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Jennifer Jones brings class act to village ■ Bulletin Opening the new Haenertsburg venue, The Hangar, with live music from world renowned singer Jennifer Jones on Saturday night was a night to remember. The seating area for 65 guests was made up of ten tables each individually and tastefully decorated with snacks appetizingly displayed.

The intimate atmosphere is reminiscent of the once beautiful Chelsea Hotel in Hillbrow. The candles, the lighting, the small stage all lent itself to the intimacy of the evening. Jennifer’s powerful voice held the audience enthralled. Sound engineer husband, Leon Joubert, was affectionately referred to as “husband”.

Her laugh, her style, her legs, are reminders of a South African version of Tina Turner. Jennifer wore two slinky metallic, figure hugging outfits with her gold painted finger nails, showing off her slender legs.

She sang in both English and Afrikaans and delighted the audience with her own composition “Floating”. Her banter in between songs was delightful. The audience

rose out of their chairs and danced among the tables.

When she sang “I did it my way”, her quip was “I did it Jennifer Jones’s way”. As she started singing “Simply the Best”, owner Louise Claassen’s dog Bella joined her on the little stage. She sang many nostalgic numbers including a powerful rendition of Carole King’s “Just call up my name”.

She implored the audience not to hate on each other, saying she’s not a politician but a singer. She was exhausted after the show but nevertheless agreed to an interview behind the curtains. Jennifer confessed that she never eats before a show.

Food affects her vocal cords as she only has one vocal cord not the normal two.

Should she eat before a show, food moves from her stomach to her diaphragm and ultimately to her throat. She can’t breathe and can’t hold a note.

She concluded, “I attract my audience to the word of the music because after all I’m just a messenger. I’ve found the most precious people on this Mountain”. She paid especial tribute to her mother, local Marloe Scott Wilson, who adopted Jennifer decades ago.

Jennifer Jones singing at The Hangar.

With Jennifer Jones are from left writer Reneilwe Malatji, Molebatsi Masedi, spokesperson of the MEC for Agriculture and Rural Development, and Jennifer’s mother singer Marloe Scott Wilson.

Tzaneen celebrated library week ■ Reneilwe Kgoete On the 18th of March, library staff distributed colourful flyers at various busy places in town.

The content of the flyers was on the five Greater Tzaneen libraries and included the opening and closing times, how to become a member, contact details and services offered.

Matriculants were especially excited to learn that the libraries offered computers and free Wi-Fi which would help them find information and register online for tertiary education.

In the afternoons, from Monday the 18th to Wednesday the 20th of March, children were entertained and subtly educated with storytelling. In turn the children told their favourite tales and even brought story books from home to share with others.

Collaboration at your library in the true sense of the word!

On Tuesday the 19th of March, a tea for elderly library users was hosted in the Tzaneen library study hall. The hall was tastefully decorated and there was a fun and friendly atmosphere.

Senior citizens enjoyed talking to one another while enjoying their tea and tasty sandwiches and cake.

Reneilwe Kgoete welcomed everyone and urged the elders to relax and network with each other. All the library staff members where called and introduced to the guests. Library Manager Christine Nel shared her favorite books and encouraged guests to keep on reading. She shared the title of her all-time favourite book – Baby and Child Care by Nina Petropoulos. She would always treasure the book as it saved her son’s life when she consulted it and diagnosed her baby’s life threatening condition when she lived on a remote farm.

Comfort Mathebula reminded the elders that with books they will forever be knowledgeable and that books are the best friends of those who love reading. Books also keep the mind young, said Comfort, too much applause from the appreciative audience.

To the immense enjoyment of the audience, Yvonne Du Toit, beloved retired librarian, shared meaningful and humorous passages from her favourite books.

The senior library users were appreciative and refreshed and asked that the library tea for elderly library users become an annual tradition.

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Peaceful march turns violent ■ Joe Dreyer Nobody really knows for certain why a seemingly peaceful protest march to the gates of the Palabora Copper mine turned violent. On Tuesday evening it was confirmed by members of the Phalaborwa Security Forum that a violent confrontation occurred between two groups of protestors at the main entrance to the copper mine’s premises on Copper Road. Reports of gunshots and fist fights came streaming in.

On Tuesday morning a large gathering of community members lead by a group calling themselves “Top 16” embarked on a march from Phalaborwa town to Entrance 1 of Palabora Copper. They were accompanied by the local SAPS and Public Order Policing Units.

Since the group had followed the legal channels and obtained approval for the peaceful march, it was deemed a legal action and the mine took precautionary measures accordingly to accommodate the marchers. They were supposed to disperse by 12-noon and it would be back to the usual business of the day after that.

However, by mid-afternoon another group arrived on the scene, led by an notorious local security contractor, and started demanding that certain individuals employed at the mine be relieved of their positions. A source has alleged that the reason behind this was because of a security contract that was awarded to this particular contractor for security on the mine, which was allegedly terminated by mine management. The same contractor, our source further

stated, was also upset because of a trucking contract with PMC which he had allegedly applied for, having not been awarded to his company.

When the initial marchers and the second group of protestors started behaving aggressively towards one another, the local Safety and Security Forum was called in to assist and control the situation along with the SAPS units on the ground. The Phalaborwa CPF members were later joined by CPF members from Namakgale and Lulekani who arrived to assist.

By Tuesday evening the situation had grown tense and when the security contractor and his group started making aggressive advancements towards members of the CPF, all hell broke loose. It is reported that shots were fired, but it is not clear how many or who the shots were fired by. It is also not clear whether live ammunition was used or whether it may have been riot police firing rubber bullets to disperse the crowds.

The gunshots sparked a violent melee-style attack which saw the security contractor (said to be the main instigator) beaten by the mob. Our

source reported that he escaped further harm by fleeing the scene to the Phalaborwa SAPS offices where he sought protection.

At approximately 22:00 that evening the groups had dispersed leaving a few members hiding in the bushes next to the road and SAPS members patrolling the vicinity to prevent any rekindling of the violent uprising. Other sources reported that at one stage during the conflict, a water canon was brought in to disperse the crowd.

Bulletin travelled to the scene on Wednesday morning after receiving information that the protestors were planning on returning to the mine. Upon our arrival we noticed that small groups of men were gathered all along Copper Road. Branches and rocks had been dragged across the entrance way and mine employees

Sjamboks for mechanics ■ Jeff Jackson Much like the persistent problem of the illegal street vendors, illegal mechanics have been a bone of contention for residents in every small town in Limpopo for many years.

The illegal mechanics are groups of men who occupy parking spaces or open parks and service vehicles of clients for a fraction of the cost that established, registered mechanics in workshops would charge. In some instances these mechanics have been known to conduct complete engine overhauls in the middle of Public Park with dire consequences to the flora of the rea.

In Phalaborwa, the Mopani Flying Squad took to the once beautiful Wildevy Park area on Tuesday morning armed with sjamboks (litupa or heavy leather whip) and batons.

Their mission was to remove the il-

legal mechanics from the park which they have been using to conduct their business in. This sparked outrage among certain members of the public who defended the mechanics by saying that the men were highly skilled labourers who were deemed unemployable because of their criminal records which in some instances included having spent time in prison.

Because of this, those in favour of the mechanics argue that they should be left in peace to earn an income and fend for their families.

The rate payers of the town argued that despite breaching the Occupational Health and Safety Act in their conduct, and despite breaking the laws of the municipality, the

were told to avoid the area and stay home until otherwise informed. Bulletin followed a mine worker through a bush path that was used as a secret route in and out of the mine, a kilometre away from the protestors.

At midday we received word that a bus loaded with community members from one of the townships outside of Phalaborwa was underway to the mine to confront the protestors and “chase them home.” According to our source the communities around Phalaborwa have had enough of the upstarts and were preparing to take the law into their own hands so that they could return to work.

At the time of going to print we had no new updates on the situation, but keep an eye on our Facebook page for breaking news updates as the drama in Phalaborwa unfolds.

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At the time of going to print it is not certain whether the mechanics had returned to the park. Let us know your thoughts on this matter by commenting on our Facebook post.

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Burst pipe causes water shortage ■

Jan Mafetsa

Residents of Giyani township and the adjacent vicinity woke up without water on Tuesday this week due to a burst pipeline next to the newly opened Masingita Regional Mall. The new shopping complex is situated at the entrance of the town.

Following a statement from the Mopani District Municipality, technicians were dispatched to attend to the problem on Tuesday, but by the time of going to print it water was not yet restored and it could not be ascertained when this would happen.

