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After all that was said and done, many just want jobs ... - page 2

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Honger knaag steeds Deur Andries van Zyl Met slegs nege weke oor tot Kersfees heers opgewondenheid in baie mense se gemoed. Dinge begin beter lyk met die land se ekonomie, wat stadig maar seker begin herstel ná die verwoesting van die Covid-19-inperkingstydperk, maar vir baie sal Kersfees 2020 steeds ‘n tyd van angs en onsekerheid wees oor waar hulle volgende maaltyd vandaan gaan kom.

Bergcare deel elke tweede Woensdag sowat 85 deernispakkies uit vir hoofsaaklik behoeftige bejaardes. Die syfer sluit 15 gesinne met kinders in. Die deernispakkies bestaan uit kos en noodsaaklike toiletware soos seep, sjampoe, deodorant en tandepasta. “Vanaf April [aan die begin van die grendeltydperk] het ons begin om Dinsdae en Vrydae grendeltyd-kospakkies uit te deel, maar vanaf Julie deel ons net Dinsdae grendeltyd-kospakkies uit,” het me. Mariana Luus, bestuurder van Bergcare op Louis Trichardt, gesê. Hierdie getal sluit hulle sowat 85 tweeweeklikse deernispakkies uit.

Aanvanklik het Bergcare begin met 39 addisionele grendeltyd kospakkies, maar dié syfer het vinnig opgeskiet na sowat 120 addisionele weeklikse kospakkies. Dié getal addisionele kospakkies per week is gehandhaaf tot die einde Julie, begin Augustus, waarna die getal stadig maar seker begin daal het namate die grendeltyd-regulasies begin verslap het.

Met die land tans op Vlak 1

van inperking kon ekonomiese bedrywighede in ‘n groot mate weer hervat. Baie mense se huislike omstandighede het egter weinig of min verander. Sedert middel September deel Bergcare steeds gemiddeld 75 addisionele grendeltyd-kospakkies uit. Die pakkies gaan hoofsaaklike aan mense wat hul werk verloor het, wie se salarisse gesny is, of wat minder verdien weens verminderde werksure.

Die aanvanklike 120 en huidige sowat 75 ekstra kospakkies per week mag dalk nie baie klink nie, maar die syfer kan dalk bietjie misleidend wees wat betref die werklike aantal individuele monde wat gevoed word. “Ons maal die kospakkies per gesin met vier, want die gemiddelde huisgesin bestaan uit vier lede. Daar is families wat tot sewe gesinslede het. Ek dink die huidige omstandighede forseer baie mense om eerder saam te bly,” het Luus gesê. As mens dan die sommetjie maak, het Bergcare sedert April (buiten hul sowat 85 tweeweeklikse deernispakkies) dus sowat 480 ekstra monde per week gevoed en het die syfer nou na ‘n gemiddelde getal van 300 ekstra monde weekliks gedaal, wat nog steeds ‘n ongelooflike getal ekstra honger monde is. “Daar is so een of twee mense wat dubbel kom haal [wat reeds die tweeweeklikse Woensdag kospakkie ontvang], maar 98% kom uit ‘n ander teikengroep,” het Luus gesê. Sy het verduidelik dat die een teikengroep mense is wat reeds voor die grendeltydperk swaar gekry het. Die ander teikengroep is dié wat nou

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Mens moet egter nie die positiewe miskyk nie, naamlik dat die getal ekstra weeklikse monde wat gevoed moet word wel aan die afneem is. “Baie was net vir ‘n rukkie, drie maande of so,

sonder werk. Nou het hulle hul werk terug, maar is agter op skuld. Hulle is dus ekonomies aktiewe mense wat tans net bietjie swaar kry,” het Luus gesê.

Namate van hierdie mense se omstandighede weer verbeter, het Luus gesê,

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After all was said and done, many just want jobs ... also mentioned that the area was considered a sacred place. “The mopani, marula and baobab trees are woven into our culture.”

By Pétria de Vaal The proposed plan for the establishment of a special economic zone (SEZ) is continuing, with the next public-participation meeting being held at the Makhado Show Grounds in Louis Trichardt on 14 October.

The show hall was fully occupied with interested and affected parties (social distancing allowed), while representatives of the Limpopo Economic Development Agency (LEDA) were also present. The presentation was done by Mr Ronaldo Retief from Delta Built Environment Consultants (Delta BEC).

The purpose of this meeting was specifically to provide more information regarding the proposed Musina-Makhado SEZ (MMSEZ) project to be located on an 8000ha piece of restituted land near Mopane. It also had the purpose of giving feedback regarding the findings of the draft environmental impact assessment (EIA) report, as well as providing the opportunity to seek clarity regarding the findings of the studies.

The opportunity was created to record any additional comments, issues, and concerns.

Members of the audience were clearly there for different concerns and questions. One group is mainly concerned about the ongoing water issue, as well as the availability of other resources.

Another group is in favour of the development, as they are eager to see job creation. Others are concerned about heritage – specifically about ancestral graves and other heritage objects.

Envisaged for the SEZ is that the energy and metallurgical complex (Heavy Industrial Area – Southern Site) will include, among others, a coal washery, a coking plant, heat-recovery power generation, a thermal plant, a ferrochrome plant, a ferromanganese and silicomanganese plant, a vanadium-titanium magnetite project, a stainless steel plant, a cement plant, a lime plant, a sewage-treatment plant, a light industrial processing zone and a machining zone. Provision is also made for a commercial residential area, a living area, and an administrative area.

Consultants highlight pros and cons of SEZ

Mr Retief, on behalf of Delta BEC, informed those present that, according to the studies done by them thus far, should this SEZ not be developed as envisaged, the economic growth of the region will not benefit from an extensive industrial and manufacturing cluster and the direct investment and job creation associated with the cluster. The region will also lose its opportunity to diversify its predominantly mining economy. No employment from the SEZ will be created and the region will continue to have a high level of poverty, unemployment, and underdevelopment.

Their view is that the non-development of the SEZ will also result in the current state of the environment’s largely remaining in its current condition and the surrounding land uses will remain undisturbed. Coking coal and other minerals of the region will then continue to be mined and exported for beneficiation in other regions or locations, with the associated environmental cost of transport, whereas it could contribute to employment creation. Furthermore, the environmental consequences of the beneficiation process will be transferred to such regions or locations.

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Despite it all, some just want jobs

Mr Ronaldo Retief from Delta BEC, photographed during the public-participation meeting for the proposed Musina-Makhado SEZ that took place last Wednesday at the Makhado Show Grounds.

Musina-Makhado is “best” suited

In their opinion, the Musina-Makhado areas offer the best location and provide the largest economic benefits as opposed to other potential sites in Limpopo Province, such as Tubatse and Lephalale.

All the impacts identified and assessed, as well as the proposed mitigation measures and management actions, are provided in the EIA report.

