Setshwantsho-papiso: Ditopo kwa mmoshareng wa puso
Ka OBAKENG MAJE
18 Mopitlwe 2025- Sepodisi kwa porofenseng ya Northern Cape se boloditse dipatlisiso morago ga go utswiwa ga ditopo kwa mmoshareng wa poraevete kwa Kuruman. Go begwa fa ka masa a di 17 Mopitlwe 2025, banna ba le babedi ba ba sa itsiweng, ba ile ba kgorogela motlhankela wa tshireletso kwa mmoshareng o, mme ba mo teketa pele ga ba ka mo bofa sefatlego.
Go ya ka sebueledi sa sepodisi kwa Northern Cape, Lieutenant Colonel Sergio Kock, magodu ao, a ile a utswa ditopo di le tharo eleng tsa banna ba le babedi le sa lesea la mosetsanyana. Kock are ba ikuela go mongwe le mongwe o a ka tswang a na le tshedimosetse ka ga tiragalo e, go ka letsetsa mmatlisisi mo kgetsing e, Lieutenant Colonel Doggy Magugu mo go 0824690578 kgotsa a letsetsa dimomoro tsa sepodisi tsa 08600 10111.
“Kgotsa ba ka dirisa MySAPS app go ka neelana ka tshedimosetso. Tsedimosetso e tla tsewa jaaka ya sephira, mme dipatlisiso di tsweletse,” Kock wa tlhalosa.
Picture: The taxi operators blocked various roads in Klerksdorp/ Klerksdorp Community Marketing
By OBAKENG MAJE
18 March 2025- The South African National Taxi Council (SANTACO) in North West said they are happy after reaching a lasting solution with the North West Provincial Government (NWPG). This comes after SANTACO representatives had a consultative meeting with the North West Premier, Lazarus Mokgosi and North West Community Safety and Transport Management, Wessels Morweng, regarding issuance of permits.
On Monday, various roads in Klerksdorp were closed down with burning tyres and debris as taxi operators embarked on strike. They demanded that, Permit Board issue the approved permits to them.
SANTACO provincial chairperson, Ebusang Tladi said the taxi industry has come a long way since the very first taxi was introduced more than half a century ago. Tladi said they had a fruitful consultative engagement with all stakeholders including the North West Premier, Lazarus Mokgosi and North West MEC for Community Safety and Transport Management, Wessels Morweng.
“As SANTACO, we raised an array of issues regarding the alleged circular handed out by Morweng that all permits that were approved by the Permit Board should be held. It was alleged that taxi owners must come and pay for them. So, this was the root of the problem.
However, in the meeting, Morweng denied ever sending out that kind of circular. He said he told the Permit Board not accept new applications anymore because the taxi industry is saturated as per our agreement. This will affect the business and I can say without any fear of contradiction that we are happy with our resolution,” he said.
Tladi further said they agreed to cease their protest and all roads are now trafficable. He added that they normally do not want to embark on a protest strike as this affects the livelihoods of their commuters.
Morweng said: “We had a consultative engagement with the taxi industry in the Dr Kenneth Kaunda region and listened to their grievances as they made it clear that they will only listen to the government, if the North West Premier, Lazarus Mokgosi and I, are here.
“Indeed, Mokgosi set everything aside and prioritise them as they are priority. We have engaged with them and agreed to expedite most of their issues raised. Other issues are operational and there has been a miscommunication between ourselves and them.”
Morweng said that is something they are going to strengthen because there was a message that says the Permit Board was instructed to stop the issuance of permits, which was an agreement between government and SANTACO. He said the reason for this was, the industry is now bloated.
“Now, officials misinterpreted that communication to say we are halting the whole service altogether, which is something that cannot happen. Service is required on a daily basis. We are dealing with old permit applications, and we are not issuing any new permits thus far.
“This was an agreement that we have reached with them as per their memorandum that they have long submitted to us. Generally, there was an agreement and we will be able to move forward and improve on other things that they also raised,” said Morweng.
He said they are looking forward to improving the industry as the taxi operators are rendering service on the government’s behalf. Morweng said they must ensure that the environment and industry is conducive at all times so that taxi operators can thrive as they ferry commuters from one place to another.
18 Mopitlwe 2025- Sepodisi sa Taung se boloditse letsholo-patlo morago ga go ngwega ga motshwarwa, Thatayaone Motati (23). Se, se tla mogaro ga gore Motati yo o neng a tshwaretswe ditatofatso tsa kgothoso, a kubogelwe ke bolwetsi fa a ne a le kwa diseleng tsa sepodisi kwa seteishaneng sa Taung ka Lamatlhatso.
