Klerksdorp Record, Klerksdorp - The taxi rank, next to the N12, turned into an ugly and muddled site with illegal vendors and structures. This week, the Matlosana Municipality rounded up some help from SAPS and tore down and removed most illegal structures.

“Despite repeat warnings, vendors refused to remove the structures, which were not only illegal but also contributed to the deterioration of the town’s cleanliness and aesthetic appeal,’’ said Ntswaki Makgetha, municipal spokesperson. 

Klerksdorp Record, Klerksdorp - There is a new cop in town - and he means business.

Klerksdorp SAPS welcomed Brig Tsietsi Morebodi into its fold in September and after almost three months in the hot seat, he has settled in his new position as Klerksdorp Station Commander. It was his admiration for the uniform and the discipline that comes with it, that encouraged a young Morebodi to join SAPS after matric.

Growing up in Ikageng, he admired the men and women in blue, until he became one himself. He started his career in uniform 31 years ago when he worked at the VIP unit in Pretoria. He then proceeded to Public Order Police (POP) Vereeniging in 1995 and was transferred to Potchefstroom POP in 1997. Four years later, he was appointed as the Station Commander of Klerkskraal SAPS as a Warrant Officer.

Klerksdorp Rekord, Klerksdorp - Terwyl daar ‘n sigbare afname is in misdaad gemeet aan die jongste polisie-statistiek oor misdaad, is die toename in moord, poging tot moord en aanranding op vroue en kinders kommerwekkend.

Dit lyk of geen poging om die land se vroue en kinders te beskerm, tans vrugte afwerp nie. Die jaarlikse veldtog van 16 dae van aktivisme teen geweld teen vroue en kinders het reeds vandeesweek afgeskop.

by Danie Jacobs

Klerksdorp Record, Orkney - A newly-refurbished gold processing plant opened this week which could mean 4 000 jobs for the struggling community. 

According to representatives of the China-African Precious Metals Company (CAPM), R200 million was spent on resuscitating the plant and it forms part of the company’s R2 billion investment at its Orkney operations.