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pedestrians within a 1 000-metre radius. ) Furthermore, an animal may not be shot from a vehicle except in the case of a wounded animal. Stolz, when asked to comment, told Vista he does not allow any hunting at Tikwe. “Only I hunt there,” he then told Vista. “When culling, I dart the animals and then I relocate them. I do not sell,” he says. He refuted allegations that a bakkie conveying five hunters was seen in the camp adjacent to Highlands Avenue. They were allegedly holding rifles with silencers. Vista is in possession of the map of Goldfields Resorts Tikwe Lodge. The Tikwe camp, which forms part of Erf 6630 (Tikwe Lodge), is a preservation area (55 3056 hectares). A hefty debate erupted on the OFS Virginia Facebook site over the weekend. Residents of Virginia are disgusted and dismayed. They are calling for a boycott of Tikwe Lodge. The official police comment released by WO Malebo Khosana of the Thabong SAPS Corporate Communication states: “We have not yet received any formal complaint about the issue of hunting with high-velocity rifles. Any member who has encountered any event which he or she feels amounts to a criminal activity must visit the nearest station to talk it through with the police. It will be determined at the police station after applying relevant acts whether it is necessary to open a case. “In this case we would advise the complainant to approach the relevant designated police officer (DPO) to discuss it in line with the Firearms Control Act of 2000 and see if a case can be opened. Should a case be opened, it will be sent to the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) for decision.”
THE hunting which is taking place at Tikwe Lodge in Virginia is against the law. It is in contravention of the South African Firearms Control Act (60 of 2000) to discharge a weapon in a built-up area. Section 120 (7) states categorically: “It is an offence to discharge a firearm, an antique firearm or an airgun in a built-up area or any public place, without good reason to do so”. On Tuesday night Roelof Stolz, the owner of Tikwe Lodge, changed the Tikwe Lodge status on Facebook to: “Dakvleis moet da wees dit is dan winter ons jag by Tikwe.” Members of the OFS Virginia Facebook page are writing about a bakkie transporting five hunters around the camp adjacent to Highlands Avenue. This camp is in its extreme maybe 1 000 metres wide. Vista spoke to two firearms experts, who both have extensive knowledge of the gun law. They do not want to be identified due to the nature of their business. Both state unequivocally that no firearm of any calibre may be discharged in a public area and within a 1 000-metre radius of people or roads. (This includes open land and definitely not in municipal areas.) Furthermore, according to the hunting regulations of South Africa, no hunting is permitted using a motorised vehicle. Exceptions to these regulations include: ) Tracking of an animal in an area where the hunt takes place over long ranges. The small agricultural camp at Tikwe, adjacent to the R73, is not even a kilometre wide. This is also categorised as public space as there are vehicles and
GEBARSTE pype het oor die Goudveld heen choas veroorsaak. Hierdie foto is in Virginia geneem waar ’n waterpyp boop ’n dak gebars het en ’n besonderse ysprentjie gevorm het. Foto: Adri Erasmus
Dit gaan bars dié winter Alet van der Walt GOUDVELDERS moes soos die res van die Vrystaat die afgelope week en ’n half behoorlik bontstaan om herstelwerk aan geisers, waterpype en drukkleppe te laat doen. ’n Kouefront, wat volgens die weerburo tot die laagste temperature in 37 jaar gelei het, het stil-stil skade van miljoene rande veroorsaak. Volgens ’n versekeringsmakelaar van Welkom word groot eise veral ingedien waar waterpype in dakke bars en plafonne, matte, houtvloere en selfs elektroniese toerusting beskadig word. Wat die skade vererger, is dat heelwat mense met vakansie is en nie tuis is om die watertoevoer af te
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ontstaan nou. Loodgieters beveel aan dat mense ’n kraan deur die nag laat drup en meer moeite doen om hul pype te isoleer. Kommersiële isolering vir waterpype is op die oomblik onbekombaar, maar Sandra Fouché van ’n Welkomse loodgietersonderneming sê Oos-Vrystaters draai goiingmateriaal wat in stroke gesny word om pype en isoleer dit dan met repe binneband. Volgens Vithuso Mogati van die weerburo word minimum temperature van onder vriespunt ook vir die komende week voorspel. Temperature van tot -11 °C is verlede week in sommige dorpe in die Goudveld aangeteken.
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sny nie. Die krisis het nou so erg geword dat sommige versekeraars selfs toestemming gee dat eienaars van ongekontrakteerde vakmanne gebruik mag maak. Volgens Ferdie Swanepoel, ’n loodgieter van Hennenman, het hy verlede week meer as een keer dieselfde huise se pype vervang. Die koue was eenvoudig so deurdringend dat selfs splinternuwe pype gebars het. Tommie Venter, ook ’n loodgieter van Hennenman, het aan Vista gesê loodgieters begin nou sukkel om nuwe geisers, drukkleppe, asook koppelstukke, by groothandelaars te kry. Die landwye staking van metaalwerkers vererger boonop die probleem en ’n tekort aan voorraad
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