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Safety resolutions for the New Year

Klerksdorp Midweek, Klerksdorp - As people prepare to wel-come the New Year, security companies are calling on homeowners, businesses, and communities to include safety-focused resolutions in their 2026 plans. December is a time to relax, unwind, and recharge, but also to reflect on the year gone by and consider how to live better, and safer, in the year ahead.

Skitterende liggies

Klerksdorp Midweek, Potchefstroom - Die Potch Liggiefees helder die studentestad op en talle Klerksdorpers besoek dit elke jaar. Die fees vind vanjaar die tiende keer plaas en die program is propvol top SA sangers wat optree. Vir net R50 kan jy van die beste Afrikaanse kunstenaars beleef, maar die eintlike trekkrag is die miljoene liggies. Dit sluit van die langste liggietonnel in die suidelike halfrond, tot lewensgrootte (en selfs groter) liggiestrukture, en nog meer... Selfs ‘n hele musiekhoek waar die liggies en musiek gekoördineer is.

La Hoff gets tarred

Pothole-riddled roads are a thing of the past in La Hoff

Best Frontline worker of the year

Klerksdorp Midweek, Klerksdorp - The 2025 National Batho Pele and Innovation Awards were held at Emperors Palace over the weekend and a Klerksdorp educator took the honours. The top achiever from the NW Department of Education, Thapelo Mthimkhulu, won gold in the category for Best Frontline Worker of the Year. He is a National Teaching Award Winner and an educator from Chris Hani Secondary School in Dr Kenneth Kaunda District.

Road maintenance underway in La Hoff

Klerksdorp Midweek, Klerksdorp - The Matlosana Municipality announced the commencement of road maintenance and stormwater management operations across various areas, including La Hoff. The Democratic Alliance (DA) simultaneously welcomed the start of the work, with the party asserting that the intervention is a direct result of their sustained pressure and community mobilisation.