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Brahman Vleis Mark het dié maand sy deure in Hartbeespoort geopen en met die intrapslag herinner dié nuwe slaghuis jou aan die tradisionele slaghuise van ouds waar die gemeenskap persoonlike diens ontvang en sommer saam kuier.
Laerskool Generaal Hendrik Schoeman se swemspan het onlangs aan die Noordwes skoleswemkampioenskappe in Potchefstroom deelgeneem en is aangewys as die top laerskool.
Swimmers of Red Bears Swimming Club recently won the South African Level 1 regional championships.
Pecanwood College Prep golf team wrapped up their last fixture of Term 1 at the beautiful Pecanwood Country Club.
Paul Prinsloo (63) who shot and killed his wife and stepdaughter in Kosmos in 2023, was sentenced to effective 25 years imprisonment in the Pretoria High Court on Monday.
A family fishing trip turned into a nightmare on Friday when a seven-year-old boy’s arm was ripped off by a crocodile near Brits.
Rhodes University’s Centre for Biological Control (CBC) was joined by Water and Sanitation Deputy Minister, Sello Seitlholo at Hartbeespoort Dam to officially release the Salvinia weevil, a biological control agent known as Cyrtobagous salviniae, to manage the Salvinia invasive plant on the dam.
With a new National Water Amendment Bill in the pipeline, the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) could soon go directly after individuals such as municipal managers and mayors.
Environment
Rhodes University’s Centre for Biological Control (CBC) was joined by Water and Sanitation Deputy Minister, Sello Seitlholo at Hartbeespoort Dam to officially release the Salvinia weevil, a biological control agent known as Cyrtobagous salviniae, to manage the Salvinia invasive plant on the dam.
With a new National Water Amendment Bill in the pipeline, the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) could soon go directly after individuals such as municipal managers and mayors.
The Deputy Minister of Water and Sanitation (DWS) Sello Seitlholo, accompanied by a delegation from DWS, Magalies Water and Rand Water, visited sites along the Hennops, Kaalspruit and Jukskei Rivers that contribute to the severe pollution of Hartbeespoort Dam.
The Aloe Farm in Hartbeespoort donated thousands of endangered Aloe peglerae seedlings to the University of Pretoria (UP) to be reintroduced in the Magaliesberg mountain range.
The hyacinth bugs have started leaving the hyacinth indicating that the plants are dying. Residents around Hartbeespoort have reported swarming of the bugs at residences at night.
Vulpro recently successfully released ten rehabilitated Cape Vultures in the Magaliesberg at Nooitgedacht near Hartbeespoort.
People
She didn't think she would ever compete again... but then she broke three records just for fun!
Hartbeespoort-fietsryer, Kris van Straaten (47), is op pad na die wêreldkampioenskappe na hy twee weke gelede die Suid-Afrikaanse padfietskampioenskappe gewen het.
Marc Germiquet (51), a former sea scout of the 22nd Sea Scouts in Kosmos, recently won the the World’s Toughest Row.
Ek ry myself gesond,” sê die 75-jarige Nico van Eck
Hartbeespoort-skrywer, René van Zyl, se jeugboek is nou vir skole voorgeskryf.
Hartbeespoort swimmer Antonie Pieterse (20) has been shattering records in America since he started his studies and swimming career at Roberts Wesleyan University this year.
Schools
Learners and staff from The Mountain Cambridge School visited Meerhof School to donate a wheelchair to learner Tshiriletso Lebese.
Laerskool Generaal Hendrik Schoeman se swemspan het onlangs aan die Noordwes skoleswemkampioenskappe in Potchefstroom deelgeneem en is aangewys as die top laerskool.
Swimmers of Red Bears Swimming Club recently won the South African Level 1 regional championships.
Pecanwood College Prep golf team wrapped up their last fixture of Term 1 at the beautiful Pecanwood Country Club.
In a proactive step towards improving campus safety and fostering environmental awareness, Pecanwood College recently hosted a Level 1 Snake Awareness, First Aid for Snakebite, and Venomous Snake Handling Course.
Leerders van Laerskool Generaal Hendrik Schoeman het onlangs hul ontwerptalent gewys toe hulle by French Toast by Little Paris 'n ontwerpersdag gehou het.