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The opening of the Hlayisani Drop-in Centre was cause for celebration during the annual Mandela Day festivities on Wednesday. The new building was sponsored by ANB Investments and supported by Indigo and the Du Roi group. The centre will serve as a form of daycare for the school-going pupils from empoverished families in the area. At the centre the children will receive a meal and assistance with their homework. The Cheiftainess Mrs N’Wamitwa II addressed the crowds and thanked their benefactors for their generosity. The day was framed by entertainment in the form of traditional dances performed by the local school children who will beneﬁt from the centre.

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Sparks of divisions in the ruling African National Congress (ANC) in Limpopo will fly high when the faces of leaders in various municipalities in the province change places soon. This is amid the massive reshuffle underway, and to be announced soon. This comes in the wake of reports that the provincial conference left vacant positions in regional and provincial executive committees of government. A source within the ANC in Mopani who asked not to be named as he was not authorised to speak to the media, told Bulletin that a massive reshuffle that would affect municipalities, and the province is underway. He said the inevitable reshuffle is precipitated by the recent election of various mayors and the filling of the vacant position of secretary in Mopani and Vhembe after the election of Bioskop Makamu, and Florence Radzilana respectively. After the controversial conference called the “Ranch 2018”, Mopani ANC secretary was elected the deputy secretary, the mayor of Vhembe District Municipality (VDM) and Vhembe regional chairperson, Florence Radzilana was elected the deputy chairperson. Nkarereng Rakgoale, the current mayor of the Mopani District Municipality (MDM) and the Mayor of Greater Giyani municipality Gloria

Baloyi were elected additional members. According to the source, the policy of the ANC dictates that a member of the Provincial Executive Committee (PEC) cannot serve at the lower level of the organisation while being elected to the top structure. He said there is a lobby on the ground that GTM Mayor, Maripe Mangena is being promoted to contest the position of the secretary of the region, which will be left vacant when Bioskop Makamu vacates the Norman Mashaba house. “When the reshuﬄing takes place some positions of Mayors will be vacant as the incumbents would have been deployed to the provincial legislature. As per the constitution of the organisation, special Regional General Councils (RGC`s) which are attended by secretaries and chairpersons of branches, will be convened to elect the new secretary and chairperson.” Though it could not be established who could be the Mayor of Giyani, members of the ANC in Tzaneen who were interviewed by Bulletin said that if Mangena - who will be contesting the former secretary Bricks Manzini - has his way, the current speaker Sipho Nhemo will be oﬀered the mayoral chain, while the current speaker of the Mopani and chairperson of the ANCWL, Dikel-

edi Mmetle may lead Mopani. The current Mopani secretary Bioskop Makamu is earmarked for the position of the MEC for Agriculture which was left vacant by the recent death of Joyce Mashamba who died two weeks ago. Just a week after the conference, MEC for Sport Arts and Culture, Annah Moloi, resigned on Facebook saying that she is ready to hand over the blue lights for she did not join the ANC for blue lights. She was forced to resign by Premier Mathabatha. Florence Radzilana, who is the chairperson of the Vhembe region, is the current Mayor of the VBM which is reported to be struggling ﬁnancially after it invested too much money in VBS bank. She will be exalted to province as the MEC and the municipality will be left without a Mayor. Also in Venda the RGC will be convened to elect the new chairperson after her departure to the PEC. Party secretary, Soviet Lekganyane said the PEC will change faces. Shortly after the Nasrec conference several municipalities moved swiftly to ﬁll the vacant positions of directors in order to strengthen the Zuma base in Mopani by appointing people linked to the cause of saving the former president. Most of the senior directors appointed were linked to the Zuma cause.

No compensation for your contaminated borehole “Morning. Read the Bulletin headlines last night. My team will attend to the problem today.” This was a message received from the new Municipal Manager of the GTM, Thapelo Matlala, on Saturday morning. This followed the article on the contamination of Tzaneen’s water system at the river near the Rietbok Street sewerage pump station in the Tzaneen industrial area which we published that Thursday. At the time of going print last week, we had not received any feedback from the municipality on an enquiry we sent regarding the state of the town’s drinking water and how it would affect the Blue Drop status. We did however receive a response yesterday afternoon. According to the spokesperson for the GTM, Neville Ndlala, the municipality was not aware of the situation at the two sites mentioned in our article, but the moment that they became aware of the situation, a team was activated and the problem rectified. “Immediately we were made aware of the problem, we took action and now the

of the Great Letaba River which the stream in question opens into. The test results, which showed a sulphur content of 100ppm (acceptable levels for consumption being 10.5ppm) were criticized by social media commentators because they were conducted by AfriForum which the majority of the local community believed to be a publicity stunt. One commentator even remarked that black people are not worried about the contaminated water as they are used to it and raise their children on it so it doesn’t bother them. We find this remark to be absurd and it is the hope of this author that the remark was made in jest. Nevertheless, the GTM has said that they will now conduct their own tests and have said that their drinking water is indeed safe for human consumption. As for whether the borehole owners will be compensated for their losses because of their water now possibly being contaminated, the GTM responded by stating; “we are not in a position to respond to such question, we don’t have facts to support such stance and therefore the question cannot be responded factually.”

