10 August 2026 – Four men were arrested in connection with the alleged theft of 27 goats stolen in Lehurutshe, outside Zeerust on 4 August 2026. The police said after the matter was reported to the police, it was referred to the Mmabatho Stock Theft and Endangered Species Unit (STES) for further investigation.
The North West police spokesperson, Constable Thuto Bobelo said the stolen goats were valued at approximately R194 000. Bobelo said through investigative work and tracing operations, the police located the alleged stolen goats at a shack in Majemantsho village, near Mahikeng.
“Following the recovery of the 27 goats, four suspects were arrested at the scene on 5 August 2026. They were charged with possession of suspected stolen livestock and stock theft. Lebogang Bhunu (46), Sibusiso Monane (26) and Sakhumzi Gumede (26), briefly appeared before the Lehurutshe District Court on 7 August 2026 and were released on bail, whilst Olebile Ntumedisang (31) was remanded in custody.
“Their case was postponed to 8 September 2026,” he said.
10 Phatwe 2026 – Ba lelapa la ga Kamogelo Segwai ba ikuela go baagi go ba thusa go batlana le morwa wa bone. Se, se tla morago ga ditatofatso tsa gore Segwai o thopilwe ka dikgoka ke bangwe ba baagi kwa Extension 7, mono Taung morago ga go mo latofatsa ka bogodu.
Segwai o bonwe mo setshwantshong sa motsikinyego ga mmogo le tsala nngwe ya gagwe, Omphile Mokoto yo setopo sa gagwe se bonweng kwa masimo kwa motseng wa Maphoitsile, gaufi le Taung mo bekeng e e fetileng, ba dirilwe batshwarwa-kananyo. Mokoto o fitlhilwe ka Lamatlhatso.
Fela go fitlha ga jaana, ga go itsiwe kwa Segwai a leng teng.
Kgabagare, sebueledi sa sepodisi mo sedikeng sa Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati, Warrant Officer Tryphosa van Rooyen are sepodisi se ka se tshwaele mo kgetsing eno go fitlha ga jaana, gonne dipatlisiso tsa bone di mo maemong a tsitsibanyang mmele. Van Rooyen are jaanong pegelo nngwe le nngwe ba e ntshang e ka sitisa dipatlisiso tsa bone.
10 August 2026 – Magalies Water said it has noted with concern a scam, in which unknown individuals purporting to be Magalies Water Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Ofentse Nthutang, are engaging with bidders that have responded to recently advertised tenders by Magalies Water. Magalies Water said communication is through the compromised email account of Nthutang.
Magalies Water spokesperson, David Magae said these individuals posing as the Chief Executive, send emails to bidders and are requested to contact the Chief Executive on 060 506 8092. Mage said this number does not belong to the Chief Executive.
“The scam casts doubt on how Magalies Water conducts business, including perceived disregard of the provisions of the Public Finance Management Act (PFMA), read together with the National Treasury Regulations.
“Further, the Chief Executive does not engage with bidders on matters relating to awarding of tenders as this would constitute a contravention. Bidders are cautioned to remain vigilant, not to respond to the emails and messages from the number and to always authenticate all information received from Magalies Water, especially when in doubt,” he said.
10 August 2026 – The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) in North West said 17 years ago, more than 20 000 women marched to the Union Buildings and confronted the apartheid state with courage and an unambiguous demand for freedom. The EFF said among the central organisers of that historic march was Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati, a daughter of the North West, who was born in Ganyesa, near Vryburg and later served as mayor of Naledi Local Municipality.
EFF provincial spokesperson, Fanon Moema said on 28 February 2007, the Bophirima District Council adopted a resolution renaming the district in her honour. Moema said while the naming of a district honours her activism, it remains a far cry from continuing her fight for freedom.
“In fact, it is spitting on her grave that the legacy of her activism should end with a district municipality named after her, while there is an ongoing massacre of the childhoods and futures of girl children in the province.
“The most honest way to honour Mama Ruth Mompati is not through ceremonial speeches and Women’s Day rallies. It is to ask whether the girl children who walk the streets, attend the schools and use the clinics of the North West are safe,” he said.
Moema further said the public health care data paints an even more disturbing picture. He added that a 2026 analysis found that, during the financial year ending in 2025, 100 girls between the ages of 10 and 14, gave birth and 90 girls in the same age group terminated pregnancies in North West public health facilities.
“The data does not include girl children who were raped, but did not fall pregnant, or cases of rape that were never reported. One hundred children giving birth and 90 terminating pregnancies in the North West is 100 too many.
“Behind every number is a child whose body was forced to carry an adult burden, whose education was disrupted and whose childhood can never be returned. Rape is treated as a Schedule 6 Offence in the same schedule as the most serious forms of murder. However, violence committed against girl children has been normalised to such an extent that family members, members of the community and the Departments of Education, Health and Social Development will diligently report lesser offences against children to SAPS, while the visible consequences of the rape of girl children are responded to without the urgency and decisiveness they demand,” said Moema.
He said when a patient arrives at a hospital with a gunshot wound, the injury is instinctively treated as possible evidence of violence. Moema said yet when an 11-year-old child arrives pregnant, too often the state sees only a maternity patient and records another delivery.
“That pregnancy may be evidence of rape. That girl is a child before she is a maternity statistic. She must be treated with compassion and immediately connected to medical care, psychosocial support, social protection and a proper criminal investigation.
“SAPS cannot wait for the child or her family to open a case before acting on the information before it. A school concealing abuse to protect its reputation, a health professional treating the pregnancy but ignoring the possible crime, a social worker submitting a referral that nobody tracks, or SAPS refusing to open a docket, makes these institutions complicit in the silence that protects perpetrators,” he said.
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