The DA has been pleading with the Municipality of Setsoto to prioritise and reconstruct the dilapidated Marquard Dam which plays a pivotal role in supplying the Marquard community with water since 2016. The lack of response from the Municipality is troubling and the crisis has now reached a boiling point. The river walls have finally collapsed due to the recent heavy rains (see attached video). The nearby road has been flooded and is dangerous for usage. Fortunately, no lives have been lost.
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Residents in the Free State are urged to refrain from contravening Covid-19 lockdown regulations.
This, after the police arrested eight suspects in Welkom for transporting and selling alcohol. Police spokesperson, Thandi Mbambo, says the group, aged between 22 and 57, were arrested on Wednesday after the police followed a suspicious vehicle to a house where the suspects were then found unpacking liquor from the vehicle.
She says upon a search operation more liquor and cigarettes valued at about R2 million were found and confiscated. The suspects are expected before the Welkom Magistrate s Court soon.
The warning against the contravention of lockdown regulations by the police comes just a day after Premier Sisi Ntombela also appealed to Free State residents to comply with all Covid-19 lockdown regulations.