Specialist studies include the aquatic impact assessment, the ecological impact assessment, the heritage impact assessment, the palaeontology/archaeology impact assessment, the soil and land capability assessment, the visual impact assessment, the climate change assessment, the air quality assessment, the socio-economic assessment, the noise impact assessment, the health impact assessment, the traffic impact assessment, the water assessment, the high-level energy study, the economic analysis, the biodiversity offset strategy, the waste impact assessment, the town planning impact assessment, and the tourism and food security study.

Section 24 of the Constitution states that “everyone has the right to an environment that is not harmful to their health or well-being and to have the environment protected, for the benefit of present and future generations...” Based on this, the EIA was undertaken to ensure that these principles are met through the inclusion of appropriate management and mitigation measures and monitoring requirements.

A biodiversity-offset strategy and implementation plan needs to be in place before site clearance of the proposed SEZ site can commence, and only if the Limpopo Department of Economic Environment and Tourism (LEDET) grants authorisation for this EIA. The measures will be undertaken to promote conservation through appropriate monitoring and management plans included in the environmental management programme (EMPr).

The findings of this EIA show that the benefits will potentially promote justifiable economic and social development but negatively impact upon the environment. The outcomes of this EIA aim to protect the ecologically sensitive areas and support sustainable development and the use of natural resources, whilst promoting justifiable socio-economic development in the towns nearest to the project site. However, should the development be granted authorisation by LEDET, the entire site will be negatively impacted upon, and a biodiversity-offset and implementation plan will have to be provided for offsetting environmental features.

To ensure the effective implementation of the mitigation and management actions, an EMPr has been compiled. The mitigation measures necessary to ensure that the project is planned, constructed, operated, and decommissioned in an environmentally responsible manner are listed in this EMPr - a dynamic document that should be updated regularly and provide clear and implementable measures for the establishment and operation of the proposed Musina-Makhado SEZ.

Questions and comments that were raised during the public meeting last Wednesday were, inter alia, the following:

Not all agree with pretty picture

Mr Wally Schultz, well-known local environmental activist and chairman of Save Our Limpopo Valley Environment (SOLVE) firstly raised concern about the advertisement of the public meeting. He asked where it had been advertised, upon which Mr Retief apologised that the notice was sent out the previous Friday whereas this was usually done two weeks in advance. They had apparently had no chance to publish this notice in the newspaper. Mr Schultz’s next question was very relevant, and this was: “Where is the water going to be sourced from?”

Mr Retief answered that water sources needed to be categorised for the short term, medium term, and long term. Out of 15 boreholes, five proved to have water, which is apparently ample for the construction period (short term).

A draft integrated-water-services report was also compiled during August 2020 and is available online. This report was compiled to be submitted as a part of the EIA report pertaining to the Southern Industrial Site and serves to describe the water requirements in terms of the SEZ’s envisaged development.

Water remains the biggest obstacle

From this report one can see the water demand is substantial, compared to the current water usage in the region. The report stated that it will become clear that water demand can only be met by current local resources for minimal usage at commencement of the project. As the implementation progresses, the demand for further construction- and later process water will grow at an increasing rate, soon to be far beyond what can be met by any possible local supply.

Tapping from resources further off, becomes incredibly complex.

A third question posed by Mr Schultz was regarding power generation, upon which Retief answered that the energy report accompanying the EIA was not a full specialist study. “This is a controversial issue at the moment,” Retief said. Under the Paris Agreement, South Africa has pledged that the country’s greenhouse-gas emissions will peak by 2025, plateau for another 10 years and then decline from 2036. Historically, electricity accounts for approximately 42% of national greenhouse-gas emissions.

To achieve this target, the country will need to invest in lower or zero-emitting technologies, as the current coal-fired electricity-generation fleet reaches the end of its life.

Another question posed was on the topic of heritage. One speaker was concerned about ancestral connection to the sites (e.g. graves), as well as the baobab trees and where they were going to be moved to. The response was that moving the big trees might not be viable. The South African Heritage Resources Agency (SAHRA) will be involved in the issuing of permits, for example, to move graves. People in the audience

Some members in the audience felt strongly about the creation of “decent jobs” and were strongly in favour of this development. The argument was offered that jobs would benefit the youth. Someone also mentioned that they wanted jobs but questioned whether this would happen at the expense of their own “being, food, climate, and water”.

Another person said that they were concerned about the contents of the draft EIA, as the document is in English and not in the four languages widely spoken in the area, namely Tshivenda, Isitsonga, Sepedi, and Afrikaans. Retief replied that all the documentation consisted of approximately 8 000 pages and that having it translated into all these languages would be a costly exercise. “All the languages should be brought to the table and not just English,” was the plea from the audience.

The overall recommendations in the report are the following: Provided that the specified mitigation measures are applied effectively the EAP is of the opinion that an environmental assessment in terms of the 2014 EIA Regulations (as amended), promulgated under the NEMA, 1998, should only be considered by LEDET if: • Alternative site(s), with significantly less environmental sensitivity that may be suitable for such a type of development in the bushveld, can[not] reasonably be identified and acquired.

• Sustainable and affordable water supply is secured and guaranteed for the proposed development.

• Condition of authorisation that an approved biodiversity-offset strategy and implementation plan be implemented.

• Alternative sources of bulk energy supply to the proposed SEZ site are further investigated and it be reasonably confirmed that no other sustainable and affordable energy supply solution exists. The mere fact that the site is located within the coal belt cannot be the main reason for developing another coal-fired power station as energy source for the SEZ development.

Maximising renewable energy, as well as the use of other off-site sources of energy, must be considered as a condition for the development implementation.

• An avifauna assessment is also undertaken for the designated site to verify flight paths and raptors which may nest on the project site and be collected for relocation to a suitable new site as an integral part of the biodiversity-offset strategy.

• Acondition of authorisation is that the specialist recommendations made in this EIA report and in the respective specialist studies, and as summarised in the EMPr, be strictly implemented and adhered to.

• As a condition of authorisation, site-specific EIAs, permits, and licences for bulk infrastructure services and specific investor industrial plants need to be undertaken and be authorised prior to development’s taking place.

• An environmental control officer is appointed to oversee the site clearance, together with horticulturalists and other specialists required, to ensure implementation of the biodiversity-offset strategy and plan. An environmental control officer must also oversee, manage, and monitor the operational phase of the development.

• As a condition of authorisation, all bulk infrastructure and plant-specific EIAs and investors comply with best-management practices and sector-specific local and international laws and standards.

• An agreement is in place in terms of funding and managing the sustainable environmental end state of the proposed development.

The Draft EIA Report (with Draft EMPr) was available for review from 1 September 2020 to 22 October 2020. The public is invited to submit written comment to sez@deltabec.com .

The final EIA Report will be submitted to LEDET on 31 October 2020 for authority review and decision making.

Based on impressions garnered from the meeting, more specialist studies are required as many uncertainties still exist. One member of the public mentioned the following whilst talking about job creation: “The project must come here and change the lives of all of us – black and white. It will give hope to the generations to come.”

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Swift response leads to arrests after CIT robbery Crime A swift response by the police led to the quick arrest of five cash-in-transit robbery suspects at the filling station near the Capricorn toll plaza on the N1 south on Tuesday morning.