Spokesperson for the District, Witness Tiva, said that following the incident the technicians from the district municipality had to lend a hand with the engineers from the recently completed shopping mall project to ensure that the pipeline was fixed and water could

be restored. “The pipeline was initially diverted to allow the smooth operation of the new mall,” Tiva explained.

“The situation affects most of the Giyani township and the surrounding villages and water tankers from the four local municipalities have been activated in order to augment water supply in some of the affected areas. Residents are urged to use water sparingly in order to save the little water still remaining in the system. We are awaiting an update with the day progressing on how things are going.”

This comes in the wake of an event last week where the community was appreciating that Mike Masingita had constructed a mall for them. The event was spiced up with the ZCC brass band and the Giyani High School Choir rendering musical items for congregants last Friday.

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Only one operational sluice at Ebenezer dam ■

Joe Dreyer

One of the sluice gates of the Ebenezer dam needs urgent repairs. Bulletin has learnt from a very reliable source that a hydraulic fluid leak has caused one of the Ebenezer dam’s sluices to close leaving only one in operation.

The cause of the leak has not yet been determined, but we do know that at the time of going to press yesterday, a team of specialist divers was in the water examining the problem.

The Department of Water Affairs spokesperson, Sputnik Ratau, was not available for comment yesterday as he was preparing for a press conference.

We issued him with our questions on this urgent matter and he has promised to revert back with answers.

We also asked Ratau to provide us with an update on the developments with the Tzaneen Dam wall project which has turned into yet another mismanaged fiasco. The Tzaneen dam wall construction is at a standstill. This after the project to widen and raise the spillway was announced by the former president Jacob Zuma way back in 2015 and officially kicked off in 2016 with the appointment of Blackhead Construction. The project was said to cost R800 million but will now cost a few hundred million more.

At a meeting on the issue last year, the Department of Water Affairs and Sanitation boldly stated that the project would now be handled in house by their own construction teams after it became apparent that the outside contractor did not have the necessary skill to complete the project.

The rubble from their blasting efforts on the wall, now line the front of the dam wall.

What has now become very clear is that money has literally been thrown into the water due to lack of adequate planning and the necessary skills by appointed

contractors to get the job done successfully. It will now be up to the Department’s construction crew to first clean up the mess before actually starting work on completing the project.

A ballpark figure (no specific dates or costs have yet been announced) of R122 million budgeted for this financial year and R209 million for the 2019/2020 year was announced. Coupled with what was at best an educated guess regarding the estimated date of commencement for the project (believed to be April 2019), the agricultural sector is rightfully panicking.

The Tzaneen dam wall project was viewed as the first phase of the R2 billion Great Letaba River Water Development Project, aimed at addressing the long-term water and sanitation needs of the area. It is expected to raise the Tzaneen Dam wall spillway by three metres, increasing its storage capacity by nearly 25% (203 million cubic litres).

The second phase of this project was to have been the construction of Nwamitwa dam in October 2017.

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Schools reopen powerless ■

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Thousands of learners in the Nkowankowa and the Khujwana circuit of the Department of Education arrived at schools this Tuesday after a two week break to find the classes dark as there was no electricity in the whole of the Nkowankowa and Maake vicinity. The cause of the mayhem was not load shedding either, but the rainy weather and another blown transformer at the Tarentaalrand substation.

In some of the schools Bulletin visited children were packed into dark classrooms. Complicating the situation

was that in these rural schools, the majority of classes still incorporate the use of dark green chalk boards. This meant that the teachers could not teach their classes and had to resort to verbally running through most of the work their pupils had to catch up on.

Computer classes could not be taught either and something as trivial as the school bell was replaced by the old school cattle bell to signal the changing of the classes.

The solar power systems which were installed at some of the schools were enough to power only the administration blocks. The power was only restored later the following morning.

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SASSA recipients bear “Water tekort ‘n technical blunder brunt skande”- Grobbelaar ■ Joe Dreyer Following various complaints from elderly people across the country regarding difficulties accessing their monthly grants this month, the DA Shadow Minister of Social Development, Bridget Masango, approached the South Africa Social Security Agency (SASSA) for feedback on the matter.

According to her the agency had experienced technical difficulties in the crediting of certain accounts. This, they attributed to “technical challenges with their system” which according to them was overburdened and could not cope with the volume of transactions.

Masango reiterated that the fact that the South African Post Office was not able to deal with the volumes was shocking.

“It is alarming that the South African Post Office (SAPO) systems are not coping with the volumes when it should have been made to do so by now, as the migration from CPS to SAPO was finalised in September last year,” Masango said. “Any delay in grant recipients receiving social grants can have devastating knock on effects, affecting entire families and their need to live with dignity. For many South Africans their social grants are the difference between food on the table or going hungry.”

Bulletin made an attempt to contact the Mopani District’s Tzaneen representative, but was told that he was no longer in the employ of the social grants agency. He was also unable to offer us a contact number for his successor.

We have received many complaints from elderly grant recipients in the Tzaneen area who have stated that every month they have trouble receiving their grants. Some of the pensioners have moved over to the new system where the money is deposited directly into their bank accounts. This too has proven inefficient at times.

One local pensioner told us that he wakes at midnight every month-end to travel to the ATM’s and withdraw his grant money. At the FNB ATM’s in Agatha Street specifically he told us that on numerous occasions he would find a young man and an older woman withdrawing cash from the ATM’s using a large stack of SASSA cards. When he asked them if all the cards belonged to them, they rudely told him to mind his own business and leisurely continued.

This was allegedly in full view of the security guard stationed at the ATM’s who, according to this pensioner, had moved his seat to the pavement on the opposite side of the road while the pair was busy. We have informed the bank and the relevant security company of this, but the pair have not been spotted again.

■ Hesti Steenkamp Lede van AfriForum se Tzaneen-tak het op Menseregtedag, op die 21ste Maart vanjaar, 500 liter water aan die El-Natan, Goue Jare en God’s Haven ouetehuise geskenk.

Die goedhartige gebaar is gemik daarop om die bejaardes wat dié vakansiedag sonder water moes deurbring, ‘n helpende hand te verleen.

Die aksie het die dag voor Wêreldwaterdag – met die tema “Leaving no one behind”, en waaraan Suid-Afrika ook deelgeneem het – plaasgevind.

Volgens Jaco Grobbelaar, AfriForum se distrikskoördineerder vir Soutpansberg, is die tekort aan lopende water veroorsaak deur beurtkrag wat waterpompe buite werking gelaat het. “Almal het die reg tot skoon, lopende water. Dit is ’n skande dat plaaslike owerhede nie eens ’n basiese grondwetlike reg aan inwoners kan voorsien nie. Dit is ons plig as gemeenskap om op hierdie regte aan te dring, veral as dit weerbare mense soos senior burgers raak.”

Grobbelaar het ook sy misnoeë uitgespreek dat ’n dag wat mense se regte moes vier, eintlik regte ontneem

GTM municipal budget contested ■ Jeff Jackson At a Special Council Meeting held on the 28th of March 2019 a draft budget for the year 2019/2020 was approved for public participation. Members of the DA however, opposed the budget as the party felt that it does not address the best interests of the rate payers in the Greater Tzaneen Municipality.

“Rate payers of Tzaneen town are paying the bulk of rates and taxes toward the municipality, yet the most of the income is spent elsewhere,” explained Tom McClintock, DA Councillor at the GTM. “Last year some projects were postponed due to a lack of funds. Most of these projects were aimed at the repairing and impro-

ving of roads within town.”

Annually, the municipality prepares an Integrated Development Plan (IDP) and a draft budget lead by the budget steering committee.

These documents are then explained to the public and finally implemented. The draft IDP and the draft budget are currently available for inspection. The ratepayers of Ward 14 will be able to give their inputs on the 17th of April at the Council chambers at 08:00 while Ward 15 residents will have their opportunity on the 12th of April at Laerskool Tzaneen at 17:00.

The members of the DA opposed the budget because the amounts allocated for the maintenance of the electricity grid is, according to them, not sufficient to address the backlog of an aging

network. This, McClintock stated, needs urgent attention and cannot go unchecked any longer.

Secondly, the budget does not make provision for the implementation of repairs to the roads infrastructure in Tzaneen for the 2019/2020 period and instead these repairs have been allocated into the budget for the 2022/2023 period. In the meantime the local economy is feeling the loss of income as the infrastructure continues to deteriorate.

“The DA opposed a motion to pass the draft budget but was prevented from speaking up by members of the EFF. We feel that the rate payers of Tzaneen have a right to be informed and be represented in council by their elected representatives,” McClintock concluded.

het. “Dit is kommerwekkend dat ’n land wat deel van inisiatiewe soos Wêreldwaterdag en Menseregtedag vorm, nie eens ’n eenvoudige basiese reg soos lopende water kan voorsien nie. As burgerregte-organisasie sal ons aanhou om soortgelyke aksies aan te pak om die druk op gemeenskappe te help verlig. AfriForum sal intree waar regeringsinstellings hul daadwerklike pligte versuim.”

