Die vinnige optrede van lede van die landelike veiligheidstrukture het vanoggend daartoe gelei dat drie mans wat verbind word met ‘n plaasaanval in die Legkraal-omgewing slegs ure ná die aanval aangekeer kon word.
Die grendeltyd het aan baie inwoners die geleentheid gebied om ‘n bietjie huis skoon te maak. Op hierdie manier is dikwels ou skatte ontdek of net weer opnuut afgestof en bewonder – iets waarvoor bedrywige mense normaalweg nie altyd tyd het nie.
Te midde van die wêreldwye histerie rondom die Covid-19 pandemie blyk dit dat baie mense vergeet het van veel erger siektes, soos die virus wat hondsdolheid veroorsaak en ‘n feitlik 100% sterftesyfer onder mense het.
Die grendeltyd en die gepaardgaande swak ekonomiese klimaat noop mense om soms uit desperaatheid items op Facebook en elders te verkoop om hul finansies aan te vul.
A reporter of the Limpopo Mirror/Zoutpansberger has been warned that he will be harmed unless he stops digging into the affairs of a lottery beneficiary.
The Covid-19 outbreak continues to disrupt every aspect of everyday life, and this week brought the news that the Makhado Municipality and Makhado Fire Station had to be closed after staff members had tested positive for the coronavirus.
As the rate of Covid-19 infections continues to climb in the Vhembe District, the Makhado Municipality and Makhado Fire Station became the latest government buildings to close because staff members tested positive for the virus.
While the country suffers from record-breaking levels of unemployment, salaries of government officials and especially municipal employees have skyrocketed. The burden of employee-related costs is also starting to weigh heavily on taxpayers, with less and less money being spent on infrastructure and service delivery. Some municipalities are already spending half of their operational income on remunerating employees, councillors, and consultants.
Te midde van soveel slegte nuus het daar darem so ‘n bietjie goeie nuus die afgelope week deurgekom. Sowat twee weke gelede is inwoners in die Zoutpansberger gevra om die 43-jarige Henk Fernandes te help om ‘n noodsaaklike operasie te kry. Binne ‘n week is genoeg geld ingesamel dat nie net die aanvanklike R80 000 wat benodig was vir die hospitaal betaal kon word nie, maar sommer ook die dokter.
Is vanjaar kouer as ander jare? Hierdie vraag is op almal se lippe. Die Zoutpansberger het by kundiges gaan kers opsteek.
