NOORDWESTER – LICHTENBURG - Baie kinders kan hulself hierdie tyd van die jaar alleen tuis bevind aangesien skole gesluit is en ma en pa nog werk. 
Enige kind in hierdie situasie kan ook met inbrekers of vreemdelinge by die hek gekonfronteer word. Ouers moet alle voorsorgmaatreëls tref om die veiligheid van hul kinders hierdie feesseisoen te verseker.
Afgesien van ‘n kriminele element, is daar ander gevare wat rondom die huis skuil, soos ‘n brand wat uitbreek of ‘n mediese noodgeval.

NOORDWESTER - LICHTENBURG - Vet  is ‘n drieletterwoord wat deel moet wees van jou dieet.
1.    Elke sel in jou liggaam het vetsure nodig waarvan die poli-onversadigde omega 3 (en omega 6) voorbeelde is. Dit is veral voordelig vir die oë en brein, maar dit is ook belangrik vir jou spiere, jou immuunstelsel, spysvertering en vrugbaarheid.  

NOORDWESTER- KOSTER - As part of heightening visibility to reduce crime levels in line with the Safer Festive Season Operation Shanela, members of Potchefstroom Flying Squad arrested four suspects aged between 29 and 34, for possession of suspected stolen goods and robbery (aggravating).  
The suspects’ arrest emanated from an incident wherein the armed men driving in a Volkswagen Polo, allegedly robbed a victim of a substantial amount of cash and bank cards in Koster on Thursday, afternoon, 28 November.

NOORDWESTER – KOSTER - The Koster Regional Court has sentenced two men to life imprisonment for the brutal murder of 71-year-old farmer, Ephraim Diloro. 
Wahasele Hazekiel Majoro (33) and Tumelo Martin Katali (41) were convicted of murder and theft. Each received life imprisonment for murder and 10 years for theft, with the sentences ordered to run concurrently.
The tragic events occurred on 4 April 2022, at the victim’s home in Koster. Investigations revealed that one of the accused had worked as a herd boy on the deceased’s farm.