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.

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.

NOORDWESTER - ATAMELANG - Seven trespassing and illegal hunting accused are expected to reappear in court on Tuesday, 30 September. David Lefifi (52), Alphious Gaolaolwe (29), Tlogelang Mmono (39), Lebogang Lefifi (44), Mpho Mathakathata (38), Daniel Lefifi (32), and Bareng Lefifi (22) were granted R500 bail each upon their first appearance before the Atamelang Magistrate’s Court on Monday, 1 September. 

NOORDWESTER – VENTERSDORP - Mthobisi Mkhatswa (36) is expected to make a second court appearance for bail application on Thursday, 4 September, following his first court appearance in the Ventersdorp Magistrate’s Court. 
The accused, who is facing a charge of possession of illicit cigarettes, was arrested on Wednesday, 27 August, at a weighbridge in Ventersdorp after he was found transporting 350 boxes of Chief and Sahawi illicit cigarettes, all with an estimated value of R4,5 million.