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Heads to roll in municipality
Left: Madibeng mayor Poppy Magongwa and COGTA Minister Richard Baloyi. The mayor’s name is also mentioned in the report. At least four heads in the Madibeng municipal leadership are to roll. Minister of Cooperative Governance and [...]
Municipal workers thrive on overtime
It is definitely worth their while for municipal workers at the Madibeng Municipality to work overtime. You can earn more than R30 000 a month just by putting in a couple of hours extra work time. [...]
‘Madibeng maak van Brits ‘n spookdorp’
Die Demockratiese Alliansie (DA) in Noordwes het die Madibeng Munisipali-teit die week beskuldig dat hulle besig is om van Brits ‘n bouvallige spookdorp te maak. “Die munisipaliteit het weer bewys dat instandhouding nie by hom ‘n [...]
First electricity, now water disconnections
The Madibeng Municipality is not only disconnecting electricity due to accounts in arrears, a number of residents also found themselves with literally only drops of water after water disconnections were implemented this week. According to the [...]
Reconnection fees even for the innocent
Hartbeespoort residents are up in arms about reconnection fees charged on their electricity bills, even though their electricity was not disconnected. In other cases even pre-paid electricity connections were cut. A reconnection fee was charged on [...]
Madibeng does not want to use R1m to buy rescue boat – tender already awarded to Brits business
Although the Madibeng Municipality received R1 million to buy a rescue boat last year, it has now decided to use the money to buy a rescue vehicle instead, even after a tender had been awarded to [...]
National Treasury withdraw Madibeng funding
During a council meeting last week the Madibeng mayor announced that the National Treasury has withdrawn R76 million that was part of the Treasury’s Equitable Share to the Municipality. And an additional R35 million that was [...]
National Treasury withdraw Madibeng funding
During a council meeting last week the Madibeng mayor announced that the National Treasury has withdrawn R76 million that was part of the Treasury’s Equitable Share to the Municipality. And an additional R35 million that was [...]
Brits dirty water problems
Left: This water coming from the sand filters should be clear. Brits residents have been experiencing ‘dirty’ water as well as a shortage in some areas for more than a week now. The Madibeng municipality blames [...]
Madibeng solves problems ‘roots and all’
Left: St Monica Street disaster area Is it time, is it money, or is it just that the Madibeng Municipality does not care? There is drama again at the business centre in St Monica Street in [...]




Motorists wreck cars on N4 to avoid hijackings
My sister drove over rocks with her BMW tonight on the same stretch of
Slang in die Gras
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Slang in die Gras
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Dam al weer vrot
I hear that they are going to put Traffic Lights on the dam to Stop th