By Obakeng Maje

Ventersdorp-The residents of Ventersdorp and its surroundings has been experiencing lack of water in their area for sometime now.

North West province is one of those where water is a problem and left many residents bristled.

The provincial government came under fire after they were accused of dealing with water issue ineptly by opposition parties.

At one stage, DA wanted to take the provincial government to court.

However residents of Ventersdorp can breath a sigh of relief after the water storage tank built in the area is almost half done.

“The tank will reach its completion at the end of the year. We will provide the residents with 14 million litres of water per day” Lobakeng said. 

The shortage of water in North West province left many businesses and residents alike wracked.

The provincial government is dealing with water issue earnestly as there are now many projects lined-up to curb the problem.

The water shortage once had impact on Marikana Commission last week where it was subsequently adjourned.

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Johannesburg – A woman motorist was arrested at her home after allegedly killing a pedestrian and fleeing the scene, Johannesburg metro police said on Sunday.

“(The JMPD) arrested a 24-year-old woman at her home in Radiokop last night, after she bumped and killed a male pedestrian along Northumberland Road in North Riding at about 9.30pm,” said Chief Superintendent Wayne Minnaar.

The woman allegedly spoke briefly to a man who witnessed the incident, then she drove off.

“The man rode behind her to where she lived and called JMPD who went to the address and arrested the woman.”

The pedestrian was identified and taken to a mortuary.

The woman will appear in the Randburg Magistrate’s Court on Monday. She faces charges of culpable homicide and leaving the accident scene. – Sapa

Johannesburg – Oscar Pistorius’s appeal against his bail conditions will be heard on the same day his older brother Carl is due in another court to stand trial for culpable homicide.

The double-amputee Olympic athlete’s legal team would challenge some of his bail conditions in the high court in Pretoria on Thursday, the family lawyer said. His brother’s trial is set for Wednesday and Thursday in the Vanderbijlpark Magistrate’s Court.

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