Verder het hy bygevoeg dat dié aksie ’n uitstekende voorbeeld is van hoe gemeenskappe mekaar in tye van nood kan help en bystaan. “Tzaneen se gemeenskappe moet hande vat en saam staan – hoe meer mense betrokke raak, hoe groter die impak en verskil wat ons in ons dorp kan maak.”

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All seats that a party obtains in the NA is in proportion to the number of votes received during an election.

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ANC – 249 (62.15%) DA – 89 (22.23%) EFF – 25 (6.35%) IFP – 10 (2.40% NFP – 6 (1.57%) UDM – 4 (1%) FF+ - 4 (0.90%) COPE – 3 – (0.67%) ACDP – 3 (0.57%) AIC – 3 (0.53%) Agang SA – 2 (0.28%) PAC – 1 (0.21%) APC – 1 (o.17% This year, 48 parties out of 285 will contest the National Election and 34 will contest in Limpopo.

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We arrived in South Africa in 1980 and it was an eye-opener to say the least. We gazed in awe at enormous supermarkets filled with goods that for years we had only seen in magazines. It was an incredible experience but not all of it was nice – for instance as the bus approached the outskirts of Pretoria we saw enormous mounds of plastic bottle just laying at the edges of the road. Since plastic was at a premium in Rhodesia and worth an absolute fortune in the recycling world, my daughter immediately announced that she was going to collect all the plastic in the area and become rich. It was a couple of weeks before we discovered that used plastic had no value in South Africa. We stayed in a hotel in Pretoria while the South African government decided what to do with us and the children discovered that even if they bought a tube of toothpaste at a supermarket they got it in a large plastic bag.

Every couple of days they would have a list of toiletries they would have to buy and they would make a separate trip for each item so that they got numerous bags. They also offered to do the shopping for all the other army wives in the hotel and once the hotel manager realised how much a plastic bag meant to them he gave them hundreds. By the time dad arrived in Pretoria on a flying visit we had more than two thousand plastic bags all neatly folded and stuffed into a wardrobe.

Needless to say nobody got anything for all these bags that were so lovingly collected and our dreams of becoming millionaires through recycling never saw the light of day.

One day we were informed that all the army personnel at the hotel could leave and travel to Phalaborwa which was where we would be living. Numerous vehicles took off for the long haul to Phalaborwa and not one of us knew what to expect. The person who had told us to gather our goods and head for Phalaborwa had said that 7SAI would know where the mobile homes were situated that would be our temporary accommodation. Unfor-

tunately it turned out that the mobile homes were all standing around near a dump at the rear of 7SAI since nobody knew we were coming or where the mobile home city was going to be situated.

Eventually somebody who obviously had a bit of pull with the brass in Pretoria said we should all head for Schiettocht and we could stay there until such time as the powers-that-be should decide what to do with us. Schiettocht as a camp was not actually finished – the main buildings – bar, lounge, dining room and kitchen were all in place but the single quarters where we would be sleeping were not in any way complete. No hot running water, most of the lights did not work and building rubble was everywhere. Anyway, it was at least a place to put our heads down and get used to our surroundings. Obviously army single quarters are not intended for married couples with children and needless to say there was only one bath although numerous showers. Of course most guys do not bath, but likewise most children under the age of eight do not shower so there were shortages of some amenities. The toilets numbered three plus one bath but loads of urinals. Since there were 31 people in the building, ten of whom were young children numerous embarrassing incidents took place. In the very early hours of a morning I walked (half-asleep) down to the toilets in my nightie and when I entered I discovered one of the guys standing stark naked at a urinal half-asleep. I shot out and went up the passage and waited patiently for him to leave, but couldn’t see any sign of him so went back to the bedroom, woke up hubby and told him to go and check that the coast was clear.

Every night after dinner all the wives repaired to the lounge where a small TV was our entertainment. These were the days of “Dallas” and every Tuesday night I think most of South Africa spent an hour glued to the television to see the next gripping instalment. “Dallas” had such a grip on the nation that the local drive-in actually allowed people in free of charge on Tuesdays. That way at least they managed to sell hamburgers and hot dogs. One Tuesday during lunch my husband and his best friend happened to mention that the TV had packed in.

WHAT?? On a Tuesday?? Immediately the dining room was filled with irate women demanding to know what the guys intended to do about the dysfunctional machine. Of course the men pretended they could do nothing about a machine that belonged to the army and they weren’t going to get involved. One of my friends who happened to know one of the local South African ladies immediately shot off and came back with the news that she had organised to watch the series at this friend’s house and she was allowed to take two other ladies. A fight nearly broke out – anyway Denise and her two

favoured ladies took off at 6.30 and the rest of the ladies sat around the empty table bemoaning their fate. At exactly seven o’clock the “Dallas” theme tune burst forth and the ladies realised they had been had!!

As I have mentioned in previous articles – the world of politics is strange indeed and one morning whilst we were all in the laundry doing our washing a delegation of army brass walked in, asked if we had hot water and how many children we each had. It transpired that this was General Constance Viljoen and he was on a fact-finding mission. As is the wont in parliamentary debates, opposition parties will always try to embarrass the ruling party by pointing fingers. Evidently the main opposition party had wanted to know why the government had recruited all the Rhodesian Special Forces and then put them (with their families) in unfinished accommodation and treated them like refugees.

In no time at all, the wives and children were removed and taken to Swadini Blyde Canyon.

This pleasure resort had only just been built – no swimming pools or extras – just the chalets – which were beautiful. To be honest I loved it although the other wives who were in the main quite a lot younger than me would have preferred to be closer to the supermarkets. On weekends -hubbies and school-going children all arrived on Friday evening and left again Monday morning.

In the meantime General Viljoen had obviously got a grip of whoever was supposed to have placed the mobile homes and within a few weeks we were taken to our new housing.

As many old-time residents will remember, an entire village of mobile homes was placed on either side of Combretum Avenue. The homes were definitely budget but after months of hotels, unfinished single quarters and chalets in the middle of nowhere, it was nice to actually have a place you could call home. Obviously there were dirt roads joining the homes but unfortunately nothing had a number or a name – it was a problem trying to get anything delivered or in fact to open an account since we did not have a specific address.

It was at this time that Rhodesians became known as “whenwes” and I can (in retrospect} understand why we irritated the locals. We did not realise that South Africa was many light years ahead of Rhodesia in many respects as far as making an extra buck on foodstuffs.

Nobody in Rhodesia bought cream – it came with the milk – an inch of thick cream floated on the top of each milk bottle. We were horrified to discover that it was quite legal in South Africa to add 10% water to milk.

However - after 39 years it appears that we’ve all got used to watered-down milk and some of us even use long-life milk. On top of all that we all now own South African passports and complain because Zimbabwe has OUR power!–

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Die lewe is maar net ‘n tydelike verblyf op aarde, en vir sommige mense is dit volgens aardse tyd van korte duur. In die tyd aan ons deur die Here geleen, wil ons sekere doelwitte bereik, maar soms stel ons hierdie doelwitte te hoog. Ons moet ook versigtig wees om nie in die proses om ons doelwitte te bereik op ander mense te trap nie. In die sekulere wêreld kan ons moontlik ons doelwitte veel makliker bereik, maar ‘n mens moet skouer aan die wiel sit en hard werk om dit reg te kry.

Dit is nie so maklik om doelwitte te bereik in die spirituele wêreld nie, omdat ons geloof gevestig is op dit wat ons nie kan sien nie.

Soms is dit baie moeilik om te verstaan wat geloof alles behels. Om die hoogste doelwit in ons spirituele lewe te bereik, moet ons alle aardse goed agterlaat, net soos die dissipels gedoen het toe hulle die besluit geneem het om Jesus te volg. Dis is miskien makliker om die besluit te neem vir die wat nie baie het nie, maar sal hulle bereid wees om ook hulle families en geliefdes agter te laat? Ons moet glo dat die skatte wat ons in die hiernamaals sal ontvang veel meer sal wees as die ‘verliese’ wat ons op aarde sal lei om als op te offer en Jesus te volg. In Markus 10:29-31 se Jesus “Dit verseker Ek julle: Daar is niemand wat ter wille van My en ter wille van die evangelie afgesien het van sy huis of broers of susters of moeder of vader of kinders of eiendom nie, of hy kry nou in hierdie tyd honderd keer soveel: huise en broers en susters en moeders en kinders en eiendom, saam met baie vervolging, en in die bedeling wat kom, die ewige lewe. Maar baie wat eerste is, sal laaste wees, en wat laaste is, eerste.”

