5 October 2025- Effective collaboration between the police and community members led to the arrest of four suspects in separate incidents involving the possession of livestock or produce suspected to be stolen in the Pixley Ka Seme District on 4 October 2025. In the first incident, police in Victoria West, received a tip-off about meat suspected to be stolen and stored at a local residence.
The Northern Cape police spokesperson, Sergeant Molefi Shemane said the police swiftly followed up on the information and located the identified premises. Shemane said upon arrival, the police discovered a slaughtered sheep inside the house.
“A 40 year-old female found on the property was questioned, but could not provide a satisfactory explanation for her possession of the meat. She was subsequently arrested for possession of suspected stolen livestock or produce.
“In an unrelated incident in Philipstown, SAPS members acted on intelligence regarding possible stock theft at another residence. A 70 year-old man and female, along with a man (35), were found in possession of meat but, were unable to give a reasonable account of its origin,” he said.
Shemane further said all three were arrested for possession of suspected stolen livestock or produce. He added that all suspects will appear in their respective courts soon.
Shemane said the police management in Pixley Ka Seme District commended the community for their unwavering commitment and cooperation in the fight against crime and applauded the swift action of SAPS members, which led to the arrests and recovery of suspected stolen livestock. He said the management urged farmers and livestock owners in the Philipstown and Victoria West areas who may be missing animals to report to their nearest police station or contact SAPS Crime Stop on 08600 10111, or use the MySAPS App.
“All information will be treated with the strictest confidentiality,” said Shemane.
5 October 2025- The ongoing high-density police operations under Operation Shanela II, focusing on intensified crime prevention, combatting, and investigation efforts, have resulted in the arrest of numerous suspects for various offences across the Northern Cape. The operations, executed between 29 September 2025 and 5 October 2025, led to the arrest of 280 suspects linked to property-related crimes, serious violent offences, and drug-related activities.
The Northern Cape police spokesperson, Sergeant Molefi Shemane said multi-disciplinary law enforcement teams enforced the authority of the state through visible policing activities, which included the search of 2 941 vehicles and 7 503 individuals at roadblocks and vehicle checkpoints. Shemane said compliance inspections were also conducted at informal businesses, scrapyards, liquor outlets, and second-hand goods dealers, including those operating at mines and farms.
“Several non-compliant liquor premises were shut down, and enforcement actions were taken where necessary. During these operations, police confiscated various items believed to have been used in the commission of crimes, including alcohol, ammunition, cash, dangerous weapons, drugs, and copper cables,” he said.
Meanwhile, the Northern Cape Police Commissioner, Lieutenant General Koliswa Otola, commended the commitment of SAPS members and community stakeholders. Otola reaffirmed that the police will continue to prevent, combat and investigate crime, maintain public order, and protect the lives and property of all residents.
“They will continue to uphold the rule of law during and beyond the festive season. We also cite that, no one will be left behind as we head into the festive holidays.
“We further express appreciation to community members, who refuse to look away when crime occurs, but instead choose to partner with the police in the fight against criminality,” she said.
7 October 2025 – The Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Correctional Services, Kgomotso Ramolobeng, has wished the National Library and the Department of Correctional Services a successful Funda Mzantsi Competition for the year 2025. Ramolobeng said the competition was happening when the committee had prioritized the Eastern Cape for its oversight visits that will start on 6 October 2025.
She further said this is a long running program in conjunction with the National Library and has contributed immensely to the lives of the incarcerated. Ramolobeng added that this week offers a nice context for the surprise oversight visit that the committee is conducting in the provinces of the Eastern Cape and Western Cape.
“We will not tire in ensuring that inmates are treated with dignity. This is an obligation we have in the context of our Ubuntu principles, and the constitutional dispensation whose fundamentals are corrective approach to offenders.
“The committee is fully aware that the society has different opinions on how to handle prisoners but the truth is that the society still has an obligation to ensure that the welfare of these people is guaranteed and that even in chains they are treated with dignity,” she said.
Ramolobeng said the committee will from tomorrow undertake a week-long visit to the Eastern and Western Cape, to assess among others such as Skills Programmes provided to offenders, conditions of detention for both remand and sentenced inmates, treatment offenders who are mothers and overall infrastructure of correctional centres. She said the committee will conduct physical walkabouts of the correction facilities.
“The intention was not so much to catch out officials but to ensure dignity for the most disadvantaged of our society. Funda Mzantsi is an annual reading competition meant to test the literacy competencies of inmates.
“The week-long program is hosted in George, and tests inmates on all aspects of literary works in various South African languages,” said Ramolobeng.
Picture: Unite for Change leadership during media briefing
By AGISANANG SCUFF
5 October 2025- On Sunday, three national political parties, BOSA, Rise Mzansi and GOOD, along with their respective leaders, have heed the call of the nation, put aside their differences and taken the formative steps towards building an offering for citizens to unite around in bringing change and hope to villages, towns and cities across South Africa. These leaders said they are proudly announcing the launch of Unite for Change, a new political party and movement that will campaign in the 2026 Local Government Elections under one shared banner.
