3 October 2025

Klerksdorp Record, Klerksdorp - More than 1 million rounds were fired at the World Shoot event that finished without any incident this past weekend.

Match Director, John Loupellis cannot be more impressed. Speaking to Klerksdorp Record on Tuesday September 30 he said this world shoot was the biggest world shoot ever held. Some 76 countries were represented with 1 766 competitors and 127 match officials.

3 October 2025

Klerksdorp Record, Klerksdorp - Locals were shocked to learn about the death of Thelma Armstrong, a well-known former resident who relocated to the USA in 2019.

Armstrong (54) was identified as one of the victims of the shooting at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Grand Blanc Michigan, USA on Sunday September 28. Before she left South Africa she was a general manager at Foodzone Supermarket in Klerksdorp. She emigrated to be close to her daughter and grandchildren who called her YiaYia, an endearing term for their granny.

3 October 2025

Klerksdorp Record, Orkney - Police in Orkney are investigating a case of murder and attempted murder following a brazen drive-by shooting in the early hours of Saturday morning that left one man dead and another motorist’s vehicle riddled with bullets.

The incident occurred at approximately 03:05 at the corner of Charlotte Maxeke and Chaucer Streets. The victim, identified by police only as 27-year-old Lesotho national, was shot multiple times while driving.

3 October 2025

Klerksdorp Record, Klerksdorp - Three suspects were arrested following a house robbery and subsequent shootout with security officers in La Hoff.

The robbery on Friday September 26 was called in to security control rooms at approximately 09:43 at a residence in Irvine Street.

Klerksdorp Record was told that the victim who was away from home at a doctor’s appointment received a notification to check her camera application, when she observed people moving inside her house. She immediately contacted her husband to alert security. She rushed home and upon entering the house, encountered three masked men fleeing from a bedroom.