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The massive pothole that stretches the length of the entrance to the Crossings Centre in Peace Street.

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The entrance to the Crossings Centre in Peace Street is virtually impassable by regular means of motorized transport. A series of gaping holes eagerly await their next mechanical meal. Bulletin has noticed these massive potholes grow exponentially over the course of the last two months and on Monday morning this week, we asked the Greater Tzaneen Municipality for an explanation to the situation and whether this will soon be rectified. We asked Vutivi Makhubele, communications officer at the GTM, whether the municipality has a roads maintenance and inspection team and what the municipal budget for the roads in their jurisdiction is. “The GTM has an annual budget of R16 400 000 for roads and storm water which is for the maintenance of gravel roads, tarred roads, roads and storm water systems throughout the entire municipal area. This includes 125 villages and 5 towns,” she explained. This means that the municipality has a budget of approximately R1.36 million per month to spend on the upkeep of the roads within its area of concern. It is quite a staggering sum when one con-

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The massive pothole that stretches the length of the entrance to the Crossings Centre in Peace Street.

Park Preserve desecration continues ■ Joe Dreyer Following the report in last week’s Bulletin on deplorable state of the parks in the GTM’s jurisdiction and which highlighted specifically the practice of taxi-drivers and vehicle-owners washing their vehicles in the streams inside these parks, the Greater Tzaneen Municipality has responded. According to the spokesperson for the municipality, Vutivi Brigettes, the GTM is aware of the recurring problem in Park Street and have made efforts to prevent this from happening in the future. She did however state that because of the GTM’s limited capacity – they only have three environmental inspectors in their full time employ – it is difficult to remain ever vigilant. “There are numerous activities occurring in residential areas which impact negatively on the environment such as the practice in Park Street. The area was previously attended to and the practice stopped, this is a recurrence. Residents and members of the public are always helpful in alerting us since we have three

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siders the current state of disrepair of most of the roads within the CBD. We asked Makhubele how often the inspections on Tzaneen’s roads were conducted. “GTM has roads inspection teams and the inspections are done weekly in Tzaneen CBD because inspection is also done in the whole of Tzaneen. Most of the roads in Tzaneen were affected by the rain, Tzaneen Crossing entrance is in our maintenance programme and will be attended to within the next two weeks.” It is quite apparent that each time a road issue is raised with the municipality (or any municipality for that matter), the default response is always “damage due to the rain.” This must lead one to the logical conclusion that the reparations to the roads are not done correctly. Or perhaps a secondary observation which is that the roads maintenance crews are not properly schooled in the techniques required to successfully repair damaged tarred roads. In the past we have heard expert opinions on this matter who have stated that the main cause of these gigantic potholes is the fact that the roads surfaces are not properly sealed in the manner that is standard practice. Be that as it may, the GTM

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environmental health inspectors in the municipality who cannot be able to cover all areas at all times, however our turnaround time to responding to complaints and tip offs is one day.”

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She further stated that the GTM inspectors visited the site following Bulletin’s report and the have cleared the area. They will now be monitoring the situation closely. “Inspection was recently conducted, and the area has since been cleared. It has now been marked as one of the hot spots that will be monitored constantly to stop the practice while management comes up with enduring measures to guarantee that the practice does not recur.” This response was received on Monday, 27th of January and by the time of going to print on Tuesday, 28th of January, the taxis were back in Park Street. Park Street was declared a nature preserve many years back and to this day appears as such on maps and GPS systems. One local explained to Bulletin that a very rare species of bird used to nest in that park and was found nowhere else in the region. It is because of this fact that the area was declared protected. The birds have since disappeared and taxi drivers have taken command in the similar fashion as they have in Claude Wheately Street. Perhaps it would be more sensible to fence in this park rather, considering that birds have far outlived their prehistoric ancestors. Albeit at the cost of brand exposure.

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Where is the money for roads? ■

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Phalaborwa is falling apart at the seams. Roads in the most affluent neighbourhoods have become impassable by any vehicle less rugged than an SUV or bakkie, there are talks of tender fraud, criminal charges have been laid against some of the municipal top management and the power supply is more off than on while the stench of raw sewerage blankets the rooftops of homes without running water. Kingfisher Street is just one of the streets that has completely degraded to the point of being a safety hazard. Park Street, is now finally undergoing a complete rehabilitation after Palabora Copper stepped in to help the Ba-Phalaborwa municipality fix their infrastructure. We have tried in vain to contact Jonas Mahesu, spokesperson for the BPM who, over the course of the last two years has

seen it fit to blatantly ignore every media inquiry form this publication. He has deemed it fit however, to speak to the other media houses in that town which is a clear indication of his bias. Here is an excerpt of the conversation Bulletin had with Mahesu, two years ago. “There is an active roads maintenance crew with an annual budget of R4 781 469 tasked with keeping the town’s roads in good shape. The municipality has been working on restoring the aging infrastructure since 2014. The current administration has a plan to address the ageing infrastructure both electrical and roads. From the 2014/2015 financial year the municipality has done major roads rehabilitation.” To claim that major roads rehabilitation has been done while the roads in your town resemble the aftermath of a carpet-bombing run, is insulting. More