According to police spokesperson Col Brenda Muridili, an unknown number of suspects allegedly attacked and robbed security guards

The suspects’ vehicle (above) was spotted at Tshilwavhusiku, leading to the arrest of the five suspects. Photo: Limpopo SAPS.

collecting money from the filling station and fled the scene. “The police were notified of the incident and a manhunt for the suspects commenced,” said Muridili.

Shortly after the robbery, police spotted the suspects’ getaway vehicle at Tshilwavhusiku and subsequently arrested five suspects, aged between 33 and 38. “During the arrest, the police recovered one vehicle, five firearms and ammunition, as well as an undisclosed amount of money,” said Muridili.

At the time of our going to press, the arrested suspects had yet to appear in the Louis Trichardt Magistrate’s Court on charges of armed robbery and the unlawful possession of firearms and ammunition. “We are appealing to anyone with information that can lead to the arrest of the remaining suspects to call Crime Stop number 08600 10111 or to send tip-offs on the MySAPS App,” said Muridili.

In the meantime, national police commissioner General Khehla John Sithole has commended the Limpopo police on the arrest of the five suspects.

Two of the five firearms allegedly used in the cash-in-transit robbery. Photo: Limpopo SAPS.

Some of the recovered stolen money. Photo: Limpopo SAPS.

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Juis om die moontlik “stormloop” oor Desember te hanteer, het Van den Heever gesê sy is nou reeds besig om werk te maak van die probleem. “Ek probeer weekliks koop wat ek moet koop en bêre die ekstra,” het Van den Heever gesê. Vir meer inligting oor haar projek kan sy geskakel word by tel.

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Nog ‘n plaaslike organisasie wat kospakkies aan behoeftige huisgesinne verskaf is Feed the Hungry van me. Helena van den Heever en haar vrywilligers. Helena en Bergcare probeer om ‘n duplikasie van gesinne wat met kospakkies bedien word te vermy.

“Ons deel elke Saterdag kospakkies uit. Voor die grendeltydperk het ons gekyk na sowat 380 mense, hoofsaaklik bejaardes. Vanaf die begin van die grendeltydperk het ons ‘n groot toename in nood gesien.

Ons kospakkies het feitlik verdubbel. Tans verskaf ons kos­ pakkies aan sowat 540 mense per week. Verlede week het ons 288 kratte kos gepak,” het Van den Heever gesê.

Volgens Van den Heever het hulle ekstra kospakkies ook tydens Junie/Augustus ‘n piek bereik van meer as 600 mense. “Ek het so twee of drie gesinne gehad wat kom sê het hulle benodig nie meer die kospakkies nie, maar dan kry ek weer vyf gesinne by wat kos nodig het,” het sy gesê. Sy het bygevoeg dat sy net verlede week gehoor het van ‘n plaaslike maatskappy wat 20 mense gaan aflê. “So, ek wag nog dat daardie mense by my moet uitkom.”

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(Vervolg van P.1) Nog ‘n positiewe is dat hulle, ten spyte van die ekstra monde, altyd genoeg gehad en steeds het om uit te deel. “Ons koop niks aan vir die Dinsdag-pakkies nie. Dit is net skenkings.

Net as ons dink die skenking is klaar, dan voorsien die Here weer. Dit is regtig soos die gelykenis van die vyf brode en twee vissies. Daar is altyd genoeg om uit te deel,” het Luus gesê. Dit gesê, is skenkings altyd welkom. Vir meer inligting hieroor kan Luus geskakel

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en rotte, wat op hul beurt weer maar vir enige dokter wat dit slange lok.” Hy het ook mense kos om ‘n slangbyt te behandel. ‘n Mens kan sekerlik nou aangeraai om hul honde weg te Dit is duisende rande en kan met redelike veiligheid sê hou van slange wanneer hulle tot ver oor die half miljoen dat die winter uiteindelik teëgekom word. “Honde sal rand strek. Moet dus asseblief verby is, met die somer wat sy slange aanval, maar die ontnie die kans vat nie! Los dit vir aankoms met ‘n paar uiters moeting kan noodlottig wees mense wat weet hoe om almal warm dae aangekondig het. vir die hond as die slang raak veilig te hou,” het Jan gesê.

Nou is egter die tyd om op die pik. Skakel eerder asseblief ‘n Jan is deel van ‘n paar uitkyk te wees vir slange – iets slangkenner of -vanger om die plaaslike slangvangers wat pro­ waaraan die Soutpansberg slang te verwyder en sodoende bleemreptiele by mense kom geen tekort het nie. onnodige hartseer te vermy,” verwyder. Daar is egter altyd Plaaslike slangkenner en het Jan gesê. koste verbonde daaraan om -vanger Jan “Slang” van Rooyen Jan se belangrikste pleidooi ‘n toneel te besoek. Derhalwe het Woensdag weereens inwo­ bly egter dat mense nie slange word enige bydraes waardeer ners gemaan dat, vanweë die voor die voet moet doodmaak wanneer hulle wel ‘n slang kom lekker reën en hoë temperanie. “Slange sal altyd probeer vang. ture die afgelope tyd, slange wegkom, mits iemand die repVir die verwydering van weer aan die beweeg is, nie tiel doelbewus probeer vaskeer. probleemslange skakel Jan by net op soek na kos nie, maar Die meeste ernstige byte tel. 067 835 0816, Frikkie Venook vir skuiling teen die ergste gebeur wanneer mense slange ter by 082 058 7601 of Johan hitte van die dag. “Slange is probeer doodmaak. Gaan vra Steyn by 079 506 7559. koudbloedig en kan nie hulle liggaamstemperatuur reguleer soos warmbloedige diere nie, daarom sal reptiele skuiling soek van die hitte of in warm plekke as dit koud is,” het Jan gesê.

Om kontak met slange te vermy, het Jan mense aangeraai om hulle erwe skoon te hou en nie goed teen mure te pak nie.

“Dit gee skuilplek, aangesien slange meeste van die tyd teen ‘n muur sal beweeg. Moet ook nie plat goed buite laat rondlê nie. Dit verskaf ook skuiling,” Een van die streek se meer volop en baie giftige slange is die het Jan gesê. bekende swart mamba. Hierdie aggressiewe kêrel is een van Jan gee verder raad. “Tel die slange wat onlangs deur plaaslike slangkenner en -vanger ook hondekos- en waterbakke Jan “Slang” van Rooyen suksesvol gevang en na veiligheid van die vloer af op as dit buite geneem is. Foto verskaf. staan. Dit bied kos vir muise Deur Andries van Zyl

Bekende plaaslike apteker Leon Bezuidenhout en sy vrou Marietha (links) was in Nieu-Seeland toe die grendeltydperk ingestel is en was vir die afgelope amper sewe maande daar vasgekeer. Hulle is dankbaar teenoor die Louis Trichardt Diere­ beskermingsvereniging (DBV) wat vir die hele tyd baie mooi na Stoffel, hulle hondekind, gekyk het. “Die DBV het vir ons elke week ‘n video of ‘n foto gestuur om ons gerus te stel dat dit goed gaan met Stoffel. Hy het later hul gelukbringer geword. Elke keer as hul ‘n tefie by hom sit, dan word die tefie aangeneem,” het Marietha gesê. Meegaande is een van die foto’s wat plaaslike DBV-lede Alicia Thomas (links) en Antjie Brennan (regs) vir Leon-hulle gestuur het. Foto’s verskaf.

