NOORDWESTER -WOLMARANSSTAD - The Wolmaransstad Magistrates’ Court sentenced Dodo Oliphant (32) to ten years imprisonment on Thursday, 16 August.
Oliphant’s sentencing stems from his arrest on Saturday, 2 November 2019, for assaulting and stabbing his girlfriend to death. The court heard that Oliphant became angry after he visited and found his girlfriend, then aged 28, with another boyfriend at her residence in Tswelelang Township, outside Wolmaransstad. The convict stabbed the boyfriend, who ran away.
AfriForum se Lichtenburg-tak herstel honderde slaggate
NOORDWESTER – LICHTENBURG - Die AfriForum-tak in Lichtenburg het gedurende Julie 2024 verskeie suksesvolle slaggatprojekte voltooi danksy die hulp en skenkings vanuit die gemeenskap.
Altesaam 21,3 ton teer is gebruik om slaggate in Lichtenburg te herstel. Hierdie is ’n bewys van die gemeenskap se onwrikbare toewyding tot padveiligheid.
In Tweedelaan is 110 slaggate met 138 sakke teer en een drom SS 60-bitumen herstel. In Mathewstraat is 42 slaggate herstel met drie sakke sement, 40 sakke teer en 50 liter SS 60-bitumen.
Waterkwessie word aangespreek
NOORDWESTER – LICHTENBURG - Die VF Plus in Lichtenburg eis dat die nasionale owerhede dringend stappe neem om die plaaslike waterinfrastruktuur teen misdadigers te beskerm.
Watervoorsiening aan inwoners word jare reeds gereeld vir dae aaneen onderbreek weens diefstal by onder meer waterpompe wat die dorp van boorgatwater voorsien.
Die misdadigers teiken ook plaaslike kragsubstasies en kabelnetwerke wat die werkende pompe van krag verskaf.
Trio stole tyres
NOORDWESTER - LICHTENBURG - A concerted effort between police and private security company employees culminated in the arrest of three Zimbabwean foreign nationals on Thursday, 1 August in Lichtenburg for possession of suspected stolen goods.
It is alleged that a suspicious white Ford Ranger vehicle with three occupants was spotted in Lichtenburg on Wednesday, 31 July. As a result, and utilising CCTV cameras, Lichtenburg Visible Policing, K9 Unit and CIB Security members monitored the movement of the vehicle, which headed to the direction of Mahikeng.
Coligny nou ‘n skoon dorp
NOORDWESTER - COLIGNY - Coligny-hoofpad is nou dié dorp se oogappel, danksy AfriForum. AfriForum se Coligny-tak het in Julie bykans 400 km in die dorp afgelê om van Coligny ’n skoner dorp te maak. Ongeveer 40 bakkievragte vol rommel is weggery.
Gedurende die tak se volhoubare skoonmaakprojek is Voortrekkerstraat, Coligny se hoofpad, gereeld skoongevee, rommel opgetel, middelmannetjies geskoffel en skoongemaak en vullis weggery.