These stories kept Vista readers on the edge of their seats in 2023

And so a very exciting and news-packed 2023 draws to an end.

Throughout this spellbinding and whirlwind year, Vista has always endeavoured to ensure that breaking news, community news, people news and news in general reaches our readers first.

Here are the five top stories for the year.

Water shedding, water cuts, empty taps – this scenario all to often formed part of the daily struggle of Goldfielders. Especially the residents of Riebeeckstad had a hard time of it.

Every day their taps were dry the residents of Riebeeckstad had to queue at the local church to fetch much needed water.

A Matjhabeng official who was subjected to sexual harassment during a job interview, took the system head on and won a CCMA case against the offender.

She was subjected to sexual harrasment by a Matjhabeng department head during her job interview.

Virginia and Meloding are a sewage cesspool.

Meloding and Virginia are a sewage cesspool, with no relief in sight.

The sexual abuse and rape of two small boys earned him 8 400 years in jail.

He sexually abused and raped two small boys, and for that he received the heavest sentence possible.

Matjhabeng is falling apart at the seams. Empty firetrucks cause two families to be left destitute.

Two Matjhabeng families were left destitute when empty firetrucks arrived at their burning houses.