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Teboho Setena

LT GEN. THABETHE MPEMBE, Free State

police commissioner, has called for a

complete shutdown of dysfunctional mine

shafts in the Goldfields, as well as the

tightening of security at such shafts.

He expressed these strong sentiments last

Tuesday at the media briefing in Welkom

following the polices intensive anti-illicit

gold crackdown which resulted in the

busting of about 38 illegal gold dealers.

The suspects were arrested in the Gold-

fields towns of Welkom, Virginia and

Odendaalsrus by the joint task team compris-

ing Crime Intelligence, the Tactical Response

Team, as well as the Mining Industry and

Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation

(DPCI), also known as the Hawks.

The suspects, some of whom have been

identified as foreigners from Mozambique,

Zambia and Zimbabwe, began appearing in

the Welkom Magistrates Court last Thurs-

day. They are facing charges of illegally

dealing in gold.

What needs to be done, is to completely

close down unused mine shafts and beef-up

security there, as some people have been

requesting. These shafts are a fertile ground

for criminals and elicit gold syndicates,

Mpembe said.

Integrated forces that will include the

Department of Mineral Resources and local

municipality, as well as the police, have to

come together in closing down these shafts

and also demolish all unoccupied mine

hostels which are used to harbour criminals

and illegal gold dealers.

We are confident we are making signifi-

cant progress in dealing with the challenge

of illicit gold mining in the region.

Mpembe said the busting of 38 suspected

gold dealers, including underground diggers,

was a breakthrough in curbing illicit gold

that has also seen police officers involved.

The arrest of the suspected illegal gold

dealers was preceded by the busting of 25

people, which included 19 police officers and

6 civilians in the Goldfields town mid-Sep-

tember. They are facing charges ranging

from corruption to money laundering.

Mpembe attributes the success in arrests

to the ability of the anti-crime system of the

law enforcement agencies.

The arrest of civilians, illegal gold

dealers syndicates and members of the

police who we believe have been colluding in

illicit gold crimes is an indication that we

have improved ways of detecting criminals.

We are improving in all methods of

investigation and use of technology to break

into the sophisticated methods of crime

syndicates. We are very confident that we

are going to get to the bottom of illicit gold

mining and dealing in the Free State. It is a

fact that crime syndicates use sophisticated

means too in their mission.

The police have further clammed down on

suspected illegal gold dealers, impounding

their various luxury vehicles, some of which

are believed to have been utilized in the

transit of gold and purchased with cash

generated from elicit gold transactions.

Butana Komphela, MEC for Police, Roads

and Transport, said they were gunning for

the kingpins.

More arrests will follow. The public will

see what luxurious lives these people live in

their houses when the Asset Forfeiture Unit

confiscates their assets, said Komphela.

Close these shafts down

Mpembe lauds strides made in curbing illicit gold dealing

CRACKDOWN: Representatives of the Free State police law enforcement are from the left Butana Komphela, MEC for Police, Roads

and Transport, Lt Gen. Thabethe Mpembe, Free State police commissioner, and Maj. Gen. Lerato Molale, Thabong Cluster commander.

Here they are inspecting impounded vehicles of suspected gold dealers at the Virginia pound. Photo: Teboho Setena

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NEWS

THE Womens Network of the Lejweleput-

swa region, comprising members of

various law-enforcement agencies, reflected

on strides made this year at a gala dinner

held at the Goldfields Casino last Friday.

In attendance were members of the

South African Police Service (SAPS), units

of Matjhabeng Security, Traffic and

By-Law Enforcement, Fire and Rescue, as

well as the Provincial Departments of

Traffic and Correctional Services. The

Emergency Medical Services also attended.

Apart from acknowledging the achieve-

ments reached during 2014, the women

celebrated and appreciated womanhood.

Women attending the event were encour-

aged to continue with the mammoth task

of carrying responsibility in the communi-

ty. Speakers included Apaphia Modise,

provincial champion brigadier, and

Mathabo Leeto, MEC for Sport, Arts,

Culture and Recreation.

Women as law enforcement officials

play a vital role in the social and mental

health of our communities. A big responsi-

bility rests on their shoulders, said Col

Cynthia Molale of the Thabong Cluster

Womens Network.

Women work long hours in difficult and

dangerous environments, ensuring that the

communities of Lejweleputswa are safe

and secure. They also carry the responsi-

bility of being mothers, wives and sisters

who take care of their families.

Further encouraging the women, Modise

emphasised the importance for women to

study further.

Women must study in order to be in

strategic positions in the police ranks,

said Modise.

She also highlighted the significance of

womens dress code in the work place.

Women must stand together against

the rape of women and children, Leeto

said.

Women must appreciate the way they

are and their looks.

Also gracing the occasion were Jemina

Mtimkulu, representative of the Free State

Department of Education, and Rito Madin-

gana, the newly-crowned Vista Miss

Goldfields 2014.

Womens role in community saluted

COL CYNTHIA MOLALE of the Thabong Cluster Womens Network and Rito Madingana,

Vista Miss Goldfields 2014. Photos: Supplied

JEMINA MTIMKULU, representative of the Free State Department of Education, and Brig.

Apaphia Modise at the Womens Network of Lejweleputswas gala dinner.

Farmers murder suspect in court

One of the murder suspects of the

Odendaalsrus farmer Pule Joseph

Motsamai is expected to re-appear in the

Odendaalsrus Magistrates Court on 21

November while the police are still

looking for four accomplices who are still

on the run. He is facing charges of

murder, house robbery and rape. The

suspect is one of the five men wanted

regarding the killing of the 69-year-old

farmer, robbery and the alleged rape of

five daughters of his on 30 October. The

Hawks caught Motsamai earlier this

month thus making a breakthrough in

the crime in which the assailants shot

the deceased three times and thereafter

allegedly sexually assaulted the de-

ceaseds daughters.

Capt. Stephen Thakeng, spokesperson

of the Welkom police, said the attackers

had taken the deceaseds belongings, a

safe with an undisclosed amount of cash,

revolver and a vehicle which they had

used to flee after the brutal attack. The

vehicle was found abandoned on the

Erdeel Road towards Thabong in

Welkom. Anyone with information

helpful in the arrest of the four suspects

and their prosecution and conviction,

must contact the investigative officer,

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