BRITS POS – BRITS - Focusing on enhanced crime prevention and combating, the weekly Joint Law Enforcement operations under Operation Shanela II, conducted between Monday, 22 and Sunday, 28 September 2025, across the province led to the apprehension of 1 267 suspects. “Through the execution of actions such as vehicle check points (VCP’s), stops and searches, foot and vehicle patrols, compliance inspections at second hand dealers, scrapyards, recyclers, private security companies, firearm dealers, formal and informal businesses and farms; 1 777 copper cables, 82 fireworks, five explosive gels, five electric detonators, tobacco products, liquor and drugs such as dagga, cocaine, crystal meth, tik and mandrax were seized,” says Brigadier Sabata Mokgwabone, SAPS spokesperson North West.
ELANDSKRAAL - Kidnapped victim, Bakkies Buys found
BRITS POS – MOOINOOI - Concerted and tireless efforts by Bojanala Platinum Sub-District 1 team comprising Detectives, Visible Policing, Crime Intelligence as well as Mooinooi Community Patrollers and various private security companies’ personnel, yielded positive results when a 71-year-old kidnapping victim, Petrus Jacobus Buys, also known as “Bakkies” was found unharmed on Wednesday evening, 24 September 2025, in Johannesburg, Gauteng Province.
INTERESTING FACT - The Asian country taking over South Africa’s car market – it’s not China
BRITS POS – BRITS - While Chinese car brands are currently dominating motoring headlines, they do not represent the majority of imports coming to South Africa.
Over the last few years, South Africa has been hit with a flood of new Chinese automakers announcing their intentions to launch in our market.
“Corruption in the ranks of the police cannot be tolerated”
BRITS POS – MOTHOTLUNG - The Acting Provincial Police Commissioner, Major General Patrick Asaneng reiterates that corruption cannot be tolerated in the ranks of the South African Police Service (SAPS). This comes after the arrest of the 49-year-old Aletta Sentry, for corruption. “Sentry, a Sergeant attached to Mothotlung Detectives, was arrested during an undercover operation by the Provincial Anti-Corruption Investigation Unit (ACIU) on Wednesday, 10 September.
OPERATION SHANELA 2 - 1 038 suspects arrested in one week
BRITS POS – BRITS - As part of stamping the authority of the state, the weekly High-Density Operation Shanela 2 conducted between Monday, 15 September and Sunday, 21 September, resulted in the arrest of 1 038 suspects for different transgressions across North West. “This included stop and searches, roadblocks, vehicle check points (VCPs), high-visibility patrols including foot patrols, the tracing of wanted suspects as well as visits to liquor outlets, taverns, and second-hand goods premises,” says Colonel Adéle Myburgh, spokesperson for SAPS North West.
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