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Burglars target 2 clinics Service to community disrupted Teboho Setena BURGLARIES at two primary health-care clinics in the Kutlwanong township near Odendaalsrus continue to cripple delivery of service to the community. Criminals dealing in copper and electrical cables staged daring break-ins at night at the two clinics, Phedisanang in K4 and Boithusong in Block 4. The Department of Health has incurred huge losses because of these burglaries. Efforts by Vista in getting the department’s comment regarding the value of the damaged properties and the cost of replacements were futile. During the weekend of 19 to 21 March, criminals struck twice at the Boithusong clinic, ransacking the building and stripping copper cables, steel pipes and taps. Some windows and doors were badly damaged. The burglary followed the one that occurred a month ago at the Phedisanang Clinic. To gain access to the two clinics, the burglars broke through part of the roof from the outside, after which they found their way through the ceiling to reach their targets. The worrying thing about the burglaries is that they occurred right under the noses of contracted security and of members of the community, as well as the nearby Kutlwanong Police Station. The burglaries have caused frustration among scores of patients who had to return home without receiving treatment and who also have had to wait in long queues outside the facilities to be served. The nurses at the clinic are equally affected, as their workload has also increased. The workload includes re-registration of patients and the opening of new record files after several of these were found soaked in water coming from the
BURGLARS did considerable damage to the ceiling in the Boithusong Clinic’s waiting area. Photos: Teboho Setena broken taps and the geyser. Informed sources told Vista that in 2014 the Boithusong Clinic was also targeted by criminals who caused the same type of damage. Repairs to the building following these burglaries were completed in October last year. “With a repeat of that burglary, we are again going to struggle to get quality service,” said a distressed patient. Lt. Malebo Khosana, the Thabong police spokesperson, said health facilities were not specifically targeted. He said criminals targeted water pipes, taps, electric cables and copper fittings during all
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Teboho Setena APPROXIMATELY 366 illegal miners appeared in the Welkom Magistrate’s Court on charges relating to illicit gold mining and illegal immigration into South Africa. The suspects, mostly men, are currently locked up in different Free State prisons, since police holding cells in Welkom, Odendaalsrus and Virginia are overcrowded. Capt. Stephen Thakeng, the Welkom
police spokesperson, said the suspects, mostly foreign nationals, were busted over a period of two weeks at various disused mine shafts within the Goldfields. He said the arrests followed after networking with mine security companies placed at disused mine shafts. The illegal miners are charged with trespassing, illicit gold
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surface because of methane gas underground. No fatalities had been reported after the spread of the deadly gas through Goldfields’ disused mine shafts. Thakeng said the latest group of illegal miners could be the largest that have been apprehended so far. Previous figures ranged between 150 and 200. He said some of the zama-zamas had been admitted to hospitals for treatment following their arrests. The trial started on Wednesday, 23 March.
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mining, attempt to mine illegally on mine property and illegal immigration into South Africa. Police findings revealed that the suspects originated from Lesotho, Mozambique and Zimbabwe. Thakeng said the illegal miners, commonly known as zama-zamas, had been busted when they had been forced to come to the
SCORES of patients waited in a queue at the Phedisanang Clinic, which is current ly under repair after a spate of burglaries.
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burglaries. “No arrests have yet been made,” said Khosana. Meanwhile the minister of Police, Nkosinathi Nhleko, is set to meet the community of Kutlwanong on Friday (01/04) to address the rampant crime issues that affect them. Residents of Kutlwanong and different non-government organisations are invited to this fact-finding meeting to be held at the Kutlwanong High School from 11:00 to 14:00. Minister Nhleko will be accompanied by Butana Komphela, the Free State MEC of Police, Roads and Transport.
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