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EDITOR: HEILIE COMBRINCK
Hoë koornote vir drie matrieks HEILIE COMBRINCK
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ie afgelope paar maande het koorsangers van regoor Uitenhage elke Vrydagaand op letterlik hoë noot byeengekom sodat hulle hul gesamentlike optrede hierdie Saterdagaand kan lewer. Die groot doel van dié luisterryke optrede is om soveel as moontlik geld in te samel vir drie behoeftige matrieks sodat hulle hul naskoolse studies op ’n ewe hoë noot kan begin. Aan die roer van dié welwillendheidssaak is Venita van Wyk. Befaamde oudonderwyser en koorafrigter wat Despatch Primêre Skool se koor tot op nasionale verhoë gelei het. “Alle opbrengste wat ons met dié optrede maak, word in die beursfonds vir behoeftige matrikulante, wat uitstekende potensiaal vir tersiêre studies toon, te stort, sê Venita.
“Vanuit die 2016-matrieks is daar tans tien aansoeke wat volgende week deur ‘n siftingsproses gaan om die uiteindelike drie suksesvolle kandidate te bepaal.” Die gekombineerde koor bestaan uit lede van Dalestraat, Roselane en Uitenhage Congregational kerke as-ook die Verenigde Gereformeerde Kerk op die dorp. Saterdag se Welwillendheidskonsert begin om 18:30 in die Uitenhage Congregational-kerk en kaartjies is R30 per persoon. ’n Hele paar gaskunstenaars gaan saam met die gekombineerde koor optree en daar is groot opgewondenheid oor die nuwe manne-koor van die Metro, The Creed, wat oral harte steel met hul fluweelstemme. Ander deelnemende kore is die Noordelike Area Skoolkoororganisasie se kinderkoor asook die vroue-sangroep Largo. )Kaartjies vir Saterdagaand se kooraand is beskikbaar by koorlede of Venita van Wyk by 083 465 6996.
;Vroue van die Largo koor gaan Saterdagaand optree by ’n Welwillendheidskonsert om fondse in te samel om drie matrieks se naskoolse studies te befonds. Hier is (agter van links) Sonja Bezuidenhout, Amanda Engelbrecht en Margaux Stumke. Voor van links is Zanel Stofberg, Venita van Wyk, Lesray Ferendale, Laura Lee Booysen en Mienke Mackey. Afwesig: Carien Stumke en Felicity Steinhof. FOTO:VERSKAF
Watch out: New SASSA card scam
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he festive season is upon us and people with sinister intentions are already targeting SASSA beneficiaries with the intention of cheating them through all sorts of scams. Social grant beneficiaries have been inundated with text messages urging them to obtain new cards which are green in colour before January 2017. “SASSA never communicates with its beneficiaries through SMS and beneficiaries are warned not to respond to any SMS that these impostors are sending to them,” said Kgomoco Diseko, SASSA National Spokesperson. SASSA advises all its beneficiaries not to fall for this scam because there are no new
SASSA cards and it is not true that beneficiaries should get these cards before January 1st, 2017. “Beneficiaries should be on the lookout for people requesting their personal and card details pretending to be from SASSA,” said Diseko. SASSA conducts its business from its own offices and beneficiaries should not accept invitations to any other office. The SASSA card is also not green. The only valid SASSA card has the colours of the South African flag and it will never be replaced by a card that is green in colour. “The danger of responding to these scams is that beneficiaries could be stripped of their cash or unusual deductions which they never
authorised would come off their grants in the near future. “Beneficiaries should make sure that they do not give their personal details or card details to strangers because it can also create identity theft. Once a criminal syndicate has your personal details, they can commit fraud using your name,” said Diseko Beneficiaries should simply ignore these SMS message and if unsure, they should call SASSA on 0800 60 10 11 for enquiries. (Heilie Combrinck) The only valid SASSA card has the colours of the South African flag and it will never be replaced by a card that is green in colour. PHOTO: PHOTO24
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