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Siwadawada’s road stall is situated at the The informal road stall of Julia Siwadawada Masisi taxi rank, some 100km east of Musina. may be located in one of the most remote The makeshift stall is proudly decorated with areas of the country, but it has gained interna- minwenda or Tshivenda traditional cloths to tional popularity. Her traditional Vhavenda show everyone that she is proud of her culture cuisine has attracted praise from visitors from and tradition.

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Julia Siwadawada (left) captured with some of her satisfied customers at her stall in Masisi.

The customers are: Lulu Enslin, Marietjie Louw, Maria Venter, Gerda du Toit and Heidi Kruger. Photo supplied.

Joy as refurbished Harper Road is finally re-opened Municipal News Joseph Makamu is a taxi driver who transports learners from Nancefield location to Gateway Primary School in Musina. Over the years, he was worried about the poor condition of the Harper Road, which is the only and convenient way to the school. But to

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Hierdie week, 25 jaar gelede, het die stof rondom die destydse Groter Louis Trichardt Oorgangsraad se besluit om 286 lede van die Suid-Afrikaanse Munisipale Werkers-unie (SAMWU) af te dank vanweë ‘n onwettige staking steeds nie gaan lê nie, soos berig op die Zoutpansberger se voorblad van 27 Oktober 1995.

Die werkers is afgedank nadat hulle begin staak het uit simpatie met werkers by ander munisipaliteite. Die Oorgangsraad het besluit om die werkers af te dank, aangesien die staking volgens hulle onwettig was. Die stakers is ook beskuldig van kontrakbreuk.

Net die week vantevore het die vakbond COSATU gedreig dat hulle besighede in Louis Trichardt gaan boikot indien die stadsraad nie dadelik weer die munisipale werkers aanstel wat twee weke vantevore afgedank is nie. In die jongste verwikkeling het nie-statutêre raadslede uit ‘n spesiale raadsvergadering oor die aangeleentheid gestap, nadat dit duidelik geword het dat hulle nie daarin sou slaag om die afgedankte werkers weer aangestel te kry nie. Die aangeleentheid het in daardie stadium al ontaard in ‘n politieke moddergooiery. Elders in daardie week se uitgawe het die moddergooiery voortgeduur tussen die onderskeie verteenwoordigers wat hulself beskikbaar gestel het vir die opkomende munisipale verkiesing.

Daardie spesifieke week was veral ‘n slegte week vir inwoners noord van die Soutpansberg. Die Zoutpansberger het talle tragiese berigte gedra, veral uit die Musina-omgewing. So was daar

Julia said she started her cooking business some years ago, just to keep the wolf from the door. She specialises in traditional food because she believes keeping her culture alive is important. “Apart from cooking traditional food, I also make provision for modern food to accommodate those who do not enjoy traditional food,” she explained.

She thanks local tourism establishments that refer their visitors to her stall. “Sometimes they give me orders to prepare food for their visitors in bulk. I prepare food my own way, so that the tourists can feel that they are eating something that is different from their usual menu. It puts a smile on my face to see people from different races enjoying the food that has been traditionally prepared with firewood.”

One such tourism operator is Maria Venter, who owns Nthakheni Bush and River Camp with her husband Kobus at Nkotswi village, just outside Masisi. Maria said that when she received tourists from as far as Cape Town, Gauteng, Durban, Mpumalanga, and Bloemfontein, she usually took them to Julia’s stall to enjoy Tshivenda traditional food. She said before the Covid-19 lockdown, she used to receive tourists from across the world who had also enjoyed Julia’s food.

Venter said every tourist who tasted Julia’s mouth-watering traditional food never stopped talking about her. She added: “Julia is absolutely a star and an excellent business lady. She is very professional, friendly and she always gives her best. Her food is divine, and we love her so much. She is surely an asset to Masisi and the surrounding economy.”

die berig van die adjudant-offisier van 116 Bataljon wat homself by sy huis geskiet het, terwyl sy vrou besig was om kos te maak.

Daar is ook berig oor mnr. Leon Viljoen, ‘n bekende wildvanger van die omgewing, wie se lyk sowat 18 kilometer vanaf Musina op ‘n plaas gevind is sowat twee weke nadat hy vermis geraak het op pad na Thabazimbi. Hy het met sy helikopter op die plaas Voorbrug neergestort. Uit die Waterpoort-omgewing is ook berig van die dood van die 22-jarige mnr. Mario Koen, nadat hy blykbaar agter die stuur van sy voertuig aan die slaap geraak het en sy bakkie die pad verlaat het, ‘n boom getref en toe gerol het.

Makamu and thousands of other road users, their worries will now be a thing the past after De Beers Venetia Mine supplied R14,5 million to refurbish the road.

Following eight months of construction work, the road was finally completed, officially opened, and handed over to the public on Monday morning (19 October). The handing-over ceremony was led by Musina Mayor Mihloti Muhlope and the general manager of De Beers Venetia Mine, Mr Gerrie Nortjé.

The scope of work included earthworks, asphalting, installing prefabricated culverts, road markings, erecting road signs, and landscaping.

Raubex Construction was appointed the main contractor of the project.

During the event, Muhlope said the upgrading and completion of the 2,2 km stretch of the road helped to ease the financial burden on Musina Municipality. She said a continued investment in roads was certainly a worthwhile one. “Our municipality has serious challenges in relation to the shortage of resources and manpower, but we feel very happy when our partners come on board in initiatives like this one. This project, like many of its kind, is a testimony of what can be achieved through partnerships between government and the mining sector in the delivery of essential socio-economic infrastructure to the citizens of Musina,” she said.

She added that the opening of the Harper Road would help to redirect traffic from Musina’s CBD. “At times, our town is very congested because the busy N1 road passes through our town. As Musina Municipality, we really appreciate this gesture from De Beers Venetia Mine.”

The General Manager Nortjé said the mine would continue to empower the areas in which they operated. He said their social and labour

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ankbare harte – dit is wat ons almal hier by Laat Lente en Herfsakker het. Dankbaar vir elke ietsie wat aan ons geskenk word.

Groot dank aan elke persoon, elke groep mense of organisasie wat gawes skenk, van ‘n bakkie slaai, brood en melk tot vleis, groente, vrugte en eiers. Dankie ook aan die Tafelronde, NG Kerk (en enige ander kerk), die groenteman, mnr. Desai, Rotary Anns, Rotariërs en siviele persone wat sommer net hier inval en iets skenk.

