Bulletin Newspaper 13 August 2021

13 August 2021

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GENTLY UP THE STREAM

The women’s and men’s rowing teams, or #OrangeArmy as they are known, from the University of Johannesburg, are currently busy training on the Tzaneen Dam. They are planning their stay and training until this Sunday the 15th of August.

Bulletin spoke to the head coach of the team, Sizwe Ndlovu, who himself is a national rower and Olympic Games gold medalist when he was part of the South African team that won the men’s rowing event in 2014. According to Ndlovu, the team plans to train in the mornings and afternoons and are busy preparing for the upcoming university and national rowing championships. Bulletin has interviewed the team and will have a full report in next week’s edition.

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SOMETHING’S STIRRING AT THE BALI FARM

In yet another clandestine move, the Mopani District Municipality (MDM) approved the leasing of the controversial Bali Farm outside Tzaneen to a group called Agricultural Graduates. The council also approved a number of other developments for this onceprime agricultural land which has become a shining example of an inept municipality. Read the full story on page 4.

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Update: GTM lock hydrants to stop tankers ■ Joe Dreyer Personeel | Personnel Kantoor: 015 306 0198 Office: 064 650 7123 Redakteur / Editor Joe Dreyer 072 930 1462 joe@farnorthbulletin.co.za Joernaliste / Journalists Roelof de Jonge 078 672 7306 roelof@farnorthbulletin.co.za Billy Sibuyi 081 429 2040 billy@farnorthbulletin.co.za

Private water tanker operators have become increasingly active in the residential areas of Tzaneen and Letsitele. In King Edward Drive just this past weekend, a resident took the matter into his own hands and chased a trucker away after he was the fourth operator to stop at the hydrant near Sugarloaf and fill his JoJo tank.

In November 2020, Bulletin reported that between 20 and 30 water trucks were stopping at a fire hydrant in Industrial Street to fill up their JoJo tanks at least twice a day. One of these vehicles is a Greater Tzaneen Municipality (GTM) truck. The rest are not, and belong to outside contractors, who have been collectively named the Group of Private Water Tankers (GPWT) which the municipality said were appointed to help them deliver water to the outlying communities.

The problem, however, was that Bulletin received numerous reports from

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community members in those outlying areas who alleged that the water is not being distributed but is being sold at R350 per 200 litres.

We calculated that one truck with a 5 000-litre tank would pocket roughly R8 750 per trip. We know that some of these trucks return to the fire hydrant to refill their tanks up to three times a day. Do the calculations and you suddenly have a very profitable, tax-free business that easily nets close to a quarter of a million a month. That is if you work on an average of twenty days in a month and two truckloads a day.

At the time, the GTM’s defense of these truckers was that they were helping the municipality deliver much needed water to the township areas which were experiencing “challenges” with running water. This would be a fair argument if the water was not being sold by these privateers at a significant profit considering that they did not pay for their supply.

Then the GTM changed their mind and decided that an agreement should be drawn up between themselves and the GPWT to limit them to only one distribution point and charge them a fee of R16.50 per kilolitre. Again, a fair agreement – provided that the situation was precisely monitored

and the agreement stipulations honoured.

A year later has proven that both prerequisites were not, and still are not being met. The GTM has no way to accurately measure and therefore bill the truckers for the water they draw, and the truckers are simply ignoring the agreement stipulations that they draw only from the Koedoe Street hydrant.

This week the spokesperson for the GTM said that the municipality was systematically locking the hydrants in some areas as they are informed of the illegal activities of these truckers. “We are closing fire hydrants where we see serious problems and more operators are coming through, we are engaging them. We can’t close all hydrants because when there is fire those hydrants are needed.”

So again, in cases where the initial plan is deviated from, instead of a reprimand, the transgressors just move on to another spot and the law-abiding public is punished. Should a house fire occur at a home near one of the locked hydrants, would the fire department be capable of assisting in time? And what of those hydrants left open by these truckers – or worse yet, damaged by them? Who fits the bill? You and I, the public.

Update: Jetty 3 Crime updates in short permits required ■

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■ Joe Dreyer

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Tzaneen is no closer to an actual answer on the mystery that surrounds the Jetty 3 facilities. According to the latest responses from the spokesperson for the GTM, Neville Ndlala, the Jetty 3 facilities are closed to the public, but open to anglers and boaters who have obtained a permit to enter the grounds from the Planning and Economic Development offices. We asked Ndlala for a progress report on the proposal submitted by Muis Joubert and a group of local businessmen to lease the grounds and take over the maintenance at their own costs, but at the time of going to print he could not provide us with a detailed response.

