POTCHEFSTROOM – Seven trespassing and illegal hunting accused are expected to reappear in court on Tuesday, 30 September 2025. The accused: David Lefifi (52), Alphious Gaolaolwe (29), Tlogelang Mmono (39), Lebogang Lefifi (44), Mpho Mathakathata (38), Daniel Lefifi (32), and Bareng Lefifi (22) were granted R500,00 bail each upon their first appearance before the Atamelang Magistrate’s Court on Monday, 1 September 2025.
All accused persons were arrested in the early hours of Saturday morning, 30 August 2025, in Setlagole after the police were called to a farm where the suspects were found restrained by farm owners. The police allegedly found seven dead duiker buck with an estimated value of R35 000,00 loaded in a Nissan NP200 bakkie. A hunting rifle with silencer were also seized.
The Acting Provincial Commissioner of North West, Major General Patrick Asaneng said: “In an effort to create a safe and secure environment within communities, the SAPS has developed and implemented strategies such as the Community Policing and Rural Safety Strategies especially among farmers, tribal authorities, and adjacent communities.
These strategies are intended to promote peaceful co-existence and respect not only of individual rights but also for the rule of law. The SAPS is therefore, calling upon members of the public and communities living adjacent to or near farms, including game farms, not to trespass or to hunt for game or collect firewood, without the permission or approval as such actions are prohibited by the law.”