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Hartbeespoort Dam, cleanest bill of health in years
According to the department of water affairs the Hartbeespoort Dam enters 2013 with the cleanest bill of health in years. Harties Metsi a Me spokesperson Gerard Smit said the Hartbeespoort Dam integrated biological remediation programme has [...]
Are we all not to blame?
by Deon van Huizen The tragic death of a young boy left the local community in shock. And anger. But could this tragedy have been prevented? Why did nobody see that there was something terribly wrong [...]
The day America died
By Rick van Rossum Oh yes, millions are in mourning. We’ve just seen the most expensive election in the history of the world, it cost $6 billion in cash, that’s more than 50 billion Rand. It [...]
Special Interest Groups…
with Rick van Rossum Not that they are that Special, just that I often think about them, specially. You know, like Local Authorities, Traffic Departments, Government, Eskom, Telkom, Licence Departments, Banks, all my favourites. I have [...]
Lack of skills responsible for power outages
Left: The vandalised new Ifafi sub-station that has never been in use. The much needed rain caused havoc in electricity supply in some areas of Hartbeespoort last week. First a feeder line from Tshwane was struck [...]
Donderdag
Something Rotten by Deon van Huizen I have fond memories of how I battled through “Hamlet” – taught by a teacher who disliked the “Rooinekke” immensely and had a bigger interest in the length of the [...]
More investigations into fraudulent Madibeng housing
A full investigation is to be conducted on allegations regarding fraudulent housing related issues and public safety concerns raised by Madibeng residents, the North West MEC for Human Settlements, Public Safety and Liaison, Nono Maloyi announced [...]
All for love of newborns
Cuddling cute little babies is something that Hartbeespoort based photographer Natasha Whiteley Rough loves doing and capturing special moments featuring these newborns is a passion which has earned her wide respect and appreciation, especially from parents. [...]
Court orders councillor be reinstated
The North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria yesterday ordered that the suspended Madibeng municipal councillor Leon Basson be reinstated and that the Madibeng Municipality and the Speaker pay the costs of the application. The High Court [...]
“Don’t touch our constitution”
Left: They are ‘protesting’ again. The owner and staff of a restaurant in Hartbeespoort have once again donned their black T-shirts with slogans. This time they are protesting the threat to South Africa’s constitution and are inviting [...]




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
Ons het nogal gewonder waaroor die artikel gaan, maar nou is dit duide
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