“I must state however that we don’t allow people to use Jetty 3 to launch their boats and for fishing but they must get a permit from our Planning and Economic Development Department (Land and Human Settlement Division). This permit is free and must be produced at the gate, without it, entry will be denied.

Please note that those who use Jetty 3 do so at their own risk and that the GTM will not be liable for any loss, damage, or injury,” said Ndlala.

The Planning and Economic Development office is located at no 15B Peace Street next to the Blood Bank. You can contact Wiseman Mabunda at 0153078350 for more information.

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In Lulekani just outside Phalaborwa, a 24-year-old woman was arrested for brutally stabbing her boyfriend to death with a broken beer bottle. She appeared in court on Tuesday and her case was postponed. The incident occurred on the 7th of August in Majeje village in the township of Lulekani.

It is alleged that the suspect who is from the village, was informed that her boyfriend was with another woman near a liquor outlet in the area, and she reportedly rushed to the outlet where she found him with an unidentified woman. An argument ensued and it is reported that the suspect stabbed the boyfriend with a beer bottle. The victim, aged 36, was certified dead by paramedics on the spot. The suspect later handed herself over to the police at Namakgale. The suspect will face a charge of murder.

In a separate incident in the Bolobedu area outside Tzaneen, a 47-year old taxi owner and a female companion aged 42 were shot dead by unknown assailants on the 10th of August. The incident occurred at a filling station in Mohlabaneng Cross near Bellevue.

The deceased allegedly arrived at a filling station at around 19:20 driving in a white vehicle. He entered the shop to buy something while his female companion remained inside the vehicle. Two suspects emerged and one entered the shop and suddenly started firing shots at the taxi owner while the other assailant shot at the woman sitting inside the vehicle. The unknown gunmen then disappeared. The police have reportedly launched a manhunt for the suspects but have very little leads to work with. Police have opened two counts of murder. The motive for the killing is unknown at this stage but taxi violence cannot be ruled out.

The victims were identified as Fourie Maphayi (47) from Ga-Matswi village and Deborah Moila (42) from Bellevue village.

They were both certified dead on the scene.

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At the start of August the provincial police started weekly intensified operations to curb crime in the province. The police arrested 1 538 suspects aged between 20-years and 50-years during these intensified weekly joint operations which included 199 arrests for Contravention of the Regulations under the Disaster Management Act. The operations were conducted through roadblocks, stop and searches, tracing of wanted suspects as well as raids and these suspects were arrested for crimes that include murder, robberies, possession of unlawful firearms and ammunition, assaults, possession of suspected stolen properties and possession of drugs and illicit cigarettes.

On the 4th of August the SAPS Tzaneen Crime Intelligence Unit received a tip-off about a business robbery at Setone village and activated the Highway Patrol Team.

Two suspects aged 48 and 49 were arrested.

They were found in possession of suspected stolen airtime vouchers and the getaway bakkie was confiscated.

Three days later on the 7th of August, SAPS Phalaborwa Crime Intelligence Unit, Mopani District Task Team and Namakgale Crime Prevention arrested of a 31-year-old suspect for possession of copper cables and theft at his home in Namakgale. A day later, a foreign national was apprehended after he was found in possession of a Pangolin at his farm house under Lephalale policing area.

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Update: Perhaps its 14th time lucky?

■ Joe Dreyer The highly controversial Moshupatsela Farm has once again come under the Mopani District Municipality’s “try and fix what we broke twelve years ago” spotlight. On the 30th of April this year, the project – titled “Moshupatsela Farm Development Project through Agricultural Graduates Development” – came under discussion at an ordinary council meeting. During this meeting several resolutions were made regarding the future of the farm, but to summarize; the Mopani District Municipality (MDM) will be leasing the 158-hectare formerly successful and now completely destroyed mango farm to Agricultural Graduates (what it described as a “suitable lessee”) on a long-term lease agreement. But before this lessee starts work on the farm, the municipality will repair the perimeter fence and boreholes on the property.

But the history of this property puts into perspective the lack of faith in its success among the local agricultural community. The MDM first bought the farm for R2.9 million from the Land Bank in 2007.

A very long list of promises and captivating plans were unveiled by the then-Mayor Humphrey Mokgobi. The man boldly proclaimed his plans for the planting of orchards, production of vegetables, juice and dried-fruit and even mango achar which his municipality would spearhead as part of their initiative to drive the empowerment of youth agricultural cooperatives.

