District Mail and Helderberg Gazette
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Police are seeking public help to identify individuals in photographs who may assist with investigations into two Somerset West sexual assault cases—one involving a 19-year-old woman who met someone online, and another involving two minor boys at a restaurant—with anyone having information urged to contact Detective Captain McCree on 082 522 3154.
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Indonesia plans to build the Sheikh Yusuf Indonesian Cultural House near the tomb of 17th-century Indonesian cleric Sheikh Yusuf Al-Makassari in Macassar, as announced by Culture Minister Fadli Zon on Friday 31 October, to strengthen centuries-old ties between the two nations and honour the “Father of Islam in South Africa”.
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Mieke Carr, ‘n graad 10-leerder van Hoërskool Strand, het internasionale roem verwerf deur die UDC Advanced Grand Champion-titel in Ierland te wen en daarna verskeie nasionale danscompetisies in Suid-Afrika te domineer.
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The Helderberg Robotics Club achieved remarkable success by winning double gold medals at the South African leg of the World Robot Olympiad in September, with Team Titans and Team NullPointException both qualifying to represent South Africa at the world championships in Singapore from 26 to 28 November.
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Somerset West teenage swimmer Kate Allwood is set to compete on the international stage after qualifying to represent South Africa at the 2025 Summer Deaflympics in Tokyo, Japan.
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Two teenagers were arrested on charges of illegal possession of firearms and ammunition after police discovered an imitation firearm at a Macassar secondary school on Monday, leading to an investigation that uncovered a second weapon and video evidence of learners playing with firearms in class, with both suspects due to appear in Somerset West Magistrates’…
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Glenville Jantjies, one of three prisoners who escaped from Strand Magistrates’ Court on 27 October, surrendered to police on Friday, leaving only Denver Pietersen still at large after the trio’s brazen jailbreak.
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Four masked men tied up a 72-year-old house-sitter at a Firgrove farm on Wednesday night, stealing firearms, ammunition, jewellery and wines before the victim freed himself hours later and alerted Somerset West police, with the suspects still at large.
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