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Personnel Redakteur / Editor Joe Dreyer 072 930 1462 joe@bulletin.us.com Joernaliste / Journalists Roelof de Jonge 078 672 7306 roelof@bulletin.us.com Billy Sibuyi 081 429 2040 billy@reallysa.co.za Drukker/Printer: Novus Print Office: 064 650 7123 Ontwerp / Design Tessa Thompson 079 653 6317 tessa@bulletin.us.com Ontwerp / Design Deborah Varrie debz@bulletin.us.com Bemarking / Marketing Chrizelle Dreyer 082 628 4181 chrizelle@bulletin.us.com Admin / Finance Jacqueline Allan admin@bulletin.us.com

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Geen landbou beteken geen kos ■

Roelof de Jonge

Dit is vir die Transvaalse Landbou Unie van Suid-Afrika (TLU SA) betreurenswaardig dat daar steeds sommige groepe is wat nie die waarde van die landbousektor in Suid-Afrika besef nie.

TLU SA wil graag die rol van landbouers deur die volgende punte beklemtoon: Landelike gemeenskappe is afhanklik van suksesvolle kommersiële boere in die omgewing vir hulle voortbestaan Plattelandse dorpe is afhanklik van die koopkrag wat landbouers en werknemers in dorpe spandeer Landbou verskaf, afhangende van die seisoenlike behoefte, werk aan ongeveer een miljoen mense in die land

Voldoende voedsel is een van die belangrikste stabiliserende faktore in die land.

“Die verhouding tussen boere en hulle werknemers is uitstekend en beslis een van die beter werksverhoudinge in enige ekonomiese sektor,” het Henry Geldenhuys, die president van TLU SA, gesê.

“Van ons lede het werkers wat al vir meer as drie geslagte lank op dieselfde plaas werk. Dit dui op ‘n baie positiewe werksomgewing.”

“Politici wat met hul eie verwronge agendas onsekerheid rondom landbou wil skep en voortdurend die indruk probeer skep dat plaaswerkers soos slawe behandel en misbruik word, openbaar daardeur hul totale gebrek aan kennis oor wat die werklikheid op plase is.”

Privaatsektor sal die toekoms wees ■

Roelof de Jonge

TLU SA glo nie dat die minister van finansies, Tito Mboweni, se ekonomiese planne die korrekte roete is om Suid-Afrika se ekonomie om te keer nie. Die ekonomie sal net weer opgebou kan word as die privaatsektor toegelaat word om dit te dryf.

Tydens die minister se mediumtermyn begrotingsrede het hy weereens reddingsboeie vir die Suid-Afrikaanse Lugdiens (SAL) en Landbank aangekondig, hoewel hy in die verlede gesê het daar is nie meer geld beskikbaar om hierdie falende instellings te red nie.

“Selfs na die vorige R3 miljard inspuiting vir die Landbank, kon dit steeds nie daarin slaag om die een taak wat dit moet verrig, uit te voer nie,” het Henry Geldenhuys, die president van TLU SA, gesê.

“Die fondse kom eenvoudig nie by die strukture uit wat dit na landbouers moet kanaliseer om insetfinansiering te kry nie. Die landbousektor beno-

dig op die oomblik R10 miljard om die komende produksieseisoen aan die gang te kry. Ons is nie oortuig dat die Landbank in staat is om betyds en deursigtig daardie rol te speel nie.”

Mboweni se aanspraak dat hy staatsbesteding wil snoei en korrupsie gaan vasvat, is mooi beloftes, maar of dit werklik gaan gebeur, blyk die ware kwessie te wees. Vir TLU SA flikker daar ook onmiddellik ‘n rooi lig oor Mboweni se aankondiging dat die pensioenfondse binnekort ook in infrastruktuur kan belê. Pensioenfondse moet nie gebruik word om die regering se staatskuld te delg nie.

“Dit klink asof die minister meen die ekonomie gaan omgedraai word deur Suid-Afrikaners se lewens uit die staatskas te verbeter.”

“Suid-Afrika se ekonomie gaan net omgedraai word as beleggers vertroue in die land het wanneer daar ‘n gunstige beleidsomgewing is om in te belê.”

Dreunsang is nou haatspraak ■

Roelof de Jonge

In die sosiale media is daar die afgelope tyd kwaadwillige berigte wat die rondtes doen na aanleiding van die 2011 Gelykheidshofsaak waarin die Transvaals Landbou Unie van Suid-Afrika (TLU SA) toegetree het in die saak tussen AfriForum, die ANC en Julius Malema, wat die leier van die ANC Jeugliga op daardie stadium was, na aanleiding van die gereelde dreunsang van “Kill the Boer, kill the farmer”.

