Bulletin Newspaper 23 July 2021

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WINTER IS HERE Extreme cold hit the bushveld this week with the mercury struggling to touch the teens in Polokwane on Thursday when the city experienced a maximum of 9 degrees. Forecast for the week ahead shows sub-zero temperatures for Johannesburg and 3 degrees for Haenertsburg and the Kloof. Better keep those fireplaces burning and the coffee in no short supply.

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On Wednesday afternoon, the 21st of July, Eskom Holdings SOC told Bulletin that they have experienced a disturbing increase in incidents of cable theft mainly in Namakgale and Lulekani over the past few days. Thomas Ceko, the Eskom Customer Relations Area Manager for Mopani, said that the theft hampers delivery of electricity services to customers, and negatively affects the lives of the people, as well as the township’s economy.

“The severe damage that the illegal connections and cable thefts cause to local substations consequently leaves residents without electricity until we can repair the issue, sometimes for several days,” stated Ceko.

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Residents in and around Phalaborwa, and those driving along the R71 heading to the Kruger National Park, have noticed on separate occasions over the past week, pitch-black smoke, drifting into the air.

On Tuesday evening, 20th of July, a fire was reported by one of the residents around Baines Street. Another fire was reported around the one of the residential neighbourhoods this week, but nobody knows where these fires started or who the culprits were.

Even the ward councilor, Sybrandt de Beer, was concerned about them.

He told Bulletin that they were trying to control the fires and it was not the municipality burning the fields.

He said that it could have started by somebody deliberately or unintentionally. “Nobody has a clue of who or what could have started the fires,” he mentioned.

Bulletin contacted the fire department and they told us that on Tuesday, 20th of July, two fires were reported with the first one being reported at around 15:00. “We went to Baines around that time, and we could not get access into the bush, so we just monitored the fire,” said one of the firefighters.

At the time of going to print it was still not clear who, or how the fires started and residents were urged to remain vigilant and report suspicious individuals and fires as soon as they are spotted.

These four foreign nationals aged between 26 and 42 were arrested by members of the Provincial Tracking team. A total of 72 boxes of illicit cigarettes and three bakkies were confiscated

Cable theft on the rise

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What happened in Arbor Park on Monday morning when residents of Maroela Street were left panic-stricken by a series of gunshots and the sound of screeching vehicle tyres? There was a shootout and there was a car chase, albeit very briefly and nobody was injured. The entire ordeal which lasted all of ten minutes was the culmination of a months’ long intelligence driven operation by members of the SAPS Provincial Tracking team who were monitoring the movements of a smuggling ring dealing in illicit cigarettes.

According to SAPS provincial spokesperson, Brig Motlafela Mojapelo, four foreign nationals aged between 26 and 42 were arrested by members of the Provincial Tracking team. A total of 72 boxes of illicit cigarettes valued at R252 000, and three bakkies were confiscated. “The suspects were arrested during a well-coordinated intelligence driven operation that led the operatives to a property in Tzaneen where the suspects were arrested”, said Mojapelo.

He said the persistent weekly operations conducted in all districts of Limpopo continued to yield positive results as it led to the arrests of 926 suspects between the 11th and the 19th of July.

“During these operations, the 926 suspects were arrested for various crimes ranging from murder,

rape, robberies, assaults, smuggling of illicit goods, contravention of the Immigration Act to the contravention of regulations under the Disaster Management Act. Members from the Polokwane International Airport were on routine duties along the N1 road next to the South African Breweries when they arrested nine undocumented foreign nationals traveling in a bus. Here the SAPS confiscated packs of sorghum beer that were packed in the trailer. The liquor is valued at R175 800.

A 31-year-old driver, who is also a foreign national, was immediately arrested. Preliminary investigations revealed that the liquor as well as the undocumented foreign nationals were being transported to Johannesburg. The SAPS arrested four more suspects aged between 26 and 37 in the Sekhukhune District for being in possession of suspected stolen motor vehicles during a sting operation that was conducted by the Groblersdal detectives, Crime Intelligence, Limpopo Highway Patrol, Dennilton K9 unit and the Visible Policing from Groblersdal.

Adding up to these arrests, 815 persons were arrested for contravening the regulations under the Disaster Management Act across the province.

“Some of the suspects have already started appearing in different magistrate courts around the Limpopo. The operations are continuing”, said Brigadier Mojapelo.

out the country, Lulekani residents are especially familiar with these circumstances. On Tuesday evening, 20th of July, a group of suspects stole electrical cables in one of the neighbourhoods, right near a resident’s front gate. Ceko said that to contain outages, electricity-related injuries, fatalities, an economic crisis, as well as to ensure good quality of supply, Eskom warns the public against infrastructure and electricity theft.

“If it is not contained, this scourge could lead to job losses in our already-ailing economy and to injuries and possible loss of lives,” he told Bulletin. He said that members of the public were encouraged to report electricity and infrastructure theft anonymously to a Crime Line on 32211 (R1/ SMS) or call 0800 11 2722.

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Boaters have no access to the dam anywhere ■ Joe Dreyer Jetty 3 is still closed to the boat and angling community, and as of this week, even the site at the dam wall behind Tzangeni security estates is no longer accessible. This after the gate which was usually open to allow passage from the top of the wall down to the waterfront was locked with a lock and chain. Because of the Jetty being closed to the public during the amended lockdown regulations from last year and was never reopened when those regulations were relaxed five months ago, locals launched their boats from the dam wall side.