problem is resolved, it is possible that some members of staff might have been aware but when it was brought to our attention, we took steps immediately,” he said. “Yes there is a possibility of contamination but the extent to which it affects underground water is a scientific process, and tests have to be conducted to establish such effect.” He was responding to our question regarding the contamination of the surrounding areas and the underground water tables which read, “As custodians for water in the municipality, does the GTM accept that because of the pollution from the sewerage spill directly into the river, some residents in these areas, will not be able to drink the water from their boreholes?” The answer seems rather vague and open-ended which leads one to believe that perhaps water from boreholes need to be tested individually to determine the extent of the contamination. Because contaminated it surely is. This was proven by tests we requested to be conducted by the team from AfriForum who tested the water at three different parts of the river including the mouth

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Six die in Palabora Copper inferno

Conveyor 5 On Sunday morning at approximately 01:25 the call came through. A fire had started at Conveyor 5 at the Palabora Copper underground operations in Phalaborwa. There were 227 workers in the shaft at the time of the fire. Six men died that day. According to reports we received, some of which can only be confirmed pending the outcome of the investigations currently underway by officials from the Department of Mineral Resources (DMR) in conjunction with the mine management and the South African Police Services, the fire started when a section of the conveyor belt at Conveyor 5 caught alight. Palabora Copper confirmed this through a media release. Commentators have questioned this, sighting the fact that according to DMR specifications only fire retardant conveyor belting was to be used and that if this was the case, the fire would not have had enough fuel to reach the

intensity it did. It would also not have been able to burn for as long as it did (according to other statements, the fire was still burning by 15:00 that afternoon which severely hampered rescue efforts by the Proto Teams). This claim has not been confirmed and is currently under scrutiny by those conducting the investigations. In a press statement by the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU), the organization claims that the workers underground were only instructed to evacuate the area after smoke from the fire was noticed by a Logistic Belt Operator in that section. We asked Palabora Copper’s media liaison oﬃcer, Lydia Radebe, whether the smoke detectors had been operational at the time, given the fact that the workers were alarmed by the sight of the smoke and not the sound of the alarm. “We have not heard of this. However, there are investigation teams that are investigating the incident and once

As it happened According to a source on the mine, when the workers arrived on shift Sunday morning at 06:00, they were told not to go underground but report to their manager’s oﬃce. There they were informed that four of their colleagues were trapped by dense smoke underground and a rescue team had gone into the shaft to extract them. “Two of the guys were at North Outer Refuge Bay, one was at Crosscut 20 and the fourth one was at an electrical workshop in sector 4,” our source revealed. Conveyor 5 runs approximately three kilometres from CV26 to the surface. There are two shafts namely Mary Anne (the smaller of the two) and Main Cage. At that stage, the latest update received was that the conditions were too hot, there was too much smoke and the Rescue team could not access the refuge bay at sacrificial 3, therefore they were seeking alterna-

tive routes to reach the site of the fire. The first rescue team had exited the shaft by that time, and the second team went down to continue the rescue operation. At that stage there was only one fatality reported. A short while later the news reached the surface that there had been two confirmed fatalities and that four miners were still missing. The proto teams continued with their search and rescue mission. That evening at around 19:00, it was reported that a further three bodies had been discovered raising the count to five fatalities with one more miner still missing. At 20:00 the mine confirmed that a sixth body had been found. It was at midnight that evening that Lydia Radebe called to confirm that the bodies of the six victims had been extracted. The search continued though the rescue directive was now moot.

they have completed the investigation, then we will know the exact cause of the problem. Once the investigation report is out then we will share more details on the cause,” she said. The Minister of the DMR, Gwede Manthashe paid a visit to Phalaborwa on Tuesday afternoon where he briefly addressed the media before entering the mine along with representatives of PMC. He visited the site of the disaster and ensured their full cooperation in the investigations. The Minister also expressed his sadness at the loss of life and expressed his condolences to the families of the six men. It was the worst tragedy in the history of the mine’s existence and one that has caught the attention of national and international media. Condolences have streamed in from all across the region as friends, acquaintances and family members mourn their loss.

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AMCU also made the bold claim that the mine’s own proto teams were not “ready to complete the rescue” which led to the mine requesting the help of other proto teams from mines in the Burgersfort area, which in turn led to the rescue operations only starting at around 11:00 that morning. This is not true. Bulletin spoke to a member of one of the proto teams at around 08:00 that morning. He was exhausted after having been busy with the rescue eﬀorts since before sunrise. “Proto rescue missions are complicated missions and is not unusual for teams to call on other teams to assist during an emergen-

cy. Normally a proto team, when entering a smoke ﬁlled area, members use oxygen masks and ice jackets thus a member may be within an area for 15 minutes and get out to be able to breathe/ change oxygen and his ice jacket,” explained Radebe. “As a result, to have a frequent swap of proto members (like a relay team) entering the area and going out without having to wait, numbers play an advantage meaning the more people (proto members) you have, the better. Our proto team is called all the time to assist in emergencies on other mines because in the proto’s line of work, the more members the better.”

