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SAPS acknowledges and honours persons with disabilities
NOORDWESTER – LICHTENBURG - Casual Day is an annual event aimed at raising funds for persons with disabilities to create awareness regarding disabilities within the South African Police Service. On Friday, 5 September, Ditsobotla service point consisting of Lichtenburg, Biesiesvlei, Coligny, Itsoseng, Detectives, Local Criminal Record Centre (LCRC), Dog unit (K9), Crime Intelligence Gathering (CIG), Family Violence Child Protection and Sexual Offences (FCS) gathered together at Lichtenburg rugby stadium to honour persons with disabilities.
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Copper cables worth R316 755 confiscated
NOORDWESTER - VENTERSDORP - On Wednesday, 3 September, alert police officers in Ventersdorp noticed a truck parked next to the N14 Road, between Coligny and Ventersdorp during the early hours of the morning. Upon investigation, they discovered copper cables in the back of the truck of which the occupants could not give account for. Dzikamai Christoffer Sangodimambo (29) and Lovemore Mushayavanhuti (44) were immediately arrested and appeared in the Ventersdorp Magistrates’ Court on Thursday, 4 September for possession of suspected stolen property.
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Young man sentenced to life imprisonment for raping a minor
NOORDWESTER – ATAMELANG - The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) welcomes the life imprisonment sentence handed down by the Atamelang Regional Court to Mbuti Isaac Mbewa (24) for a rape committed in 2021. The sentencing was delivered on Monday, 8 September. The court declared him unfit to possess a firearm and ordered his name entered into the National Register for Sex Offenders. The conviction stems from an incident on 16 May 2021 in Delareyville.
