Two House Robberies in Welverdiend
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P3 2 www.carletonvilleherald.com Carletonville Herald 6 Augustus 2020 Meesterbrein gesoek Die Herald het oor verskeie gebeure Rekenaartoerusting is ook by Rock- het die polisie verlaat aangesien in sy uitgawe van 20 jaar gelede berig. land Primary School gesteel. hy meer tyd aan sy sakebelange Die meesterbrein agter die moontli- ‘n Skoonmaker by Hoërskool wil bestee. Hy en ‘n vennoot het ke rekenaarsindikaat wat die afgelope Wonderfontein wou die vorige Vrydag onlangs Gladiator Sekuriteit op twee maande toerusting van bykans omstreeks 06:00 glo die skool se die dorp tot stand gebring. Die dag is ten bate van Senatus gehou R500 000 by veral skole en groot hekke oopsluit toe hy twee verdagte “’n Deel van my sal altyd by die en ‘n verskeidenheid twee- en vierwie- ondernemings in Carletonville gesteel mans gesien het. Een van die mans polisiediens agterbly, want dis nie iets le het hul staal gewys. Van luukse het, word dag en nag deur die polisie het ‘n vuurwapen op hom gerig toe hy wat ‘n mens sommer agter jou kan sedans tot kontrepsies wat jy liefs nie gejag. wou weet wat hulle daar doen. Hulle plaas nie,” sê hy. op ‘n openbvare pad wil sien nie, het ‘n Vermoede bestaan dat ‘n sindi- het aan hom gesê hy praat te veel, Volgens hom was hy bevoorreg om teen mekaar en teen hulself meege- kaat moontlik vir die inbrake verant- waarna hy spore gemaak het. bevel oor ‘n span uitmuntende speur- ding. woordelik is, aangesien dieselfde Die skoonmaker het by ‘n lid van ders te kon hê. Dié tak is beslis een Die topsnelheid van die dag, ‘n werkswyse gevolg word. Rekenaartoe- die publiek om hulp gaan aanklop en van die heel bestes in die land,” het indrukwekkende 274km/h, is deur ‘n rusting ter waarde van R495 000 is die polisie is ontbied. hy gesê. 1300 Suzuki met Dougie Leach op sy die afgelope tyd by Laerskool Jong- Die bevelvoerder van die speurtak Snelhede wat enige ‘spietkop’ se ‘rug’, behaal. Die vinnigste motor was span, Hoërskool Wonderfontein, in Carletonville het ná 14 jaar diens hare orent sal laat staan, is aangete- ‘n Ford Sierra met Stoffel du Plooy Elandsrand Goudmyn, Igolide Health in die polisie ontslag geneem. ken tydens die onlangse straatresies agter die stuur, wat ‘n ewe asemsnak- Services, Oos-Driefontein goudmyn se Supt. Pottie Potgieter was sedert wat in Haulagestraat in Carletonville kende 224km/h behaal het. tydkantoor en Corobrik gesteel. 1994 bevelvoerder by die tak, maar se nuwe industriële gebied gehou is. Wild animals are not pets Adele Louw The Carletonville SPCA wants to spread the message that wild animals are not pets. According to one of the organisation’s inspectors, Mr DJ White, he had his hands full with residents who illegally kept a meerkat pair last week. Meerkats are indigenous wild animals and may not be kept without a special permit. When White went to the offenders’ home and identified himself, the people refused to let him in. He was forced to The Samwu members who donated to the community at St John's Church last week, with representatives of the church contact the Green Scorpions for assist- and other supporters. ance as such problems also fell under their jurisdiction. The Green Scorpions obtained a warrant and forced the owner to hand Union donates to the community the two little animals over to them. The meerkats were immediately taken to a Adele Louw Goitsemodimo centre for the disabled in Kokosi. wildlife rehabilitation centre and the “We added the sanitary pads as the church helps owner was fined. The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) assisted many young girls who do not have money to go to White warns that no one may keep the disadvantaged people in several areas this the shops. We are giving the other goods so that indigenous wildlife as pets, whether furry week. disadvantaged people can also adhere to the rules mammals, reptiles like turtles or snakes On Thursday, 30 July, members gathered at the of what is now the “new normal” to stop Covid-19,” or smaller creatures like spiders. If St John’s Church at New Mandela in Khutsong to says Mgengo. caught, offenders may be fined or prose- hand over sanitary towels, face masks and She added that the NUM has also made other cuted and could even face prison time sanitiser. donations