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- Hundreds of desperate citizens rushed to receive much needed medical attention from Photo: Joe Dreyer the helping hands onboard the Phelophepa train.

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Failed State Serving customers for 30 years

We take a look at the Mopani District’s crippling failure of the Bali farm and ask why the DWS is stalling construction at the Dam Wall

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SAPS attempt retribution ■

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The police in Limpopo have launched another massive operation to try and curb the criminal element in the province which seems to have them at their wits’ end. With so many unsolved cases at the Tzaneen police station alone, it is difficult to understand why these operations are not launched locally, but always in Polokwane. Nevertheless, the MEC for Transport and Community Safety, Dickson Masemola and the Acting Provincial Commissioner of the SAPS in Limpopo, Maj Gen Jan Scheepers, oﬃciated the launch of Operation “Swara Tsotsi “ in Polokwane on Friday the 28th of June. The provincial SAPS media liaison office boasted loudly at the success of the launch and claimed that within the first three hours of the operation 309 suspects were arrested for various crimes. In his statement to the media, Col Moatshe Ngoepe claimed that in just that short space of time the police searched 146 367 vehicles and 610 people which he said resulted in the recovery of three firearms, the impounding of two taxis and the arrests of 9 illegal immigrants. “The aim of this crime busting operation dubbed “Operation Swara Tsotsi” is to ensure that criminals are dealt with eﬀectively and that all crime hotspots are shut down,” said Ngoepe. “The operation will see police pulling together from all levels of command to sift through criminal acitivities in the towns, townships, villages, shopping centres, industrial areas, taxi ranks and all the public areas to ensure safety to the citizens and reclaim the streets of Limpopo.” Ngoepe further stated that “multidisciplinary operations” such as this one will

soon be launched in towns around the province and will focus on what the SAPS have labelled “problematic areas” such as unlicensed businesses and liquor outlets. According to his statement there will be raids on taverns, roadblocks through the assistance of community-based crime prevention structures and eﬀorts to trace wanted suspects. When this will start in Tzaneen and surrounding areas is not clear. The Saps Units were comprised of Crime Intelligence, Hawks, Puplic Order Policing (POP), Mounted Unit, K9 Unit, the Tactical Response Team (TRT), Accident Responders, the Air-wing, Crime Prevention, Detectives and members from provincial components. Other role players included, Polokwane Municipal Community Safety, the Provincial and Municipal Traffic Police, the Department of Home Aﬀairs and the Emergency Services. Editor’s Note It is worth mentioning that although this operation is deemed a success, and the public is asked to praise the men in blue for their dedication to “reclaim the streets of Limpopo”, we as Joe Public have no assurance that these suspects will run the full course of the system and be placed behind bars. What we do know is that in the Tzaneen area criminals run rampant without fear of any consequence. In Tzaneen you can fire your weapon at the sheriff in an urban area and threaten to kill someone in front of witnesses which include police officers, and you will not be arrested. To stop cars in a roadblock or stop and search is easier than launching an operation to track down and arrest a gang of terrorists who keep targeting one specific household. It is also much easier than actually arresting copper thieves. In a roadblock the cars come to you, you do not have to go looking for them, sir.

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The police in Burgersfort arrested three suspects which were reportedly on the most wanted list. The operation to apprehend these men consisted of cooperative eﬀort between the Burgersfort Crime Intelligence Unit, the Organized Crime Detectives, and detectives from Tubatse, Mecklenburg and Sekhukhune. In the statement issued by the Limpopo spokesperson for the SAPS, Col Moatshe Ngoepe, the arrests were seen as a breakthrough. No details were given as to how long these police units had been searching for the suspects, but they made these arrests over the weekend after receiving a tip-oﬀ. The suspects were stopped next to a road they were traveling on and their vehicle searched. Inside the vehicle the police found and confiscated two firearms, a pump action shotgun, one rifle, eight blasting cartridges, three stinger boosters, eight shock tubes, an electric detonator, two capped fuses, a grinder, two police hand radios, two radio chargers, a metal detector and some ammunition. Preliminary Police investigations allegedly linked these suspects with cases of carjacking in the Tubatse Policing area and murder committed in the Ohrigstad policing area. The origin and destination of the recovered items will still be determined by ongoing police investigations. The arrested suspects will soon appear in the Burgersfort Magistrate’s Court on charges of hijacking, possession of unlicensed firearms and ammunition and possession of suspected stolen properties.

Train delivers hope to the empoverished ■

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The Transnet Phelophepa Train or Train of Hope consists of a health clinic, pharmacy clinic, dental clinic, eye clinic and psychology clinic dedicated to provide cost-eﬀective health care services to the rural population of South Africa. The Phelophepa Train arrived at Tzaneen’s Train Station on the 24th of June and will depart on Friday the 5th of July and is currently situated at the Tzaneen Train Station. The trains bring health equity and a measurable social and economic impact in South Africa. The Phelophepa Train is a channel for and support to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UNSDG). Archbishop Desmond and Leah Tutu have been instrumental in bringing attention and support to the Phelophepa Train project. The Tutu’s have worked long and hard to bring to life their fundamental belief that everyone deserves the blessing of what the word “Phelophepa” means namely good, clean health. Each of these clinics has dedicated train carriages that have been specifically design to meet the needs of each clinic. Further to the on-board facilities, each clinic has an outreach program that visits surrounding areas and schools, to reach those who may not be able to make it to the train. The Transnet-Phelophepa train provide free, mobile healthcare clinics that travel to areas of rural South Africa, where there is just one doctor for every

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5,000 patients. The Phelophepa Train is owned and operated by the Transnet Foundation, with Roche being Phelophepa’s main external sponsor since the first train journey in 1994. Since the first train started its journey more than 20 years ago, it has touched the lives of approximately 12 million people, dispensed more than half a million pairs of spectacles and provided medication to over 650 000 people. Normally the trains only accepts students from South Africa, but as part of this International Ambassador Program, the train’s management from Transnet has given permission to send some international health care people. This will enable the international health care fraternity to see what the train are all about such as to takepart in the daily operations of the world’s largest mobile health care clinics, to bring experience and to experience the Phelophepa experience amongst others.

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Another dam runs dry in Mopani District ■

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The Middle-Letaba dam has run dry. In a statement released earlier this week by the media liaison of the Mopani District Municipality (MDM) the municipality said that it has stopped abstracting water from this dam due to extremely low water levels. The dam is situated outside Giyani. Late last year the MDM announced that abstraction of water from the Thapane and Modjadji dams was also halted. “The current situation at the Middle Letaba will leave thousands of communities in some parts of Vhembe and Mopani District Municipalities without running water. The dam supplied water to residents between Giyani and Ellim in the Vhembe District. Water supply will also be reduced in the Giyani area as the dam also supplied water to the Giyani Water Works located at Nsami Dam.” With the Tzaneen dam’s water level currently standing at just over 14 percent and the dam wall extension project still no further to completion than when it commenced two years ago, fears of dry faucets and a looming agriculture disaster are ever increasing. But, the low levels in the dams can hardly be blamed solely on the unfinished Tzaneen dam wall project. With the wall as it stands currently, the dam will not be able to hold more than 60 percent of its full capacity. But it would need 60 percent worth of water to start with. The recent problems experienced at the Ebenezer dam with one of the sluice gates not being operational, incidentally the one supplying water to the Letaba River which feeds into the Tzaneen dam, adds to the dire situation. So too the lack of adequate rainfall. This by no means excuses the poor decision making and planning by the former Minister of Water Affairs and Sanitation, Nomvula Mokonyane who took the initial decision to appoint outside contractors to the project and not use her department’s in-house construction teams. Last year, Mokonyane was ousted as minister of the DWS after being accused of causing the total collapse of the department through her mismanagement. In fact, the Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA) took legal action against the DWS following instances of serious maladministration arising from the Lesotho Highland Water Project Phase Two (LHWP II). OUTA also alleged that Mokonyane tried to ensure that her preferred service providers “got their cuts” of the R25bn project, News24 reported.