They even employed 16 people as part of their orchard management project and promised “hundreds more jobs” to come. The European Union donated R800 000 towards the expansion of the project which included plans for a fresh produce

market in Nkowankowa. It never happened.

The bigger problem facing the project, somehow conveniently overlooked, was the 81 families who lived and worked on the farm when it was still a valuable cog in the local agriculture machine. They lost their jobs when the farm was sold and refused to vacate the property. The municipality tried to remove them in the past by demolishing their shacks, but they rebuilt and continued on. To this day they live on the farm, still in shacks. The DA at one stage donated tents to these families of which there is no sign today.

In 2008 or 2009 sometime, a contractor was appointed to erect a palisade fence around the entire farm at a yet unconfirmed amount allegedly touching R18 million. The amount is unconfirmed because not one spokesperson from the MDM has been forthcoming on any details related to this farm. In November 2014 a man by the name of Essau Ramaketse Nzutha (33) was arrested for stealing portions of the palisade fence estimated at around R224 000.

Then came September 2018 and the erection of a shiny new signboard at the entrance to the farm was erected to break the silence. The signboard read “Mosupatshela Agri-Hub”. This sign lasted a year before it was accidentally bulldozed by a municipal worker doing bush clearing. It lay flat on the ground for another year before it disappeared.

It remains to be seen whether this

next round of attempts to save face by the MDM will result to anything more than political word-play.

In the notes Bulletin received, the Mopani District council approved the commitment by the Limpopo Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (LDARD) to assist the new lessee – Agricultural Graduates – in an advisory role for a period of five years.

How many tenders will be advertised, how many pockets lined and how deep this money pit can be dug before it hits the bottom remains to be seen.

We attempted to gain comment on this latest development but at the time of going to print no spokesperson could be reached. We have however sent our inquiries to the MDM and LDARD.

Anna Kgatla, the godmother of the farm in 2019 when she was interviewed by Bulletin.

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Extremists ready to tear up the skies ■ Joe Dreyer The South African National Aerobatics competition will be held over the skies of Phalaborwa next week which is the reason behind the numerous complaints of noise disturbance from residence living close to the airport. This after the competition was postponed due to Covid. Similarly, last year’s competition was scheduled for June, but ended up being flown in September. The restrictions on international travel forced all the scheduled international aerobatic championships of last year, to be postponed to 2021.

Despite being postponed several times from the originally scheduled dates in June, the lockdown restrictions were lifted sufficiently to allow for the South African Nationals to be held at the end of September last year. The event was held in Bloemfontein at Tempe and although 35 pilots registered only 30 competed.

This year promises to be a great outing with all the top pilots from around the country readying themselves to tear up the bushveld sky with gut-turning manoeuvres and high-speed vertigo inducing nosedives.

Usually there are seven categories which compete in these spectacular events and include Classic, RV Aircraft, Glider, Sportsman / Light Sport Aircraft (LSA), Intermediate / Yak 52, Advanced and Unlimited.

One of Phalaborwa’s own extreme pilots, Ingmar Bezuidenhout who

competes in the Sportsman Class, will also be seen in action when the competition kicks off on the 18th of August. Bezuidenhout finished in fourth spot overall during last year’s competition and judging by the number of hours he has been putting into the clouds the last few weeks, he will be a serious contender for the top spot this time round.

All residents of Phalaborwa are invited to the Phalaborwa Airport for a few days of extremist fun between the 18th and the 21st of August. Bulletin will be in attendance and if we spot you there, be kind and smile for the cameras, we might have you on our front page. For live coverage from Phalaborwa, be sure to keep an eye on our Facebook page at Far North Bulletin.

Roger Deare in the Intermediate Class in his Extra 300

The Yak52 which Bezuidenhout pilots

Yak 52 pilot, Ingmar Bezuidenhout.

Gebreekte rolbal-arms stuit nie dié twee

■ Roelof de Jonge

Die ongeluksvoël het die afgelope tyd sy nukke losgelaat op spelers van die ATKV Eiland Rolbalklub. Eerste het die klub se skakelbeampte, Karen Kruger, in haar haas oppad na ‘n vroue enkels klubwedstryd geval en ‘n beenbreuk in haar regter voorarm opgedoen en moet nou vir ‘n aantal weke met gips oor die weg kom.

Een van Kruger se gedugste teenstanders in dié klub, Sandra Visser, sou dus nou vir wyle ander spelers laat les op sê terwyl Kruger se arm herstel. Enkele dae na Kruger se glips, slaan die noodlot weer toe, dié keer met Visser. ‘n Kind het per ongeluk met ‘n fiets in haar vasgery en die gevolg is dat sy gebreekte bene in haar regterhand opgedoen het.

