To the Municipal manager of Nkangala district As the leadership of the Uthingo community, we are hereby asking for your intervention in the matter of electricity. We have been without electricity for about a year and we are now exposing our children and those who are around us to unknown dangers because we are not […]
Middelburg CPF Chairperson and former councilor Ena Calitz Pilodia would like to thank the community for lending support for the homeless during the lockdown. Most destitute people are currently housed in tents at Kees Taljaard Stadium. In a letter she posted on social; media she said: “I want to thank the community for their generosity […]
Prudence Khabonina Mokwena Woman with Corona no longer in Middelburg The woman who tested positive for the Koronavirus is no longer in Middelburg, but under quarantine at her home in Johannesburg. Dr. Redge van Rensburg (spokesperson for doctors in Middelburg) responded to the Facebook post by Dr. Nadene Jooste and the report on www.mobserver.co.za that […]
In response to President Cyril Ramaphosa’s declaration of 21 days National Lockdown and restrictions to combat the Covid-19 situation in the country. Steve Tshwete Local Municipality has instituted the following restrictions with immediate effect: Tenders which are due for submission will be extended to 24 April 2020. o Outstanding payments due to Service providers were […]
Deputy Minister of Police Cassel Mathale has warned the national lockdown will have to be extended if people do not remain inside their homes, for the remainder of the 21-day restriction period. He was addressing SAPS members, military police and members of the South African National Defense Force on Wednesday morning. Mathale explained that if […]
The office of the Military Ombud has advised citizens to approach the office should they feel upset by the conduct of the soldiers involved in the policing of the current lockdown and general conduct of the South African National Defense Force (SANDF) members beyond the period. The office was established as a watchdog to oversee […]
More than 70 people mostly taxi operators were arrested for breaking lockdown regulations in our town. The police have arrested the culprits since the announcement of the lockdown. Among those people who we have been arrested during the random roadblocks between SAPS and SANDF are those people who do not want to stay in their […]