members of the SANDF who blocked communities in and around these abandoned mining shafts in Orkney from delivering food parcels, water and necessities to these illegal miners,” says Brigadier Sabata Mokgwabone, spokesperson for SAPS North West.