Confiscated Items By: Neo Ntsele In an ongoing initiative to eliminate counterfeit and illegal goods from the streets, the Free State Provincial Illicit Goods Task Team, along with the Search and Rescue: Diving Unit, Provincial Emergency Service, Corporate Communication and Liaison, under the leadership of Colonel Aletta Molefe from the Inspectorate, carried out a search and seizure warrant as part of the Safer Festive Season Operation Shanela II - POCC Intervention. The oper

By: Neo Ntsele Lieutenant General Solly Lesia, the Provincial Commissioner of the South African Police Service (SAPS) in the Free State, and Major General Mokgadi Bokaba, the Provincial Head of the Hawks, have expressed their approval of the sentencing of 31-year-old Lebohang Mokatedi and his company, Lebohang Society and Financial Credit Service (Pty) Ltd, by the Bloemfontein Regional Court on Thursday, 15 October 2026. They praised the investigative team, which included the

By: Neo Ntsele A 43-year-old woman is set to appear soon before the Koffiefontein Magistrates’ Court on an attempted murder charge. This follows allegations that she stabbed a 45-year-old woman multiple times with a knife after an argument at a tavern in Koffiefontein. It is reported that on Sunday, 11 October 2026, the victim, Magdeline Mokoaledi, was sitting with two friends at a popular drinking establishment on Ntsane Street, Ditlhake Location, Koffiefontein, when the sus