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'Revised plan' for SEZ

News: 18 September 2021 By: Andries van Zyl

Interested and affected parties (IAP) have been granted an additional round of public-participation meetings to voice their objection or support for the government’s highly contentious Musina-Makhado Special Economic Zone (MMSEZ) just north of the Soutpansberg.

You promised us RDP houses, not an auction, say shack protesters

News: 17 September 2021 By Kaizer Nengovhela

In spite of legal threats by the Makhado Municipality this week, a number of people are still occupying shacks that they have erected on a piece of land about to be auctioned off. The shack builders protest against the auctioning process, saying that they have been promised that RDP houses will be built on the land.

'Dit wat sy gedoen het, het sy goed gedoen'

News: 17 September 2021 By Pétria de Vaal

‘n Hartseer familie neem afskeid van Eunice Langbehn (née Viljoen) van Louis Trichardt. Eunice is op 31 Julie 1953 in Duiwelskloof gebore en op 10 September 2021 oorlede.

Levubu-boere en munisipaliteit haaks oor kragonderbrekings

News: 17 September 2021 By Andries van Zyl

Levubu se boerderygemeenskap is nou al vir ‘n geruime tyd besig om koppe te stamp met die Makhado Munisipaliteit oor dié se skynbare traagheid om probleme met kroniese kragonderbrekings op te los.

Crocs stop cops from destroying 'Zalawi' bridge

News: 16 September 2021 By Bernard Chiguvare

The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) had to be called in after the police in Musina found themselves confronted by crocodiles during an attempt to demolish a wooden bridge that had been built illegally across the Limpopo River by smugglers.

Council ready to auction off 849 stands

News: 16 September 2021 By Anton van Zyl

The Makhado Municipality intends to sell 849 vacant residential and business stands by public auction. The stands are in two newly established townships, just south of Pretorius Street in Louis Trichardt and adjacent to Tshikota Extension 1. The auction is scheduled to take place between 24 September (09:00) and 27 September (09:00).

Unieke erkenning van TLU SA aan vroue-landbouer

News: 12 September 2021 By Andries van Zyl

‘n Unieke eer het plaaslike TLU SA-lid Erika Helm van die Bo-Brakrivier Boerevereniging (Vivo) te beurt geval, toe sy die organisasie se Nico Killian-trofee ontvang het as Landboupersoonlikheid van die Jaar. Die toekenning is aan haar gemaak tydens die TLU SA se jaarlikse kongres wat virtueel op 1 September gehou is.

Fibre is here – but how much do I need?

News: 11 September 2021 By Anton van Zyl

The past year saw a flurry of activities from Internet service providers, with a number of them digging trenches and installing a fibre network in Louis Trichardt. Three of the companies have activated their fibre networks and are offering packages to mostly home users. This, of course, means that consumers now have a choice, but making a decision may not be that easy.

Tannie Lettie het in haar 93 jaar diep spore getrap

News: 10 September 2021 By Pétria de Vaal

‘n Geliefde legende van die Soutpansberg, tannie Lettie Mostert, is op 2 September aan hartversaking in die ouderdom van 93 jaar oorlede. Haar kleinseun, Sybrand, het vir die laaste bykans 10 jaar na haar omgesien.

Virus steel ook hoop

News: 10 September 2021 By Denise van Bergen

Covid-19 is ‘n nare realiteit wat homself soos ‘n nat kombers om die aarde kom vou het. Of jy nou glo dat die coronavirus ‘n feit of ‘n klug is, almal word op een of ander wyse hierdeur geraak.