By Obakeng Maje
Mahikeng has an ongoing sewerage problem. The sewerage is running down the streets in Montshioa and in Shippard Street.

The Mahikeng Local Municipality only have one working vehicle to attend to all the water & sanitation problems in Mahikeng.

“They also have no working equipment to fix any problems and are paying outside companies to do the work on their behalf” DA Tiaan Kotze said.

DA said these ongoing problems have caused a public outcry. They said it is a huge health risk. “We are worried that it is going to cause another sanitation situation as was seen in Bloemhof recently.” 

The sewerage problem has escalated due to the fact that 3 pump stations have been without power because Eskom switched off the power due to non-payment, says Kotze.

“Power has been restored to these pump stations but it’s too late. The back-up has had a domino effect and has now caused the whole town to sit with a sewerage problem” he said.

The Democratic Alliance said they will champion this and any other municipal crisis which the public inform them of, they will deal directly with the Municipal Management as well as raising them at the next Council Meeting.
-TDN
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By Obakeng Maje
Swartruggens- Police are investigating a case of Culpable Homicide  after two vehicles collided and three people died  at Uitspan on the Swartruggens N4  road on Wednesday at approximately 16:00. 

Colonel Emelda Setlhako said a Toyata Avanza  which was travelling from Zeerust to Swartruggens, collided with a Land Cruiser that was travelling from Swartrugges to Zeerust.   

The Toyota Avanza was carrying two occupants while the Land cruiser was carrying three adults and a child. 

“It is further alleged that the driver of Toyata Avanza  was trapped inside the vehicle and it caught fire. The passenger was strewn across the ground.  The driver of the Land cruiser and the three passengers sustained serious injuries while the child died at the Swartruggens  hospital” she said.  

Police investigation continues. 
-TDN
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By Obakeng Maje
Nelspruit- Twenty four people were injured, one of them critically, when a taxi collided with a light motor vehicle and tour bus on the R40 near Nelspruit this afternoon.                     
ER24 paramedics, along with other services, arrived on scene and found the road blocked by the three vehicles. 

“One woman lay trapped inside the tour bus in a critical condition. 
Occupants from the vehicles lay around the scene, their injuries ranging from minor to moderate” ER24 Russel Meiring said.                     

Paramedics and provincial services worked tirelessly to free the patient before treatment could continue. 

“Once freed, paramedics provided advanced life support to the patient before airlifting her by the ER24 helicopter to Mediclinic Nelspruit for urgent medical treatment. 
The remainder of the patients were treated for their injuries and transported to nearby hospitals for further observations” he said. 

Local authorities were on scene to begin their investigations.
-TDN
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By Obakeng Maje
Taung- Stolen goods found by the owner at a local scrap-yard on Thursday in Taung.

Letlhogonolo Segano,33, is a happy man and said he is very glad that good people still exist. Segano who stays in Depot, near Taung said he was informed by one of the community members that his precious tiles were stolen and being sold at a local scrap-yard.

The scrap-yard is situated in Taung CBD, and owned by foreign nationals.

Steven Mthethwa,32, who is from Mozambique said normally they require I’d documents if one come and sell scrap to them. “We require I’d Document and we put them into our records to show who and when the items were sold. It is very unfortunate to find out that those tiles were stolen” he said.

Segano rushed to a local scrap-yard after a ‘tip-off’ and the community members allegedly tried to apprehend the suspect, but he ran for his life.

Our crew visited the scrap-yard and found a stretcher belonging to Taung hospital still in good condition and other hospital items with bar-code still on. However Mthethwa hesitates to give us the name of the person who sold the items to them.

If our mole’s information is anything to go by, those hospital items were allegedly sold to the scrap-yard by one of the cleaners(who is known to us) at Taung hospital.

Taung police were called but they allegedly arrived two hours later and our attempt to get their response was futile.-TDN
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