Theewaterskloof |Bredasdorp | Napier
Year 2 • Tuesday 23 October 2012 | Tel. 028 214 1294
Farewell to Caledon Rotary
Seun (8) sterf onder skoolbus ANNETTE THERON
It was a bittersweet evening when the Caledon Rotary Club handed out cheques, to the value of R630 000, for the last time at the Earl at The Caledon Casino, Hotel & Spa last Thursday. The R630 000 represented the proceeds of the sale of their building in Caledon. After serving the Caledon community for 52 years, the club closed its doors due to a lack of interest shown in membership. In addition to the cheque donations, the Rotarians handed over the Rotary Safe House – valued at R1 million, and also in Caledon – to the Dutch Reformed Church, and the Tafelronde ACVV Crèche building, valued at R100 000, to the Afrikaanse Christelike Vroue Vereniging (ACVV) Dagsorg, resulting in a total donation of R1,73 million. Seen at the farewell function are (from left) Rotary Club members Noel Morkel, Heini Esbach, Roy Anderson, Peter Henderson, Deon van Zyl (past district governor), Nico Louw, David Good (assistant governor) and Hennie Johannes (chairperson). PHOTO: ANNETTE THERON
Rain may harm harvest ANNETTE THERON
The harvest of oats, barley, wheat and canola has been delayed due to the rain. The damage that the heavy rainfall of this past weekend might have caused is uncertain at this stage. Theewaterskloof Mayor Chris Punt says he is concerned about the impact the rain will have on the harvest. “My thoughts are with the farmers and the degree of uncertainty that now exists on the outcome of the harvest.” Caledon farmer Willie Theunissen, who farms oats, wheat, barley and canola, said on Monday morning that the harvest had been delayed for about two weeks. “Nobody really knows what the damage is going to be, as that can only be determined on the day you start to harvest.” He is worried that the rain will have had a
negative impact on the grade of the barley. Farmers also face a logistical nightmare. There is usually a separation of three weeks between the harvest in Swellendam and the harvest in Caledon – an important gap, as farmers use one another’s machinery and help each other with the harvest. “But the rain has caused a delay, and everybody will now harvest at the same time, resulting in a lack of available machinery,” Theunissen says. Making matters worse, bakkies are getting stuck on the farm roads, and it will be impossible for trucks to get close to the land within the next two weeks, he adds. According to SA Grain chairperson Richard Krige, who grows wheat, barley and oats locally, some farmers had already cut their grain into wind-rows to counteract wind damage. “There will definitely be some damage, more towards the eastern side, because the grain was ripe and they had already been cut
into wind-rows,” Krige says. He adds that canola is not as badly affected by the rain, as it does not germinate as readily as barley and wheat does. “Therefore, it will not have been damaged by the rain and late harvest. Farmers whose crops are still green will not really have a crisis, as the harvesters will still be able to run.” Francois Joubert, managing director of Overberg Agri Bedrywe, says the impact of the widespread rain in the area over the last few days is a concern for all the farmers. “The result of the rain in the area will only be calculated in the next two weeks, when it is possible to begin harvesting.” Johan Montgomery, Agri Western Cape’s regional representative, says October has seen 150 mm of rain in the Hemel-en-Aarde valley. While rain in October is nothing unusual, he says the last rainfall of this magnitude was seen in 2004, when 179 mm was recorded.
“Mammie, ek wil graag eendag ’n bloupakkieman (polisieman) wees.” So het Stanton-Lee Theodore vir sy ma, Cheryleen Theodore, gesê terwyl hulle na 50/50 – een van sy gunsteling TV-programme – gekyk het. Maar ’n fratsongeluk in Bereaville het Donderdag 18 Oktober die agtjarige Stanton-Lee se lewe kortgeknip toe hy onder die skoolbus se wiele beland het. Hy was ’n lewenslustige seun, onthou Cheryleen. “Hy het graag in die rivier gespeel en ons het saans saam televisie gekyk.” Emelia Ungwyn, hulle buurvrou, sê hy was soos haar eie kind. “Stanton-Lee was my seun Werner se boesemvriend.” Wat haar altyd van Stanton-Lee sal bybly, is die respek wat hy teenoor volwassenes betoon het. Stanton-Lee is Donderdag op slag dood toe hy onder die skoolbus se wiele beland het. Volgens lt. Cryil Coetzee van die Caledon-polisie het Stanton-Lee glo om 14:05 ná skool, aan die kant van die bus gehang. Toe die bus wegtrek het hy afgeval en onder die wiele beland. Die skoolsielkundige bied tans berading aan leerlinge wat die ongeluk aanskou het. Stanton-Lee was in graad 2 by Bereaville Primêr. Die skoolhoof Ferlin Beukes sê StantonLee was baie behulpsaam en was altyd bereid om te help. “Almal het hom geken en al die kinders was baie lief vir hom.” Stanton-Lee is Sondag om 12:00 in Voorstekraal vanuit die Morawiese-kerk begrawe. Stanton-Lee se ouers, Cheryleen Theodore en Stanley Scholtz, is ondersteun deur die personeel en leerlinge van Bereaville Primêr, asook vriende en familie. ’n Saak van strafbare manslag word ondersoek.
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General - Algemeen
Theewaterskloof Gazette
Tuesday 23 October 2012
Document drive Home Affairs personnel will pay a visit to Bredasdorp Library this Thursday (25 October) from 10:00 to 14:00 to offer residents the opportunity to obtain their birth certificates and identity documents. On Friday, they will be at the Grabouw office from 09:00 to 14:00. For further information, contact the Department of Home Affairs on 0800 601 190.
