NOORDWESTER – ZEERUST - Tiritese Chimbwanda (43), a Zimbabwean national, appeared in the Zeerust Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday, 27 May, facing charges of contravention of the Medicines and Related Substance Act 101 of 1965.
Chimbwanda was arrested by members of the Border Management Authority on 25 May at the Kopfontein Border Post.
Atamelang buses and property destroyed
NOORDWESTER - LICHTENBURG - In a media statement, the MEC for Community Safety and Transport Management in the North West, MEC Wessels Morweng, commented on being worried by the lack of commuter transport on Atamelang routes to Mahikeng.
MEC Morweng said that he is worried, but not shocked by the unavailability of Atamelang buses on their designated routes around parts of Ngaka Modiri Molema District.
Rapist/robber gets life imprisonment
NOORDWESTER - MOLOPO – The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) welcomes the life imprisonment sentence handed down by the Molopo Regional Court to Daniel Sekunelo Togole (57) for rape and additional twenty years for robbery with aggravating circumstances.
The court ordered that both sentences run concurrently, and the accused has been added to the National Register for Sex Offenders.
Two men sentenced to life imprisonment
NOORDWESTER – ZEERUST - The Zeerust Regional Court has sentenced Gopolang Seikaneng (34) to life imprisonment for rape and an additional eight years for attempted rape. Jacob Mosimane Sebogodi (42) received two life sentences for two counts of rape. The court ordered that all sentences run concurrently, and both accused have been added to the National Register for Sex Offenders.
Suspects arrested for house breaking and unlicensed firearm
NOORDWESTER - LICHTENBURG - Coligny and Lichtenburg Crime Prevention, Lichtenburg K9 and Ottosdal Detectives worked together, following information received on suspects allegedly involved in a house burglary reported on a farm 30 April in Coligny, at about 03:00. During the housebreaking, various firearms were stolen from a safe, that was mounted on a wall.