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Mokonyane was appointed Minister of Communications and an analysis of the dire situation the SABC finds itself in bears a stark testimony to this. Standing Committee on Public Accounts (SCOPA) chairperson Themba Godi said last year “it is worrying that she is now a minister of communications at a time when the South African Broadcasting Corporation is recovering.” 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 Nwamitwa dam in October 2017. In December 2018 a meeting was called at the showgrounds in Tzaneen. At this meeting attended by water users, farmers and business people from the area, it was said that R20.6 million (according to Chief Engineer at the DID and project manager for the raising of the wall, Thabo Hloele) has already been paid to the contractor who did demolitions on the wall and that R209 million had been budgeted for the 2019/2020 fiscal year to complete the project. He also said that a further R800 million was expected to be spent to complete this project which will now no longer be worked on by private contractors, but will be completed by the DWS Construction North Team. He also stated firmly that the project would have commenced in March or April this year. It is now another two months past this new deadline and there is no new progress. No surprise there. “The District Municipality has recently procured eleven water tankers to ensure that we augment water supply in identified critical areas. Meanwhile the district municipality is continuing to implement the 84 million-rand drought relief funds received from the National Disaster Fund. This is mainly done through drilling of boreholes in areas where there is still underground water. We are therefore urging communities to use water sparingly to avert a complete shutdown of water supply in the district,” said Witness Tiva, spokesperson for the Mopani District Municipality. “The Department of Water and Sanitation together with Mopani District Municipality have established a Joint Operating Committee to fast track the implementation of water restrictions.”

This photograph shows construction workers on the dam wall during the initial construction phase in February 2018. Photo: Joe Dreyer

MDM Head in the sand over Bali farm

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Another year has almost passed since the grand announcement by the Mopani District Municipality (MDM) that they would rehabilitate the white elephant, Bali, outside Tzaneen along the R71. Last year, following eleven years of embarrassing and costly failed attempts at establishing a profitable functioning agricultural enterprise, the MDM decided to try again. This time they started by erecting a massive signboard at the entrance to the farm announcing the arrival of the Moshupatsela Agri-hub. Not surprisingly, this is the extent of the development and the farm still remains an overgrown dilapidated haven for illegal settlers and mango harvesters. It is a crying shame because this 158 hectare farm was once a prosperous mango producer boasting 40 000 trees and an employee count running into the hundreds. The MDM ensured that this changed though.

In 2007 they bought the farm through the Land Bank for R2.9 million. In less than a year the operations on this farm ground to a deafening halt and to this day the farm lies fallow. There were a lot of shiny plans unveiled by Humphrey Mokgobi, the MDM’s mayor at the time of the takeover. He boldly stated that the municipality 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. As with many problems too big for a municipality to adequately address without swallowing their pride, the farm has been left to ruin throughout the years. 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, still live there today. The municipality has half-heartedly attempted to remove these people

from the property who are deemed to be living there “illegally”, but this has also not happened. A palisade fence was erected around the property at an alleged cost of R18 million sometime during 2008/2009 in order to prevent trespassing. Last year this journalist met with the spokesperson of the MDM, Witness Tiva, rather coincidentally at the entrance to the farm and he denied the cost of the fence and the time period of its construction. According to him, the municipality erected a new palisade fence at a minimal cost of just R2 million. 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. To combat this, the MDM appointed a private security contractor to place guards on site to prevent further theft of what little infrastructure is left on

the farm. As it stands, this plaster which the municipality has placed over the festering wound is coming oﬀ. The guards have reportedly now become “bosses” to the settlers. One of the people living there told us anonymously that the guards “run the show” through accepting bribes in exchange for food and certain privileges. We have also received news from residents on neighbouring farms of bakkies and other vehicles frequenting the mango orchards which they harvest and then resell to the atchar factories in the area. We have informed the MDM of this and their spokesperson, Witness Tiva, has said they will address the matter. When it will be addressed remains to be seen. The appointment of the former Ba-Phalaborwa mayor, Pule Shayi, into the position of executive mayor for the Mopani District does not instil any confidence that the Bali farm situation will soon be resolved. Historia magister est optimus – history is our best teacher.

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The final curtain call for Robert ■ Joe Dreyer Robert Westwood passed away suddenly last week Friday in his home in Pres Brand Street, Phalaborwa. He had turned 58 on the 13th of June this year and celebrated 40 years of employment at Palabora Mining Company. Aﬀectionately known by the youth of Phalaborwa as “Uncle Rob” he was very much involved in the upliftment of the youth through arts and culture and along with his sister, Lesley, formed the Youth Theatrical Group during the late seventies. The group staged regular performances at the Hans Merensky Country Club hall and put on some productions for the management of the mine from time to time. Uncle

Rob was very involved with the schools in the area too and often assisted in the lighting and sound production for their school plays and other events. As the foreman of the electrical workshop on PMC for many years, Uncle Rob would often send out resources and manpower to assist the municipality in times of electrical crisis. It was because of his help that the BPM’s massive power outage in 2018 was finally resolved. What he will most be remembered for by the broader community however, besides his daily jokes and his exceptional command of the English language, are the amazing Christmas Light displays that would see Pres Brand Street lined with slow moving vehicles filled with the excited fac-

es of little children (and the adults who remembered the lights from their own childhood) every December. This journalist grew up in front of Uncle Rob and it is because of him that my love for the band Queen was born. I opened my emails on Monday morning and your folder in my inbox was empty. Thank you for my memories. I will remember you, even though there will be no lights this Christmas. Robert Westwood’s funeral was held yesterday (Wednesday) out of the NG Church in Phalaborwa. He is survived by his loving wife Johanna whom he married in 1985, his children Dominique, Jessica, Daniel and David, his sister Lesley, his parents Bob and Patricia and a host of close friends.

