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Weekly law enforcement operations lead to significant arrests

STELLALANDER-VRYBURG: The weekly Joint Law Enforcement operations focusing on enhanced crime prevention and combatting conducted across all five districts between Monday, 12 and Sunday, 18 May 2025, under Operation Shanela, resulted in the arrest of suspects for different crimes and the seizure of copper cables, a variety of drugs, liquor, dangerous weapons and ammunition.
The operations, which were led by commissioned officers, resulted in the apprehension of 65 illegal migrants for contravention of section 49 of the Immigration Act, 2002. 356 out of the 1 056 arrests were for circulated wanted suspects who were nabbed after being linked to the committed crimes through forensic DNA leads.

Afrikaans kraai koning by Vryburg-VLV se byeenkoms

STELLALANDER-VRYBURG: Op Woensdag, 14 Mei 2025 het die Vryburg-VLV ’n spesiale byeenkoms gehou om Afrikaans as ’n amptelike taal te vier, met ’n reeks inspirerende items en waardevolle bydraes van lede en gaste.
Die geleentheid het ’n platform gebied waar kultuur, onderwys en gemeenskapsbetrokkenheid in die kollig geplaas is.

Prof. Gert Strydom, “Vader van Biokinetika”, vereer by opening van nuwe Biokinetika-laboratorium

STELLALANDER-VRYBURG: Vrydag, 9 Mei 2025 was ’n historiese dag aan die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) toe die Fakulteit Gesondheidswetenskappe amptelik sy splinternuwe Biokinetika-laboratorium ingehuldig het.

New SASSA Pension Rules: Revalidation for elderly beneficiaries

STELLALANDER-VRYBURG: Starting June 10, 2025, the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) will implement new rules requiring all pension grant recipients to revalidate their documents.

Father receives life imprisonment for brutal murder of own baby

STELLALANDER-SETLAGOLE: The Atamelang Regional Court has sentenced Jacob Molebo (31) to life imprisonment for the murder of his three-month-old baby, further declaring him unfit to possess a firearm.
The tragic incident occurred on 22 October 2020 in Setlagole village, North West. According to investigations, Molebo was in a relationship with the baby’s mother. On the day of the incident, he took the infant from the mother and, without provocation, hurled the baby against a concrete wall of a neighbor’s house. The child sustained severe injuries and was later pronounced dead upon arrival at a nearby clinic.