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No sign of Matlosana Smart City

7 November 2025

Klerksdorp Record, Klerksdorp - A Matlosana Smart City comprising a hospital, hotel and various housing and industrial properties, was supposed to sprout next to the N12 between Klerksdorp and Stilfontein. But nothing came of it.

The Democratic Alliance in the North West has submitted follow-up questions to Premier Lazarus Mokgosi to determine whether any of the “urgent actions” he promised in July 2025, after the rejection of all 23 provincial infrastructure projects by Infrastructure South Africa (ISA), were ever implemented.

New heart centre opens

31 October 2025

Klerksdorp Record, Klerksdorp - The Lenmed Wilmed Park Hospital and Heart Centre celebrated the official opening of its new, state-of-the-art heart centre.

The occasion took place on Thursday October 23 with a ceremonial ribbon-cutting ceremony led by the Provincial Department of Health Deputy Director-General, Polaki Mokatsane.

Bejaarde in hof na skote op inbreker

31 Oktober 2025

Klerksdorp Rekord, Stilfontein - ‘n Bejaarde man is van moord aangekla nadat hy ‘n inbreker doodgeskiet het wat besig was om in te breek by sy huis in Cloetestraat.

Sydney Heyns (73) bedryf ‘n snoepwinkel vanuit sy huis. Volgens rdl Portia Burrell teiken inbrekers die huis nou en het hy reeds verskeie kere sake gemaak by die polisie. Vrydagaand 24 Oktober na 22:00 het ‘n inbreker weer deur ‘n venster gebreek om in te kom. Heyns het met sy vuurwapen losgebrand en die man doodgeskiet. Op sekuriteitsgroepe kan gehoor word hoe hy hygend na asem om hulp roep met die woorde: “Inbreker inbreker asseblief asseblief.’’

Fundraiser for accident reconstruction

31 October 2025

Klerksdorp Record, Klerksdorp - The families of four young people who died in a motor vehicle accident in October last year, are raising funds on a crowd funding platform to help pay for private investigation fees.

Cherice Grobler, sister of one of the deceased, announced the Back a Buddy crowd funding campaign on Wednesday October 29.

Outrage over City’s wasted R11 billion

31 October 2025

Klerksdorp Record, Klerksdorp – The findings by the Standing Committee on Provincial Public Accounts (SCOPA), which revealed that Matlosana Municipality has accumulated more than R11 billion in unauthorised, irregular, fruitless and wasteful expenditure were met with outrage.

This figure has nearly doubled from R6 billion in 2021/22, showing the extent of corruption, mismanagement, and a total collapse of accountability in the Municipality, said the Public Servants Association (PSA) in a press statement.