28 November 2025

By Danie Jacobs

Klerksdorp Record, Klerksdorp - The community is “used” to bad service delivery - power cuts, potholes, and sewage running down the street. Nothing, however, could have prepared residents staying in the northern suburbs for the three-day blackout that hit them this week.

The power went off at around 10:00 on Sunday November 23. Those who have solar or invertors running on Eskom power were blissfully unaware. Those without emergency power were immediately left powerless.

28 November 2025

Klerksdorp Record, Klerksdorp - Three men appeared in the magistrates court in connection with a fake UIF claim.

Simphiwe Dube (22), Fekeza Mathe (36), and Mathews Pitse (48) appeared in the Klerksdorp Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday November 19, facing charges of fraud. The trio were arrested by members of the Hawks’ Serious Corruption Investigation. Two of them are employed by the Department of Labour in Klerksdorp.

28 November 2025

Klerksdorp Record, Kanana - The police request the community’s assistance in locating and identifying a man who is a rape suspect.

On August 19, it was reported to the police that a 15-year-old victim was raped by an unknown man, armed with a knife.

28 November 2025

Klerksdorp Record, Klerksdorp - The police arrested 994 suspects between November 10 and 16 November, across all five districts, for a variety of crimes.

The arrests are building a strong foundation for the Safer Festive Season Operations, to address the heightened risk of criminality associated with increased movement of people and elevated social activity. Out of the 994 arrested suspects, it is worth noting that 366 were arrested by the detectives as those on the circulated wanted suspects’ lists. Additionally, the operations resulted in the arrest 15 Illegal immigrants.