In November 2022, the provincial spokesperson of the Emergency Medical Services (EMS), Sipho Towa, told OFM News that search operations stood down due to heavy mud posing a high risk for rescuers, .
Premier Sisi Ntombela, flanked by the MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta), Mxolisi Dukwana, the mayor of the Trompsburg-based Kopanong Local Municipality, Xolani Tseletse.
According to a community leader, Lefa Shale, residents went to hand over a memorandum of demands to the management of the Jagersfontein Development Projects (JDP) over varying issues. He says this .
Over 450 workers of the Trompsburg-based Kopanong Local Municipality haven’t been paid their salaries for the month of September 2022.<a href="https://www.ofm.co.za/article/centralsa/318444/.