Ditsobotla Local Municipality

01/06/2026

The Deputy Minister conducted an oversight visit to the Lichtenburg landfill site. After having assessed the Lichtenburg landfill site, Deputy Minister Swarts has declared the Lichtenburg landfill site to be illegal, and she resolved to decommission it to mitigate the risk factors to the community of Lichtenburg and the surrounding areas.
The Deputy has instructed the municipality to speedily look for an alternative site for the establishment of the new landfill site. The Deputy Minister was worried about the fact that the municipality is servicing only Lichtenburg town on waste collection and is unable to render such services to other areas of the municipality due to a lack of waste management specialized vehicles. From the Lichtenburg landfill site, the Minister's entourage had visited the Tlhabologang/ Coligny landfill site to assess its status. The non-compliance of the four municipal landfill sites was a cause of concern for the Deputy Minister.

01/06/2026

On Monday, 1 June 2026, the Deputy Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, Honourable Bernice Swarts, conducted an oversight visit to the municipality, as a follow-up to the Deputy President's visit around May. The Deputy Minister was here to meet with the municipality and all the relevant stakeholders on waste management. Ditsobotla local municipality was represented by Cllr Thapelo Sehemo, Chairperson of Technical Services, who was standing in for Cllr Molefe Morutse, the Mayor, Cllr Manana Bogatsu, Speaker, and Mr Kopung Ralikontsane, the National Cabinet Representative, while the Lichtenburg business chamber was represented by Mr Benedict Modise.

31/05/2026

Public notice
Date: Sunday, 31 May 2026

Power outage update

Customers are hereby informed that the municipality has not yet restored power in the Burgersdorp and Serder Park section and the surroundings since yesterday. Please note that the power outage is being caused by a cable fault.

However, we could not trace the exact faulty section on Saturday because the cable fault locating machine, which identifies the faulty part, would only be available on Sunday, 31 May 2026.

We advise that all our plant and equipment be treated as live at all times, as power can be restored at any time without prior notice.

Any inconvenience caused is sincerely regretted.

Electricity department
Ditsobotla Local Municipality

29/05/2026

On Friday, 29 May 2026, the Minister of Finance, Hon Enoch Godongwana came to Ditsobotla Local Municipality to officially hand over the Financial Recovery Plan to the Council for implementation. The FRP document was handed to the Mayor of Ditsobotla Local Municipality by Minister Godongwana. The meeting was attended by the MEC of Provincial Treasury, Hon Kenetswe Mosenogi, Ditsobotla Councillors and officials from National Treasury, the intervention team and the Municipality. After meeting with the Ditsobotla Council, he was to meet with the Lichtenburg Business Chamber at 12H00.

29/05/2026

The arrival of the Minister of Finance, Hon Enoch Godongwana in Ditsobotla Local Municipality, for the official handover of the Financial Recovery Plan ( FRP) to the municipality. As he arrived, Minister Godongwana was welcomed by the MEC of Provincial Treasury, Hon. Kenetswe Mosenogi, the Mayor, Cllr Molefe Morutse, and Mr. Kopung Ralikontsane, the National Cabinet Representative.

29/05/2026

https://youtu.be/bDX23RAEIVk?si=5QOxXmKjRDkePee1

Ditsobotla Local Municipality administrator Kopung Ralikontsane says they have started implementing the new financial recovery plan that Finance Minister Eno...

28/05/2026

Mr. Hannes, an electrician from Lichtenburg Agrico is assisting the electricians from the municipality to fix the cable fault which has caused a power outage at 12 Avenue and Blydeville to ensure that electricity is restored in the affected areas.

28/05/2026

Public notice on power outage

Date: 28 May 2026

Good day fellow residents

The municipality is fully aware of a power outage in some parts of our network.
Please note that the power tripping we experienced last night has affected all feeders on incomer 2.

We have thus far managed to restore power to all other customers on Incomer no. 2 except the 12 Avenue feeder which our electricians are still attending to because we have detected a fault on this feeder.

Therefore, there is no power from 7th Avenue up to Blydeville Ext. 3.

Please treat all our plant and equipment as live at all times
We will continue to update you on the power restoration time.

Any inconvenience caused is sincerely regretted

Regards

Ditsobotla Local Municipality
Electricity Department

26/05/2026

Today, Cllr Mazwi Moruri of Ward 20, attended the Building Inspectorate's public awareness campaign at Itekeng sports ground, which was conducted by officials from the Ditsobotla Local Municipality's Planning and Development unit. Also in attendance was Aupanyana Methi, the local CDW and some ward committee members.

22/05/2026

Cllr Motloung of ward 17, attended the review of the IDP/ Budget consultation meeting in Putfontein. This month the political and administrative leadership of Ditsobotla Local Municipality has embarked on the review process of the IDP/ Budget community consultation as part of allowing residents to participate in the decision-making process on how public resources are allocated.