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1. Shaun Mashigo (26) from Namakgale outside Phalaborwa. 2. Peter Selowa (32) from Mashishimale village outside Phalaborwa. 3. Vula Eckson Mayindi (60) from Namakgale outside Phalaborwa. 4. Kgotso Peter Sekgobela (29) from Maseke Moshate village outside Phalaborwa. 5. Lebogang Elliot Maake (37) from Namakgale outside Phalaborwa. 6. Russel Ricardo Warne (37) from Phalaborwa town. Let us never forget these men who perished in the worst tragedy in Palabora Mining Company history. May they rest in peace. A memorial service is planned for the six victims for this morning in Phalaborwa at the Impala Park sports grounds.

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Eight year olds now declared men Scores of community leaders in the Thlabine and Bokgaga areas in Tzaneen have accused their government of negligence following the annual initiation season finale this past week. Their comments stem from the absence of any police officials, medical personnel, traditional leaders or municipal councillors at the welcoming ceremonies for hundreds of returning initiates at sports grounds in the area. The non-attendance of these leaders and government entities comes after the news that many of the initiation schools were in fact operating illegally and some were accused of breaking the rules by allowing under-aged boys to attend the annual tradition. Rosina Mangena, who’s son arrived at the Mokhapa high school sports grounds where thousands gathered to receive their children from the schools, said the community was worried when they did not see ambulances or fire brigades as is the case at government functions. She said if something terrible happens, people’s lives would be in danger. She said it was surprising that even traditional leaders in whose names the schools operated, were nowhere to be found. She expressed concern that the government continuously assured residents that these schools were inspected, but if they are not available when the children graduate from the mountains, how should they be trusted? Residents told Bulletin that though the return of the initiates warrants a massive celebration, what happens behind the scenes needs to be given attention, to ensure that some of the more unsavoury practices could be prevented. It is reported that despite the

boys being prohibited to drink water for weeks, they are exposed to cigarettes and drugs such as dagga at a very tender age.

Lisborn Ramoshaba, a resident of Khujwana village said he went to the mountain himself. He advised parents to take care of their children when they are on the mountain, because the fact that even toddlers are accepted at these schools means not everything is right. According to Ramoshaba, some of these young boys are introduced to alcohol and cigarettes at their welcoming ceremony when they have reached the mountain to begin their initiation. “Instead of spending thousands organising a party for an eight or ten year-old because he is called a man for spending a week in the bush, or giving a child R200 to buy sweets, people should instead urge children to study

harder to get their matric certiﬁcation. Perhaps only then should there be a cause for such celebrations. The fact that eight yearolds are welcomed back to the community as men, shows that there is something seriously wrong with the whole institution.” On the same note, residents of Khujwana North were shocked on Saturday morning when a man was found wounded on the side of the road after he was attacked while returning from a party organised to welcome the initiates back from the mountain. During the welcoming celebrations cars were spinning around the sports ﬁelds and there was heavy drinking which raised fears for the safety of the congregants. - Jan Mafetsa

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Following on from the story of Mrs Grobbie who worked at the Spar… she informed me very solemnly one morning that the Dutch Reformed Church was eventually getting a dominie. The DRC was actually the only church in our little dorp. For some years there had been no leader and the odd dominie would visit. I gathered that the previous dominie had not lived up to Mrs Grobbie’s expectations as he was not ﬁrm enough with the men of the congregation, so she fervently hoped that the newcomer would assert himself with the male congregants, especially her errant husband. A couple of weeks later the newcomer (complete with his wife) arrived. He was a young man so Mrs Grobbie had her doubts. His ﬁrst church service had a large gather-

ing – most, I suspect, wanted to check him out. After the service he questioned all the farmers about where they lived and said he would be visiting within the week. He did indeed and left each farm with half a sheep, a hindquarter of beef or a boot full of vegetables. These gifts were intended to convince him that they did not actually have to attend church to prove what good people they were – this had evidently worked very well with his predecessor so why change. They found out very soon that this young man was quite happy about accepting the gifts but he made it rather obvious that they were expected at church. Also there would be no smoking near his church and in fact he frowned upon smoking altogether. In the sixties smoking was a fact of life – everybody smoked! Mrs Grobbie was delighted with the new dominie and baked him cookies every week – possibly in the hope that he could make a change to her husband. The dominie wasted no time in telling the congregation that he expected them to arrange a bazaar within a couple of months. And indeed within a few months the posters were up and the party lines hummed with the news of the forthcoming bazaar. Every farmer was expected to donate at least one beast whether it be a cow, a sheep or a pig and the wives were expected to bake up a storm in the kitchen. Those of us who did not belong to the DRC were also excited about the prospect of something diﬀerent. There were food stalls galore and loads of knitted toys and children’s clothes but nothing remotely resembling gambling and no music. During the afternoon I needed to go to the toilet but when I got to the door it ap-

