Rocks, a shoe, an iron pole, rope, building rubble and a flower pot were some of the rubbish found in the sewer system when work teams cleared the sewer line between Buffelsdoorn Road and the N12. Cllr Wolfgang Walhorn appealed to residents to refrain from placing non-biodegragable products into the sewer lines. “This is for your own safety especially during this pandemic,’’ he said.

Klerksdorp Midweek, Orkney - The Dr Kenneth Kaunda District Municipality office building in Orkney as well as the District Disaster Management Centre will be closed this week after an employee tested positive for Covid-19.

Klerksdorp Midweek, Orkney - The body of a man fitting the description of the suspect wanted in the murder of a Kanana police officer, was found hanging from a tree.

Klerksdorp Midweek, Klerksdorp - A group of 23 South Africans are stranded at Guangzhou airport in China. On the night of 24 June they were set to catch an Air Asia flight to Kuala Lumpur. From there they were supposed to catch a repatriation flight back home to Johannesburg.