Residents of a North West township have to travel to town to report incidents of crime or certify documents because their police station has since ceased to operate. The satellite station in Boikhutso, outside Lichtenburg, first abandoned by police, is now a vandalised shell used by young addicts. The residents say thugs store items stolen from them inside the abandoned structure which used to service Boikhutso, Blydeville and surrounding farms.
Residents now to travel to Lichtenburg town centre to access police services. A Sowetan team visited the area and found a hollow, vandalised shell, with broken windows and stripped walls. “The vandalism has broken the trust in the SAPS.
Stolen goods end up in their abandoned building.” – Rodney Phale, a councillor The fence and gate have been torn down. There are no more doors inside. The lights have been removed while bricks are scattered on the floor.
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Outside, overgrown grass has taken over the grounds. Next to the police building stands a former satellite municipal office, which has also been destroyed. That too has inconvenienced the residents who used to rely on the office for municipal services.
A police station in Lichtenburg, North West, which was left abandoned for years has been vandalised. Residents now have to take a taxi to get to another police station. The unused building has become a drug den.
For more on the story visithttps://t.co/2YC4nI7QBIat 8pm.Video:…pic.twitter.com/UeDGZPtRUg A block away, a community hall also stands as another landmark of vandalism. Rodney Phale, a PR councillor via Patriotic Alliance in the Ditsobotla local municipality, told Sowetan the police station was abandoned without explanation.
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