Lentswe, Klerksdorp - The Portfolio Committee on Social Development has urged SASSA to extend the February 28 deadline for gold card replacements, warning that failure to do so could disrupt payments for vulnerable beneficiaries, especially in rural areas.

Lentswe, Klerksdorp - Members of the public and the community who do not know where their next of kin are and they know or suspect that they were working in and around Khuma/Stilfontein as zama-zamas and have not seen or heard from them for some time, are requested to contact the police.

Lentswe, Ottosdal - The police in Ottosdal request community assistance in locating a missing 36-year-old woman, Nondineka Dinah Kilimbashi, who is residing in Zinothi Street in Letsopa. According to information, she was last seen by a family member on February 1. “A search was conducted around Letsopa and surrounding areas and all leads were followed-up, but that did not yield positive results.

Lentswe, Kanana - Tebogo Sepale, who worked as an ANC councillor, was released from jail last month, after spending two years in jail. His two years of hell after being named a “sex councillor’’ came to a halt on January 24, when he was found not guilty on three charges relating to sexual offences with children. Sepale was arrested after a pornographic video was circulated showing him having sex with a minor, and also various other cases of non-consensual sex as well as him asking sex from people as payment to get a job in the municipality.