This brought a host of new problems with it as the anglers would be harassed by drunken youths who attempted to board the boats as they came back into shore. Most of the boaters also reported feeling unsafe as their private vehicles were being used as seating spots by the unruly youths while they were out on the dam. The situation escalated to the point where local security firms intervened to prevent a physical altercation between the two groups.

When Bulletin asked the GTM for their reasons in not reopening the Jetty when all parks and other public spaces were opened by the President, they claimed that they were understaffed and therefore not able to reopen the popular facility to the public without breaching the necessary Covid-19 protocols.

In April this year we reported that the Jetty would remain closed to the general public, but boaters could apply for a special permit to allow access to the facility in order to launch their boats. According to spokesperson for the GTM, Neville Ndlala, the municipality was concerned over their lack of staff to man the gates and clean the terrain, but he did say that a contractor would be appointed shortly to take over the management of the facility. He failed to give an indication of exactly who or when this contractor would commence employment.

Municipal manager, Thapelo Matlala admitted that the Jetty had become a contentious issue for his office and also admitted that it was only after seeing a live broadcast by Bulletin over social media during the initial lockdown in 2020, that he took note of the serious need for the facility to be upgraded. It was during this time that he ordered the new entrance gate to be erected.

“I would love to see that the entire area once again become a safe haven for our local fishermen and boaters. Unfortunately my attention

is constantly directed towards the other priority areas such as trying to sort out the electrical crisis and upgrading the infrastructure of the town. So at this stage I am completely open to any outside help and suggestions regarding the Jetty, and if any group would be interested in presenting a workable proposal, they should do so. I would certainly appreciate any help,” Matlala told Bulletin in April.

In response to this invitation, a group of businessmen with Muis Joubert as the driving force, compiled a thorough proposal with workable solutions to the running and maintaining of the Jetty which they presented to Matlala. To date, they have received no feedback and the Jetty remains closed.

Bearing in mind that the group of businessmen involved in the move to take over management of the Jetty and restore it to its former glory, include residents who have lived in the area for three decades and longer and who were previously involved in the maintenance of the facility. Joubert himself was involved in the construction of the ramp and the Lions Club House and has retained the liquor license for the venue since the late 90’s. All of the members of this group were responsible for the maintaining and running of the facilities which included cleaning up the terrain and providing security and proper access control.

It would only make sense to have the group responsible for running the Jetty successfully for many years, to once again take over management and restore the site to its former glory. Currently no capital is generated from the site and major sporting weekends are being cancelled due to the inaccessibility of the site.

The South African National Rowing teams who spent a month in Tzaneen every year, have not returned and with the uncertainty around the Jetty, it is unlikely that we will see them here anytime soon.

At the time of going to print we had tried in

vain top obtain any comment from the Greater Tzaneen Municipality on the matter. We have issued a media inquiry, and are in possession of the proposal brought forward by Joubert and the business community who support him.

We have had no feedback on why the gate at Tzangeni remains locked or why the unauthorised fenced-off Minitzani Park remains open to the public despite the fact that the municipality admitted to not having given permission for the erection of a fence, or the display of the 36 advertisement boards upon it. It would appear that lip service and conditional bylaw enforcement remains the order of the day at the Greater Tzaneen Municipality.

The accsess to the dam wall has now been locked.

The Arbor Park Izinyoka strike a third time ■ Roelof de Jonge

cross the street to connect the cables to the power supply unit of the residential complex.

They left a massive crater on the sidewalk of one of the residential properties opposite Loerievlei, and laid the cable above ground over the lawn to the complex’s power supply unit. With the power cables lying open and completely accessible it was only a matter of time before those cables became too much of a temptation for the ever vigilant izinyoka.

According to one of the residents, they have raised their concerns with the municipality for months on end to no avail. Astonishingly,

the gaping hole in the pavement and the above ground high voltage power cable is situated mere metres from the ward councilor’s residence.

On Tuesday morning, a few hours after the latest theft occurred, Bulletin spoke to GTM spokesperson, Neville Ndlala, who said he will attend to the matter and make the relevant department aware of the problem. At around 13:30 the department had sorted out the cables, and the residents had power again. Most importantly, the department seemed to have actually sorted out the original problem in half a day, astoundingly it only took eight months.

For the past few months, the Arbor Park community has come under relentless assault from criminal elements seeking to profit from the sale of copper cables and petty theft. The inhabitants of Loerievlei Security complex in Soetdoring Street have born the brunt of these criminals for long enough and are more than just a little upset at the manner in which the Greater Tzaneen Municipality (GTM) has chosen to respond to the matter.

At precisely midnight on Monday the 19th of July opportunistic thieves hit this complex for the third time in little over six months since they first stole a power cable in October 2020.

The thieves cut the power supply cable with a bolt cutter and fled to the nearby open veld in Maroela Street where they proceeded to strip the copper from the casing before running off – leaving the tools of their trade and the remnants of the copper cable on the grass. This during the supposed curfew of the newly amended Level 4 Covid-19 regulations.

But the blame for this theft according to one of the residents of this residential complex, should be pointed directly towards the electrical department of the municipality. In October 2020, an electrical supply unit further down the street packed up which left residents in Soetdoring without power for more than a day.

