Heartbeat of the Bushveld
LEPHALALE — Jannie Powell (30), sy verloofde Kristen (21) en hulle hondjie, Dora, was Saterdagaand 21 April omstreeks 21:00 op pad van Onverwacht na Lephalale dorp toe die bestuurder van ʼn swart Audi A3 met registrasienommer CS 64GZ GP van …
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VILLA NORA — Villa Nora Police are investigating a case of Culpable Homicide after five people lost their lives on Thursday 5 April around 17:00. The Toyota Bakkie, with registration number FF 44WZ GP, capsized and rolled several times after …
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Disgruntled residents of Ga-Maeteletja, formerly Harrismith outside Lephalale, have taken their service delivery frustrations to the streets last week. They are complaining about the high rate of unemployment and lack of proper road access in their area. They claim to …
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TOM BURKE — Adjudant-offisier Gerhardus Human Breedt (54) van Tom Burke SAPS is Sondagoggend 25 Februarie oorlede in die Mediclinic Polokwane nadat hy Vrydag 23 Februarie in ʼn voertuigongeluk betrokke was. Twee ander voertuie was ook in die botsing betrokke, …
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LEPHALALE — Lephalale SAPS is investigating a case of culpable homicide after a bus (registration number HGZ 983 MP) that was transporting school learners from Hoërskool Ben Viljoen in Groblersdal from the Inter High Athletics competition in Lephalale, collided head-on …
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LEPHALALE — The Municipal Vehicle Testing Station in OR Tambo Road in Lephalale re-opened last week after it was closed for upgrading in June 2017. The Testing Station has been refurbished and is fully equipped with modern vehicle testing equipment …
Read More LEPHALALE — ʼn Botsing tussen ʼn Toyota dubbelkajuitbakkie en ʼn Mercedes-Benz Dinsdagoggend 23 Januarie omstreeks 09:00 op die ou Vaalwaterpad skuins voor The Junction se ingang, het die kwessie rondom die nuwe sirkel by die Vaalwater/Lephalale/Thabazimbi T-aansluiting opnuut onder die …
Read More A baby boy had died after being run over by a furniture delivery vehicle in Mokuronyane Village on Friday 12 January. According to the Police, the child, just under two years old, was behind the vehicle when the driver reversed …
Read More On the website www.arivealive.co.za, the following is said about vehicle overloading and road safety: Overloading has been recognized to be both a safety concern as well as a cost concern, and the National Department of Transport has incorporated a campaign …
Read More MARAPONG — Taxi drivers are many times associated with bad driving that results in unnecessary car accidents on the road. In the same breath there are good taxi drivers whose great work is seldom acknowledged. One such driver is Solomon …
Read More LEPHALALE — In a statement by Medupi, it stated that about 117 accidents occurred on Lephalale roads in 2016. In those accidents, there were 37 fatalities. A huge percentage of the victims were Medupi Project employees. These accidents were caused …
Read More The Editor Two weeks ago Mogol Post reported about the debris of completely burnt buses that blocked the entrance to Marapong location on Relebogile Street and causing problems. The one bus had been twice hit by two sedans in two …
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 — On Friday morning 22 September around 06:30 a Ford Ranger and a minibus taxi collided at the traffic light intersection at Nelson Mandela Drive and George Wells Street. According to Warrant Officer Frans Mokoena from Lephalale SAPS Cluster, …
Read More LEPHALALE — On Thursday night 7 September, around 21:00, Lawrence Shumba (42) was travelling on the R510 from Lephalale to his work place at Voëlparadys outside Lephalale when he allegedly lost control over his Mercedes Benz 280 SE and hit …
Read More LEPHALALE — A white Toyota Hilux with registration number DTZ 576 L was stolen after the driver offered two unknown males a lift on the morning of 10 September. According to Warrant Officer Frans Mokoena from SAPS Lephalale Cluster, the …
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