Living in the mining community someone would think it’s the best thing ever. Well not when you are living in the Free State Province in the Matjhabeng Local municipality in small towns like Allanridge and Odendaalsrus. These two towns have over five decades of mining yet they are one of […]
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Blue Drop Challenges in Welkom, Matjhabeng Local Municipality by Mothobi Shabalala as Ground Investigative Monitor.
W hen you walk around the Town of Welkom in the Free State Province of South Africa, lately you are welcome by a notice that indicates that the level of water we drink is not good for human intake. This then raises a question whether Matjhabeng Local Municipality is […]
Read MoreMining footprint never easy to deal with by GUBICO Waste Survillane Team
This is one of the mines in Welkom that was owned by Anglo Gold but operations where stopped more than twenty years ago said Gubico Waste Surveillance Team. This leaves communities with unanswered questions that do mines really have community interest at heart when they operate like Spaza Shops that […]
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June month is the month for MANDELA GENERATTION, the generation that is free and should be striving for wellbeing of our mother country South Africa, our hope and aspiration lies with young people to attain positive future of the country, the strong and fearless generation. Young people are standing up […]
Read MoreRome was not build in one day!! by Lerato Claudia Mphale
20th June 2013 Moqhaka Municipality Residents Takes Service Delivery Issues to the Streets!! by Lerato Mphale.
After Nineteen years of democracy in South Africa and there is still crisis of service delivery, the youth of Maokeng township in Moqhaka Municipality (Kroonstart) in Free State stood up for what is right for them and their community. They organised a protest from Maokeng Township to the office of […]
Read MoreTHE STINKY ALLANRIDGE AND NYAKALLONG SEWAGE PLANT HASN’T BEEN PROPERLY MONITORED FOR A DECADE
The Allanridge and Nyakallong sewage plant is situated north-east of Nyakallong,very close to the railway line,which runs on the east side of Nyakallong.The two pump stations,one from Nyakallong and the other from Allanridge,both push their sewage to the sewage plant where all the machinery is at standstill.’i wonder why there […]
Read MoreUnemployment increase crime and all social related problems that mislead our society?
The South African Police Services In Welkom, Thabong have created the above statue with weapons that they have collected from criminal activities in our communities. This weapons serve as factor that criminal activities are increasing and puts our community at danger. The most common crime that are found in Thabong […]
Read MoreLow level of water quality and unfriendly environment complied by Manana
Theunissen is town that is 50km from Welkom and 90km from Bloemfontein. In this town for the past 14 years residents have lived in a condition where the waste dumping site is located in one area with the dams that serve as water supplies to the community. This create a […]
Read MoreNeglected Sewage Plant makes Life a Misery for Residents and Workers.
The Allanridge and Nyakallong sewage plant is situated north-east of Nyakallong,very close to the railway line,which runs on the east side of Nyakallong.The two pump stations,one from Nyakallong and the other from Allanridge,both push their sewage to the sewage plant where all the machinery is at standstill.’i wonder why there […]
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