Bulletin Newspaper 14 October 2022

Vurhonga continues legendary legacy

■ Roelof de Jonge

The legacy of The Clean Team will continue after the business and personnel were taken over and incorporated into the spring cleaning specialists, Vurhonga Cleaning Services, which is owned by Sophie Shilaluke

The Clean Team was formerly under the ownership and management of the late Eugene ‘Oupa Gene’ Coetzee, who passed away on the 24th of September after a lengthy bout with diabetes, and his wife Yvonne.

Shilaluke, who is a colleague of the Coetzee’s, established Vurhonga Cleaning Services at the start of 2020, just before the Covid-19 pandemic. It was during this pandemic that Shilaluke approached the Coetzee’s for some business advice. Their meeting turned out to form a formidable business partnership.

Vurhonga Cleaning Services was geared with equipment to spesialise in spring cleaning and the Coetzee’s outsourced this division of their own business, to Vurhonga. This sound partnership lasted for three years until Eugene’s passing.

The only change is that The Clean Team will from now on operate under the banner of Vurhonga Cleaning Services, but with the same passion and professionalism.

“We are all saddened by the passing of our colleague and friend Eugene. I have learned so much from him and his wife, Yvonne. The staff and I are committed to continue his legacy in the cleaning industry in this area in delivering the same great service to our customers,” said Shilaluke.

Vurhonga Cleaning Services can be followed on their Facebook page, and Sophie Shilaluke can be contacted at 071 004 0812. The services they offer include cleaning of couches, carpets and mattresses, Spring cleaning, sanitizing and disinfection, cleaning of curtains and blinds, toilet paper supply, roof and paving wash and extensive window clean.

Vurhonga Cleaning Services is open from 07:00 until 17:00 from Monday to Friday.

Maybe Tsetseletse, Sophie Shilaluke, July Mkansi, Reginah Sekgobela, Violet Nkuna and Joseph Sekgobela.

The cleaning team of Vurhonga Cleaning Services.

Magnetite will leave via rail No water, no real answers

■ Billy Sibuyi

The Palabora Mining Company (PMC) has made significant strides towards building a sustainable supply chain and maintaining a seamless movement of goods by upgrading their railway at the mine. This does not only sharpen their competitive edge but positions them as a key hub for shipping raw minerals with less effort.

This move should also relieve the high truck traffic volumes on the roads around Phalaborwa which has caused some significant damage to infrastructure and has been linked to road accidents in the past.

PMC and Transnet executives launched the upgraded railway at the mine after the infrastructure upgrade project started in 2021 and a year later, on the 29th of September, the upgraded railway has been launched.

This now means raw minerals will be transported by train from Phalaborwa to Richards Bay in Durban or Maputo in Mozambique, without having production coming to halt. According to the PMC Transformation and Stakeholder Engagement Communications personnel, Zani Kutumela, the upgraded railway offers a tailor-made solution that satisfies the business and customer needs, and ensures sustainability for the community of Ba-Phalaborwa.

“Railway freight is one of the oldest and most efficient forms of cargo transportation as it carries a wide range of bulk commodities such as but not limited to; construction materials, food, chemicals, equipment, metals, and now newly added to the list is PMC’s magnetite,” said Kutumela.

The PMC logistics team which was led by the Senior Manager of Supply Chain and Logistics, Sanda Zungu, together with the PMC projects team which was led by Zakes Malepe, and the general manager of asset management, collaborated to tackle the railway capacity expansion on site, which involved optimizing its design with a 4 kilometre extension, and enabling it to load and clear 80 wagons in one trip, to the maximum of five train trips a day.

“This expansion means improved efficiency at the loading facilities and reduced magnetite cost of sales for the business. Our new tracks are laid to accommodate the Transnet locomotives. Transnet transfers are now able to collect magnetite and vermiculite directly from the exchange yard and out to the Maputo or Richards Bay ports without breakage,” Kutumela concluded.

