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Mom allegedly poisons husband and six kids after domestic dispute then commits suicide Share Johannesburg - A North West woman is believed to have poisoned herself, husband and their six children following a domestic dispute. A Community Police Forum members alerted police and paramedics about the incident. By the time paramedics arrived at the family’s house in Vaalbank, just outside Coligny, the mother and the four children – the youngest of whom was two-months-old were dead. The f...

News24 Wire Police say it is believed that after the family went to bed on Saturday, the mother allegedly drank poison and threw pesticide all over the house. Picture: iStock A mother and four of her children died in an apparent murder-suicide in the North West following an argument. The 38-year-old mother and four sons, aged two months to 15 years, were found ...

WOMAN ARRESTED FOR BOYFRIEND’S MURDER! Sun Reporter . A 49-YEAR-OLD woman is expected to appear in the Schweizer-Reneke Magistrates Court on Monday, 10 May on a charge of murder. The woman was arrested on Friday for allegedly murdering her 37-year-old boyfriend. The police were called to the couple’s place in Charon squatter camp where the man was found inside the house with a stab wound to his chest. He was declared dead on the scene by par...

Myburgh said:  Toxicology tests are still going to be done, but the poison found on the scene is in a pellet form. It is believed that it is a pesticide that emits a poisonous gas when it gets in contact with water. She threw the pesticide in the house and they inhaled the fumes in their sleep. Police are investigating four cases of murder. Investigations into the matter are continuing, and postmortems will confirm the cause of death.  The North West Acting Provincial Commissioner, Major-Gene...

North West cop sentenced to three years for demanding bribe from drunk driver 05 May 2021 - 07:17 By Nomahlubi Sonjica A former North West police officer was sentenced to three years for accepting a bribe from a drunk driver. Image: REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko A former North West police officer has been sentenced to three years’ imprisonment for demanding a bribe from a drunk driver. Thabang Louis Monyane was sentenced for corruption by the Schweizer-Reneke regional court...

The teacher who was stabbed is in ICU.  Education MEC Mmaphefo Matsemela will visit the school on Tuesday. The first day at a North West school got off to a bloody start on Monday after a teacher allegedly stabbed a female colleague. According to provincial education department spokesperson Elias Malindi, a 64-year-old male teacher from Tolamo Primary School in Letlhakaneng, Brits, allegedly stabbed a 47-year-old female colleague at Tshefoge Primary School in Vaalboschloot.  Malindi said Tsh...

TEACHER ARRESTED FOR ALLEGEDLY STABBING COLLEAGUE! News24.com Photo Credit: SAPS/Twitter. The first day at a North West school got off to a bloody start on Monday after a teacher allegedly stabbed a female colleague. According to provincial education department spokesperson Elias Malindi, a 64-year-old male teacher from Tolamo Primary School in Letlhakaneng, Brits, allegedly stabbed a 47-year-old female colleague at Tshefoge Primary School in Vaalbos...

Three in court for murder of Hartbeespoort farm security guard 13 April 2021 - 11:41 Three men were arrested in connection with the murder of a security guard on a farm in Remhoogte near Hartbeespoort Dam in the North West. Stock photo. Image: SUHAIB SALEM Three men who allegedly murdered a security guard during a robbery at a farm near Hartbeespoort Dam have appeared in the Brits magistrate’s court. Just after midnight last Wednesday the body of security guard Samu...

Police crack down on Klerksdorp gangs, 7 arrested 11 April 2021 - 12:12 Image: 123RF/scanrail More than a month after a group of alleged gangsters stormed the Jouberton police station outside Klerksdorp in North West, police arrested seven suspects for a spate of  gang-related crimes perpetrated in the informal settlement in February. The arrests last week were the result of a crime intelligence-driven operation by a multidisciplinary team that included detectives, tactical re...

JEALOUSY BURNS DOWN LODGE! Lobisa Suping lost her dream business, Mill Lane Lodge, over alleged racism. . LOBISA Suping says she invested her money into a project for eight years, only for it to be destroyed in the blink of an eye. The 28-year-old from Brits in North West was a part owner of Mill Lane Lodge, which was burnt down in January in a racially motivated incident. Lobisa, who was the 2013 SunBabe winner, told Daily Sun she saved money during her years of modelling a...