Former Unicorn teacher passed ■ Bulletin Patricia Dawn Schultz passed away peacefully on the 29th of June at the Macadamia Frail Care Centre in Tzaneen. Schultz was born and raised in KwaZulu-Natal and after matriculating, she obtained a BA degree in Education. After teaching in KwaZulu-Natal for several years, she got married and moved to Northern Transvaal. Education was her passion, and after teaching at Unicorn Preparatory School for approximately 40 years, she retired in 2017 due to ill health. Schultz loved the bushveld and birding was her favourite hobby. She spent many days in the Kruger National Park. She leaves behind her husband Tony, her children Douglas and Debbie and

Rus sag Oupa Schalk ■ Bulletin Schalk Robinson is op die ouderdom van 57 op die 29ste Junie vermoedelik aan ‘n anurisme oorlede. As lid van die Bosveldjagtersvereniging, die Letaba Skiboot Klub, die 4x4 Klub asook voorsitter van die Ouderlingeraad by die Afrikaanse Protestante Kerk in Tzaneen, word Schalk as ‘n avonturier onthou. Baie Tzaneeners sal hom onthou as die bestuurende direkteur van Letaba Brickyard. In die oë van sy twee kleinkinders sal hy as die oupa wat alles kon doen onthou word, ‘n ikoon wat almal van hulle bederf het soos net ‘n oupa kon. Deur sy familie word hy beskryf as ‘n man wat vir elke dag geleef het en iemand wat

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eerste in die ry gestaan het om sy medemens te hulp te snel in tye van nood. “As Pa was hy wys, hy was altyd die eerste een vir wie sy kinders vir raad gevra het oor enige iets,” vertel sy dogter Diana. “Hy kon ons prakties en logies help om enige iets te oorkom of vermag. Hy het met baie liefde na sy hele familie omgesien en wou net die beste vir almal gehad het. Hy was vir ons ‘n legende, en ons sal hom vir altyd onthou. Sy legende sal voortleef in ons op wie se skouers dit nou rus.” Hy word oorleef deur sy ma Ella, susters Charmain en Estelle, vrou June, sy kinders Philip, Diana en Donovan en sy kleinkinders Janrich en Imke. Schalk se begrafnis word vandag, die 5de Julie om 12:00 vanuit die AP Kerk Tzaneen gehou.

grandchildren Lulu, Grant and Trent. “Rest in peace my love, we are going to miss you terribly”, said her husband Tony. Schultz’s husband Tony and family would like to thank the following people for their love and support: Dr Ig van Rensburg, Dr Dries Nel, Rev Gail Blunden, Rev Jane Lloyd, Rev Ron Reiners, Sister Laurene Naudé, Sister Sue Mogg Staﬀ of Macadamia Frail Care Centre and Deon and staﬀ at ER24. Also everyone for their concern and love, Reg Mayne and Wendy Graham in particular, which included phone calls, SMS’s, emails and WhatsApp messages. Schultz’s funeral will be held at the Tzaneen Anglican Church on Friday the 5th of July at 10:00.

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The Hangar outside Haenertsburg was an ideal intimate venue for the weekend’s Magoebaskloof Health and Wellness Fair. Stalls were up from the verandah to the double-storeyed interior. Everything to do with health and wellness was on offer from massages, to essential oils, cheeses and fresh produce. Kristen Adendorff and her mother Kim were in charge of the fresh produce stall. There were beetroots, spinach, tomatoes, green beans, three different nut varieties, red and green chillis, lemons, beautifully-coloured fresh roses, freshly baked bread, mushroom growing kits and bio straws. This environment-friendly stall used no plastic but only paper bags and weighed the produce on a scale. Upstairs were tables and customers could sit down to a hot lunch prepared by Louise Claassen. Lené Jooste promotes Aloe Vera products for wellness Lené Jooste from Tzaneen

promoted her aloe vera products on the verandah. The inner leaf gel, imported from Texas in the USA, is used for the tonics. The product is good for the stomach and digestion and prepares the body to cleanse itself. Lené has been in the wellness industry for 17 years. However for the past 1½ years she’s made her aloe vera products her main wellness approach. She advises drinking 100ml a day and customers will notice a difference after 30 days. Most cells rejuvenate every three months with bone cells taking longer. These aloe vera products are a natural antibiotic and the positive results are also seen in the skin and in overall health. Jane Tennant from Politsi started her Flower Essences a year ago. The mother essences are imported from Idaho in the USA. Jane makes flower essences not only for humans but also for animals. There’s a calming essence for dogs scared of lightning and another for separation anxiety. There are up to seven diﬀerent flowers in a bouquet blend. Jane’s day job is in the sawmilling industry so she advertises herself as Trees and Flowers. Outside Shelley Cooper taught the age old art of tie-dyeing. Her customer base consisted mainly of teenagers wanting to learn how to tie-dye.

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building industry. There too skilled labour is hard to come As Henk Smith (49) sits in his by. Clothing boutiques have home outside Haenertsburg, closed down over the past featured in a 2011 edition of five years. People buy from House and Leisure, he talks big chains because they can about his upcoming fashion buy on credit.” show to be held at St John’s ColHenk studied at the Pretoria lege in Johannesburg from the Technikon School of Design 25th August to 1st September. and plays with making pat“I am concentrating on structerns from his studio at home. ture for this summer and will Once he’s done a life fit pattern focus on the cocoon shape. It he sends it to Johannesburg works well on feminine girls. I’m to CTM (cut, make and trim) Henk Smith’s clothing label is Hendrik Willem over-dyeing most garments in where it’s graded into five sizes white with a pigment dye. The and then returned to him. two accent colours are chartreuse and duck egg Speaking about his label of two years Henk blue, with variations of grey plus black and white. says, “I never liked my real names as I didn’t idenI will also be showing two lightweight summer tify with my Boere race. However, I was born in jackets. The materials being used are cotton twill, this country, and I now feel the Hendrik Willem linen and various natural stretch fabrics.” label suits me.” Henk, whose label was Heart of Africa, changed He brings out a new range every season. Thus it to his Christian names, Hendrik Willem, two years twice a year Henk shows between 24 and 30 ago. He was forced to make the change as the Chi- items per season. Of that 80% are dresses and the nese stole his label and copied everything in detail. rest are single items. His clothing range sells for It was only the fabric that was inferior to his. between R680.00 and R1, 480.00 a piece. Henk says, “The Chinese, the most intelligent naHenk has been an exhibitor of “Kamers van tion on earth, are good mimics but lack creativity.” Geskenke” for seven years. The name was recentHe says, “The South African government pro- ly changed to “Makers” to capture a bigger auditects neither labels nor the industry. From cre- ence. It’s a pop-up event celebrating hand-made ating and making 6,000 dresses a year it’s now products in SA. Shows are held in Cape Town, down to 1,500. Government makes it impossi- Stellenbosch, Pretoria, Johannesburg and someble for small business owners to function and times in Bloemfontein. There are five shows a there’s simply not enough to entice me to start year with some 15,000 people over the five days. a small business in this area. In my 20’s I ran a It’s an economic bubble where he can sell up business with 30 people in Pretoria. Then came to 700 units at a time. Reaping 50% better than unions, then minimum wages, so now I farm going wholesale it enables him to get a highout everything. Government should look at er profit margin. Besides showing his clothing, teaching skills. Although I’ve been in the cloth- Henk is also working on getting in a shoe range ing trade for 32 years, I was also involved in the for summer. Bulletin