25 Oktober ) Alkoholiste Anoniem vergadering om 19:00. NG-kerksaal Napier. Navrae Willie 082 332 8454.
Vrydag 26 Oktober ) Die Caltex Kalkoen Gholfdag vind oor 9 putjies plaas vanaf 13:00. Skryf in by die gholfklub op die kennisgewingbord. Die geleentheid word dieselfde aand gevolg met die laaste “steakaand” vir 2012 en kaartjies is beskikbaar vanaf R65 per persoon.
Saturday 27 October ) Caledon Golf Club hosts the 87th playing of the Newmark Shield between clubs from the Boland and WP Unions. It is a 36 hole-strokeplay event intended for the single-digit handicappers. Defending champions Parow have confirmed their participation with clubs like Mowbray, Milnerton, Langebaan, Kleinmond, Bredasdorp and of course Caledon already entered. We expect a full field of 12 clubs to participate. The course will unfortunately be closed for members until 16:30. ) Agste Van der Stelpas Uitdaging vind plaas op Botrivier. Inskrywingsvorms en meer inligting beskikbaar op www.bef.org.za.
Mina Smit gesoek
OF FLAGONS, FOOD AND FLAGSTONES: At the recent wine and dine at The Caledon Casino, Hotel & Spa, Flagstone winemaker Gerhard Swart (third from left) told guests that it takes him two days to journey to all the estate’s carefully selected vineyards. These vineyards are positioned specifically for capturing the essence of their wines, with emphasis on important factors such as soil types and differing climates. “Every bottle of Flagstone wine is a journey with many twists and turns,” Swart said. “It can never be hurried, and there are no shortcuts.” From the left are Casper Pieter (sous chef of The Caledon Casino, Hotel, & Spa), Linda Burger (sales representative from Vinimark), Gerhard Swart (winemaker of Flagstone) and Pam Deutschen (rooms division manager of The Caledon). PHOTO: HELGA SCHÖFMANN
Badisa Maatskaplike Dienste in Villiersdorp is op soek na Mina Smit (39). Sy het voorheen op die plaas Vyeboomrivier in Villiersdorp gewoon. Sy is glo van Athlone in Kaapstad afkomstig. Enige iemand wat weet waar sy haar bevind moet vir Susan Groenewald, die maatskaplike werker, by 028 840 1700 kontak. Hulle kantore is in Malherbestraat geleë.
27 – 28 October ) Greyton Roosfees
30 November – 2 Desember ) TESSFEES op Tesselaarsdal
TROUKLOKKE LUI: Jessica en Pieter Van Wyk op hulle huweliksdag 29 September. Hulle het by die St. Augustine-kerk in Villiersdorp in die huwelik getree. Pieter en Jessica het hul wittebroodsdae by twee wonderlike plekke, Kat Ma Koep en die River Lodge in Vredendal, deurgebring. FOTO: VERSKAF
HY VORS GEMEENSKAPSTRUST SE GESKIEDENIS NA: Die Overberg Gemeenskapstrust het vroeër vanjaar opdrag gegee aan Tizzie Mangiagalli om die geskiedenis van die trust na te speur en aan die trust beskikbaar te stel. Mangiagalli is bekend vir sy navorsing oor verskeie historiese geboue op die dorp. Hy is ’n voormalige museumbestuurder van Caledon en is tans verbonde aan die Kleinplasie-museum by Worcester. Volgens Mangiagalli is die boek byna voltooi en gereed om aan die trust oorhandig te word. Die Overberg Gemeenskapstrust is veertien jaar gelede op 9 Junie 1998 gestig, met wyle vader Richard Arendsen as die voorsitter. Die trust is gestig met die doel om agtergeblewe gemeenskappe van die Overberg te bemagtig. FOTO: VERSKAF
) Die Caledon-biblioteek rig ’n vriendelike versoek aan ouers wie nuwe aansoek vorms voltooi het vir hul kinders vir die gerekenariseerde stelsel om hul lidmaatskapkaart so spoedig moontlik te gaan afhaal en daarvoor te teken. Kaarte kan nie aan die kinders gegee word sonder hul ouers se handtekening nie. Die biblioteek wil graag hê die kinders moet lees, en vra vir die ouers se samewerking. ) Romanz kom weer op 7 Februarie 2013 in Caledon kuier. Die konsert beloof om ’n treffer te wees, en sal by die NG Moedergemeente in Caledon gehou word. Kaartjies sal vanaf 25 Oktober reeds beskikbaar wees teen R100 per sitplek. Daar is 60 kinder-sitplekke beskikbaar teen R50. Bel gerus vir Stephanie Visser (082 921 4971) of Esni by die kerkkan-
PRENTJIEMOOI: Gerhard Dreyer en Lin-Mari le Roux is op 8 September op Stanford getroud waarna die onthaal by Raka gehou is. Lin-Mari is Andre le Roux van Grabouw se jongste dogter en Gerhard is die oudste seun van Piet en Elna Dreyer van Stanford. FOTO: . PIETER WOLMARANS
toor op 028 212 1202 vir enige navrae. ) The Swellendam Bursary Fund plans to introduce the heroes of the 1975 Swellendam bus disaster to the community at its Bursary Breakfast, taking place at 10:00 on Saturday 27 October at the Swellengrebel Hotel. Tickets, at R70, are obtainable from the old Gaol Restaurant and members of the Swellendam Bursary Fund. Contact Basil May, chairperson of the fund, at 021 951 4915 or 084 583 3811 for more information. ) Villiersdorp Cellar’s next Slowmarket will be held on Saturday 3 November from 09:00 till 13:00 on the grassy area in front of Kelkiewyn Restaurant, Villiersdorp (weather permitting), otherwise in the Tractor Museum. Fresh produce, baked bread, pancakes, flowers, olives, cheese, coffee, jams and many other products will be on offer. Handmade clothes and many other art and craft products will also be on sale. Enjoy a fun-filled morning with wonderful food, wine and company. Contact Caren on 028 840 1120 or at kelkiewyn@vilko.co.za if you would like a stall – and don’t forget the Christmas Slowmarket, happening on Saturday 1 December from 09:00 to 13:00. ) Op 31 Oktober word ’n enkel Stableford
