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Tzaneen will spend R757 617 this month to send 126 of its employees to Swaziland. This is in order for them to participate in the annual Southern Africa Inter-Municipal Sports Association (SAIMSA) games to be held from the 22nd to the 29th of September in Manzini. The teams will be staying at the Esibayini Lodge. Of the 121 employees, 115 of them are members of the various sporting teams who will represent the GTM in the 11 different sporting codes which include angling, chess, darts, pool, netball, volleyball, soccer, marathon running, tennis, table tennis and golf. Six councillors for sport, the town’s mayor,
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Maripe Mangena, the municipal manager, Thapelo Matlala, the director for Community Services, Alex Nkuna and an Operational Health and Safety officer will be accompanying the teams. All athletes will be transported to the venue in Swaziland by bus and two Quantum mini-busses. The councillors will travel there separately with their own transport. According to Neville Ndlala, spokesperson for the GTM, the R757 617 paid forward by the municipality is in addition to the R200 monthly contributions by the various team members to cover the costs of their participation in the games. This logically excludes full paid leave
which the employees will be receiving while out of the country. “This trip is part of a team building exercise and employee wellbeing as well as networking,” he said. “We have participated for over ten years, we have won gold, silver and bronze and other lower positions in the past.” SAIMSA launched the games in 2003 with the inaugural event hosted in Namibia. Initially, only municipalities in Botswana, Namibia, Swaziland, Mozambique and South Africa participated, but currently more than 60 municipalities from across SADC participate. — Joe Dreyer joe@bulletin.us.com
Hou op mors, jou morsjors! Die verwoestende brand wat Sondagoggend in die Agatha-area uitgebreek het kon moontlik baie minder skade aangerig het as dit nie was vir onwettige storting deur die publiek nie. Volgens Jaco Rautenbach van Kingsland Farming is daar tuinrommel in die munisipale brandbane in daardie area gestort. Hy reken dat die vuur oor dié brandbane gespring het en na ander dele van die area versprei het, nadat hierdie hoogs vlambare materiaal die vlamme aangehits het. “Meeste van die brandbane op die munisipale gronde was verbasend volgens standaard gedoen,” verduidelik Rautenbach. “Die probleem is daar word tuinvullis daar weg gegooi. Binne in asook direk langs hierdie brandbane. Sondag se vuur kon dalk beperk gewees het tot net een blok, maar het reg deur die brandbaan gebrand op die vuilgoed wat daar lê.” Rautenbach het verduidelik dat wanneer die publiek bakkie-vragte vol tuinvullis net so in die bosse langs die brandbane stort, en daar breek ‘n vuur uit, is dit byna onmoontlik om naby die vuur te kom en te blus. “Die temperature maak dit verskriklik moeilik om so vuur te beveg.” Dinsdagmiddag het Rautenbach en sy span gemerk hoe ‘n groep mans met tuinvullis in die bosse langs Unicorn Primêre skool in ry. Hulle het die mans agterna gesit en op heterdaad betrap terwyl hul besig was om palmstompe en ander hoogs-vlambare materiaal in die bosse in gooi. “Hierdie is nie die eerste keer wat ons vir hierdie man, John Serane, betrap waar hy onwettig sy tuinvullis so in die bosse weggooi nie. Ek het
vir hom gesê hy moet die gemors onmiddelik terug laai op sy bakkie. Hy was baie ongelukkig en die agressie was daar.” Volgens Rautenbach stel sulke gedrag die mense en huise, sowel as die skool self in gevaar. Sou daar ‘n brand uitbreek op hierdie stuk munisipale grond, sou daar honderde mense se lewens en eiendomme bedreig word. “Dit is spesifiek tuinvullis wat hul in die velde weggooi soos blare, takke en stompe. Boom stompe brand lank en warm, en dit smeul vir lank. Ek is nie seker want ons aan hulle kan
doen nie, maar dit moet gestop word. Behalwe vir die skade wat hulle aan die veld rig, skep hulle ook n massiewe brandgevaar.” Net die dag voor dit, die Maandagmiddag, het Kingsland Farming saam met Mopani Distrik en Letaba Fire Protection Association drie groot brande in die Tarentaalrand en Deerpark area bestry. Die een brand was by ‘Triangle’ in die Deerpark omgewing en die ander twee was onderskeidelik by Kruger Berries en Beaconsfield in die Tarentaalrand omgewing. — Joe Dreyer joe@bulletin.us.com
More water interruptions for Ba-Phalaborwa Residents of Ba-Phalaborwa Municipality should gear themselves for water interruptions this weekend as the Lepelle Northern Water (LNW) a water services agency in Mopani will be doing technical repairs at the main water pump station. This comes at the time residents of Namakgale were complaining that water supply in the township was interrupted with some areas going without water for weeks. Though some residents were thankful to authorities that the matter had been attended to and water finally restored two weeks ago, others lamented the lack of water for some weeks with the councillors not calling meetings to attend to the matter. Given Sekedi from Namakgale, said he just wanted to know why some parts of the community had been going without water and why none of this was communicated through to the residents.