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MAPS (Mountain Animal Protection Services) was launched in September 2018. The initial aim was to TNR (Trap Neuter and Release) the more than 100 feral cats that reside in Rissik Street in the heart of the village of Haenertsburg. The committee consists of Charles Hartman (Chairman), Sue Ettmayr (Vice Chairman), Bev Hartman (Secretary), André du Plessis (Operations Manager) and Debby Selfe (Treasurer). The first stumbling block was a lack of cat traps. Although Letaba SPCA is fully behind the MAPS initiative, they do not have enough traps to TNR ferals. Operations Manager, André set about sourcing steel and with his welding expertise made several traps. More traps are in the making as the SPCA has ordered traps from MAPS. MAPS also hires traps out at R250.00 up front for a five day period. The money received from this initiative goes towards continuing the operation. The success rate is impressive. Thirty cats have been caught since December 2018. The breakdown is as follows. Twenty-one cats were released back into the colony, 15 were sterilised, four cats that had already been sterilised were marked by having an ear clipped and two sick cats were treated and returned. Nine cats were not returned. Three were euthanased, two due to advanced feline aids and an elderly feral with kidney failure. Four ferals, young enough to be tamed, were adopted. Two escaped as controlling ferals in the cages is a feat in itself as they are so wild. One of the ferals scratched André and this necessitated a tetanus injection paid for by MAPS. MAPS has also sorted out several dogs in the

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area. Three dogs, Roxy, Shadow and Tusker, were sterilised. An elderly dog in one of the compounds outside the village was euthanased. Two strays that appeared at The Red Plate were rehomed. MAPS holds jumble sales at month end whenever committee members are available either outside Greenwoods or in the public lot in front of the post office. The community continues to be generous in passing on their old clothes and household good to Charlie Hartman at Greenwoods for these jumble sales. A special note of thanks goes to Caitlin Harty for donating clothes and shoes to MAPS shortly before her departure to the USA. Several tourists as well as locals have given cash donations. Ellie Potgieter and Tracy van den Dool from the Letaba SPCA are always on hand with advice, help and funding. The go-to vet is Larissa Odendaal at Serala Veterinary Clinic in King Edward Drive, Tzaneen. Larissa is in charge of the sterilisations, treats the sick and euthanases those ferals that need to cross over the rainbow bridge. The continued support from the community and tourists is highly appreciated. Bev Hartman with Tusker

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It is a fact of life that many people are extremely sensitive and get hurt very easily. When I get hurt I manage (usually successfully) to hide it. When you hear about people (usually men) throwing themselves off cliffs because their favourite cricket or football team has lost out or some man committing an horrendous crime on account of being ditched by his girlfriend it really saddens me. In the case of sport – if I see that our team is unlikely to win – I merely switch off the TV. A couple of times this has come back to bite me as they very often have a turnaround and I’ve missed it. I was musing some weeks ago about my first proposal. In a nutshell – during the late fifties there were youth clubs and rock-‘n roll marathon sessions on in all the large cities in Rhodesia. If you were a rock ‘n roll enthusiast you knew literally hundreds of other teenagers because that was where everybody went. I had known Monty for about six months – he was a regular at the sessions. I had never been out with him and the closest I had ever been to him was on the dance

floor. He was what today would be classified as a “nerd”. Unlike all the rest of the guys he was not an apprentice or working with his hands – he was involved in finance. Out of the blue I had a phone call at work – it was Monty. Would I like to meet him for lunch? This was a first – most of the young men I knew only had a half-hour for lunch and they were too cash-strapped to invite anybody for lunch anyway. I duly met Monty at a tea-garden in the middle of town and after some small talk he said he had just been oﬀered a transfer to Bulawayo with a substantial increase in salary as he would be opening a new branch. I obviously congratulated him and then there was silence as we ploughed through our meal. “Will you marry me”? I actually nearly choked – no violins playing in the background or a full moon above. Sitting in a tea-garden above a department store in the middle of the day. I assumed he was joking, but not at all. He repeated the question. I was so surprised that I said I would need a couple of days to consider it. He needed an answer in a hurry – the company had indicated they would prefer a married man for the job. I couldn’t wait to share this with my mother who was very suspicious of the fact that I had supposedly never had any type of relationship with him and here he was proposing. I was shattered myself but what the heck. I had three married friends and had been a bridesmaid twice so who cared if the proposal was anything but romantic. However, there was one problem – I was certainly not in love with Monty and the thought of moving to a place as cold as Bulawayo was unthinkable. However, who was I to break some man’s heart. Two days later I sent him a letter via the company messenger telling him, in a very nice way, that I was flattered but unable to accept due to blah, blah, blah. A few weeks later I was some-

what crushed to discover via the grapevine that Monty had just got married and he was oﬀ to Bulawayo to his new job. Wife would be following in due course. He obviously had only proposed because he needed a wife to ensure that he got the job. I practically cried on my mother’s shoulder that night and she commiserated but pointed out that since I hadn’t even been in love with him, why was I making such a fuss. Probably because I thought that I had just broken his heart and now I wasn’t even sure that I was the first choice as a prospective bride. Many years later when I met the man to whom I am now married I didn’t really expect a romantic proposal and I wasn’t disappointed. However some few weeks before we were due to get married we had a rather nasty row over his sporting friends and their habit of either going to the pub to congratulate themselves on a good win or to commiserate over a loss. What made it worse was the fact that he was going on a bush trip two days later and would be away for six weeks. I refused to speak to him either on the phone or in person and on the morning that he left I received a large vase of red roses with the most romantic card I had ever received. All was forgiven – I sent loving letters to him via the army mail and he arrived home to a loving female. A few months later we were married and I kept the florist card with the romantic message in my bedside drawer. One day when he was looking for headache tablets I told him to look in my bedside drawer as I was sure they were in there. A few minutes later he arrived in the kitchen clutching the card and asked who had sent it to me. The tone of his voice indicated that he was extremely cheesed oﬀ. When I reminded him that HE had sent me the card when we were in the middle of a spat he slowly read the message again and indicated that he had merely given his friend Tony some money, told him to buy some suitable flowers and send a suitable card. “I didn’t intend that he should go overboard like this” said my ever-loving spouse. I was gutted and could never face Tony again.

“You annoy me more than anyone else in the world but I want to spend every irritating moment with you”

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Tzaneen Patio Bench Workshop 27 July

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Tzaneen Tzaneen Catholic Church Fete 27 July

The Tzaneen Catholic Church Fete will be held on 27 July 2019 from 09:00. For more information contact Sasha Drewett on 083 469 7708.

Tzaneen Avofest 5-7 July

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Tzaneen Freedom family fun day 27 July

The Freedom Family Fun Day will be held on 20 July 2019 at Mashutti Country Lodge from 06h00 at R30.00 per person. For more information contact Gloria on 073 336 6489 or Tsakani on 064 045 6698 or email info@mashutti.co.za.

Haenertsburg Christian Church 7 Rissik Street, Haenertsburg: 015 276 1111. Evangelies Geref Kerk Adshadestraat 11, Tzaneen: 015 307 3371. Gereformeerde Kerk Claude Wheatleystr,Tzaneen: 015 307 1874. German Evangelical Lutheran Church Zwariri Road, Modjadjiskloof: 082 653 5498. St Paul’s United Church Mark Street, Haenertsburg: 015 307 3534. Shekinah House 10 Manorvlei on Old Gravelotte Rd, Tzaneen: 015 307 4729. Lede in Christus Kerk H/v Pieter Joubert & Jopie Bothastraat, Tzaneen: 015 309 9920.