gholfkompetisie gespeel ter viering van die klubhuis se 20-jarige bestaan. Die kompetisie vervang die normale Woensdag hoender. Slegs die eerste nege putjies se telling word in ag geneem vir die pryse. Die prysuitdeling geskied om 18:45, en ’n heerlike braaivleis is daarna ingesluit by die R100 inskrywingsfooi. Spelers kan vanaf die oggend reeds speel soos dit hulle pas. Die klubhuis is destyds onder kaptein Heinie Esbach se leiding gebou. Die destydse burgemeester, Dr. T Oberholzer, het die klubhuis geopen met Ian Toerien, wat die president was. KontakvirHenryMetcalfofMauritsvanRooyen by Caledon Gholfklub by 028 212 1931. ) Greyton Rose Fair invites you to bid for an original painting by Derric van Rensburg. This year, for the first time, Greyton Rose Fair is conducting a blind auction to raise funds to build a children’s play park in Greyton. Renowned landscape artist Derric van Rensburg has donated a superb painting (valued at R12 000) for the cause; it will be auctioned through the website of Chrizenda Gunter Attorneys. Please visit www.gunterlaw.co.za/ art.php to view the painting, review the bidding process and place your bid. ) Greyton Primêr hou op 23 November om 20:00 ’n langarm dans om hul 30ste bestaansjaar by die skoolsaal te vier. Die Five Stars Dance Band, die wenners van die 2003 DStv–Kyknet kompetisie, sal optree. Vir navrae, skakel Greyton Primêr by 028 254 9943. ) Caledon Dieresorg se Snuffelwinkel in Donkinstraat, langs Kontrei Printing, is dringend opsoek na kombuisware, beddegoed, gordyne en klere. Enige iets wat kan uitgegooi word maar steeds bruikbaar is, is welkom. Die items kan by die perseel afgelewer word. Dieresorg is dankbaar vir die skenkings wat reeds ontvang is. ) ) Kontak die Theewaterskloof Gazette se nuusredakteur, Annette Theron, by 0 028 214 1294 met nuusgebeure, of e-pos haar by 2 kontreinuus@com2000.co.za.
Tuesday 23 October 2012
News - Nuus
Theewaterskloof Gazette
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Noue ontkoming in Vrystaat ANNETTE THERON
Minister Trevor Manuel and Professor Rachel Jafta at the second annual lecture at Groenberg Secondary School in Grabouw.
Trustee member Heindrich Wyngaard and chairperson of the Media24 Rachel’s Angels Trust, Professor Rachel Jafta. PHOTOS: ANNETTE THERON
Die bekende en geliefde egpaar James en Anna Badenhorst van Caledon was op 10 Oktober op pad na die Rapportryers Landsberaad toe hulle in ’n trompop-botsing betrokke was net buite Harrismith. James en Anna was albei vir vyf dae in die Mediclinic Betlehem en Anna se lyf is potblou as gevolg van die impak van die ongeluk. Sy het ook haar pols gebreek. James se ribbes is gebreek en sy knieligamente is geskeur asook
Manuel at Groenberg
“Improving the quality of education in South Africa.” He received a standing ovation from educators, pupils, business and political leaders, as well as other stakeholders who attended the lecture. The role of teachers came under the spotRachel’s Angels Trust which was founded in 2007 is a joint project between Media light with continued evaluation of compe24 and Stellenbosch University that aims tency. “We need to ensure that teachers feel to contribute towards the building of excel- accountable to principals. Principals need lence in high school education in the West- to be appointed on competency and skills ern Cape. It currently includes mentorship – it is a job that requires a skills set to manprogrammes between grade 11 pupils from age 1200 pupils.” The role of oversight and responsibility 20 disadvanted schools and second- and third-year students from Stellenbosch Uni- of Vision 2030 education policy was a question most asked. Minister Manuel reiteratversity. Minister in the Presidency and chairper- ed that every citizen in South Africa has son of the National Planning Commission a responsibility in ensuring the positive fu(NPC), Trevor Manuel was the keynote ture of education over the next 18 years. speaker. He outlined the NPC’s Vision 2030 “You cannot pass sole responsibility on to government; everyone has to get involved, including the learners here tonight, who will be the country’s leaders in 18 years’ time. It is a role that government, educators, civil society and businesses have to be involved in.” Commenting on the Rachel’s Angels Trust, Minister Manuel said there needs to be more “angels” coming forward to implement programmes to impove the quality of education and mentor learners, some of whom are The Groenberg Secondary Marimba band entertained the packed the first generation to comauditorium before keynote speaker Minister Trevor Manuel took plete matric and go on to further education. to the stage. The Media24 Rachel’s Angels Trust hosted their second annual lecture at Groenberg Secondary School in Grabouw on 11 October.
