The National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) is urging members of the public to carefully consider launching boats or other craft onto Hartbeespoort Dam at this time, due to extensive water hyacinth coverage that presents serious and growing safety hazards.
What happened to the otters? That is the question that the Owl Rescue Centre wants to answer with a research-driven project.
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The greatest single event in the history of Hartbeespoort was the building of the Hartbeespoort dam
What happened to the otters? That is the question that the Owl Rescue Centre wants to answer with a research-driven project.
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Two bodyguards of the mayor of the Madibeng local municipality, Douglas Maimane, are due to appear in court on Wednesday after they allegedly killed a SA Air Force sergeant in front of his wife in Mabopane, near Pretoria, last week.
The City of Tshwane (CoT) on Monday morning cut the electricity supply Sunway and Refentse.
Three suspects aged 39, 40 and 42 including a Ward Councillor, a driver and member of a political party from Madibeng Municipality in Brits are appearing in the Pretoria Magistrates court this morning following their arrest at Menlyn on Thursday, 11 December 2025, by the Anti-Corruption Investigation, Head Office of the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (DPCI).
Well-known local resident Werner Nagel witnessed an amazing incident during a recent drive in a game reserve when birds (not of the same feathers) banded together to chase off a puff adder to protect their baby birds.
Africa's tallest Christmas tree is once again lighting up near Hartbeespoort and Brits when the company, GST, switches on the more than 40 000 lights on the 45m Beacon of Hope tree on Friday, 12 December 2025, as soon as it gets dark.
Proudly Harties Organisation and Afriforum Hartbeespoort recently took hands in the supply and planting of lemon trees at the provincial clinic in Schoemansville.
Environment
What happened to the otters? That is the question that the Owl Rescue Centre wants to answer with a research-driven project.
Well-known local resident Werner Nagel witnessed an amazing incident during a recent drive in a game reserve when birds (not of the same feathers) banded together to chase off a puff adder to protect their baby birds.
Last year Hartbeespoort had devastating damage from Leopard moths that target all cycads. They are around again!
The Centre for Biological Control (CBC) of Rhodes University responded to the public's skepticism and statements that the bugs on the hyacinth are not working.
Hyacinth currently covers about 40-45% of the Hartbeespoort Dam, but there is no quick fix, such as herbicides, says the Centre for Biological Control of Rhodes University.
Following the recent fish deaths in Hartbeespoort Dam, Magalies Water said the cause of the deaths could not be determined.
People
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Plaaslike fietsryer, Nico van Eck het pas op 75-jarige ouderdom in die Top 10 geëindig in die padfiets- wêreldkampioenskappe in Australië!
Well-known and loved Hartbeespoort resident Andries Hills (42) urgently needs the community’s help.
Plaaslike fotograaf en ontwerper, Anton Wannenburg, kon verlede week sy ontwerp vir die stert van die Hawk Mk 120 straler van die Suid-Afrikaanse Lugmag in die lug afneem toe dit laag oor Hartbeespoort gevlieg het.
Local resident and entrepreneur, Kimberley Ebersohn, was announced as the National Entrepreneur Champion by the National Small Business Chamber (NSBC) during its prestigious entrepreneurial celebration, the 17th Annual South African Small Business Awards.
Wêreldbekende kunstenaar, Kobus Möller, van Brits is tans besig met met sy mees persoonlike en ambisieuse projek nog. Hy stel binnekort sy eksklusiewe koffietafelboek bekend wat sy lewensverhaal en kunsreis in woord en beeld vertel.
Schools
Xanthe Nagel, member of Harties Reflections Swimming and lifesaving Club, is congratulated by Melvin Shaw, Director of Lifesaving South Africa, during the Orange Cup capping ceremony.
The Mountain Cambridge School announced the winners of its 2026 School Diary Artwork Competition, celebrating the theme “Growing Courageously and Confidently”.
Die SPI Atletiekakademie in Hartbeespoort spog met 24 atlete van verskeie laerskole in Hartbeespoort en Brits wat dié naweek, 15 November, aan die Noordwes-Noord atletiekkampioenskappe deelneem.
The Mountain Cambridge School’s Junior Swimmers made a splash at the 2025 North West Short Course Championships, held at Lebone College
The Mountain Cambridge School congratulates Nina Jansen van Vuuren, who secured first place at the Oppie Tong Af National Competition in the category Experimental Public Speaking.
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