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Newly appointed firefighters welcomed by DEMS-Executive Manager Operations in Bedfordview
City of Ekurhuleni Disaster and Emergency Management Services (DEMS) emergency division proudly announces the appointment of fifty (50) new firefighters to increase the numbers in different
fire stations across the City. Due to vacancies created by promotions and resignations in the work force, the City filled the empty vacancies by absorbing the department`s reserve force members on perma-
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nent positions. They were all given their rank markings and welcomed to the service by Executive Manager Operations Mr. Lifty Ngoepe, standing in for the Divisional Head of Emergency Services
Mr Mhlengi Makhubalo. The new members’ appointment commenced from 1 November 2019 and for the past several days they underwent induction and orientation processes.
19 November 2019
Two survive a Plane Crash in Springs Two people were injured when a light aircraft crashed in Olympia Road, Dal Fouche in Springs on Monday morning, 11 November. According to Pieter Rudolph, senior district manager of emergency planning at the City of Ekhurhuleni, the aircraft’s
Local resident wins car at Gold Reef City Gold Reef City’s latest Saturday Night Jackpots car winner, Ashley Ramalu from Alberton celebrates winning a brand-new VW Polo Vivo on Saturday, 2 November with the casino’s dancers, KelCee Hendricks of the East Rand, Kimmy Moodley of Edenglen and Nikki Düring of Boksburg.
This was the third of six sexy Vivo’s the casino is giving away. The remaining three Polo’s will get new owners on Saturday, 30 November, 7 December and 28 December respectively. To stand a chance of winning one of these fantastic rides or cash prizes, simply play slots or tables on the day between 14h30 and 20h30.
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two occupants - an instructor and a learner pilot - sustained minor injuries in the crash. Disaster and Emergency Management Services (DEMS) firefighters and paramedics swiftly responded to the corner of Olympia and Moepel Road in Springs for rescue intervention. On arrival, the two “Pilot and
Student” were still in the plane. Prehospital medical treatment was initiated immediately before transportation to N17 hospital in Springs for further medical treatment by private ambulance services. The cause of the crash is still a subject of investigations by the civil aviation authorities.
Operation Christmas Drive 2019
They come running from all directions , little faces all lit up , they wait in their lines, eager to receive their Gift ! Their excitement echoes through the air ! Metro family church once again pulls together to distribute hundreds of gifts to the children who attend Sidewalk Sunday school !
A huge thank you to Elohim Community Church generous hearts for their contribution of the delicious apples and the sweet packs ! This type of giving is Christ like and unique because there is no expectation or reward needed ! The fulfillment is enough ! The joy on their little faces is ample reward !
Johannesburg South Apostle launches his latest book
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Apostle George John Ryland, senior pastor of Redemption Centre in Ennerdale, south of Johannesburg launched his latest book called “Time for Tongues” on Saturday, 16 November. Apostle Ryland and his wife Ruth reside in Glenvista and found Redemption Centre and believe it is their calling to make a tremendous impact on its community and beyond. Delegates came from across South Africa to the Faith Conventions hosted by Redemption Centre. Apostle George Ryland serves beyond the local church in ministerial bodies on an
executive level. They have over the years developed an extensive network of relationships across South Africa. He is also a sought after convention speaker having ministered in many conferences and seminars. His book “Time for Tongues” is a wordbased book that captures years of experience in things pertaining to and of the Holy Spirit. The book has been written in an instructive and pragmatic way, and is therefore an excellent tool for use to counteract ignorance on the subject, and to help every Christian believer progress into the will of God. tame TIMES will be conducting an interview with Apostle George and his wife Ruth and will be keeping readers informed with more information in the next tame TIMES edition.
