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Bilateral and simultaneous Operation "Yehlela" was welcomed by communities situated in the border line of Republic of South Africa and Lesotho. The 5-day multi-disciplinary operation started on 11 September 2023 and continued until 15 September 2023. This was a collaborative approach to borderline policing, as security forces from neighbouring Lesotho also took part in the [...]

Tshepo Morris was reported missing at Parkweg SAPS on Monday, 13 February 2023, and has been missing since. On Wednesday, 13 February 2023, the brother-in-law of Tshepo, collected him from Marikana in Rustenburg with the hope of taking him back to the Eastern Cape to his family. The brother-in-law stopped at a filling station in [...]

On 14 September 2023, a social worker received information that a girl was seen fixing her dress when she came out of a tuck shop. The social worker then went to the school where the learner attends and requested to interview her. During the interview, the girl informed the social worker that the tuck shop [...]

A 63-year-old suspect was summoned to appear before the Bloemfontein Magistrates’ Court on 18 October 2023 where she will be facing charges of fraud, money laundering, and Prevention of Organised Crime Act 121 of 1998. It is alleged that on 09 June 2021, the complainant who is a shareholder of Belega Women Investment (Pty) Ltd [...]

Members of Odendaalsrus deployed at Odendaalsrus Magistrate Court received information about a suspect who has a firearm and involved in stock theft at Hospital Park, Odendaalsrus. The information was operationalised on the 14 September 2023 and the suspect was spotted and he tried to flee but was caught. He was found with a slaughtered goat, [...]

Members of Odendaalsrus Stock Theft and Endangered Species from Welkom K9 Unit attended the alleged stock theft complaint in Bronville on the 13 September 2023. Information was followed up which led to the discovery of three slaughtered cows, two cows and two calves were found alive and were seized. Two suspects aged 29 and 44-year-old [...]

A truck was hi-jacked on the 08 September 2023 in Welkom and information was received regarding the whereabouts of the stolen items. On the 13 September 2023 members of Welkom K9 Unit operationalised the information where the exhibits were hidden. The house was approached and request was made to search the premises. While members were [...]

Seven suspects aged between 34 and 39 have been summoned to appear before the Kroonstad Magistrates’ Court on 03 October 2023, for possession of stolen property and conspiracy to commit a crime. It is alleged that on 17 October 2020, members of Tactical Response Team (TRT) based in Welkom received information about the suspects who [...]

The 59-year-old man from Meqheleng near Ficksburg is expected to appear before the local Magistrate Court pending the alleged rape of his niece, with whom they share a one-year-old toddler boy. It's alleged that between December 2018 and March 2023 the suspect slept with his niece until he impregnated her a year ago at the [...]

Herman Daniel Badenhorst (36) was convicted and sentenced by the Bloemfontein Magistrates’ Court on Friday, 8 September 2023 for fraud, money laundering, and contravention of the Electronic Communications and Transactions Act 25 of 2002. Badenhorst was a clerk for a group of associated law firms in Bloemfontein. Amongst his duties was the administration of deceased [...]

An accident involving two trucks and a bus claimed the lives of four people while nine passengers are hospitalized. The accident occurred on the N3 between Harrismith and Van Reenen' Pass. It's alleged that on Tuesday ,12 September 2023 at about 03:40 two trucks and a bus collided on the N3 near Montrose towards Van [...]

The Reitz police have arrested an 18-year-old boy from Petsana near Reitz following an alleged rape of a minor, aged 12 at the time. It's alleged that on 02 June 2023 the mother became suspicious of her daughter, thinking she might be pregnant and that was positive. She couldn't report the incident immediately to the [...]