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New reservoir project reaches new heights

The Tower Reservoir at Thornhill has reached a critical point where the bowl of the reservoir is being cast – 25m in the air. This engineering feat is significant, not only because of the intelligence and skill that goes into creating…

VIEW FROM THE TOP: Mamlambo Construction is the contractor responsible for building the 25m-high tower on top of which will be cast a 2.5Ml reservoir to gravity feed Thornhill and Nemato residents with potable water. However, concerns over where the water will come from have been raised Picture: ROB KNOWLES

Progress on the 25m-high tower reservoir at Thornhill, but where is the water coming from?

FROM LAST WEEK’S TOTT The new R33-million water tower being built at Thornhill has no water source to fill it. Talk of the Town looked into the issue after receiving a tip-off that the tower was being built based on a contract for a water…

View from the top

Driving along the R67 by Thornhill, you could not have failed to notice the enormous gantry crane and the concrete tower under construction. The tower is intended to support a 2.5Ml freshwater tanks to feed potable;e water to the…

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Protest action blocks R67 at Nemato/Thornhill crossroads

Members of the Endlovini and Thornhill communities blocked off the R67 at the Nemato/Thornhill crossroads this morning to protest the awarding of a contract to Mamlambo Construction to build a reservoir , without a steering committee…

Big fight night for Ndlambe

It’s almost upon us, the time when Ndlambe residents and visitors make their way to the Titi Jonas Community Centre at Thornhill to witness an evening of South African boxing champions. Locals will also be cheering-on our own Ndikho…

FOR THE LOVE OF MUSIC: Titi Jonas Hall in Thornhill was packed on Sunday afternoon at a CD launch hosted by gospel singer Butho Vuthela Picture: TK MTIKI

Electric atmosphere at gospel CD launch

WELL-KNOWN gospel singer Butho Vuthela from East London and other artists filled Titi Jonas Hall in Thornhill to capacity on Sunday afternoon at a CD Launch. Introducing his album Vuthela said: “My latest album is titled Ndiyonela Nguwe…

Protest becomes a riot

POLICE responded to a burning barricade protest at the Thornhill four-way intersection on the R67 last Thursday afternoon (June 28), firing rubber bullets at a crowd of protestors after a police van was stoned. A handful of police in riot…

One of Ndlambe’s fire engines attending to a veld fire near 43 Air School and Marjorie Parrish TB Hospital recently Picture: JON HOUZET

Failing at fire fighting

THE poor response time of the Ndlambe fire department has come up twice this month. First, for a fire at an RDP house in Thornhill, which is just down the drag from the Port Alfred fire station on the R67. If true, it’s appalling that the…