Crime
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Serial rapist terrorised communities for years
Police have arrested a suspected serial rapist linked to several cases of rape and burglary in Virginia and Meloding.
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Protestors face legal reprimand
Members attached to the Welkom Public Order Police have opened two dockets of public violence after a group of protesters barricaded roads with stones in Khotsong, Bothaville, on Wednesday, 19…
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Situation more and more dire
The big question about what is a happening at Reahola Housing in Stateway and who is responsible for the service delivery there have been now addressed to council as a…
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Disruptive actions against illicit mining activities in Matjhabeng, Free State
Five men have been arrested by Operation Vala uMgodi operatives where they were busy with either open cast mining activities or with the separation process on a makeshift slope table…
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Two suspects arrested for murder and kidnapping in Odendaalsrus
The Odendaalsrus police have arrested two suspects for the alleged murder and kidnapping of a 27-year-old hawker in Odendaalsrus. It is alleged that on Sunday, 2 February, at about 20:00,…
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Hawks arrest trio
Three men appeared in the Welkom Magistrate’s Court on a charge of murder and robbery with aggravated circumstances that happened in the city in 2022. The accused, Sulakhe Lindelani Mthembu…
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Vala uMgodi hits hard in the Goldfields
Intensive operations under the auspices of Vala uMgodi have resulted in the arrest 28 men on charges ranging from dealing in drugs, illegal firearms and ammunition to illicit mining.
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Perjury and kidnapping saga
On 9 March, the Bultfontein woman reported at the Thabong Police Station that “her child”, a 2-year-old boy, had been kidnapped in Thabong
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A trio appeared in court for murder and robbery
Three men appeared in the Welkom Magistrate’s Court on a charge of murder and robbery with aggrac-vated cicumstances that happened in the city in 2022.