Dit is die gevolg van die keuse wat ons maak om Hom te volg, maar die ewige lewe is waarna ons almal smag. Om weer by ons Vader te wees en in die saligheid van Sy arms te leef, met geen lyding nie, net in ewige volmaaktheid. Ek wil graag so lewe maar dit eis sterk geloof om dit reg te kry.

As Jesus jou vandag vir jou sê “volg My”, sal jy dit sonder teenstand doen? Of sal jy soos meeste van ons, huiwer en eers daaroor moet dink? Laat ons vir ons ‘n weg baan deur daardie besluit sonder huiwering te neem. Amen.

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Die Letaba Water Gebruikers Vereniging (LWGV) het op die 1ste Maart vanjaar ‘n nuwe Hoof Uitvoerende Beampte aangestel. Mnr Jacque Kruger kom met baie jare ondervinding in die water bedryf asook projek bestuur, en die bestuur van die Groot Letaba Rivier stelsel is een van die vele take waarop hy gaan konsentreer.

Hy betree sy posisie in ‘n tydperk van groot water tekorte en is met die intrapslag direk betrokke by die instelling van nuwe beperkings op die watergebruikers.

Die Departement van Water en Sanitasie (DWS) hou jaarliks ‘n Sisteem Operasionele Forum (SOF) vergadering waartydens alle belanghebbendes, wat munisipaliteite, Lepelle Noord Water, Departement Landbou, LWGV en SanParke insluit, bespreking hou oor die operasionele beleid van die komende waterjaar.

Historiese inligting, reënval statistieke, huidige damvlakke, en geprojekteerde data

word gebruik om die damme se prestasies te beoordeel. Hierdie projeksies word dan gebruik om watergebruik vir die volgende jaar, in hierdie geval April 2019 tot Maart 2020, te bepaal.

Tydens die 2018/19 SOF vergadering is daar besluit dat industriële- en huishoudelike gebruik beperk sal wees tot 80% van toekenning, en landbou tot 60% van toekenning. Die LWGV het die landbou gebruik onder sy beheer verder verlaag tot 50% van toekenning. Dit het duidelik geblyk by die 2019/20 SOF vergadering dat hierdie beperkings grootliks bygedra het dat die Tzaneen dam nie gefaal het nie.

Vir hierdie jaar se SOF vergadering is die huidige watervlakke vir die Ebenezer dam 65.58% (2018 – 92.69%) en Tzaneen dam 17.19% (2018 – 45.67%) gebruik, en ook in berekening gehou dat die verlaagde Tzaneen dam slegs 60% van sy volle kapasiteit kan benut. Die beplande verhoging sal ook nie op 1 April 2019 ‘n aanvang kan neem nie, soos dit voorgehou is aan die LWGV; inteendeel, geen formele aanstelling is tot

datum gedoen nie.

Die 2019/20 SOF vergadering het besluit om industriële- en huishoudelike beperkings op 80% te hou, maar landbou toekennings na 50% verlaag; weereens het die LWGV op sy raadsvergadering van 29 Maart 2019 verdere inperkings aanvaar en word landbou onttrekking vir sy lede tot 30% van toekenning beperk. Die beperking geld vanaf 1 April 2019 en is reeds aan sy lede deurgegee.

Hierdie drastiese verdere beperking spruit voort uit die SOF voorleggings wat aandui dat die Tzaneen dam sal faal teen Augustus 2019 indien geen beperkings ingestel word nie, en teen Februarie 2020 met die aanvaarde beperkings en met aanvulling vanaf die Ebenezer dam.

Daar word van die LWGV se kant af ‘n pleidooi aan alle ander belanghebbendes gemaak om die erns in hierdie situasie te sien en gehoor te gee aan die beperkings wat ingestel word.

Daar is nie lewe sonder water nie!

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Ná laasseisoen se uitskieterjaar gaan die oes af wees, maar tot watter mate, is steeds onseker: in Levubu meen sommige produsente dat hulle slegs 10 of 15% af gaan wees, veral met nuwe boorde wat in produksie kom, maar in ander dele soos Tzaneen is die skatting tussen 30 tot 40% laer.

Avokadoskatting is ‘n moeilike besigheid, baie meer gekompliseerd as by gewasse in opleistelsels (wat die saak maak vir avokado’s in opleistelsels). Verskillende kultivars dra ook hul vrugte verskilllend, wat sommige in die bedryf laat wonder of ‘n wysiging aan die gestandardiseerde skattingmetode dalk sin kan maak.

Daar is egter Tzaneenboere wat vanjaar ‘n slag kan slaan ná die hael vroeg laasjaar wat hul bome teruggehou het. Hulle kan vanjaar, teen die algemene pa-

troon in, groter oeste hê.

In Tzaneen, waar dit nog hoofsaaklik Fuerte’s is wat geoes word, het reën pakaktiwiteite vertraag, wat ‘n effek het op avokado-uitvoere wat frustrerend is want in Europa is pryse op die oomblik baie goed.

In Levubu word die eerste Hass geoes – baie mooi vrugte, sê markagente, en baie skoon. Vrugte uit Tzaneen en Kiepersol is vanjaar ook baie mooi skoon, met baie minder wind-, hael- en insekskade. Allerweë word vanjaar verwys na die goeie kwaliteit en goeie uitpakke van avokado’s.

Die hittegolf van Oktober laasjaar sal na verwagting ‘n impak hê op volumes, veral op Hass wat nogal vrugspeen getoon het in dele soos die Levubuvallei en die Laeveld.

Op die Johannesburgse munisipale mark is volumes baie laer as gewoonlik dié tyd, so min as ‘n kwart van die kartonne wat verwag sou word.

Die plaaslike prys is tans tussen R70 en R90 vir ‘n 4kg-karton op Fuerte. Eintlik behoort die prys hoër te wees, gegewe die beperkte volumes, maar aanvraag is op die oomblik gedemp. Markagente verwys na laat steenvrugte en goedkoop druiwe as moontlike redes vir die laer vraag na avokado’s, asook die huidige koel weer en die assosiasie van avokado’s met die winterseisoen.

Hopelik sal die bedryf nie weer te kampe hê met die kapasiteitsprobleme van die vorige seisoen nie, toe die hoë volumes druk geplaas het op pakhuise en die koueketting en lae pryse baie produsente genoop het om hul vrugte langer te laat hang, met die gepaardgaande risiko’s van diefstal, insekskade en stres op bome.

“Niemand weet op dié stadium rêrig wat aangaan nie,” sê ‘n markagent. “Oor ‘n maand sal ons ‘n baie beter idee hê van wat die seisoen gaan oplewer.”

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Die sitrusbedryf se beraad, wat al om die twee jaar plaasvind, het in Maart meer as 600 rolspelers uit die sitrusbedryf na Port Elizabeth gelok.

Elke aspek van die sitrusindustrie was daar verteenwoordig, trouens, so divers is die beraad dat ‘n besoeker van die Amerikaanse sitrusmaatskappy Sunkist opgemerk het dat sitrusbedrywe elders gerus die Suid-Afrikaanse voorbeeld kan volg.

In sy openingsrede het Ben Vorster, voorsitter van die Citrus Growers’ Association (CGA),

verwys na die beeld van ‘n enkele stokkie, wat maklik breek, maar ‘n bondel stokkies saam put krag uit hul eenheid, en verskeie sprekers het teruggekeer na die idee van eenheid.

Die rekordopbrengs wat verwag word in die nuwe seisoen, naby aan 137 miljoen kartonne na meer as 100 lande, gaan gewis uitdagings meebring, het hy gesê, maar die bydrae van die sitrusbedryf tot die Suid-Afrikaanse ekonomie is van onskatbare waarde: werksgeleenthede aan meer as 100,000 mense en ‘n inkomste (grootliks uit uitvoere) van oor R20 miljard.

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Accelerated growth through education ■ Joe Dreyer The month of March marked a milestone for ZZ2 with the inauguration of the ‘ZZ2 Learning and Growth Academy’ in Mooketsi, just a few kilometres from Modjadjiskloof. The facility will provide the opportunity for ZZ2 employees to develop and improve their knowledge, skills and competencies in order to reach their full potential and, in this way, contribute to the growth of the ZZ2 system.

The facility consists of four lecture rooms and a boardroom with electronic functionality. Currently, the focus is on facilitating internal training, the company said that their objective is to register the Academy with the Department of Higher Education and Training to enable them to facilitate accredited training courses in the future.