Die regter se uitspraak was duidelik dat die woorde haatspraak verteenwoordig en daardie uitspraak is allerweë verwelkom. Malema en die ANC het egter aangedui dat beide partye gaan appelleer teen die bevel dat dit nie meer gesing mag word nie.

Die Appèlhof het opdrag gegee dat die partye moet skik alvorens daar in die Appèlhof verskyn sou word. Die kommer het bestaan dat daar ‘n moontlikheid was dat die Appèlhof die uitspraak sou kon omdraai en dat dié lied en ook soortgelyke ander aanhitsende liedere dan nie as haatspraak beskou sou word nie.

Op advies van beide AfriForum en TLU SA se regspanne het die partye berus om tot ‘n formele vergelyk te kom wat daarop neergekom het dat beide die herkoms en status van die ander erken en respekteer sal word.

Daarmee gepaard het die hofbevel ook beslis dat Malema en die ANC sal onderneem om hulle volgelinge te ontmoedig om dit te sing. By implikasie het die regter van die Gelykheidshof se bevinding egter van krag gebly dat die lirieke van die lied haatspraak verteenwoordig. Die skikking was dan ook ‘n bevel van die hof gemaak.

Dit word ook gestel dat enige regdenkende mens hom of haarself die vraag moet afvra hoekom sal partye die moeite en onkoste aangaan om sodanige hofsaak te maak en te baklei vir ‘n uitspraak om dan direk daarna in eie beweging dan te verklaar dat dit nie haatspraak is nie.

TLU SA is oortuig dat dit wat daar bereik was die beste was, gegewe al die feite en die omstandighede. Derhalwe is daar geen gronde vir die onlangse kwetsende kommentaar vanuit sekere oorde nie.

“Hierdie soort van uitsprake bedreig die voedselsekerheid van Suid-Afrika. Dit is eers wanneer voedsel nie meer beskikbaar is nie, dat hierdie mense die waarde van die landbousektor en ‘n stabiele landbou-omgewing sal besef. Sonder boere en hulle werkers is daar geen kos en dus geen toekoms in die land nie.”

“Ons wil verder ons dank uitspreek teenoor die Suid-Afrikaners wat die afgelope tyd hulle harte oopgemaak het vir die boere wat deur die vernietigende brande geraak was. Verskeie rolspelers het uit hulle pad gegaan om op hulle eie manier ‘n bydrae te maak om die nood te verlig. Dit het ‘n baie groot verskil gemaak.”

Landbou-staatmaker ■

Roelof de Jonge

Die Tranvaalse Landbou Unie SA (TLU SA) het onlangs al die saaiboere in die land ‘n geseënde planttyd toegewens. Volgens TLU SA kan die landbousektor met trots terugkyk na die deurlopende bydrae wat gedurende ‘n baie moeilike jaar gelewer is.

Die rol van kommersiële boere was inderdaad die afgelope jaar‘n baie belangrike stabiliserende faktor in die land.

Die irrasionele inperkingsmaatreëls het ‘n groot invloed op die produsering, verwerking en lewering van produkte gehad, maar tog het landbouers voortgegaan om te voorsien in die land se vraag na voedsel.

“Die nuwe plantseisoen is op hande, maar afgesien van die uitdagings wat dit vir boere inhou, word hulle taak verder bemoeilik deur ‘n aanslag op eiendomsreg, grootskaalse bedrog en diefstal, en voortdurende aanvalle op plase,” het Henry Geldenhuys, die

president van TLU SA, gesê.

“Die Landbank wat in die grond in bestuur is en by herhaling met reddingsboeie gered moes word, is steeds nie in ‘n posisie om die instansies wat finansiering aan boere verskaf, by te staan nie. Die planttyd het reeds begin, maar sommige boere kon nog nie die nodige inset finansiering kry nie.”

TLU SA probeer in samewerking met verskeie ander landbourolspelers hierdie sake regstel. Die positiwiteit waarmee daar vir die toekoms gebou word is ‘n kenmerk van TLU SA se besluitnemingsprosesse. Daarop sal voortgebou word.

“Ons wil ons boere graag sterkte toewens vir die nuwe seisoen. Hou voortdurend ons skeppingsopdrag en -verantwoordelikheid in gedagte. ’n Woord van groot dank aan ons boere wat gedurig intree waar die regering faal. Landbouers, boere en plaaswerkers, is die land se grootste bate.”

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Following in the footsteps of dad ■

John Mtembi

In English there is a proverb “like father, like son”, its explanation being that many sons in life take after their fathers.

Good enough when this is the case with good things like with Joshua Maanaso of Bonn village under the Greater Tzaneen Municipality. This young producer took after his father when it comes to food production. Despite all odds, today his indomitable spirit in fighting food insecurity and joblessness among the youth populations, stands as a strong demonstration that indeed together we can do more to improve the standard of our living.