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2020 school placements: AfriForum assists schools and parents
AfriForum describes the 2020 school placement process as chaotic bureaucratic floundering. The organisation has been flooded with complaints the past two weeks from parents who still haven’t received SMS notifications with offers for the placement of their children in schools for the 2020 school year. Parents are unhappy and stressed because the process has been drawn out and taking unnecessarily long, creating immense uncertainty for parents and learners. Schools have also been struggling to match their placement lists with those given to them by the Gauteng Department of Education (GDE), due to the fact that the lists provided by the GDE differ substantially from the schools’ lists. AfriForum has already assisted several schools in this regard. The online registration system, as well as the placement process, has been plagued by problems which were predicted by AfriForum as early as May this year. The organisation approached the GDE about the problems back then. Their warnings however fell on deaf ears and it has now reached a stage where Panyaza Lesufi, MEC for Education in Gauteng, and the GDE are continuously apologising for the problems, instead of admitting that the system is a failure and allowing schools to do their own admissions as they did in the past. During an emergency press conference on Monday, the GDE announced that the placement process will yet again be extended to 30 November 2019. Parents who still haven’t received messages with placement information should receive notifications within the next month. According to the GDE, placements were made on the following premises: * Learners were first placed in the school closest to their home address. * If a school still had capacity, children with siblings in the school were placed there. * Thereafter learners were placed whose parents’ work address is closest to the school. * Then learners living within a 30 km ra-
dius from the school were placed. * Finally, learners who live outside a 30 km radius from the school were placed. If parents applied for placement at Primary School X, it would mean that the children who live closest to the school would have been placed first. If the school then still had capacity, children with siblings in the school would be placed. If Primary School X then still had space, children with parents working closest to the school would be placed there, and so forth. “It is very unfair that parents and learners are placed under this much stress by the registration and placement process. Lesufi boasts about the system being without problems, when in fact it hasn’t been successful for the past four years,” says Carien Bloem, Manager of Education at AfriForum. “AfriForum will continue to support schools and school governing bodies in their battle to solve placement problems before the start of the 2020 school year,” she says. Measures will also be explored to avoid similar chaos with placements for the 2021 school year The GDE asked parents to use the following channels to report any problems relating to the placement process: 1. An appeal form should be downloaded from www.gdeadmissions.gov.za, completed and returned to admissions. Hotline.@gauteng.gov.za. 2. Parents can also phone the call centre at 0800 000 789 or send an email to gdeinfo@gauteng.gov.za or visit their nearest district office. “AfriForum encourages parents to continuously stay in contact with the school of their choice for confirmation on whether their children are on the school’s placement list – even if they haven’t received an SMS yet,” says Bloem. AfriForum wants to know about cases where the GDE fails to assist parents with their problems: send an email to onderwys@afriforum.co.za.
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19 November 2019
Tommy triumphs in “Africa’s Major”
Tommy Fleetwood waited 22 months for a win, and when it came it was big. The Englishman won the richest firstplace cheque on the European Tour this week of US$2.5 million with his playoff victory in the Nedbank Golf Challenge hosted by Gary Player at the Gary Player Country Club on Sunday.
He did so with a final round of 65 including three eagles, and then beat Sweden’s Marcus Kinhult on the first extra hole of a playoff after both finished tied for the lead on 12 under par. “Obviously I guess being a golfer these days, you have a chance at a young age to set your family up for life,” he said of the
prize money. But the victory was worth a whole lot more to him. “I’m just very proud of that, really, and everybody that goes on the journey with you constantly. It’s just really, really cool when you win a tournament. It really is.” Fleetwood started the final round six shots back of the leader, South Africa’s
Zander Lombard. Louis Oosthuizen was also in the hunt at only one shot off the lead at the start of the final round. But as both the South Africans faltered – with Oosthuizen finishing tied sixth and Lombard tied eighth – that opened the door for Fleetwood and Kinhult. Fleetwood’s three eagles at holes nine, 10 and 14 took him through the field. And it was his third eagle on the par-five 14th that was indeed the #StrokeofGenius this tournament recognizes as he hit a three wood into the narrow green and to within 10 feet of the hole. Kinhult pushed his way to the fore with a 68 that started with three straight birdies. And with Fleetwood in the clubhouse on 12 under, the Swede held his nerve and holed a par putt on 18 to force the playoff. But playing the 18th again, it was Fleetwood’s par to Kinhult’s bogey that decided the 2019 Nedbank Golf Challenge. “You stand over those putts, you never know what’s going to happen. You just have to stand up and hit them,” Fleetwood said of his winning putt. It was Fleetwood’s second victory on the Rolex Series, and one that lifted him into second place on the Race to Dubai rankings going into the season finale, the DP World Tour Championship next week and where he’ll attempt to be crowned the European Tour’s number one for the second time in his career. “It’s an absolute privilege to get to the last event with a chance of winning The Race to Dubai. It’s an amazing thing to have in your career and it’s one of the things I’m most proud of.”
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Veteran prop Jannie du Plessis is reportedly set for a stunning return to South Africa to play for the Lions in Super Rugby. The 37-year-old prop has been playing for French club Montpellier since 2015, but on Sunday Afrikaans newspaper Rapport reported that Du Plessis is set for a homecoming in 2020.
According to the report, the Lions are keen to secure the services of Du Plessis and Carlu Sadie in an attempt to strengthen the team’s front row stocks ahead of next year’s Super Rugby campaign. It is understood negotiations between all parties involved are well underway and Du Plessis is now just waiting for approval from Montpellier before his return is
made official. Sadie, who had joined the Lions on a loan deal for the 2019 Super Rugby season before going back to Western Province for the recent Currie Cup tournament, is also believed to be close to a more permanent move to Ellis Park.
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