Instead of repairing the fault there and then, the electrical department opted for a quick fix instead and connected the cables to a power supply unit just opposite the street.

Instead of digging a trench for the cables, the team used the underground tunnels from one of the fibre-network This was how the power unit failure that connects electricity to Loerievlei residential complex was left by GTM for at companies to lay the new power cables in. That was just to least eight months, before the cables were stolen early on Tuesday morning.

A resident indicated how the municipality connected the cables from opposite the road to the power unit of Loerievlei last year October, after a power unit failure.

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■ Billy Sibuyi There is no end to the sewerage spilling into Phalaborwa’s streets. When a complaint is lodged with the municipality, residents report that weeks would go by before a plumber is summoned, and then when the blockage is removed, only days before it is again blocked. One resident unblocked the manhole outside his house by himself because after weeks of waiting, the smell just became unbearable.

“When I asked them why they were only coming now, they told me that the director was on leave, and he just got back. I asked whether they stopped working when he is not at work, and they said

that the reports go to him and if he is not around then nobody gets the report,” stated the resident.

The mismanagement of the municipality and the nonchalant manner in which the complaints by the residents are completely ignored, are at the center of the completely degradation of a once prize-winning town. To this day, Bulletin has received no comment on the sewerage problem from the silent spokesperson, Jonas Mahesu. This is a matter one would have hoped to see the leadership of a town prioritize with great urgency as the environmental impact of never-ending sewerage leaks could be irreversible if they do not act radically and with haste.

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The municipal elections scheduled for the 27th of October this year will likely be postponed to February 2022, if the recommendations by a commission to probe if this year`s elections were likely to be free and fair, are considered by the electoral commission. Former Deputy Judge President Dikgang Moseneke recommended that elections will not be free and fair if held in October.

A Commission of Inquiry was appointed by the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) chairperson Glen Mashinini, in May, after President Cyril Ramaphosa during a campaign for the bi-elections said that the elections were going to take place in October. It was after several smaller parties took the IEC to court to postpone the bi-elections and failed.

Outlining the contents of the report before it was handed to the IEC, Moseneke said that the report was a result of presentations by various stakeholders that included civil society groups, political parties, government and health experts. He said that elections could only be postponed for three months otherwise the electoral acts and the constitution will have to be amended to a third majority vote.

He further said the commission also had to consider that, with the country under level 4 of the lockdown with restricted movement and gatherings by political organisations, it would be difficult for smaller parties to campaign. He said that would only benefit the larger parties as they would use some avenues for

campaigning which smaller parties would simply not be able to afford. As a result, the elections would not be free and fair.

“We concluded that it is not reasonably possible that the elections, to be held in October 2021, to be free and fair as required by the provisions of the constitution and the related legislation. The scheduled elections are likely to be free and fair if they were to be held not later than the end of the month of March 2022,” said Moseneke who said the report was not binding.

Moseneke further said that following submissions by medical experts, it is expected that the third wave might peak in October which will increase the number of infections and overburden the hospitals. According to him, medical experts said that if elections took place many people could be infected which might result in the fourth wave of the pandemic.

He said the elections in other countries under lockdown resulted in more infections.

The IEC chairperson, Dr Glen Mashinini, said that the commission led by Dr Moseneke which was given 61 days to complete its task had completed their mission within the deadline and the report was made public just a day before.

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Strike over new recruits No more SASSA

■ Jeff Jackson

The Greater Tzaneen Municipality (GTM) appointed new teams of the Empowered Public Works Programme (EPWP) at the start of July. These teams are to replace the hundreds of existing EPWP workers who were serving the municipality for the past two years and beyond. It was after their contracts had to be extended for six months several times as result of the Covid-19 pandemic last year.

After letters were served to some of the employees at Nkowankowa that the employment contracts had come to an end, a strike ensued where some of the EPWP members demanded to be appointed permanently as they alleged that they had been serving the municipality for a very long time. They started gathering at the gates of the municipal workshops seeking to be addressed by the leader-

ship of the municipality.

Their daily presence at the workshop gates resulted in the new recruits unable to start their duties.

As a result work came to a halt in some of the workshops as workers were afraid of entering premises for fear of their lives and their vehicles being damaged by the protesters. Some vehicles doing field work were parked at the Lenyenye satellite offices for their protection.

A senior employee in the municipality said that the municipality resolved that the employment contracts should not be lengthy because when their time to leave arrived, they started striking arguing that they had been serving the municipality for long enough periods to be permanently appointed. He said that each time a contract expired in Nkowankowa, residents tended to take to the streets protesting.

Traders snub the “new” curfew ■ Jeff Jackson Informal traders at Maake Plaza and the Lenyenye CBD snubbed their noses at a meeting called by the local Coronavirus Command Council last week, to announce their regulations to curb the effects of Covid-19 in the area by reducing the trading hours and the number of traders at these centres. The meeting had since not materialised.

This followed observations that the two centres were main sources of infections in the area because of the hundreds of people converging there to do business, shopping or even for leisure. According to a source the command council resolved to call the stakeholders to tackle the issue before it could be implemented.

One hawker told Bulletin that the matter started when they received messages that doing business at the centres should be reduced from

09h00 in the morning to 18h00. This was to assist in decreasing the crowds that gathered at the centres. “We resolved not to be part of the meeting which will result in the collapse of our businesses which already suffered since the implementation of the lockdown last year in March.

