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Follow up: Night Crawler still afoot ■ Joe Dreyer The infamous Night Crawler was spotted inside a residential premises in Second Ave on Saturday evening. A neighbour noticed the bare chested slender figure in the yard next door and immediately sounded the alarm over WhatsApp. A local security company who monitors the group, dispatched a response unit to the scene. The suspect had however fled before they arrived. That same evening he was spotted inside a residence in Park Street, but fled after the dogs kicked up a commotion and woke the inhabitants on the property. He was again spotted in Hospital Street but evaded capture. We have received surveillance footage from one of

the complexes in the area which clearly shows the face of the illusive cat burglar. He is an African male, possibly in his mid-thirties, of average height with a slender build and bald head. He always removes his shirt before entering a property and seems to know exactly where all the escape routes are and where all the cameras are mounted. A couple of the inhabitants of a retirement complex in the neighbourhood told Bulletin that the Night Crawler has been spotted inside their complex on a number of occasions and has stolen cell phones and handbags through the window of some of the cottages while the inhabitants were in another room. “We as the elderly really do not feel safe here anymore. We have seen this man in our homes and even

at our community hall in broad daylight and nothing has been done to try and capture him. How is it possible that a criminal is operating unperturbed in a suburban street right in front of the Tzaneen SAPS detective branch without being apprehended for more than two years? They know what he looks like and they know his hunting grounds, surely that should be enough to capture him?” The law prohibits newspapers from publishing photographs of suspected criminals and we can therefore not post one of the photographs of this suspect which we have in our possession. The video footage and photographs have been circulated by security officials in the area however, and regular patrols have now been scheduled in an effort to tighten the net around the Night Crawler.

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Residents in the Arbor Park area have had no peace the last few weeks and it has nothing to do with the infamous Night Crawler or even rowdy neighbourhood dogs. A siren of as yet undiscovered origins has started wailing its Banshee song daily over the area which has caused quite the stir among the mostly retired inhabitants along First and Second Avenues. One of the home owners in Second Avenue has been driven to the brink of insanity by the daily chorus and has taken to documenting the precise time intervals of the alarm. Examining the timesheet, we found that the alarm keeps a very precise schedule – almost as though it has been programmed as such. For the first few days in September, the alarm would sound daily at 11:03 in the mornings. It would scream for an exact amount of time before deactivating and then reactivating again two minutes later. This continued a total of three times, every morning at the same time and for the same duration. Since the 8th of September, this alarm has gradually transmuted to 13:30 in the afternoons. Bulletin joined in on the search and through a concerted effort by the homeowner and our team, we have managed to narrow the search area down to a block of flats in First Avenue where we believe the sound to be emanating from. On Tuesday we contacted the owner of this block of flats who lives in Pretoria. He was notably surprised when we relayed to him our findings. “I am really quite baffled by your report,” he said. “Not one of my occupants have reported an alarm sounding in their complex and certainly not as regularly during the day as you describe. Not one of the units in my building is fitted with an alarm system and the only siren we have installed is connected to our electric fence.” According to the owner of the flats, he installed an alarm system and electrified fence around the complex approximately two months ago as a counter measure for the Night Crawler who had been plaguing the area. In our quest to discover its origin and subsequently bring to an end this siren’s reign of peace depriving terror, we have arranged with the landlord and the installer of the perimeter fencing to meet at the complex sometime this week. We have been granted permission to enter the premises and trigger the alarm in order to determine whether it is indeed the sound the entire neighbourhood has been reporting. We will post our findings in the follow up report.

Round two for the Checkers rodents

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The problematic rodent situation at the Lifestyle centre seems to have reared its furry head once more. Following a Bulletin article about a number of rats having been spotted feasting off the dogfood and the biscuits among the aisles in Checkers at Lifestyle Tzaneen, the regional manager of Checkers, Vincent Kotzee, paid the store a visit along with the top management of the contractor responsible for the store’s pest control and the manager of cleaning specialists at the centre.

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Die burgerregteorganisasie, Afriforum het hierdie maand verskeie dorpe in Limpopo se drink- en rioolwater getoets om die gehalte van dié dorpe se water te bepaal. Drinkwater wat aan die minimum standaarde voldoen word die Bloudruppelstatus toegeken waar dieselfde bepalings dan aan rioolwater ‘n Groendruppelstatus kan versorg. Die dorpe wat getoets is sluit Tzaneen, Haenertsburg en Phalaborwa in en maak ook melding van die Letaba- en Olifantsruskampe in die Kruger Nasionale Park. “AfriForum se nasionale blou-en-groendruppelprojek fokus op die stand van dorpe se drinkwater- en rioolaanlegte. Dié projek fokus nie noodwendig op die toestand van die aanleg self nie, maar wel op die gehalte van die water wat ná die proses as eindproduk in die vorm van drinkwater en behandelde rioolwater gelewer word,” het Afriforum se Assistentkoördineerder vir Limpopo, David Rule, verduidelik. “Ons kon vasstel dat die drinkwater van al die dorpe wat getoets is aan die minimum standaarde voldoen en geen skadelike bakterieë bevat nie. AfriForum sal die watergehalte egter deurlopend toets. Inwoners het ’n grondwetlike reg tot skoon drinkwater.” Dié organisasie het hul bevindings gepubliseer en die resultate dui daarop dat al die drinkwater van Limpopo-dorpe wat getoets is, skoon is. Die verslag skets egter ‘n somber prentjie met betrekking tot die groendruppelstatus van rioolaanlegte. Vier van die dorpe (Ellisras, Naboomspruit, Nylstroom en Pietersburg) se rioolsuiweringsaanlegte wat getoets is, voldoen nie aan die gestelde mikrobiologiese standaarde nie. Intussen is die opposisie se Desiree van der Walt van mening dat regstappe teen die munisipale bestuurder van Modjadjiskloof geneem moet word oor die riool wat in die strate af loop. Hierdie eens prentjiemooi dorpie ruik konstant soos ‘n rioolplaas en inwoners het byna nooit drinkwater in hul krane