so the fact that Mahesu also claimed that there are three types of maintenance schedules namely; routine maintenance, planned maintenance and daily maintenance. He even went as far as to explain that the daily maintenance crews are responsible for daily inspections and reparations of the roads. Judging by the state of these roads one can only ask; where is the money? Bulletin has also received information that the trucks of the contractor appointed to rehabilitate Park Street, were inspected and found to have expired vehicle licenses and one of the vehicles was allegedly registered as an entirely different vehicle all together. At the time of going to print these allegations could not be verified, though we have been informed that the situation was mended by the contractor and work has started on the road.

GTM finally gives Tzaneen a breath of fresh air ■

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Danie Joubert Street in the centre of Tzaneen no longer resembles a dilapidated shanty town. When traveling into the main road, motorists will immediately notice an air of cleanliness and open spaces as the illegal street hawkers have successfully been removed from the pavements. Only those who now possess a GTM permit, are allowed to trade their wares on the sidewalk. The stalls have also been spaced evenly apart and pedestrians are now able to move unhindered between the Crossings Centre and the Tzaneng Mall. Well done to Tzaneen’s municipal manager, Thapelo “Iron Hide” Matlala on reinforcing the bylaws. We have been informed that plans are now in progress to accommodate those hawkers who were moved from Danie Joubert Street at a safe location where they too will be required to have a permit but will still be able to earn a living.

300 Trucks a day keeps ore at bay ■

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“The current estimate is 300 trucks a day.” This is once again the situation in Phalaborwa where cargo trucks are delivering thousands of tonnes of copper ore and magnetite from Palabora Copper to Zambia and Durban. Bulletin spoke to a truck driver and his crew in Phalaborwa at a rest stop last week. “We leave Zambia with a load of copper concentrate which we transport 2 700 kilometres to Durban. On our way back we stop over at Palabora Copper where we collect the reject copper ore and take that back to Zambia. It takes us about

seven days to make the trip one way and we do this every week.” Noticeable is the state of the Copper Road which is owned and maintained by Palabora Copper. Quite simply, the road is pristine and arguably one of the most well-maintained road surfaces in the province with not one tell-tale sign of the 300 heavy laden trucks that drive upon it daily. Ironically, just four metres to its side the BPM municipal road lays in tatters. We were unable to reach the media liaison oﬃcer for Palabora Copper, Lydia Radebe for comment. Locals will remember the state of the roads between Phalaborwa and The Oaks because of these trucks a few years ago.

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Ford world’s first commercially humanoid robot ■ Roelof de Jonge Agility Robotics launched Digit, a robot with arms and legs to work with humans and in human spaces, for commercial sale. Ford Motor Company is the first customer, receiving the first two robots off the production line. This cooperation continues the existing partnership between Agility and Ford to explore ways to help commercial vehicle customers, including autonomous vehicle businesses, make warehousing and delivery more efficient and affordable for their customers. Key applications for further exploration are indoor or first-mile logistics and last-50-feet delivery. The research also will focus on how Ford’s commercial vehicles and Digit “talk” to each other and their surroundings through advanced connectivity technologies. For example, Ford’s connected vehicles can continually update cloud-based maps that can be shared with Digit so it doesn’t have to recreate the same type of information. The team expects that, as Digit will be part of a package delivery service, this communication channel will also provide delivery specific information such as where a customer prefers packages to be left, or other individual package delivery needs. This communication channel also allows Digit to ask for help if something unexpected is encountered. “As online retailing continues growing, we be-

lieve robots will help our commercial customers build stronger businesses by making deliveries more efficient and affordable for all of us.” said Ken Washington, vice president, Ford Research and Advanced Engineering, and Chief Technology Officer. “We learned a lot this year working with Agility, now we can accelerate our exploratory work with commercial Digit robots,” Since the first Digit prototype was shown in May 2019, Agility Robotics has tested it extensively, refined the design, and added features to be ready for production and sale to customers. Upgrades and improvements include more advanced feet that allow Digit to balance on one foot or carefully navigate obstacles, new sensors to perceive and map the world for robot navigation, and customer-ready, powerful onboard computer hardware. “We’re excited about the technical capabilities and advanced legged mobility of Digit”, said Dr. Jonathan Hurst, CTO of Agility. “Videos can show a solid proof of concept, but this robot is ready to go out in the world in the hands of customers, and start to really explore pragmatic use cases.” Agility sold its breakthrough robot