We open until late as some of us rely on people working in government complexes and they work until around 20:00.”

The hawker said that they did not understand beyond the hours of the national curfew. “If they want us to close are they also going to tell the hawkers in Tzaneen to close early? We cannot do that because there is nobody who pays us after we incurred the losses. If they are still coming to close us down we are waiting for them,” said the hawker. The traders said that they were prepared to defy anything that was not announced by the president as far as the lockdown regulations are concerned.

Shamira still in court ■ Billy Sibuyi Shamira Rinderknecht, who pled guilty to numerous charges relating to environmental violations committed over a period of 10 years at the Hans Merensky Hotel and Spa appeared in the Phalaborwa Regional Court on Wednesday, the 21st of July, for her ongoing trial.

Rinderknecht, who is on trial for six charges relating to environmental violations such as the expansion of the hotel (which was auctioned off a few months ago, and rumoured to have been bought back by Rinderknecht herself ) without Environmental authorization, appeared on Wednesday and her case was postponed to the 27th and 28th of October 2021 for continuation of trial.

The case was postponed after Rinderknecht’s lawyer could not attend the court proceedings reportedly due to Covid-19 and him being in isolation.

Each of the six charges potentially carries sentences

of either five years imprisonment or fines of up to R10 million.

On count two, three and four, Rinderknecht is accused of Contravention of Section 49 of the National Environmental Management Act and Contravention the National Environmental Management, Waste Act. These charges are related to raw sewerage being disposed of directly into the environment and nearby water resource, also failing to dispose sewerage in an environmentally friendly manner and thus causing a health hazard and causing a nuisance through the pungent odor respectively.

Other charges included the Contravening of Section 151 of the National Water Act where she is accused of having unlawfully and intentionally or negligently committed an act which detrimentally pollutes or is likely to affect a water resource; and contravening the National Environmental Management Act which Rinderknecht is accused of failing to comply with a compliance notice issued on April 28, 2020.

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■ Jeff Jackson Hundreds of pensioners in Khujwana who flocked to their local pay points to receive their monthly grants were disappointed when the vehicle dispensing the money did not pitch up. They were told by members of the pension committee that there will be no payment because of the civil unrest which engulfed some of the provinces in the country. This followed withdrawal of service providers on Monday.

However, the pensioners were advised to go to their local retailers to cash their monies, or to visit the local malls to access the ATM`s and withdraw their monies. This after the companies used by the agency withdrew their services as a result of the political unrest in some parts of the country which resulted in shops looted, warehouses and factories burnt along with trucks and malls. Limpopo was not affected.

“Local community leaders should have informed the community through loud hailing in order to avoid a situation where people will converge at a pay points unnecessarily incurring transport and other costs. Pensioners in rural villages who mostly stay alone in their homes would not have heard that they would not get their grants without being

alerted by the community leaders,” said a pensioner, Melita Magoro.

A member of the pension committee at Muhlava Cross, Selina Sethosa, said that it was not the fault of the committee that pensioners returned from the pay point empty handed because they were not aware of the developments until they called the offices of SASSA in Tzaneen to enquire. They only did this once they noticed that vehicles were not arriving to render the services. She blamed the agency for giving no forewarning.

Limpopo SASSA spokesperson, Norman Kutane, said that the agency had suspended the payment of social grants at pay points until further notice.

“We won`t be paying cash at pay points because of the withdrawal of companies that deliver cash in our communities. In the main is that we protect the needs of the vulnerable, particularly the elders who receive the grants at pay points.” He said they can use other alternatives.

“For now, we are saying to beneficiaries that they can try using other alternatives like using the local merchants and the banks where they can receive their monies until the situation returns to normality as these are preventative measures that had been taken by the security companies that we used to deliver money to communities during the pay days.”

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“All illegal advertising boards will be removed” ■ Joe Dreyer On Thursday afternoon the Greater Tzaneen Municipality (GTM) tore down advertising boards at major intersections around town which they deemed to be illegal. By illegal, the GTM explained that it encompasses all advertisers who had applied for permission to have their boards erected in the last five years, and who have not heeded the call to have their permits renewed in line with the new bylaws.

“The Greater Tzaneen Municipality today removed illegal advertising boards in Tzaneen after most advertisers with boards ignored a public notice inviting them to apply, or reapply, for approval in order to comply with bylaws,” read their statement on their social media page.

In the notice published on local newspapers, the municipality’s Facebook page and website on 9 October 2020, the GTM invited businesses and agencies which have erected advertising boards in the GTM area of jurisdiction to apply or reapply to comply with the municipality’s “Control of Outdoor Advertising and Signage By-law” which was gazetted in the Limpopo Provincial Gazette 3036 on the 27th of September 2019.

According to the municipality there are however a handful of businesses which have complied with the notice, all the boards that have not been accounted for were removed yesterday and more will be removed in the coming days.

Bulletin contacted Neville Ndlala, the spokesperson for the GTM, regarding reports we received from some of the advertisers who claimed that they had in fact received permission from Ndlala himself. One of the advertisers said that Ndlala said to leave the documents with him, and he would sign them.

“If anybody received permission from the municipality, they must provide proof of that permission that was granted and secondly they must provide proof that they have been paying the rental for that board depending on the contract that they have. All contracts, permissions or approvals are signed by the accounting officer so there is no way that I would give someone permission and not in writing,” Ndlala said. “There are people that obtained permission ten years ago.

