Klerksdorp Record, Klerksdorp - The municipality has one operational fire truck after the other two were repossessed due to unpaid debt. The Democratic Alliance in Matlosana is deeply concerned that the sheriff of the court attached vehicles of the fire and rescue department after the municipality failed to pay a labour court settlement.

A cyclist was killed after being knocked down by a bakkie on the N12 outside Klerksdorp on Monday 14 August. According to Ineke van Huyssteen, ER24 spokesperson, they arrived on the scene at 12:56 where they found the man lying a few meters from his bicycle. Unfortunately, there was nothing that could be done for the man and he was declared dead on the scene by ER24. The police are investigating a case of culpable homicide. Photo: ER24.

Klerksdorp Record, Hartbeesfontein - Mineworkers at the Gupta-owned mine, Shiva Uranium are on strike claiming that their colleagues were unfairly dismissed at work. Workers who are contracted under Quatrotec and work at Shiva Uranium Mine started their strike on Thursday 10 August.

Klerksdorp Record, Klerksdorp - The Matlosana Business Chamber has requested the municipal manager, Roger Nkhumise to look into the long delays in the processing of clearance figures and certificates at the municipality. Chairperson Johan Oosthuizen says that other municipalities are able to provide clearance figures via electronic communication within a few days. “Once payment is made, the certificates are ready within a few days. But at our local Municipality, this is not the process or time frames,” he says.