Cassie as a bipedal research platform from August 2017 through July 2019, and has spent the latter half of 2019 transitioning production over to Digit. “Digit represents a major milestone for Agility,” said Dr. Damion Shelton, CEO of Agility. “For the first time, a full humanoid robot - with both mobility and manipulation capabilities - will be available for customer applications in a wide variety of industries, both indoor and outdoor. We look forward to showing off our work on both logistics and non-logistics tasks in the coming months.” Digit has been designed to walk upright without wasting energy, so it has no issue

traversing the same types of environments most people do every day. Digit’s unique design also allows it to tightly fold itself up for easy storage in the back of a vehicle until it’s called into action. Once a vehicle arrives at its destination, Digit can be deployed to grab a package from the vehicle and carry out the final step in the delivery process. If it encounters an unexpected obstacle, it can send an image back to the vehicle to leverage additional computing power. The vehicle could even send that information into the cloud and request help from other systems to enable Digit to navigate, providing multiple levels of assistance that help keep the robot light and nimble.

Hyundai takes to the skies with the Uber Elevate ■ Roelof de Jonge The Hyundai Motor Company and Uber have announced a partnership to develop Uber Air Taxis for a future aerial ride share network and unveiled a new full-scale aircraft concept at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, America. In this partnership, Hyundai will produce and deploy the air vehicles, and Uber will provide airspace support services, connections to ground transportation, and customer interfaces through an aerial ride share network. Both parties are collaborating on infrastructure concepts to support take-off and landing for this new class of vehicles. Hyundai is the first automotive company to join the Uber Elevate initiative, bringing automotive-scale manufacturing capability and a track re-

cord of mass-producing electric vehicles. The air vehicle concept that Hyundai displayed at the CES was created in part through Uber’s open design process, a NASA-inspired approach that jump-starts innovation by publicly releasing vehicle design concepts so any company can use them to innovate their air taxi models and engineering technologies. “Our vision of Urban Air Mobility will transform the concept of urban transportation,” said Jaiwon Shin, Executive Vice President and Head of Hyundai’s Urban Air Mobility (UAM) Division. Eric Allison, head of Uber Elevate, said Hyundai was their first vehicle partner with experience of manufacturing passenger cars on a global scale. “We believe Hyundai has the potential to build Uber Air vehicles at rates unseen in the current aerospace industry, producing high quality, reliable aircraft at high volumes to drive down passenger costs per trip. Combining Hyundai’s manufacturing muscle with Uber’s technology platform represents a giant leap

for launching a vibrant air taxi network in the coming years.” In preparation for this announcement, Hyundai has worked with Uber Elevate to develop a PAV (Personal Air Vehicle) model, S-A1, that uses innovative design processes to optimize electric vertical take-oﬀ and landing (eVTOL) aircraft for aerial ridesharing purposes. The Elevate initiative based this process on NASA’s historical approach of putting design concepts out publicly to inspire innovation amongst multiple companies, spurring the development of common research models to investigate novel aerodynamic concepts and catalysing industry progress in wing design, noise, aerodynamics, and simulation verification. As a result, Hyundai’s S-A1 model unveiled at CES reflects previous eVTOL designs Uber Elevate has released in the following ways: • It is designed for a cruising speed up to 290 km/h, a cruising altitude of around 300 to 600m above ground, and to fly trips with a range of up to 100km. • The Hyundai vehicle will be 100% electric, using distributed electric propulsion. During peak hours it will require about five to seven minutes for recharging.

• The distributed electric propulsion system drives multiple rotors and propellers around the airframe. This enhances safety by decreasing any single point of failure. Having several, smaller rotors also reduces noise associated with large rotor helicopters with combustion engines, which is very important in cities. • The S-A1 is designed to take oﬀ vertically, change to wing-borne lift in cruise, and then revert back to vertical flight to land. • The Hyundai vehicle will be piloted initially, but over time they will become autonomous. • The cabin is designed with four passenger seats, allowing riders to board and disembark easily and with enough space for a personal bag or backpack. Ushering in the era of seamless mobility, Hyundai’s exploration of future urban transportation incorporates the electric PAV concept with a new ground transportation, the Purpose-Built Vehicle (PBV) concept. Hyundai’s vision for creating communities from future transit systems comes into focus with yet another new infrastructure concept, called the Hub. When many PBVs and PAVs are docked and connected to a Hub, they make a new public space where diverse groups of people can come together.

