Lentswe, Klerksdorp - Grade 12 learners’ final examinations are well underway across the country, and many are beginning to wonder what comes next. University isn’t the only path to success - in fact, for those who enjoy problem-solving, technology and working with their hands, South Africa’s automotive sector offers some of the most dynamic and future-fit career opportunities today.
Police pounce on hijackers
Lentswe, Klerksdorp - Acting on a tip-off, the police foiled a planned hijacking of a truck, transporting meat from Potchefstroom, with an estimated value of more than R500 000.
According to Col Adele Myburgh, police spokesperson, this multidisciplinary, cross-border, Crime Intelligence operation by the Provincial Anti-Gang Unit, Drug Task Team, Tactical Response Team (TRT) Klerksdorp, Johannesburg K9, Carletonville Detectives, Gauteng West Rand District Rural Safety and private security companies led to the arrest of six suspects; aged between 28 and 48, on Thursday October 30, on the R559 road, between Carletonville and Randfontein.
Fuel price cuts bring year-end relief
Lentswe, Klerksdorp - Motorists and businesses received a welcome reprieve at the pumps this month following some mixed movements in fuel last month. As of 00:01 on Wednesday November 5, the Department of Mineral & Petroleum Resources (DMPR) decreased the fuel price across the board. According to Lebo Ramolahloane, National Vice Chairperson of the South African Petroleum Retailers Association (SAPRA), an association of the Retail Motor Industry Organisation (RMI), the timing of the decreases is especially positive.
Outrage over City’s wasted R11 billion
Lentswe, Klerksdorp - The findings by the Standing Committee on Provincial Public Accounts (SCOPA), which revealed that Matlosana Municipality has accumulated more than R11 billion in unauthorised, irregular, fruitless and wasteful expenditure were met with outrage. This figure has nearly doubled from R6 billion in 2021/22, showing the extent of corruption, mismanagement, and a total collapse of accountability in the Municipality, said the Public Servants Association (PSA) in a press statement.
Police cleaning up NW
Lentswe, Klerksdorp - The police operations conducted under the Safer Festive Season Operation Shanela II, between October 20 and 27, resulted in the arrest of 1 139 suspects. The police are busy at vehicle check points (VCP’s), stop and searches, foot and vehicle patrols, and do regular compliance inspections at second hand dealers, scrapyards, recyclers, private security firms, at firearm dealers, formal and informal businesses, and farms. During these routine visits copper cables, explosives, tobacco products, liquor and a variety of drugs were seized.
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