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Mopani District Municipality (MDM), spokesperson Witness Tiva, said the reason there was no water at Namakgale was due to the to the interruptions that happened. He said that that on Friday the reservoirs were still being filled and thereafter there would be water in the township. Tiva added that in order to repair the main water pump machine, water supply in the area would be interrupted on Wednesday, the 5th of September. Tiva released a statement to this effect last week which had certain residents hot under the collar. A source in the BPM told Bulletin that the reason for the water shortage was due to an outstanding amount owed to Lepelle by the Mopani District. We have also been told that Phalaborwa currently owes Mopani roughly R180 million. For what they owe this amount is unclear. The DA is investigating the matter. “Residents of the Ba-Phalaborwa municipality
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Couple’s home wrecked after Agatha inferno Arson is believed to have been the cause of a devastating fire that claimed a home in the Agatha area over the weekend. “Witnesses at a compound on the Agatha ABQ road said that they saw an African man light fires in the bush and then run away,” said Pepe Limantour, the owner of a home in the area that suffered extensive damages in the fire. “And what would they have done had anybody caught the guy in case?” The fire was reported at around 10:30 on Sunday morning and by midday it had reached the point where the Letaba Fire Protection Association (LFPA) called in their air wing to prevent the fire from becoming uncontrollable. Two helicopters and a spotter plane soon arrived and started fighting the flames from the skies. It was a sight to witness and soon a number of locals had taken up vantage points along the Agatha Road to experience the teams in action. On the other side of the road, however, Marie and Pepe were helping neighbours fight the fire which had spread into the residential plots in the vicinity. Marie and two of her neighbours were beating the fires in the field near a Eucalyptus grove about 50 metres from their property. Pepe had taken their tractor out and was a far way off into the bush on their neighbour’s property. “At one stage I remembered saying to the boys who were helping me that we need to watch for embers that could easily drift off in the wind and land on our thatched roof. I looked up and watched in horror as a tiny ember came off one of the tall blue gums and drifted almost in slow motion over our yard and onto our roof!” explained a still shocked Marie moments after the inferno. “It was surreal and at that moment I tried to dial our neighbour closest to the house on my phone but my mind hit a complete blank. That’s when I just shouted a voice note over onto our neighbourhood watch WhatsApp group and started running back to the house.” Pepe was unaware of the blaze at his home as he was too far away to notice the commotion. Within minutes, hordes of bakkies from neighbouring properties stormed onto the Limantour property and started dousing the roof with hoses from their vehicles. Groups of young men rushed into the house and started evacuating as much of the furniture and other household items as they could. The Mopani District Fire Department were alerted, but arrived long after the roof had been extinguished.
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The Limantour house with their saved belongings out on their lawn.
couches and exotic wooden furniture collected from their international travels have all sustained serious damage. “If we had water in our canal, we could have prevented this catastrophe,” explained Pepe. “I installed four big water guns on our property precisely in anticipation of something like this. But due to the debacle with the Phusela Canal, all of us residents in this area only have water four days a week. Today was not one of those days and so the guns were rendered inoperable.” As for the fire itself, it was brought under control by 17:30 Sunday afternoon and the choppers and spotter were called off. No other homes in the area were reportedly damaged or destroyed by the fire.
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The R71 between Polokwane and Tzaneen is ranked as the tenth most dangerous road to travel in the country. This is according to the Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC) who released their list of the top 20 most dangerous routes in South Africa, in March this year. Realistically though, if one takes into account that the top seven spots are occupied by various sections of the N1 and N2 highways, Magoebaskloof pass could be seen as the third most dangerous route. There have been 91 accidents on the Magoebaskloof pass and 18 on the R528 Georges Valley road since the start of January 2018 to last week Friday alone. In total 18 people have died in these accidents – the majority of which were caused by heavy transport trucks. This means that on average there are 11 accidents and two deaths a month on these two routes only. Friday’s accident claimed the life of a driver when the interlink he was steering along the R528 capsized and spread his load of approximately 38 tonnes of bricks across the tarmac. Emergency services had to use the Jaws of Life to extract the body from the completely demolished cab. It took them more than an hour and a half. According to the Limpopo Department of
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Above: Pepe Limantour inspects a section of the thatched roof which was still smouldering an hour after the initial fire. Left: Mopani District fire fighter removes thatching from the roof of the house to prevent further fires from starting up.
Transport however, these roads are open for use by transport trucks despite the very obvious dangers they pose to general traffic commuters. We managed to speak to Matome Moremi Taueatsoala, the spokesperson for the department, after we were unable to reach him on any of his cell phone numbers and finally managed to pry a response out of him over WhatsApp. He confirmed the statistics above, and shockingly stated that the department’s view on the possible reasons for these extremely shocking numbers were due to the skills of the drivers. “Heavy motor vehicles are forcing to use Makgobaskloof road even if their vehicles are not in the status of handling the road environment,” he said [we quoted him verbatim]. “In some instances drivers themselves lack skills to can control their vehicles in that road environment. The department urge heavy motorists drivers to avoid using Makgobaskloof road and use R528.” He then stated that the roads are open for use by “all types of vehicles”. We found this strange as there are large cautionary signs along the R71 (one in Haenertsburg and one in Polokwane) which clearly state that heavy vehicles should not travel on these routes. “All the routes are correct, it depend on the strength of the vehicle and the driver,” he
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Mopani makes new promises for Bali One of the biggest failures on the Mopani District Municipality’s long list of shortcomings has to be the forgotten R2.9 million Moshupatsela (locally known as Bali) farm situated 9 kilometres outside Tzaneen. A once flourishing 158 hectare farm boasting 40 000 mango trees and creating hundreds of jobs to needy families in the area was purchased by the MDM in 2007 from the Land Bank. A decade has passed and the farm lies fallow to this day. The only marked achievement being the pit in which to make funds disappear as is evident by looking at the history books. There were a lot of shiny plans unveiled by Humphrey Mokgobi, the MDM’s mayor at the time, who boldly stated that they planned to grow orchards, produce vegetables and dried fruit, juice and mango atchar on this prime agricultural land. Apparently the farm was bought from the Land Bank in order to drive the empowerment of youth agricultural cooperatives. This never happened. Through the municipality’s initial orchard management project a total of 16 people were employed including six farm workers and the promise of “hundreds more jobs” to come. R800 000 was received from the European Union towards the expansion of the project which was to include a fresh produce market in Nkowankowa that would create further employment. This project failed miserably and the money disappeared. The municipality sat with another, bigger, problem. The 81 families who lived and worked on the farm for the previous owners, Clifford Steyn, before it was handed to the Land Bank after he died. These people who were employed on this farm when it was still a valuable asset to the local agricultural market, were now unem-
