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11/04/2025

LAV REPORTS: Fatal accident claims two lives

A fatal car accident occurred on the R57 between Petrus Steyn & Heilbron in the Free State. The car accident that tragically claimed two lives, was reported around 06:10 am to Road Incident Management System( RIMS).

It has been reported by the department of Health's spokesperson, Mondli Mvambi, that there are two fatalities and three critical injuries including entrapments.

Sipho Towa from RIMS, mentioned that the relevant bodies including Emergency Services, are currently on the scene and that traffic is moving past the scene.

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07/04/2025

LAV REPORTS: Power cable cut at Olympia Primary school

Three suspects attempted to rob one of Heidedal's primary schools, Olympia Primary school around 7:40 this morning.

Opkoms, Rykmanshoogte, Ashbury and East-End neighbourhood watches assisted the South African Police Services (SAPS) during the alleged robbery.

The three suspects hid in the double story's ceiling of the school. They proceeded to cut the power cables and left one of the classes damaged.

One of the suspects has been apprehended by SAPS and is now under supervised care at Pelenomi Tertiary Hospital as the suspect sustained injuries during the search.

It is alleged that the other two suspects managed to escape.

Hamlet Scheepers from the East-end neighbourhood watch, mentioned that this is not the first instance that there was an attempted robbery at the primary school.

"The alleged suspects from a previous robbery at the school, stole the vegetables for the school's feeding scheme," Scheepers mentioned.

He further added that these attempted robberies could be as a result of the primary school not having security at night and only during the day.

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02/04/2025

LAV REPORTS: Bloemfontein shows up in numbers for CweCwe

A national uproar has been on the rise since 7-year old CweCwe was sexually assaulted at her school in Eastern Cape in October last year.

Bloemfontein's residents, GBV activists and political parties came out in solidarity to support March hosted by Buang Basadi, an initiative that firmly stands against Gender and female based violence on 1 April.

The march commenced from Hoffman square to the Parkweg Police station where a memorandum was handed over demanding that justice should prevail and that a better vetting process should be done more regularly by the department of education when it comes to teachers.

Newly appointed PR Councillor for the Patriotic Alliance (PA), Sophia Swartz and various members of PA was in attendance. Mr Central South Africa's founder, Theo King and ambassador, Ernest Mofokeng, was also in attendance among multitudes of Mangaung residents.

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01/04/2025

LAV REPORTS: Roadblock at Witherow Avenue

The railway crossover between Witherow Avenue to the East-end industrial sites in Heidedal, has been closed off due to a car and train accident that took place in the early morning hours today (1 April 2025) at the railway track.

According to witnesses, the South African Police Service ( SAPS), emergency services and the Managaung Fire and rescue department acted swiftly. It is also alleged that there are no fatalities.

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26/03/2025

LAV REPORTS: SAPS gives back to Heidedal community

The South African Police Services(SAPS) in conjunction with the Heidedal Neighbourhood Watch donated Devil's Forks to restore the fencing of Clive Solomon Stadium on 25 March.

Various Mangaung Metro Municipality stakeholders such as MMC of Finance, Ward Councillor Logan Kruger ,Ward 47 councillor, Jan-Rudolf Maartens and different sporting clubs were part of the event.

The various sporting codes all agreed that this safety measure will make it easier and safer for the children of the community to partake in sports.

Here are a few highlights of the event:

26/03/2025

LAV REPORTS: GBV Activist sworn in as PR Councillor

Retired Acting Magistrate, Cornelius Mokgobo, facilitated an oath ceremony for Patriotic Alliance councillor Sophia Swartz, who took an oath as a PR Councillor earlier today.

The oath ceremony was organised by the office of the Speaker, Councillor Lawrence Mathae, who mentioned that Swartz will not be able to form part of a council meeting scheduled for later this week if she hasn't taken her oath or affirmation.

“I heartily welcome you to the Mangaung Council and I hope your presence will be a valuable contribution to the people of Mangaung," Mathae said.

The speaker further mentioned that he looks forward to the invaluable contribution that Swartz will make in the council meetings and the difference that the newly appointed PR Councillor will make in the community.

PHOTOS: Mangaung Metro Municipality Facebook

15/03/2025

LAV REPORTS: Final match for Heidedal's Cricket team at Clive Solomon stadium

Heidedal based team cricket team, Heidedal cricket club, will be having their final match of the season against CBC at the Clive Solomon cricket stadium today (15 March 2025) at 1pm.

Vice-chairperson of the team, Franklin Swiegels, mentioned that the if the team wins the match today, they will be promoted to the promotional league.

“We have played 11 matches and only lost one so far, today will be our 12th match for the season,” Swiegels said.

The team consists of:
Ashley Schultz( Captain)
Nolan busby
Gino vries
Quinton Samson
David van der merwe
Lawrence de wet
Rene Levack
Brendon maans
Simon Meyers
Denver Brussel
Leon van schalkwyk

The match is open to the public and there is no entrance fee. The management team of Heidedal Cricket Club,Rene Levack (chairman) and Franklin Swiegels, would like to thank the community for their constant support and urges them to support the team for their final dance of the season.

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