Tag: Rossouw Botes
DA offers solution to Mangaung water crisis
“Mangaung is under such dire financial strain and we need practical, innovative solutions to stretch the existing rand, and to fix things without complicated...
FS water supply should be sufficient – councillor
The Gariep Dam in the Free State reached 98.58% of its capacity in the past week.
OFM News reports that DA councillor and spokesperson for...
FS farmers assist during Mangaung water crisis
Free State farmers stepped in to provide water relief to scores of desperate residents in the troubled Mangaung Metro Municipality, which include Bloemfontein, amidst...
DA bemoans Mangaung financial management
The Democratic Alliance (DA) in Mangaung has accused the embattled Metro Municipality - which is under administration - of the misappropriation of funds.
OFM News...
Mangaung Metro says it dispatched water tankers
The Mangaung Metro Municipality says the Metro has dispatched water tankers in all affected areas whilst negotiations between Bloem Water and them are taking...
Pellissier residents report Mangaung to chapter nine institutions
Irate Bloemfontein residents are reporting the troubled Mangaung Metro Municipality (MMM) to the Public Protector (PP) and the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC)...
Mangaung residents face possible water-shedding
Water-shedding is looming as the Mangaung Metro Municipality (MMM), which includes Bloemfontein, is required to pay R419 million owed to the Bloem Water Board...
BloemWater confirms MMM debt, looming restrictions
BloemWater has confirmed to OFM News that if the Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality does not honour its water debt repayment agreement from December 2018, water...
Advertensies op randstene ‘n probleem vir baie
Die nuutste irritasie in Bloemfontein is die name van besighede wat op randstene in strate geverf word.
Dit is uiters onstellend vir baie inwoners in...
‘Droë gebiede in Bfn kry gou weer water
Na ‘n watertekort wat hoofsaaklik die suide van Rosestad geraak het, het Bloemfontein Courant nou bevestiging gekry dat die watertoevoer binnekort weer herstel behoort...
Complaints against Mangaung pile up at Public Protector
The Public Protector is receiving an influx of complaints from the public regarding service delivery in Mangaung.
Issues ranging from sewage spillage, failure to collect...
#Mangaung: Bruin water weens instandhouding
Die rede waarom sekere woonbuurte in Bloemfontein se water bruin is, kan wees as gevolg van herstelwerk wat aan pype gedoen is en watertoevoer...
Mangaung-metro verloor beheer, sê DA
Die Mangaung-metro, wat kniediep in die skuld gedompel is, het totaal beheer oor die bestuur van sy administratiewe pligte verloor.
Dit volgens die DA se...
Mangaung owes Bloem Water over R260 m
During a press briefing yesterday the Democratic Alliance in the Free State revealed that Bloem Water would be cutting water supply to only 30%...
Are Bloemfontein residents being overcharged for water?
Residents in the Mangaung Metro are possibly paying too much for their water. This is according to a preliminary investigation into the municipality’s billing...
Mangaung-waterkrisis steeds nie opgelos
Mangaung se watergehalte is steeds onder verdenking. Die afgelope twee weke het inwoners hul kommer oor die watergehalte in die stad uitgespreek.
Volgens DA-raadslid en...
Bfn’s brown water ‘no cause for concern’
While numerous residents in Bloemfontein have been complaining about brown water coming from their taps, the Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality has stated that the matter...
SAPD maan oor veiligheid by Suidpark-stortingsterrein
Die polisie in Bloemfontein het 'n streng waarskuwing aan inwoners gerig om op hulle hoede te wees wanneer hulle vullis by die Suidpark-stortingsterrein aflaai....