ployed and refusing to leave the premises. The municipality attempted to evict the squatters by tearing down their shacks, but they remained and soon started stripping the farm buildings for materials to erect new dwellings. The local office of the DA even sponsored the squatters with tents. They are still living there to this day. Local media reported that a palisade fence was erected around the property at an alleged cost of R18 million sometime during 2008/2009 in order to prevent trespassing. There is very little left of this fence as portions of it has been stripped and sold for scrap metal – allegedly by the squatters who are still living there – and the remainder has been left to rust away. A man, Essau Remaketse Nzutha (33), was eventually arrested in November 2014 for stealing fence material worth R224 050 from Bali. Much was reported on this matter in the ten years leading up to last week when residents noticed a very large billboard being erected at the entrance to this derelict farm. It read “Mosupatshela Agri-Hub” in large green lettering. The shoddily constructed frame of the billboard itself seems very rickety in its assembly and it is feared that the first strong winds will relocate the sign somewhere closer to Modjadjiskloof. Nevertheless, something seems to be stirring again at the infamous site and we asked the
newly appointed spokesperson for the MDM, Witness Tiva, for clarity. Tiva denied the claims that R18 million had been spent on the erection of the palisade fencing and insisted that the fence had been erected in February this year (2018) at a cost of R2.1 million. Bulletin was at the farm on Monday
afternoon and we could not see a new fence of any sorts. About the new “Agri-Hub” he explained in a press statement that an agreement between the Mopani District Municipality and the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform will soon see the Mashupatsela farm outside Tzaneen starting to be operational again. “Guided by our vision to be a food basket of Southern Africa and a tourism destination of choice, the Mopani District Municipality partnered with the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform in response to a call by our national government to ensure that 44 AgriHubs are established across the country. A portion of this farm will be used to house such a hub,” said Tiva. “The hub will have facilities such as a storage/warehouse facility, cold stor-
age, Agri-processing facility and a packaging facility for local and international market purposes, just to mention a few. The local market will also be easily accessible to hawkers who are currently traveling long distances to buy the fruits, vegetables and other basic amenities that they are selling in villages and towns found within our five local municipalities.” He further said that the Local Economic Development (LED) office of the district municipality will soon start negotiations with farmer’s organisations, small scale and commercial farmers to ensure that the facility is used to its maximum capacity. According to Tiva, This will go a long way in creating job opportunities for locals and also deal with food security. “Other agricultural and economic opportunities are being explored in order for the remaining hectors on the farm are used effectively to benefit the local economic sector. A palisade fence has since been erected on a portion of the farm to ensure that there is controlled access to the farm,” he concluded. “Security personnel have been deployed on a 24-hour basis to ensure that the existing property, including the fence is not vandalised.” At the time of going to print we had received no word on the estimated costs which the MDM will inevitably incur in order to save this farm. The costs will be astronomical and it is not certain who will be asked to fit the bill. Judging by the number of people employed and the flourishing production of this farm throughout the last 11 years, the pipedream does seem promising indeed. We will continue to monitor the progress of Moshupatsela and report to our readers on any new developments, should there in fact be any. Historia magister est optimus.
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The entrance to what used to be a flourishing mango farm sporting sections of the original (alleged) R18 million palisade fence. This farm is now in the spotlight again.
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Water tank donated to local primary school Haenertsburg Primary School has a special place in the hearts of many locals as their children went to that school. It’s more than 130 years old. A dedicated staff educate and care for the many little children, most of them in hostel. One of the concerns for years has been insufficient water. There is enough to run the school but not enough to water the garden as well. Local essential oil farmer and a member of the governing body, Julie McMahon, approached Haenertsburg Rotary for help. The Rotarians of Haenertsburg are a formidable mix of insightful, innovative, dedicated and community minded people. Rotary thus donated a water tank to the Haenertsburg Primary School. The tank holds 2500 litres of water. Julie’s son, Toban, oversaw and
installed the tank with the water supply coming from a lengthy gutter. The tank filled up overnight when it rained shortly after installation. Then plants were obtained with donations from Cheerio Gardens, Wegraakbosch and Applegrange. Efforts culminated in a ceremony where water was led through a hose pipe for the first time to the newly planted flowerbed. The children, with the help of adults, planted the small and large azalea bushes, fuchsias, bromeliads and dietes. The aim is not just to beautify the gardens but to teach the children the value
The Haenertsburg Primary School staffers are from left back Eric Manyama, Tebogo Selatla, Linda Mgwenya, Gwenda Smit and Sonia Liebenberg. From left front are Ameila Mammabolo, Jane Chuene, Mapula Rammala and Roseline Sebata.
of water, how to plant and then how to maintain by watering the plants regularly from the new water tank. This project will be ongoing as the intention is to create more flower beds for the school. The children returned to class and staffers entertained guests with tea, coffee and snacks. During the informal chat mention was made that Miss Bets Cross, one of the teachers of yes-
teryear, was the tallest teacher ever seen. This prompted the Secretary, Sonia Liebenberg, to bring out old photos of the school. A black and white photo of the staff in 1958 certainly shows a very tall Miss Cross. Principal Roseline Sebata thanked everyone for their support. Roseline has been principal of Haenertsburg Primary School since 2013 and gave her full support to this gardening project.
Children proudly gather around the new water tank. Back left are Sonia Liebenberg, Gwenda Smit and Ameila Mammabolo from the school with Toban McMahon who set up the water tank and helped with the plants. The adults on the right are Stuart Miller from Haenertsburg Rotary, John Koko from the school, Julie McMahon from the governing body, the principal Roseline Sebata and Piet Letsoalo from the school.