■ Joe Dreyer

Tzaneen is fed up. Despite frequent power outages coinciding with harsh loadshedding schedules, large portions of the already embattled community sit without water. DA Ward Councillor for Ward 15, Chrizelle Dreyer met with the municipal manager and the directors for water management and engineering services earlier this week to find a solution. On the agenda was the seemingly unsolvable issue of the private water tankers who continue illegally drawing water from water hydrants in the suburbs and the industrial area unabated.

“Several possible solutions were tabled and management will deliberate and give feedback,” Dreyer said. “One of the biggest problems the GTM is facing is that they are not getting the support from Mopani District Municipality who sit at the helm of responsibility as the water authority.”

An emergency water interruption notice was sent out on Wednesday stating the George’s Valley plant would shut down on the 12th and 13th of October to repair the raw water pipeline from Greater Letaba River to the purification plant. Some households don’t have any water, even after the repairs were completed on Wednesday.

“The residents are highly frustrated because they do not have water and there is no proper feedback from the municipality. Another major issue for the residents was the lack of adequate and timeous notice of the repairs which only sent out the afternoon before the work would commence. This left people unable to put plans in place,” Dreyer added.

“I can assure you that I am doing my best to communicate with the residents in a timely manner as I receive the information from the water department. We cannot shy away from responsibility, and I will keep on trying to find solutions and work with the community and municipality to forge a way through this situation.”

Councillor Dreyer has also been in discussions with the relevant managers at the GTM to find a solution to end the water tanker situation before it reaches a point where citizens take the law into their own hands. Bulletin has in the past reported on the situation numerous times and we have information at our disposal that these water tankers are drawing the water from the hydrants for free and reselling it in the townships.

This is a developing story and we will publish regular follow ups on the matter.

Deceased Head Ranger wins covetted award

■ Sta Writer

The former Head of Ranger Services in the Timbavati Private Nature Reserve, Anton Mzimba, was posthumously named the winner of the Best Game Ranger at the prestigious 2022 African Conservation Awards at the African Rangers Congress in Botswana last month.

Mzimba who started his career at Timbavati Private Nature Reserve as a general worker in the mid-90’s where he fixed roads, built gabions, maintained fences, and completed the daily tasks required of a general labourer, has always strived to be a ranger and over the next 25 years, he rose through the ranks, progressing from ranger to Corporal, Sergeant, and finally becoming Head of Ranger Services.

Besides the numerous accolades and press, Mzimbas’s greatest gift was his ability to lead and inspire the people from the local communities that border Kruger National Park. Mzimba led by example, working to change the stigma that conservation was a wealthy minority’s privilege, and instead a birthright to all of humanity, from all backgrounds, races and cultures. He believed in developing his team and wanted both local men and women to have the opportunity to climb the ranks into leadership roles.

However, on the 26th of July 2022, he was assassinated outside his home by three gunmen alleged to be linked to poaching syndicates, paying the ultimate sacrifice for being a ranger and a leader on the front lines of the rhino poaching war.

The awards are an annual celebration to honour the courageous men and women who are committed to protecting Africa’s natural spaces and in doing so, raise awareness of the critical and diverse work they do to ensure that the wildlife and wild places are safeguarded for genera-

tions to come.

The event was hosted by the Game Rangers Association of Africa in Kasane, Botswana, where rangers from across Africa gathered to share experiences and Colin Rowles, a reserve warden at Klaserie Private Nature Reserve, was named as a joined runner-up to Mzimba as the best game ranger at the African Conservation Awards. Rowles and Leonardo Gungalo, Field Ranger Support Manager, Oceans Without Borders, Mozambique, were

ner-up to Mzimba as the best game ranger at the African Con-

Support Manager, Oceans Without Borders, Mozambique, were tied as first runners-up. .

Serene

threats and dangers this selfless group

importance of your profession, the that you are now honoring all beyond the rhino alone.

His Serene Highness, Prince Albert II of Monaco, who is the Patron of the African Conservation Awards, reminded of the threats and dangers this selfless group of individuals faced by referring to the assassination of Mzimba in a video message, “It reminds us of the importance of your profession, the risks you face on a day-to-day basis but also the determination and dangerous nature of those you confront and whom you often face alone. I applaud the fact that you are now honoring all the heroes of biodiversity beyond the rhino alone. You are the fighting vanguard of a global movement which should be promoted, encouraged, supported, and prolonged by all of us”.