The Patio Bench Workshop will be held on 27 July 2019 at Past 2 Present Creations from 09:00 - 15:00 at R3500.00 per person. For more information contact 063 221 8591 or email past2presentcreations@gmail.com.

Tzaneen St. Peter’s Night Fun Run 2 August

The St Peter’s Night Fun Run will be held on 2 August 2019 at the Cnr of Agatha & Hermanus Streets from 17:00. For more information contact Wendy Graham on 105 307 3534 or email stpeters@tzaneen.co.za.

Rev Ron Reiners Anglican Church Wees gegroet in die naam van God. Brood is die stapel voedsel vir baie mense die wêreld om. Sonder brood kan baie mense nie leef nie. Daar is mense wat met elke maaltyd brood eet. Voedselkundiges maan ons om minder brood te eet, want volgens navorsing is dit nie gesond vir ons nie en gewigsprobleme word daaraan toegeskryf. Maar brood sal ‘n mens eet! In die Bybel word brood 360 keer genoem, 280 keer in die Ou Testament en 80 keer in die Nuwe Testament in die King James vertaling en 271 keer in die Nuwe Internationale Vertaling. So, volgens die skrifte was brood belangrik in die lewe, nie net vir oorlewing nie, maar ook om die siel te voer. 1 Samuel 21:6 lees so: “ Die priester het toe aan hom gewyde brood gegee, want daar was nie gewone brood nie, net die oﬀerbrood wat op ‘n bepaalde tyd uit die tempel verwyder word om met vars brood vervang te word.” Dawid wou sy manskappe voer, want hulle was honger en oppad om oorlog teen die vyand te voer. Die brood wat aan Dawid gegee is was nie net om die manne liggaamlik te voer nie, maar ook om hulle geestelik te voer. In die Nuwe Testament word meer klem op die voeding van die geestelike liggaam gelê. Jesus het brood geseën en dit vir sy dissipels gegee, om hulle siele te voer. Ons lees ook van die vyf brode wat Jesus geseën het om die mense te voer. Maar wat van ons, wat doen ons om ons siele te voer? Ons gaan nagmaal toe en ontvang die brood, dit is nie net die brood wat ons siele voer nie, maar ons geloof in wat Jesus vir ons gedoen het. Dit is net ‘n simbolise gebaar. Ons moet ons geloof versterk deur te aanvaar dat ons Sy genade nodig het om te lewe. As ‘n mens se geloof sterk is moet hulle dit deel met ander en so die Koningryk help op te bou. Doen ons almal ons deel?

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Tzaneen BB Group Festival 16 August

The BB Group Festival will be held on 16 - 18 August 2019. Form more information contact 015 307 4950 or 015 307 3740.

Methodist Church 10 Peace St, Tzaneen: 015 307 4525. Hope Methodist Church Boltman St, Modjadjiskloof: 015 309 8594. NG Kerk Laeveld Boltmanstraat, Modjadjiskloof: 015 309 9323. NG Kerk Letsitele H/v Joubert / Bothastraat, Letsitele: 015 345 1618. NG Kerk Tzaneen Agathastraat 28, Tzaneen: 015 307 4498 / 015 307 4497. NG Kerk Wolkberg Agathastraat, Tzaneen: 015 307 4062. New Apostolic Church Tzaneen Vrouefederasie Hall, King Edward Drive: 015 307 4807.

Ned Herv Kerk Laeveld Morrisonstraat, Modjadjiskloof: 015 309 9580. Ned Herv Kerk Letsitele Dr Anneke Skoolsaal: 015 345 1128. Ned Herv Kerk Tzaneen Agathastraat 14, Tzaneen: 015 307 4508. Pinkster Protestante Kerk H/v Frank May & Pearlmanstrate, Tzaneen: 015 307 1111. Sewendedag Adventiste Kerk Aqualaan 25, Tzaneen: 015 307 3240. Tzaneen Family Church Avispark Lodge Conference Hall Tzaneen: 083 598 0004 / 073387 2469.

Briewe • Letters Pioniers inwoners sê dankie Die inwoners van Pioniers woonstelle wil baie graag die volgende persone en instansies bedank vir hul toegewyde ondersteuning van die bejaardes. Thys Steynberg vir die groente en tydskrifte,dit is baie welkom. ZZ2 en Ambro Boerdery en vir Klippe en eggenoot en Maimi Canners asook Harmonie Christo van Heerden van Jonkmans Spruit en Pierre van Fruit One van Hoedspruit vir Tamaties, groente en tamatie puree. “Baie, baie dankie vir elkeen van julle. Ons as inwoners van Pioniers is opreg dankbaar vir alles wat julle vir ons doen en beteken. Mag julle geseënd wees in oorvloed hierdie nuwe jaar!”

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Ford Ranger Raptor birth of a new breed ■ Roelof de Jonge As one of the most highly anticipated new models for 2019, the all-new Ford Ranger Raptor is now officially available in South Africa. With Ford Performance DNA at its core, the Ranger Raptor creates an entirely new breed of exceptionally capable offroad vehicles that pushes the limits in technology, innovation and driving excitement. Ready to set a new benchmark in high-speed, offroad capability, Ranger Raptor packs a hefty punch in the pickup segment. The commanding presence delivered by the ultimate Ranger’s imposing dimensions and extreme styling is supported by a unique Ford Performance chassis optimised for high-speed off-road driving and go-anywhere capability.

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Stanford Lake College (SLC) entered its u/19A and u/15A teams for the annual Winter Cricket Week presented by Hoërskool Ben Vorster from Monday the 24th to Friday the 28th of July. Aside from SLC was there also a Limpopo U/19A invitational side which competed in this tournament. Here are a summary of the match results of SLC and the Limpopo side. Stanford Lake u/19A: SLC vs Oosterland (50 limited overs) – Match won by Stanford Lake by one wicket SLC vs Bredasdorp (50 limited overs) – Match won by Stanford Lake by 129 runs SLC vs Waterkloof (50 limited overs) – results un-

available SLC vs Limpopo U/19 Invitational (30 limited overs) – Match won by Stanford Lake by 31 runs SLC vs Menlopark (20 limited overs) – results unavailable. Limpopo U/19 Invitational side: Limpopo U/19 Inv vs Waterkloof (50 limited overs) – Waterkloof won by 29 runs Limpopo U/19 Inv vs Menlopark (50 limited overs) – Menlopark won by five wickets Limpopo U/19 Inv vs Oosterland (50 limited overs) – results unavailable Limpopo U/19 Inv vs Stanford Lake (30 limited overs) – Stanford Lake won by 31 runs Limpopo U/19 Inv vs Dr Malan (20 limited overs) – Limpopo won by four wickets.

