Deur Quinton Lourens Die groen gogga het almal gebyt en dit sal lekker wees as ‘n mens kan rondrits in ‘n bekostigbare eko-vriendelike motor wat nie die lug so erg besoedel met uitlaatgasse nie. Maar of die gewone man op straat genoeg groen note in sy beursie het om só ‘n perd op te saal is ‘n ope vraag.

The DA in Limpopo this week announced that it will urge National Treasury to inform the Limpopo ANC that it does not have the mandate to announce how government tenders will be awarded in the province. This follows reports indicating that the Limpopo ANC has removed powers to allocate tenders from Premier Cassel Mathale.

The South African Municipal Workers Union (SAMWU) in the Limpopo has called upon the leadership of the ANC in the province to embark on a clean-up campaign of local government in Limpopo. The union said it is shocked by the ongoing corruption in municipalities in Limpopo.

Deur in die Noordelike Nuus te adverteer kan besighede die Kierieklapper Kunstefees en Dienssentrum vir Bejaardes se Op Ons Bord projek ondersteun. Die projek is geloods om die bejaarde inwoners wat nie aldag ‘n bord kos kan bekostig te help. Die Dienssentrum vir Bejaardes het die inwoners van Mokopane se hulp nodig om ‘n ete-diens aan die bejaardes te kan lewer. Vir ‘n skamele R2 500 kan instansies of individue, ‘n bord kos vir ‘n bejaarde vir ‘n jaar borg. Individue kan ook ‘n bejaarde vir ‘n maand borg, vir slegs R180. Noordelike Nuus borg ‘n bejaarde vir elke adverteerder wat instem om die Op Ons Bord-logo op hul advertensies te laat plaas. Om deel te neem aan die projek kontak ons by 015 491 3082 of skakel die Dienssentrum vir Bejaardes by 015 491 3129.

The strike at Exxaro's Grootegeluk mine just outside Lephalale ended over the weekend when an agreement was reached between Exxaro and the National Union of Minewor-kers (NUM). Striking workers returned to the mine on Monday.

Demokratiese Alliansie raadslid, Korny Dekker, het verlede week met die hulp van sy tuinman, Jan, self ingespring en die eiland by JG Strydomstraat begin skoonmaak. Hy doen ‘n beroep op die gemeenskap om waar moontlik te help met mooi tuinpotte om die dorp te verfraai. Hy is ook opsoek na ‘n petrol- aangedrewe ‘brush cutter’. Dekker kan by 082 878 1502 gebel word.

Employees of the Lephalale municipality took time out on Tuesday to pray for what municipal manager, Bob Naidoo, calls serious challenges facing the municipality. The prayer meeting was led by Pastor Willem Papo from the Living Letters ministry, who called on councilors and employees to trust in God. The meeting was also attended by the mayor, Jack Maeko.

Die sypaadjies en huise in uitbreiding 14, 19 en 20 is steeds toe onder modder en die rioolwater loop die wêreld vol, sê Korny Dekker, Demokratiese Alliansie raadslid van Mokopane wyk 31. Dekker het sy misnoë te kenne gegee oor die “uiters swak diens van die munisipaliteit in dié gebied”. Hy sê na die onlangse reën is dit is veral in uitbreiding 20 wat die strate sleg lyk.

Terwyl die Valke Buurtwag in Mokopane nou al vir sewe jaar skouer-aan-skouer met die polisie misdaad bestry, is daar in Lephalale baie inwoners wat hul bure nader om ‘n buurtwagstelsel op die been te bring. Noordelike Nuus het gaan kers opsteek by Theo Louw van die Valke Buurtwag in Mokopane en Henk du Plessis van Molalatau Sekuriteit in Lephalale om uit te vind hoe ‘n mens ‘n buurtwag stig en hoe om dit dan te bestuur.

The Limpopo department of roads and transport’s announced that it will show no mercy to traffic law violators during Easter. “SA is part of the “decade of action for road safety” which was proclaimed by the UN General Assembly with the aim to reduce road deaths by 50% by 2020,” the department’s spokesperson Joshua Kwapa said. “Limpopo needs to play a meaningful part and contribute to achieving this target.” During Easter last year 23 people died on Limpopo roads. This year’s Easter Arrive Alive campaign will focus on road safety management, safer roads, vehicle safety, safer road users and post-crash response.

Two Zimbabwean nationals were each sentenced to 15 years’ imprisonment after they were found guilty on charges of house robbery in the Mokopane Regional Court last week. The court heard how Malvas Makonese (22) and Big Dora Mabika (29) along with another suspect entered the house of a local resident, tied him up and threatened to stab him with a knife while demanding cash.

Jobseekers are warned not to fall prey to unscrupulous scammers who pretend to offer job opportunities and then charge an "administration fee" to secure the position. Several people have already fallen prey to schemes relating to job opportunities at mines in different areas of the country as well as Namibia - only to find out that they have paid an administration fee for a job that does not exist.

Hitachi Power Africa and Alstom, the two key contractors at the Medupi power station building project just outside Lephalale could lose their contracts with Eskom.

Easter is a time for family and donating blood is a great way of helping to give someone more time with theirs, says Vanessa Raju, national communications manager of the South African National Blood Service (SANBS).

Two Limpopo men, one on crutches, have walked from Johannesburg to Polokwane to raise funds for blood donation and the rights of the disabled respectively. Motinki Mahlo and Thabo Mogale left Johannesburg’s Park station on their 400km journey on 17 March. Mogale is disabled and walks with crutches. They reached Mokopane on Friday morning and Polokwane later in the afternoon. Mahlo says his life was saved by a blood transfusion 22 years ago. He has already donated almost 53 units of blood which he says is not much, “but I’m getting there.”