One of the first victims of the coronavirus, Prof Gita Ramjee, has several family links to Louis Trichardt. Her husband, Praveen Ramjee, was born here and grew up in the town.
Towns and business centres in the Vhembe District were busy on Monday morning, with taxis ferrying commuters to and from various areas. At face value, no lockdown was in place, and long rows of people could be spotted in Louis Trichardt and Thohoyandou’s central business district. Most of the activity was, however, caused by the earlier South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) pay-outs.
The spokesperson of the Musina Local Municipality, Mr Wilson Dzebu, said essential services would not be interrupted during the entire lockdown period.
Kittie de Bruin, bestuurder by Ons Tuiste Ouetehuis op Louis Trichardt, is Sondag tydens ‘n middagete-funksie bedank en geprys vir haar 30 jaar van diens in die gemeenskap.
Although some people might have suspected that President Cyril Ramaphosa would announce a total lockdown of South Africa, it still came as a wake-up call to many regarding the seriousness of the coronavirus, with Limpopo having confirmed four cases and more than 700 cases nationally by Wednesday morning.
Verskeie van Louis Trichardt se besighede is oop gedurende die 21-dae inperkingsperiode. Dié besighede verskaf noodsaaklike items soos voedsel of brandstof, terwyl ander weer belangrike ondersteunende dienste verskaf.
Residents from neighbouring countries were left stranded at the Beitbridge border post since midnight on Thursday, 26 March, when the lockdown regulations came into effect and the border closed.
SANParks just announced that they have recorded their first positive COVID-19 case in the Kruger National Park (KNP).
Hard times lie ahead for local businesses, following President Cyril Ramaphosa’s announcement that South Africa will go into total lockdown as from midnight on Thursday, 26 March.
What our government is doing now may be difficult to accept and understand by many of us. This step is brutal, and it will destroy thousands of businesses, it will leave hundreds of thousands of workers without an income and it will cause disruptions such as we have never experienced before.
