Councils Fight Over Boundaries

Kgatleng District and South East District councils are at loggerheads over the intrusion of the latter into kgatleng’s territory without any consultation. On November 15, the South East District Council (SEDC) held a stakeholders’ meeting for the supply and installation of traffic lights at Oodi-Mmamashia junction, a territory that is under Kgatleng District Council (KDC).

The KDC chairperson, Mpho Morolong said he was not aware of the development as he was never briefed by anybody on the matter. “I do not know that SEDC will be installing traffic lights in Kgatleng. It is news to me. I will follow the matter up and come back to you,” he told The Monitor in a brief interview.

Morolong was not the only one who was clueless. So was his counterpart at SEDC, Phenyo Segokgo, who expressed  ignorance about the project. “I cannot grant any interview on the matter as I do not have information. Please speak to our public relations (PR) officers as they are the ones who have sent media invitations. They might have more clues on that,” he said.

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Depression is real; let's take care of our mental health

It is not uncommon in this part of the world for parents to actually punish their children when they show signs of depression associating it with issues of indiscipline, and as a result, the poor child will be lashed or given some kind of punishment. We have had many suicide cases in the country and sadly some of the cases included children and young adults. We need to start looking into issues of mental health with the seriousness it...

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