R3.5 million for graves The cemetery situated on the Agatha road will soon get a facelift after a project to upgrade and make provision for more graves commenced. It is expected to be completed in November this year. The R3,5 million project was initiated by the GTM Mayor, Maripe Mangena, who said of it as being a means to address some of the complains raised by community members. Municipal spokesperson, Neville Ndlala, said “the project incorporates the construction of the drainage system to control soil erosion as well as grading and clearing to make provision for new graves. A river stream exists between the area currently used for the graveyard, and the area where the new graves are to constructed. This makes access to the new site impossible.” Incidentally this “river stream” happens to be a branch of the Great Letaba River. Sections of this river were exposed by Bulletin as being deathly polluted (pun intended). Ndlala added that as part of the upgrade a 2,4m x 1,8 low level bridge will be constructed across the stream to allow mourners access to the new site which will cover 1,7 hectors. Ndlala further
said some of the complaints they received from the community was that the cemetery was full and needed to be extended. The 3,5 million mini tender was allocated to Moepeng trading CC. In another development upgrades at the Nkowankowa and Lenyenye cemeteries, according to the municipal spin doctor, are also included in the new developments from the community services department. Ndlala in statement said that the cemetery at Nkowankowa has reached capacity and the matter is still pending in the courts over the land the cemetery is to be extended into. He said that when the cemetery at Lenyenye reached its capacity, a new cemetery was established between Khujwana village and Moime. This is situated on the land which was allocated by the Bathlabine Traditional Authority. During the State of the Municipality Address (SOMA) in May, mayor Maripe Mangena said that “the municipality will construct a tarred road between Moime and Khujwana passing through the cemetery.” — Jan Mafetsa
The VBS Saga continues The South African Communist Party in Limpopo has vowed to press charges against the former directors of the now defunct Venda Building Society (VBS), Government senior officials and members of the Provincial Executive Committee (PEC) of the ruling ANC for their role in the collapse of the bank. SACP Limpopo spokesperson, Machike Thobejane, said they want the bank to be rescued and instead the directors of the bank who allegedly looted about R1.5 billion from the bank, be prosecuted. He said that with elections around the corner, lack of action on the defunct bank will send a wrong message to the electorates that it is right to defraud the poor. “It is worrying that the only bank which was black owned and in which millions were invested in by the poor, could just be looted and it be treated as if nothing happened. We want action be taken against the directors of the bank
who shared the R1.5 billion. We want them to be arrested together with the members of the Provincial Executive Committee (PEC) who are implicated in the crisis,” said Thobejane. “We are busy conducting our investigation into the matter and when it was completed we will approach the law enforcement agencies with concrete evidence. Thereafter the matter will be taken up with the ruling party. Though some of the names are known to the public, we will when they are officially charged, ensure that disciplinary action is taken within the organisation.” The call comes at a stage when there is currently efforts launched within the Limpopo PEC to convince the national office of the ANC to rescue the bank by converting it into a provincial bank. The aim is then to have this bank managed by the struggling Limpopo Economic Development Agency (LEDA). — Jan Mafetsa
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Some fifty years ago in Salisbury a rather strange event took place. Before I proceed I must tell you that this is not a good read for anybody with a queasy stomach. A young lady by the name of Rhoda was called to the reception area at her place of work just after tea. Two policemen asked if she would mind
going to police headquarters with them. As soon as she arrived she was taken into a room and an interrogation started. Had she sent a winter coat to a well-known drycleaners earlier that morning? She agreed that she had indeed sent a coat to the drycleaners via the office messenger that morning. Did she remember what was in the pockets? She said she was sure there was nothing in the pockets. They insisted that there was something in the pockets and she should think very carefully about what it was. Poor Rhoda couldn’t remember putting anything into the pockets of the coat and said so. The policeman then asked if she remembered the last time she had worn the coat. Rhoda gave them the name of a well-known Chinese restaurant and the interrogator then asked her once again to think carefully about the contents of the coat pocket. After a long think – Rhoda said that she remembered that whilst eating her chop-suey there was a very grisly piece of meat which she couldn’t bite into pieces so eventually had taken a paper napkin to her mouth and spat the offending piece of meat into it and stuck it into her pocket. Aha! The Eureka moment. Both cops looked happy with the answer and returned her to her place of work. Poor Rhoda didn’t understand what on earth was going on until a couple of days later when one of the cops returned her coat complete with the paperwork
indicating that it had been dry-cleaned and told her that the problem had been sorted. He explained to her that upon receiving the coat they lady in charge of the dry-cleaning establishment had gone through the pockets which was the norm. Upon unravelling the paper napkins she found the tip of a human thumb which had obviously been gnawed upon, so she phoned the police. The police obviously thought some dirty work was afoot – possibly the thumb was kept as a memento of some grisly crime. After the original chat with Rhoda the police had proceeded to the Chinese restaurant to interview the employees, but didn’t have to do much investigating since the chef himself had an enormous bandage swathed around the remains of his thumb. It transpired that the chef had inadvertently sliced half of his thumb into an enormous pot of chop suey and, not wanting to waste an entire pot of the delicious dish had not mentioned it to anybody. He thought it would obviously be swallowed by some unsuspecting diner or dumped on to a side plate. Little did he know that he would end up being interrogated for hours? Rhoda – who suffered from a weak stomach, only just made it to the bathroom in time to throw up. She felt ill for days, but the cops were happy that the case had been solved and I think the restaurant was exceedingly lucky that this happened in the days when there was no chance of the story “going viral”.
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Adriaan van Tonder Knielende geloof. Lees Johannes 11:28-37 Dis ’n aangrypende gedeelte in Johannes. Maria gebruik presies dieselfde woorde as haar suster Marta in vers 11:21, maar die konteks verskil, sy doen dit op haar knieë by Jesus se voete (11:32). Dis asof Maria, wat so graag by Jesus se voete gesit en na Hom geluister het, eenvoudig besef het dat selfs kennis en vertroue tekort skiet aan Wie Jesus regtig is. Asof sy besef dat al wat mens by Jesus kan doen, is om voor Hom te kniel. Anders as in Tomas en Marta se gedeeltes, is daar geen verwysing na geloof in hierdie gedeelte nie, maar geloof word in aksie gesien in Maria se totale oorgawe aan Jesus. Wanneer Marta vir haar sê dat Jesus haar roep (11:28) dan staan sy met onmiddellike vertroue op en gaan na Hom toe. Sy erken wat sy weet: “As U hier was sou my broer nie gesterwe het nie!” maar terselfdertyd laat haar vertroue haar by Sy voete tot rus kom – dis geloof! Jesus se reaksie op haar totale oorgawe word vir ons saamgevat in vers 35, die kortste versie in die Bybel: “Jesus het gehuil!” Dit kondenseer vir my die drie gedeeltes oor geloof in Johannes 11, die van Tomas, Marta en Maria, tot wat Johannes aan die begin van sy evangelie skrywe: “So lief het God die wêreld gehad, dat Hy sy Eniggebore Seun gestuur het, sodat elkeen wat in Hom glo nie verlore sal gaan nie, maar die ewige Lewe sal hê.” Kom met jou wankelende geloof, met jou gekneusde geloof, kom kniel voor Hom wat bereid is om saam met jou te huil.