James en Anna Badenhorst sterk tans tuis aan na hulle in ’n ongeluk betrokke was. Hulle Mercedes (inlas) is afgeskryf FOTO: ANNETTE THERON
SAMEWERKING LEI TOT INHEGTENISNEMING: In drie verskillende ondersoeke het die Caledon-polisie beslag gelê op twee 9 mm-pistole en een Zippistool. Hier is konst. Neville Fredericks met die een 9 mmpistole. Die ander twee vuurwapens is weggestuur vir ballistiese toetse. Lt. Cryil Coetzee, mediawoordvoerder van die Caledon-polisie, wil graag die publiek bedank vir hulle samewerking wat gelei het tot die inhegtenisneming en beslaglegging van dié wapens. FOTO: ANNETTE THERON
ligamente in sy arm. Albei sê hulle is gelukkig om dié ongeluk te oorleef het. “Die Harrismith-pad was toe onder die hael en almal het stadig gery. Toe kom daar ’n Cadillac van voor. Die kar het op die hael gegly en reg voor ons in gery,” vertel James. James vertel hoe sy voet vasgesit het aan die rempedaal, maar hy het dit losgeruk en deur die passasier se venster na buite geklim. Die noodpersoneel was gou op die toneel en die egpaar is beïndruk met die nooddienste asook die personeel van die Mediclinic. Hein Punt, die seun van Chris Punt, Theewaterskloof-munisipaliteit se burgemeester, het ook by die hospitaal ingeloer. “Ek is ’n voormalige raadslid in my kapasiteit as speaker,” vertel James. Die egpaar het Punt se besoek geweldig waardeer en is op die hande gedra deur die mense van Bethlehem.
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Theewaterskloof Gazette
Leader - Hoofartikel
Tuesday 23 October 2012
Genootskap reageer op rubriek ‘in swak smaak’
Sterkte matrieks Die matriekafskeid is verby, die laaste dag van skool het aangebreek en nou het die eksamen amptelik Maandag begin. Die laaste tree na 12 jaar se swoeg en sweet in die skoolbanke. Vir party is dit ’n wonderlike tyd, want hulle is slag gereed vir die eksamen en om hul skooldae vir altyd vaarwel te roep, terwyl ander dalk skrikkerig is vir dié laaste hekkie wat hul moet oorkom en die groot, wye wêreld wat daar buite vir hulle wag. Moenie bang wees nie. Die grootmens-wêreld is nie so erg soos wat julle dink nie. Al die grootmense kan seker hier saampraat. Die volgende paar jaar is dalk die mees opwindende tydperk van jou lewe. Of jy nou gaan werk, verder studeer of ’n af jaar oorsee geniet, dit bly steeds ’n fantastiese nuwe ontdekking waar jy jouself en jou toekoms gaan vorm. Ons by die Gazette wens al ons matrieks baie sterkte toe vir die eksamen. Ons glo in julle en is baie trots op julle.
Na aanleiding van die rubriek van Lei de Griffier Moeder van veldblomfeeste in die Gazette (11/09/2012) lewer die Veldblommegenootskap die volgende kommentaar na herhaalde pogings om deur die ombudsman die saak uitgeklaar te kry maar sonder sukses. Die genootskap beskou die rubriek in baie swak smaak en as swak joernalistiek en is baie teleurgestel dat die Gazette wel so ’n onware, onsmaaklike rubriek van ’n genootskap wat reeds 120 jaar goeie diens aan Caledon lewer, kon plaas. Ons wys u op die volgende onware punte in die rubriek: 1)Dat die genootskap gedreig het dit sal die laaste sien van die skou sal wees sou die Victoriasaal gesloop word. – Hierdie stelling is ’n algehele verdraaiing van woorde, ons het gesê dat sukses onwaarskynlik sal wees by die nuwe ligging van die saal. 2)Die plaaslike owerheid het agteroor gebuig om die beswaardes van hul griewe te bevry.– Weereens ’n verdigsel, ons is totaal deur die plaaslike owerheid geïgnoreer. 3)Die plegtige onderneming van die munisipaliteit en die ontwikkelaars dat die saal elders
herbou sou word kon ons nie troos nie. – Reeds in 1995 was die besluit deur daardie munisipaliteit geneem dat die saal vervang moet word by die veldblommetuin, dit was deel van die ontwikkelaar se vereistes. 4)Waarom die genootskap die inkopiesentrum loop en beskinder is ewe vreemd. – Die genootskap was nog altyd ’n voorstander van sinvolle ontwikkeling en steun, derhalwe die ontwikkeling. 5)Skindertonge wou hê dat die nuwe ligging te ver van die plaaslike kwekery is. – Watter nuwe ligging, watter kwekery? 6)Die voorvatters van die genootskap het aangedui dat hulle nie ’n vinger sal trek om die skou aan te bied nie totdat die Victoriasaal elders herbou word. – Die bestuur van die genootskap, in oorleg met hul lede, het besluit om liewers geen skou in 2012 aan te bied nie aangesien ’n geskikte perseel nie beskikbaar was nie en die logistieke probleme om ons materiaal na en van ’n geskikte perseel te vervoer sou daar een wees. Onthou asseblief, ’n skou in ’n tent is nie haalbaar nie, die weer en koste sorg daarvoor!