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DA: Students need to be taken seriously ■

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The Department of Higher Education, Science and Technology (DHET) is urging students to consider making TVET colleges an option through which to further their studies. This is due to the fact that many universities are often not able to accommodate the large volumes of applicants they receive. The irony in the Department’s request is that although there are more TVET colleges than universities, most of them are poorly under-resourced. This was apparently evident during Democratic Alliance (DA) oversights conducted last week at TVET colleges across a number of provinces. One of these TVET colleges was the Letaba TVET in Tzaneen which saw the DA Shadow Minister for Higher Education, Science and Technology, Baxolile Nodada stop in for an inspection and a chance to meet with some of the students and staff to discuss their problems, challenges and possible solutions. “During the DA oversight visits, we engaged with management and students in these TVETs who must make a success of their tertiary education under dreadful conditions,” said Nodada. “The list of is-

sues students face are numerous and serious in nature and include historic debt, ailing infrastructure which is not disability friendly and over-saturated courses, outdated curricular and workshop equipment.” According to the DA, they also identified other serious issues such as unqualified lectures that need re-skilling, poor to no Wi-Fi access, poor ICT systems which crash during registration processes, no on-campus accommodation and extremely unsafe off-campus accommodation, safety issues on and off campuses, late NSFAS pay-outs, upfront registration fees and huge certification backlogs. “The issues management face in these institutions are similar to the ones listed above, as staff members have to administer these services. To add to this list, there are unqualified lecturers, water crisis which leaves lavatories out of order and lecturers having to teach outdated courses from outdated textbooks.” As such, the DA have submitted written questions to Minister Nzimande on promises his ANC government made in 2019, which are still not actioned a year later. “Our TVET colleges have been neglected by the ANC government for far too

long. Shockingly, the department thinks its proposed model of linking output with funding will solve such issues. This means that colleges that do not perform well, will have their funding cut back. Minister Nzimande cannot expect an institution to perform well while plagued by so many challenges. His department needs to first do its job and support these institutions so they can be up to standard to attract more students. Only then such models can be considered to ensure the standard is maintained.” Nodada concluded by saying that Minister Nzimande needs to take the students of South Africa seriously, because if they did, far more would be done to improve TVETS. “Instead of leading the public to believe those spaces are conducive for learning when they are not entirely so. We will continue to stand with students to ensure everyone receives equal opportunities to access higher education that is of a good standard in an enabling environment.”

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David Atherstone Hilton-Barber needs little introduction. The well-loved local author of seven published titles including The Baronet and the Savage King and The Infamous Malaboch War, was in his hometown again this weekend to launch his eighth book entitled “Frank and Dora: Love and death in the time of war”. The book launch at the enchanting Kings Walden guest lodge just outside Agatha doubled as a platform to honour the late founding teacher of the Hoveni School, Esther Tiva. During the intimate function on Sunday afternoon, a collection of books, mainly historical nonfiction works, was donated to the Hoveni Primary school to be added to their library. The books were donated by Hilton-Barber to Dinga Nkhwashu who

accepted the tremendous gift with much appreciation. Hoveni school was built by the community in 1983. Guy Mattews of the Coach House later donated funds for an extra block of classrooms at the school which stands to this day. David is the brother of another much loved local, Bridgette Hilton-Barber, the owner and manager of Kings Walden. After completing his BA Hons degree at Rhodes University, he trained as a journalist following in the footsteps of his maternal great-grandfather, Frederick York St Leger, founder and first editor of the Cape Times. He later became a public relations consultant and for 15 years was involved in a wide range of programmes for the private and public sector. He also writes for local and national media on conservation and local government.

Die SAVF-Tzaneen Kleuterskool het ‘n paar nuwelinge bygekry wat onder andere hul nuwe skoolhoof, Mariette Cronje in sluit. Op die foto staan Chantel Fox (Eendjieklas), Mariette Cronje (nuwe hoof ) en Melinda Opperman (vorige eienaares van Kraaines Kleuterskool) saam met Keana Koekemoer (Katteklas), Daizy Mashele (Algemene assistent), Vanessa Snyman (Eendjieklas), Charné Niemandt en Amoré Immelman (Hondjieklas).

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Legals IN THE HIGH COURT OF SOUTH AFRICA LIMPOPO DIVISION, POLOKWANE CASE NUMBER: 7632/2017 In the matter between HLANGANOSO TOM MALUBANA FIRST PLAINTIFF RELEBONGILE SOPHIE MALUBANA SECOND PLAINTIFF and DERICK MALUBANA FIRST DEFENDANT REGISTRAR OF DEEDS JOHANNESBURG SECOND DEFENDANT SUMMONS INFORM: DERICK MALUBANA, a major male person with identity number 600628 5745 08 0 and currently residing at STAND 541, NKAMBAKO VILLAGE, MAMITIVASHOP, LIMPOPO PROVINCE (hereinafter called the first defendant) and THE REGISTRAR OF DEEDS JOHANNESBURG with principal place of business being CORNER OF VON WIELLIGH AND JEPPE STREETS, JOHANNESBURG, GAUTENG (hereinafter called the second defendant) THAT: HLANGANASO TOM MALUBANA, a major male pensioner with identity