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Method Mix the tomatoes, garlic, red wine, lemon juice, herbs and sugar in a blender. Add salt & pepper to taste. Place mixture in a casserole and let it simmer until nice and thick. While the tomato mixture is simmering, heat some oil & butter in a pan and fry the chopped livers for about 5 minutes till lightly browned. Now add the tomato mixture and heat through, serve with bread rolls and a nice spicy sauce! http://www.miamicanners.co.za/
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Ingredients • 30 ml (2 T) olive oil • 1 onion, chopped • 200 g bacon • 1 x yellow pepper, seeded and chopped • 1 x red pepper, seeded and chopped • 1 garlic clove, crushed • 200 g button mushrooms • 1 x 410 g can Rhodes Whole Kernel Corn, drained • 125 ml beef stock • salt and freshly ground black pepper • 750 ml (3 C) cooked pasta (shells or fusilli) • 250 g biltong, sliced • 200 g gouda cheese • 45 ml (3 T) flat leaf parsley, chopped • To serve: 45 ml (3 T) biltong powder (optional) Method Heat a potjie pot over medium coals. Add the oil and fry the onions, bacon,
peppers and garlic until the bacon is cooked and the peppers have softened. Add the mushrooms and fry until softened. Add the Rhodes Whole Kernel Corn Add the beef stock and bring to the boil. Add the pasta and the biltong in layers. Sprinkle the cheese and the parsley on the top of the last layer.
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Ingredients 4 ounces cream cheese, softened 2 1/2 tablespoons chives, thinly sliced 1/4 teaspoon black pepper 24 pickled Peppadew peppers, drained and patted dry 1 cup all purpose flour 2 eggs, lightly beaten 1 cup panko breadcrumbs vegetable oil for frying salt and pepper to taste
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Place flour in a shallow bowl and repeat with the eggs and panko. Dredge the peppers into the flour followed by the eggs and finally the panko. Repeat the breading process on the cut side of each pepper so it has a double layer of breading. (this will help keep the cream cheese mixture from bursting through the breading while frying).
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Cover the potjie pot with the lid and simmer gently over low heat coals for 20 minutes or until the cheese is melted and the pasta heated though.
Fry about 6 peppers at a time, for 3 to 5 minutes or until golden brown. Drain on paper towels and lightly season with salt and pepper. Serve immediately.
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A Cat’s Tale by Unicorns We all have to learn to be brave in life at some point in time. In this year’s Intersen concert the grade 4 to 7 children of Unicorn Preparatory, portrayed the story of Johnny Smith (Nohah Jones) who learned to be brave by rescuing the alley cats in his neighbourhood. The evil and wicked Mrs Catalina de Feline (Cayleigh Preece) caught the cats with the magic catnip perfume and wanted to use their tails as handbag slings for her new fashion designer handbags commissioned by the French fashionistas. Her special helpers Lazy and Lozer (played by Leyla Human and Klara Pretorius) lost their jobs as they did not support this venture. Johnny was faced with difficulties getting his very busy parents’ (Asia Falleyn & Siraaj Omar) attention and was often bullied until he learned how to embrace his own inner strength. It took a bunch of alley cats namely Macavity, Terry, Jenny Dots, Kitty, Coco and Kiki (played by
Leo Peters, Zila Kruger, Keira Booth, Wanga Chauke, Yvonne Botha and Ntalo Mashimbye) to teach him how to embrace braveness and to stand up for what is right. The police (Grade 6 boys) had to interfere and arrested the culprit (Mrs de Feline) and in the end Johnny received his heart’s desire to own his very own cat. Daniel Larson is the puppeteer who presents Johnny in the end with his life-like cat. The wise owls (Grade 4 girls) are there to guide Johnny all along his journey on this exciting path. On Tuesday 4 September, a special matinee show was performed for all the grandparents in the school and on Thursday 6 September a gala evening was hosted. In the end everything worked out for the good for the cats, the boy and his parents. The stage play was produced by Alida du Preez and Annriette van Wyk.
A badger among the Maori
Drakies aced by the Unicorns Monday the 27th of August was a perfectly great day to play tennis against Drakensig and the winning streak was with the Unicorn Preparatory players. Of the 6 singles boys’ matches, five were won by Unicorn including both the doubles’ games on the day. All four the girls won their singles and doubles matches to equal the achievements of their male counterparts. The results of the various matches were as follows; Talent Ndadzibaya lost 2 – 6 while Kyle van Tonder won his match by 4 – 3. Kian None, Matthew Carolan and Luke Schoeman won their individual games by 7-0 while Juan van der Walt boasted a 5-1 victory. On the fairer side of the net the scores were Zoë Venter (8-0), Isabella Brett (5Back: Kian None, Talent Ndadzibaya, Kyle van Tonder Middle Isabella 2), Isabella Alcock (6-1) and Michaela Drewett, Isabella Alcock, Luke Schoeman. Front: Zoe Venter, Michaela Alcock (4-3). Alcock & Matthew Carolan.
One of Stanford Lake College’s exchange programme students is spending time in New Zealand. Frank Dayson, will be spending the year attending St Andrew’s College as a tenth grader. Here Frank is seen near the summit of the tallest mountain in New Zealand; Mt Cook in the Southern Alps.
Rebecca McClaren, Tyla von Pannier, Isabella Alcock, Juan van der Walt, Luma Pieters, Chelsy Mathebula & Safiyyah Modan.
The Great Pfuna gold rush Pfunanane Academy finished their strong season at the LLSV championships held at Unicorn Preparatory School on the 1st of September. Despite many of their team members being out sick, the
hard-working runners won 20 overall LLSV medals, 9 of them gold, and had 48 athletes placed in the LLSV top-10, with top athletes in every age category. Their strongest age category was the boys’ un-
der-9, where six out of the top 10 were boys from Pfunanane. The best 11 athletes from the team will now continue on to the South African Championships held on the 8th of September in Port Elizabeth.
