BRITS POS – BRITS - Magalies Water has been appointed by the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) to act as an implementing Agent (IA) for the remediation of Hartbeespoort Dam and upper catchment of the Crocodile West.
The main quest is to improve the water quality for all the water users. The plan is explicitly tailored to address specific needs of the dam and its feeding tributaries. The nine pillared turn-around strategy was crafted to focus on the management of water resources from the upstream of the dam for the benefit of everyone.
Engen helps grow Fred Junior’s Garden School Project
BRITS POS – MMAKAU- Aspiring 12-year-old farmer, Fred Junior MacCarthy is a step closer to realising his vision of addressing child hunger in South Africa after receiving R20 000 worth of implements from Engen.
Junior, as Fred is affectionately known, runs the Garden School Project, which sees him visit schools to educate children about the fundamentals of growing vegetables.
The official handover of the garden implements, including forks, rakes, spades, watering cans, garden hoses, and wheelbarrows, took place recently at Motlhake Primary School, Mmakau near Brits.
‘n Ystervrou met nagtegaalstem
BRITS POS – BRITS – Wat ‘n aangename verrassing! Raasbekkies Kleuterskool van Mooinooi het onlangs by Huis Eden, buite Brits gaan kuier en die inwoners met kinderliefde en Kersgeskenkies bederf.
Hulle het ook tyd by elke inwoner spandeer en toe is daar ‘n verrassing – Christine Venter (73) het vir die kinders ‘Stille Nag’ gesing en Brits Pos moes net by die vrou met die klokhelder stem gaan kuier.
Christine vertel dat sy as weeskind deur die egpaar Venter aangeneem is en op die plaas Goedgedacht in Ottosdal grootgeword het.
SAPS’s swift response ensures arrest
BRITS POS – MARIKANA - Marikana Visible Policing and Detectives responded to a business robbery in progress complaint at a wholesale store in the area in the early hours last week on Monday.
The 30-year-old Bheki Mnguni and henchmen fled the scene when police arrived, but Mnguni was arrested.
NOODKREET VAN DROOGTEGETEISTERDE AREAS! Niks vir diere om te vreet nie.
BRITS POS – BRITS - TLU SA versoek Suid-Afrikaners nou om ons boere in droogtegeteisterde areas te ondersteun met ‘n bydrae aan TLU SA se Traumafonds.
In die hartjie van die droogte staar ons boere ‘n opdraande stryd in die gesig om hul diere te voer. “Ons het dusver nog nie ‘n druppel reën in die Koedoesrand omgewing gehad nie. Daar is nie ‘n grassie in sig nie,” sê Danie Prins, TLU SA Noord-streekbestuurder.