Heartbeat of the Bushveld
LEPHALALE — “About eight patients have tested positive for COVID-19 at Ellisras Provincial Hospital since they started with tests. Some of them were/are in self-isolation and two patients have been transferred to Modimolle,” says Dr Leboho, Head of Institution. He …
Read More LEPHALALE — Sowat 28 plaaslike atlete het Saterdag 13 Junie aan die virtuele Comrades-marathon deelgeneem. Atlete wat vir die 5 km ingeskryf het, is Caden Shephard en Simoné Schutte (Simoné het op die einde 10 km gehardloop). Plaaslike atlete wat …
Read More LEPHALALE — The 26-year-old Sakariya Jafra Hassan has appeared before Phalala Magistrate’s Court on Monday 15 June on a charge of possession of illicit cigarettes. He was granted bail of R2 000 and the case was postponed to 22 June …
Read More TOM BURKE — The 35-year-old Knowledge Dube appeared in Mahwelereng Magistrate’s Court on Monday 15 June, facing a charge of possession of endangered species. He was remanded in custody and the case was postponed to 23 June 2020 for a …
Read More LEPHALALE — Die COVID-19-pandemie en gepaardgaande grendeltydperk het die gemeenskap van Lephalale, soos die res van die land, met ’n skok getref. Laerskool Ellisras se bestuurspan laat hulle egter nie so gou afskrik nie en het aan die werk gespring …
Read More The masks that everyone is wearing these days have become more than just a necessity. For some it is a fashion item and for some a major irritant. This is what our readers have to say: Jemias Mashingaidze says he …
Read More LEPHALALE — Douw Oosthuizen is in 1999 en in 2018 met velkanker gediagnoseer en het intussen reeds vier operasies gehad om die velkanker te verwyder. Hy was juis Donderdag 4 Junie in Pretoria waar dermatoloë, drs Du Plessis en De …
Read More VAALWATER — Waterberg Academy student Lucy Calcott has been selected by Yale University to join its student body for a four-year undergraduate course. Yale, a top Ivy League college, is one of the most prestigious, and selective, universities in the …
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LEPHALALE — Die Driedrukrugbyreeks wat Saterdag by Mogolklub afgeskop het, was ’n groot sukses! Die komitee en spelers van Mogolrugbyklub bedank die gemeenskap van Ellisras en al die borge wat meegehelp het tot die sukses. Mogol het ongelukkig verloor teen …
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Illana Venter Die VLU se 25ste Bosveldstreekkonferensie, aangebied deur die lede van die Beauty-tak, is Woensdag 11 Maart by Bordeaux Game Farm naby Marnitz gehou. Dié feestelike geleentheid het saam met die streek se 25ste verjaarsdag geval en ’n pragtige …
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LEPHALALE — Al die rugbyspanne van Laerskool Bosveld Primary het verlede naweek aan ’n rugbytoernooi by Laerskool Krugerpark deelgeneem. Verskeie skole uit die streek het deelgeneem. Die Bossies se A-spanne het al hulle wedstryde gewen en die afrigters sien uit …
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LEPHALALE — ’n Nuwe tradisie is onlangs by Hoërskool Ellisras begin wat behels dat spelers wat vyf wedstryde vir die eerste rugbyspan gespeel het, ’n spesiale das ontvang. Dit sal deur die loop van die seisoen opgedateer word. EHS …
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LEPHALALE — Lephalale Police arrested five business owners in Lephalale town, and they were issued with a fine of R500 each on a J534 (they signed a form as an admission of guilt) on 12 March. They were arrested for …
Read More DORSET — Dorset Police are investigating a murder case after a suspected rhino poacher was shot dead by security guards at a game farm near Lephalale. It is alleged that the security guards heard gun shots inside the farm on …
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WITPOORT — The 23-year-old Kgothatso David Thutlwa was sentenced to three times life imprisonment in the Lephalale Regional Court on Tuesday 17 March 2020. He wasn’t given an option to pay a fine on the three counts of rape …
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