The centre will be led by Suenné Roux, Mariana Kruger and Zelde-Mari du Toit.

Also pictured are the first attendees of a course at the Academy.

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This year, ZZ2 celebrated Human Rights Day, by honouring their Selobedu heritage on with the Sepedi/ Northern Sotho phrase ‘Ke Tzwa Tzweo’ - which was added to the ZZ2 brand in 2014. The phrase literally translates to “that’s it” - an affirmation of the classical

values of Prudence, Justice, Fortitude and Moderation. ZZ2 has attached their culture of consideration towards their environment and all stakeholders to add weight to the phrase as they believe in fairness and integrity, work with determination and persistence and believe in tolerance and restraint in their daily drive.

That’s it, Ke Tzwa Tzweo!

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Southern African Baobabs - The mystery of the fallen southern giants ■

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In June 2018 a study was published by the scientific journal, Nature Plants which simply stated that the baobabs are dying. This lead to researches taking a closer look at the sudden demise of the tree giants.

With 9 of the 13 oldest baobab trees in the southern areas either dying or losing huge chunks, leading experts believe that the baobab species might be undergoing localised extinction. This is a concern, since the stately baobab is an iconic African tree revered by communities and utilised by wildlife. A single baobab tree is a complete ecosystem to many animal species, so the loss of a single tree has massive impact on the environment.

Baobabs have a complex physiology. The root systems can grow to a distance greater than the heights of the trees (which ranges from 5 – 20 metres), and have shallow networks to take advantage of low annual rainfall. Living plant cells called parenchyma which is abundant in baobab wood makes the baobab one of the most effective trees when it comes to controlling moisture loss in dry, harsh environments. Parenchyma cells which gives the baobab more flexibility than lignified cells (found in hard wood), are soft and fill with water, which gives the baobab its round, fleshy appearance. When the parenchyma cells are less full in dry periods, they become smaller and more flaccid allowing for some shrinkage of the baobab trunk. However, after long periods of drought and / or extreme temperatures, the parenchyma cannot maintain cellular rigor due to unprecedented moisture

loss, and the integrity of the baobab falls apart from the inside out.

Researches have found that the oldest and largest baobab trees are dying at an alarming rate, and due to this happening over a broad region, mechanisms that operate on such a large scale such as climatic change and external factors such as disease were researched.

Researchers’ hypothesis is that increasing temperatures in Southern Africa (the trees at the margin of the area most affected) might cause a shift in baobab distribution. But the concern is not just for the dying older trees, but the fact that younger baobabs are also adversely affected. Adding to an ever-growing concern is the fact that baobabs are not showing a healthy reproduction rate in especially the KNP, meaning that insufficient propagation is taking place.

Another anomaly was found when studying the demising baobabs. A black mould was found on the bark of many of the fallen trees. This coupled with the possibility of climatic changes leading to the death of the stately trees had scientists puzzled. The fungi was tested and four fungal species were identified, including Aureobasidium pullulans, Toxicocladosporium irritans as well as a new species of Rachicladosporium described as Rachicladosporium africanum. A single isolate of an unknown Cladosporium sp. was also found.

These fungi are not a true sooty mould fungi and they were shown to penetrate below the bark of infected tissue, causing a distinct host reaction. Although infections can lead to dieback of small twigs on severely infected branches, the mould was not found to kill the

trees. It was however a concern that the fungi could have an adverse effect on photosynthesis during the baobab’s annual leafless three months, since photosynthesis then takes place through the bark of the trees. However, it was found that the mould covering was not sufficient enough to impair photosynthesis to such an extent that it could lead to the mysterious death of the baobab.

Carbon dating established that most of the very large baobab trees in South Africa are on average 1000 years in age, with the oldest tree recorded being 2500 years old.

This means that the massive trees weathered severe droughts before, and the oldest tree was a sapling just as Buddha’s life was ending, and has shared this planet with Julius Caesar and Jesus Christ, and it was firmly rooted when Aristotle developed the Scientific Method in the fourth century BCE. Baobab wood holds a 1000-year record of rainfall variability in Southern Africa. This valuable information is evidence that what is referred to as “The Little Ice Age” also took place in this region. The climate during this period was a lot cooler, and baobabs proved to be able to withstand extreme droughts.

Scientists believe that South Africa is warming faster than most regions globally, and the temperatures the baobabs are exposed to presently is unprecedented. The baobabs are experiencing extreme hot and dry climates, and they seem to be unable to cope.

The death of many baobabs due to extreme climate change, is however not indicative that all of the trees in the Southern Region will

not be able to adapt. This is mainly dependent on microclimate around each tree that is influenced by factors such as topography, drainage lines, wind and soil quality. Baobabs also do not flourish well in areas with frost or winter rainfall.

Research have shown that the baobabs are not only dying in Continental Africa, but also in Madagascar, which is home to 6 of the 9 species of baobabs. When examining the fallen baobabs of Madagascar, an omnipresent mush was found inside them which is indicative of a kind of rot in the tree core.

The same was found in the baobab trees that toppled over in Africa.

Baobabs occur naturally along the Limpopo, Zambezi and Kunene rivers and their surrounds. Scientific speculation is that the trees found along this distribution area are outside their natural distribution as they normally are fairly easy to propagate.

Current distribution of the baobab has a patchy pattern, and it is likely that their past distribution was more connected, but has slowly been shrinking. Due to extreme climatic changes it is possible that this process possibly sped up. This pattern is mainly isolated to the Southern Regions and it is important to understand that the baobab is not under threat of extinction and that populations in the Northern Regions remain healthy. The concern is however the reason for the sudden population impact in the Southern Regions – extreme climate changes – and how this can affect other species, biomes and ecosystems.

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A safe and sustainable alternative to chemical pesticides have been discovered. Researchers at Cardiff University in Wales have found that when the Burkholderia ambifaria bacteria is modified, it has the potential to be used as safe and effective biopesticides. This method of using the Burkholderia ambifaria bacteria successfully as crop protection has been used until the 1990’s when they were linked to serious lung diseases.

Groundbreaking research in constructing biopesticidal strains that will not cause lung infections has yet again

brought about the possibility of Burkholderia ambifaria bacteria being used as an environmental and human-friendly plant protection method.

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Researchers at the Universities of Göttingen in Germany and Bozen-Bolzano in Italy have found that visual evidence such as photographs of pig stalls play a major role in how consumers view agricultural products.

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Poor maize harvest pressurizes SA

■ Lizan Botha Over recent years the key suppliers of maize to Zimbabwe and Mozambique were South Africa, Zambia and Mexico. But with tight supplies due to poor harvest, pressure has been placed on South African and Zambian maize supplies.

South Africa’s expected maize production for this year is 10.6 million tonnes, which leaves only 1.1 million tonnes of maize for export purposes. A large share of this will most likely be destined to the BNLS countries (Botswana, Namibia, Lesotha and Eswatini) leaving an extremely small volume available for export to Zimbabwe and Mozambique.

With Cyclone Idai destroying the existing maize crops of most of Mozambique and parts of Zimbabwe, these two countries are collectively in need of over a million tonnes of maize in the 2019/20 marketing year in order to fulfil their domestic needs. Zimbabwe’s import needs for the 2019/20 year could reach at least 900 000 tonnes to meet the annual need of roughly 2 million tonnes a year. This number can change once the true extent of the damage

of Cyclone Idai on the local maize yield has been established. Mozambique will have to look at doubling their maize import volume of about 100 000 tonnes a year in the 2019/20 marketing year.

With local markets not performing to expectation due to drought in the western parts of the country and an increased pressure from export markets could lead to maize supplies being tight in the 2019/20 marketing year, and this will present upward pressure on maize prices. This in turn could have implications on food price inflation in the coming months.

As a part of an initiative to combat the pressure on maize yields due to climatic pressures, Grain SA has established a consortium, Climate Change. The focus of the consortium is to bring together national, regional and international experts that can assist with solutions to the challenges that climate change is bringing about.

As part of this initiative, Grain SA research and policy centre team visited Rhodes University in March to meet role players in the climate resilience consortium. The delegation consisted of

members of the Agricultural Research Council, Sensako, the University of Fort Hare and Rhodes University.

The aim was to attempt to marry expertise from various institutions to find solutions to how industry can confront the effects of climatic challenges especially global warming on crop production. The consortium also aims to ensure that research infrastructure and programmes are geared toward longer-term future conditions.

The visit identified increased temperatures, drought, erratic rainfall patterns and elevated CO2 levels as the key aspects of concern.

