Kimberley

Kimberley News April 12, 2023

Stealing copper from locomotives, 2 former Transnet employees sentenced

The SAPS welcomes the 15 years’ sentence that was handed down to two former Transnet employees for stealing copper from locomotives. On 17 February 2020 at about 10:50, the Provincial Organized Crime unit was busy with investigations at a local scrap metal dealer in Kimberley when they spotted the suspicious VW Polo with two male […]
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Kimberley News February 20, 2023

Ghost workers – Sol Plaatjie municipality worker sentenced

Beauty Kilelo (42) was sentenced by Kimberley Commercial Crimes Court on Friday, 17 February 2023, after she was found guilty for fraud and money laundering. Between January 2011 and December 2016, ghost workers were created at Sol Plaatjie Municipality in Kimberley. Various bank accounts which belonged to people not employed by the municipality were used […]
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Kimberley News February 9, 2023

‘Gordonia Butcher’ sentenced to additional 18 years

Devon Ovies (33), dubbed the “Gordonia Butcher,” was sentenced to an additional 18 years’ imprisonment for the attempted murder of his sister and theft of motor vehicle on Friday, 3 February 2023 in the Springbok Regional Court. Devon was declared a state patient after he brutally murdered a colleague, Katrina Jagers (50) at the living […]
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Kimberley News October 18, 2022

Brutal rape and murder – R50k reward offered for information, Roodepan

The SAPS is offering a R50 000-00 reward to anyone who can avail information that can lead to the arrest and conviction of the perpetrators involved in the murder and rape of Tankiso Tawanyane in Roodepan, Kimberley. The Galeshewe Family, Violence, Child Protection and Sexual Offences unit are investigating the murder and rape of the […]
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Kimberley News June 22, 2022

Body of kidnapped man discovered, 4 suspects sought, Kimberley

The body of the 40-year-old man who was allegedly kidnapped, was discovered by a passer-by at about 07:20 on Tuesday, 21 June 2022, in a veld near the Samaria Road in Kimberley. The kidnapping allegedly occurred on Saturday, 18 June 2022 at about 16:00 and police are looking for four unknown male suspects. On Monday, […]
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