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Hartbeespoort businessman arrested by HAWKS again – 24 firearms seized

Hartbeespoort businessman arrested by HAWKS again – 24 firearms seized

Left: Hartbeespoort businessman Hannes Potgieter was arrested by the HAWKS three weeks ago on another charge of illegal possession of unlicensed firearms. Hartbeespoort businessman and resident Hannes Potgieter was arrested for the second time by the [...]

Motorists wreck cars on N4 to avoid hijackings

Motorists wreck cars on N4 to avoid hijackings

A number of Hartbeespoort residents damaged their vehicles on Friday night when they drove over boulders on the N4 Pelindaba toll road that were supposedly used by hijackers to block the road. Four residents that Kormorant [...]

Mother and 2 children die in tragic accident

Mother and 2 children die in tragic accident

Left: Jade Meyer (35) with Daniel (4), Kaylyn (14) and baby Jonah. A Hartbeespoort mother (35), her 14-year-old daughter and eight-month-old son died in a tragic accident on the R511 in Melodie on Monday morning. Jade Meyer, [...]

Koop ‘n tweede of derdehandse graf in Sonop

Koop ‘n tweede of derdehandse graf in Sonop

Links:Mense word nou in grafte opgestapel in die Sonop begrafplaas. Vir R600 koop Sonop-inwoners nou ‘n ‘tweedehandse’ graf en oorledenes word sommer so bo-op ‘n ander kis in ‘n vlak graf begrawe. Weens owerhede se skynbare [...]

Uproar over Sunway development – No sewerage or water provision in place but building continues

Uproar over Sunway development – No sewerage or water provision in place but building continues

Left: One of the two “show houses” at the Sunway development in Rietfontein that were supposed to be completed by 3 May? The Sunway low cost housing development in Rietfontein has become a bone of contention [...]

Plakkers teister grondeienaar

Plakkers teister grondeienaar

Links: Plakkers wat onwettig op Dirk Kotze van Sandfontein se grond bly se huise is minder as drie meter van ‘n baie besige pad  wat verby die blomplaas en Krokodilriviermyn na Brits lei. ‘n Sandfontein grondeienaar [...]

Auditor-general  did not go look for the R3m poles,  says Madibeng

Auditor-general did not go look for the R3m poles, says Madibeng

The Madibeng Municipality’s responded to recent media reports on the auditor general’s management report and the mention of two poles worth R3 million amongst the missing assets, by saying “the auditor general never went to oukasie [...]

Primindia cleaned up by pumping sewage into river

Primindia cleaned up by pumping sewage into river

Following media enquiries and pressure by the ward councillor last week, the Madibeng Municipality stepped in to clean up die serious sewage spill in Primindia. Two of the five pump stations in the area were not [...]

No mercy for arrears,  illegal connections

No mercy for arrears, illegal connections

Left: Right: A pre-paid meter the contractors removed after it was found that it was tampered with. On top of the strict electricity cut-off actions by the Madibeng Municipality with accounts in arrears, the municipality is [...]

Family fun walk/run for Sappers Foundation

Family fun walk/run for Sappers Foundation

The Sappers Foundation, a non-profit organization in Skeerpoort collecting funds to assist the veteran and senior members of the organisation, are presenting a family fun walk/run fundraising event on Saturday. The event will start at 09:00 [...]