peared stuck so I shoved hard and it gave way slightly and a face appeared and said “Oh – it’s you – I’ve just been keeping “cavey”. For those not familiar with this expression it means keeping a watch to avoid being caught out. There appeared to be nobody in the actual toilets – the ladies were all standing around the basins smoking – all worried about being caught smoking by the dominie’s wife. A little while later I nearly tripped over a trio of men crouched behind a car in the parking area – all listening to the rugby on a transistor radio and smoking away furiously. Evidently the dominie objected to sporting events taking precedence over a church function (which meant the bazaar). During the next year the young dominie managed to intimidate most of the locals into attending church regularly – he also had freezers full of beef, mutton and pork. His coup de gras was managing to buy a farm for virtually nothing from one of the wealthiest farmers in the area. Shortly after the farm sale the dorp was stunned to hear that the dominie had retired from the ministry very suddenly. It took some time for the general population to hear that some young farm assistant who had been in Salisbury during his monthly break and who had been staying at a rather dodgy hotel had bumped into the dominie in a rather embarrassing situation with a young blonde. He passed this on to his boss and the dominie decided it would be a good idea to resign. Mrs Grobbie was despondent – the farmers were delighted – and the dominie was over the moon – he had a young blonde and a farm. “I told you so” I said to a couple of my friends “whoever heard of a dominie who didn’t like rugby?”

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The Message Adriaan van Tonder Wankelende geloof. Johannes 11:1-16. Tomas het lank gesukkel om sy geloofsﬁets te bemeester. Hy was baie lank saam met Jesus en tog, drie keer wat hy in die Johannes Evangelie praat, sien ons spore van twyfel: in Joh.11:16 twyfel hy oor die resultaat van Jesus se reis na Betanië, in 14:5 oor waarheen Jesus op pad is en 20:25 oor Jesus se opstanding. Elke keer gebruik Tomas net een pedaal om sy geloofsﬁets te laat beweeg: kennis! Hier het ons iemand wat gesien het hoe Jesus water in wyn verander, by verskeie genesings teenwoordig was, Jesus op die see sien loop het en Jesus se preke bygewoon het. Hy het GEWEET wat Jesus kan doen, maar Hom nie vertrou om MEER te kan doen nie - sy geloof ly soveel skade dat hy in baie sterk taal in Joh.20:25 sê: “ek sal NOOIT glo nie!” Wat was fout? Hy het vertroue onderskat! Kennis is ’n belangrike deel van geloof, baie mense maak egter net staat op dit. Maar op sy eie beteken kennis niks! Wat help dit dat iemand vir baie jare leer maar nooit daardie kennis genoeg vertrou om iets daarmee te doen nie? Mens hoor amper eggo’s van die apostel Jakobus! Wat is vertroue dan? Vertroue is toegepaste kennis. Dit besef Tomas in Joh.20:28. Om die waarheid te sê in Joh.20:27 laat Jesus dit nog klink asof kennis op sy eie, eintlik maar ’n vorm van ongeloof is. Die vrou wat aan Jesus se kleed raak vir genesing wys ook op kennis en vertroue wat oorgaan in geloof in aksie. Jesus prys haar met die woorde: “Jou geloof het jou gered!” Vertrou jy jou kennis van Jesus genoegsaam om dit in die praktyk toe te pas? Dan het jy ’n lewende geloof!

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Report to Senior Financial Accountant, who will assist & train with bookkeeping & capturing, Manage all general accounting to TB, Will serve as contact person between SARS and projects, Assist with Salary/Wage preparations and payments, Compile audit file and assist with annual audit of various entities/ projects/farms, Responsible for reconciliation of Creditors, Cash purchases, Loan accounts, Fruit deliveries etc on all Limpopo projects (currently 3 but likely to increase), Assist with monthly management reports, budgeting and financial modelling.

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Pets come to Liz’s defence “He held my one arm behind my back and a knife poised at my throat. We were in my bedroom when Sir Pig, my six-year-old pig, came charging into the bedroom with raised hair and growling. My attacker started strangling me. He swung around, using me as a human shield, and lunged at Sir Pig. I screamed, ‘out Piggy,’ and my obedient pig obliged.” Saturday 16th June 2018 should have been a busy morning for Liz McGaffin (54) as she watered and sorted out plants at her off-the-grid peaceful home outside Haenertsburg. She was preparing plants to take to the Magoebaskloof Hotel for the following week’s Fair. She’d also placed a crate of paints in her car to touch up her nursery signs at the Hotel. She was outside with her dogs, Tau and Rio, when she saw a flash in her strategically placed mirror inside the home. She went inside, realised someone had ducked behind her table, and ran outside screaming for her dogs. He caught her from behind, grabbed her hair and arm, and held a knife to her throat. Rio went for him and he kicked the little dog. Then he lunged at Tau with the knife. Liz commanded Tau with the words, “Move. No Tau,” in order to save her dog. Her mind blanked. She didn’t want blood drawn as she sensed this would set this criminal into frenzy. The black balaclava-clad clean smelling, clean clothed attacker, with a Quicksilver t-shirt, was strong and built like a rugby player. He was about half a head taller than Liz and held her tightly throughout the hour long ordeal. In a rasping and agitated voice he constantly repeated, “I’m going to kill you.” In the bedroom he shouted, “The safe. Gun. Money.” When she said that she had nothing he threw her repeatedly against the wall. In the fracas he inflicted a minor injury and stabbed the palm of her hand. She recalled her R300 in her satchel. He pushed her towards the satchel and when the cash wasn’t there, he threw her against the wall yet again. She then remembered the money was in her desk. He wouldn’t touch the purse and made Liz take out the money and hand it to him. She went through absolute terror then moments of complete lucidity. She’d already been in an armed hijacking in Johannesburg

