Ficksburg High School ready

for Blue Derby with Senekal

Blue Derby this coming Saturday at Ficksburg High School. “We will be playing against Senekal on home soil! In the buildup towards match day, we are having fun at school! On Tuesday we had 'Jolly Jackets' and on Wednesday we had 'happy hats' at school,” said FicksburgHighSchool

Thabo Mofutsanyana

Provincial Department of Roads fails to fix N3 alternative route

An oversight visit by the DemocraticAlliance(DA)tothe R74 – Oliviershoek Pass road which is the alternative route to the N3, the busiest road in SA,revealedthattheFreeState Department of Roads has allegedly failed in its commitment to repair the enormous collapse which occurred early in 2022 “One lane ofthis main roadis closed to traffic due to a large section whichhascollapsedabout10m down the ravine. This collapse continues to expand as more sections collapse continuously There should be a stop-go station erected to control the traffic, while heavy trucks should most certainly be banned from the road,” said Leona Kleynhans, DA Member of the Provincial Last year, in reply to a question from the DA, the former MEC Bulwane assured the Legislature that works to repair this extremely dangerous section would commence in October 2022 “Todate,thereisnosignofany repairworkonsite”