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Waterberg TVET College receives multimedia centre 
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Waterberg TVET College receives multimedia centre 

Thabazimbi – Waterberg TVET College’s Thabazimbi Campus held an event for the official handover of a 40-seater multimedia centre to the value of R1,264,000 on Wednesday 2 December. Thabazimbi Local Municipality and Waterberg District Municipality officials, the college council and management, staff and student representative council, students and MTN officials attended the event. This partnership is aimed at increasing access to e-learning to the youth and is a testament to the education evolution that learning is no longer confined to four classroom walls.   

Festive Greetings
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Festive Greetings

Thabazimbi – The year 2020 has indeed turned out to be challenging for all of us. At the outset as a country, we began the year already facing economic challenges. 

Pothole-riddled roads repaired  
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Pothole-riddled roads repaired  

Northam – Thabazimbi Local Municipality (TLM) personnel have been repairing potholes along roads and intersections in response to service delivery complaints. The recent rains have caused extensive damage to road infrastructure and repair is important to ensure the safety of motorists and other road users. 

Driving licences grace period extended
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Driving licences grace period extended

SA – All learner's licences, driving licence cards, temporary driving licences and professional driving permits, which expired at the start of the lockdown up to and including 31 December 2020, have been granted a further grace period until 31 August 2021. The extension is aimed at addressing, preventing, and combatting the spread of COVID-19.

Assisting the less fortunate  
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Assisting the less fortunate  

Regorogile – To meet the needs of less fortunate community members, Thabazimbi Local Municipality (TLM) met with residents of Regorogile extension 2 on Monday 23 November to register people on the municipality’s incentives scheme and indigent registration campaign for the 2020/ 2021 year. 

Service delivery issues
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Service delivery issues

Northam – A huge number of Northam community members turned up at the public participation session held in ward 7 on Tuesday 3 November. The session was hosted by Thabazimbi Local Municipality (TLM).  

Mayor welcomes SANDF at Thaba Park
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Mayor welcomes SANDF at Thaba Park

Thabazimbi – Thabazimbi Local Municipality (TLM) mayor councillor John Michael Fischer handed over Thaba Park to the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) on Wednesday 23 September.

MEC visits Thabazimbi ECD centres  
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MEC visits Thabazimbi ECD centres  

Thabazimbi – Limpopo MEC for social development Nkakareng Rakgoale recently visited three early childhood development (ECD) centres in Thabazimbi and assessed their readiness to reopen their doors to the little ones.

Health department warns of bursary scam
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Health department warns of bursary scam

South Africa – The North West Department of Health has urged those intending to enrol for nursing courses to be on the lookout for fraudsters who have been robbing prospective students of their money by running fake recruitment scams.  

Good news for motorists
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Good news for motorists

South Africa – Firmer oil prices were stronger than a losing Rand, meaning that South Africans will pay less for most fuel in September. This is according to the Automobile Association (AA), commenting on unaudited month-end fuel price data released by the Central Energy Fund.