and fought those attackers. This time she went wimp. He wanted all her devices. She had to remove SIM cards, batteries and passwords. She also had to write down all her passwords. Her tablet screensaver was of her 20-year-old exuberant and laughing son, in the snow with arms outstretched. Two years after that photo was taken Graham was paralysed with transverse myelitis and is now in Sandton Clinic battling complications.

Liz with Sir Pig Acorns.

He asked, “Who is that?” “My son, Graham.” “Where’s he?” “A long way from here.” He then wanted bags for his stolen goods and Liz was shoved in the direction of the pantry. He kept on forcing her to return to the bedroom from where he could observe the road. Once everything was packed, he forced Liz onto her footstool and stood over her. This was the first time that she saw him from the front and all she saw beneath the balaclava was dark eyes and a little moustache. Then he rasped, “I want your sex.” She whispered, “I’m a sick woman. I’ve got a nerve disease.” Liz was too exhausted to explain fibromyalgia so she said, “I’ve got AIDS.”He got annoyed, slapped her backwards off the footstool and onto her bed. Immediately he ripped her back onto her feet. “Where are your car keys?” She handed

them to him. ‘You’re coming with me,” he commanded. He pushed her into the passenger seat and commanded her to unlock the gear lock. He held the knife at her head. He got agitated and she felt urgency in him that wasn’t there before. “Why won’t it go?” “Let your foot oﬀ the clutch,” she said. With that the uninsured car shot out like a bullet. At the corner of her property he slammed on brakes and screamed, “Tracker, tracker.” She was suddenly so weary. She looked at him and said, “I haven’t got a tracker.” He screamed, “Get in the back and sleep.” Within seconds he screamed, “Get out.” He told her to oﬄoad her crate of paints. She dropped the crate with the back door still open and ran into the house and locked the doors. She heard the car revving. She ran to get help at the neighbours 200 meters away. They weren’t there. She ran back to

the open house and locked herself and the animals inside. She found her two-way radio but it was ﬂat. With trembling hands she found an adapter and began charging it. As soon as it kicked in, she frantically called, “Please! Somebody help me,” on every channel. A voice replied, “Liz, we’ve got you.” Five minutes later HNW (Haenertsburg Neighbourhood Watch) arrived. The SAPS arrived a few minutes later. Drones were used to trace the criminal and her car but to no avail. Her younger son, Christopher, dropped everything and drove from Johannesburg and was at her doorstep by 17:00. He stayed with her and then took her with him to Johannesburg to recover. Liz is back home but her livelihood is threatened as she’s still carless. She is frightened and fragile and this has taken its toll on her health and state of mind.

Prevention is the only cure Speech therapy. It is often scoffed at among written language, such as dyslexia, dyspcertain circles within the medical fraternity raxia and auditory processing disorder. In and not many people understand the imfact, a speech therapist is more accurately portance of this specialised field in their called a speech-language pathologist (SLP). daily lives. Until one day you lose the abilIn adults, a stroke can lead to a number of ity to speak, or adequately communicate unexpected side-effects such as losing the your needs to those around you. Mostly, in ability to eat, speak, walk and perform baadults especially, this happens as a result of sic movements unassisted. This is where the a stroke or a bad accident. In children, the loving hands of the Occupational Therapist difficulties with speech and learning a lancome into play. The therapist will guide you guage is far more common at a very young through the process of retraining yourself age, which makes detection and the subseto adjust to your new lifestyle and assist in quent treatment thereof, a lot simpler. the often painful recovery process. They are Meet Kathryn Glendinning, Tzaneen’s very specifically trained to deal with both the own Speech Therapist and Audiologist, who physical and the emotional trauma assoin conjunction with Ane-Suné Grobler, an ciated with these types of trauma and are Occupational Therapist, has setup a practice able to help you regain that quality of life at the Ivory Tusk Medical centre opposite that have made you, you. Mediclinic Tzaneen. The fascinating world of these two therThe benefits of having these two profesapists and the wonderful work they persionals right on your doorstep is as vast as form in the community as a unit, cannot be the medical help and professional services encapsulated on just one page in a local they offer. No longer will you need to make newspaper. Any attempt to confine their Kathryn Glendinning Ane-Suné Grobler arrangements to spend a week in the city as profession to eight columns would be a you can now benefit from consultations and gross violation of the important work they therapy right here in your home town. Furdo. If you suspect that your child may be py may not seem like the obvious answer. Many people think ther adding to the benefits list is the successful marrying of that speech therapists only work with people who have trou- in need of a little more help than you can offer, please pay the two medical professions in one practice as Occupational ble making certain sounds (articulation) or who have stut- these therapists a visit and find out as much as you can, to Therapy and Speech and Language Therapy, often go hand- ters or lisps. offer their future the most that you can. in-hand when it comes to the rehabilitation process. To make an appointment please contact Kathryn on 082Speech therapists do handle those speech issues. But they If your child has trouble reading and spelling, speech thera- also help kids with other kinds of problems with spoken and 939-9036 or Ane-Suné on 072-137-6485.

