NOORDWESTER - LICHTENBURG - The police in the province have during the weekly Joint Law Enforcement high density Operation Shanela 2 operations, arrested 945 suspects for a variety of crimes between Monday, 12 and Sunday, 19 October, across all five districts.
The successes followed the recent provincial launch of the Safer Festive Season Operations in Jouberton, as part of implementing a comprehensive strategy to address the heightened risk of criminality associated with increased movement of people and elevated social activity.
Police officer arrested for corruption
NOORDWESTER – WOLMARANSSTAD- Sergeant Toki William Badirwang (46), employed at Wolmaransstad Detectives, recently appeared before the Wolmaransstad Magistrates’ Court on a charge of corruption. He was granted bail of R2 000 and will re-appear before the same court on Friday, 28 November.
Badirwang’s court appearance follows his apprehension on Monday, 13 October, during an undercover operation, by members of the Provincial Anti-Corruption Investigation Unit (ACIU).
Shanela leads to arrest of more than 1 400 suspects
NOORDWESTER – LICHTENBURG - The enhanced crime prevention and combating weekly high-density Operation Shanela 2 operations conducted between Monday, 6 and Sunday, 12 October, culminated in the arrest of 1 454 suspects for different transgressions across the province.
The operations, among others, focused on stop and searches, roadblocks, vehicle check points (VCPs), high-visibility patrols including foot patrols, the tracing of wanted suspects, the confiscation of illegal firearms as well as visits to liquor outlets and taverns.
Mev Lichtenburg Elegant-organisasie sluit
NOORDWESTER – LICHTENBURG - Na 26 jaar se wonderlike werk in die gemeenskap het Minie le Roux besluit om die Mev Lichtenburg Elegnat-organisasie te sluit as gevolg van haar gesondheid.
Sy wil aan ieder en elk wat hulle ondersteuning deur die jare gegee het, hoe klein of hoe groot, baie dankie sê, omdat hierdie mense en besighede só ‘n groot verskil in die gemeenskap gemaak het.
An-Mari do Carmo wen tweede “Woordveertjie”
NOORDWESTER – LICHTENBURG - An-Mari do Carmo is ’n bekroonde skrywer, boekwurm, redakteur en vele meer. Sy het as ’n tuisskoolkind op ’n plaas naby Lichtenburg grootgeword, en het elke week twaalf boeke by die dorpsbiblioteek uitgeneem én gelees.
Haar liefde vir lees het vinnig omgesit in ’n liefde vir skryf. Sy het haar graad in BA Taal en Literatuurstudie by die NWU-Potchefstroom behaal, met ’n fokus op skryfkuns.
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