Klerksdorp Record, Klerksdorp - Early good news for the millions of South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) grant recipients is that on top of this year’s first increases taking effect in April, payment dates have been moved earlier.
Sassa grant payments usually take place from the 3rd to the 5th of every month. April 5 falls on a Saturday which poses an operational hurdle as payments do not take place over weekends and on public holidays.
Klerksdorp Rekord, Klerksdorp - Klerksdorp Markte en Pretlope bied eerskomende naweek een van die grootste markte van die jaar by Pick n Pay Hyper Wilkoppies aan. Die jaarlikse veteraanmotorskou vind op Saterdag 29 Maart plaas.
Volgens die organiseerder, Tinus van Staden, sal daar ‘n groot aantal pragmotors wees wat die ouer garde beslis aan hul jongdae sal herinner.
Klerksdorp Rekord, Potchefstroom - Helena Hettema, een van die land se mees geliefde kunstenaars, is eerskomende naweek by die Rooy’s Food Market te sien. Die mark sal op Sondag 30 Maart plaasvind en toegang is gratis.
Die gewilde mark in die Van Rooyensaal, Piet Bosmanstraat spog met heerlike kosstalletjies vir die fynproewer. En dan kry besoekers ook ‘n gratis vertoning van Helena wat ‘n repertoire het van liedjies in Frans, Vlaams, Italiaans en Nederlands asook kabaret.
Thabo Pelesane fighting for the community
Thabo Pelesane is involved with building a fully furnished house for a child-headed family in Ext 19, Jouberton, a second home was built for a family that lost a daughter who was killed, two other homes were fixed after they were burned due to electricity fault. He is helping to give over 2 000 families food hampers in partnership with Nelson Mandela Foundation and Siya Kolisi Foundation, giving 150 schoolkids school uniforms, supplying Christmas babies with necessities and also helped two gentlemen who underwent kidney transplants to attend Transplant Olympics in Spain in 2017. He also donated a generator to a youth centre in Pienaarsdorp called Mam Olivia.
Klerksdorp Rekord, Ottosdal - Reach For A Dream is die afgelope 36 jaar daartoe verbind om drome waar te maak.
Die organisasie vervul elke dag meer as 6 drome, wat hoop bring aan kinders wat lewensgevaarlike siektes in die gesig staar.
Onlangs is die vierjarige William Daniel Jacobs van Ottosdal se droom verwesenlik. ’n Vrolike en nuuskierige kleuter, is Liam soos sy geliefdes hom noem, passievol oor trekkers, boerdery en alles wat groen is. Sy gunsteling kleur, sy gunsteling superheld, Hulk en natuurlik sy gunsteling trekkervervaardiger, John Deere.