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IN THE LABOUR COURT OF SOUTH AFRICA HELD AT JOHANNESBURG Case Number: LP8681-18 In the case between: ISAAC KHUTAMA EXECUTION CREDITOR And SMITKO KONSTRUKSIE EXECUTION DEBTOR AUCTION IN PURSUANCE OF A JUDGEMENT of the Labour Court of South Africa granted on 14 MAY 2019 and a Enforcement Award in pursuance thereof, the under mentioned property will be sold in execution on 1 AUGUST 2019 at 10h00, at the SHERIFF LETABA’S STORE ROOM, MAIN STORE NO. 2, INDUSTRIA ROAD 20, TZANEEN to the highest bidder, namely; 1 x MAZDA DRIFTER BAKKIE (REG: DPV 163L) 1 x CAMP MASTER TRAILER (REG: DPV 179L) In terms of Regulation 32 of the Consumer Protection Act 68 of 2008 potential bidders must register in the bidder’s record with the sheriﬀ, prior to the sale, which registration must meet the requirements of the regulations in terms of the Financial Intelligence Centre Act 38 of 2001. SIGNED AT TZANEEN ON 28 JUNE 2019. (sgd) Judgment Creditors: ISAAC KHUTAMA STAND 58, MAMITWA NKAMBAKU Jul101___________________________

Application in terms of Chapters 5 and 6 of the Greater Tzaneen Spatial Planning and Land Use Management By-law Special consent for the construction and operation of a telecommunication mast and base station on Portion 115 (Remaining extent) of the farm Pusela 555 LT Notice is hereby given in terms of Section 86 of the Spatial Planning and Land Use Management By-Law of Greater Tzaneen, that we, the undersigned, Torbiouse Solutions CC applied to the Greater Tzaneen Local Municipality for consent to construct and operate a telecommunication mast and base station on Portion 115 (Remaining extent) of the farm Pusela 555 LT situated at 21 Perry Joynt Street, Aqua Park, in Tzaneen. Particulars of the application will lie for inspection during normal office hours at the applicant, at the address mentioned herein, and at the offices of the Municipal Manager: Civic Centre, Agatha Street, Tzaneen, for the period of 30 calendar days from 04 July 2019. Any objections to or representations in respect of the application must be lodged in writing simultaneously with the applicant and with the Mu-

nicipal Manager at the abovementioned address or deliver to room 257, Civic Centre, Agatha street, Tzaneen on or before the closing date for the submission of objections/ representations, quoting the abovementioned heading, the objector’s interest in the matter, the ground(s) of the objection/representation, the objector’s property description and phone number and address. A person who cannot write may during office hours visit the abovementioned municipality requesting assistance to transcribe his/ her objection, comments or representations. Contact person: Mr. M.J. Mathye (015) 307 8031 Address and contact details of applicant/agent: Torbiouse Solutions CC PO Box 32017, Totiusdal, 0134 418 Rustic Road, Silvertondale, 0184 Tel: 012 804 1504, fax: 012 804 7072 E-mail: pp@infraplan.co.za Ref no: 24705 Jul102___________________________

Aansoek in terme van Hoofstukke 5 en 6 van die Groter Tzaneen Ruimtelike Beplanning en Grondgebruiksbestuur Bywet Spesiale toestemming vir die oprigting van ‘n telekomminikasie mas en basis stasie op Gedeelte 115 (Restant) van die plaas Pusela 555 LT Kennis geskied hiermee in terme van Artikel 86 van die Ruimtelike Beplanning en Grondgebuiksbestuur Bywet van Tzaneen, dat ons,die ondergetekende, Torbiouse Solutions BK, aansoek gedoen het by die Groter Tzaneen Munisipaliteit vir toestemming vir die oprigting van ’n telekommunikasie mas en basisstasie op Gedeelte 115 (Restant) van die plaas Pusela 555 LT, geleë te 21 Perry Joynt Straat, Aqua Park, Tzaneen. Besonderhede wat betrekking het op die aansoek lê ter insae gedurende gewone kantoorure by die kantore van die onderstaande applikant, asook by die kantoor van die Munisipale Bestuurder: Siviele Sentrum, Agathastraat, Tzaneen, vir ‘n tydperk van 30 kalender dae vanaf 04 Julie 2019. Enige besware of vertoë ten opsigte van die aansoek moet gelyktydig by die applikant en by die Munisipale Bestuurder by die bogenoemde adres ingedien word of aan kamer 257, Siviele Sentrum, Agathastraat, Tzaneen op of voor die sluitingsdatum vir die inlewering van besware / verteenwoordigings wat die bogenoemde opskrif insluit, asook die beswaarmaker se belang in die aangeleentheid, die gronde

van die beswaar / verteenwoordiging, die beskikker se eiendomsbeskrywing en telefoonnommer en adres. ‘n Persoon wat nie kan skryf nie, kan die bogenoemde munisipaliteit besoek en versoek dat sy/haar beswaar, kommentaar of verteenwoordigings op skrif te stel. kontakpersoon: Mnr. M.J. Mathye (015) 307 8031 Adres en kontak besonderhede van die aansoeker/ agent: Torbiouse Solutions BK Posbus 32017, Totiusdal, 0134 418 Rustic Weg, Silvertondale, 0184 Tel: 012 804 1504, faks: 012 804 7072 E-pos: pp@infraplan.co.za Verw. nr.: 24705 Jul103___________________________

TZANEEN AMENDMENT SCHEME 427 NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR AMENDMENT OF THE TZANEEN TOWN-PLANNING SCHEME 2000 IN TERMS OF REGULATION 18(1)(a) OF THE SPLUMA REGULAIONS, 2015 AND SECTION 57 OF THE SPLUMA BY-LAWS OF GREATER TZANEEN MUNICIPALITY 2016 I, Willem Johannes Jacobsz of Omniplan CC Town Planners, being the authorised agent of the registered owners of Re/Portion 40 (proposed Portion 249) Lushof 540-LT hereby give notice in terms of Regulations 18(1)(a) of the SPLUMA Regulations 2015 and Section 57 of the Greater Tzaneen SPLUMA By-Laws 2016, that I have applied to the Greater Tzaneen Municipality for amendment of the town-planning scheme known as the Tzaneen Town Planning Scheme 2000 by the incorporation of the property, situated adjacent to Road R71 and east of Tzaneen town, into the scheme and allocation of “Special” rights, subject to Annexure 268. Particulars of the application will lie for inspection during normal office hours of the Municipal Manager, Civic Centre, Agatha Street, Tzaneen, for a period of 30 days from 5 July 2019 (the date of the first publication of the notice). Objections to or representations of the application must be lodged with or made in writing to the Municipal Manager at the above address or be delivered to room 257, Civic Centre, Agatha Street, Tzaneen before 05 August 2019, by quoting the abovementioned heading, the objector’s interest in the matter, the ground(s) of the objection/representation, the objector’s property description, phone numbers and address. A person who cannot write may during oﬃce hours visit the above-

mentioned Municipality requested assistance to transcribe his/her objections, comments or representations. Contact person: Mr. M J Mathye (015-307-8031) Address of Agent: Omniplan Town Planners, P.O. Box 2071, TZANEEN, 0850. Tel. 015 307 1041. Ref. J215 Jul104___________________________