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Another Pot of Muller fun The annual Chris Muller Paint Pot Golf Day was another resounding success which saw close on 84 golfers from local businesses flood the fairways in support of the event. It was again hosted in con-
Jackie Putter, Hein Basson, Kevin Goosen, Pieter de Vries and Nico Bonthuizen.
junction with the Tzaneen Chamber of Commerce which ensured an evening of fellowship to round off the day’s play. During the prize giving ceremony there were numerous lucky draws with prizes sponsored by members of the chamber and won by lucky raffle ticket
Ryan Chandler, Gavin Dorfling, Liano Viviers and Patrick Cahil.
Dewald Kamffer, Llandi van der Walt (Chamber of Commerce Chairperson), Johan van der Westhuizen and Gerhardus Geldenhuys.
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VACANCY PACK HOUSE GENERAL MANAGER This international company has a senior position available for a candidate with agricultural experience to manage all aspects of the pack house business in Tzaneen South Africa together with all the technical aspects of the avocado and litchi varieties and full management of the Team to achieve the business targets. Afrupro (PTY) Ltd invites candidates with relevant experience and expertise to apply: Please apply to simon@afrupro.co.za by the 14th of September 2018 Proficiency Manages efficient operations within a production environment. Responsible for resource planning and scheduling. May give input to development of procedures and budgeting. This job operates at a professional / middle management level within the Operational job family. This role usually requires 5-8 years generic experience applicable to the specific discipline. The general Manager is primarily tasked with management of multiple teams and interpretive decision making. The typical qualifications for this position are a tertiary education and usually supporting specialist, management or technical experience. An NQF Level 7 qualification. This position would usually report to a Senior Manager in the E1 /2 Paterson Grade. Chooses from alternative courses of action to achieve the business targets. Develops and/or co-develops the required best practice, systems and procedures to achieve business goals. Translation of organisation plans into functional plans and tactics. Required to predict the success of alternative courses of action with reasonable accuracy using statistical techniques, design criteria, specifications and experimentation. Complex assignments, projects or positions that require high levels or integration and specialised knowledge and skills concerned with workplace management and professional issues. Required attributes The ability to place oneself outside a situation, take all the relevant information into consideration and draw conclusions. The ability to guide, direct and influence people in such a way that outputs are performed at an excellent level. The exchange of information or the planning of joint efforts by two or more people or groups. The ability to plan, organise, lead and control in the work environment to achieve the business objectives. The ability to apply planning techniques to conduct effective planning of work outputs and resources. JOB DESCRIPTION:
Front: Mr. Willem Hermann (coach), Rhyrick Anderson, Janco Grobler, Neo Mauwane, Rain Terblanche and Mr Johannes Seerane. Back: Theoniel Kleynhans, Hennie de Wet, Dewald van Graan, Ruan van Rooyen, Ruben Potgieter, Neil van Vuuren, Francois O’Connell and Gilbert Gerhardt.
The VIVA 7’s rugby day was held at Frans du Toit High School in Phalaborwa on Saturday, 1 September. 10 Senior and 10 junior teams from Limpopo rocked up to enjoy a fast and furious day of high energy rugby. Merensky High School’s junior team had an excellent start against Piet Potgieter (26-0), Ellisras (12-10) and Louis Trichardt (58-0), but was bogged down by the hosts (7-10). With this they ended first in their pool. Hoërskool Pietersburg won the cup semi final against the Plasie team, but all was not lost as the youngsters reigned victorious in the plate final
against Ellisras, 22-17. In a roller-coaster-day, Merensky’s senior team kicked off with a 21-12 win against Ellisras, wherafter Ben Viljoen from Groblersdal trumped them 22-17. Ben Vorster managed a 36-0 win, but the Plasies regrouped and won Tom Naudé convincingly 36-12. In the bowl semi final the Plasies beat Heuwelkruin 24-12, resulting in a final match against Tom Naudé to determine the bowl winner. Sadly, this game proved to be their Waterloo as they could only score 19 points compared to the Tommies’ 40.
Gentleman’s chivalry in rivalry It’s called the gentleman’s game. But when it comes to any sporting event which forces ages old rivalries out of the ditches, Christopher Hitchens said it best, “a gentleman is someone who is never rude by accident.” So when the Plasies met the Vossies in a league match last week, both teams knew that either one would have to hat-tip the other before the evening’s supper. Because you see, Merensky High School’s first team knew that Ben Vorster High School’s first team knew that the Plasies could beat them. And they did. After winning the toss in this league
match, Ben Vorster decided to bat first and were all out for 63 runs in the 19th over. Kieran Albertus, Merensky’s best bowler, took four wickets in just six overs, conceding only 25 runs. Louis Botha also did excellent work and took three wickets in six overs, conceding 22 runs. When the Plasies went out to bat, Ben Vorster seemed confident in the 31st over when Merensky had only a single wicket standing, but alas, Ruan van der Schyff hit a boundary, resulting in a gloriously celebrated win for the Plasies. Ben Vorster has surely chalked up the loss and will definitely be look-
ing for retribution. That reprisal came sooner than expected when during the u/15 match at Ben Vorster, the Vossies won convincingly. On the Merensky side, Christian Barnard took two wickets in seven overs, conceding 29 runs. Batting buddies, Phillip Ludick and Ockert Schoeman, contributed 19 and 16 runs respectively. The Plasie boys have similarly noted the Vossie-victory and offered a hat-tip in acknowledgement of future redemption when the two neighbours again meet later in the season.