number 330630 5128 082 and currently residing at STAND NO. 1968, MOHOBE STREET MOROKA, GAUTENG (hereinafter called the first plaintiff ) and RELEBONGILE SOPHIE MALUBANA, a major female pensioner with identity number 390713 0272 084 and currently residing at STAND NO. 1968, MOHOBE STREET, MOROKA, GAUTENG (hereinafter called the second plaintiff ) Hereby institutes action against the first and second defendants in which action the first and second plaintiff claims the relief and on the grounds set out in the Particulars of Claim, annexed hereto. INFORM the defendants further that if the Defendants dispute the claim and wish to defent the action, he/she/ they shall:i. Within 10 days of the service upon him/her/they of the Summons, file with the registrar or clerk of this court at 36 BICCARD ST, POLOKWANE CENTRAL , POLOKWANE, 0700 notice of their intention to defend and serve a copy thereof on the plaintiffs attorney, which notice shall give an address referred to in Rule 13(3) for the service upon the

defendants of all notices and documents in the action: ii. Thereafter, and within 20 days after the filing and serving notice of intention to defend as aforesaid, file with the registrar or clerk of the court and serve upon the plaintiff ’s attorney a plea, exception, notice to strike out, with or without a counter claim. INFORM the defendants further that if the defendants fail to file and serve notice as aforesaid, judgment as claimed may be given against them without further notice to them or if, having filed and served such notice, defendants fail to plead, except, make application to strike out or counterclaim, judgment may be granted against them. AND immediately thereafter serve on the defendants a copy of the Summons and return the same to the Registrar or clerk of the Court with whatsoever you have done thereupon. DATED at Polokwane on 9 November 2017. DELPORT VAN DEN BERG INC. ATTORNEYS FOR THE PLAINTIFFS c/o KAMPHERBEEK TWINE & POGRUND

25A BICCARD STREET POLOKWANE TEL: 015-295 0300 REF: M PIENAAR/ave/ MP0614 PARTICULARS OF CLAIM 1. The FIRST PLAINTIFF IS HLANGANASO TOM MALUBANA a major male pensioner with identity number: 3306305128082 and currently residing at STAND NO 1968, MOHOBE STREET, MOROKA, GAUTENG PROVINCE. 2. The SECOND PLAINTIFF is RELEBONGILE SOPHIE MALUBANA a major female pensioner with identity number 3907130272084 and currently residing at STAND NO 1968, MOHOBE STREET, MOROKA, GAUTENG PROVINCE. 3. The FIRST DEFENDANT is DERICK MALUBANA a major male person with identity number: 6006285745080 and currently residing at STAND 541, NKAMBAKO VILLAGE, MAMITIVASKOP, LIMPOPO PROVINCE. 4. The SECOND DEFENDANT is the REGISTRAR OF DEEDS JOHANNESBURG with principal place of business situate at CORNER VON WIELIGH AND JEPPE STREETS, JOHANNESBURG, GAUTENG PROVINCE. No relief is sought against the second

defendant and the second defendant is merely joined to these proceedings as an interested party. 5. This honourable Court has the necessary jurisdiction to adjudicate upon this matter due to the fact that the first defendant resides within this honourable Court’s area of jurisdiction. 6. The first and second plaintiffs were the registered owners of the property known as ERF 1968 MOROKA TOWNSHIP, REGISTRATION DIVISION IQ, PROVINCE OF GAUTENG, MEASURING 494 (FOUR HUNDRED AND NINETY FOUR) SQUARE METERS HELD BY DEED OF TRANSFER T68505/1998 situate at STAND NO 1968, MOHOBE STREET, MOROKA, GAUTENG PROVINCE (hereinafter referred to as “the property”) from 14 September 1998 to 7 November 2014. 7. During or about May 2016 it come to the attention of the plaintiffs that the property was transferred to the first defendant, in the following terms: 7.1 In terms of an alleged sale agreement dated 31 July 2014. 7.2 For an amount of R170 000.00 (one hundred and seventy thousand rand).

8. The plaintiffs never negotiated nor sold the property to the first defendant nor any other person. 9. The first defendant fraudulently misrepresented an agreement of sale, which was not signed by the plaintiffs alternatively the plaintiffs’ signatures to the agreement were fraudulently effected on the sale agreement, to KARABO MMOLOWA in order to transfer the property into the defendant’s name. 10. WHEREFORE the plaintiffs pray for an order in the following terms: 1. THAT the property known as ERF 1968 MOROKA TOWNSHIP, REGISTRATION DIVISION IQ, PROVINCE OF GAUTENG, MEASURING 494 (FOUR HUNDRED AND NINETY FOUR) SQUARE METERES HELD BY DEED OF TRANSFER T68505/1998 be transferred to the plaintiffs; 2. THAT the first defendant be ordered to pay the costs of this action; 3. Further and / or alternative relief. DATED AT PRETORIA ON THIS THE 14 DAY OF NOVEMBER 2017 DELPORT VAN DEN BERG INC. ATTORNEYS FOR THE PLAIN-

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NOTICE : LOST OR DESTROYED DEED Notice is hereby given in terms of Regulation 68 of the Deeds Registries Act, 1937, of the intention to apply for the issue of a certified copy of Deed of Transfer T139221/1997 passed by Hillstead Investments Proprietary Limited Registration Number 1996/015986/07 in favour of The Trustees for the time being of OVLAND DEVELOPMENT TRUST No. IT5243/1995 in respect of certain Portion 1 of the Farm