nie. Daagliks word daar oor die Modjadjiskloof Munisipale Probleemgroep gerapporteer oor swak dienslewering wat ‘n gebrek aan water en elektrisiteit insluit. Die dorp is gereeld in die nuus oor die toestand van die infrastruktuur en die nonchalante wyse waarop die munisipaliteit die kwessies ignoreer. Die hoofpad deur die dorp, Uitzicht rylaan, pronk nou reeds ‘n jaar lank met ‘n slaggat so groot soos ‘n munisipale swembad. Daar is kwansuis probeer om die gat te vul, maar weereens was daar “uitdagings” met die betaling van die kontrakteur ensovoorts. Verlede jaar het Bulletin berig oor die geweldige moles wat deur ‘n groep inwoners gemaak is nadat een van die blanke sakemanne in die dorp, ‘n paar gesinne van sy grond afgesit het wat volgens hom ‘n onwettige nedersetting op sy plaas gevestig het. Hy moes uiteindelik die huise wat hy laat plat stoot het, vir dié mense herbou. Hierdie publikasie het in die verlede berig oor die haglike situasie rakende die mislukte infrastruktuur van Modjadjiskloof en ook oor die absurde planne om miljoene te spandeer om nuwe sportstadions en biblioteke op te rig. Daar is op ‘n stadium planne deur die Groter Letaba Munisipaliteit (GLM) bekend gemaak om Modjadjiskloof se kerkhof te vergroot, om sodoende dooies uit Kgapane te kan akkomodeer. Ons weet nou nog nie wat van die planne geword het om ‘n nuwe vullisterrein vir Modjadjiskloof net buite Kgapane te vestig, geword het nie. Nog minder is daar aandag gegee aan ons navrae oor die redes waarom die finansiële bestuurder wat vroeër afgedank is oor verkeerde betalings in verkeerde rekeninge in gemaak is, wéér aangestel is nie. Oor die suiwerheid van Modjadjiskloof se water kan ons egter nie kommentaar lewer nie aangesien die Afriforum-projek nie hierdie dorpie ingesluit het nie. Ons weet nie waarom nie, maar neem aan dat daar nie genoeg water beskikbaar was vir die organisasie om te toets nie.

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During a discussion in which Bulletin was present, it was determined that the rodent problem was not at all restricted to only the Checkers retail space, but that other retailers in the centre were experiencing a similar problem. The pest control contractor upped his team’s efforts to rid the store of the infestation and offered the assurance that the problem was now a thing of the past. This was in June this year. Fast forward to August and Tzaneen’s locals again complained of rodent sightings in Checkers. Checkers management was contacted and Kotzee took

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immediate action. “We have ended the contract with our previous contractor in all our stores in the region and have appointed a new company to handle the rodents. We encourage our loyal customers to keep informing us of any issues, especially those related to rodents and other pests,” Kotzee said sternly. It is probable that because of the recent efforts by a local feral cat lobby group, these rodents now have no natural predators. Any local shoppers are invited to contact Bulletin with health or safety concerns by sending an email to joe@bulletin.us.com. Foto deur: Willie & Mariette Source: www.dwa.gov.za Information updated: 16/09/2019

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Zambia canned, Durban now in sight ■

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The Greater Tzaneen Municipality (GTM) have decided not to take part in this year’s Southern Africa Inter-Municipal Sports Association (SAIMSA) games to be held in Lusaka, Zambia from the 22nd to the 24th of September for fear of xenophobic attacks on their team members. Each year the GTM joins around 100 local municipalities from the SADC region in a series of international games which include netball, soccer, athletics, chess, darts and swimming. Other disciplines include volleyball, fishing and table tennis. Last year these games were held in Matsapha, Swaziland and Bulletin reported that the GTM’s participation came with a price tag of R757 617 to send 126 of its employees to Swaziland. The amount of R757 617 paid forward by the municipality is in addition to the R200 monthly contributions by the employees to cover the costs of their participation in the games. This logically excludes full paid leave which the employees will be receiving while out of the country. However, the director for Community Services, Alex Nkuna, has decided to withdraw the GTM’s participation in Zambia this year as he fears for the safety of the group. In a report tabled in council last week he overdramatically stated that “due to the security with the recent xenophobic attacks in some parts of the country we have realized that it will be suicidal to cross the borders to our neighbouring countries.” The report later states that the GTM will no longer participate in SAIMSA games in the future either. In the same breath, Nkuna then requested permission from council to allow the GTM delegation to attend the South African Municipal Sport and Recreation