Go begwa fa Motati a ile a tabogisetswa kwa bookelo jwa Taung go ya go bona thuso ya potlako. Fela, go begwa fa Motati yo o neng a le ka fa tlase ga tlhokomelo ya sepodisi kwa bookelong jwa Taung, a ile a ikgolola, mme a ngwega ka go dirisa letlhabaphefo le leneng le le kwa morago.
Sebueledi sa sepodisi mo sedikeng sa Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati, Warrant Officer Tryphosa van Rooyen are: “Ke nnete sepodisi se boloditse letsholo-patlo. Go begwa fa motlhankedi wa sepodisi yo o neng a tlhokometse motshwara o, a ne a mo tlogela, mme leba ka kwa kgorong e e dirisiwang thata (main entrance).
“Re tlile go tsaya dikgato kgatlhanong le motlhankedi o, mme go fitlha ga jaana motshwarwa o ngwegileng ga ese a tshwarwe.”
18 Mopitlwe 2025- Kgetsi ya polao kgatlhanong le Mietjie Babiki Fischer (44), wa kwa motseng wa Diplankeng kwa Magogong, gaufi le Taung, e buseditswe morago go fitlha di 20 Mopitlwe 2025, ke kgotlhatshekelo ya Taung. Se, se tla morago ga gore Fischer a latofadiwe ka go bolaya Boitumelo Sebekedi wa kwa motseng wa Lokaleng dibeke tse pedi tse di fetileng.
Go begwa fa Sebekedi a ne a latofadiwa ka go utswa Jojo tank, mme a tlhaselwa ke baagi. Go ya ka dipego, Sebekedi o ile a teketiwa ka ketane le go tlhabiwa ka thipa pele ga a ka bidiwa ka garawe.
Go begwa fa baagi ba ile ba mo tsenya mo kgetsing, mme ba mo latlhela kwa forong. Ene ya re morago ga nakonyana, go begwa fa baagi ba ile ba ntsha Sebekedi kwa forong eo.
Go begwa fa baagi ba ile ba mo isa kwa godimo le kwa tlase makgetlhonyana, pele ga ba mo tshela ka motlhapo le makgome. Go begwa fa sepodisi se ile sa tshwara basadi ba le bararo, fela ba le babedi ba ile ba ntshiwa gonne go se bopaki jo bo tletseng kgatlhanong le bone.
Sepodisi se ile sa tshwara Fischer, mme ba mo latofatsa ka polao. Fischer o solofetswe go dira kopo ya beile ka di 20 Mopitlwe 2025.
Kgabagare, sepodisi se ganne go tshwaela mo tiragalong e, gonne ba tlhalositse fa seo se tla kgoreletsa dipatlisiso tsa bone mo kgetsing.
Picture: Police conducting stop and search during Operation Shanela/Supplied
By OBAKENG MAJE
18 March 2025 – More than 1227 suspects were arrested for various crimes during Operation Shanela. The suspects were amongst others, arrested for rape, murder, assault GBH, malicious damage to property, burglary at residential and business premises, possession of drugs, theft out of/from motor vehicle and driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs.
The North West police spokesperson, Brigadier Sabata Mokgwabone said of the 1227 arrested suspects, 424 were wanted for contact crimes such as murder, attempted murder, rape, assault with intent to do grievous bodily harm and common, as well as house and business robberies. Mokgwabone said they were held during detectives’ suspect raiding operations.
“Furthermore, a total of 28 suspected undocumented persons were taken in for processing by Immigration Officials. The arrests were effected through execution of several actions, which included stop and searches, roadblocks, patrols, vehicle check points, visiting and inspecting of licensed liquor premises, Second-hand goods dealers, tracing of wanted suspects and many others.
“In Ikageng Township, near Potchefstroom on 14 March 2025, a fine of R1000 was imposed on a man (33), after he was found transporting liquor without a delivery note. Moreover, a joint roadblock on the R509 (Potchefstroom/Carletonville) road, resulted in the issuing of fines worth R6200 to eight motorists for road traffic related offences,” he said.
Mokgwabone further said items such as 95 ammunition, three firearms, three vehicles and a variety of drugs, were confiscated during the operations. He added that Operation Shanela will continue to bring more perpetrators to book as part of ensuring that the communities are and feel safe.
Meanwhile, the acting North West Police Commissioner, Major General Patrick Asaneng, congratulated the police and other stakeholders for their continuous support in fighting crime in the province to ensure the safety and security of the inhabitants.
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