Mag God julle almal seën wat deur die Heilige Gees gelei word vir julle bydraes.

plan made provision for the resources and financial assistance to their labour-sending areas. “We are happy to contribute to the development of the local communities by ploughing back through projects like this one. I’m happy to announce that we will have another project to rehabilitate various streets in Musina town, starting from this month (October) until March next year,” he said.

Musina Mayor Mihloti Muhlope and De Beers Venetia Mine General Manager Gerrie Nortje officially opened the completed R14,5 million Harper Road on Monday.

Ek is ... die Weg, die Waarheid en die lewe

…. verdra mekaar in liefde” (Efesiërs 4:1-6)

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od se saak kan doen met meer diensknegte en minder diktators. Tog kan geen mens wat in isolasie leef, of wat altyd al die moeilike mense probeer vermy, werklik geestelik groei en gelukkig wees nie, allermins die Christen wat juis daar waar dit moeilik is nodig is, om daar met die gesindheid van Christus uit te blink. Die roeping wat ons in hierdie konteks waardig maak, is om die plek waar God ons as ‘n steen in sy tempel of as ‘n lid in sy liggaam geplaas het, met dankbaarheid, nederigheid en waardigheid te vul.

Om waardig te wees, beteken dat ons dogma en dade moet ooreenstem. Reiniging van sonde is nie al wat nodig is nie. Jou motiewe mag selfs rein wees, maar karakter word net hervorm en geaardhede aangepas deur ‘n drastiese proses waaraan ek en jy, as Christene, elke dag self deur God se krag en genade, hard sal moet werk.

Iemand wat nog nooit sy eie tekortkominge, sy eie kromheid, skeefheid en hardheid raakgesien en daaraan begin werk het nie, behandel ander streng, maar is heel toegeeflik teenoor homself.

- Ds. Johan Marais (Louis Trichardt Baptistekerk)

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CHAPTER FOURTEEN of the interesting recommendations made, was that the goldfields should not be thrown or this week’s chapter, we return to one open without reservation for general pegging of the older streets in town, namely of claims, but that mining leases should be Rissik Street. Rather unimaginatively granted to the owners and lessees of the land. it was named after yet another land surveyor, They also recommended that a piece of land Johann Friedrich Bernard Rissik. Not that he situated between the farms Turffontein and was a person without flair, or that he did not Doornfontein, known as Randjeslaagte, be deserve to have a street named after him. developed as a new town. This would later He was, after all, the man who had helped become the city of Johannesburg. to identify the area that we now know as Rissik played an important role in setting Johannesburg (and hence it was also partly the boundary between the then Transvaal named after him). It is just that Rissik did and Mozambique, way back in 1887. On not have a big presence in the Soutinstructions of the ZAR government he pansberg. It was thus more of a met the Portuguese representative, challenge to find a local angle Col Machado. After a survey the and incorporate some of the two established the beacons of region’s fascinating stories what is still today the border into this chapter. between two countries.

Difficult as it may On 8 October 1890, sound, we did manage a rather important to find a story that ceremony took place (at has all the elements least for the purposes of a Hollywood of our story). Johann blockbuster movie.

Rissik married Maria It is a story of a hero Magdalena Wilhelmiwho turned villain; na (Mimmie) Leibit is about politics, brandt. She was the war, espionage, a sixth child of Pieter famous court case Ulrich Leibbrandt, the and the eventual son of Johann Sebasacceptance of a status tian Leibbrandt. Mimquo. However, before mie’s uncle was Abram Johann Rissik in continuing to the Johannes Leibbrandt, “local” story, we need father of another Johann London, 1905. to briefly talk about the Sebastiaan Leibbrandt. His Photograph by man Rissik; after whom the son was Willem Theodore van Elliott & Fry. street had been named. den Berg Leibbrandt and his Johann Rissik was born in grandson Meyder Johannes LeibHolland in 1857 in Linschoten, brandt. Meyder’s son was the infamous near Utrecht. His father, Dr Gerrit Hendrik Sidney Robey Leibbrandt, the subject of our Rissik, was a physician and surgeon. In 1875 extended story. the then president of the ZAR, TF Burgers, Before explaining why Robey Leibbrandt is was on a visit to Holland where he met Dr important to the history of the Soutpansberg, Rissik. He was so impressed with the doctor we first need to finish the story of Johann that he invited him to come to South Africa Rissik. and work as the District Surgeon and as the Johann and his wife, Mimmie, lived in a president’s physician. Dr Rissik agreed and very imposing homestead “Linschoten” in the young Johann, who at that stage was alPretoria for 33 years, raising four sons. The ready fluent in Dutch, English, German and eldest, Bernard, was killed at Flanders in French, joined him on the journey.

1915 during the First World War. The couple At first Johann worked as an assistant were very popular and their friends included in his father’s dispensary in Pretoria, but it people such as the well-known author, Percy was clear that medicine was not his great Fitzgerald (of Jock of the Bushveld fame) and love. On 25 February 1882, he received his General Louis Botha. first appointment as land surveyor when Rissik did come “close” to the SoutpansState Secretary W Eduard Bok approved his berg in an official capacity in 1899 when the position as second government clerk in the Anglo Boer War broke out. He was appointSurveyor-General’s office. His salary was a ed by Genl Schalk W Burger to serve as a very reasonable £200 per annum. member of the Special Court for the districts Probably one of the most important Zoutpansberg and Waterberg; and to try contributions Rissik made to the country, a man for high treason. Rissik respectfully happened in 1886. Along with Christiaan declined this appointment, arguing that he Johannes Joubert, he was appointed to inves- lacked the legal training to be able to do this. tigate the Witwatersrand farms that were to Ironically Rissik was quite knowledgeable be proclaimed as gold diggings. The two of as far as legal matters were concerned and them also had to decide on the place where a played an important role in establishing the town was soon to be established. On 12 Aucountry’s mineral rights laws. gust 1886, they handed over a lengthy report Rissik served his country in various capacto the President and Executive Council. One ities for the next few decades. He was elected

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Johann Rissik and his four sons, 1903. Inset: Rissik married Mimmie Leibbrandt

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In the fourteenth chapter of the series on the streetnames, we look at Rissik Street, one of the main “arteries” of the town.

Rissik Street carries some of the more interesting stories, depicting our diverse and often conflicted history. It is easy to stereotype people, but the more you delve into the history the more you realise that it is impossible to put people in little boxes.

This is the last of the series of history articles that appeared in 2016. We do have some “reserve” stories that were written a year or so later, but not published as part of this series.

If time allows we will try and convert these stories into proper chapters and publish them.

If you have some interesting bits of history about the region and its people, please share it with anton@zoutnet.co.za.

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The first Provincial Administrators, 1910. From left to right: Mr Smythe (Natal), Johann Rissik (Transvaal), Sir Frederick de Wool (Cape), and Mr Ramsbottom (Orange Free State).

as Member of Parliament representing the Het Volk party in February 1907. (He, along with Genl Louis Botha and Genl JC Smuts helped form the Het Volk party in 1907; which contested the first general election under Responsible Government). In March 1907, he was appointed Minister of Lands and Minister for Natives in Transvaal. When the Union of South Africa was established in 1910, Rissik became the first Administrator of the Transvaal.