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Meet the new Volkswagen Arteon Arteon is designed to take on the likes of the Audi A5 Sportback and the BMW 4 series grand coupe. On the outside the Arteon looks great with the big, bold VW styled grill and the streamline appearance caused by all the creases on the bodywork. The colour schemes are great too and the car as a whole screams elegance. But it still has that Jetta or Passat ﬂavour to it, which is a little disappointing when you compare the two models. But despite the interior which closely resembles that of the Passat, the Arteon does compensate for its rather unimpressive interior

design, through its full house of luxurious features standardized across all models. These include the tri-zone climate control, leather seats, all round LED lights and a digital driver’s display with an 8 inch touchscreen which also comes with gesture control. This means that just by waving your hand, you can shuttle

Kulani Hlayisi, salesman at Lannie Motors, hands Mr Ishmail Shivuri the keys to his 2.0 Tdi Elegance DSG model Arteon. Shivuri is the very ﬁrst owner of an Arteon in Tzaneen.

vehicle can tell if you fall asleep or suddenly become unresponsive behind the wheel and will then automatically pull over to the side of the road and come to a full stop. The Arteon represents the latest offering by VW into the passenger sedan market and is Volkwagen’s top model which replaces the outgoing Passat CC. New Arteon The name is derived from two terminologies namely ‘Art’ which describes the vehicle’s design and ‘eon’ to identhrough the stations or the tify it as a premium model. The 2.0 TDI DSG model is available in ‘Elemenus while driving. There is an insane amount of gance’ and ‘R-line’ trim lines. Its 2.0-litre turbolegroom inside the vehicle as diesel has peak outputs of 130 kW and 350 Nm, the interior is based off the Pas- with power going to the front wheels via a sat which is known for being 6-speed DSG. It’ll be the most economical of a spacious family sedan. You the motors, with a claimed consumption figcan easily fit three adults in the ure of just 5.6 L/100 km. The petrol engine, on the other hand, is a backseat without anyone complaining about elbow room. The 2.0-litre turbocharged unit, which delivers boot space is way more than you 206 kW/350 Nm and is paired with a 7-speed would get in the Audi A5 or the DSG. The motor powers the top-of-the-range BMW 4 Series and includes a full all-wheel-driven Arteon derivative that is size (not a biscuit) spare wheel claimed to complete the 0-100 km/h sprint in folded away under the boot floor. just 5.6 seconds before going on to a limited The vehicle also sports sur- top speed of 250 km/h. It’s a little thirstier round-view cameras which ena- than its diesel sibling at 7.3 L/100 km. The new Arteon comes standard with a ble the driver to see obstacles or people at the front, the sides or 5-year/90 000 km maintenance plan, 3-year/120 the rear of the vehicle at all times 000 km warranty and a 12-year anti-corrosion and there is even the “full bird’s warranty. Service Interval is 15 000 km. 2.0 TDI 130 kW Elegance DSG R599 900 eye view” option which displays 2.0 TDI 130 kW R-Line DSG R649 900 the entire vehicle on the display 2.0 TSI 206 kW R-Line 4MOTION DSG screen. One absolutely amazing feature of the Arteon is that the R699 900

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Introducing a sexier new Micra The all New Nissan Micra is here to turn convention on its head. It’s been designed to challenge everyone’s expectations of what a small car is, and revolutionise your way of looking at premium vehicle design, comfort and performance. From its bold, sculpted sporty looks to its interior space, comfort and style, this is a hatchback that will give you countless reasons to love your car. The New Nissan Micra takes the best of what Nissan has to offer and blends it into a stylish vehicle that is intrinsically safe thanks to its intelligent safety features and agile driving characteristics. This is a car that will allow you to drive with greater exhilaration and perception thanks to Nissan’s Intelligent Driving Systems, and will make you feel more secure behind the wheel than ever before. Perfect for families, friends and singletons, this is a car that demands to be shared and wants to be noticed. It is everything you’d ever want in a car of this class, and comes standard with an exceptionally high level of features. In contrast with the previous generation budget-oriented Micra Active, which remains on sale, the newcomer will be positioned at the upper end of the compact hatchback segment. In a trend-bucking move away from mass-production of affordable “world” cars (a practice that may now be left to its Datsun sub-brand), Nissan primarily designed and developed its new Micra specifically for the EU, the world’s largest small hatchback market. This version is produced in France