Those permissions have time lapses, yet they continued to advertise ten years later so those are invalid contracts.”

We asked Ndlala whether the signboards that were placed on the unauthorised fence at Minitzani park would also be removed considering that Ndlala himself told us back in March this year that “there was no official written approval from the Greater Tzaneen Municipality (GTM) for the erection of the fence around Minitzani Park, nor for the signboards upon it.” At the time we also spoke to the project manager for the Minitzani Park clean up, Zantelle Ras, who claimed that she had received permission for the display of the advertisement boards but could not provide the proof of this permission as it was allegedly given to her over WhatsApp and her phone had been wiped.

Small gestures change the world ■ Billy Sibuyi Thirty-five-year-old Cyril Mlondobozi could not hold back his tears of joy as a wheelchair was presented to him on Mandela Day. The young man approached his ward councilor last year and asked for a donation of a wheelchair as he was experiencing difficulties with the rented wheelchair from Maphuta Malatji Hospital.

However, when the Mopani District Municipality donated wheelchairs to the needy last year, he was not a part of the list, as his name was still at the bottom. Mlondobozi was involved in a car accident in 2014 which left him paralyzed from the waist down and he has since been using the hospital’s wheelchair.

When Bora Mining Services approached the municipality, to help, for Mandela Day, Mlondobozi was more deserving of the wheelchair as his name had made it to the top of the list. On Monday, 19th of July, Bora Mining Services in partnership with the municipality presented to Mlondobozi, in a box, his new set of wheels.

“I have longed for this day to come. I can confidently confess that this is the best thing that has ever happened to me since my accident, and it came at a special time when we celebrate the late father of the nation’s birthday. I am profoundly grateful to the mayor Mme Merriam Malatji, and Bora Mining,” Mlondobozi said gleefully.

The assistant technical director for Bora Mining Services, Patrick Mathebula, said that Mandela Day was an incredibly special day whereby the nation

celebrated the idea that everyone had the power to transform the world and the ability to make an impact.

“In honour of his 67 years of public service, we as Bora Mining Services saw it fit to spend 67 minutes to change someone’s life for the better. We hope this wheelchair donation will make a difference,” Mathebula said.

“We are really grateful because every time we knock at your door, you don’t hesitate, you always assist us. May God richly bless the company to grow bigger,” Malatji said.

The mayor donated groceries to the family, and said that this was only the beginning of greater things that were yet to happen to the Mlondobozi family. Prior to the group handing over a wheelchair to Mlondobozi, its employees celebrated their 67 minutes for Mandela day at Nkateko High School on Friday, 16th July. The employees headed by their CEO, Enock Mathebula, painted a guard house at the school, both the interior and exterior.

Mathebula said they believe in giving back to the community and making a difference. “Our 67 minutes for Mandela day was for a good cause, we try by all means as a company to change someone’s life for the better, “ he mentioned.

Nkateko High School educator, Moses Shitlhelana, speaking on behalf of the school said that they were “Very grateful for the love and support that you’re showing us, this will definitely go a long way. We are so honored for choosing our school, may God bless you guys”.

“All illegal boards will be removed. All illegal boards irrespective of where they are. We will be doing another round of removals next week and so Minitzani might be on the list. People must come and reapply for their permission to display their boards. If a board doesn’t have permission, we are going to remove it. We are not going to negotiate, if there is no permission, we will remove the board.”

Ndlala said that if a person is in the process of reapplying for permission to display the outdoor advertising boards, there might be some leniency.

“The Minitzani boards are also illegal and will be part of the next batch we will be dealing with. We are going to remove every board unless if the person reapplies and in the process of them reapplying, there might be some leniency and allow them while we are processing their application.”

Every advertising board must have written permission from the municipality in line with the By-law or the board will be removed and the cost of such removal will be at the account of the advertiser.

Applications must be submitted to the Local Economic Development (LED) office in person. The application form for outdoor advertising as well the by-law are available on the GTM website (www.greatertzaneen.gov.za) and in the LED No15B Peace Street.

For further enquiries contact Maureen Ramabulana 015 307 8081 or Freddy Rammalo at 015 307 8290/082 809 0454 or Freddy.rammalo@ tzaneen.gov.za

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Legals & Notices KENNISGEWING VAN ‘N AANSOEK INGEVOLGE AFDELING 86 VAN DIE REGLIKE BEPLANNING EN GRONDGEBRUIKSBEHEER BYWET VAN DIE GROTER TZANEEN MUNISIPALITEIT, 2017, LEES MET AFDELING 68 EN HOOFSTUK 6 VAN DIE RUIMTELIKE BEPLANNING EN GRONDGEBRUIKSBESTUURWET VAN GROTER TZANEEN 2017, LEES MET KLOUSULE 15 VAN DIE TZANEEN DORPSBEPLANNINGSKEMA, 2000, OM TOESTEMMING TE KRY VIR DIE BOU VAN ‘N VESELNODE (FIBRE) EN BASISSTASIE OP ERF 229 TZANEEN UITBREIDING 4 DORP Ek, Arno Greyling, namens Smit & Fisher Planning (Edms.) Bpk., Synde die aansoeker van Erf 229 Tzaneen Uitbreiding 4: St. Peter’s Anglikaanse Kerk, gee hiermee kennis ingevolge Artikel 86 van die Ruimtelike Beplanning en Grondgebruikbestuur deur Wet van die Groter Tzaneen Munisipaliteit, 2017, dat ons by die Groter Tzaneen Plaaslike Munisipaliteit aansoek gedoen het vir die spesiale toestemming om ‘n gedeelte van bogenoemde eiendom te gebruik in terme van Artikel 68 en Hoofstuk 6 van die Ruimtelike Beplanning en Grondgebruikbestuur deur wet van die Groter Tzaneen-Munisipaliteit, 2017, gelees met Klousule 15 van die Tzaneen-stadsbeplanningskema, 2000. Die eiendom is geleë in St. Peter’s Anglikaanse Kerk, Arbor Park, Limpopo Provinsie, Suid-Afrika. Die aansoek is om spesiale toestemming te verkry vir die oprigting van ‘n veselknooppunt (Fibre Node) en basisstasie op die toe-