One of the projects of Climate Change is the eCo2 Project where they have partnered with Rhodes University to establish how plant respond to the elevated carbon dioxide condition in the foreseeable future. The Open Top Chamber Facility for Elevated CO2 Research will be the base of this research. The facility was built

from funding made available by the DST Global Change Grant Challenges Research Plan, NRF National Equipment Fund, Working for Water, the Applied Centre for Climate and Earth Systems Science (ACCESS) and Sandisa Imbewu.

The initial project will be aimed at researching the response of South African maize varieties to severe drought, C4 plant response to drought with the aim of informing crop models about important interactions of drought and elevated CO2 levels. The findings will greatly assist annual yield predictions of maize crops.

Another focus of Climate Change is improved germplasm. Improvement of germplasm will play a vital role in adaptation strategies. Other research objectives include investigating performance of C3 and C4 plants under elevated CO2 and elevated temperatures. This will help to gain access to quality seed through public-private multi-stakeholder collaboration for all grains and oilseeds.

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NDB ramps up operations in South Africa ■

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In line with its mandate of mobilizing resources for infrastructure and sustainable development projects, the New Development Bank (NDB) is ramping up operations in South Africa and strengthening its project pipeline in the country. The Bank is fully committed to bridging the infrastructure gap in South Africa, supporting projects tailored to the country’s needs and fully respecting its development priorities and strategies.

New projects approved in 2019

On 31 March 2019, the Board of Directors of the NDB approved three projects from South Africa with loans aggregating to approx. USD 780 mln, bringing the total amount of approvals for South Africa to over USD 1.4 billion.

In the energy sector, the approved projects contribute to reducing pollution and support South Africa’s transition to environmentally sustainable and low-carbon economy. In the water sector, the Bank will finance construction of water transfer infrastructure aimed at reducing water scarcity in Gauteng Province, South Africa’s economic powerhouse.

Environmental Protection Project for Medupi Thermal Power Plant

In line with its focus on supporting clean energy in South Africa, the Bank will provide a loan of USD 480 million to ESKOM Holdings SOC Limited (Eskom) for Environmental Protection Project for Medupi Thermal Power Plant (TPP).

Medupi TPP is approaching its end of construction and with its planned capacity of 4,800 MW will represent around 10% of the total generating capacity in South Africa, hence being a critical element of the solution to the problem with reliable electricity supplies.

The loan will be used for financing of retrofitting flue-gas desulfurization equipment to make Medupi TPP compliant with South Africa’s environmental standards coming into force, thus preventing suspension of its operation.

Renewable Energy Sector Development Project

The proceeds of the Bank’s ZAR 1.150 billion (approx. USD 80 mln) loan will be on-lent by Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa to renewable energy sub-projects in the country that contribute to the reduction in carbon dioxide emissions, improvement of RSA’s energy sector mix, as well as to the increase of energy efficiency of the economy.

The NDB loan provides IDC with attractive longterm financing to implement the IDC’s financing program in renewables focused on the support of private investors in this sector, both large companies and small and medium enterprises, having a significant transformational impact on the South Africa’s energy sector. The loan will be provided in the local currency (South African Rand) to avoid currency risk for IDC. It is planned that as an outcome of the implementation of the Project not less than 500 GWh of electricity will be generated annually from renewable sources leading to savings in CO2 emissions of around 480,000 tons annually.

Two loan agreements signed

Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction and Energy Sector Development Project On the 1st of April 2019, New Development Bank and Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) signed the Loan Agreement for Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction and Energy Sector Development Project. Under the Agreement, the NDB will provide a loan without a sovereign guarantee to the national financial

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The objective of the Project is to facilitate investments in renewable energy that will contribute to the power generation mix and reduction in carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in South Africa, in line with the South African Government’s Integrated Resource Plan 2010 and its target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions as articulated in the National Development Plan 2030.

Renewable Energy Integration and Transmission Augmentation Project On the same date, New Development Bank and ESKOM Holdings SOC Limited signed the Loan Agreement for Renewable Energy Integration and Transmission Augmentation Project.

Under the Agreement, the NDB will provide a loan with a sovereign guarantee to Eskom with an amount of USD 180 million.

The project will integrate a total of 670 MW of renewable energy into the Eskom’s grid. Modern grid connection infrastructure will be used for renewable energy projects and augmentation of the Eskom transmission network to the identified areas. The project will also help increase electricity supply to the targeted areas for sustainable development.

Local currency financing and ZAR bond programme

In line with the NDB’s Strategy, the Bank is committed to contributing to the development of financial markets in its member countries and raising funds in local currencies, including South African Rand. The NDB aims to build a diversified fundraising portfolio in order to efficiently meet its funding needs across various markets and instruments.

The next local currency bond issue of the NDB

will be in South Africa. Currently, the NDB is in an advanced phase of preparations for launching a domestic bond programme in South Africa with the size of ZAR 10 billion. Proceeds from the bonds issued under the programme will be used for financing infrastructure and sustainable development projects in South Africa in Rands, supporting economic growth in the country.

Africa Regional Center

The Bank’s Africa Regional Center (ARC) of the NDB was opened in Johannesburg in August 2017. The ARC is the face of the Bank for the African continent and it is progressively supporting a growing range of the Bank’s work. In a very short period, the ARC has demonstrated its critical role in scaling up the Bank’s lending in the country. The ARC is working closely with the Government of South Africa, public and private sector agencies, and other relevant stakeholders to identify projects that have strong development impact to be supported by the NDB.

Background information

The NDB was established by Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa to mobilize resources for infrastructure and sustainable development projects in BRICS and other emerging economies and developing countries, complementing the existing efforts of multilateral and regional financial institutions for global growth and development. To fulfill its purpose, the NDB will support public or private projects through loans, guarantees, equity participation and other financial instruments. According to the NDB’s General Strategy, sustainable infrastructure development is at the core of the Bank’s operational strategy for 2017-2021. In August 2018, the Bank received AA+ long-term issuer credit ratings from S&P and Fitch.

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How invasives have invaded our botanical landscape ■

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South Africa has one of the most diverse botanical indigenous plants in the world. How is it possible then that there are so many plants listed on the alien invasive listing?

The answer is simple. All invasives were brought into this country either for their beauty, smell or usability. The problem is that invasive plants spread rampantly affecting indigenous plants. Not only that but they upset the water table as many are gross feeders. As all invaders come from outside South Africa, they do not have natural predators and that is one of the reasons for their unchecked invasion.

Many species that have caused severe problems were imported from Australia. This refers particularly to the eucalyptus and wattle trees. Eucalyptus wood proved useful in mining props and wattles were used as fencing. With the ongoing crime, wattle fencing has long been replaced with more security proof like materials.

There are 198 alien plant species in South Africa with 36 potentially invasive. All aliens are exotic (brought in from other countries), however not all exotics are alien. Most of these destructive plants have a heady fragrance and are beautiful.

That is the main reason why they were brought to South Africa. There are four categories. Declared weeds (category one) are prohibited on any land or water surface. If present they must be controlled and eradicated where possible. Examples are the light purple orchid-like looking beautiful water Hyacinth that closes rivers, Lantana camara imported from Central and South America, and yellow Oleander imported from Mexico and the West Indies. Both Lantana and Oleander are poisonous.

Declared invaders (category two) are only allowed in demarcated areas and permits are needed e.g. guava. They are prohibited within 30 meters of the 1.5 year flood-line.

Declared invaders (category three) are those where no further planting is allowed except with special permission. No trading is allowed, also prohibited within 30 meters of the 1.5 year flood-line, and existing plants may remain but must be prevented from spreading. Examples are the Sword fern from Mexico and the West Indies and the Formosa lily from Taiwan. The last category is known as listed. The Shell ginger from East Asia falls under this category. It simply means that the plant has to be watched as it has the potential to spread and could be declared an invader in the near future.

The late Box Thompson who started Cheerio Gardens outside Haenertsburg was friends with the chief gardener to the Japanese emperor. Through him she imported exotics like the azaleas, crab apples and cherry blossoms. She sold the

azaleas but as the trees weren’t movers, she planted them all at Cheerio. Box was also responsible for bringing in the Formosa lily. This lily is not to be confused with the harmless St Joseph lily. The Formosa lily has become rampant down the Magoebaskloof and the spread is exacerbated by hawkers cutting down the flowers and selling them along the roadside. There was a recent furor on the Haenertsburg community WhatsApp groups with residents questioning the eradication of the beautiful Formosa lily.

South Africa is not the only country struggling with invasive plants. Australia has several plants, imported from South Africa, now classed as invaders. Our indigenous agapanthus is one such declared invader in Australia.