as well as Thailand, the latter of which is the most likely source of the units that will be launched in the South African market. The new Micra is uninhibitedly styled to turn heads and targets an altogether younger demographic. It is lower, wider and longer than its predecessor and its chiselled exterior offers considerably more space inside. Now riding on an agile, re-engineered chassis, the newcomer can pack extensive safety kit and connective technology. Its design incorporates many of the current Nissan design cues including the distinctive V-grille, from where sharp crease lines run through to the rear ends boomerang-shaped lights. The floating roof effect of the C-pillar creates an airy feeling. The rear door handles are hidden in the trailing edge of the C-pillars and an extended roofline culminates in a spoiler. Inside, the new Micra is a huge step forward. The drab interior has been replaced by something more stylish and modern. But most crucial is the quality. This is a far better-finished car than before with more softtouch plastics and modern fittings. The driving position is lower and the extended width and wheelbase translate into more cabin space and the new “gliding wing” shaped dashboard imparts the feeling of greater cabin width. Room for those in the back is about standard for a hatchback in this class and the generous 300-litre luggage bay is deep, which does mean you have to lift heavy things out over a substantial lip. The Micra does, how-

ever, come with a proper spare wheel as standard. Oddly, the rear windows across the range only have manual winders (UK specification). In many “firsts” in its segment, the new Micra sees the trickling down of on-board technology from larger more luxurious cars in the upper echelons of Nissan’s current international line-up. In Europe, new tech includes lane departure warning, emergency city braking with pedestrian recognition as well as Nissan’s around-view monitor, traffic sign recognition, high beam assist and blind spot warning. There’s a seven-inch full-colour central display providing access to the audio system, navigation, mobile phone,

downloadable apps and Siri voice control via Apple CarPlay. Meanwhile, Nissan SA has further revealed that Micra will be powered by 0.9-litre, 3-cylinder turbopetrol unit, which develops 66 kW/140 Nm and is mated with a 5-speed manual gearbox. It is said that when driven with sense, the engine consumes only 4.4L/100 km and emits just 99g/km of CO2. For any enquiries feel free to drop by the BB Motors showroom and request a test drive. The Nissan Micra, own it, love it, experience it. Sources: Group 1 Nissan, Nissan SA, Cars. co.za

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Nursery QA Manager and Technical Advisor Reporting to the Nursery manager the incumbent will be responsible for ensuring that plant material entering and trees leaving the nursery are of high quality, supporting nursery personnel in the process of propagation, ensuring that sampling of mother plant material for ASBVd indexing is done correctly, monitoring general plant health and assisting growers with technical advice.

Laerskool Tzaneen Primary het nog twee gekwalifiseerde Vlak 2 netbalafrigters by hul total van vier gevoeg na afloop van die skoolvakansie. Roxy Retief en Estelle Human het nou hul kwalifikasies verwerf. Die Netbal Suid-Afrika Afrigtingskursus bestaan uit twee afdelings, ‘n teorie en praktiese gedeelte. Die teoretiese afdeling het in 2017 in Polokwane plaasgevind en is gevalueer deur Me. Anneline Lewies, NSA se hoofdirekteur van afrigting. Die praktiese evaluering is waargeneem deur Me. Charmaine Beetge.

Person Requirements: • Good communication and motivational skills • Attention to detail • Good problem-solving skills • Must be motivated, determined and focused • Must be willing to travel

Closing date for applications will be 27th July 2018. NB: Should you not receive correspondence by 1st August 2018, please regard your application as being unsuccessful.

The Company offers a Total Guaranteed Remuneration Package which comprises provident fund, insured benefits, medical aid and an option to structure an annual bonus. Interested and qualified applicants should forward their CV to Human Resources, Westfalia Limited, PO Box 1103, Tzaneen, 0850 or fax to 086 675 4097 or email recruitment@westfaliafruit.co.za for the attention of Lucia Mafa.

Juf. Roxy Retief en Estelle Human

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Westfalia Fruit Estates in Modjadjiskloof, has a vacancy for a suitably qualified and experienced

Position Specifications: • B. Tech in Horticulture or Pathology • Labour motivation Course • Minimum of 3 years’ experience • General knowledge of plant propagation • Knowledge of plant pathology • Computer Literate (MS office) • Valid SA driver’s license

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ZZ2 se Tamatie-afdeling het vakatures beskikbaar vir Landbouprodukbestuurders in die Limpopo Provinsie. Die suksesvolle kandidaat moet ‘n tamatieproduksieprojek effektief kan bestuur deur die lewensiklus van die projek wat begin by grondvoorbereiding tot die lewering van die vrugte aan die pakhuis. Verantwoordelikhede sluit die volgende in: • Die selfstandige bestuur van ‘n produksie-afdeling en die effektiewe aanwending van die beskikbare hulpbronne • Grondvoorbereiding, plantvestiging, -versorging, -beskerming, -voeding en oesprosesse • Voldoening aan die ZZ2 waardestelsel en optrede binne die maatskappy se etiese kode.

Sluitingsdatum: 15 Julie 2018

Aansoekers moet aan die volgende vereistes voldoen: • ‘n Tersiêre kwalifikasie in landbou of bewese ervaring in die produksie van groente is noodsaaklik. • Beskik oor gebalanseerde menseverhoudings met toepaslike ervaring in die hantering van arbeidspanne. • Die vermoë om in ‘n Afrika-taal te kommunikeer sal as aanbeveling dien. • Aansoekers moet planmatig en prakties in die uitvoering van take wees.