passingseiendom.

Enige beswaar (s) en / of kommentaar (s), insluitend die gronde vir sodanige beswaar (s) en / of kommentaar (s) met volledige kontakbesonderhede, waarsonder die Munisipaliteit nie kan korrespondeer met die persoon of liggaam wat die beswaar (s) indien nie ) en / of kommentaar (s) ingedien of skriftelik gerig word aan: Aandag: Direkteur: Beplanning en Ekonomiese Ontwikkeling; Adres: Agathastraat 01, Arbor Park, Tzaneen, 0850 en / of P.O. Box 24, Tzaneen, 0850 vanaf 23 Julie 2021 tot 23 Augustus 2021.

Volledige besonderhede en planne (as daar is) kan gedurende gewone kantoorure by die Munisipale kantore, soos hieronder uiteengesit, besigtig word vir ‘n tydperk van 30 dae vanaf die datum van hierdie advertensie. Enige persoon wat nie kan skryf nie, kan gedurende kantoorure, soos hieronder uiteengesit, na die adres kom waar ‘n personeellid van die munisipaliteit die persone sal help deur hul besware, kommentaar of vertoë te transkribeer.

Adres van munisipale kantore: Aandag: Direkteur: Beplanning en Ekonomiese Ontwikkeling Adres: Agathastraat 01, Arbor Park, Tzaneen, 0850 en / of P.O. Box 24, Tzaneen, 0850 Sluitingsdatum vir besware en / of kommentaar: 23 Augustus 2021.

Naam van aansoeker: Arno Greyling namens Smit & Fisher Planning Adres van applikant: 371 Melkstraat, Nieuw Muckleneuk, Pretoria, 0027 en / of Posbus 908, Groenkloof, Pretoria,

0181 Tel. Nr .: 012 346 2340 E-pos: arno@sfplan.co.za Kennisgewingstydperk: Van 23 Julie 2021 tot 23 Augustus 2021.

Ons verwysing: Tzaneen Arbor Park __________________________________

NOTICE OF AN APPLICATION IN TERMS OF SECTION 86 OF THE SPATIAL PLANNING AND LAND USE MANAGEMENT BY-LAW OF GREATER TZANEEN MUNICIPALITY, 2017, READ WITH SECTION 68 AND CHAPTER 6 OF THE SPATIAL PLANNING AND LAND USE MANAGEMENT BY-LAW OF GREATER TZANEEN MUNICIPALITY, 2017, READ WITH CLAUSE 15 OF THE TZANEEN TOWNPLANNING SCHEME, 2000, IN ORDER TO OBTAIN CONSENT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A FIBRE NODE AND BASE STATION ON ERF 229 TZANEEN EXTENSION 4 TOWNSHIP I, Arno Greyling on behalf of Smit & Fisher Planning (Pty) Ltd, being the applicant of Erf 229 Tzaneen Extension 4 Township : St. Peter’s Anglican Church, hereby give notice in terms of Section 86 of the Spatial Planning and Land Use Management ByLaw of Greater Tzaneen Municipality, 2017, that we have applied to the Greater Tzaneen Local Municipality for the Special Consent to use a portion of the above mentioned property in terms of Section 68 and Chapter 6 of the Spatial Planning and Land Use Management By-law of Greater Tzaneen Municipality, 2017, read with Clause 15 of the Tzaneen Town planning Scheme, 2000. The property is situated at St. Peter’s

Anglican Church, Arbor Park, Limpopo Province, South Africa. The application is to obtain Special Consent for the construction of a fibre node and base station on the application property.

Any objection(s) and/ or comment(s), including the grounds for such objection(s) and/ or comment(s) with full contact details, without which the Municipality cannot correspond with the person or body submitting the objection(s) and/or comment(s), shall be lodged with, or made in writing to: Attention: Director: Planning & Economic Development; Address: 01 Agatha Street, Arbor Park, Tzaneen, 0850 and/or P.O. Box 24, Tzaneen, 0850 from 23 July 2021 until 23 August 2021.

Full particulars and plans (if any) may be inspected during normal office hours at the Municipal offices as set out below, for a period of 30 days from the date of this advertisement. Any person who cannot write may during office hours come to address as set out below where a staff member of the Municipality will assist those persons by transcribing their objections, comments or representations.

