Heartbeat of the Bushveld
MARAPONG — Hip-Hop artist, Emtee, deeply disappointed his fans on Saturday night during a Music Festival held at Marapong Stadium. He collided into the DJ’s booth as he tried to prevent himself falling over and when the DJ played his …
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MARAPONG — On Sunday evening 24 June, just after 18:30, a fire started in a shack within the yard of a house in Mohwiliri Street in Marapong. Passers-by went into the house and tried to extinguish the fire. At that …
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MARAPONG — A few residents of Captain Thulare Park informal settlement near Phegelelo High School in Marapong notified Mogol Post about waste that has not been collected in their area for weeks. One concerned resident, Kone Mbedzi, says the area’s …
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MARAPONG — Peter Serumula (19) was arrested on Monday 8 January. The police were on the lookout for him since he committed a house breaking in Marapong X4 on 23 December 2017. According to Warrant Officer Frans Mokoena, Lephalale cluster …
Read More MARAPONG — Six people were involved in the arson and business robbery of Nizams, a shop in Marapong Spar Centre on Sunday night 11 December. On Monday morning 12 December, the Police launched a manhunt for the suspects. According to …
Read More MARAPONG — Sipho Nkosi (27), a Marapong resident, says all he wanted to do since he was a child, was to make music and to sing. He was a learner at Phegelelo Secondary School in Marapong. Nkosi says he was …
Read More MARAPONG — On 30th September 2017 Lephalale SAPS were summonsed to Marapong to attend to a mob justice incident. Three suspects accused of house breaking were seriously assaulted by the community and then rescued by police and admitted to hospital. …
Read More MARAPONG — Two weeks ago, a violent protest by some disgruntled Exxaro employees saw to two buses and an ambulance from Medupi Power Station torched in Marapong. The debris of the burnt ambulance was removed soon after the incident, however …
Read More LEPHALALE — What was supposed to be a legal and peaceful strike, degenerated into violent actions and arson by Exxaro workers and members of the National Union of Mine Workers (NUM). The strike started around 06:00 on Thursday 14 September …
Read More Ratlou Mabula MARAPONG — The article “Marapong Stench unbearable” in the 23 June 2017 edition of Mogol Post, reported on the unhygienic conditions that residents of Marapong live in as a result of leaking sewerage in Relebogile Street near Marapong …
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Ratlou Mabula MARAPONG — On Saturday 24 June the New Covenant Christ Ministries International (NCCMI) presented a youth day celebration; praying against the dark forces behind women and child abuse as well as human trafficking. Escorted by Public Order Policing …
Read More Ratlou Mabula MARAPONG — Marapong residents, particularly in Relebogile Street near Marapong Complex and in Extension 1, have been subjected to the stench of sewerage for two weeks running. On entering Marapong, one is met by sewerage that flows for …
Read More MARAPONG — Marapong Community Health Centre – previously known as Mediclinic Marapong, was bought by Exxaro and upgraded by Eskom Medupi to conform to the standards set by the Department of Health for a community health centre. These upgrades were …
Read More Ratlou Mabula MARAPONG — Marapong Housing residents took their frustrations to the intersection at Relebogile Street on Monday evening to demand speed humps be built on a busy entry road to Marapong. On Sunday evening 14 May, 31 year old …
Read More Ratlou Mabula MARAPONG — On Saturday 8 April the Thola Lesedi Foundation presented the Pen’s Up inauguration at Exxaro Hall in Marapong. According to the organisers, the purpose of the event was to arm learners with knowledge that empowers their …
Read More Ratlou Mabula MARAPONG — Marapong has been experiencing an influx of people seeking employment and in the process, some of them end up living in appalling conditions. One such example is seen at an informal settlement of Baprika. The area …
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