TZANEEN WYSIGINGSKEMA 427 KENNISGEWING VAN AANSOEK OM WYSIGING VAN DIE TZANEEN DORPSBEPLANNINGSKEMA INGEVOLGE REGULASIE 18(1)(a) VAN DIE SPLUMA REGULASIES 2015 EN ARTIKEL 57 VAN DIE SPLUMA BY-WETTE VAN DIE GROTER TZANEEN MUNISIPALITEIT 2016 Ek, Willem Johannes Jacobsz van Omniplan CC Stradsbeplanners, synde die gemagtigde agent van die geregistreerde eienaars van Re/Gedeelte 40 (voorgestelde Gedeelte 249) Lushof 540-LT gee hiermee ingevolge Regulasie 18(1)(a) van die SPLUMA regulasies 2015 en Artikel 57 van die Groter Tzaneen SPLUMA Bywette 2016, kennis dat ek by die Groter Tzaneen Munisipaliteit aansoek gedoen het vir die wysiging van die Dorpsbeplanningskema bekend as die Tzaneen Dorpsbeplanningskema, 2000 deur die insluiting van die eiendom, geleë aangrensende tot die R71 pad en oos van Tzaneen, by die Skema en die toekenning van “Spesiale” regte, onderworpe aan Bylae 268. Besonderhede van die aansoek lê ter insae gedurende gewone kantoorure by die kantoor van die Munisipale Bestuurder, Burgersentrum, Agathastraat, Tzaneen vir ‘n tydperk van 30 dae vanaf 05 Julie 2019 (die datum van eerste publikasie van hierdie kennisgewing). Besware teen of vertoë ten opsigte van die aansoeke moet skriftelik voor 05 Augustus 2019 gerig word aan die Munisipale Bestuurder by bovermelde adres of afgelewer word by kamer 257, Burgersentrum, Agathastraat, Tzaneen, deur die verwysing na bostaande opskrif, die beswaarmaker se belang in die saak, die gronde/redes vir die beswaar, die beswaarmaker se eindomsbeskrywing, telefoonnommer en adres. Enige persoon wat nie kan skryf nie mag gedurende kantoorure die bovermelde Munisipaliteit besoek en hulp versoek om sy/haar besware, kommentare of voorstelle op skrif te stel. Kontrak persoon: Mnr. M J Mathye (015307-8031) Adres van Agent: Omniplan CC, Posbus 2071, Tzaneen, 0850, Tel. 015 307 1041. Verw. J215

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Hokkie Noordelike Streekstoernooi hier in Tzn ■ Bulletin

Christo de Beer, Lourens Kriel, JP Botha, Musa Nkuna, Gihon van Rensburg, Leon de Lange en Byatso Makhubele. Foto’s: Verskaf

Verskeie provinsies se streekspanne het op Tzaneen vanaf 23 tot 27 Junie vir deelname aan die noordelike streekstoernooi vir O/12 spelers saamgetrek. Daar was ‘n aantal Larries wat in die Limpopo Mopanie span verteenwoordig was. Hulle is Jané Auret, Sharice Smith, Lané Prinsloo, Elné Haynes,Isabel Homan, Christo de Beer, Gihon van Rensburg, Leon de Lange, Lourens Kriel, Byatso Makhubele, JP Botha en Musa Nkuna. Volgens Ula Schoeman, bemarkingsbestuurder van Laerkool Tzaneen, het hulle in ware Larries styl hulle harte uitgespeel en bewys dat hulle keuring vir die onderskeie spanne verdien het. Die Mopanie seuns spog met ‘n vyfde plek, en die meisies met ‘n sesde plek uit die 14 spanne wat onderskeidelik deelgeneem het.

Larrie in Limpopo Larries skrik nie vir koue nie fietsryspan ■ Bulletin

Laerskool Tzaneen het ses netbalspelers wie Limpopo gedurende die skool-

■ Bulletin Annin Katzke en Zander Knoetze het op die 22ste Junie aan die vierde rondte van die XCO bergfietsrywedren op Louis Trichardt deelgeneem. Annin het in hierdie wedren ‘n vierde plek behaal en sodoende haar Limpopo provinsiale kleure verwerf. Sy het maar deelnames in hierdie vier rondtes van die XCO-reeks ‘n algehele tweede plek behaal om sodoende haar provinsiale kleure in te palm.

Zilmari van Rooyen en Larike Joubert.

Estelle Human en Valerie-Marié Swanepoel.

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Three wins for Vikings in USA

Coach Thyron Pietersen is here with the Limpopo Vikings sevens rugby schools team. Photo: Supplied

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The Limpopo Vikings sevens rugby team started their USA campaign on the 1st of July with a bang by scoring three out of three wins on the first day. The team is coached by Thyron Pietersen, sports and rugby coach at Stanford Lake College. The Limpopo Vikings is currently participating in the World Youth Rugby Festival in the city of Irvine, California at the Orange County Great Park Sports Park. According to Pietersen, the Limpopo Vikings sevens squad

started their campaign with a dominant victory of 31-0 over the Kahu Rugby side. In the next match the Limpopo Vikings took on the side of the USA Schools and won by 43-7. “The last game against the Mpumalanga Mustangs was a nail biter until the final whistle blew. We came down from 17-19 in the final seconds of the game to score the winning try to win the match 22-19. I am super proud of all of you boys”, said Pietersen. The Limpopo Vikings consists out of players from Stanford Lake College, High School Merensky and Tom Naudé Technical High School in Polokwane.

Hoedspruiters vat Wolkberg vas ■

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Die jaarlikse Wolkberg Rolbaltoernooi is vanjaar vir die 48ste keer op die bane van die Duiwelskloof Rolbalklub aangebied om op gepaste wyse die 80ste bestaansjaar van hierdie sportklub te vier. Die toernooi het Vrydagmiddag die 28ste Junie afgeskop met ‘n geselligheid en so paar rondtes vriendskaplike wedstryde tussen vriende en familie. Die volgende oggend het die ernstigheid van die toernooi oor die Modjadjiskloof bofbane toegesak en het die spanne in alle erns begin meed-

ing met die prysuitdelingsfunksie wat Sondagmiddag by die klubhuis plaasgevind het. Daar was altesaam 28 spanne van oral om, insluitend Rustenburg, Louis Trichardt, Sabie, Pretoria en Naboomspruit wat teen die plaaslike spanne kom deelneem het. Na ‘n naweek se top klas rolbal aksie was dit die span van Louis Trichardt wat met die loure, en ‘n kontantprys van R10 000 geborg deur Gert Brits & Associates, weggestap het. Die toernooi se naaswenners was ‘n span uit Pretoria wat met R5 000 prysgeld geborg deur ASG Services

die terugtog stad toe kon aanpak en in die derde plek was dit die span van Pottie Potgieter uit Hoedspruit wat met R2 000 geborg deur Trophy Toyota Motors weggestap het. Die President van Duiwelskloof Rolbalklub, Louw Swanepoel het die borge hartlik bedank vir hul bydrae en jaarlikse ondersteuning naamlik ATKV-Eiland Spa, Komati Groep, Fat Chicks Boerdery, Hobby Print, Mediclinic Tzaneen, Northern Security, Overland Liquors, Peppadew, Allesbeste, Westfalia, ZZ2 en Lekkerbreek.