7)Die arrogante aanname dat sekere instansies “besit” van die plaaslike veldblomme en die bekendstelling daarvan aan die mensdom kan neem. – Waar was hierdie nuwe kampioene voorheen? Waarom het hulle nie by ons kom aansluit en hul hulp aangebied nie? Dit bly veragtelik om ander in die pers te beskinder terwyl dit oor die eie ek gaan. 8)Niemand moet hom of haar in die “vyandigheid” verbly nie. – Uiteindelik ’n waarheid uit sy pen! Die manier waarop die blomgenootskap die afgelope tyd behandel was, is absoluut kommerwekkend en dit hou niks goeds vir die dorp in nie.
NAMENS DIE CALEDON VELDBLOMMEGENOOTSKAP: ADRIAAN HANEKOM (VOORSITTER), YVETTE CHURCHMAN-STEYN (O-VOORSITTER), EDNA VASHU (SEKRETARESSE), PETRO DE WITT (PENNINGMEESTER), GEWONE BESTUURSLEDE, CORLIA BADENHORST EN ELSABE JOUBERT
Die Ombudsman het voorgestel dat ’n respons op die rubriek gepubliseer word, en daarom publiseer die Gazette bogemelde respons van die komitee. Red.
Skaak-broers by SA’s Dis nie elke dag dat twee broers in dieselfde jaar gekies word om aan die SA kampioenskappe deel te neem nie. Mitch Magerman het vroeer vanjaar aan die SA toutrek-kampioenskap deelgeneem en baie goed gevaar. Kort op sy hakke volg sy jongste broer Nathan, wat onlangs vir die SA junior-kampioenskap gekies is. Die toernooi vind tussen 15 en 21 Desember by die Universiteit Kaapstad plaas. Nathan het drie jaar gelede begin belangstel in skaak en hy het ’n passie vir skaak. Hy is toegewyd en oefen elke dag. Ten spyte van die baie ure wat hy per dag aan skaak spandeer, het hy bo gemiddeld gevaar in die vorige kwartaal. Hy het ’n groot liefde vir diere, lees en navorsing. Nathan droom groot om dit vêr te bring met sy skaak. Skaak is ’n baie duur sport en word nie deur die skole geborg. Enigeen wat finansieel wil bydra is welkom om ’n donasie te maak (bel skrywer onder). Die totale koste vir die toernooi beloop ongeveer R5 000.
ERNA MAGERMAN, 076 081 1137
Dankie vir Old Timers
BOLAND KOLLEGE HANG UIT: Boland Kollege het op Vrydagaand hulle jaareindfunksie by The Barn in Caledon gehou. Van links is Tanja Boshoff, Charles Krige en Wouter en Karin Crafford in die pragtige tuin van die Caledon Casino Hotel & Spa. UR Styles in Caledon was verantwoordelik vir Karin se pragtige haarstyl FOTO: VERSKAF
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Differences as seen through a drop of water
We city slickers take water for granted; after all, the stuff just keeps falling out of the sky. Dire predictions are being made, though, about the place of water in our brave new world with its seven billion people. Everyone informed about the world at even the most basic level knows that limiting the world’s population is crucial. The problem, judging by what I hear around me, is that it is always someone else’s duty. I suggest in the mildest terms to parents of three, four, five or even six children that their decisions hold dire consequences for future generations, but the answer is invariably, “We have X children because we can afford to.” Then comes the ugly addendum: “Why don’t you rather tell all those other people (my euphemism) to stop having so many children?” The subtext refers of course to the unbridled lust and copulation in which “those people” apparently indulge in, day and night, with never a thought for the future. I suggest that buying birth control is a luxury to those who spend all their cash on food, shelter and transport, and that improving
living conditions and educating women is still the only sensible form of birth control. This is also rejected on the grounds that this is “the government’s duty”, which is sadly near enough to some kind of truth to make it sound like a good argument. But I digress: since I’ve undertaken to provide my modest household with its own water, I’ve come to understand what it takes to have a tap that produces a predictable supply. The price of town water may put it into perspective: the local authority, whom I employ to supply me with roads, drains and the like, as well as with water, now charges a cool R19 000 per site for access to water – to get actual rather than potential water means buying all the pipes and meters, digging the holes, and your monthly supply on top of that. Luckily, you get the first 1 000 litres or so a month for free. I have a near-perennial spring fed by a mountain-top aquifer. The water that comes out of my taps is admittedly a bit brown and acidic, but a cupful of Jik and cloudy ammonia in a tankful does wonders to make it more palatable to the urban effete. If you’re planning
to raise your ethically correct 2,2 children on it, though, you need to add some calcium and a smidgen of fluorine for their teeth’s sake. It seems that when the Russians marched into Germany for Onkel Adi Hitler’s godly twilight, they were amazed at the sight of water coming out of taps. Sadly not one of those taps, hefted to Russia in rucksacks and stuck into cottage walls, ever produced a drop. 2 fouriejh@mweb.co.za
Swartberg Primêr wil graag die ouers en lede van die gemeenskap bedank vir hul goeie ondersteuning en bydrae tot die Old Timers- funksie wat op 13 Augustus gehou was. Sonder u bydrae sou die poging nie so suksesvol gewees het nie. Die doel van hierdie poging was om geld in te samel om die skool se terrein op te knap en te verfraai. Indien enige persoon in die gemeenskap nog ’n bydrae tot hierdie poging wil maak, is u baie welkom en sal dit opreg waardeer word. Die skool bedank ook die volgende instansies en persone vir hul onbaatsugtige bydrae tot die funksie: Elton Oncker – Caledon Casino; Louis Jordaan – Caledon Spar; Lood Burger – Caledon Apteek; M.Morkel/Anderson – Venster Apteek; Calvin Esau – Cally’s en Mandi’s Liquor store.
