Well, well, didn’t that go past like a flash. One more month and we will be halfway through 2025!

  To keep it flowing, it seems that the sustained pressure on the Mopani District Municipality over the last 18 months has borne some fruit. There has now been extensive rehabilitation work done which has resulted in three new pumps installed and the immediate environ around the Leguaan Street pump station has been cleaned up. The sewer transfer pump station seems to be working efficiently for now. there are still issues that need to be resolved – emergency sewage storage dam capacity, currently limited to 24 hours inflow if there is an outage, the standby generator has not been connected since March 2024 (what are they municipality doing and how difficult can that be? It desperately requires the will to do it which again seems to be lacking – or maybe they are waiting once again for private enterprise to get involved? Wow, this is frustrating!), there is no automation, and the threat of contamination of drainage lines still exists. We live in hope.

  The Mopani District Municipality’s long-term plan was rejected by the Department of Water Affairs and Sanitation at the end of February – let’s hope the revised plan (if submitted) will be revised to relocate the facility to a more appropriate site.

Here are some days to keep in mind as the month progresses: 2^nd May is World Tuna Day, 3^rd May is World Press Freedom Day, 10^th May is the World Migratory Bird Day, 12^th May is the International Day of Plant Health, 20^th May is the fantastic World Bee Day, the 22^nd May is the International Day for Biological Diversity and the 25^th May is World Football Day.

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Thanks to all the sponsors, the fundraising ball held at the Radisson Hotel went off with a bang. The dancers that came and did a short show were ‘off the charts’ and I can confidently say that everyone had an amazing time, with some stragglers bringing up the rear! Total raised was around R 157 000 and this will go some way to help with the good work done by Farmwatch, day-in-and-day-out, to ensure the safety of us all. Thank you to all the sponsors and donors, and of course to Farmwatch – you people are amazing!

Please keep the donations rolling in as this allows the organisation to be sustainable and let’s not forget – it’s for us and used for us! Better than taxes for sure!

To donate to Farmwatch contact Jane @ 072 310 0032 or scan the QR code below.