Lentswe, Klerksdorp - Last week, the NW Hawks arrested a Johannesburg businesswoman for her alleged involvement in defrauding an unsuspecting Jouberton woman of R600 000 in a romance scam. The money was traced to a business account belonging to Caroline Diana Sserufusa (37). She appeared in the Specialised Commercial Crime Court sitting in Klerksdorp, on charges of fraud and money laundering on Wednesday October 9.

Lentswe, Klerksdorp - The North West Provincial Government is on a promising trajectory in relation to audit outcomes when compared to previous financial years. This was revealed by the Auditor General, Tsakani Maluleke in a meeting with Premier Lazarus Kagiso Mokgosi held in Klerksdorp.  The 2023/24 audit cycle which ended on March 31, indicated that a total of 9 departments received unqualified audit outcomes with two receiving clean audits. Only one department received a qualified audit opinion with reduced qualification paragraphs. 

The police in Ikageng made a massive drug bust when they stopped a Toyota Hilux on Saturday October 5, discovering more than340 kg of dagga with an estimated street value of R5 million. Two men were arrested. Asiphe Nomde (32) and Mncedisi Mthunzini (41) were released on a warning following their appearance in the Potchefstroom Magistrates’ Court on October 7. The case was postponed to November 26. Photo: SAPS.

Lentswe, Stilfontein - The NW Provincial Commissio-ner, Lt-Gen General Sello Kwena, welcomed the arrest and subsequent appearance of a 39-year-old police sergeant in the Stilfontein Ma-gistrates’ Court last week, for defeating the ends of justice and perjury. “One of the members deployed for Vala Umgodi Operations arrested a foreign national for contravention of the Immigration Act. He further handed a statement from Department of Home Affairs confirming the (illegal) status of the foreign national to the investigating officer, Sgt Mmokwa Ratshoke, attached to Stilfontein Detectives.