As a businessman he partnered with prominent people such as Loftus Versfeld and JJ Marais. He was associated with the establishment of the Pretoria Portland Cement Company and later with the Delfos Brothers in forming the Pretoria Iron Mines, which later became Iscor (and currently Mittal Steel).

Perhaps the last piece of interesting history about Johann Rissik is that he is said to have owned the first motorcycle in Pretoria. He was also very interested in aviation and became the first president of the Aeronautical Society of SA. When he died on 26 August 1925, messages of sympathy streamed in from across the globe. The pallbearers at his funeral included his friends, Genl Smuts, Judge JS Curlewis, Sir Julius Jeppe, Sir Johannes Wessels and his brother-in-law, Pieter Ulrich Leibbrandt.

This then brings us back to the Leibbrandt who is the subject of the second part of this article, namely Sidney Robey Leibbrandt.

The Leibbrandt story made headlines throughout the world, especially in the first part of the 1940s.

An important chapter of this history

plays off in the Soutpansberg, where he, as a fugitive on the run from the Smuts government, was hiding in the western peaks of the Soutpansberg mountains. Leibbrandt even left a “legacy” here, by (presumably) carving out a swastika symbol in a small rock shelter, secluded in thick bushes.

For the sake of the readers not knowing who Robey Leibbrandt was, we have to start at the beginning, which is in Potchefstroom in this case, where he was born on 25 January 1913.

Johann Rissik and General Louis Botha outside the Pretoria Club on Election Day for the first Transvaal Parliament under Responsible Government, 20 February, 1907.

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ZOUTPANSBERGER, 23 OKTOBER 2020 sailboat (the Kyloe) and completed a journey of over 9 000 miles, to be dropped off the coast of Namaqualand. On board was a radio transmitter and a significant amount of American dollars to help Leibbrandt with his mission. The longer journey was necessitated by the danger of running into British ships.

On 15 June 1941, a drenched Leibbrandt (his inflatable boat had capsized close to shore) arrived on SA shores and he started to make his way inland.

We unfortunately have to skip past many interesting bits of the history, such as his journey through the desert and his efforts to make contact with the leaders of the Ossewa Brandwag (OB). He did eventually meet with Dr Hans van Rensburg, leader of the OB near Pretoria. It quickly became clear that the two men did not share the exact same ideals and Leibbrandt had no faith in the leadership abilities of Van Rensburg.

Leibbrandt felt a need for action and Robey Leibbrandt after he was let out of prisstarted to canvass supporters for his own on. (Source www.leibbrandt.com) ideals. He formed the Nasionaal SosialisHis father, Meyder Johannes (“Oom John”) tiese Rebelle, and in secret meetings started Leibbrandt, fought alongside Genl. Jan drumming up support. Those who took the Smuts in the Anglo Boer War, but was never secret blood oath were trained in sabotage active in politics. The early political influence methods such as making bombs. Members of in Robey’s life may have come more from the “militant” wing of the OB, the Stormjaers family members on his mother’s side of the (Storm Troopers) took a liking in his radical family. Susan Marguarite (née Joyce) was of pro-Nazi philosophies and some 60 fighters Irish descent and her brother was the welljoined him. This, naturally, started attracting known clergyman, Ds William Robey Joyce. the attention of the authorities and before During the Second World War a cousin of long Leibbrandt had to go into hiding. hers’, William Joyce (better known as Lord At that stage the government had heard Haw-Haw), caused a stir by broadcasting rumours that Leibbrandt was back in the Nazi propaganda. He was arrested after the country, but it was not yet official. Leibwar and following a trial he was sentenced brandt, on the other hand, battled to make to death. He was executed in England. From contact with Germany and without speRobey’s own memoirs it is clear that he had a cialist knowledge the radio transmitter lot of admiration for his uncle. that he had brought along from Germany, Robey started boxing competitively when was of little use. Leibbrandt and one of his he was still a scholar at Grey College in staunchest followers, Karl Theron, recruitBloemfontein. In 1934, at the age of 21, he ed a radiographer from Potchefstroom and won a bronze medal for South Africa at the tried to contact Germany from a farm near British Empire Games in London. Two years Warmbaths (Bela-Bela). When this did not later, in 1936, he took part in the Olympic work Leibbrandt and Theron opted to move Games that were held in Berlin. In spite of further north to the farm, Ontmoet, in the seriously injuring his hand in his first match, western Soutpansberg. The farm belonged to he went on to finish fourth. He narrowly lost Andries van der Walt, also an OB member, in his last match against Roger Michelot, who was sympathetic towards their cause. who would continue to claim gold in the light The farm where Leibbrandt and his heavyweight class. Leibbrandt became South helpers fled to, was ideal for a variety of African heavyweight champion on 31 July reasons. It was extremely secluded and it was 1937 in Johannesburg, beating Jim Pentz. adjacent to the highest peak in the SoutpansThe Berlin Olympics played an important berg. Here they tried to erect the mast for the role in Leibbrandt’s life, as it exposed him to radio sender, but again could not succeed in Nazi Germany and one of his greatest heroes, making contact with Germany.

Adolf Hitler. After the games, he returned to Even in the most remote areas word travels Germany and among other things studied at fast and the police at Mara (just below the the Reich Academy for Gymnastics. When farm), heard rumours of strange men carrywar broke out, he joined the German Army ing heavy equipment up the mountain. Three and became the first South African to be of Leibbrandt’s men returned to Johannestrained as a “Fallschirmjäger” (para-trooper). burg after the second unsuccessful attempt to His later military training included sabotage contact Germany by radio, leaving Leibtraining at the infamous Abwehr school. brandt and Theron at Ontmoet. The two of While this was all happening, back at them very brazenly even attended a function home General Jan Smuts had sided with the at one of the nearby farms, with Leibbrandt Allied Forces. Germany was, understandably, introducing himself as Mr Lubbe. not very content with the state of afOn 11 September 1941 Leibbrandt fairs. The fight for the then German was warned by Andries van der colony, South West Africa, was still Walt (junior) that the police at very much relevant and Hitler was Mara seemed to have gotten wind very aware of the strategic minof some strange activities on eral wealth that southern Africa the farm. The two were on high offered. Foreign Minister Von Ribalert, but were fast asleep under bentrop was instructed to increase some trees when a police espionage and propaganda activities delegation, led by in these territories, where there were Sgt Christiaan many German sympathisers.

Pauley, South Africa declared war on arrived Germany on 4 September 1939, but there was an anti-war faction in the country. The most vociferous were the Purified National Party and the Ossewa Brandwag, headed

by Dr Hans van Rensburg. Van Rensburg was also suspected of being a double agent on Smuts’ payroll. The Germans believed that the elimination of General Smuts would act as a catalyst to unite the country against the pro-war party.