Vir dié spelers wie albei regs is en dus met die regterhand speel, was rolbal vir ‘n wyle buite die kwessie. Maar wat wou, Kruger het egter besluit om instede op die kantlyn te sit en rolbal kyk, eerder vir Visser uit te daag vir ‘n linksom-spel. Dit meen Kruger en Visser sou vir die eerste keer ‘n rolbalspel links oftewel met hul domhande aandurf.

“Nouja, ons was regtig oor-

tuig dat rolbal iets van die verlede was vir ons twee, tot ek vir Visser uitgedaag het vir ‘n linksom spel, en was dit nou pret!”

“Callie Prigge, een van ons oud-rolbalspelers, het die borgskap vir die dag voorsien en Andy Greenwood, wat die afrigting behartig by die Klub, was die merker vir die kragmeting.”

Sosiale spel het dieselfde tyd plaasgevind, maar almal se aandag was veral op die twee spelers met hul gipsverbinde arms en het hulle toegejuig met hulle pogings om linksom te rol.

“Ten spyte van ‘n ongemaklike begin, ons voete was verkeerd geplaas, ons het met die verkeerde been vorentoe beweeg en ons het selfs ons balans verloor, het die spel tog met elke ent verbeter.”

Visser het voorgeloop met die eerstehelfte, Kruger het as die voorloper in die tweedehelfte geëindig. Die spelers het uiteindelik nog drie ente aangedurf om die wenner te kon bepaal. Na een en twintig ente, was die uiteindeilke telling steeds gelykop.

“So, dit is nou bewys dat ATKV Eiland Rolbalklub verseker voorsiening kan maak vir spelers wie moontlik in die toekoms ‘n besering kan opdoen, daar is geen verskoning om nie te kan speel nie!”, het Kruger laggend gesê.

Callie Prigge het aan Visser en Kruger elkeen ‘n prys oorhandig na afloop van die wedstryd en vir die gees wat hulle geopenbaar het.

Intussen op Saterdag die 7de Augustus het hierdie klub se rolbalspanne weer mekaar behoorlik die stryd aangesê om in die top drie plekke te eindig vir die Malan geborgde rolbalstryd. Harry en Elize Malan, self spelers van hierdie klub, het na vore getree om die dag se spel te borg. Die wenspelers was met kontantpryse beloon.

Die bestuur van die ATKV Eiland Rolbalklub het die Malan-egpaar hartelik bedank vir hulle lojaliteit en jaarlikse ondersteuning. Harry Malan het dan ook die pryse aan die spelers oorhandig.

Die eersteplek van die Malan-kompetisie was deur Pieta Visser, Sonja Hartman, Kiewiet Pretorius en Alta Van Dyk ingepalm. In die tweedeplek was die span van Gerald Wise, Tinus van Aarde, Floors Venter en Alida Pretorius. In die derdeplek was die span van Callie Prigge, Marius Serfontein, Cliff Hartman en Marie Van Aarde.

Die eersteplek van die Malan-kompetisie was deur Pieta Visser, Sonja Hartman, Kiewiet Pretorius en Alta Van Dyk ingepalm.

Andy Greenwood (afrigter) met die gelykop telkaart van beseerde spelers Sandra Visser en Karen Kruger.

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A CHoiCE to help the needy for Mandela Day ■ Roelof de Jonge One of the number one choices in charity work within the Greater Tzaneen area over the past 24 years, the Comprehensive Health Care organization better known as CHoiCE Trust, were at it again when it launched a Mandela Day Donation Drive. CHoiCE Trust warmed the hearts of 67 vulnerable households with much needed food parcels and blankets.

The willingness from Tzaneen’s community to support this initiative with much needed donations in dire economic times further enhanced the CHoiCE plight. “The response from the community was amazing and just showed what was possible when we come together like this,” shared Rona McGaffin, Business Development Consultant for CHoiCe. CHoiCe Trust would like to thank the following for their contributions and if anybody was missed, please don’t hesitate to contact this Non-Governmental Organization (NGO), see contact details below: Rotary E-Club Baobab, Lions Tzaneen, Blue Dot Printers, KM Bolt, Premjees (an incredible amount of R140 000 donation), Marilyn Herson Bassin, Warm the World, Value Logistics, Matume Sawmills, Trophy Toyota Henry Hayes, Lokkit, Inkwazi Partnership, Lourens Jooste, Merensky High School, Westfalia, Rotary Haenertsburg, Beth Render, Tig Warne, Susannah Hamilton-Cole, Blazepoint, Tzaneen Country Lodge and Ryan

from At-Pet. In a nutshell, CHoiCe Trust is a well-established health and development NGO working in Tzaneen for over 20 years. This NGO identifies households most in need of support from the programmes that it is implementing with children in rural communities. So far, a total of 494 families have been reached with more than 600 blankets distributed to families in need.