Address of Municipal Offices: Attention: Director: Planning & Economic Development Address: 01 Agatha Street, Arbor Park, Tzaneen, 0850 and/or P.O. Box 24, Tzaneen, 0850 Closing date for any objections and/or comments: 23 August 2021.

Name of applicant: Arno Greyling on behalf of Smit & Fisher Planning Address of applicant: 371 Melk Street, Nieuw

Muckleneuk, Pretoria, 0027 and/or P.O Box 908, Groenkloof, Pretoria, 0181 Tel. No.: 012 346 2340 Email: arno@sfplan.co.za Notice Period: From 23 July 2021 until 23 August 2021.

Our Ref.: Tzaneen Arbor Park __________________________________

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 Title Deed T34222/2000 passed by GREATER TZANEEN LOCAL MUNICIPALITY in favour of GOLDEN MUSHWANA, Identity Number: 710610 5778 086, Unmarried and LETTA MUSHWANA, Identity Number: 810907 0547 089, Unmarried in respect of PORTION 23 OF ERF 3076 TZANEEN EXTENSION 13 TOWNSHIP, Registration Division L.T., Limpopo Province 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 one week from the date of publication of this notice.

Dated at Tzaneen on this the 15 July 2021 Applicant: Joubert & May Attorneys Address: 50 Boundary Street, Tzaneen, 0850 Tel no: 015 307-3660 Email address: sophie@ joubertmay.co.za Our Ref: Sophie/M0268 __________________________________

LOST OR DESTROYED DEED Notice is hereby given in terms of regulation

68 of the Deeds Registries Act, 1937, to the intention to apply for the issue of a certified copy of Deed of Transfer ST94019/2014, passed by HESTER JOHANNA VAN DER MEULEN (Identity Number: 631029 0029 08 8), in favour of KUSASA COMMODITIES 260 PROPRIETARY LIMITED (Registration Number: 2001/020066/07), in respect of certain Section No. 7 as shown and more fully described on Sectional Plan No SS39/2008 in the scheme known as HERITAGE MEWS, 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 Registrar of Deeds, Deeds Office, 101 Dorp Street, Polokwane, Limpopo within two weeks from the date of the publication of this notice.

Dated at Tzaneen this 15th day of July 2021.

Applicant: Kusasa Commodities 260 Proprietary Limited p/a Thomas & Swanepoel Attorneys / Ref: T1983 J Jacobsz (LC) Address: 19 Peace Street, Tzaneen E-mail address: judy@ tslegal.co.za Contact number: 015 307 1027 __________________________________

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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 19TH DAY OF JULY 2021.

Applicant: Joubert & May Attorneys Address: 50 Boundary Street, Tzaneen, 0850 Tel no: 015 307-3660 Email address: fransie@ joubertmay.co.za Our Ref: Fransie/rs/YM344 __________________________________

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ZZ2 and KNP join hands Meet Black-Black Hawk ■ Billy Sibuyi The Kruger National Park (KNP) in conjunction with ZZ2 handed over parcels to Mahlathi Home Based Care in Giyani on Friday, the 16th of July.

This was done in honour of former President, Nelson Mandela, who on Sunday, 18th of July, would have celebrated his 103rd birthday. This year’s theme for the Nelson Mandela International Day was ‘one hand can feed another’ which sought to empower communities everywhere, albeit the Nelson Mandela Day goals for 2019-2029 are Education and Literacy, Food and Nutrition, Shelter, Sanitation, and Active Citizenship.

Isaac Phaahla, the KNP’s spokesperson, said that the idea was to spend the whole day at the facility to mobilise the community, in particular the youth to raise awareness on issues such as environmental crime and socio-economic issues,

however, due to Covid-19 restrictions it was not possible.

“We however still committed ourselves that as a tribute to our beloved Madiba, we should share the little we have with Mahlathi home based care centre, which is in need of basic necessities as it caters for about 90 community members of various ages on daily basis,” stated Isaac Phaahla.

“Mandela will forever remain an inspiration to nations all over the world, and the coronavirus situation has brought an opportunity for us as a country to show more empathy and care for one another no matter how small the gesture is,” The KNP donated 50kg of meat and 450kg worth of soft porridge whilst ZZ2 sponsored approximately 48 bags of fresh vegetables such as potatoes, cabbages, beetroot, butternuts, onions, and tomatoes, as well as 100kg mealie meal and eight bags of chicken meat to the facility.

■ Billy Sibuyi Despite only arriving less than a year ago, veteran chopper pilot, David Simelane, made history as the first black chief helicopter pilot for SANParks Air Services. Simelane first fell in love with flying 21 years ago when he had his first helicopter ride with a friend, and 20 years later, he proved how gratitude and perseverance can help a person to achieve.

The promotion will see him moving from the rank of a pilot to SANParks Chief Pilot. He becomes the person responsible for operations as per the South African Civil Aviation Authority’s regulations (SACAA).

SANParks CEO Lize McCourt, said that it came as no surprise that Simelane aka ‘The Black-Black Hawk’, was progressing through the ranks as he is a skilled professional pilot with solid management and leadership skills with approachability and strength of character to boot.

According to the KNP, upon arrival at the SANParks Airwing in Skukuza, Simelane wasted no time

in forging a solid relationship with the Civil Aviation Authority, an endeavour that serves SANParks well in terms of aviation compliance.