Eilanders rol die bane blou ■

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Die ATKV-Eiland Rolbalspelers het die afgelope naweek nog ‘n rondte top gehalte rolbal oor die immergroen bane gerol en dit was alles te danke aan die borgskap deur Tzaneen Country Lodge. Adri Kruger en haar span van Tzaneen Country Lodge het later dié middag by die spelers aangesluit vir die prysuitdeling en geselligheid na die wedstryde. Volgens die ATKV-Eiland bestuur, is Tzaneen Country Lodge reeds vir langer as ‘n dekade betrokke by die ATKV-Eiland Spa Rolbalklub. “Nie net vier Tzaneen Country Lodge hul 21ste bestaansjaar volgende jaar nie, maar vir helfte van daai tyd ondersteun hulle ons klub deur

verskeie borgskappe,” het Eric Kruger gesê. “Ons wil graag lesers aanraai om die Tzaneen Country Lodge te besoek, hulle diens en geriewe is van top gehalte!” Soos met elke toernooi kan daar slegs een wenner uit die stryd tree en hierdie naweek was dit die span van Tulli De Beer, Agatha Vorster, Pat Strachan en Elize Malan gevolg deur Manie Engelbrecht, Koos Snyman, Charl Botes en Eric Kruger in die tweede plek en Harry Malan,Thea Opperman, Marie Gouws en Karen Kruger in die derde plek. Vakansiegangers kon deur die week hulle provinsie verteenwoordig met die Vakansie Interprovinsie Vierspel. Gauteng het die beker verower en Spelbestuurder Tulli De Beer, het die pryse oorhandiging behartig.

Louis Trichardt klop Letaba in naelbytstryd ■ Wenners van die toernooi. Freek Stoop (borg), Fanie Otto, Ben Groenewald, Loreth Otto, Annemarie van der Merwe en Louw Swanepoel (klub president).

Vossies vermorsel Oosterland ■ Roelof de Jonge

Die Hoërskool Ben Vorster se jaarlikse Winter Krieketweek het Vrydag die 28ste Junie geëindig. Die toernooi het weereens ‘n aantal O/19A en O/15A-spanne vanuit verskeie ander provinsies hier sien deelneem. Stanford Lake College (SLC) se senior en junior-spanne het ook in die toernooi meegeding waar die wedstryde onderskeidelik in 50- en 20-beurt formate beslis is. Die Vossies se O/19A-span het veral vir heelwat opwinding gesorg en Vrydag op sy

tuisveld in sy laaste 20-beurte wedstryd teen die Hoërskool Oosterland van Mpumalanga te staan gekom. Ben Vorster se 11-tal stel ‘n allemintige teiken van 189/3 in hul 20-beurte aan nadat hulle die loot wen en besluit het om eerste te kolf. Oosterland se kolwers kon eenvoudig net nie die mas opkom teen die aanslag van die Vossies se boulers nie en moes met 42 lopies op die telbord almal uit na slegs 11,1 beurte die aftog blaas. Ben Vorster het met 147 lopies Oosterland ‘n behoorlike krieketles geleer. Die Vossies se aanvangskol-

wer, Ruan Paulse met sy 63 lopies (nie uit nie) en Johan Harms met sy 79 lopies het veral die Oosterland boulers se tande laat kners. Die besoekers het 21 ekstra lopies afgestaan wat die Vossies se lopietelling help aangroei het. Atwell Mokgoloboto was die grootste doring in die vlees vir Oosterland se kolwers. Die vernuftige bouler het vier paaltjies vir slegs agt lopies laat kantel in 3.1 beurte. Die res van die paaltjies was geneem deur Johan Harms (2/0 in twee boulbeurte), Cobus Geldenhuys (2/5 in twee

boulbeurte) en Matthew Maritz (1/2 in een boulbeurt). Hier is die ander uitslae van Ben Vorster se O/19A-span: Ben Vorster vs Menlopark O/19B (50 beperkte beurte) – Menlopark wen met 44 lopies. Ben Vorster vs Waterkloof (50 beperkte beurte) – Waterkloof wen met vyf paaltjies. Ben Vorster vs Bredasdorp (20 beperkte beurte) – wedstryd weens reën afgelas Ben Vorster vs Dr Malan (30 beperkte beurte) – Dr Malan wen met vier paaltjies. Ben Vorster vs Oosterland (20 beperkte beurte) – Ben Vorster wen met 147 lopies.

Roelof de Jonge

Letaba Rugbyklub se spanne het Saterdag die 29ste Junie na Louis Trichardt gereis waar hulle teen Louis Trichardt Rugbyklub te staan gekom het. Letaba se eerstespan het na hul oortuigende oorwinning op sy tuisveld teen Potgietersrus die vorige naweek nouliks teen Louis Trichardt in ‘n naelbyt wedstryd vasgeval. Louis Trichardt het met 27-23 dié wedstryd gewen. Die tweedespan van Letaba het teen ‘n sterk aanslag van Louis Trichardt te staan gekom en het met 40-7 verloor. Letaba se derdespan was in ‘n

tweestryd met Louis Trichardt gewikkel, maar dit is die gasheerklub se span wat uiteindelik die wedstryd met 17-14 beklink het. Hierdie naweek speel Letaba Rugbyklub tuis in die volgende rondte van die Limpopo klubrugbykampioenskap. Die eerste wedstryd begin om 15:00 wanneer Letaba se tweedespan teen die Ou Mannespan te staan kom. Hierdie wedstryd word om 16:00 gevolg met die derdespan wat teen die span van Kruinies Rugbyklub speel. Die eerstespan stryd word om 17:00 gespeel wanneer Letaba se span die 15-tal van Naboomspruit aandurf.

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Sydney tem die magtige Miami ■ Roelof de Jonge Tzaneen Fietsryklub het Saterdag die 29ste Junie sy jaarlikse Miami Magoebaskloof Bergfiets Uitdaagwedren op die terrein van Hoërskool Merensky gehou. Fietsryers van regoor Limpopo het aan hierdie wedren kom deelneem wat oor drie verskillende afstande beslis is. Die hoofwedren oftewel marathon wedren wat oor ‘n afstand van 7 0 k m gestrek het,

was nouliks deur Sydney Swart gewen in ‘n tyd van 03:08:43.5. Bill Noel het in die tweede plek klaar gemaak in ‘n tyd van 03:08:44.3. Die derde plek het aan Casper John Venter behoort wie in ‘n tyd van 03:14:12.2 hierdie roete voltooi het. In die 35km halfmarathon wedren was dit Dawie Grobbelaar wie eerste oor die wenstreep gejaag het met ‘n tyd van 01:36:15.1. Hy was deur Meyer Leeb gevolg wat ‘n tyd van 01:38:47.2 behaal het en derde oor die wenstreep met ‘n tyd van 01:39:20.0 was Menno Glas junior. Gordon Noel het met ‘n paar sekondes voorsprong die eerste plek in die 15km pretrit geneem. Noel se tyd was 00:41:22.8 en hy is gevolg deur Marthinus Viviers in die tweede plek met ‘n tyd van 00:41:52.4. Die derde plek met ‘n tyd van 00:42:06.4 het aan Hanro Ehlers behoort.

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