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Die R30-pad naby Theunissen was die aand van 2 Januarie lank vir verkeer gesluit nadat twee mense in ’n botsing tussen ’n Toyota Corolla en ’n vragmotor by ’n kruising dood is.

The illegal dumping site between Meloding and Virginia stretches over 1,1?km and ends metres from the Shell Garage circle at the entrance to Virginia’s central business district.

A teenage boy from Winburg drowned at an initiation school on a farm outside the town.

The Bophelo Apostolic Church in Stilte Park, Meloding, was officially launched in Decem­ber. The church was formed in March 2017. The church leaders are Marok Sesele (left, superior and mookamedi) and Molebatsi Botsane (founder and archbishop).

A Welkom man (42) was arrested in possession of possible gold-bearing material valued at R68 000.

At the end of 2022, the Welkom Runners put smiles on the faces of many of the poor families in the Lejweleputswa district. Pictured are some of the runners with a few of the families who benefitted from the philanthropic…

The Virginia police followed up information about stock theft in progress, and arrested the driver of a bakkie containing the carcasses of eight goats and two sheep. Seven other suspects managed to flee the scene.

The South African Classic TT 2023, South Africa’s only international bike circuit race, is back for two more rounds in 2023, and round 1 will be held at Phakisa Raceway.

All over the world, and also in South Africa, hundreds of thousands of parkrunners line up every Saturday to take part in the weekly parkrun event in their neighbourhood or town.

Ryan Martin and his three horses, Callaho Larina, Kadush and Volmoed Astrant, competed in the South African Equestrian Youth Championship hosted at Shongweni, Durban, from 10 to 15 December 2022.