{"id":55632,"date":"2022-12-12T15:24:58","date_gmt":"2022-12-12T13:24:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/noordkaapbulletin\/new-vehicles-and-recruits-bolster-northern-cape-crime-fighting-efforts-20221212\/"},"modified":"2025-03-21T17:43:49","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T15:43:49","slug":"new-vehicles-and-recruits-bolster-northern-cape-crime-fighting-efforts-20221212","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/noordkaapbulletin\/new-vehicles-and-recruits-bolster-northern-cape-crime-fighting-efforts-20221212\/","title":{"rendered":"New vehicles and recruits bolster Northern Cape crime fighting efforts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Images\" data-pos=\"middle\" id=\"embed_4dea2ac9\">\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/7906\/acf60435acc344d4b80020fc89f27fc9.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/noordkaapbulletin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/718c15d40b9f4c419cfedcb3af37fe15.jpg\" title=\"Lt Gen. Koliswa Otola\"><p><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">Lt Gen. Koliswa Otola<\/div>\n<div class=\"img_accreditation\"><span class=\"source\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><span class=\"photographer\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>A total of 23 brand new police vehicles were handed over to station commanders from across the Northern Cape.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The provincial commissioner for the Northern Cape, Lt Gen. Koliswa Otola, accompanied by the deputy provincial commissioner for policing, Maj. Gen. 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Cyril Ramaphosa will officiate proceedings at the Tshwane Police Academy where 2 938 newly-trained police officers will stand on parade. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Similar parades will take place at the SA Army Base of the 3 SA Infantry Battalion in Kimberley, and also at the Bisho Police Academy and Graaff-Reinet Police Academy, both in the Eastern Cape; at the Oudtshoorn Police Academy and Paarl Police Academy in the Western Cape; and at the Ulundi Police Academy and the Chatsworth Police Academy in KwaZulu-Natal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Images\" data-pos=\"middle\" id=\"embed_ac8e573f\">\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/7907\/c8acafa9cf05401a9fc8b4e32da5954d.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/noordkaapbulletin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/b9cc694533984f869d8cc22dc2469755.jpg\" title=\"There were 23 police vehicles handed over to police station commanders from all over 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