STELLALANDER-VRYBURG: From playgrounds to WhatsApp groups, school corridors to social media platforms, bullying is leaving deep emotional wounds on South Africa’s youth and the damage is far more severe than bruises and name-calling.
Once dismissed as a “rite of passage,” bullying has now become a national crisis that schools, families and government structures can no longer ignore.
Final dates set for nationwide AARTO rollout and demerit system launch
STELLALANDER-VRYBURG: The Department of Transport has officially gazetted new commencement dates for the long-awaited national rollout of the Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences (AARTO) Act.
This includes a firm launch date of 1 September 2026 for South Africa’s driving demerit system. Published in the national government gazette, the announcement confirms that different sections of the AARTO Act will take effect in a phased approach between 1 December 2025 and 1 September 2026, putting an end to months of confusion and speculation.
Rondebult Hartklopfees: musiek, vriende en vlamme op 2 Augustus
STELLALANDER-SCHWEIZER-RENEKE: Hoërskool Schweizer-Reneke nooi oud en jonk na vanjaar se opwindende Rondebult Hartklopfees, wat op Saterdag, 2 Augustus 2025, plaasvind. Dié musiekfees beloof om weer die dorp se harte te laat klop op die maat van top Suid-Afrikaanse kunstenaars. Die hekke open 15:00 en die pret hou aan tot laat! Kaartjies is heeldag beskikbaar by die hekke van 12:00 tot 21:00 teen slegs R200 per volwassene en R120 per kind (ouderdom 6 tot 13 jaar).
Dorperboer van Vryburg verras by Lamb Champs-kompetisie in Pretoria
STELLALANDER-VRYBURG: JP Nel van die plaas Enkelbos in die Vryburg-omgewing het op Saterdag, 26 Julie, die kollig gesteel tydens die Lamb Champs-kompetisie wat deur Saai op Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria aangebied is.
Bray se Vonkelvroue dans en groei saam
STELLALANDER-BRAY: Die Vonkelvroue-byeenkoms is op 25 Julie 2025 met groot entoesiasme in die skool op Bray gehou. Hierdie unieke inisiatief, wat in 2018 deur Sanphia Du Preez begin is as ’n alternatief vir die VLV, vier vanjaar reeds sy agtste bestaansjaar met ‘n ledetal van 54.