George Maanaso, Joshua’s father, passed away in 2012 while he was busy developing a three hectare piece of land.

His intention to establish an integrated project was not realised before his death while infrastructural development was in progress. His son, Joshua, who was by then a student at a tertiary institution did not allow the idea to go by. He returned in 2015 to continue where his father had left off, though with slight deviations. He did not have much interest in brick making. Or rather, he did not have it as his first priority. To him livestock and vegetables production were the first to venture into. Today, livestock and vegetables production are being practised at this project trading as Maitseng farming cc.

Joshua is a young farmer with a simple philosophy to life.

He believes in starting small and learning all the required dynamics in the process. On his property he produces short crops such as green beans, mustard spinach, chillies and butternuts. He sells his produce locally and to the national market. With butternuts, he prefers to produce under a contract with BIOBEE who are found at Letsitele outside Tzaneen.

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keting challenges. I know that if I have a contract of 1ha the first grade will all be taken at once,” explained the young laconic producer who has created jobs for three permanent workers and fifteen others during picking times. At this time livestock improvement activities on the project are very minimal given prevailing environmental situations particularly with goats which quite a number of them have unfortunately been killed by stray dogs. However, the idea of this enterprise is not abandoned. “I have secured the use of yet another piece of land far away from the village where stray dogs will not frustrate my plans” he said.

Of the three hectares of land, only one hectare is used for cropping. Water storage is a big constraint. The current 20 000L JoJo tank does not meet his irrigation requirements. To allow efficient irrigation a 100 000L storage is required. That would also allow an increase of land cultivation. Irrigation pipes also constitute a constraint. However, the young farmer is trying his best to produce quality crops despite this.

The project is not adequately fenced in and so stray dogs managed to kill his goats with ease. Lack of ploughing units also constitute a constraint in vegetables cultivation. Relying on hired services does not go well with his production plan.

By the time such services are available, his planting schedule has passed. “In that instance I have missed opportunities for fetching good prices in the market. My own ploughing units would be much helpful.”

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VLU kondig dinamiese nuwe bestuur aan ■

Roelof de Jonge

Die Vroue Landbou Unie (VLU) se Valencia-tak is op Maandag die 26ste Januarie 2015 op Letsitele gestig en is 'n aandtak, menende die lede vergader in die aand. Vroue van verskillende ouderdomme word aangemoedig om deel te word van die unie. Hier kan vroue hul kreatiewe kant ontdek en hulself saam met die VLU Valencia-tak se lede verryk.

Die VLU Valencia-tak vergader in die eerste week van elke maand op Woensdae vanaf 18:00. Vir meer inligting kan mense die unie

se skakelbeampte, Cindy Pretorius, by 083 309 1135 skakel.

Die klub se nuutverkose voorsitter is Melissa le Roux (064 101 3698) wie onlangs die leisels by Zerilda Smit oorgeneem het. Smit verhuis eersdaags na die Kaap. “Ons was behoorlik "opgedress" vir ons jaareind funksie! Die tema was Kersfees oorspronklikheid. Ons maandlikse vergadering het met die jaareindgeleentheid gepaard gegaan. Dit was op die 11de November

by Bosveldsitrus se opleidingsentrum gehou.

Hier het ons ook afskeid van ons uitredendevoorsitter, Zerilda, geneem”, het Pretorius gesê.

Die VLU Valencia-Tak se bestuur vir 2021 was onlangs aangewys. Van links is Azaan Hafner (sekretaresse), Wilna Coetzee (tesourier), Melissa le Roux (voorsitter), Louise Genis (beoordeelaarsameroeper) en Cindy Pretorius (skakelbeampte). Foto: VLU Valencia-tak

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Kalafatis – the farmer with his head in the clouds ■

Joe Dreyer

“Basically, I’m still farming, but only from up there,” said Eugene Kalafatis with a bit of a chuckle as he pointed towards the sky. “My roots lie in farming as I’m a mac-farmer myself so I understand the orchards and the struggles that accompany them. The only difference is that my tractor has blades and makes one heck of a noise.”

This interesting analogy is where Kalafatis found the inspiration for naming his company “Heli-Tractor” when he first started two decades ago in 2000. Though his base of operations is situated right in the heart of Kwazulu-Natal’s sugar industry, he has been a regular sight in the lowveld sky for many years. Particularly over the orchards in the Letsitele valley. What you see when you look overhead at the red and white chopper whizzing by, is something resembling irrigation pipes protruding from the sides of the craft. These are called irrigation rigs and back in the day, Kalafatis was the guy who literally piloted the very first commercial helicopter ag operation in South Africa.

Since then, Heli-Tractor and Kalafatis have grown and their operations expanded to include operations in a wide range of areas, even rhino relocations and firefighting. Just last year, Bulletin reported on a chopper handover at Letaba Fire Prevention Association in which Kalafatis was heavily involved.