CHoiCe is still welcoming any contributions and will continue to distribute them through its programmes.

Any person who wants to make a donation, whether blankets, food items, stationery, money or anything else that might help vulnerable communities, is welcome to drop it at the offices of CHoiCe, 12 Park Street, or contact Rona McGafA total of 67 vulnerable households fin at rona@choicetrust. received blankets and food parcels from co.za or calling the office CHoiCE Trust on Mandela Day. at 015 590 0272.

Charity workers from CHoiCE Trust along with volunteers and donators distributed blankets and food to vulnerable households for Mandela Day on the 18th of July

Eerste Manor Fees beslis een van vele meer

■ Roelof de Jonge

Die eerste gemeenskapsfees, die Manor Fees by die Manor Lodge net buite Tzaneen op die Deerpark-pad, het danksy die denkwyses en spanwerk tussen Dot Bibbie en Elsie Stubbs die lig gesien. Hierdie fees was Maandag die 9de Augustus op nasionale Vrouedag gehou.

Bibbie en Stubbs het dit duidelik gemaak dat hierdie fees wat uitsluitlik daarop gemik is vir die publiek, beslis nie die laaste een is wat gehou is nie. Hierdie twee vuurvreter organiseerders het beaam dat hulle reeds die volgende fees beplan en beoog om dit die 24ste en 25ste September te hou.

“Ons het meeste van ons blootstelling vooraf op sosiale media en deur middle van Whatsapp boodskappe versprei. Ons was aangenaam verras met die reaksie van die publiek en baie tevrede met die aantal mense wie die eerste Manor Fees besoek het. Van hier kan dit beter, gewilder en groter word”, was die twee organiseerders se mening na afloop van dié fees.

Dit het die uitstallers ‘n skamele R100 gekos vanaf die oggend tot ongeveer so 15:30 agtermiddag om hul produkte uit te stal en te verkoop. Die organiseerders het beslis dat hulle nie ingangsgeld vir die besoekers gaan vra nie, maar dat mense eerder die stalletjies ondersteun deur hulle produkte aan te koop.

Besoekers aan die fees het ‘n allemintige getal van 46 stalletjies gehad om te besigtig en items aan te koop wat van smulhede tot kunswerke gestrek het.

Die pannekoekstalletjie van Alida Duvenhage en Riana de Wet het veral byval by die besoekers gevind en by die organiseerders. Die pannekoekstalletjie was dan ook as die wenners van al die Leyla Human plaaslike uitstallers aangekondig.

Photos: Roelof de Jonge

Hercules du Plooy het Tzaneen se plaaslike gedisteleerde gin en rum kroegie beman. Saam hom is Pat Bibbie (mede-organiseerder) wie sy goedkeuring gee vir die aangename voggies.

Lenné Oberholzer, Janet Marnewick en Petrus van Coller.

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Book your spot. Contact Riaan: 063 465 1524 Alida Duvenhage en Riana de Wet is hier druk besig om voor te bly met al die bestellings vir hulle tuisgebakte pannekoeke.

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Same great service, bigger better space ■ Roelof de Jonge Exciting times await pharmacist André Venter and his team from The Local Choice Peacemed pharmacy in Tzaneen. This wellknown and friendly pharmacy opened its doors to its brand-new premises on Friday, the 6th of August. According to Venter, he and his team worked non-stop the last couple of days to finally welcome customers to their new home.

“We were literally bursting at the seams at the previous establishment, and especially parking space for our customers became a major headache. With the new premises, parking problems will certainly be something of the past with ample space provided.”

With a larger floor space comes even greater product offerings. Among these new offerings is a whole range of fitness products and even a gifts section. There is a host of incredible launch promotions on offer which are valid until the 29th of August and include a wide range of healthcare products.

One of the innovations that has set this pharmacy apart from most others, is its delivery service with the friendly tuk-tuk seen zipping through the suburbs almost daily.

It’s convenient and safe, and to be honest, down right adorable. The change in address will not affect this service and your friendly neighbourhood tuk-tuk will still be available at your call.