Dr Mmusi Maimane said they are united for change under one name, one set of electoral lists, one shared platform and one purpose. Maimane said this new political party will be registered with the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC), and all current and future parties that join will run for election under the new name and banner.
“Our founding Leaders’ Council brings together a diverse and experienced leadership that recognises that true strength comes from unity of purpose. The members of the Leaders’ Council, in no particular order, are Minister Patricia de Lille (MP), Songezo Zibi (MP), Nobuntu Hlazo-Webster (MP), MEC Vuyiswa Ramokgopa (MPL), Brett Herron (MPP) and I.
“This is a new offering to voters, a credible and consolidated alternative to the lack of real options South Africans face on the ballot paper. It is not a coalition of convenience but a coming together of equals, demonstrating the responsibility of leadership which often requires a different approach to the one we once believed was right,” he said.
Songezo Zibi said as they prepare for the 2026 elections, their campaign will focus on five urgent priorities to uplift municipalities across the country. He said they will focus on capable and ethical leadership to identify and unearth new and existing skills and talent, values-based leadership, and ending cadre deployment and corruption in government. Zibi further said they will also focus on local economic recovery.
“We want to create jobs and growth through local investment. This will include positioning cities as the main drivers of change, the focus is on the digital economy, creative economy, care economy, and tourism economy.
“We will focus on dignity through basic services. Providing what no citizen should go without water, electricity, refuse, reliable public transport, basic housing, and decent healthcare. On safety and justice, we will tackle crime, corruption, and violence at their roots, underpinned by the promotion and protection of the rule of law,” he added.
De Lille said all rules must be applied and adhered to, and those who come here from other countries must do so legally and contribute positively to South Africa. She said they will harness technology to drive smarter resource allocation, enable predictive modelling to anticipate community needs, guide planning, ensure proactive infrastructure maintenance, and make procurement corruption-proof.
“This offer to citizens is based on our shared vision for the South Africa we all deserve, where every person lives a dignified life, every community is served, and every sphere of government is held to account.
“The birth of Unite for Change does not signal the end of its founding parties. Current councillors, MPs and MPLs will continue to serve under existing party brands, as they were elected to do. BOSA, GOOD and RISE Mzansi remain fully intact as entities, with their current electoral mandates and responsibilities honoured in full. This is the first step towards the long-term mission we are on,” said de Lille.
She said it honours a generational mandate to end dysfunction, neglect, and inequality that defines life for far too many in the country. De Lille said it is, but the start signals an open invitation.
“We recognise that politics and politicians alone cannot repair and build South Africa. This work requires all citizens, businesses, academics, civil society organisations, NGOs, and other organised groups to work in unison.
“Today, we invite political parties that share our values. This includes prominent individuals willing to step forward and community organisations and NGOs working for dignity and justice,” she said.
De Lille said they call on South Africans ready to stand as councillor candidates in their own wards and municipalities and citizens who want to roll up their sleeves and campaign to build the country. She said the door is wide open, with conversations already underway with others to grow this movement.
5 Diphalane 2025- Mokgweetsi le mopagami ba sejanaga sa modiro wa BMW ba gobetse fa sejanaga sa bone se ne se thulana le tekesi ka dinko kwa tseleng e e yang kwa Hartbeesfontein kwa Klerksdorp mo letsatsing la maabane. Go begwa fa se, se tlile morago ga gore mokgweetsi wa tekesi a lelekise sejanaga sa modiro wa Toyota Etio morago ga go latofatsa mokgweetsi wa sone ka go pega ditlhogwana.
Sebueledi sa sepodisi mono Bokone Bophirima, Lieutenant Colonel Sam Tselanyane are go begwa fa mokgweetsi wa tekesi, a ile a thula sejanaga sa Toyota Etio, mme se ile sa menoga. Tselanyane are sejanaga sa BMW se se neng se le mo tseleng, se ile sa thulana le tekesi ka dinko.
“Mokgweetsi le mopalami mo sejanageng seo, ba ile ba tswa dikgobalo. Mokgweetsi wa BMW o ile a rwalelwa kwa bookelong jwa poraevete jwa Ancron, fa mopagami a ile a rwalelwa kwa bookelong jwa Tshepong/Klerksdorp.
“Ga gona ope o tshwerweng go fitlha ga jaana,” Tselanyane wa tlhalosa.
5 October 2025- South African Football Association (SAFA) Referees Committee chairman, Victor Gomes, has been appointed to the FIFA Referees Committee. Gomes was a highly respected referee until his retirement after the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.
He has transferred his skills to various refereeing structures around the world. Gomes told http://www.safa.net that he was happy to continue contributing to the game wherever he is required.
“I am happy to contribute to the game on the continent and to the betterment of African refereeing,” he said. “Thank you to FIFA, CAF and SAFA for entrusting me with this big responsibility,” he said.