Association (SAMSRA) games instead. These games are to be held in Kwazulu-Natal to be held from the 21st to the 28th of September. In anticipation of their attendance in Zambia, the GTM had already made certain preparations such as paying over R200 000 to Nomad Court Lodge on a block booking, appointing a transport provider and acquiring all the necessary kit for the participating teams. In total 126 GTM employees will be attending. The expenditure breakdown for the KZN trip includes R502 900 for accommodation (60 rooms booked for seven nights not including the six rooms for the seven councillors which are booked separately), R140 000 for transport (two busses at R50 000 each and two Quantums at R10 000 each which does not include the flights for the councillors), R108 360 for sneakers (that’s right, each person participating in the games receives a R1100 pair of sneakers for their efforts) and a R6 000 affiliation fee. The six councillors will

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be flown down to Durban at a cost of R28 000 and will each stay in separate accommodation at an extra cost of R49 560 for the seven days. There is also an “S and T” fee for 124 people over eight days amounting to R119 040 and an additional R2 400 fee for the twoman advance team. The estimated costs of this exercise is R946 260. The internal sports committee will contribute a further amount of R230 055 for golf shirts (R34 880.90), Tracksuits (R151 074 .50) and sports bags (R44 100). In comparison to Zambia, the accommodation in Durban is roughly R300 000 more expensive. We do not know why the councillors are afforded special privilege to be flown down to Durban while the rest of the employees are bussed down, or why they are accommodated separately.

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Dit hou net nie op brand nie ■ Joe Dreyer Pikswart strepe het vandeesweek die hemele bo Tzaneen deurtrek toe ‘n vuur by die skrootmetaalwerf, Khensani Scrap Metals, ontstaan het. Dit was vroegoggend Vrydag toe ‘n ontploﬃng deur winkeleienaars in Koedoe Straat gevoel is. Kort daarna het ‘n massiewe swart bol rook soos ‘n skaduwee die area in duisternis bedek. Die eienaars en bestuur van hierdie skrootmetaalwerf was nie ten tye van die ontploﬃng bereid om met die media te praat nie, maar het wel beloof om teen gister vir ons ‘n “amptelike verklaring” uittereik. Toe hierdie koerant gister probeer om met die betrokke bestuurslid te kommunikeer het sy gesê sy is nie beskikbaar nie. Daar is vir ons ‘n nommer gegee van ‘n man wie vir ons sou uitklaring gee, maar toe ons met hom oor die foon gesels het hy summier geweier om kommentaar te lewer. Bulletin was wel self op die toneel en het kort voor die brandweer daar opgedaag. Ons het die hele voorval op video vasgelê. Volgens ‘n familielid van een van die eienaars van die werf het die brand aan die onderkant van die werf teen die palisade begin. Vermoedelik is die brand deur koperdiewe veroorsaak wat na bewering gereeld in die bebosde deel agter hierdie werf vuur maak om die plastiek insulasie van die koperkabels af te brand.

Daar word beweer dat hierdie verdagtes dan ook die kabels by hierdie werf tervergeefs probeer verkoop. Die ontploﬃngs wat gehoor is, is veroorsaak deur die gassilinders wat gebruik word deur werknemers van die skrootwerf wat gereeld blaasfakkels gebruik om die groter metaalstukke in die werf op te sny. Die Mopani Distrik se brandweer het op die toneel opgedaag in die splinternuwe watertenker wat twee weke gelede deur die munisipaliteit aangeskaf is. Ons vermoed dat die brandweertrok seker elders besig was. Daar was drie brandweermanne in die trok, een man en twee vrouens. Die brandslang wat hulle uitgerol het was oud en verwaarloos en nie lank genoeg om by die vuur uit te kom nie. Die trok moes nader getrek word. Toe die water aangeskakel is, was daar nie genoeg drukking om die vuur te bestry nie en moes een van die bemanning eers terug hardloop trok toe om die pomp aan te skakel. Die verwaarlooste slang is in die middel aanmekaar gelas met ‘n swart vullissak met die gevolg dat daar meer water hier uitgespuit het as wat daar op die vuur gegooi kon word. Daar was ook geen gevoel van dringendheid onder Mopani brandweermanne nie. Die vuur is uiteindelik so paar uur daarna onder beheer gebring en later ook geblus. Daar is teen druktyd geen inligting verder bekend gemaak nie en ons verneem dat daar geen beserings was nie. Foto’s: Joe Dreyer

Links: Een van die Mopani Distrik se brandweermanne besig met die brandslang.