A plan for a coup d’état to overthrow the SA government was devised and in at 1941 Admiral Wilhelm Canaris ordered Operation Weissdorn. Part of this plan entailed that Leibbrandt (under the pseudonym of Walter Kempf ) would be sent to South Africa to muster support for the German ideals and Robey Leibbrandt, the boxer. set the plans in motion. Leibbrandt left Ger(Source: www.leibbrandt.com) many on 5 April 1941 on a confiscated French

found guilty and the case went to the High Court. Leibbrandt refused to testify in the case, but maintained that he was innocent.

On 11 March 1943, he was found guilty and sentenced to death. Only two of the other accused, Le Roux and Olwage, were found guilty on minor charges and sent to prison for a period of five years.

The Leibbrandt case went on appeal and much to the surprise of everyone, he handled his own defence. This was not very successful and the Appeal Court confirmed the Higher Court’s decision. The time lapse did help him though, as it became clear that Germany was losing ground in the war in Europe. In December 1943, two days before Christmas, Leibbrandt was informed that General Jan Smuts, who had great sympathies for the Leibbrandt family, decided to commute his sentence to life imprisonment.

The winds of change swept through the country in the following years and in 1948 Leibbrandt was released in an amnesty deal for war offenders by the newly victorious National Party Government. Their leader, Dr DF Malan, had previously opposed South Africa’s entry into World War II and wanted to remain neutral. Leibbrandt left the prison and was greeted by the crowds as a hero.

In later life Leibbrandt remained politically active and he founded the organisation Anti-Kommunistiese Beskermingsfront (Anti-Communist Protection Front) in 1962.

He produced a series of pamphlets titled Ontwaak Suid-Afrika (Wake up South Africa). His love for sport remained and he was a passionate hunter. Leibbrandt was married to Margaretha “Etha” Cornelia Botha and they had four sons: Hermann, Remer, Izan, and Meyder Johannes and one daughter, Rayna.

Robey Leibbrandt died on 1 August 1966 after a heart attack. The request by family and friends from around the world to let Robey Leibbrandt giving the German salute him be buried with full military honours was while hiding at the farm of Mrs Eggert in the denied by the South African government.

Magaliesburg mountains. (Source: The area where Leibbrandt and his colwww.leibbrandt.com) leagues stayed in the Soutpansberg while avoiding the authorities, is now part of a Before leaving the Soutpansberg, he decided nature reserve. The late Ed Eastwood, well to teach them a lesson and drove to the farm known rock art specialist, visited the area in Goedgedacht of Coetzee. After luring (whom the early 2000s. In his book Capturing the Spoor, he writes about a remarkable discovhe had thought was the correct) Coetzee ery at the site: out to the road, he proceeded to give him “In 1998, a ranger on a routine patrol came a severe hiding with a sjambok, so much across a rock shelter near the ruined founso that Coetzee had to spend several days dations of Leibbrandt’s hut. He told us only in bed recovering. Coetzee’s pleas that he that engravings had been found and that we knew nothing of the events fell on deaf ears. should investigate the matter. When eventuLeibbrandt only later realised that he had ally we got around to visiting the shelter as assaulted the wrong man. part of the survey of that area of the SoutLeibbrandt then went to the farm of pansberg, we made an interesting and rather Johnstone Dames. Dames’ brother-in-law, menacing discovery. an Air Force officer Anderson, was on a visit In a relatively small rock shelter secluded at the farm. Leibbrandt again lured them in thick bushes we found a deeply abraded out to the nearby road and after threatening image of a swastika, an to shoot them, assaulted ominous reminder of fasthem severely. It was only cist designs on the world the timely intervention of and, perhaps, a remindMrs Dames, armed with a er of the now-defunct shotgun, that saved these apartheid regime. One two men’s lives. After some imagines that Leibbrandt, exchange of fire, Leibor possibly one of his brandt and his colleagues followers, had proudly cut fled for Brits. this image into the rock in Leibbrandt evaded arorder to invoke the ideal rest for a few more weeks, of a world of conformity. but now the whole of the The swastika, a chilling country’s security forces and violent emblem in the were hot on his trail. A midst of an area full of the reward equivalent to R1 000 for his capture, The swastika, carved out in a rock gentler symbols of the San religion, highlights two dead or alive, was put out. shelter on the farm, Ontmoet, in opposing ideologies – one After a skirmish with the the Soutpansberg. of extreme social control, police, he fled to Magaliesthe other of egalitarianism burg where he was assisted by people who were sympathetic towards his and individuality.” cause.

Sources: At the end of December 1942, he was finally captured and arrested in Pretoria. The * Eastwood, Edward and Cathelijne. Caparresting officer was Claude Sterley, a fellow turing the Spoor, An exploration of Southern Springbok boxer. Leibbrandt, even though African Rock Art. New Africa Book, 2006. he was armed, did not put up a fight in * Strydom, H, Vir Volk en Führer, Jonaorder to avoid a bloodbath. than Ball Uitgewers, 1983.

In one of the most talked about court * Le Roux, JH, Robey Leibbrandt, Die Rebcases in the history of South Africa, el, Instituut vir Eietydse Geskiedenis, UOVS, Robey Leibbrandt was charged with treaBloemfontein, 1976. son alongside 16 others. The case was first * Pretoriana, MAGAZINE OF THE OLD heard in camera in police cells. When he was PRETORIA ASSOCIATION, Published asked to say something in his defence by the December 1965. presiding officer, he confirmed his commit* Robey Leibbrandt vertel alles in Geen ment to the ideals of Adolf Hitler and that of Genade, Bienedell Uitgewers (unknown date) National Socialism. He and six others were * www.leibbrandt.com the peak the following morning and found them. Constable Willem Beetge managed to disarm them, but some confusion reigned, especially after another of the police officers, Sgt Jacobus Kruger, recognised Leibbrandt.

The police, not really knowing what to do with the men (as there was at that stage no warrant out for the arrest of Leibbrandt), eventually had to let the two men go.

Leibbrandt was very upset with this “traitorous” act and was determined to punish the people who had betrayed them and told the police about their whereabouts. Not long afterwards he heard that two local farmers, Coetzee and Dames, acted as informers.

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KERKE/CHURCHES • Afrikaanse Protestantse Kerk (LTT) Tshirululunistraat 28, Sondag 09:00, Tel: 015 516 2272 • Afrikaanse Protestantse Kerk (Musina) Cass Straat 16, Sondag 09:00, Tel: 015 534 2126 • Agapé Gemeente (LTT) Sondae: Afrikaanse diens om 08:30 insluitend Peuter-, Kinder- en Tienerbedieninge. Sundays: English service at 10:30 including Toddler-, Children- and Teen Ministries, Past. Sampie van Niekerk, Tel: 015 516 3725 or 082 926 9538 • AGS Charisma (LTT) Munnikstraat 70, Sondag 09:00 & 18:00, Past. Leonie Meyfarth (084 219 4406), Tel 015 516 0486 (kerkkantoor) • AGS El-Shaddai (Musina) Watsonlaan 17, Sondag 10:00 en 18:00, Past. Boetie Visser, Tel: 015 534 3361 / 084 456 6959 • AGS Levubu Enkeldoring E21, Sondag 09:00, Past Bennie en Annemarie Malan, Tel 084 277 2081 of 074 625 9942.