Colin Rowles is the

serve and he is reserve conservation of security, techrespectively.

Colin Rowles is the manager of the 60 000ha at the Klaserie Private Nature Reserve and he is responsible for the reserve conservation work and management of departmental managers of security, technical, and administration services respectively.

Collin

IN THE HIGH COURT OF SOUTH AFRICA LIMPOPO DIVISION

– POLOKWANE CASE NUMBER:2230/2017

BAKONE-BA-MAMETJA ROYAL COUNCIL. First Applicant. BAKONE-BA-MAMETJA TRADITIONAL COUNCIL. Second Applicant. MALEKU JULIA MAMETJA. Third Applicant and BANARENG-BA-SEKORORO ROYAL COUNCIL First Respondent, BANARENG-BA-SEKORORO TRADITIONAL COUNCIL Second Respondent, KHOSHI SEKORORO. Third Respondent, THE PREMIER : LIMPOPO PROVINCE. Fourth Respondent, THE MEC FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT : TRADITIONAL AFFAIRS. Fifth Respondent SENTSHO SURPRISE. Sixth Respondent, MOLEPE MAMBU. Seventh Respondent, MOKHONTO PAULINA. Eight Respondent, MAHLO MAGGY. Ninth Respondent, SEOTLO MASHELENG. Tenth Respondent. ALL ILLEGALLY APPOINTED

HEADMAN AND HEADWOMAN. Eleventh Respondent, SHABISANI JACKSON MALEPE. Twelfth Respondent NOTICE OF SALE IN EXECUTION - AUCTION

ON THE INSTRUCTIONS of the Execution Creditor, the under mentioned movable property of the Execution Debtor will be sold by public auction, on Tuesday, 1 NOVEMBER 2022 at 13H00 by the Sheriff for the High Court of Lenyenye district Naphuno to the highest cash bidder: Venue of the sale: SHERIFF’S OFFICE NAPHUNO, TRANSNET HOUSE NO 20, HAMAWASHA, TZANEEN. 1 X FORD RANGER (REGISTRATION NUMBER : DJH 348 L)

AUCTION :

1. This sale is a sale in execution pursuant to a judgement obtained in the above honourable court.

2. The rules of the auction are available 24 hours prior to the auction at the office of the Sheriff.

3. Registration as a buyer is a pre-requisite subject to specific conditions, inter alia.

4. Directive of the Consumer Protection Act 68 of 2008; (Url http://www.info. gov.za/view/downloadfileaction?id-99961)

5. FICA legislation i.r.o. proof of identify and address particulars; payment of registration deposit of R500.00 in cash.

6. The office of the Sheriff will conduct the sale with the auctioneers.

7. Goods will be sold for cash only to the highest bidder or sold subject to confirmation as per the Consumer Protection Act upon instructions from the execution creditor.

(SGD) JH JACOBSZ

JOUBERT & MAY 50 BOUNDARY STREET

PO BOX 35

TZANEEN

TEL: 015 307 3660

REF: JH JACOBSZ/KM/ J7010

Legals & Notices

IN THE HIGH COURT OF SOUTH AFRICA LIMPOPO DIVISION, POLOKWANE

CASE NUMBER: 7269/21

In the matter between: ME-TRAX PLANT HIRE (PTY) LTD PLAINTIFF. [REGISTRATION NUMBER: 2013/053556/07] and EMANUEL SEKGOBELA DEFENDANT NOTICE OF SALE IN EXECUTION

Pursuant to the writ of execution issued out of the above Honourable Court dated 6 June 2022 and the subsequent notice of attachment dated 15 September 2022 the Sheriff Letaba (Tzaneen) will sell by public auction to the highest bidder, at the store room of the Sheriff Letaba situate at 31 Antimony Street, Tzaneen on Thursday, 10 November 2022 at 10h00, the following items:

1. Range Rover with Registration number BTC 092 L;

2. Toyota Siyaya with Registration Number BGJ 908 L;

3. Toyota Siyaya with Registration Number

BHH 977 L;

4. Toyota Siyaya with Registration Number BHF 088 L;

D/D Fridge; 6. Roast Braaier; 7. Desk; 8. Steel Table; 9. Genesis carpet cleaner;

Steel cabinet (4 drawer);

Canon printer; 12. Acer box computer; 13. Lexmark printer; 14. HP Printer; 15. Book binder; 16. Samsung computer screen;

Pinet camera system and quantity CCTV cameras; 18. Office desk; 19. Office chair; 20. Wooden cabinet; 21. Samsung D/D Fridge;

Samsung bar fridge; 23. Defy Microwave; 24. Russel Hobbs Microwave; 25. 7-piece garden set; 26. Samsung LCD TV; 27. 2 plate stove with oven;

Quantity catering equipment; 29. 3 burner gas stove; 30. LG D/D Fridge;

Steel tables X2; 32. Samsung washing machine;

Speedqueen dryer;

Speedqueen washing machine;

Gas bottles X3;

4-piece garden set;

Wingback chairs X2;

Coffee tables X7;

3-Piece lounge suites X3;

Plastic chairs X12;

Tables X2;

Mirror; 43. Wooden cabinets

X3;

4-piece bedroom suite;

Tedelex TV;

Cane chairs X2;

Assorted animal trophies X8;

8-Piece gym set; 49. Samsung LCD TV; 50. Pool table;

NOTICE THAT goods will be sold for cash only to the highest bidder or sold subject to confirmation as per the consumer

protection act upon instructions from the execution creditor. The rules of auction will be available 24 hours prior to the auction at the abovementioned sheriff ’s office. VAN DER MERWE & ASSOCIATES INC. ATTORNEYS FOR THE PLAINTIFF. REF: FG TALJAARD/gt/MM0034. TEL: 087 654 0209 EMAIL: legal6@vdmass. co.za

Champs ready for Fight Night 3

National, international, and provincial champion fighters are gearing up for a clash of Titans this coming November at Champs Boxing Academy in Tzaneen. The much anticipated tournament titled Fight Night 3 will see champions from Mpumalanga, Gauteng, Limpopo, North West and Swaziland exchange leather in the square for the ultimate test of mental and physical dexterity.

malanga, Gauteng, Limpopo, North West and put

These champions will put their boxing skills to the test against champions from the Commonwealth Games, and the South African National Championships. Also in the ring will be boxers who excelled in the Commonwealth Games held in Birmingham earlier this year. The Eswatini Boxing Association (EBA) President, Webster Lukhele said this was a much-needed test for the Swaziland boxers ahead of the Region 5 Youth Games penned for December.

This after the Swaziland team had a disappointing exit from the African Boxing Confederation (AFBC) Boxing Championships where they were stopped in

the early elimination rounds. Lukhele said the competition was a perfect opportunity for their boxers

to polish up their fighting tactics.

Meanwhile, Swaziland’s senior national boxer, Thabiso Dlamini, assured his readiness for the South African Fight Night 3. “I’m looking forward to the tournament since I’m preparing for next year’s Olympic Qualifiers. After the injury in Mozambique, I didn’t stop training. I can’t wait for the

wait tournament.”

Locally, tournament organizer and head coach at Champs Boxing Academy, Gerhard ‘Soutie’ Rossouw assured fans that it will be an extravaganza of worldclass boxing come the 5th of November. “It is not often that Tzaneen will have the opportunity to watch Olympic boxers step into the ring. Gauteng and North West as well as Mpumalanga have all confirmed their spots at Fight Night 3 and our official media partner, Far North Bulletin have confirmed that the fights will once again be streamed live across the FNBC Youtube channel. If you like top-class boxing, you really don’t want

Tzaneen will have the opboxers step into the ring. North West

have all confirmed their FNBC Youtube to miss this!”