Air Services is part of the newly formed Area Integrity Management unit (AIM), which comprises Air-Services, Firearm Management, Special Operations, Environmental Crime Investigations, and Environmental Compliance.

“The main objective of creating the AIM unit was to establish and better coordinate safety and security within SANParks. The objective is well underway, with AIM providing core functions such as logistical ranger support, and other crucial services within our parks,” SANParks reported.

McCourt noted that the unit played an integral role in establishing the Command Centre within Table Mountain National Parks. “We believe that the team will continue to excel with Simelane at the helm of Air Services,” she said. “There is no doubt in my mind that Simelane will take SANParks Air Services to the next level and it is my sincere pleasure to see transformation in the airwing.”

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Simpson gerat vir Tzaneen tydren ■ Roelof de Jonge

Soos die gesegde lui, as die gogga van belangstelling mens eers gebyt het, is daar nie terugkeer nie. Eddie Simpson, bekende sakeman en inwoner van Tzaneen, sal kan getuig hiervan.

Toe die tydrengogga hom eers gebyt het, was daar geen terugkeer nie.

Simpson gaan eersdaags saam met die plaaslike navigator, Louis Menge, aan die opkomende NTT Motor Group Tzaneen Tydren vanaf 20 en 21 Agustus met sy Opel Corsa tydrenmotor deelneem.

Hy het wel die afgelope twee jaar min aan tydrenne deelgeneem omrede hy ‘n stryd teen kanker gevoer het. Hy moes ondermeer tientalle chemo-behandelings ondergaan, en menige kankerleier sal getuig dat dit ‘n baie uitmergelende affêre is.

Simpson het na sy chemo-behandelings uiteindelik die oorhand oor die gevreesde siekte gekry, soveel so dat hy verlede jaar November vir die Dullstroom streekstydren vir die eerste keer weer agter die stuur van sy tydrenmotor geskuif het.

“Ek sien baie uit om aan die NTT Motor Group Tzaneen Tydren deel te neem. Ek was ook self by die beplanning van die roetes oftewel sneldele betrokke, so hier en daar het ek ‘n idee wat om te verwag. Louis Menge, ‘n gesoute navigator van Tzaneen, het ingewillig om vir my die roete aan te dui.”

Simpson wie vir etlike jare op die dorp ‘n motorhandelaarskap en vulstasie op die dorp bedryf het, alhoewel net die vulstasie vandag nog in bedryf is, is van nature ‘n motorgeesdriftige soos min en as ‘n lid van die klassiekemotorklub op die dorp, Yester Car Club, spog hy selfs met ‘n versameling van gewilde klassieke motors.

Hy vertel hoe hy jaarliks die rondte van die Suid-Afrikaanse tydrenkampioenskap wat hier op Tzaneen beslis was, gevolg en die skouspel

beleef het. Dit was tydens een van hierdie tydrenrondtes op Tzaneen in die laat 1990’s dat Simpson se aangetroude seun, Marko Lottering, hom in kennis gestel het van een van die deelnemers wie sy tydrenmotor as te koop adverteer.

“Marko het my toe oortuig om die Corsa Lite tydrenmotor te koop, en die res was geskiedenis. Dit was as te ware my eerste tydrenmotor waarmee ek vir etlike jare mee gejaag het”, het Simpson vertel.

Die gewilde geel Corsa van Simpson was onder plaaslike motorgeesdriftiges ‘n bekende gesig. Tydens ‘n streekstydren in die omgewing van Belfast, het die Corsa soos ‘n steeksdonkie vasgesteek met die gevolg was dat Simpson-hulle sowat vier keer gerol het, wat die einde van die geel tydrenmotortjie beteken het.

“Ek het destyds op my tweedehandsevloer ‘n nuwe generasie Corsa gehad wat sowat 300 000km op die kilometerlesing gehad het. Ek het toe die Corsa gekoop en in ‘n tydrenmotor omgebou. Die engin van die afgeskryfde kar was nie beskadig nie en ek het dit net so oorgebou in die nuwe kar in.”

Op die vraag of dit grens aan waansinnigheid om feitlik blindelings op ‘n onbekende grondpad, Suid-Afrikaanse tydrenne word hoofsaaklik op grondpaaie beslis, af te jaag, het Simpson vir ‘n wyle gedink en toe glimlaggend geantwoord: “As jy aanmeld vir die eerste punt van ‘n tydren, voor ek wegspring, is ek skrikkerig, dis nogal ‘n vreesaanjaende gevoel. Maar sodra jy eers op spoed is, skop die adrenalien in en ‘n mens vergeet as te ware van die vrees. Mens raak byna verslaaf daaraan. Toe ek nog gereeld aan tydrenne deelgeneem het, kon ek werklik nie wag vir die volgende rondte om plaas te vind nie.”

Eddie Simpson met sy Opel Corsa tydrenmotor is ‘n gewilde gesig onder plaaslike motorsportgeesdriftiges, en hy gaan sy opwagting vir deelname aan die tydren op Tzaneen op 20 en 21 Augustus maak

Die destydse Sasol Tydren in Nelspruit, Sabie se omgewing was een van Eddie Simpson se gewildste tydrenne om aan deel te neem.

Bekende sakeman en inwoner asook tydrenjaer van Tzaneen, Eddie Simpson met tientalle tydrentoekennings gaan eersdaags aan die tydren in dié dorp se omgewing jaag.