Wellstead 1099, Registration Division L S Northern Province, In Extent 8,4332 (Eight comma Four Three Three Two) which has been lost or destroyed. All interested persons having objection to the issue of such copy are hereby required to lodge the same in writing with the Register of Deeds Limpopo at Polokwane within two weeks from the date of publication of this notice. Dated at Tzaneen on this the 28th day of January 2020. Applicant: Joubert & May Attorneys Address: 50 Boundary street, Tzaneen, 0850 Telno: 015 307-3660 Email address: dalene@joubertmay.co.za Jan502___________________________

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Beyers breek vier meter merk Off to SA Champs ■ Roelof de Jonge Die Laerskool Tzaneen het Vrydag die 24ste Januarie sy jaarlikse Interhuis atletiekbyeenkoms gehou. Ten spyte van ‘n ligte reëntjie wat af en toe geval het, het dit geensins die atlete, personneel en ondersteunende ouers op die pawiljoen gehinder nie. Inteendeel het Tzaneen se gemeenskap die koel lafenis eerder verwelkom instede van die mergelende hitte wat gedurende Desember en begin van Januarie ervaar is. Die Springbokke, Koedoes en Rooibokke-spanne se ondersteuners en atlete het soos oudergewoonte weereens kragte op die atletiekveld gemeet. Die Koedoes het luidkeels die geesbeker huistoe geneem. Dit was egter die Rooibokke se at-

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■ Roelof de Jonge Merensky High School is proud of one of its new Plasie learners, Geané Anderson, who were included in the Limpopo biathlon team. Anderson will compete in the category for girls U/14 division at the South African biathlon championship to be held in Oudtshoorn from the 20th until the 21st of March.

92.5% for Danika ■ Roelof de Jonge During the Gr.11 IeBT (Independent Education Board Benchmark Test) Physical Sciences exam that was written in November last year, Stanford Lake College pupil, Danica Altenroxel, achieved an incredible 92.5%, claiming the second position in South Africa with this result. Two other Stanford Lake College pupils also achieved above 80% in this exam. They are Ayesha Ayob and Faaria Rhemtula.

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New NTT Isuzu Dealership opens soon ■

Roelof de Jonge

After months of anticipation the NTT Motor Group in Tzaneen proudly announced with great excitement the official opening of its modern design Isuzu Dealership incorporating Isuzu Vehicles and Trucks, Honda vehicles, NTT New and NTT Pre-owned Plus (NTT certified pre-owned vehicles) divisions. The Isuzu Vehicles and Trucks as well as the Honda vehicles dealerships includes sales, service and parts divisions to satisfy all of its customers’ demands. “The official opening of this newly built Isuzu Dealership is set for Monday the 3rd of February situated at 77 Old Gravelotte Road”, said Marco Lottering, Dealer Principal at NTT Isuzu. The new NTT Isuzu Dealership certainly stands out like a beacon, instead of being situated in the hustle and bustle of Tzaneen’s town, the new NTT Isuzu Dealership overlooks the R71 Wolkberg Drive. Which means even persons bypassing Tzaneen on route towards Letsitele, Gravelotte and Phalaborwa will notice the magnificent NTT Isuzu Dealer-

ship’s building. Lottering noted what makes this new Isuzu Dealership so unique with its new modernized appeal boasting with new state of the art equipment, workshop, reception area for customers and the showroom amongst others, is the fact that this dealership was completed by sourcing local suppliers and services. Not to mention the ample space its new parking area offers to customers and employees. According to Lottering, at least 85% was sourced from local suppliers and services to build the new NTT Isuzu Dealership. These suppliers and services areVan Wyk en Prinsloo, Quality Plant Hire, Premium Trucking/Renier Reineke, HP Pretorius, Pest Control Specialist/Darren Van Vuuren, Breedt Security, Hannes Stols Houtwerke, Savuki Drilling, Tzaneen Lab, BEC Construction, AGD Aluminium, House of Granite, Gasman Tzaneen. The business hours for NTT Isuzu is Monday to Friday from 07:30 until 17:30 and on Saturdays from 08:00 until 13:00. NTT Isuzu can be contacted at 087 286 1400.

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The Wonderful World of Wild Bees

The Tzaneen Eco Club invites you to a fascinating and beautifully illustrated talk by wild bee researcher and conservationist Jenny Cullinan. As a keystone species, honeybees are fundamentally important to all terrestrial life, yet most of us know little about their lives in the wild; and even less about the other types of wild bees and their intricate ways. Jenny has been studying the ecology of wild bees in the Cape Point Nature Reserve

and various other areas for the past six years, and will share her remarkable insights into the complex world of bees and their interconnectedness to everything around them. The talk will be held at the Macadamia Community Centre on Tuesday 4 February at 7pm. Tea and coffee will be served; visitors are most welcome and pay a small fee of R30. For further information contact Marianne McKenzie 082 835 4185.

