Danksy ruimhartige inwoners van die Soutpansbergstreek kan Meals on Wheels weereens voortgaan met hul weeklikse etes vir die dorp se bejaarde en minderbevoorregte mense.

“I believe that every child is born innocent and with not a thread of evil in them. It is our duty to protect their future,” said Steve Heath from the Buddy and Me project.

The damning report of the Auditor General (AG) on the financial state of the Makhado Municipality underlined the demand of the Soutpansberg Ratepayers Association (SRPA) that the municipality be put under an administrator and that posts be filled with skilled people in consultation with the ratepayers.

“It is clear that the Makhado Municipality does not have the ability to understand or manage finances,” commented the District Agricultural Union (DAU) on the report of the auditor general (AG) on the municipality’s financial statements.

“How is it possible that Council officials have been allowed to get away with this flagrant abuse of taxpayers’ money for so long?” was the reaction by Soutpansberg Chamber of Commerce and Tourism with regard to the Auditor General’s report regarding the Makhado Municipality’s financial affairs.

Dis amptelik. Gedurende die afgelope oorsigtydperk wat van 1 April 2008 tot 31 Maart 2009 strek, het moordsyfers geen dramatiese styging getoon nie en ‘n redelike konstante neiging gehandhaaf. In teenstelling daarmee is die toename in veral diefstal en huisbraak in Louis Trichardt en die omliggende omgewing kommerwekkend.

The Zoutpansberger was once again no stranger to the podium during the annual Sanlam/FCJ Awards for Community Press held at the Indaba Hotel in Fourways, Johannesburg, on September 19.

Die Zoutpansberger en Limpopo Mirror is weer op soek na daardie foto’s wat die Soutpansberg se natuurprag en diversiteit van die streek se mense die beste uitbeeld.

Die Makhado Munisipaliteit het die uitslag bekend gemaak van Die Grasdak Gastehuis en Restaurant se aansoek vir spesiale gebruik en die besware daarteen.

The Makhado Municipality promised to conduct an investigation after a respected member of the community was allegedly threatened to be thrown out of the civic centre on June 3.

Doelgerigte toewyding en harde werk – dit is die kort en kragtige wenresep vir die uitmuntende prestasie van Rirothe Construction CC wat Limpopo Provinsie heel bo-aan die prestasielys geplaas het vir die verskaffing van gesubsidieerde behuising.

‘n Lekker bord kos word deur die meeste mense as vanselfsprekend aanvaar. Dit is ongelukkig nie altyd die geval vir die bejaarde inwoners van Louis Trichardt nie.