1. Client Relationships (Farmers / growers) 1.1. Maintain / building existing relationships 1.2. Identify / developing new clients 1.3. Assist with annual crop estimates 1.4. Actively liaise with growers (daily basis) regarding weekly deliveries in accordance with estimates and packing orders – volume management 1.5. Daily feedback on deliveries and pack outs 2. Onward Relationships (Where Afrupro subsidiaries exist it would be expected from the general manager to honour its existence through good working relationships and performing in accordance with their requirements, enabling them to operate efficiently) 2.1. Maintain / building existing relationships 2.2. Research 3. Finances 3.1. Annual budget: Draft, control and manage 3.2. Assistance to accountant / financial manager 3.3. Financial Reports 3.4. Debtors control 3.5. Creditors control 3.6. Liaise with Accountant 4. Human Resources – manage and maintain: 4.1. Employee relationships 4.2. Discipline & Grievance 4.3. Statutory requirements 4.4. Effective and efficient employment of staff at all levels 4.5. Performance Management at all levels 4.6. Skills evaluation and development 4.7. Staff training, motivation, policies, disciplinary systems 4.8. Employment equity 4.9. Design and implement supportive staff structures 4.10. Management in accordance with Basic Conditions of Employment act and other applicable acts 4.11. Regularly revise and update job descriptions 4.12. Employment and remuneration in accordance with Patterson grading system 5. Information Systems (Database) 5.1. Reporting to clients 5.2. Reporting Onward (Agents, Transport) 5.3. Design, development, maintaining and streamlining of information systems 5.4. Co-ordinating and co-operation with service providers (Exporters, agents, etc) 6. Strategy and Planning 6.1. Annual planning and targets 6.2. Up to date 7. New Business – Implement strategies as determined by the Afrupro board 7.1. New income streams 8. Production 8.1. Liaise with Pack house Management regarding orders received to be packed 8.2. Liaise with Pack house Manager regarding volumes received and packed to date (growers) 8.3. Ensure correct implementation and smooth running of information systems as well as accurate capturing of data 8.4. Involvement in ensuring efficiency and accuracy 8.5. Implementation of new packing formats and lines if requested by agents 8.6. Actively involved in identifying new business opportunities through procurement and value adding 8.7. Pack in accordance with agreed packing and quality instructions received from exporter(s) and agents, in accordance with market requirements 8.8. Apply and manage packing, refrigeration and delivery protocols as set for individual cultivars 9. Technical 9.1 Ensuring that all upgrades and relevant technical information is incorporated into Pack house systems 9.2 Inform the farmers and the Pack house of the newest and latest scientifically, technical developments and industry codes of practise. e.g. banned PPP, MRL 9.3 Liaise with the board, farmers, suppliers, pack house and exporters to establish the implementation of industry norms and standards, the relevant legislation, standards and requirements that the system needs to be bench marked against 9.4 By establishing, implementing and maintaining of the traceability, incident, product withdrawal and product recall system 9.5 On an ongoing basis by establishing, implementation and maintaining of the documentation system (BRC) – Food Safety and quality manual 9.6 Upkeep of Pack house organograms 9.7 Correlating of the pack house system that is current and up to date with the latest legislation, supplier and customer requirements and industry norms 9.8 Develop, implement and manage quality control systems and protocols 9.9 Take charge of all matters ensuring good fruit quality. Responsibility starts at delivery of the fruit at the pack house until acceptance by the receiving marketing agent
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Premier League seasons ends well The last matches of the Limpopo Premier League hockey for primary schools took place on Friday, 31st of August and Saturday, the 1st of September. The Laerskool Tzaneen Primary boys’ teams played in the semi-final match against their neighbours, Unicorn Preparatory School. In a really well contested match, Unicorn managed to win by one goal. Later in the evening it was time to face Laerskool Pietersburg-Oos. Although the visitors had beaten the Larries 1/0, the Larries never stopped fighting and showed great sportsmanship throughout the game. The boys ended the hockey season in 4th place. Early on Saturday morning the girls won their semi-final match against Unicorn by 8 goals. Then it was time to face Laerskool Pietersburg-Oos in the final where they seemed to have met their match and stepped off the pitch in a 0-2 defeat. The girls ended their season as runners-up in the LPL league for 2018. Dineo Letsoalo of the Open-A girls’ team was crowned the top goal scorer throughout the league with 8 goals. Tzaneen’s mini hockey players travelled to Polokwane and they enjoyed playing matches at Laerskool Pietersburg-Oos. In total, 59 matches were played on the day, 42 were won, 9 matches ended in a draw and 8 were lost. Some of the other Tzaneen teams travelled to Dr Annecke to play matches against Mariepskop Primary. The Tzaneen teams won three of their matches, drew one and lost one on the day.
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Legals LEGAL NOTICE In the estate of the late PETER RAMKA, Passport Number N8014171, whose South African estate consisted of a one third share in ERF 200 HAENERTSBURG, LIMPOPO and who died on the 15th of NOVEMBER 2016, Estate Number 3971/2018. Notice is hereby given to all creditors and debtors in the above Estate to lodge their claims and pay their debts to the undersigned within 30 (thirty) days from the date of publication hereof. (SGD) W F BASSON STEWART MARITZ BASSON INC Attorneys for the Executor Lex Numeri 32 Peace Street P O Box 242, TZANEEN, 0850 REFERENCE: WFB/EM/RAMKA Sep101__________________________
LEGAL NOTICE In the Estate of the late PATRICIA JANE MONCREIF, Identity Number: 410616
0139 185 who resided at ERF 965, HAENERTSBURG, LIMPOPO PROVINCE and died on the 9th of JANUARY 2017, Estate Number 1089/2016. Notice is hereby given that the Liquidation and Distribution Account in the above Estate will lie for inspection at the offices of the Master of the High Court in Polokwane and the Magistrate Tzaneen for a period of 21 (twenty one) days from the date of publication of this notice. (SGD) W F BASSON STEWART MARITZ BASSON INC Attorneys for the Executor Lex Numeri 32 Peace Street P O Box 242, TZANEEN, 0850 Sep102__________________________
IN THE MAGISTRATE’S SOURT FOR THE SUB-DISTRICT OF TZANEEN HELD AT TZANEEN Case Number: 746/2016 In the matter between: STEPHAN VAN RENSBURG
ATTORNEYS EXECUTION CREDITOR and WILCOCLOX (PTY) LTD t/a AFRICAN JACANA INDUSTRIAL EXECUTION DEBTOR NOTICE OF SALE IN EXECUTION – AUTION PURSUANT to a judgment by the Tzaneen Magistrate’s Court, granted on 12 APRIL 2018 the under-mentioned goods will be sold at 10:00 on 27 SEPTEMBER 2018 by public auction to be held at SHERIFF LETABA’S STORE ROOM, MAIN STORE NO 2 INDUSTRIA ROAD 20, TZANEEN by the sheriff for the Magistrate’s Court to the highest bidder for cash, namely: 1 X KYOCERA PRINTER 2 X BENQ COMPUTERS 1 X SAMSUNG LCD TV 1 X HISENSE D/D FRIDGE 1 X LG MICORWAVE OVEN 1 X DEFY CHEST FREEZER 1 X FRIDGE STAR DISPLAY 1 X SCALE
1 X LG COMPLETE COMPUTER 11 X KINSTAR INDUSTRIAL SEWING MACHINE 5 X OVERLOCKERS 4 X SEWING MACHINES 1 X HOFFMAN GENERATOR 1 X WEIGHING INDICATOR 1 X CHEVROLET CAPTIVA LTZ (REG: DZ 84 DM GP) 1 X QTY STOCK IN TRADE 1 X VW CADDY (REG NO: CB 02 RR DM GP) 1 X DESK 1 X WOODEN CABINET 1 X OFFICE DESK 1. This sale is a sale in execution pursuant to a judgment obtained in the above honourable Court. 2. The rules of the auction are available 24 hours prior to the auction at the office of the Sheriff, 33A Pieter Joubert Street, Tzaneen. 3. Registration as a buyer is a pre-requisite subject to a specific condition, inter alia. 4. Directive of the Consumer Protection Act 68 of 2008; (Url http://www.info.gov.