in areas like Mphahla Village near East for the offence. According to the deputy chairperson in the Driefontein. Anyone who needs more information union’s Carletonville region, Ms Phumeza Mgengo, The union also helps various communities in can call the SPCA at 018 788 6262. this was one of several such donations in the area areas like Limpopo, North West and the Eastern Their kennels in Beerster Street are open made with the assistance of a local businessman. Cape, and neighbouring countries like Lesotho and from 09:00 to 14:00 on weekdays. On the same day, the group proceeded to the Swaziland through the MDA (Mine Workers’ Deve- Carletonville Home-Based Care group and the lopment Agency), which is also part of the NUM. 6 Augustus 2020 Carletonville Herald www.carletonvilleherald.com 3 Carletonville makes national police crime list Adele Louw the numbers have been climbing property-related crimes and 28th for crimes, 19th for malicious damage ever since. theft out of or from motor vehicles. to property and 30th for all theft not Carletonville is the only police The police stations in our area are Randfontein is second on the nation- named elsewhere. Vereeniging is precinct in the area to have made it Carletonville, Fochville, Khutsong al record for cash in transit robbery, 26th on the list for truck hijacking. onto a national crime list released and Wedela. Although there is also a fourth for kidnapping, 11th for According to the website, Crime this week. police station in Welverdiend, it is assault to do grievous bodily harm Stats SA, there were a total of 4,033 The statistics for 2019/2020 were only considered to be a satellite (GBH), 28th for contact crimes crimes reported in the Carletonville officially released on 31 July and station of Carletonville. (attempted murder, murder, rape, policing precinct during the past covered all the crimes for which Some of our neighbouring towns common assault and assault GBH, year. offenders can be prosecuted. The fared much worse, however. 20th for common assault, 27th for Meanwhile, there were 2,475 national police service did not Potchefstroom ranks 16th on the community-reported serious crimes, reported cases in Khutsong, 1,957 release all the crime statistics of list for commercial crimes, 24th for 23rd on the list for contact-related in Fochville and only 541 in Wedela. each police station but released the lists of the top-30 police stations with the highest number of a speci- fic type of crime. The Carletonville police station came in at number 20 on the list for the 30 police stations in the country with the highest number of cases for people driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs. Some 489 of these cases were reported during the past year, which was 36 per cent higher than the previous year. There has also been a steady increase in these cases over the past 10 years. The station with the most incidents in this category was Dur- ban Central with 2,562 reported cases during the past year. Driving under the influence of these sub- stances is classified as a crime detected as a result of police action. Such crimes are usually not repor- ted by the public but only get on the books after the police apprehend suspects. Other crimes in this category are the illegal possession of firearms and ammunition, drug-rela- ted crimes and sexual offences detected as a result of police action. In the 2010/2011 police year, only The various special operations in the Carletonville area during the past year also contributed to the high number of arrests of people 138 such cases were reported, but driving under the influence of substances. Many questions over murdered man Two house Adele Louw confirmed that the patient had died house number he gave does not after being stabbed in the chest. exist in Blybank,” says Nagel. He The Carletonville police are They say the deceased was dropped added that a police visit to the robberies in looking for information on a man off by a man in a white Mazda who town did not yield any new infor- who was murdered in the past did not identify himself. mation. week. It is also not clear who the mur- Nagel is looking for any inform- Welverdiend According to the investigating dered man is or where he comes ation that could lead him to the Adele Louw office, Sgt Jacques Nagel, he was from.