Die drie lede van die Mopani brandweer wat sukkelend probeer om die vlamme te blus. Een van die Steven’s Lumber Mill bosbouers bied ondersteuning. Foto’s: Joe Dreyer

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Everybody at some time during their life has been on a bus trip – whether it be going backwards and forwards to school or on a longer journey. When you go on exceptionally long trips you can on occasion land up with a stranger stuck next to you for hours. Since the advent of e-tolls and old age I have used the bus on many occasions – numerous trips to Johannesburg, one long trip to Durban and a longer trip to Botswana. Generally speaking I just need a book of block words and a sharp pencil and I’m happy traveller, but I have had a couple of travelling companions that I would prefer to forget. When you catch the bus in Phalaborwa to go to Johannesburg you get onto an empty bus and everybody grabs a single seat.. By the time you reach Polokwane the seats are filling up and you know that YOUR seat is not going to be yours for much longer. My worst incident was getting a travelling companion who made the Michelin man look positively anorexic – as he heaved himself into his section of the seat he just spread right over to my side and I was effectively jammed against the window for four hours. Another interesting trip was when the bus

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picked up a rather large young lady travelling with a human-sized Teddy bear with a valentine card stuck around its neck. Since it was the 15th February I assumed she had only just received it from some admirer and she had no intention of putting it in the cargo hold. She sat for the first half-hour with Teddy on her lap and then decided she had to send an e-mail via her lap top so asked if I would mind if she stretched him out with his head on my lap and then she would be able to put the lap top on his legs and send a VERY important message. Ah!! Young love!! I sat with Teddy gazing up at me and had to forego my appointment with my block word puzzle for over an hour. My most unforgettable trip however was definitely the Botswana trip. On my way to Gaberone to help my daughter recover from her post natal blues I had discovered that the bus stopped at virtually every trading store on the route to pick up or offload passengers. It was also a chance to use the ablution facilities which were in many instances rather suspect. During the journey I had a youngish chap who shared my seat for a couple of hours – he was obviously very tired because he was asleep within ten minutes of take-off and his head started sliding down towards my shoulder. It was fairly obvious that he had no idea that his head was sliding down and at such a rate it would very soon be on my lap. He was snoring loudly and his mouth was wide open so I let him be – suddenly the bus hit what must have been an enormous pothole and he woke up with a start – gave me a filthy look and managed to find himself another seat. Did he think I was an elderly lady with designs on him – who knows but at least I had my seat to myself for a couple of hours. After a week in Botswana I was dropped off at the bus stop for the long trek home. My daughter handed me a brand new book of block word puzzles so I envisioned a boredom free trip I knew all about the innumerable stops at trading stores and long periods of gazing at acacia scrub so immersed myself in my puzzles and took no

notice of the comings and goings of the people around me until suddenly I realised that there appeared to be a deathly silence in the bus. I looked around – not a soul in sight – looked out of the window – acres and acres of tarmac indicated that we had arrived at the border and here I was alone in the bus. I grabbed my handbag and headed for the door – it was locked. I tried the driver’s door – also locked. Could I get out via an emergency door? No instructions. What was I going to do? Looked out of my window and considered the drop – too high for a woman hitting 60. I saw a car coming along so yelled and screamed but presumably my voice was lost in the sound of the car engine because the driver just continued on his merry way. Another two cars passed relatively close and also didn’t stop in spite of my yelling and screaming. Ten minutes passed – I was frantic!! A station wagon appeared on the horizon – with two little boys hanging out of the back window. I hung dangerously low out of the window, screamed loudly and thumped the sides of the bus. The boys waved happily – I made a throat-slitting action…… would they know what that meant? The car carried on and I slumped back in my seat. A couple of minutes went by and I realised that the station wagon was returning very slowly. It stopped – the driver got out and asked in a rather embarrassed tone whether there was a problem. Indeed there was – I was eﬀectively imprisoned in the bus, but managed to make it sound as though I had dozed off unwittingly. Should he go and find the bus driver? I would have thrown my arms around him had I been on the ground, but since I was a couple of metres up in the air I restrained myself suﬃciently to pour out my thanks and blow kisses to the boys. Five minutes later the bus driver arrived complete with a face like a fried boot and demanded to know where I had been when he rest of the passengers had disembarked. I said I thought I must have dozed off. I was frog-marched into the Immigration building where 50 pairs of eyes looked accusingly at me as though I had just broken some cardinal rule. I have never travelled cross-border since then and don’t think I will!

“I have found out that there ain’t no surer way to ﬁnd out whether you like people or hate them than to travel with them (on a bus?)” Mark Twain

Rev Ron Reiners Anglican Church How many people are really lonely? I believe that there are many out there, people that you and I know, but also don’t know. Many of them put on an air of happiness and yes, can be seen as the life of a party. They hide behind a false façade, a mask of sorts. Yet they are extremely lonely, they go home to an empty house, empty of someone to talk to. Good friends become acquaintances, even your best friend rejects you for something you did, perhaps, unknowingly or due to your own ignorance of what you were actually doing. So the person you thought you would share your old age with has left. You respect their wishes and go out on your own with the hope that one day this relationship will be rebuilt. Many people in old age homes seldom see their family, they often only see them on special occasions, birthdays etc. Some join club or go to church to try to build some sort of friendship circle, once again they go home alone. Thanks to modern technology they can watch entertainment on T.V. or spend time reading, but it is the physical contact that is lacking, here I am referring to communication, someone to listen to, to laugh with. Often, it is our failure to tell others because of our pride, so we give the impression that we are “alright” Sad! But are we really alone? In our spiritual life we should know that we are never alone, for if we believe in Christ’s promises then we know that He is always with us, yes it is not the same as physical contact, but faith. Somehow, we get through daily and we are always not fully aware of how this happens. It is by the grace of God, He brings you through all times of trouble. We know that we can always turn to Him for comfort, in praying for ourselves, but more importantly by asking Him for His grace. We have to put aside our pride and let others share in our loneliness. It is only by sharing that we receive, by giving that we receive. So be brave and we don’t need to be lonely.

