Klerksdorp Record, Klerksdorp - The public announcement this week by the Matlosana Municipality that Executive Mayor James Tsolela is on leave due to fatigue was met with astonishment by political parties.

The DA in Matlosana said it is “just another ANC trick to dodge accountability’’. Cllr Portia Burrel said it is interesting that the mayor is “fatigued’’ after document surfaced that allegedly implicate him in fraudulent payments.

Nick Mapheele, spokesperson in the office of the mayor, said he will be on leave until after the election. “The decision for leave comes after the mayor consulted his medical doctor who diagnosed him with fatigue. The mayor has been overseeing the provision of municipal services since he assumed his position without any rest. Recently, he has been involved in community affairs and also in the annually budget consultation meetings of the municipality.’’

This past weekend, social media lit up like the Aurora Australis, also known as the Southern Lights that were visible in some parts of South Africa. Photos of the historic event appeared from coast to coast and even from central South Africa on social media. According to the South African National Space Agency (SANSA) a solar storm hit the Earth throughout the night on Friday May 10 and continued until Saturday May 11. A geomagnetic storm occurs when charged particles from the Sun, caused by a coronal mass ejection (CME), interact with the Earth’s magnetic field. The impact of such a storm on technological systems can be significant, potentially disrupting satellite communications, power grids and GPS systems. However, it is also the origin of the northern and southern light. Lucian Kok, a resident of Eksteenskuil in Keimoes in the Northern Cape, observed the historic event with thousands of South Africans on Saturday morning and captured it with his camera.

Klerksdorp Rekord, Klerksdorp - Die brand wat laataand op Sondag 12 Mei in die koppies naby Ottostraat, Wilkoppies uitgebreek het, is vermoedelik deur kabeldiewe veroorsaak.

Veiligheidsgroepe moes Sondagaand bontstaan toe die vlamme gevaarlik naby aan woonhuise in die buurt kom. Volgens Deon Jordaan, voorsitter van Wilkoppies Buurtwag, het die brand in die koppie by Diamanstraat uitgebreek en het die vlamme verder versprei.

Klerksdorp Rekord, Klerksdorp - ‘n Entrepreneur van die stad se voorliefde vir die ongewone, laat haar vriende en familie se oë rek.

Nykie Buys beskryf haarself as iemand wat van allerhande vreemde goed hou en toe sy hoor van die hoenders wat gekleurde eiers lê, moes sy net daarvan in die hande kry. Want sien is mos glo.

Nykie vertel sy het lank gesoek na dié “easter egger”-hoenders en sy kon dit nêrens hier naby opspoor nie. Sy het haar tot sosiale media gewend en van dié buitengewone hoenders in Lydenburg opgespoor. “Ek kon nêrens in Klerksdorp en omgewing kry nie. Mense het nie geweet waarvan ek praat nie,” vertel sy.