Gomes also serves as a FIFA Referees development officer and assessor, VAR and Technical Instructor, CAF Referees Committee vice-chairman and IFAB Technical Advisory Panel member.
SAFA president Dr Danny Jordaan applauded Gomes as he joins a committee that is chaired by highly respected former referee Pierluigi Collina. Jordaan said he is pleased to congratulate Gomes on this new journey.
“We look forward to following him on this new chapter,” he said.
SAFA continues to be well represented on various structures of the game on the globe. Dr Jordaan has been appointed to the FIFA Men’s National Teams Competitions Committee. This Committee is regarded as the most important in FIFA as it oversees all FIFA men’s tournaments, including the FIFA World Cup, FIFA U20 World Cup, FIFA U17 World Cup, Men’s Olympic Football Tournament, FIFA Futsal World Cup, and the FIFA Arab Cup.
Meanwhile, SAFA Chief Medical Officer Doctor Thulani Ngwenya is serving as a Doping Control Officer (DOC) and Sample Collection for the duration of the FIFA Under-20 Men’s World Cup that is currently underway in Chile. The well-respected SAFA official is serving as a Doping Control Officer at another major tournament, and he is based in Rancagua, Chile, and the Estadio El Teniente is the main venue for his assignment.
Setshwantsho: Monna o tshuntshitswe morago ga go kgemethwa mmagwe ka garawe
Ka REGINALD KANYANE
5 Diphalane 2025- Sepodisi mono porofenseng ya Bokone Bophirima, se tlhalositse fa se itse ka setshwantsho sa motsikinyego mo go bonagalang monna wa dingwaga di le 25, a kgemetha mmagwe (48) ka garawe go fitlhelela a tlhokafala. Sepodisi se kaile fa tiragalo e, e diragetse kwa Mosiane View, gaufi le Mahikeng ka Lamatlhatso.
Sebueledi sa sepodisi mono Bokone Bophirima, Lieutenant Colonel Sam Tselanyane are, monna o, o bonwe a tshotse garawe mo setshwantshong sa motsikinyege le go kgemetha mmagwe go fitlhela a tlhokafala. Go begwa fa mmelaelwe a ne a le kgopo, ebile a anngwa fela ke tse a di apereng.
“O ile a tlhokafala morago ga go thuntshiwa ke mongwe wa baagi o a neng a leka go reba seemo. Go fitlha ga jaana, ga go itsiwe sebakwa sa gore a kgemethe mmagwe ka garawe e ne e le eng.
“Dipatlisiso mo kgetsing e, di tsweletse,” Tselanyane wa tlhalosa.
Kgabagare, mokomishinara wa sepodisi wa nama o sa tshwerwe mono profenseng ya Bokone Bophirima, Major General Patrick Asaneng are: “Polao e e setlhogo ya motsadi o a bolailweng ke ngwana wa gagwe, e shupa fa e na le tshushumetso ya ga diabole, kgotsa tiriso e botlhatshwa ya diritibatsi. Bontsi jwa basha ba dirisa diritibatsi, mme go le gantsi ga ba kgalemelwe ke batsadi ba bone kgotsa setshaba ka kakaretso.
“Ga gona gore go ne go sena matshwao ape a bontshang maitsholo a botlhatshwa go mmelaelwa pele ga tiragalo e. Ke buisiwa se ka mokgwa o a bolaileng mmagwe ka teng.”
Asaneng are le fa mmelaelwa le ene a tlhokafetse, sepodisi se tlile go tsweletsa dipatlisiso go fitlhelela thito-kgang ya gore go tlile jang gore mmelaelwa a be a dirile tiro e setlhogo e.
5 Diphalane 2025- Mosadi wa dingwaga di le 28, wa kwa motseng wa Matolong mono Taung, o tlhokafetse morago ga go thulwa ke sejanaga mo bosigong jwa Labotlhano. Go begwa fa mosadi o, a ne a kgabaganya tsela-kgolo ya N18 fa a tla thulwa ke sejanaga gaufi le Taung Hotel School and Convention Centre.
Go ya ka ba ba boneng ka matlho, mosadi o, o ile a thulwa ke sejanaga, mme sejanaga se sengwe sa modiro wa Audio le sone se ile sa mo gata mo godimo ga mmogo le van le sejanaga sa modiro wa Polo. Go begwa fa ditolokolo tsa gagwe tsa mmele, di ile tsa gasamana le mmila.
Sebueledi sa sepodisi mo porofenseng ya Bokone Bophirima, Lieutenant Colonel Sam Tselanyane are: “Sepodisi sa itse ka kotsi e, mme go kaiwa fa moswi a ne a leka go kgabaganya tsela-kgolo ya N18, fa a ka thulwa ke sejanaga. Ba lelapa la gagwe ba ile ba mo shupa kwa lefelong la tiragalo.
“Ga go belaelwe fa tiragalo e, e ka tswa e le ya ka bomo. Ga gona ope o tshwerweng, mme go butswe kgetsi ya polao ntle le maikaelelo.”
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