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Adam’s Café turns 20 this week!

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It has been twenty years and the little corner café at Adam’s Circle is still dishing up the best slap chips this side of the equator. Adam’s Café, one of the last known proper corner “keffies” has been running for two decades. In fact it is very likely that most of the business owners now nearing their fourties stocked up on their daily Wilson’s toffee supply at Adam’s back in the 90’s and are still doing so to this day – though the toffees have likely been transmuted to chilli chips and fresh rolls. The building itself has seen a lot of changes and most recently a face lift, yet one constant has remained to this day. Her name is Aggie Malesa and she has been the voice and face of

this little landmark since it started back in September of 1999. Joining her as a long standing familiar face is Thaphelos Rekhotso who has been serving customers for 15 years since he joined the team in 2004. The first owners of Adam’s Café were Manie and Patrys De Villiers who later sold the shop to Beate Altenroxel on the 1st of October 2010. Under her guidance the little shop became a business and in July 2014 a second Adam’s Café was opened in Plantation Street in the industrial area. Initially the shop delivered their orders to businesses in the area on bicycles, but as the times changed, this service has become more streamlined and now the streets of Tzaneen is crowded with five of the little delivery motorbikes scurrying all over the place to ensure lunch time orders

are on time, every time. “The thing is, Adam’s Café is exactly what it is, a corner café. We are not a grocer or a convenience store and that is exactly what this community has come to love. Slap chips, homemade pies, Russians and piping hot freshly baked buns is what we do best,” said Altenroxel proudly. “Sure, you can pick up your weekly paper, grab a soda and something sweet while you’re here, but we all know that is not the draw card.” With everything ever changing in a world that seems to have lost its personality, it is comforting to know that Adam’s Café remains as one of the last bastions of a childhood many of us remember all too fondly. Head on over to Adam’s and grab a portion of slap chips, a fresh loaf and a 2 litre Coke and hit your sofa this weekend. Relive your good old days.

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Legals KENNISGEWING: Ek,Theo Kotze, as die agent van die eienaar van ondergemelde eiendom, gee hiermee kennis dat ek aansoek gedoen het by die Groter Tzaneen Munisipaliteit, in terme van Klousules 58 & 68 van die Groter Tzaneen Munisipale By-wet op Ruimtelike Beplanning en Grondgebruikbestuur (2017) saamgelees met Klousule 15 van die Tzaneen Grondgebruikskema (2000), vir die volgende: A) Die oprig van ‘n 36 m telekommunikasie (tralie tipe) mas en basis stasie op die Restant van Gedeelte 40 van die Plaas Lushof 540 LT (ongeveer 3.8km oos van Tzaneen op die R71 pad), B) Die wysiging van beperkende voorwaardes C. (ii) & (iv) op bladsye 3 & 4 van Titelakte T99501/2016. Eienaar: Martinus Pieter Smit Visser & Christiaan Rudolph Visser. Besonderhede van voormelde aansoek lê ter insae gedurende gewone kantoorure by die kantoor van die Bestuurder: Stadsbeplanning, Burgersentrum, Agathastraat 38, Tzaneen, 0850 vir ‘n tydperk van 30 dae vanaf 20 September 2019. Enige beswaar/ vertoë moet hetsy skriftelik of mondelings (indien u nie kan skryf nie), by of tot die Bestuurder: Stadsbeplanning, voor die sluitingsdatum vir die indiening van sodanige besware/ vertoë by bovermelde adres of by Posbus 24, Tzaneen, 0850 ingedien of gerig word, tesame met vermelding van bogenoemde beskrywing van die aansoeke, die beswaarmaker se belang in die saak, die grond(e) van die beswaar/vertoë, die beswaarmaker se erfnommer en telefoonnommer(s) en adres. SLUITINGSDATUM VIR DIE INDIENING VAN BESWARE/ VERTOË: 20 OKTOBER 2019.

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NOTICE: I, Theo Kotze, as the agent of the owner of the property mentioned below, hereby give notice that I have applied to the Greater Tzaneen Municipality, in terms of Clauses 58 & 68 of the Greater Tzaneen Municipal Spatial Planning and Land Use Management By-law (2017) read together with Clause 15 of the Tzaneen Land Use Scheme (2000), for the following: A) The establishment of a 36 m telecommunication (lattice type) mast and base station on the Remainder of Portion 40 of the Farm Lushof 540 LT (approximately 3.8km east of Tzaneen along the R71 road), B) The amendment of restrictive conditions C. (ii) and (iv) on page 3 & 4 of Title Deed T99501/2016. Owner: Martinus Pieter Smit Visser & Christiaan Rudolph Visser. Particulars of the application will lie for inspection during normal office hours at the office of the Manager: Town Planning, Civic Centre, 38 Agatha Street, Tzaneen, 0850 for a period of 30 days from 20 September 2019. Any objections/representations must be lodged with or made in writing, or verbally if unable to write, to the Manager: Town Planning, at the above-mentioned address or posted to P.O. Box 24, Tzaneen, 0850 on or before the closing date for the submission of objections/ representations, quoting the above mentioned application description, the objector’s interest in the matter, the ground(s) of the objection/ representation, the objector’s

