Floods leave residents homeless in Charleshill

TSOOTSHA: Five families have been rendered homeless in Tsootsha Village, Charleshill after torrential rains.

The heavy downpour lasted from Monday to Wednesday resulting in floods that damaged the local primary school.

The floods left staff houses and classrooms at Kalkfontein School submerged in water. Charleshill District Officer, Keolopile Leipego said the floods forced the school to suspend  classes.

Editor's Comment
Human rights are sacred

It highlights the need to protect rights such as access to clean water, education, healthcare and freedom of expression.President Duma Boko, rightly honours past interventions from securing a dignified burial for Gaoberekwe Pitseng in the CKGR to promoting linguistic inclusion. Yet, they also expose a critical truth, that a nation cannot sustainably protect its people through ad hoc acts of compassion alone.It is time for both government and the...

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