{"id":990,"date":"2026-06-06T06:06:41","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T06:06:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/northwestunlocked.co.za\/?p=990"},"modified":"2026-06-06T06:12:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T06:12:12","slug":"lethabong-community-questions-police-clarification-on-torched-vehicle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northwestunlocked.co.za\/index.php\/2026\/06\/06\/lethabong-community-questions-police-clarification-on-torched-vehicle\/","title":{"rendered":"Lethabong Community Questions Police Clarification on Torched Vehicle!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WHILE police have confirmed that the vehicle torched by residents in Lethabong belongs to a fibre company, some community members say they remain unconvinced by the explanation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Residents claim the occupants of the vehicle had not introduced themselves to community leadership or informed the community about any fibre-related work in the area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They further allege that the vehicle was not clearly branded or identifiable as belonging to a fibre company.Community members also allege that a child was struck by the vehicle before it attempted to leave the area, an incident that heightened tensions among residents and contributed to the confrontation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Police spokesperson Colonel Adele Myburgh has maintained that the unmarked vehicle belongs to a fibre company. However, residents are calling for further clarification regarding the identity of the occupants, the nature of their work in the area, and the circumstances surrounding the incident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At this stage, the allegations made by community members on kidnappings have not been independently verified, and police investigations are ongoing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Police have not confirmed any arrest at this stage. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Myburgh said the vehicle was burnt by disgruntled community members. The allegations of kidnapping can not be confirmed. The torched vehicle is an unmarked vehicle, belonging to a fiber company, that are busy installing fiber in Lethabong.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WHILE police have confirmed that the vehicle torched by residents in Lethabong belongs to a<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":991,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-990","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-top-banner"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/northwestunlocked.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG-20260606-WA0008.jpg",960,1135,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/northwestunlocked.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG-20260606-WA0008-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/northwestunlocked.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG-20260606-WA0008-254x300.jpg",254,300,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/northwestunlocked.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG-20260606-WA0008-768x908.jpg",640,757,true],"large":["https:\/\/northwestunlocked.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG-20260606-WA0008-866x1024.jpg",640,757,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/northwestunlocked.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG-20260606-WA0008.jpg",960,1135,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/northwestunlocked.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG-20260606-WA0008.jpg",960,1135,false],"chromenews-featured":["https:\/\/northwestunlocked.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG-20260606-WA0008.jpg",960,1135,false],"chromenews-large":["https:\/\/northwestunlocked.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG-20260606-WA0008-825x575.jpg",825,575,true],"chromenews-medium":["https:\/\/northwestunlocked.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG-20260606-WA0008-590x410.jpg",590,410,true]},"author_info":{"display_name":"Masego Senosi","author_link":"https:\/\/northwestunlocked.co.za\/index.php\/author\/msenosi\/"},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/northwestunlocked.co.za\/index.php\/category\/top-banner\/\" rel=\"category tag\">News<\/a>","tag_info":"News","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/northwestunlocked.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/990","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/northwestunlocked.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/northwestunlocked.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/northwestunlocked.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/northwestunlocked.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=990"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/northwestunlocked.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/990\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":993,"href":"https:\/\/northwestunlocked.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/990\/revisions\/993"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/northwestunlocked.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/991"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/northwestunlocked.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=990"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/northwestunlocked.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=990"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/northwestunlocked.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}