Unicorn Preparatory School is an independent, Christian, English-medium day school catering for boys and girls from Grade R to Grade 7. The school is a member of the Independent Schools Association of South Africa, ISASA and as such, is quality assured by both IQAA and UMALUSI. It is situated in the sub-tropical region of Tzaneen in Limpopo province. Educational Support Teacher Grade 4-7 Unicorn Preparatory School invites applications for the abovementioned position which will be available from January 2020. Local and National applications for a Grade 4-7 Educational Support Teacher, are invited. The candidate must be willing to work with children aged 9-14 who require educational support. This includes offering support in all recognised learning barriers as well as reading and scribing to pupils who have been recognised as needing extra support for tests and exams. The requirements for this position are: • Must have a teaching qualification (B Ed/PGCE), • Relevant professional qualification, e.g. B Ed (hons) Inclusive Education/Educational Psychology, Advanced Certificate in Remedial Education,

erf number and phone numbers and address. CLOSING DATE FOR SUBMISSION OF OBJECTIONS/ REPRESENTATIONS: 20 OCTOBER 2019. AGENT: DEVELOPLAN, P.O. BOX 1883, POLOKWANE, 0700. TEL. 015-2914177, FAX: 086 218 3267. tecoplan@ mweb.co.za Sep303___________________________

THE MAGISTRATES COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF TZANEEN HELD AT LENYENYE CASE NUMBER: 502/2018 In the case between: BENETRAX MACHINERY (PTY) LTD EXECUTION CREDITOR and BIG TREE PALLETS CC – REG NO. 2011/063776/23 1ST EXECUTION DEBTOR WILLEM JACOBUS DU PLESSIS – ID NO. 451215 5024 086 2ND EXECUTION DEBTOR NOTICE OF SALE IN EXECUTION – AUCTION PURSUANT to a judgement by the magistrate Lenyenye given on 25 March 2019 the under mentioned goods will be sold IN FRONT OF THE SHERIFF’S STORE – 13 NABOOM STREET, PHALABORWA, on 4 OCTOBER 2019 by public auction to be held at 10:00, by the Sheriﬀ for the Magistrates Court, to the highest bidder for cash, namely: 1 X FORKLIFT (BLUE) 3 X OFFICE DESK 3 X OFFICE CHAIR 1. This sale is a sale in execution pursuant to a judgment obtained in the above honorable court. 2. The rules of the auction are available 24 hours prior to the auction at the office of the Sheriff, 13 Naboom Street, Phalaborwa. 3. Registration as a buyer is a pre-requisite subject to specific conditions, inter alia.

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Applications should be sent as soon as possible. The closing date is Friday, 25 October 2019 at 12:00. Please forward a Curriculum Vitae, together with the contact details of at least three current referees and scanned, certified copies of your teaching qualification and additional honours degree as stated above to: The Headmaster, Unicorn Preparatory School to: head@unicornschool.co.za Please only send an application if you meet all the above requirements. Applications that do not meet all the requirements, will not be considered. Unicorn Preparatory reserves the right not to proceed with filling the post. An application does not in itself entitle the applicant to an interview or appointment and failure to meet the minimum requirements of the advertised post will result in applicants automatically disqualifying themselves for consideration. If you haven’t heard from the school by Friday, 1 November, please assume your application has not been successful.

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MDDK wiel aan die rol Unicorns clinch championship ■ Merensky Vanaf die 2de tot die 13de September vanjaar het Hoërskool Merensky se MDDK (Musiek Dans Drama Kuns)-sentrum gegons met top talent vanuit elke hoekie van die Mopani distrik. Geskiedenis is gemaak met die éérste MDDK-Eisteddfod en die geleentheid het beslis nie teleurgestel nie. Meer as 300 inskrywings is ontvang vir die ses afdelings wat Instrumentaal, Vokaal, Dans, Drama, Kuns en Fotografie ingesluit het. ‘n Totaal van 17 skole in Limpopo is verteenwoordig deur die deelnemers. Op Maandag, die 2de September is die geleentheid afgetokkel met die instrumentale afdeling in die skool se ekslusiewe kleinteater, die Teatro. Die kundige beoordelaar, dr. Bertha le Roux, het die kandidate noukeurig geweeg en nie te lig gevind nie. Veral die snaarinstrumentaliste het uitsonderlik presteer. Woensdag, die 4de September, het die sangers die geleentheid gehad om noot te hou voor Corlea Botha, sekerlik een van die land se topkunstenaars. Corlea het beslis beïndruk as beoordelaar en ieder en elk is huistoe met waardevolle wenke. Die volgende dag, Donderdag, die 5de September, was dit die kunstenaars en fotograwe se beurt. ‘n Uitstalling van al die inskrywings was vanaf die 2de September in die sentrum beskikbaar vir besigtiging. Die prysuitdeling was beslis ‘n hoogtepunt, met sinvolle beoordelingskommentaar deur Derius Erasmus Izet Bredenhann. Maandag z die 9de September was allermins blou. Die veelsydige kunstenaar en danser, Izak Davel, het opgetree as beoordelaar by die dansafdeling. Hierdie afdeling is aangebied in die skool se “5,6,7,8”-dansstudio. Davel het harte gewen en geïnspireer beslis ‘n man wat sy danspassies ken. Donderdag, en Vrydag, was die omgewing se toneelspelers op die planke in die sentrum se Blou Kaross-dramastudio. Befaamde akteur, Cobus Venter, kon nie uitgepraat raak oor die talent wat tentoongestel is met die nuwe programformaat nie. Dit was vir hom soveel meer betekenisvol as die aanbied van ‘n eenmalige vertolkingsitem. Hoërskool Merensky bedank elkeen vir hul deelname en insette en sien met groot verwagting uit na MDDK Eisteddfod 2020, wat beslis gaan voortbou op ‘n suksesvolle eerste.

