Free State

FREE STATE - Mzikayise Mokoena (37) appeared before the Welkom Magistrates’ Court on Friday, 18 August 2023 where he was convicted and sentenced for theft of optic fibre cable. On 17 January 2023, the CEO of MTD Civil Network Planning company received an alert from a tracking device affixed to optic fibre cable which was [...]

BLOEMFONTEIN - The police at Parkweg are looking for the suspect in a murder case that occurred in Memorial Road, Uitsig near Bloemfontein. On Friday 18 August 2023, members attended to a scene near Women's War Museum at about 18:00 and found a white male with a stab wound lying at the roadside. The paramedics [...]

HENNENMAN - A woman was hacked to death on 17 August 2023 at about 05:20 at a house in Phomolong, Hennenman. The suspect is allegedly on the run. The deceased was certified dead on arrival at Bongani Hospital. A case of murder was registered for further investigation. The investigation team in Hennenman is appealing to [...]

ODENDAALSRUS - Three suspects aged between 23 and 45 are expected to make a brief court appearance before Welkom and Odendaalsrus Magistrate Court, for attempted murder and possession of drugs following their arrest on Wednesday, 16 August 2023. Members of the Welkom Public Order Policing were busy following up on information about a suspect who [...]

EXCELSIOR - The Excelsior police have arrested 11 protesters at Mahlatswetsa near Excelsior following public violence in which a road was barricaded with stones and burning tyres. It's alleged that on Wednesday, 16 August 2023 at 06:50 Excelsior police were informed about 50 people blocking road with stones and burning tyres at Mahlatswetsa Township, Excelsior. [...]

On 12 August 2023 two attackers attacked Rita Jordaan (73) on a farm in Koffielaagte, Heuningspruit, Kroonstad district. She was attacked in an outbuilding by...

THABA NCHU - Two suspects are expected to appear in the Thaba Nchu Magistrate Court today after they were arrested for corruption and defeating the ends of justice. On Friday 11 August 2023 at about 21:30, Selosesha Public Order Policing members arrested a 28-year-old male at a house in Zone 4, Selosesha and found 42 [...]

MAKWANE - The Makwane police together with Phuthaditjhaba Family Violence, Child Protection and Sexual Offences Unit, have arrested a 29-year-old man from Makwane Village in Qwaqwa after he raped a minor aged 13 at his place under false pretenses. It's alleged that on Monday, 14 August 2023, at about 17:30, the minor was visiting a [...]

FREE STATE - The Bethlehem Commercial Crimes Court has found one of the infamous Phuthaditjhaba fraudsters guilty. Neo Patrick Makhokolo (29) was sentenced on Friday, 11 August 2023 for fraud, contravention of the Banks Act 94 of 1990, contravention of the Financial Advisory and Intermediary Services Act 37 of 2002, and money laundering. He was [...]

LADYBRAND - The Bloemfontein High Court sentenced Pakiso Paulus Ramabethane (35), from Manyatseng near Ladybrand to life imprisonment after raping a 23-year-old woman from the same area in February 2022. The case was investigated by Ladybrand Family, Child Protection and Sexual Offences Unit, through their outstanding investigating skills the accused was arrested and sentenced to [...]

THABONG - On Sunday, 13 August 2023 at about 14:00, members of Welkom K9 Unit, together with Welkom and Thabong Task Teams, received information of a hijacking at gunpoint that occurred in the 2010 Section of Thabong. The complainant was apparently shot at. The information was operationalized, and the hijacked truck was found and seized. [...]

THABA NCHU – A suspect was arrested in possession of 98 Identity Documents and more than 100 bank cards. On Friday 11 August 2023 at about 21:30, Selosesha Public Order Policing members received intelligence-led information about a man in possession of a number of Identity Documents. Members followed the information and it took the team [...]