Klerksdorp Record, Stilfontein - The local police are looking for these two cellphone snatchers.
According to W/O Naas Venter, investigative officer, they were involved in a robbery on the corner of Blyde and Breede Street on Thursday January 25.
The complainant was walking from the OK Supermarket when he was approached by two unknown men and a woman who grabbed the complainant’s cellphone and bag containing groceries (bread). This happened at about 18:00 in broad daylight.
Contact Venter on 018 484 7638/ 064 987 8458 if you recognize them or know of their whereabouts.
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Klerksdorp Rekord, Klerksdorp - Met ingang van 1 Maart sal die minimum loon van R25,42 per uur tot R27,58 styg.
Thulas Mxesi, minister van indiensneming en arbeid, het die nuwe loon verlede week aangekondig.
Dit dui op ‘n styging van 8,5%. Die minimum loon vir huiswerkers en plaaswerkers sal ook tot R27,58 verhoog word.
Murder at funeral parlour: Killers on the run
Klerksdorp Record, Klerksdorp - The owner of the Samambu Funeral Parlour, Peter Maponyane (34), was shot dead in his vehicle that was parked outside the business.
The scene reminded of something out of an assassin film.
It was raining while police officers processed the crime scene on Tuesday evening January 30.
Several shots rang out just before 20:00 killing the businessman sitting in his grey Mercedes Benz. He was probably waiting for his wife who was still busy inside the business.
Damage to infrastructure causes power outages
Klerksdorp Record, Klerksdorp - A major electricity outage and water shortage in several suburbs in Klerksdorp earlier this week were due to cable thieves ransacking municipal infrastructure.
The City of Matlosana’s security team deployed to protect the main substation in Ellaton as well as the sewage pump station in Swart Street is under siege. Problems began over the weekend when the city was replacing an electrical cable in Ellaton. Criminals planning to steal the cable in the open trench that was dug pounced on Sunday night.
Klerksdorp Record was informed that the security guards and the thieves, believed to be illegal miners, were involved in a shootout.
In a statement to the community on Monday January 29, the City of Matlosana said Klerksdorp CBD, Pienaarsdorp, Elandsheuwel, Ellaton and Randlespark are without electricity due the damage at the transformer at the municipal main substation.
Rowers sterf na jaagtog met polisie
Klerksdorp Rekord, Orkney - Twee voertuigdiewe is dood nadat hulle vir die polisie weggejaag het in die gesteelde voertuig en toe beheer verloor het.
Die voertuig is gedurende die nag van 23 Januarie by die taxi terminus gesteel waar die eienaar van die motor glo sy roes lê en afslaap het. Volgens kapt Aafje Botma, polisiewoordvoerder, is die 46-jarige man uit sy voertuig geruk en het die twee rowers daarin gespring en weggejaag.