■ Unicorn Unicorn Preparatory School’s U/11 girl’s hockey team was crowned the Limpopo League champions. The semi-final and final matches of the Limpopo Schools League were played on Saturday the 14th of September at Merensky High School. In the semi-final match Uni-

Corlea Botha saam met die deelnemers van die solo Kanarie-kategorie.

corn’s girls had an uphill battle against the side of Laerskool Pietersburg-Oos, but managed to secure a narrow victory of 1-0. In the final match Unicorn faced the team of Julian Muller Primary School from Groblersdal. The Groblersdal proved to be no match as Unicorn gave them a proper hiding of 4-0 to seal the championship.

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Cobus Venter saam met deelnemers van die Tienerbek-kwartette.

Corlea Botha (beoordelaar: Vokaal) en Mari Weber (Eisteddfod-organiseerder).

Cross country athletes from Unicorn Preparatory School competed in the Letaba Primary Schools Association (LPSA) league with various schools from Tzaneen and surrounding areas taking part. Several athletes from Unicorn finished in the top ten final places in their respective categories. Lana van der Merwe who ran in the U/8 division for girls and Mika Jones who took part in the girls U/11 category both won their divisions overall. Ashton October was second in the boys U/8 age group. Fellow U/8 athletes Aiden Booth (ninth) and Thato Lesoalo (tenth) both had top ten finishes. Elia Jones was third overall in the category for girls U/11. PG Botes (boys U/12) and Keira Booth (girls U/13) both managed secure fourth places in the overall standings.

Front: Lana van der Merwe, Thato Letsoalo, Aiden Booth and Ashton October. Back: PG Botes, Elia Jones, Mika Jones and Keira Booth. Photo: Unicorn

Cobus Venter, tussen die rose: Mari Weber (Eisteddfod-organiseerder) en Anriette van Rooyen (drama tutor).

This is Pfunanane Country ■ Pfunanane

Paul Kruger van Laerskool Tzaneen oorhandig sy bladmusiek aan dr. Bertha le Roux.

Pfunanane Academy in Modjadjiskloof has made a name for itself in the cross country running circles throughout the province. Their athletes had another successful cross country season, finishing at the LLSV championships held at Unicorn Preparatory School on Saturday, 31st of August. A total of 44 athletes made it on the LLSV team by taking a top ten place overall, and they won seventeen championship medals and nearly every team competition. Nine of their top athletes will travel to Pretoria on the 7th of September for the South African Championship as part of the Limpopo team. Pictured are the athletes who were in the overall top 10.

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Die leerders van die Laerskool Duiwelskloof het verlede week en die afgelope naweek in sport, kuns en kultuur uitgeblink. Marli Kroh het haar uitstekend van haar taak gekwyt en 80% behaal vir die MDDK Eisteddfod se Raasbek-Fabriek by die Hoërskool Merensky op Donderdag die 12de September. Amore Coetzee het tydens die Podium Pret Kompetisie in die Wes-Kaap op Saterdag die 7de September 76% behaal. Sy het ook 82% by die MDDK Eisteddfod behaal en haar eweknieë, Henk de Wet en Diné Booyse, het elk 81% en 80% onderskeidelik op die selfde geleentheid ingepalm. Sunet Coetzee het aan ‘Set In Motion Productions’ se Dance Fusion kompetisie vanaf die 13de tot die 14de September in Tzaneen deelgeneem en ‘n tweede plek in

die Hip Hop novice solo afdeling losgedans. Diné Booyse het ‘n toekenning vir die 2019 Beste Jazz, Modern Junior Solo Dancer ontvang. ‘n Aantal Klofies het Saterdag die 14de September aan ’n bergfiertswedren op Mooketsi deelgeneem. Chantene van Wyngaard het ‘n eerste plek behaal in haar afdeling asook ‘n tweede plek algeheel in die afdeling vir vroue. Anke Rood het ‘n tweede plek behaal in die 40km wedren en Anita Stoltz was vyfde, ook in die 40km resies. Mia van Brouwerhaven was derde in haar ouderdomsgroep en Reuben van Brouwershaven was vierde in sy ouderdomsgroep.

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Die Klofies ‘Gladdebekke’ het by die onlangse MDDK Eisteddfod goeie persentasies behaal. Hulle is Amore Coetzee, Henk de Wet en Diné Booyse.

Klofies bergfietsryers ry wêreld aan die brand. Voor: Mia van Brouwershaven en Reuben van Brouwershaven. Middel: Anke Rood, Luandie Marx en Francois Engelbrecht. Agter: Anita Stoltz en Chantene van Wyngaardt.