The Local Choice Peacemed pharmacy is now situated at 1 Messer Street, right opposite Gas Man, literally around the corner from its original home in Peace Street. The pharmacy can be contacted on this temporary telephone line, 015 004 0683, with more contact numbers to be added in due time.

The business hours are from Mondays to Fridays from 07:30 until 17:30 and on Saturdays from 08:00 until 13:00. This pharmacy is not open on Sundays and neither on public holidays.

Photos: Roelof de Jonge

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Legals & Notices NOTICE IN TERMS OF SECTION 86 OF THE MARULENG LOCAL MUNICIPALITY SPATIAL PLANNING AND LAND USE MANAGEMENT BYLAW, 2016, FOR SPECIAL CONSENT TO CONSTRUCT A TELECOMMUNICATION MAST AND BASE STATION ON THE FARM ARTHURSRUST NO. 219 – KT (TO BE KNOWN AS PORTION 3 OF THE FARM ARTHURSRUST NO. 219 – KT).

Notice in terms of Section 86 of the Maruleng Local Municipality Spatial Planning and Land Use Management Bylaw, 2016, is hereby given that we, Smit & Fisher Planning (Pty) Ltd intend applying to the Maruleng Local Municipality in terms of Section 49(2)(d) of the Maruleng Local Municipality Spatial Planning and Land Use Management Bylaw, 2016, read with Clause 21 of the Maruleng Land Use Management Scheme, 2008, for Special Consent to use a portion of the above mentioned property in order to construct a Telecommunication Mast and Base Station.

The property is situated at Kgopong Primary School, Ga-Mabin Township, Limpopo (zoned: “Government”).

The application is to obtain Special Consent for the construction of a telecommunication mast and base station on the application property.

Plans and/or particulars relating to the application may be inspected during office hours at

the Maruleng Local Municipal Offices, Directorate: Spatial Planning & Economic Development, 64 Springbok Street, Hoedspruit, 1380 and the applicant. Any person having any objection to the granting of this application must lodge the objection in writing with both the Municipal Manager, P.O. Box 627, Hoedspruit, 1380, and the undersigned not later than 30 days after the 1st newspaper advertisement on 06 August 2021.

Any person who cannot write, may during normal office hours at the offices of the Maruleng Local Municipality, request any town planner employed at the municipality, to assist to transcribe that person’s objections or comments.

A person claiming to be an interested person in a land development application has the burden of establishing his or her status as an interested person. An interested person has to provide contact details in order to be heard. Information has to be provided with regard to the grounds of an objection and how rights and interests are affected.

If an interested party has not demonstrated an interest in all of the issues presented in a particular land development application or an appeal, the Municipal Planning Tribunal or appeal authority may limit the interested person’s participation to only those issues in which an interest has been established.

Date of first advertise-

ment placement: 06 August 2021 Date of second advertisement placement: 13 August 2021 Objection expiry date: 06 September 2021 Our Reference: Ga-Mabin Smit & Fisher Planning (Pty) Ltd 371 Melk Street, Nieuw Muckleneuk, 0181 P.O. Box 908, Groenkloof, 0027 Tel.: (012) 346 2340 Email: rohanv@sfplan. co.za _________________________________

TSEBIŠO MABAPI LE KAROLO 86 YA MOLAO WA SELEGAE WA PEAKANYO YA SEKGOBA LE TAOLO YA TŠHOMIŠO YA NAGA, WA 2016 WA MASEPALA WA SELEGAE WA MARULENG, YA TUMELELO YEO E IKGETHILEGO YA GO AGA TELECOMMUNICATION MAST LE SETEIŠENE SA BASE POLASENG YA ARTHURSRUST NO. 219 – KT (TŠEO DI TLA TSEBJAGO BJALO KA SERIPA SA 3 SA POLASE YA ARTHURSRUST NO. 219 – KT).

Tsebišo mabapi le Karolo 86 ya Molao wa Selegae wa Peakanyo ya Sekgoba le Tšhomišo ya Naga, wa 2016, o file gore rena, Smit & Fisher Planning (Pty) Ltd, re nyaka go dira kgopelo go Masepala wa Selegae wa Maruleng mabapi le Karolo 49(2)(d) ya Molao wa Selegae wa Peakanyo ya Sekgoba le Tšhomišo ya Naga, wa 2016, o badilwe gotee le Lefokwana 21 la Sekimi sa Taolo ya Tšhomišo ya Naga wa Maruleng wa 2008, go

Tumelelo yeo e Ikgethilego go šomiša seripa sa dinaga tšeo di boletšwego ka godimo gore re kgone go aga Telecommunication Mast le Seteišene sa Base. Naga yeo e Kgopong Primary School, Motseng wa Ga-Mabin, Limpopo (zoned: “Government”).

