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112-year-old granny receives house

The Kopanong Local Municipality has built a modern, big and environmentally friendly RDP house for a local pensioner who has had to share a small, humble home with her son and her grandchildren for many years. The new house handed

Xhariep road infrastructure receive multi-million facelift

The executive mayor of Xhariep District Municipality, Mongi Ntwanambi, has appealed to the Free State provincial government to hand over the powers to raise revenue from local income generating assets back to the poverty-stricken district municipality to enable it to

Trompsburg hospital brings hope to residents

The new state-of-the-art Trompsburg Regional Hospital, which is nestled in a town surrounded by poverty, unemployment and lack of opportunities, has brought hope to the local residents of the area. The hospital, whose construction began in 2011 and is expected

Government greens Free State townships

The MEC for police, roads and transport, Butana Komphela, planted 1195 trees in Trompsburg, a town situated in the Xhariep district as part of the Free State provincial government township greening project. Besides greening towns, trees play a crucial role

Public Protector visits Trompsburg

The eagerly-awaited state-of-the-art Trompsburg Hospital has been hailed as a solution to the age-old problem of shortage of doctors, emergency medical services and medication which have been a thorn in the Xhariep community’s flesh since time immemorial. The construction of

Mabe pleased with Xhariep hospital progress

The department of public works is building a multi-million rand hospital in Trompsburg in an effort to increase access to health care for local residents. The MEC for public works, Sisi Mabe, has praised all the parties involved in the