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Laerskool Duiwelskloof se leerlinge het verlede week Maandag, die 9de September, tot Donderdag die 12de September, ouers en die breër kunstegemeenskap met hul jaarlikse skoolkonsert vermaak. Die konsert genaamd ’80 Dae om die Wêreld’ het Maandag met ‘n kleedrepitisie afgeskop waarby bejaardes van Duiwelskloof genooi is om die opvoering te geniet. Vanaf die 10de tot die

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Sport 20 September 2019

Vurige Fourie wys sy slag ■ Roelof de Jonge Gerhardus Fourie van die Hoërskool Merensky het Limpopo se senior T20-krieketspan by Krieket Suid-Afrika (KSA) se provinsiale T20 toernooi in Potchefstroom vanaf die 13de tot die 15de September verteenwoordig. Dis nadat KSA en al die deelnemende senior provinsiale spanne ooreengestem het om ten minste een jeugspeler per span in te sluit om aan hierdie T20-toernooi deel te neem. Fourie was een van vele O/19-spelers van regoor Suid-Afrika wat gedurende Augustus ‘n O/19 ontwikkelings- en verrigting oefenkamp bygewoon het. ‘n Aantal van hierdie spelers wat hierdie oefenkamp bygewoon het, het soos Fourie in aanmerking gekom om hul provinsiale T20-span te verteenwoordig. Hierdie insluiting van jeugspelers is

KSA se poging om die Suid-Afrikaanse O/19-span slaggereed vir die 2019 ICC Junior Wêreldbeker in Januarie te kry wat in Suid-Afrika aangebied gaan word. Fourie het in twee van Limpopo se vier wedstryde gespeel. Die kranige snelbouler het in die wedstryde teen Noordwes en Grens die geleentheid gekry om sy talent ten toon te stel. In die wedstryd teen Grens het Fourie een paaltjie vir 44 lopies (1/44) geneem. Teen Noordwes se span het hy 1/34 laat kantel. Limpopo het egter die wedstryd teen Grens met 35 lopies verloor, maar Noordwes met sewe paaltjies geklop. In die wedstryde waarin Fourie nie gespeel het nie, het Limpopo vir Mpumalanga met sewe paaltjies geklop en in die laaste wedstryd het Limpopo die span van die Westelike Provinsie met 10 paaltjies geseëvier.

“Fourie is een van die baie talentvolle jong krieketspelers vanuit Limpopo. As een van die jongste spelers om aan hierdie toernooi deel te neem, het hy baie sterk vertoon met sy vinnige boulwerk. Ek was baie ingenome met sy spoedvaardighede en hy het al die nodige vaardighede om in die toekoms sy merk te maak in die professionele arena. Ek glo hy het met hierdie afgelope T20-toernooi heelwat waardevolle ervaring aangeleer wat sy spel net verder kan bevorder”, het Israel Hlengani, hoofafrigter van Limpopo Impalas se T20-span gesê.

Smit se loopbaan kry sewes-koers ■ Roelof de Jonge Christiaan Smit van die Hoërskool Ben Vorster is slegs een van drie spelers in Suid-Afrika wat deur die Suid-Afrikaanse Rugby Unie (SARU) bevestig is om volgende jaar by die Sewes Rugby Akademie op Stellenbosch aan te sluit. “Dit is bietjie spanningsvol vir my met die wete dat ek so vêr van die huis gaan wees, maar dieselfde tyd is ek ook baie opgewonde om na Stellenbosch toe te kan gaan”, het Smit oor sy rugby toekoms gesê. “Ek beplan om volgende jaar B-Com Ondernemingsbestuur te gaan studier deur die Universiteit van Noordwes in Potchefstroom. My beplanning is om die eerste ses maande deur die pos te studeer terwyl ek in Stellenbosch is. Die ander ses maande sal ek graag my studies in Potchefstroom wil voortsit”. Smit is dit eens dat met die hoeveelheid van opkomende talent in Suid-Afrika hy wel sy kanse sal aangryp om provin-

siale rugby te speel as die geleentheid hom voordoen. Hy is egter vasberade om ‘n loopbaan van rugby te maak. Hy sê ten spyte dat hy ‘n stoere Blou Bul ondersteuner is, sal hy nie skroom om rugby vir die Westelike Provinsie te speel nie, mits hy die geleentheid kry. Die nuwe kontrakmodel wat deur SA Rugby ingestel was gaan na wat verneem word ‘n groot impak hê op die hoeveelheid van skolespelers wat moontlik kontrakte kan verkry van Suid-Afrikaanse rugby unies. Slegs 15 van die 26 spelers wie die SA Skolespan vroeër vanjaar verteenwoordig het, het ‘n geleentheid gekry om kontrakte met Suid-Afrikanse unies te teken om ‘n rugbyberoep te volg. Afgesien van die nasionale Sewes Akademie, was daar slegs ongeveer 29 skool verlaters wat daarin kon slaag om junior kontrakte in Suid-Afrika te onderteken. Slegs drie spelers waarvan Smit een is, het bevestiging ontvang om by die Sewes Akademie op Stellenbosch aan te sluit.

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