OPERATION HLASELA HELD IN LEBOWAKGOMO

The multi-sectoral operation Hlasela, where Capricorn District Municipality partnered with officials from Lepelle-Nkumpi Municipality, District Community Safety Forum, Community Policing Forum, Department of Home Affairs, South African Police Services, Municipal Health Practitioners and Traffic officers, saw illegal immigrants being arrested as well as many shops' expired foodstuff being confiscated to be destroyed.

The operation focused on violation of the road traffic act, possession of stolen property including vehicles, illegal immigrants, stop and search and informal grocery businesses that sell foodstuffs to vulner

COMMUNITY BASED CLEANING CAMPAIGN

Lepelle Nkumpi Local Municipality leads the practice of environmental friendliness. The municipality has initiated a waste management programme to provoke cleanliness.

The Mayor Cllr Meriam Molala together with councillors and municipal employees led the initiative and took to the streets of Lebowakgomo, Central Business District (CBD) to pick up waste together with the residents and various stakeholders. National Department of Environmental Affairs, Good Green Deeds beneficiaries, EPWP Beneficiaries, Lebowakgomo Taxi Association, Capricorn District Municipality, Limpopo Economic Development, Environment and Tourism were a

MASS PRAYER RESTORES HOPE

Lepelle-Nkumpi Local Municipality resorted to a prayer session to address social ills that continue to cloud communities and the country as a whole. The purpose of the prayer looked into praying for different fields to come together and for a social cohesion.

The focal point of hosting the various churches together with their congregants and the community at large was to set an example to the communities that through prayer, we can overcome challenges faced with. Most importantly, to symbolise that we are better when we come together.

The electrifying sense of unity in the room gathered to pray for crime, gender based vio