Kgopelo e mabapi le go hwetša Tumelelo yeo e Ikgethilego ya kago ya telecommunication mast le seteišene sa base go kgopelong ya naga.

Dipeakanyo le/goba ditlhalošišo tšeo di amanago le kgopelo di ka hlahlobja nakong ya diiri tša mošomo go Maruleng Local Municipal Offices, Directorate: Spatial Planning & Economic Development, 64 Springbok Street, Hoedspruit, 1380 le go mokgopedi. Motho mang goba mang yo a gananago le go fiwa tumelelo ya kgopelo ye o swanetše go dira boipelaetšo ka go ngwalela Molaodi wa Masepala, P.O. Box 627, Hoedspruit, 1380, le bao ba kgethilwego e sego marago ga matšatši a 30 ka morago ga phatlalatšo ya kuranta ya mathomo ya di 06 Phato 2021.

Motho mang goba mang yo a sa kgonego go ngwala, a ka re dinakong tša mošomo ka dikantorong tša Masepala tša Selegae tša Maruleng, a kgopela town planner yo a šomago ga masepala go mo thuša go ngwala dipelaelo goba ditshwayotshwayo.

Motho yo a ipotšago gore o na le kgahlego ka kgopelong ya tšwetšopele ya naga o na le morwalo wa

go humana maemo a gagwe bjalo ka motho yo a nago le kgahlego. Motho yo a nago le kgahlego o swanetše go fana ka mekgwa ya kgokagano ya gagwe, gore a kwewe. Tshedimošo e swanetše go fiwa go ya ka metheo ya kganetšo/pelaelo le ka fao ditokelo le dikgahlego di huetšwago.

Ge mokgahlo o se wa laetša kgahlego ka go dilo ka moka tšeo di tšweleditšwego ka kgopelong ya tšwetšopele ya naga yeo e itšego goba boipelaetšo. Planning Tribunal ya Masepala goba bolaodi bja boipelaetšo bo ka fokoletša go kgatha tema ga motho yo a nago le kgahlego go dilo fela tšeo kgahlego e humanwego ka go tšona.

Letšatšikgwedi la peo ya phatlalatšo ya mathomo: 06 Phato 2021 Letšatšikgwedi la peo ya phatlalatšo ya bobedi: 13 Phato 2021 Letšatšikgwedi la bofelo laboipelaetšo/kganetšo: 06 Lewedi 2021 Boitšhupetšo: Ga-Mabin Smit & Fisher Planning (Pty) Ltd 371 Melk Street, Nieuw Muckleneuk, 0181 P.O. Box 908, Groenkloof, 0027 Mogala: (012) 346 2340 Emeile rohanv@sfplan. co.za

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TZANEEN AMENDMENT SCHEME 493 NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR INCORPORATION AND AMENDMENT OF THE TZANEEN TOWNPLANNING SCHEME 2000 IN TERMS OF REGULATION 18(1) (a) OF THE SPLUMA

REGULATIONS, 2015 AND SECTION 57 OF THE SPLUMA BY-LAWS OF GREATER TZANEEN MUNICIPALITY 2016

I, Willem Johannes Jacobsz of Omniplan CC Town Planners, being the authorised agent of the registered owner of Portion 7 of the farm Vechtkraal 1118LS hereby give notice in terms of Regulation 18(1)(a) of the SPLUMA Regulations 2015 and Section 57 of the Greater Tzaneen SPLUMA ByLaws 2016, that I have applied to the Greater Tzaneen Municipality for the amendment of the town-planning scheme known as the Tzaneen Town Planning Scheme, 2000 by the incorporation of the property described above, situated adjacent to Clearwaters Cove Township, into the Scheme and rezoning from “Agricultural” to “Special” with Annexure 302 describing the rights.

Particulars of the application will lie for inspection during normal office hours at the office of the Municipal Manager, Civic Centre, Agatha Street, Tzaneen, for a period of 30 days from 13 August 2021 (the date of the first publication of the notice). Objections to or representations in respect of the application must be lodged with or made in writing to the Municipal Manager at the above address or be delivered to room 257, Civic Centre, Agatha Street, Tzaneen within 30 days from 13 August 2021, by quoting the above-mentioned

heading, the objector’s interest in the matter, the ground(s) of the objection/representation, the objector’s property description, phone numbers and address.