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SPOKE TE MIDDE VAN VERANDERING

■ Ben Theunissen

Oooo. Hoe die dinge verander het! In my jong dae het die SAUK vervoer voorsien vir diegene wat vroeë skofte moes werk...vandag kom haal die personeel die kombi voordat die bestuurder dit kan gebruik om personeel te gaan oplaai.

Die oggendskof op Springbokradio het 04:00 begin, wat beteken het dat die kombi, wat deur die SAUK voorsien is, reeds om 03:00 voor jou huis gestop het (en hulle mog nie toeter gedruk het nie, weens die bure wat nog geslaap het) en jy moes gereed wees. Half vier was jy tussen die spoke in die lang gange en moes jy die ateljee nagaan om te toets of alles in werkende toestand is. ‘n Kollega van my, Hans Steyn, het een spesifieke oggend saam met my die vroeë skof aangepak. Hy het sy eie vervoer gehad en was voor my by die werk. Soos hy in die gange beweeg het, het hy die ligte aangesit, Maar, hy het dit weer afgesit aan die einde van die gang. Dit het uit die aard van die saak tot gevolg gehad dat ek onder die indruk was dat ek die eerste persoon was wat opgedaag het vir die skof...en was baie versigtig vir die “spoke”.

Kommesaris, wat aandagtig sit en luister, sê toe; “ So van spoke en bangbroeke gepraat...as jy in die nag wakker word en daar sit ‘n nakende vrou op jou bed.......hoe sal jy weet of dit ‘n spook is?

Toe is dit so stil soos in ‘n wiskundeklas...niemand weet wat die antwoord is nie. Toe sê kommesaris; “As dit ‘n spook is, sal jou HARE, rys.” Dawid se antwoord was: “Maar dan kan jy nie van

bangbroeke praat nie.”

Toe is ek weer alleen in die lang spookagtige gange van Uitsaaihuis. Ek sit die ligte aan soos ek in die gange afbeweeg, soos Hans dit gedoen het, heel onder die indruk dat ek eerste aan diens is, maar ek los dit aan.

Wat Hans toe doen, nadat hy al die ligte weer afgeskakel het, was om in die kontrolekamer waar ons gewerk het, te gaan staan met die agterkant van sy kop teen die skakelaar van die kontrolekamer waar die lig aangesit word.

Met al die spookstories in gedagte, loop ek maar versigtig...mens weet nooit wanneer jy op ‘n spook kan trap nie...amper soos ‘n trapsuutjie. Oorlat ‘n mens maar skrikkerig is vir die nag, skakel jy eers die lig aan van ‘n vertrek voordat jy dit binnegaan.

Om dit te kan doen, moet jy eers by die skakelaar uitkom. Die skakelaar waarteen Hans se agterkant van sy kop geposisioneer is. Ek arriveer by die deur van die kontrolekamer, maak die deur oop en steek my hand uit na die skakelaar, net om aan ‘n koue gesig te vat.

Vra my vandag nog hoe ek by ontvangs op die grondvloer uitgekom het...of liewer moenie my vra nie, want dis soos wiskunde.

So twee keer van Wiskunde geskryf. It was little van der Merwe’s first day at school. He comes home after school and his father says; “So, what did you learn at school today. The boy says, “Ag, you know. some Afrikaans, some English and some Algebra.”

His father asks; “What is Algebra?”

He says, “Algebra. You know... pie is square.”

His father says, “Don’t be stupid.

Pie is round... bread is square.”

New Pairs command greens Golfers compete for charity

■ Roelof de Jonge

It was a dazzling clash between the men’s and women’s selected pairs sides at Tzaneen Bowls Club on Saturday and Sunday the 8th and 9th of October. In the Men’s Pairs there were nine teams split up into three groups of three pairs per group. The top team from each group went through to the semi-final. The pair that had the best aggregate going straight to the final round were Theo Wolmarans and Bennie Mundell.

On Sunday, Wolmarans and Mundell, took on Ally Morrison and Jorge Freitas in the final round. It was eventually the pair of Wolmarans and Mundell who had the upper hand and went on to clinch the 2022

Tzaneen Bowls Men’s Pairs title.

