Northern Cape

Northern Cape police confiscates R7.8 million worth of illicit cigarettes in Kimberley, Kuruman and Prieska

The Northern Cape Police are reinforcing efforts to eradicate the sale and trafficking of counterfeit goods, with the focus on illicit cigarettes and tobacco products. The Provincial Organised Crime Unit and Provincial Crime Intelligence in conjunction with, the Provincial Firearm, Liquor and Second Hand Goods Unit (FLASH), the Kimberley Public Order Police (POP), the Kuruman […]
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Two Pampierstad rape accused sentenced to 18 years direct imprisonment

The South African Police Service management welcomes the sentencing handed down to two rapists, Eric Diniso and Piet Khumo Molatlhegi. On Tuesday, 14 March 2017, a 15-year-old girl was watching sangomas dancing at a house in Pampierstad, when the two accused took the victim by force, threatening her with a panga and took the victim […]
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Accused sentenced to life imprisonment for the brutal murder 8-year-old boy

The Provincial Commissioner of the SAPS in the Northern Cape, Lieutenant General Koliswa Otola welcomed the life long prison sentence handed down to Gladwin Steenkamp for the murder of an 8-year-old boy on 30 November 2022 in Kenhardt. The accused was sentenced in the High Court in Upington on 13 October 2023. The convicted murderer […]
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Municipal cashier convicted for fraud

Hangover Regional Court sentenced (44) Nomava Luwalala on Thursday, 28 September 2023. Luwalala made her first court appearance shortly after she was arrested on 01 December 2022, The accused pleaded guilty in terms of section 112 of Criminal Procedure Act 51 of 1977 on all 20 counts of fraud as charged. Hawk’s Serious Corruption Investigation […]
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Two suspects arrested with alleged proceeds of illegal diamonds

The Upington based Hawks’ Serious Organised Crime Investigation team and Springbok Public Order Policing team acted on information received of an alleged illegal miner who was about to board a minibus taxi travelling to Cape Town. The team put together a quick disruptive operation, the said minibus was identified and stopped. Upon conducting a search, […]
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Rape accused convicted and sentenced to twenty years direct imprisonment

On Tuesday, 16 June 2020 at 07:00 in Greenpoint, Kimberley, the 24-year-old female victim walked with her friend to the tuck shop. After that the victim went with her friend to her aunt’s house. Whilst standing outside, the suspect, who is the victim’s sister’s ex-boyfriend approached the victim and dragged her into the shack against […]
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Police intercepts four armed robbery suspects and confiscates stolen cash and illegal firearms

NORTHERN CAPE – The swift response by members of Springbok Public Order Policing and Springbok Highway Patrol led to them intercepting four men who allegedly committed a house robbery in Kleinsee on Saturday, 12 August 2023 during which an undisclosed amount of cash was allegedly stolen. The white Suzuki vehicle was flagged down at the […]
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Roodepan police need assistance in tracing a kidnapped child

KIMBERLEY – The Roodepan police are appealing to the public to assist in locating four-year-old Precious Oliphant, from Lerato Park informal settlement in Roodepan, Kimberley. It is reported that Precious was in the company of her eight-year-old cousin on Thursday, 27 July 2023, when a motor vehicle stopped next to them. A male occupant, light […]
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Dealing in protected plants, 2 arrested, Springbok

Two suspects aged 22 and 28, are expected to appear before Springbok Magistrate Court on Monday, 17 July 2023 for contravention of Section 57 of the National Environmental Management-Biodiversity (Nemba) Act 10 of 2004. The duo was arrested on Thursday, 13 July 2023 by a multiple disciplinary team comprising of Springbok DPCI, Upington Counter Narcotics, […]
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R3,6 million worth of dagga recovered, Nakop Border Post

The determination by the members of the South African Police Service in the ZF Mgcawu District led to a major dagga bust at Nakop Border Post in the early morning hours of Sunday, 25 June 2023. The members of Upington Border Police selected a truck for a secondary inspection during an operation at the border […]
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