Lentswe, Bothaville - Farmers gathered at the 2025 Grain SA’s Day of Celebration awards ceremony at Nampo Park, last week. The event took place on Thursday October 2. Botlhale Jacob Tshabalala, a farmer from Ditsobotla Local Municipality, was crowned 2025 New Era Commercial Farmer of the Year, a prestigious accolade recognising exceptional innovation, leadership, and excellence in commercial farming. As part of this honour, he received a John Deere tractor to enhance his planting operations, further empowering him to expand production and improve efficiency on his farm.
Speaker can fund own trip, says DA
Lentswe, Klerksdorp - Matlosana Speaker, Stella Mondlane-Ngwenya is nominated for a Pan-African Local Leadership Excellence Award. The prize giving will take place in Dakar, Senegal in November and she will need to attend if she is one of the top 3 finalists. Voting closes on October 10. The city council already approved to pay for her travel and accommodation should she be in the top 3. But, says Cllr Inge Wilken, why does the city need to pay for these expenses? “Surely she can fund it from her own pocket? The municipality is struggling to pay creditors, settle mounting debt, and restore even the most basic services to residents.’’
Have you seen him?
Modisaotsile George Modumo (23) has been missing since September 27. His family is worried about him. They saw him last in Ext 1. He was wearing blue denim pants, black T-shirt, grey cap and black and white shoes. Contact 078 090 4243, 083 874 9717 or 073 367 3629 if you know where he is.Local schools finalists in school garden competition
Lentswe, Klerksdorp - Two local primary schools are among 32 schools from across South Africa that were selected as finalists in the annual National EduPlant School Gardening Competition 2025. The schools were shortlisted from a total of 300 schools onboarded as EduPlant participants at the start of 2024.
Climate change a hot topic
Lentswe, Klerksdorp - This week, the Dr Kenneth Kaunda District Municipality (Dr KKDM) is hosting the Town Hall Conference of Parties as build up to the G20 Summit that will be held in Durban next month. The Town Hall COPs are inspired by the global United Nations Climate Change Conferences. The event will bring climate dialogue and decision-making closer to local communities.
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