The women’s division saw five teams playing in a round-robin format against one another. All five the teams won two games each. The winners were determined by the best aggregate score over the two days of competition.

The final score proved to be quite a tight affair between the teams, but it was eventually Terry Morgan and Adriana Jacobs who topped the score sheet to be crowned as the 2022 Women’s Pairs champs.

With the aggregate scores being so close, the runners-up position ended in a tie with Sue Morrison and teammate Marushca Swiglaar sharing the spot with Elsje Beyer and Benita Lepart.

■ Roelof de Jonge

Tzaneen Country Club set the scene for the popular annual charity golf day presented through the collaboration by Smit & Kie Brokers and the Paint Pot Group in Tzaneen. This year’s event was hosted on the 7th of October.

The two-ball pair of Walter Herfurth and Gert van Zyl emerged as the eventual winners. Frikkie Opperman teamed up with Juan Vorster and had a good round of play amidst the fierce competition in searing conditions. They eventually settled

for second place. In third place were Ockert Maritz and Matie McCallaghan.

The prize for the player who recorded the longest drive of the day was handed to Ryan Hyde with Tiaan Fullard winning the prizes for the ‘Zookeeper of the Day’ and for the player closest to the pin. The award for the top sponsor for the day went to Luxor.

According to Janica Steyn from Paint Pot Tzaneen and one of the co-organisers of this Charity Golf Day, the proceeds of this event still needs to be determined and once that is done, the raised amount as well as the beneficiaries will be announced.

Bennie Mundell and Theo Wolmarans

Terry Morgan and Adriana Jacobs

Nadine du Plessis from Smit and Kie Brokers congratulated the winners of this year’s Chairty Golf Day, Walter Herfurth and Gert van Zyl

Ryan Hyde won the prize for the player who has recorded the longest drive shot at the Smit and Kie Brokers and Paint Pot Group Golf Day.

Tiaan Fullard won the prizes for the player closest to the pin and for the ‘Zookeeper of the Day’

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One up one down for Phoenix

The first round of the Limpopo Impala’s Premier League for the 2022/2023 season started off this weekend on Sunday the 9th of October. The BB Motors Phoenix Cricket Club from Modjadjiskloof welcomed Nirvana Cricket Club from Polokwane for their first round encounter.

especially Rikhotso who set the tone for a superb innings for his side. He racked up 55 runs from 53 balls which included six fours and one six with a strike rate of 104. He was well supported by Kotze who contributed 28 runs before being caught by a Nirvana fielder.

The home side started off their campaign with a convincing win when they beat their visitors by 74 runs. Phoenix won the toss and elected to bat first, setting a formidable target of 181 runs for Nirvana’s batsmen to chase after.

Their opening batsmen, Ntlylso Chauke (13 runs) and Imran Badar (27 runs), set the early tone for some more great batting to come. The searing heat did not seem to bother the Phoenix assault which left the Nirvana bowlers struggling to contain the boundary whoppers which came fast and frequently. Kian Loughor-Clark was in next and added 17 runs before he was bowled out.

Batting lower down the order does not necessarily mean players are less talented, in fact, the next batsmen in the line-up, JJ Kotze and Mikateko Rikhotso, properly frustrated the visitors. It was

Cricket started their the and frustrated visitors.

After the departure of Kotze, Rikhotso batted on, but was a bit on the lonely side as Nirvana’s bowling dismantled the tail end of the Phoenix batting lineup.

It was up to the Phoenix bowlers to prevent Nirvana’s batsmen reaching the set target. They stamped their authority down on the visiting batsmen who were gasping for runs and eventually bundled all out for 107.

The wicket takers for Phoenix were Rainart Schoonbee (2/17 in 4 overs), Imran Badar (2/7 in 3 overs), SJ Kaber (2/6 in 3 overs) and Jonty Brown (2/24 in 5 overs). Akani Mongwe and Mikateko Rikhotso claimed one wicket each to help consolidate the win.

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The Phoenix Promotional League team had to travel for their match against the Phalaborwa Cricket Club who put an end to the Phoenix victory run when they batted first and posted 154 runs all out. This score proved to be enough to claim victory.