Die jaarlikse Cuppa for CANSA-veldtog het begin en behels die hou van ‘n geselligheid waar jy jou kreatiewe idees kan loslaat.

Dit is belangrik om voort te bou op die anti-verkragtingsveldtog wat onlangs gehou is en dit moet veral in skole voortgesit word om slagoffers aan te moedig om na vore te kom, het Andy Goetsch, voorsitter van die Gemeenskapspolisiëringsforum Dinsdag tydens ‘n vergadering gesê.

Ses lede uit die Lephalale gemeenskap is verlede Donderdag gekies om op die Mokolo Sub-area Opvangsbestuursforum te dien. Die forum bestaan uit verteenwoordigers van Lephalale, Vaalwater en Alma. Die doel van die forum is om watergebruikers in die Mokolo opvangsgebied op streeksvlak te verteenwoordig in sake rakende waterbronne in die gebied. Die lede is van links Bertie van Rooyen, Francois van der Berg, Mary-Anne Leask, Susan Goosen en Piet Kruger. Afwesig, Johan van der Linde.

The successful land claim of six farms in the Lephalale region was celebrated on Saturday as members of the Shiko, Shito and Molantoa families gathered at Shongoane 1. The claim was registered in 1996 and awarded to 350 members of the families in 2012.

Die Bosveldfees in Lephalale het Woensdagoggend amptelik begin en Noordelike Nuus was daar om Mej Bosveld en haar twee prinsesse te ontmoet.

The mere ownership of land does not automatically translate into wealth and game farms aren’t mere playgrounds for the [wealthy] that don’t contribute to SA’s economy. Perceptions like these over-simplify the sensitive land- and poverty debate in South Africa and should be changed, dr. Pieter Mulder, deputy minister of agriculture, forestry and fisheries, said at a public meeting this week.

LEPHALALE- Stop-signs at the intersection of George Wells and Walter Sisulu drive will be replaced with traffic lights and another set of traffic lights will be installed on the Nelson Mandela drive and George Wells intersection and also in front of Ellisras Primary School on Thabo Mbeki drive. Electric cables have been installed at the intersection of George Wells and Walter Sisulu and traffic lights should be operational by the end of July. According to the Municipal manager for Infrastructure Services, Lawrence Tlhako, the project deadline is set for the end of August but he said that the municipality is pushing for the end of this month.

There has been a lot of speculation about whether the Waterberg and especially Lephalale will indeed become SA’s next energy hub. Even the future growth of Steenbokpan, a small farming community west of Lephalale, is being debated. In a recent article in Business Day, columnist David Gleason wrote that “Sasol relinquished a fat opportunity” when it decided not to go ahead with the Mafutha project, a proposed coal-to-liquid plant near Steenbokpan. “Without Mafutha, it is unlikely that the large, land-locked coal reserve of the Waterberg will ever be used. The Mafutha Project has been allowed to wither,” he wrote. Valerie Cilliers takes a look at the impact of Sasol's decision on the area's economy.

Vanaf 1 April vanjaar word reisigers met tydelike reisdokumente nie meer in Botswana toegelaat nie.

Twee ongelukke voor ‘n meenthuiskompleks in Van Riebeeckweg in die nagtelike ure het die inwoners van die kompleks verlede Saterdag laat bontstaan.

On Friday the people of Mzumbane outside Mokopane held a protest march abouth the lack of basic services from the Mogalakwena Municipality. A memorandum was allegedly handed in at the Municipality concerning the issues that they face. Municipality communications officer Malesela Selokela responded by saying that Mzumbane does not fall under the Mogalakwena district as yet due to land claims on it. “We are however supplying them with water tanks and accessible roads in the meantime.”

Flyers inviting the community of Lephalale to celebrate the reinstatement of Councillor Johanna Mojela as the Mayor of Lephalale, was handed out to community members at taxi ranks in Lephalale on Monday. Mojela was removed from the office of the Mayor in April last year when she was accused of not attending council meetings and not signing the appointment letter of municipal manager, Bob Naidoo when he was appointed by council earlier that year. The flyer invites all citizens of Lephalale to a “mayoral celebration” event at the Oasis lodge at 15:00 on Saturday (transport provided). Although Mojela told Northern News that she knows nothing about the event, Joyce Phasha – whose name and number appears on the flyer - was adamant this week that the event will go ahead and that the matter of Mojela’s reinstatement will be discussed there. Sello Lediga, spokesperson for the ANC provincial task team told Northern News this week that the ANC has not decided to make any changes to the local leadership including the position of Mayor in Lephalale. “We suspect that the event was organised by people who are doing their own thing.” The current Mayor, Jack Maeko, could not be reached for comment.

The incidence of rape in Mokopane is at its highest in 10 years, said acting district commander, Col Lucas Mogwaneng, at the launch of an anti-rape campaign in extension 19 last Friday.

LEPHALALE - Dit was sy lewensdroom om ‘n polisieman te wees, sê Wessel Geldenhuys nadat hy aan die einde van verlede maand na meer as 35 jare diens uit die polsiemag getree het.

Lephalale Municipality this week welcomed Victor Mautjana as the newly appointed Fire Prevention Officer (FPO). Mautjana takes over from Barry Kruger, affectionately known as Oom Barry.