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50 vultures found poisoned near Hoedspruit ■

Jeff Jackson

50 vultures found poisoned near Hoedspruit The poisoning of our wild animals through-out Africa is really becoming an extremely serious problem. It seems it will never end, until there is no more. This an account of a horrific event which occurred two weeks ago near Hoedspruit. Two weeks ago, Moholoholo received an urgent call from a Northern Limpopo reserve asking if they could please help out at a horrific scene of a dead lioness, leopard and about 54 vultures and an eagle poisoned. More than half were dead but some still alive. “Immediately I sent our three clinic ladies to the scene, approximately 260km away, going through tribal land.

They arrived at about 17:00 and commenced with treatment by tubing,” explained Marisa Reinach. “Six Lappet Faced Vultures succumbed to the poisoning, three were already dead and one died a little later. One Cape Vulture , one White Headed vulture , one Tawny eagle and about 19 white-backed vultures were just barely alive, some unable to even open their eyes.” The Leopard was dead and the lioness butchered, only leaving some remains, it is suspected that her two cubs were taken with the remains by the barbarians who slaughtered their mother. The three dedicated ladies returned to the rehab finishing around 02:00am. For the following three days the Moholoholo staff worked through the day and night treating each victim accordingly.

“Four White Backed Vultures had relapsed – however the following day all were standing and starting to eat. Unfortunately, three White Backed Vultures, the Cape Vulture and the White Headed are still very weak, so the balance have been put into an exercise enclosure and hopefully to be released next week Saturday the 1st of February 2020. It is not known who the culprits are that laced the donkey with poison.” “At Moholoholo we have a vulture restaurant where we put out scraps from the rehab and we have been monitoring many species that visit each day for the last 15 plus years. These statistics are shared with Endangered Wildlife Trust (EWT). In the past we would count between 300 - 400 vultures on a single day that came to feed. Yesterday we counted four vultures that came in,

where the average is close to 25 every day. We have noticed no more Lappet Faced or white headed vultures, this is incredibly sad.” Vultures breed generally at the age of at least six years old and only lay one egg at a time, so it is virtually impossible for a vulture community to recover from a massacre such as this one. In Zimbabwe over 50 vultures were found dead also poisoned this past week, these would be the same vultures that visit South Africa as well. It is thought that over 1 000 Vultures were poisoned for the year of 2019, this is only what they are aware of.

Dust to promising dust ■

Joe Dreyer

When the Mopani District Municipality erected a massive sign board next to the R71 highway outside Tzaneen which read “Mosupatsela Agri Hub” eyebrows were raised. The sign simply read “Mosupatshela Agri-Hub” and no explanation was given to the community. No press statements, no announcements no public participation – nothing. That sign is now lying on the ground. It was only after this publication started asking questions that it was revealed

to be yet another scheme by the municipality to try and save face. Last year, following close on twelve years of embarrassing and costly failed attempts at establishing a profitable functioning agricultural enterprise, the Mopani District Municipality (MDM) decided to try again. Sadly, the once flourishing farm which employed hundreds of locals, and boasted 40 000 fruit bearing trees, now stands as no man’s land. Nothing but a signboard came of the promises to start up the Agri-Hub. And as with most of

their shiny plans and bright promises, it now lies in the dust. For a comprehensive background on the history of this once profitable farm and the numerous visits by Bulletin to this site, read our articles on www.bulletin.us.com and follow us on Facebook.

Brenda Tlhabane joins AAT as ambassador ■ Joe Dreyer The renowned young farmer, Brenda Tlhabane joined Africa Agri Tech (AAT) as ambassador, and will advise the organisers on a number of inclusive activities. Ms Tlhabane is the founder of Temo Ya Tlhabane Holdings and is well known in the red meat industry as a cattle breeder, but also as a producer of other agricultural commodities. She is a co-founder of South African Women in AgriBusiness in Sub Sahara Alliance focusing on rural women and youth upliftment.

“We are living in an era where farming is no longer business-as-usual, and we need to find a way to bring indigenous knowledge, and the science and technology fraternity around the same table to find innovative solutions which can assist us to adapt and mitigate the effects of climate change. “AAT is a platform where role players from various sectors will have a dialogue, showcase and breakdown what the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) means from the agricultural sector’s perspective,” said Ms Tlhabane. Ms Tlhabane has also held various lead-

ership positions at the African Farmers’ Association of South Africa (AFASA) and the National Emergent Red Meat Producers’ Organisation (NERPO) and is currently the Chairperson of the AFASA Commodity Sub-Committee. Ms Tlhabane is also one of 20 young farmers from around the world invited to participate in the World Farmers’ O r g a n i s a t i o n’s leadership development programme

hosted by Gymnasium and LUISS University in Rome later this year. As a

previous senior account manager at Datacentrix and a technology entrepreneur, Ms Tlhabane has an in-depth understanding of how agriculture and technology can be combined to create solutions that add value to farmers’ daily lives – which is the key focus of AAT. AAT takes place from 18 to 20 February 2020 at the Sun Arena Complex, Time Square, Menlyn Maine. The event offers a three-day conference programme and registration to this 3-in-1 event is open at www.africaagritech.co.za.