Lantana camara was called cherry pie in northern Rhodesia (now Zambia). Poisonous to livestock as it removes the skin pigmentation. The berries aren’t poisonous. It’s the thorns that stick in cattle throats. Lantana is rampant in the Tzaneen area. Bugweed, a foul smelling invader, is rampant in both the Tzaneen and Haenertsburg areas.

The Haenertsburg area is also plagued by rampant bramble bushes, imported from the USA more than a century ago to make jams.

This bramble has runners and is therefore quite difficult to eradicate.

Pompom weed was introduced to South Africa in horse feed (hay) during the Anglo Boer War (1899) and imFormosa Lily (Lilium formosanum) - Alien 3 ported from Brazil and Argentina. The plant is a serious threat to the conservation of grasslands in South Africa. This invader causes serious degradation of the veld, lowering the biodiversity and reducing the grazing capacity by being unpalatable to large herbivores. Infestations become conspicuous when the plants are in flower between December and March, transforming the veld from green to pink.

This is just a slice of invader species. For more information please refer to the SANBI (South African National Biodiversity Institute) web pages.

Sword Fern (Nephrolepis exaltata) - Alien 3

A field outside Haenertsburg overrun with invasives - wattles, bugweed and brambles.

Shell Ginger (Alpinia zerumbet) - listed

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Expanding your farming activities?

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Louise Agenbag, Polygon Environmental Planning

Over the past few years, environmental and related legislation as it pertains to agriculture has become stricter, and many farming activities now require authorisation from one or more government department at much lower thresholds than before. With the departments also ramping up the consequences for non-compliance, it is best to make sure early on whether your intended activities will require authorisation.

The authorisations most commonly required for agricultural activities from an environmental perspective, are broadly the following: • Environmental Authorisation (EA), usually from the Limpopo Department of Economic Development, Environment and Tourism (LDEDET). Either an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) or the shorter Basic Assessment (BA) process is undertaken in applying for EA, depending on the type, scale and location of the proposed activities. Some of the activities that may trigger the need for EA include: - Creating new fields or orchards, or expanding cultivation into areas of indigenous vegetation, regardless of whether the vegetation is pristine, degraded or infested with alien invasive vegetation, if those areas have not been developed or cultivated in the past 10

years. The extent of the area that may be cleared without EA differs between different geographical areas – the threshold is much lower in certain specified sensitive areas than in most other areas; - Construction of a dam – even a small one!

An offstream balancing dam can be constructed up to a certain threshold without EA, but even a small instream dam will require EA; - Repairing and/or upgrading an old, broken dam may also require EA; - Establishment of certain supporting infrastructure, such as pipelines or roads, may also require EA, depending on the dimensions and whether stream crossings are involved; - Concentration of animals, such as chicken houses or feedlots for livestock.

• Water Use Licence Application (WULA) from the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS). The term Water “Use” Licence often creates confusion, as it also includes non-consumptive “uses” such as impedance of a watercourse or storage of water, which are not instinctively thought of as “using” water. It is therefore important to keep in mind that the following activities are classified as water uses in terms of Section 21 of the National Water Act, and may require a WULA process to be undertaken or for the water use to be registered with DWS in terms of the General Authorisation, de-

pending on factors such as the type and scale of the activity or water use and whether wetlands will be affected: - Water abstraction, whether from a river, dam or borehole. Various factors must be taken into account to determine whether a WULA is required; - Construction of a dam. There is a common misconception that dams with a storage capacity of less than 50 000m3 do not need to be subjected to a WULA, but instream dams require a WULA even below this threshold; - Wastewater / sewerage treatment systems and the associated disposal of treated effluent may require a WULA; - Stream crossings by pipelines or farm roads may require a WULA or GA registration.

by agricultural activities. There are a great many variables to be taken into consideration on each particular project, therefore be sure to contact an environmental consultant, such as Polygon Environmental Planning in Tzaneen, to plan your project within the context of environmental legislation as well as sensitive areas or aspects on the site, and to make sure that your project is environmentally compliant.

• Cultivation permit from the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF). This is applicable to cultivation of land which has not been cultivated in the past 10 years.

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• Permit for removal of protected plants.

For removal, de-limbing or disturbance of listed protected trees, a permit is required from DAFF, while for certain other plants (not only trees) a permit is required from the national Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA).

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When all is quiet on the Mountain, the only sound is that of the cicadas. It’s so typical South African and that too is the name of a new business by the new kid on the block Teri Willson (30). Teri and her husband Michael have bought a nine hectare property on the Cheerio Road with an old farmhouse. It is being renovated with accolades going to Just Service in Tzaneen who have done a sterling job of painting the kitchen.

Cicadas caters to the culinary needs of the 40 odd guesthouses in and around Haenertsburg.

There are four options on offer – stocking the fridges with food, freshly cooked ready-made

meals, a choice of fresh ingredients named Chef’s Basket and a private chef service for those special occasions. Teri also offers a two week training course for guesthouse staffers to improve service.

Most local produce is from nearby places like Wegraakbosch and Mina’s. She will also stock the rooms with Zwakala beer and is waiting to stock the Old Packhouse’s soon to be released mini gins. Teri does her own baking and cooking and uses recycled packaging where possible.

Teri was born in Johannesburg but her parents farmed with tobacco and hydroponic roses in Zimbabwe. She went to school at Rydings in

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After completing her studies, Teri worked at Frontier Sport and Entertainment from 2010-2012 and was involved in the FIFA World Cup Soccer. Together the couple chose to work on super yachts abroad. They passed their STCW95 and ENG1 compulsory training courses at the Maritime Academy in Cape Town and were employed by an American, Robert Giles, on his yacht Vivie Rae. They spent six years on the 30-meter long yacht offering five star service to some ten guests, mainly Americans. They sailed to the Caribbean, Bahamas, South Pacific, Australia, Indonesia, and Central America. For the first four years Teri was a stewardess handling the interior of the yacht and looking after the guests.

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Jobseeker My name is Welhemina Letsoalo. I’m looking for full time employment a Domestic / General Worker / Guest House Worker. I can cook and clean. Can also look after children. Speak Afrikaans fluent and a little English. Can sleep-in or sleep-out, Monday to Saturdays. Contact me on 073 231 9413. ________________________ My name is Patricia Chauke.

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TZANEEN TRAILER HIRE & ICE QUALITY SERVICE IS OUR PROMISE We buy and sell quality new and used goods • Furniture (new & used) • Crockery • Tools • Electrical appliances • Fridges and stoves • and much much more!

A Professional Human Resource & Labour Law Specialist Company

Human Resources • Labour Relations • Employment Equity Skills Development • CCMA Representation Wage Negotiations • Health and Safety

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Laeveld toernooi gee nuwe pas aan

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Twee van die Laerskool Tzaneen rugbyspanne het gedurende die skoolvakansie aan die groot rugbytoernooi, Die J&M Witrivier Toernooi, in Mpumalanga gaan deelneem. Die o/11-span en die Tweedespan het almal die lang trek Witrivier toe aangepak.

Laerskool Witrivier het weereens ‘n baie goed georganiseerde toernooi aangebied. Van die Tzaneen spelers, naamlik Onthatile Ramoloto, Fidel Nkuna, Junior Zwane, Thabiso Matjokotja, Thaba Matlou en Byatso Makhubela is as manne van die wedstryd in hul onderskeie wedstryde aangewys.

Megan-Lee Mans

Noord verloor het. Hul segetog is met ‘n 12-7 oorwinning teenoor Curro Heuwelkruin afgesluit.

Die o/11-dogters het so ietwat wipplank gery en het een wen en een verloor aangeteken. Laerskool Tzaneen het vir Louis Trichardt met 11-1 geklop en teen Pietersburg Noord met 7-8 vasgeval.

Die Larries het goed gedoen in die o/12 wedstryde en het vir Mussina met 32-1 geklop, vir Pietersburg Noord 10-8 gewen en later vir Louis Trichardt met 13-6 huistoe gestuur.

Die senior o/13-span het twee uit hul drie wedstryde gewen. Teen Laerskool Krugerpark het die tuisspan ‘n 12-6 oorwinning aangeteken en later vir Louis Trichardt met 16-10 gewen. Pietersburg Noord was bloot net te sterk op die dag en het die Larries met 10-19 verloor.

Die Laeveld Netbaltoernooi is ‘n baie goeie pasaangeër vir die komende seisoen en na afloop van hierdie jaar se toernooi blyk dit asof die streek kan uitsien na ‘n opwindende reeks wat voorlê.

Die jaarlikse Laeveld Netbaltoernooi vir Laerskoolspanne is weer tydens die vakansie op die Ben Vorster netbalbane gehou. Soos oudergewoonte het die plaaslike spanne van Laerskool Tzaneen besonders goed vertoon.