Tuesday 23 October 2012
General - Algemeen
Theewaterskloof Gazette
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Unflappable team holds court over Elgin’s golden egg ANNETTE THERON Being the owner of a vast chicken farm – with almost 300 employees and supplying 70 000 chickens per week – was not quite what Jeanne Groenewald had in mind after obtaining her degree in agricultural science from Stellenbosch University. Groenewald, the managing director of Elgin Free Range Chickens in Grabouw, says her career started when she started running a duck farm for her dad in Joostenbergvlakte. Once she got married and moved to Grabouw, she decided to keep a few chickens on the farm. “It was mainly for our own consumption. The chickens could roam freely and enjoyed a natural diet. Whenever friends came over for dinner they would ask where the chicken came from as they said it still tasted like chicken.” So Jeanne started supplying chickens to her friends; she had established an abattoir on the duck farm and could slaughter them there. Soon neighbouring farmers in the area also put in orders for their workers. “I went from 100 a week to 200, and in 1998 I was supplying the area with 500 chickens a week.” She was then approached to supply Pick n Pay, and when she hit the 2 000 mark, she realised she couldn’t go bigger on the farm, and so bought a property in Industrial Road, Grabouw. Elgin Free Range Chickens opened its doors in 2001, while still slaughtering in Cape Town. Supply figures jumped from 7 000 to 15 000. Today the factory supplies 70 000 chickens a week
to Woolworths, Spar, Checkers and Pick n Pay. And Jeanne prides herself on the fact that all their chickens are grain-fed and on a drugfree diet. This hands-on owner says she’s done everything from slaughtering to driving trucks, and the experience has assisted greatly in her management style. Jeanne has received numerous awards for her business acumen as a farmer and entrepreneur. In 2008 she won the entrepreneurs category of the BWA Business Woman of the Year Award. The year before she was runner-up in the Old Mutual Enterprise of the Year Award, and in 2006 she won South Africa’s Female Farmer of the Year Award. Elgin Free Range Chickens has also started a restaurant line, and delivers free-range chicken to the whole of the Western Cape to cater to the needs of a growing group of mindful consumers who demand a free-range option. Six years ago, as the business got bigger and bigger, she decided that she wanted to spend more time with her children. “My business is like my baby and I am a total control freak, but then Linka Bester, straight from university, joined the company in 2009 after completing her MSc. She started in product development.” Linka took over the food safety side of the business, maintaining the high standards required to pass strict and regular audits, but this position was made redundant and she was retained as technical manager. Jeanne says the more work she gave Linka, the more she excelled. In December 2010 Jeanne offered her the position as general ma-
Linka Bester, general manager of Elgin Free Range Chickens, and Jeanne Groenewald, founder and managing director of the very successful business. PHOTO: ANNETTE THERON
nager, and in January 2011 Linka took up the job. Jeanne went away for four weeks in the June holidays and left Linka in charge. “Yes,” nods Linka, “and everything that could go wrong during those four weeks did.”
But Linka survived, and today Jeanne only goes in on Tuesdays. The arrangement suits both these dynamic women who are making their mark in this fastmoving, ever-changing industry.
Flower power blooms in Greyton This year Greyton celebrates the 21st annual Greyton Rose Fair, and plans are well under way to make this a birthday party to remember. The fair will take place this Saturday and Sunday (27 and 28 October), and the main attraction, as always, is the fabulous display of roses, which draws the crowds back year after year. With judging and prizegiving set to take place on Friday, the display will be open to the public on both Saturday and Sunday. In addition, a number of local gardens are also on show, many of them within strolling distance of each other. Greyton is renowned for its Saturday morning market, and this will be expanded on Rose Fair weekend to include more than 100 stalls selling everything from art to artichokes, pansies to potjiekos – as well as roses of every colour, shape and description.
Each year the Greyton Rose Fair is organised by the Greyton Seniors, who work tirelessly throughout the year to uplift those less fortunate than themselves. They do this each week by giving between 30 and 40 people a balanced, substantial meal – an occasion that is for many the highlight of their week. The Greyton Rose Fair is a prime fundraiser for the Greyton Seniors. Members do all the work for the rose fair weekend themselves so that absolutely every cent raised can be ploughed back into the community. This year the aim is to make enough money to build a play park alongside Greyton Library for the use of all the children in the town. To find out more, contact Gill Moore on 083 324 0547 or 028 254 9601, or at 2 gillmoore@greyton.za.org. Please direct publicity enquiries to Jenny Duncan on 082 886 4093 or 028 254 9975, or at ifs@icon.co.za.
FOR THE CHILDREN: This year for the first time, the Greyton Rose Fair is conducting a blind auction to raise funds for their annual fundraising project – the building of a children’s play park next to the library in Greyton. Renowned (and generous) landscape artist Derric van Rensburg has donated Lake Cottage, a superb painting valued at some R12 000, which will be auctioned through the website of Greyton attorney Chrizenda Gunter. Visit www.gunterlaw.co.za/art.php to view the painting, review the bidding process and place your bid!
