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Care Corner at Bothasig High provides free sanitary products for learners
A Care Corner for young girls attending Bothasig High School was established at the school recently, thanks to the Bothasig Library and Friends of the Bothasig Library. The Care Corner will provide free sanitary towels and other sanitary products to
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Urgent call for action as teen suicides rise in South Africa
The loss of two local teens to suicide right ahead of Teen Suicide Prevention Week has again highlighted the need for urgent monitoring and intervention.
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Sassa-frustrasie: Verwarde inwoners wag tevergeefs in Sarepta
Met die ou (goue) Sassa-kaarte wat binnekort verval en toustanery by ooglopend te min plekke waar die nuwe (swart) Postbank- kaart bekom kan word, het heelwat mense verlede week hoopvol by die Nuwe Apostoliese-kerk (NAC) in Sarepta opgedaag.
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Man gevonnis tot 21 jaar vir noodlottige Bonteheuwel-skietery
Die man wat ’n jaar gelede ’n pa naby ’n spazawinkel in Bonteheuwel doodgeskiet het, is verlede week 21 jaar gevangenisstraf opgelê.
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Ruyterwacht Senior Sentrum kry rolstoele en looprame
Die Ruyterwacht Senior Sentrum het onlangs ’n skenking van 10 rolstoele en 10 looprame ontvang – ’n gebaar wat groot verligting vir hul lede bring.
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Gesukkel met ‘Smart ID-kaart’ ontstel
As genaturaliseerde burger sedert 1983, het ek pas beleef dat ek blykbaar ’n tweederangse Suid-Afrikaner is.
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Maak vrede met die bou van nuwe skole
Ek is nou net mooi moeg van mense se gesanik oor paaie en skole.
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Community mourns loss of Spine Road high learner Niyaaz Smith (14) to suicide
Around 100 locals held a peaceful picket outside Spine Road High on Thursday 20 February, at the end of the school day, following news of the alleged suicide of the school’s Grade 9 learner Niyaaz Smith at his New Woodlands…
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Bothasig mom wins brand-new Toyota Starlet after buying a swimming pool
When Bothasig resident Sue Damster purchased a swimming pool and casually entered a competition ran by the manufacturer of the product, she was unaware that a few weeks later it would be her name drawn from the hat and crowned…
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Neighbourhood watch warns of robberies and stabbings on N7 highway
Following a spate of attacks on motorists who stop or get stuck along the N7 highway between Richwood and the Malibongwe Drive on- and off-ramp in Dunoon, a renewed plea has been issued by the local neighbourhood watch to road…
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