Al die ‘Larries’ spanne tussen die ouderdomsgroep o/9 en o/13 het teen skole van regoor die kontrei kragte gemeet en slegs drie van hul dertien wedstryde verloor.

Die o/9-span het Laerskool Krugerpark met een doel en ‘n telling van 8-7 geklop waarna hul met ‘n telling van 5-3 met Curro Heuwelkruin afgereken het.

Mussina kon nie daarin slag om verby die Larrie se o/10 verdediging te kom nie en moes met ‘n telling van 12-0 die knieë buig. Later in die week het die Larries se o/10 hul enigste terugslag aangeteken toe hul met 5-7 teen Pietersburg

Morné Huysamen

Die o/11-spannetjie het nie een wedstryd verloor nie, maar het teen Laerskool Impala met 12-12 gelykop gespeel. Hulle het vir Laerskool Monument met 41-0 geklop voordat hulle met Laerskool Nelspruit en gasheer Witrivier met 10-7 en 41-0 onderskeidelik afgereken het. Nelspruit Primary het met ‘n telling van 29-5 teen Tzaneen vasgeval en JJ van der Merwe moes met 14-7 tevrede wees.

In die Tweedespan wedstryde het Tzaneen vir Laerskool Clivia met 44-5 laat les opsê en vir Laerskool Nelspruit met 31-0 geklop. Laerskool Impala het ook ‘n 30-0 loesing ontvang en Witrivier het met 39-7 verloor. Laerskool Drakensig se Eerstespan het teen Tzaneen se Tweedespan te staan gekom en hierdie wedstryd met ‘n telling van 0-43 gewen.

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120 more competitors in 2019 Wik ■ Beth Coetzee & Joe Dreyer On Sunday, 17th March, Stanford Lake College hosted the annual ‘Wik’ Memorial Triathlon, in memory of former SLC staff member, Wik van der Walt. The event was a spectacular success with over 450 athletes taking part under the beautiful blue Magoebaskloof skies. Results wise, a special mention to Gunther Katzke (Grade 10), who finished 4th overall in The Wik and finished second for the Junior individual Wik. Casper Venter (Grade 12) blew away a very strong field to finish third in the longer Stanfordian race.

Joe Dreyer

Een van Laerskool Tzaneen Primary se mees belowendste swemmers, Ciska Ferreira, het aan die Vlak 1 Suid-Afrikaanse Swemkampioenskappe deelgeneem en ‘n silwermedalje losgeswem. Die gala is tydens die vakansie in Nelspruit gehou en volgens diegene wat deelgeneem het was die kompetisie straf.

Ferreira het haar medalje in die 100m Rugslag verower, maar het ook aan vyf ander items deelgeneem. Hoewel sy nie in hierdie ander items die podium gehaal het nie, het sy haar persoonlike beste tye aangeteken. Met die swemseisoen nou offisieel oor vir die 2019 seisoen, sal Ferreira haar mikpunt na volgende jaar se kampioenskappe skuif in die hoop om goud te verwerf.

Yulinke Haynes

Adelia Schonken, Elné Haynes and Jané Auret

Ani Gutiérrez-Hernandez (Grade 12) came 2nd overall in the ladies category of the Stanfordian. Lia Revelas and Courtney Penrose (Grade 11) were 1st and 2nd in the Junior Girls category respectively and David Pullinger (Grade 12) finished 3rd in the Junior individual group.

In addition, Mr Willson finished fifth overall in the Stanfordian.

A number of other SLC athletes (pupils and staff) competed in teams and individually. It was a true test of endurance and we are immensely proud that so many members of the Stanford family got stuck in, dug deep and gave it a go.

Gunther Katzke, Jarryd Gosling, Thomas Mayes and David Pullinger.

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Jece Swart en Ntsako “Pretoria” Shulebane dryf Doublas Singo kantlyn toe.

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Letaba Rugbyklub het die afgelope naweek wéér groot rugby op hul tuisveld in Tzaneen vir die plaaslike sportliefhebbers opgedis. Wat oorspronklik drie wedstryde teen die spanne van Witrivier uit Mpumalanga sou wees, het op die nippertjie verander in ‘n Derdespan stryd teen die Nkowankowa Rugbyklub en ‘n Tweede- en Eerstespan wedstryd teen die manne uit Louis Trichardt.

Letaba het van die afskop die wedstryd teen die opkomende Nkowankowa-span heel verstaanbaar oorheers. Van die spelers aan die Letaba kant het ondermeer provinsiaal en selfs Curriebeker ondervinding terwyl die Nkowankowa spelers meestal net op die grondvlak in hul ondervinding of vermoë is. Dit was nie te min ‘n baie goeie wedstryd en albei kante het hul goed van hul taak gekwyt.

Nkowankowa het durf gewys en daarin geslaag om een keer agter die gashere se pale te gaan kuier vir ‘n drie. Hul skopper kon egter nie daarin slag om die drie te verdoel nie. In antwoord hierop het Letaba die krane oop gedraai en het Bennie van Zyl, Uwe Sauer, Pieter Haasbroek, Frans Pohl en Karel O’Niel almal punte op die bord gehang om die wedstryd uiteindelik met 35-5 te wen. Johan Steyn was die skeidsregter tydens hierdie kragmeting.

Skuins na twee die middag het die Louis Trichardt en Letaba Rugbyklub se manne die veld betreë vir ‘n wedstryd wat die tafel sou dek vir die Eerstespanne wat laatmiddag mekaar die stryd sou aansê. Tien minute na die afskop het die tuisspan hul eerste drie aangeteken toe die blitsvinnige Frans Pohl oor die lyn geseil het.

Tony Masedi het sy skopskoen oor die regte voet getrek op die dag om die drie met gemak te verdoel en die besoekers op die agtervoet met 7-0 te plaas. Kort daarna het Peter Schutte ‘n onderskep drie reg onder die pale geplant wat ook deur Masedi deur die mikke gestuur is om die telling na 14-0 te skuif net ‘n paar minute voor halftyd.

Louis Trichardt kon nie daarin slag om na halftyd terug te veg nie en drie strafskoppe en twee drieë later het Tzaneen die besoekers met 31-0 die knieë laat buig. Die puntemakers op die dag was Frans Pohl, Peter Schutte, Ockert Vercueil, Carel O’ Niel en Tony Masedi.

Regardt Kleingeld het sy hande, en sy fluitjie, vol gehad toe hy as skeidsregter om 17:10 die veld opdraf.

Dit was die hoofwedstryd van die dag en die atmosfeer was dik van die afwagting.

Dit Peter Schutte was duidelik voor die stryd, “die manne was lus vir mekaar”.

Die besoekers het Letaba met die afskop duidelik onkant gevang om vyf minute in die wedstryd in die eerste punte op die telbord te hang. Die drie is nie vervyf nie en Tzaneen het met ‘n agterstand van 5-0 die wedstryd hervat. Die stoomroller-slot MJ Bensch het egter oomblikke later Letaba terug in die wedstryd gesit met ‘n drie net duskant die pale wat deur die buitesenter, JP Vermeulen, verdoel is.

Met die gemoedere nou hoog het so paar onderonsies veroorsaak dat die tuisspan ses punte by hulle telling voeg deur twee verdoelde strafskoppe en net voor rustyd het Letaba se manne wéér agter die pale gaan kuier vir nog ‘n verdoelde drie. Teen rustyd het die telbord in Letaba se gun op 17-5 gehang.

Na die terugkeer vir die tweede helfte het Louis Trichardt duidelik ‘n tweede asem geskep en terug geveg om die wedstryd uiteindelik met slegs een punt met 21-22 te wen. Klubrugby het op die dag geseëvier en dit was duidelik uit die aantal ondersteuners wat bankvas die pawiljoen vol gesit het.

Die potjiekos kompetisie wat nou ‘n instelling by alle tuiswedstryde geword het, is hierdie naweek deur Laeveld Bottelstoor gewen. Letaba Rugbyklub speel eerskomende Saterdag op Bennie Kruger, Christiaan Schoeman en Jacques Lamp- Hoedspruit. brecht.

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Harde rugby is die afgelope naweek op Tzaneen se tuisveld gespeel toe Letaba Rugbyklub die manne van Louis Trichardt aangepak het. Vir baie plaaslike liefhebbers van hierdie gewilde sport het dit gevoel soos ‘n blik terug in tyd met manne soos Mark Ludeke (bo met die bal) wat keer op keer brute krag ten toon gestel het. Lees meer binne. Foto: Joe Dreyer

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