“But my big love remains farming, and in particular crop spraying. Which is why I’ve been spending so much time in the skies over your neck of the woods. The system we employ has proven beneficial and cost-effective to the farmers in this area which has led to a higher demand for our services.”

The “system” he referred to is known as electrostatic spraying. It may sound like a mouthful, and if you really dig into the science behind it, it likely is. But the basic concept is one that is rather simple to explain and very easily understood. The conventional spraying methods, especially with a chopper that generates a lot of down winds, results in the chemicals hovering above the trees for a period as gravity pulls them down. The spray drifts off with the wind before it hits the plant canopy (this is called drift potential). This causes wastage and losses and although the method is not ineffective, and has been used for many years, it is just not as effective

as electrostatic.

Electrostatic spray technology was invented in the early 1930’s and the aim was to improve spray deposition on the canopy. It works on the basic law of opposites attract. In layman’s terms, the water droplets (which the pesticide is diluted with) are charged with a positive charge. The Earth is negatively charged and the two attract one another. The water droplets act as a vessel to transport the chemicals to the plant. With the law of attraction at play, the spray literally drops to the canopy like a blanket without drift and provides exceptional coverage.

Other advantages according to the research conducted on this method of spraying over the last 80 years, is that the size of the droplets can be decreased allowing for a greater surface coverage. This is the reason that electrostatic techniques are employed in the motor vehicle industry when applying paint to the steel body and chassis of motor vehicles.

“Interesting to note is that because of the charging of the droplets, they don’t just cover the top of the leaf, but actually wrap around the bottom as well. If you observe the method in action it seems almost unreal as the droplets behave coun-

ter to what you would expect them to. As the charged spray droplets reach the target, they induce an opposite charge on the plant, thus activating electrostatic forces and attracting the charged droplets to both the upper and under leaf surfaces.”

In summary Basically, the long and the short of it is simply that you save time and money using the electrostatic application system because you use less water, but produce six times the amount of droplets providing superior coverage over much larger surface area. Added to that is a significant decrease in drift potential. For more information on this and other services offered by Kalafatis and his Heli-Tractor team, head on over to their website www.helitractor.co.za

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There is always a bigger brother watching ■ Joe Dreyer

The most trusted armed response team preferred by major corporate clients, has just added some modernization to their already fully equipped and capable reaction team. Northern Security has stepped up their game and will now offer their clients the advantage of eyes as well as ears on the ground in case of emergency.

According to the newly appointed operations manager, SJ Wolvaardt, Northern Security’s control room operators will now be able to log into your home security system’s camera network the moment they receive a panic or alarm from your property. This will enable the operators to scan the environment while the reaction unit makes its way to your home or business.

“Being able to access the camera systems of our clients while the reaction units are enroute, will greatly assist us in not only apprehending criminals, but also scanning the environment and relaying that information to our officers on the ground,” Wolvaardt explained. “With this system, there can be no hidden surprises and we will be able to dispatch the appropriate number of units to the scene based on observations through our control room. The occupants of the house will not need to leave the safety of their home, as we will have eyes and ears everywhere.”

The system is not an open channel either, so there can be no concerns of “being watched” continuously. The cameras are closed to the control room until an alarm

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or panic signal is received which then automatically grants access to the control room operator to the system. “And we can only log into the cameras which the client gives us permission to log into,” added Wolvaardt.

This system has already been running successfully at a major retailer in the Tzaneen CBD. This prompted Northern Security to fine tune their costing model and make the service available to homeowners as well.

As part of the move towards improving surveillance, and by default reaction time, around town, Northern Security has partnered with other security companies and neighbourhood watch groups to put in place a planned network of surveillance cameras at key areas in Tzaneen. The cameras posses vehicle registration identification software which will enable security companies to build a reference library of vehicles moving in and out of areas and in so doing flag suspicious vehicles. “This system will greatly assist in the tracking of suspects after a cash in transit heist or an ATM bombing for example, because we will know exactly in which direction the suspects fled. It will also allow us to be more proactive in the prevention of crimes within our town.” The first two of these cameras are being installed and discussions are underway for the rest of the network to be installed in the coming months.

The system will also be useful for prosecuting dangerous and reckless drivers who will have their license plates flagged on the system. “The very serious issue of the speeding drivers in the vicinity of the schools would soon be a thing of the past once this system is up and running.”

After 14 years serving the community of Tzaneen, Louis Naude and his dedicated team of highly trained professionals are gearing up for the next 14 years.

“The upgrades and modernizations happening combined with the appointment of SJ who boasts extensive knowledge in the latest software and systems installations, our community can rest assured that we have their backs, all the time, every time, without fear or failure.”

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