Legendariese Oom Piet Wessels oorlede

News: Oom Piet Wessels, een van die laaste oorblywende groot geeste in die Soutpansberg, is voorverlede Woensdag oorlede in die ouderdom van 81 in die Tzaneen Medi-Clinic.

Ratepayers opt to continue to withhold taxes

News: At a meeting of the Soutpansberg Ratepayers Association (SRPA) last week, the members of the association voted unanimously to continue withholding rates and taxes from the local municipality. This in spite of the threat of electricity cuts to members of the association by the municipality.

Univen researchers launch bat bio-control project

News: A team of researchers from the Department of Ecology and Resource Management is collaborating with various universities to investigate the potential use of bats as biological control agents for insect pests in macadamia orchards.

Kirstens sluit deur na vyf dekades

News: Kirsten’s Boekwinkel, ‘n landmerk op die kaart van Louis Trichardt en ‘n instelling op die dorp, gaan eersdaags sy deure sluit na meer as 50 jaar van uitstekende diens aan die gemeenskap van die dorp en omstreke.

Municipality listens, but they do not hear

News: The controversial development of RDP housing at the top of the Soutpansberg at Songozwi Village resurfaced recently during a meeting between concerned groups and the Makhado Municipality, who is responsible for the development.

Jong paartjie slagoffers van kapingsdrama in middedorp

News: Dit is een van daardie gevalle wat ‘n mens onwillekeurig wonder wat jy sal doen as dit jou oorkom, terwyl jy terselfdertyd bid dat jy nooit uitvind nie, naamlik wat jy sal doen as jy gekaap of ontvoer word.

Suretha sterf ná baie kort kankerstryd

News: Suretha Oosthuizen (nèe Breytenbach) is verlede Dinsdag, 20 Oktober, op Louis Trichardt oorlede aan kanker van die pankreas, presies twee maande nadat sy gediagnoseer is met dié terminale siekte.

All taxpayers should now pay the new rates

News: Last week Zoutpansberger reported on the confusion surrounding municipal accounts with respect to rates and taxes.

New municipal rates still causes confusion

News: Residents in Louis Trichardt are angry and confused about the new rates and taxes being charged by the Makhado Municipality.

People have “nothing to fear” from planned mine

News: People from the areas surrounding the proposed coal mine development near the Mapungubwe Heritage Site have nothing to fear from this development. This was the message from the director of Coal of Africa Limited, the developer of the mine, at a meeting with members of the local chamber of commerce in Louis Trichardt.

Ds. Du Toit ernstig siek

News: Ds. Leon du Toit, leraar van die Afrikaanse Protestante Kerk op Louis Trichardt, is in die Mediclinic in Polokwane, nadat hy vermoedelik beide ‘n beroerte en ‘n hartaanval gehad het. Hy is in die waakeenheid en sy toestand is kritiek.

Will Mapungubwe survive planned developments?

News: Amidst mounting international concern over global warming and how the burning of fossil fuel contributes to the problem, the news that a new coal-fuelled power station is about to be opened near Mapungubwe, a national heritage site north of the Soutpansberg, came as shock to many, especially environmentalists.

Residents and Council again at loggerheads over Green Belt

News: Residents who have been reading the Zoutpansberger regularly over the last few years will probably know that the proposed development of the piece of land known as Extension 9, on the left of the N1 as one leaves town towards Musina, has been highly controversial, with residents and the local municipality at loggerheads over the development.

Stukkende brug veroorsaak ongerief vir talle

News: Sedert die brug oor die Lutanandwarivier, op die pad na Thohoyandou, aan die einde van November verlede jaar ineengestort het, ervaar die gemeenskap op Levubu die nagevolge hiervan op ‘n daaglikse basis.

Bekende konstruksieman oorlede

News: Mnr. Thinus Steyn (57), ‘n bekende boukontrakteur in Louis Trichardt en omstreke, is Donderdag, 23 April skielik oorlede aan hartverwante komplikasies na ‘n operasie om verstopte are in sy bene te herstel.

Ratepayers urged to listen to alarm bells

News: Alarm bells concerning the state of South Africa’s water supply have been ringing for some time now.

Bruin water pla, maar drinkbaar sê Raad

News: Inwoners van Louis Trichardt moes die afgelope naweek weer mooi dink of hulle dit wou waag om die water wat aan huishoudings verskaf word, te drink. Dit nadat genoemde water so ‘n modderige kleur aangeneem het.

Wanbetalers word wel vasgevat, meen Raad

News: Teen hierdie tyd weet almal in die dorp reeds dat dienslewering in Louis Trichardt en omliggende dele ‘n groot twispunt is tussen ontevrede inwoners en die Makhado Munisipaliteit.