Municipal news

SASSA opens window for payment method change

SA – The South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) will once again open its system for approved applicants to change their preferred method of payment for the special COVID-19 SRD grant.

Municipality projects on course

Thabazimbi – The Thabazimbi Local Municipality (TLM) Political Management Team (PMT) has given the thumbs up to the various developmental projects being implemented by the local government body.

Fuel price rise as oil outmuscles Rand

South Africa – Global oil prices strode higher during July, setting the stage for fuel price increases in August despite a surprise upside from the Rand. This is according to the Automobile Association (AA) which was commenting on unaudited month-end fuel price data released by the Central Energy Fund.

SASSA makes double payments on some COVID-19 grants

South Africa – SASSA started with double payments for outstanding June and July accounts for the R350 special relief grant. This was done to avoid a situation where beneficiaries of the COVID-19 Social Relief of Distress grant have to make two trips to the post office and to eradicate the backlog of payments.

Invitation to virtual ordinary council meeting

Thabazimbi – Notice is hereby given to members of the public in terms of Section 19 of the Local Government: Municipal Systems Act 2000 as amended about the virtual ordinary council meeting that is scheduled as follows:

SA unemployment rate hit record-high: 30.1%... BEFORE COVID-19

South Africa – The results of the quarterly labour force survey (QLFS) for the first quarter of 2020 indicate that employment decreased by 38,000 to 16,4 million and the number of unemployed persons increased by 344,000 to 7,1 million. As a result, the official unemployment rate increased by 1 percentage point to (30,1%) compared to the fourth quarter of 2019.

Thabazimbi’s warriors fighting COVID-19

Thabazimbi – Since the start of the lockdown on Friday 27 March, the Thabazimbi Local Municipality's COVID-19 local command council, together with law enforcement, conducted daily briefings.

SANDF & TLM in joint operation

Thabazimbi – Members of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) joined the Thabazimbi Local Municipality's (TLM) COVID-19 local command council on Thursday 21 May to ensure that motorists adhere to level-4 lockdown regulations.

Fighting the good fight 

Thabazimbi – The Thabazimbi Local Municipality (TLM) COVID-19 local command council (LCC) in cooperation with the Thabazimbi Traffic Department and Thabazimbi Health Department held a joint operation roadblock at the R510 entrance to Thabazimbi, on Monday 18 May.

Thaba Mall hitting the mark!

Thabazimbi – The Thabazimbi Local Municipality COVID-19 local command council visited Thaba Mall on Wednesday 6 May to assess the community's compliance with lockdown regulations.

SANDF in Northam

LCC working hard to ensure compliance

Thabazimbi – The Thabazimbi Local Municipality (TLM) Local Command Council (LCC) conducted roadblocks on Tuesday 5 May. The roadblocks form part of a COVID-19 awareness campaign and served to monitor compliance regarding level-4 of the lockdown.