Sport 30 January 2020

Another fruitful tourney

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Roelof de Jonge

The 18th annual edition of Tzaneen Bowling Club’s Litchi Tournament was held on Saturday the 25th and Sunday the 26th of January. It was especially the visiting teams from Zimbabwe that had a strong outing in this event. The Zimbabweans conquered the Plate section of this tournament, defeating the side of Hoedspruit in second place with one of Polokwane Bowls Club’s teams taking up the third spot. The Zimbabwe teams took up the second and third places respectively in the overall classification, although the team from Duiwelskloof Bowling Club with Zane Fanie, Tjokkie von Strate, Damain Stefaans and Patricia Baragwanath claiming the outright victory.

Wally Herfurth, president from Tzaneen Bowling Club, said a total of 26 teams competed at this year’s tournament. Herfurth said the players travelled as far as Gauteng, Mpumalanga along with the visiting Zimbabwean teams. “On behalf of Tzaneen Bowling Club, I would like to thank all the players who came to compete in the 18th Litchi Tournament, every person who contributed in the organising of this tournament, and off course our valuable sponsors and donators of the fruit”, said Herfurth.

Willem Steynberg and Benita le Part from Tzaneen Bowling Club. The player in yellow is Louisa de Bruin from Polokwane.

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Ally Morrison. Photos: Roelof de Jonge

Hornbills still undefeated after close encounter ■

Michael Weldon. Photos: Grant Trueman Sport Pix

Roelof de Jonge

Several teams playing in the Limpopo Impalas Premier League club cricket 50 overs competition competed in matches on Sunday the 26th of January. The cricket team of Giyani travelled to Polokwane where they took on the side of Nashua Aces Cricket Club. The Trophy Toyota Hornbills Cricket Club from Tzaneen took on the team of Louis Trichardt Cricket Club in Louis Trichardt. Louis Trichardt won the toss and elected to bat what was to become a tight knit contest between these two sides. Louis Trichardt posted 203 runs after 35 overs, with Dewald Joubert being the top scoring batsman with 88 runs from 57 balls, including five fours and nine sixes. The Hornsbills wicket takers were Richard Atherstone (1/19), Aubrey van Reenen (1/47), Adolf Smith (3/45) with Rynier de Jager being the mainstay amongst the Hornbills bowlers with 5/35. In reply the Hornbills batsmen chased down the Louis Trichardt tar-

get of 203 runs after 34.4 overs, scoring 204 for the loss of four wicket to won the match by six wickets. The Hornbills batsmen who all contributed to the winning runs in this exciting contest were Ryan Atkinson (38 runs), Paul Hawken (90 runs), Nicholas Adendorff (7 runs), Tapiwanashe Kuhlengisa (7 runs), Stebian van der Walt (23 runs not out) and Adolf Smith (29 runs not out). The Hornbills is still undefeated and top of the points log. The Aces team were in a different class and defeated the visitors by a massive 338 runs. With Aces having won the toss and elected to bat first, they set the target with a total of 405 runs for the loss of five wickets in their allotted 50 overs. Giyani’s bowlers were simply no match for the onslaught from the Aces batsmen. Michael Weldon set the tone for the Aces batting with 142 runs from a 100 balls which included 12 fours and six sixes. The other Aces batsmen who contributed to the winning runs were Erik Viljoen (34 runs), Gerhardus Pretorius (17 runs), Armand Pansegrouw (69 runs) and Lance Trueman (58 runs).

The wicket takers for Giyani were Irvin Moropa (2/85), Asad Mridah (1/45), Willard Maswanganyi (1/52) and Nhlovo Sithole (1/51). The Giyani batsmen had a torrid time in front of the wicket being bundled out for a mere 67 runs after 22.1 overs. The Aces bowlers who claimed wickets were Calvin Swarts (3/10), Lance Trueman (2/11), Alex Hartslief (1/4) and Michael Weldon (1/0). The side of Nkowankowa travelled to Polokwane Cricket Club where they took on the side of Seshego Cricket Club. After winning the toss, Seshego elected to send Nkowankowa in to field first. The visiting Nkowankowa then posted 136 runs after 41.1 overs. Chris Mathebula set the tone for the Nkowankowa batsmen with 41 runs on the board. In reply the Seshego batsmen faltered in front of their wickets and struggled to form any significant partnerships to hinder the Nkowankowa target. The Seshego batting line-up were eventually all out for 91 runs after 25 overs, with Nkowankowa celebrating a 45 runs victory.