This is just one of the gardens that will be open to the public during the annual Greyton Rose Fair. PHOTO: SUPPLIED
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Theewaterskloof Gazette
Tuesday 23 October 2012
KOLLEGE-STUDENTE KUIER BY GAZETTE: Dié groep N5-studente van Boland Kollege het 9 Oktober die Gazette-kantore besoek om meer te leer van die daaglikse aktiwiteite by hul plaaslike koerant. Hul kursus behels inleidende rekeningkunde, entrepreneurskap en ondernemingsbestuur, rekenaarpraktyk, bestuurskommunikasie, verkoopsbestuur en openbare skakelwese. Boland Kollege wil ook vakke soos finansiële rekeningkunde en Pastelrekenaarprogram inkorporeer sodat die studente ook in ’n boekhouding-rigting kan gaan werk. FOTO: ANNETTE THERON
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CANWILL LOUW 26/10/12. Canwill baie geluk met jou 13de verjaarsdag. Jy was miskien nie stroopsoet nie, maar soet genoeg. Lekker verjaar. Van Mammie, Ma, Cayleb, uncle Freddie, Gavin, Desmond, aunty Hes & Wilbur. Ons wens jou alle sterkte toe met jou Hoërskool jare by 'n nuwe skool. JOHANNES (Hansie) SWART 27/10/2012. Reeds 5 verjaarsdae weg van ons. Sou so graag by jou wou wees, maar ons berus ons daarin want ons is met jou in die gees. Van jou Vrou, Kinders & Kleinkinders
WELL-DESERVED: These Overberg pensioners enjoyed a rare, good old-fashioned picnic after an invigorating bird-watching and flower-spotting walk off the R43 near De Vlei Farm. The group was led by Avril Young from Bot River, formerly an ecotour guide leader of Kleinmond Bird Club. She says she spends her time driving around and finds great joy in “locating unobtrusive items along the way”.
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NUWE HOOFLEIERS: Hoërskool Overberg se hoofleiers vir 2013 is Elsabe Fourie (hoofmeisie), Lampie Fick (hoofseun), Pieter Edwards (onderhoofseun) en Jané Botes (onderhoofmeisie). FOTO: VERSKAF BENUT BIBLIOTEEKMAAND: Laerskool Bredasdorp het, as bewusmaking van Biblioteekmaand in Oktober, LAPA-uitgewers genooi om ’n boekuitstalling by die skool te kom hou. Vir twee dae kon leerlinge, ouers en onderwysers die boeke goed bestudeer. Carina Diedericks Hugo, bekende skrywer van kinderboeke, het by ’n saalbyeenkoms met die leerlinge kom gesels. Sy het aan hulle verduidelik hoe sy alledaagse gebeure gebruik om ’n storie te skryf. Die leerlinge het haar praatjie baie geniet. Elke leerling en onderwyser van Laerskool Bredasdorp sal vir die res van die maand op ’n Vrydag ’n punt daarvan maak om gedurende die leesperiodes te lees. Hier is van Laerskool Bredasdorp se leerlinge by Nikki Swanepoel van LAPA-uitgewers. Diedericks Hugo was ongelukkig nie teenwoordig toe die foto geneem is nie.
GRAAD 11-PRESTEER: Swartberg Sekondêr het 11 Oktober hul diploma-plegtigheid gehou. Gr. 11 se top-presteerders in akademie is van links Teneal Appollis (derde beste gemiddelde – 70,2%), Elru Hansen (eerste beste gemiddelde - 75,%) en Paulette Fortuin( tweede beste gemiddelde – 70,4%). FOTO: ANDRÉ DE BRUYN
SLIM WISKUNDEKOP: Matteo Louis, ’n gr. 2-leerling van Tesselaarsdal Primêr, het eerste geëindig in ’n Wiskunde-kompetisie wat in die Overberg-streek aangebied is. Hier staan Matteo by sy juffrou, Simona Page. FOTO: VERSKAF
DIS ’N SES VIR OVERBERG: Keenan Delport het die Boland Platteland krieketspan gehaal en sal in Desember aan toernooie deelneem. Hy verwerf dus Hoerskool Overberg se erekleure. FOTO: VERSKAF
UITMUNTENDE PRESTASIE: Tydens die diploma-plegtigheid van Swartberg Sekondêr het hierdie drie leerlinge toekennings vir uitmuntende prestasies ontvang. Hier (van links) is Robin Bosman (deurlopend meer as 80%), Wilmark Hans (Boland-kleure vir atletiek) en Carlynn Armoed (deurlopend meer as 80%). FOTO: VERSKAF
Theewaterskloof | Bredasdorp | Napier
Year 2 • Dinsdag 23 Oktober 2012 | Tel. 028 214 1294
Cycle, run or walk to benefit education in Bot River The community of Bot River is bracing itself to host close to 2 000 cyclists, runners and walkers on 27 October for the eighth Bot River van der Stel Pass Challenge. Known for its great vibe, this popular race is presented by the community to raise funds for promising local students. It’s hosted by the Bot River Education Foundation (BEF), and serves as its main fundraising event. From a mere 80 athletes eight years ago, 1 600 entered during 2011. And this is more than a race. Success has proved to ordinary members of the community what they can achieve through unity and hard work. Poor people from Bot River dug deep into their pockets during the infant years of the race. As the race grew, it became more and more professionally organised. The growth of the event is manifested in the 2012 race budget of R114 000, with prize money
close to R35 000. “This is a proven human development exercise that has brought passion to the people of Bot River,” a spokesperson says. A welcome addition in 2011 was the 6 km Bot River Cultural Historic Race. “This is the first such ‘race’ known to take place in South Africa, and with 130 participants it surpassed all expectations. It is called a race because participants are expected to arrive at four cultural historic sites at a certain time, and need to complete the route within two and a half hours to receive a medal.” The 21 km and 10 km running events that form part of the challenge on 27 October are official Boland Athletics races. For online entries and more information, visit www.bef.org.za. To become a sponsor of this educational fundraising event, contact Dr Anthony Hess at anthess02@gmail.com or on 083 773 2574. Sponsors are especially needed for wider school participation.