za/view/downloadfileaction?id-99961) 5. FICA legislation in respect of proof of identity and address particulars, payment of registration deposit of R500.00 in cash. 6. The office of the Sheriff will conduct the sale with the auctioneers being Tertius Robertson or any representative of his office. 7. Goods will be sold for cash only to the highest bidder or sold subject to confirmation as per the Consumer Protection Act upon instructions from the execution creditor. SIGNED at TZANEEN on the 29TH day of AUGUST 2018. (signed) S. JANSE VAN RENSBURG ATTORNEYS FOR THE EXECUTION CREDITOR STEPHAN VAN RENSBURG ATTORNEYS RENCOLE RIDGE OFFICE PARK, 11 LOOP STREET, TZANEEN Tel: (015) 307 4458 Fax: (015) 307 1253
Email: litigasie@vanrensburgprok.co.za Ref: CS0229/yb/SJVR Sep103__________________________
IN THE MAGISTRATES COURT FOR THE SUB-DISTRICT OF LETABA HELD AT TZANEEN Case number: 1357/18 In the matter between: MRS NELLY MOTSHEKGA Execution Creditor And MRS YOLANDE FIRAZ Execution Debtor NOTICE OF SALE IN EXECUTION PURSUANT to a judgment by the magistrate TZANEEN given on 30th day of July 2016 the undermentioned goods will be sold at 10:00 on 27 SEPTEMBER 2018 by public auction to be held at MAIN STORE NR 2, 20 INDUSTRIA ROAD, TZANEEN by the Sheriff for the Magistrate Court, TZANEEN to the highest bidder for cash, namely: 1 X CANON PRINTER 1 X LG WASHING MACHINE
available 24 hours prior to the auction at the office of the Sheriff, 33A,Pieter Joubert Street, Aquapark, Tzaneen. 3. Registration as a buyer is a pre-requisite subject to a specific conditions, inter alia. 4. Directive of the Consumer Protection Act 68 of 2008; (Url http://www.info.gov. za/view/downloadfileaction?id-99961) 5. FICA legislation i.r.o. proof of identify and address particulars; payment of registration deposit of R500.00 in cash. 6. The office of the Sheriff will conduct the sale with the auctioneers being Tertius Robertson. 7. Goods will be sold for cash only to the highest bidder or sold subject to confirmation as per the Consumer Protection Act upon instructions from the execution creditor. DATED AT TZANEEN ON 31 AUGUST 2018 (sgd) Nelly Motshekga Plaintiff
1 X FRIDGE MASTER D/D FRIDGE 1 X KIC CHEST FREEZER 1 X SMART MICROWAVE 1 X SAMSUNG BAR FRIDGE 1 X ACER COMPLETE COMPUTER 1 X LOGIK TV 2 X STEEL CABINETS 4 X SCHOOL DESKS 1 X STEEL TABLE 5 X PLASTIC TABLES 2 X RECEPTION DESK 1 X WOODEN CABINET 1 X SOLSONIC TV 1 X 3 PCE CANE CHARS 4 X OFFICE CHAIRS 1 X WING BACK CHAIRS 1 X SAMSUNG TV 1 X ROADSTER 200 TRAILER 1 X 3PCE LOUNGE SUITE 1 X SINQTEC LCD TV 1 X SAMSUNG MICROWAVE (BROKEN) 1 X DEFY AUTODRY MACHINE 1. This sale is a sale in execution pursuant to a judgement obtained in the above honourable court. 2. The rules of the auction is
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Larries claim redemption On Wednesday, the 29th of August, St. George’s College revisited their Laerskool Tzaneen Primary opponents for the second round of matches in a two part series between the schools. Larries were looking for retribution following their defeat the first time round and sure enough, they seemed to have learned from their past mistakes. It was a different team that faced the St George’s boys last week and through their efforts saw the U/11 teams end their matches “Even Stevens” with a one-all draw. The U/12 hosts did not manage enough oomph however, and fell short of victory to a highly motivated St George’s team by two goals to nil. In redemption however, the First team manned up to the task and set the records straight by scalping the visitors in a one-nil victory despite the blistering bushveld sun.
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Dawie Botes tees off from the seventh at Letaba Country Club during the annual Chris Muller golf day hosted by Paint Pot and the Tzaneen Chamber of Business. The event is one of the biggest on the golfing calendar and is attended each year by the “who’s-who” of the local business fraternity. Read more on page 12. Photos: Joe Dreyer
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