by Danie Jacobs
Klerksdorp Record, Orkney - A newly-refurbished gold processing plant opened this week which could mean 4 000 jobs for the struggling community.
According to representatives of the China-African Precious Metals Company (CAPM), R200 million was spent on resuscitating the plant and it forms part of the company’s R2 billion investment at its Orkney operations.
Klerksdorp Record, Kanana - The Independent Police Directorate is investigating the death of a 34-year old Kanana man who was allegedly assaulted by police officers stationed at Kanana SAPS.
Falakhe Ntombela died in hospital. He was ta-ken into custody on Sunday morning November 10.
According to a friend who requested anonymity because he is afraid of the police, the police officers assaulted Ntombela for no reason.
Klerksdorp Rekord, Klerksdorp - ‘n Gedenkrit vir gestorwe motorfietsryers het op ‘n hartseer noot geëindig toe een van die motorfietsryers wat daaraan deelgeneem het, onderweg huis toe in ‘n ongeluk dood is.
Predators en die Bikerskerk Kosh het die gedenkrit op Sondag 17 November plaasgevind. Jean Vernon van der Merwe (43) van Potchefstroom het die byeenkoms bygewoon en het omstreeks 17:00 gery. Oorkant TY Motors by die vierrigtingstop, h/v Leemhuis- en Wesselsstraat het sy motorfiets teen ‘n bakkie gebots.
Hy is ernstig beseer en is later dieselfde dag in die Life Anncron Hospitaal oorlede. Hy was lid van die Sons of Old School-motorfietsklub.
Sy begrafnisdiens vind op Saterdag 23 November om 10:00 by die Duet-Gemeente, Van der Hoffpark in Potchefstroom plaas.
Die polisie ondersoek ‘n saak van strafbare mansslag.
Ava Steyn van Klerksdorp is onlangs as die algehele wenner van die Little Miss United World skoonheidskompetisie aangewys. Dit is einde Oktober in Dubai gehou en verteenwoordigers van 16 lande het aan die kompetisie deelgeneem. Dit is die eerste keer in die 22-jarige bestaan van die kompetisie dat ‘n Suid-Afrikaner wen. Sy is ook aangewys as die mini Model of United World en het ‘n spesiale trofee ontvang as top 5 vir beste onderhoud. Ava is ‘n leerling van Laerskool Saamtrek.
Klerksdorp Record, Klerksdorp - Thousands of illegal mineworkers are still stuck underground near Stilfontein, apparently too weak from hunger to resurface.
A large contingent of police officers gathered this week near Khuma where some residents expressed their concern about the welfare of the men trapped underground. Some of these residents are willing to go voluntarily to the zama-zamas. Reporters from Newzroom Afrika spoke to Phatela Phoko on Tuesday November 12 who went underground in the disused Stilfontein mine. He claims he spotted bodies of six illegal miners down there, and that many surviving illegal miners are in bad health.