A person who cannot write may during office hours visit the abovementioned Municipality requesting assistance to transcribe his/her objections, comments or representations. Contact person: Mr. M J Mathye (015-307-8031) Address of Agent: Omniplan Town Planners, P.O. Box 2071, TZANEEN, 0850.

Tel. 015 307 1041. Ref. J288. _________________________________

TZANEEN WYSIGINGSKEMA 493 KENNISGEWING VAN AANSOEK OM INLYWING EN WYSIGING VAN DIE TZANEEN DORPSBEPLANNINGSKEMA INGEVOLGE REGULASIE 18(1) (a) VAN DIE SPLUMA REGULASIES 2015 EN ARTIKEL 57 VAN DIE SPLUMA BY-WETTE VAN DIE GROTER TZANEEN MUNISIPALITEIT 2016 Ek, Willem Johannes Jacobsz van Omniplan CC Stadsbeplanners, synde die gemagtigde agent van die geregistreerde eienaars van Gedeelte 7 van die plaas Vechtkraal 1118-LS gee hiermee ingevolge Regulasie 18 van die SPLUMA Regulasies 2015 en Artikel 57 van die Groter Tzaneen SPLUMA By-Wette 2016, kennis dat ek by die Groter Tzaneen Munisipaliteit aansoek gedoen het

vir die wysiging van die Dorpsbeplanningskema bekend as die Tzaneen Dorpsbeplanningskema, 2000 deur die inlywing van die eiendom, geleë aangrensend aan Clearwaters Cove, by die Skema en die hersonering van die eiendom hierbo beskryf, vanaf “Landbou” na “Spesiaal” met Bylae 302 wat die regte beskryf.

Besonderhede van die aansoek lê ter insae gedurende gewone kantoorure by die kantoor van die Munisipale Bestuurder, Burgersentrum, Agathastraat, Tzaneen vir ‘n tydperk van 30 dae vanaf 13 Augustus 2021 (die datum van eerste publikasie van hierdie kennisgewing). Besware teen of vertoë ten opsigte van die aansoeke moet skriftelik binne 30 dae vanaf 13 Augustus 2021 gerig word aan die Munisipale Bestuurder by bovermelde adres of afgelewer word by kamer 257, Burgersentrum, Agathastraat, Tzaneen, deur die verwysing na bostaande opskrif, die beswaarmaker se belang in die saak, die gronde/ redes vir die beswaar, die beswaarmaker se eiendomsbeskrywing, telefoonnommer en adres.

Enige persoon wat nie kan skryf nie mag gedurende kantoorure die bovermelde Munisipaliteit besoek en hulp versoek om sy/haar besware, kommentare of voorstelle op skrif te stel.

Kontak persoon: Mnr. M J Mathye (015-307-8031) Adres van Agent: Omniplan CC, Posbus 2071, Tzaneen, 0850, Tel. 015 307 1041. Verw. J288 _________________________________

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The Akkedis stood no chance ■ Roelof de Jonge

Allan Gordon

Gunther Katzke

The next round of the Limpopo MTB championship saw the riders from team Insect Science dominating proceedings in the 70km race of the famed Akkedis race in Louis Trichardt on Saturday the 7th of August.

Alan Gordon led the way home ahead of his teammates, Gunther Katzke and Herman Fourie. Gordon who competed in the category for Sub Veteran Men, claimed outright victory for this race, finishing in a time of 02:56:54.3. Katzke was only 31.3 seconds behind the conquering Gordon. A total of 25 riders entered for the 70km race.

Katzke, who took second place, with teammate Fourie hot on his heels, finished in a time of 02:57.25, while Fourie posted a finishing time of 02:57:59.0.

The 35km event saw rider Willie Willemse taking the top step on the podium with Merensky High School’s Anke Rood, being the first female rider to cross the line. Rood completed her race in a time of 02:38.17.5. Aiden Bruce was the victor in the 15km race with a time of 57:04.5. Chantelle Gouws was the first female rider over the finish line with a time of 01:01:24.6.

The next two events that MTB riders can look out for is the popular Mooketsi MTB Race on the 11th of September. Meanwhile, due to the ongoing Covid-19 restrictions, the organizers of the 2021 Magoeba Trek over two days said that the race was postponed to the 17th of September. The deadline for entries has also been shifted to the 1st of September. MTB riders can enter at www.magoebatrek.co.za

MTB Team Insect Science took the first three places in the 70km Akkedis MTB race. From left is Herman Fourie who was third, the winner Alan Gordon with runner-up Gunther Katzke

Herman Fourie