Wiele vir wenners Jan van Schalkwyk, eienaar van Euodia Adventure & Cycle Centre in die Hemel-en-Aarde sentrum in Hermanus, het goedgunstig-
X-Mas wish-gholfdag kook Die vierde jaarlikse X-Mas Wish-gholfdag is 13 Oktober by Caledon Gholfklub aangebied. Dié geleentheid, wat jaarliks deur Tanya Bippert gereël word, is ’n geldinsamelingsprojek tot voordeel van die straatkinders van Caledon. Met die geld wat gein is sal sy weereens vir al die kinders ’n smaaklike Kersete voorsit. Dié jaar het nege spanne ingeskryf vir die kom- Die wenners van die vierde X-Mas Wish-gholfdag was van links Pieter petisie wat op ’n Stable- Conradie, Wynand Myburg, Egbert Niemand en Jurgens Jacobs. Hier ford sametelling-for- ontvang hul die trofee vanaf Tanya Bippert, organiseerder van die gemaat beslis is. Spanne leentheid FOTO: VERSKAF het bestaan uit vier spelers en om dinge bietjie meer interessant Prins, Marius Mac Kenzie, John Smit en te maak het al vier spelers se tellings op Terry Saunders wat 124 punte behaal het. die syfer 3’s getel. Behalwe die pryse wat In die derde plek met 118 punte was die span vir die wenners op die spel was, was daar van Ivan Benjamin, Danie Tobias, PJ Benjamin en Jeremia Abrahams. ook ’n natgat aangebied. Die verrigtinge is afgesluit met ’n veiling Jurgens Jacobs, Egbert Niemand, Wynand Myburgh en Pieter Conradie is as die waartydens die gholfspelers weereens hul wenners aangewys met ’n telling van 125, harte en beursies oopgemaak het om addisislegs een punt beter as die span van Jeremy onele fondse vir die projek te genereer.
lik twee fietse as pryse geskenk vir wenners in die agste Van der Stelpas-uitdaag wat op 27 Oktober in Botrivier gaan plaasvind
Hier, (van links) is Lorn Julius, Riaan Turck, Chrisanda Hamman, Daphne van Niekerk, Zusanne van der Vyver, Nathan James, Melvin Vanto en Jannie Nel.FOTO: VERSKAF
BOLANDSPAN NA INDIË: Rikus Brand van Laerskool Overberg is in die o.13 A-krieketspan van die Wes-Kaap ingesluit wat uit die beste o.13-krieketspelers van SWD, WP en Boland saamgestel is. Dié o.13-krieketspan gaan gedurende Maart 2013 in Indië aan ’n internasionale kriekettoernooi deelneem FOTO: VERSKAF
Posduif-uitslae
Immanuel Pietersen met sy Sportman van die Jaar-toekenning
FOTO: VERSKAF
Albert Myburgh se sportster Immanuel Pietersen, ’n leerling van Albert Myburgh Sekondêre Skool, is vir die tweede opeenvolgende jaar in die o.18-Boland-sewesspan opgeneem. Die span het op 4 en 5 Oktober aan die Interprovinsiale @tlantic sewestoernooi in Pretoria deelgeneem. Op die eerste dag het Boland teen die Sharks, die Blou Bulle en Grens gespeel. Hulle het Grens gewen, gelykop teen die Sharks, verloor teen die Blou Bulle en eindig derde in hul groep.
In die kwarteindstryd klop Boland die Oostelike Provinsie. In die Bowl-halfeindstryd klop Boland vir Grens en kwalifiseer vir die Bowl-finaal. In die finaal klop Boland vir Griekwas oortuigend met ’n telling van 45–0. Immanuel was een van die uitblinkers vir die Bolandspan. Immanuel is ook tydens die jaarlikse Prestige-aand aangewys as die Sportman van 2012. Boland-sewes se o.18’s is afgerig deur Tyrone Weits, ’n onderwyser by Albert Myburgh SS.
Caledon-posduifklub Wedvlug vanaf Hopetown Ope 13 Oktober 1. P. du Toit; 2. D. King; 3. M. Otto; 4. M. Otto; 5. P. du Toit; 6. G. Hoffman; 7. M. Otto; 8.G. Hoffman; 9. M. Otto; 10. D. King. Villiersdorp-posduifklub Wedvlug vanaf Hopetown (2) 13 Oktober 1. T. dos Santos; 2. Blackie & Elton; 3. S. de Kock; 4. S. de Kock; 5. Blackie & Elton.