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Task team established to help Uni Lim students

This follows unrest by the students after several students have been robbed at off campus residence.

LIMPOPO – Police spokesperson Brigadier Motlafela Mojapelo says the task team was established in an effort to confront criminals hellbent on terrorizing the students of the University of Limpopo residing outside campus.

Mojapelo explained that there were several house robberies which took place over the weekend around Mankweng in which seven students residing off campus fell victim.

The following were taken over the weekend:
• Four laptops
• Seven cellphones
• R500 cash

Earlier this year, two suspects were nabbed during an operation in Mankweng and firearms as well as stolen properties recovered.

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“The recent spate of robberies in Mankweng are already on the radar of the provincial task team comprising of a crime intelligence coordination task team and Mankweng detectives,” says Mojapelo

Anyone with information is requested to contact Col Angie Maloma  of SAPS Mankweng at 082 565 8524

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Raeesa Sempe

Raeesa Sempe is a Caxton Award-winning Digital Editor with nine years’ experience in the industry. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Media Studies from the University of the Witwatersrand and started her journey as a community journalist for the Polokwane Review in 2015. She then became the online journalist for the Review in 2016 where she excelled in solidifying the Review’s digital footprint through Facebook lives, content creation and marketing campaigns. Raeesa then moved on to become the News Editor of the Bonus Review in 2019 and scooped up the Editorial Employee of the Year award in the same year. She is the current Digital Editor of the Polokwane Review-Observer, a position she takes pride in. Raeesa is married with one child and enjoys spending time with friends, listening to music and baking – when she has the time. “I still believe that if your aim is to change the world, journalism is a more immediate short-term weapon." – Tom Stoppard

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