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The Welkom K9 unit seized the illegal drug Khat (Khat Edulis) valued at R280 000 after searching a truck travelling on the N1 at Ventersburg.

More than 150 elderly people spent quality time with the minister of Social Development, Lindiwe Zulu, during a special lunch hosted in the Lejweleputswa District Municipality boardroom on 9 January.

Die Laerskool Koppie Alleen in Riebeeckstad het agt nuwe personeellede. Hulle is van links, voor: Mich­eal Nel, Carmen Nagel, Tuane Radyn en Vuyo Nkcon­kwana; agter: Hendrik Davél, Elizabeth Joubert, Marianne Woit en Athabile Mak­i.

Tien nuwe onderwysers is aan Welkom-Gimnasium aangestel. Van links is, voor: Surita Herbst (Engels), Marlene Groenewald (besigheidstudie), Chimlee Botes (sosiale wetenskap) en Sheree Mouton (rekenaarwetenskap en tegnologie); agter: Frank Adendorf (tegnologie, ingenieursgrafika en ontwerp), Carla Ferreira (Afrikaans), Charné du Toit…

Nuut by skool

With the start of a new year, the Department of Basic Education has published the 2023 school calendar, which kicked off on 11 January for learners in inland schools, while coastal schools started on 18 January.

Just after midnight on Tuesday five armed men used explosives to destroy the ATM at a filling station in Constantia Road, Thabong.

The new Junior City Council of Matjhabeng is almost all Gimmies. Welkom Gimnasium’s JCC representatives include all of the top council positions. They boast with the Mayor, the deputy Mayor, the Speaker, the financial Manager, the Public Relations Officer and…

The prompt reaction of the community, police and a private security company led to the arrests of two men who had robbed a cash loan business in Odendaalsrus.

Is he in, or is he out, was the question on everyone’s lips on Wednesday (18/01) hours before the executive mayor of Matjhabeng, Thanduxolo Khalipha, was to face a vote of no confidence at a special council meeting.