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Lim wins national basketball tourney Merensky High School’s Enslin Sambo (grade 12) is an up and coming basketball star. He represented Limpopo as the shooting guard in the Limpopo Tigers team, who competed in the annual u/20 Interprovincial Basketball Tournament, held in Sasolburg from 22nd – 24th of June. Eight provinces participated in this upcoming sport. From the word go, the Limpopo Tigers were a force to be reckoned with. After winning all their games, they faced Star

College in the semi-finals. A fierce battle took place with a determined Limpopo squad eventually beating the Tshwane team by 47 goals to 44. In the finals against North West, the boys from Limpopo dominated centre court, boasting a walk-over victory of 44-26. All the Plasies commend Enslin on his work with teenage basketball players in our community and trust that he will put basketball on the Tzaneen map. Enslin Sambo

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Sport 20 July 2018

Vossie Gazelle gaan Rusland toe

Hoërskool Ben Vorster (inteendeel, Tzaneen) se dodelikste aanvallende hokkiespeler, Deané Toerien, het gedurende die vakansie aan die Afrikaner Volksport Unie (AVS) Bokkieweek op Naboomspruit gaan deelneem. Hierdie blitsvinnige blondine het die doelwagters aan bomskok laat ly nadat sy in net sewe wedstryde ‘n allamintige agt doele teen die doelboks laat klap het. Dit nogal ten spyte van ‘n vinger wat sy in die tweede wedstryd gebreek het. Die Bokkieweek is ‘n inter-provinsiale skole-toernooi vir rugby, krieket, netbal en hokkiespanne van regoor die land. Die kompetisie word op die ou provinsiale unies se formaat gespeel. Tydens vanjaar se week het meer as 3 280 sportmanne- en vroue kragte gemeet met die hoop op ‘n plek in een van die nasionale spanne. Die o/19 hokkie dogters was 12 spanne in totaal. Toerien het aan die stuur van die Verre Noord O/19-span gestaan en het haar span tot in die ﬁnaal van hierdie toernooi in gelei. Hulle het as naaswenners uit die stryd getreë wat dit die eerste keer in agt jaar vir die provinsie maak. Na aﬂoop van die toernooi en haar uitstekende spel gelewer, is Toerien tot die O/19 AVS Bokkiespan wat in Oktober vanjaar deur Rusland sal toer. Sy het verlde week Vrydag tydens die bekroningsdinee in Pretoria haar Groen en Goud Erebaaidjie ontvang. Die volgende

dag – steeds in Pretoria – neem die span aan hul eerste oefen-wedstryd deel waar Toerien een van die vier wendoele aangeteken het. Hierdie is die tweede agtereenvolgende jaar wat Toerien op hierdie nasionale vlak presteer. Verlede jaar het sy tydens die Bokkieweek haar plek in die O/19 SA Gazelle-span losgespeel. Haar ouers,

Hein en Liezl Toerien bedank graag die gemeenskap vir hul ondersteuning aan Deané tydens hierdie seisoen. “Baie dankie aan elkeen wat reeds borge gegee het, ons waardeeer dit so baie. Deané se toer Rusland toe sal teen ‘n koste van R26 900 beloop en indien enige iemand is wat hul pad kan oopsien om te help, sal dit opreg waardeer word,” het Liezl bygevoeg. — Joe Dreyer joe@bulletin.us.com

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Merenskyweek Senior Dream team

Een van die gewildste winterskoolvakansie-aktiwiteite in Tzaneen was weer hierdie jaar die Merensky-krieketweek. Vir die 22ste keer het die Plasies spiere gebult en ‘n baie suksesvolle week aangebied. 16 Junior- en seniorspanne van Heidelberg Volkskool, Waterkloof, Middelburg Hoërskool, HTS Middelburg, Randburg, Eldoraigne, Garsfontein, Brits en EG Jansen het by die Plasies aangesluit vir ‘n week van kameradie, goeie sportmangees en uitnemende krieket.

Merensky het gebruik gemaak van hul eie veld, asook dié van Unicorn, Duiwelskloof, Ben Vorster en Laerskool Tzaneen om al die spanne te akkommodeer. Hoërskool Merensky se seniorspan het 3 van hul 5 wedstryde gewen. Gerhardus Fourie, spankaptein, het vir die Plasie seniors, teen Heidelberg Volkskool, ‘n allemintige 120 lopies, nie uit nie, aangeteken met Mubin Patel wat in dieselfde wedstryd 54 lopies opgelewer het. Tydens die gala-dinee op 28 Junie is

Gerhardus Fourie opgeneem in die senior Merenskyweek “Dream Team”, terwyl Abri Wheelan vir die junior “Dream Team” gekies is wat in Junie 2019 saam met Merensky se eerstespan in Sri Lanka gaan toer. Hoërskool Merensky bedank graag African Jacana, Westvalia, Limpopo The Fresh One, HK Houers, Vision Sport, Riebert Pretorius, Beerseun Boerdery, VRB Boerdery/ Vervoer, Park Slaghuis en Nico Ludick vir hul borge en ondersteuning.

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