• All Nations for Jesus Christian Centre (LTT) 93 Burger Street (Maranatha Centre), Sunday 09:30 & Wednesday 18:00, Past Benjamin Sithole, Tel 083 532 9492/ 015 516 2275 • Anglican Church / St Marks (LTT) 128 Munnik Street, Sunday 10:30, Rev Robbie Novella, Tel: 015 516 5165 • Baptist Church (Musina) Corner of Whyte & Limpopo Street, Sunday 09:30, Rev Paul Richardson, Tel: 015 534 0479 or 082 446 1728 • Baptist Church / Baptiste Kerk (LTT) 1st Sunday of the month combined morning service (English/Afrikaans) 10:00. Rest of the month English morning service 08:30. Afrikaans morning service 10:00. Evening services combined 18:00. Prayer meeting/Bible study Wednesday 18:00. Ds. Johan Marais 015 516 2714.

• Catholic Church (LTT) Corner Burger & Jeppe Street, Mass times: 1st Sunday 10:00 - 2nd, 3rd and 4th Sunday 17:00, Father Frank Gallagher, Tel: 015 516 0566 / 082 664 1393 (Catholic Church Musina, Tel: 015 534 2085) • Chapel of Grace Church Sunday 09:00 - 11:00 at Forestry 165 in Louis Trichardt (temporary)/ Siloam/Nzhelele Past Oke Tel 083 461 6455.

• Corpus Christi Christian Church Corner Tarentaal and Tuva Street (Makhado Park, Extension 8), Sunday service 09:30, School of Ministry at 13:30 on Sundays. Pastor Peter Thovhakale Tel 082 691 9943.

• St Peters Church (LTT) 33 Breda Street, Sunday 09:00, Tel: 083 377 0984 (Iain Purdon), 084 404 0050 (Soekie Bierman) • Emmanuel Christelike Kerk (LTT) Koraalboomstraat 3, Sondae 09:00 & 18:00, Jeug Vrydae 19:00, Past.

Andries van Heerden, Tel: 015 516 4282 / 083 357 1658 • Evangelies-Gereformeerde Kerk (LTT) LTT Lodge-saal (Hlangananistraat), Sondagoggend erediens 08:00, kontak ds. Herbie Lyon Tel: 082 906 0288 • Gereformeerde Kerk (LTT) H/v Anderson & Songozwistraat, Sondag 09:00 en 10:45, leraar ds. Innes Nagel, Tel. 082 701 5602 • Gereformeerde Kerk (Musina) Wilsonlaan 1, Sondag 09:30, Ds. Hannes Lee, Tel 081 043 0910 of 015 534 2253.

• Hervormde Gemeente Louis Trichardt (Musina & Alldays) H/v Stubbs & Forestryweg, Louis Trichardt, Sondag 08:30, Alldays (09:30 elke tweede Sondag). Kontak ds. Susan Oosthuizen by tel. 082 629 9851 vir meer inligting.

• Hervormde Gemeente Zoutpansberg (LTT) H/v Stubb & Forestry, Elke tweede Sondag om 08:30, Dr. B.J. van Wyk, Tel: 082 828 5711 • Hervormde Kerk Zoutpansberg: Geloofsbond van Hervormde Gemeentes (LTT) H/v Stubb & Forestry, Sondag 10:15, Ds. Ronel Eckard, Tel 072 122 7956 • Hervormde Kerk (Geloofsbond Musina) H/v Van Zyl & Celliersstraat, Sondag om 09:00, ds. Eddie Eckard, Tel: 015 534 2519 of 082 958 9095, Kerkkantoor 015 534 2756.

• Lede in Christus Kerk (LTT) Joubertstraat 29, Sondag oggenddiens 09:30, evangeliediens om 18:00.

Past. Louis Schoeman, Tel: 015 516 0521 / 082 465 8774 • Lewende Woord Louis Trichardt Sondag erediens 10:00 te 49 Rissikstraat. Senior past. Andrew Bezuidenhout (071 078 1631) en past. Jan Wilkins (071 161 9254).

• Levubu Christelike Gemeente (Hatfield) Sondag 09:00 & 18:00, Past. Craig Whitcomb, Tel 015 583 0134 of 084 400 8937 • Lewende Hoop Bedieninge (Louis Trichardt) Plaasgemeente, Sondagdiens 09:30, skakel Susan (076 812 4013) vir meer inligting.

• Methodist Church (LTT) 79 Munnik Street, Sunday 09:00 (English service) 10:00 (Multilingual service), Past. Alan Molyneux, Tel. 082 428 7980.

• NG Kerk (Levubu) Perseel 316, Sondag 08:30 en 10:15 (LTT - Rondebosch Lapa), Ds. Petrus Kriel Tel: 015 583 002 / 082 898 2081

Thursday, 22 October

Friday, 23 October

Saturday, 24 October

Partly sunny and pleasant.

Clearing.

Clouding up, very warm.

High: 28oC Low: 16oC

High: 28oC Low: 14oC

High: 31oC Low: 14oC

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SPB KOFUKAN KARATEKLUB Die Soutpansberg Kofukan Karateklub oefen elke Woensdag vanaf 18:00 tot 20:00 by die Emmanuel Christian School net buite Louis Trichardt.

Vir meer inligting, skakel Tommy by tel. 083 346 6600.

LTT SHUKOKAI KARATEKLUB Die Louis Trichardt Shukokai Karateklub oefen elke Maandag en Donderdag vanaf 17:30 tot 19:15 by die stoeisaal in Louis Trichardt.

Vir meer inligting, skakel sensei De Wet van Wyk by tel. 083 654 8869.

OPKOMEND

• Ou Apostoliese Kerk van SA (LTT) Kroghstraat, Sondagdienste 09:00 tot 10:00 en aanddiens 17:00 tot 18:00, Priester JJ Janse van Rensburg, Tel. 072 544 7505.

• Reformed Church Songozwi Corner of Songozwi and Anderson Street, Louis Trichardt, Sunday 11:00, Rev Paul Mushayabasa (076 860 0669) • Shammah Bedieninge / Ministries - PPK (LTT) Rissikstraat 50. Sondag: 09:00 Hoofdiens & Kinderkerk, 17:00 Connect Groups. Vrydae 19:00 Jeug. Past Anthony Hees 060 577 5217 / Kerkkantoor 015 516 4018 • Sewendedag-adventiste (LTT) Groblerstraat, Saterdag 09:00 en 11:00, leraar Johan Steyn, Tel 082 372 7362 • Sewendedag-adventiste (Musina) H/v Turner & Whytestraat, Saterdag 11:00, Marguerite Sindon & Marietjie Diener, Tel: 015 534 3240 / 082 358 2526 • Volle Evangelie Kerk (LTT) H/v Rissik & Burgersraat, Sondae 09:00 & 17:00, Past. Philip de Jager, Tel: 015 516 0758 / 071 674 7205 • Volle Evangelie Kerk Ebenhaeser (Musina) H/v Turner & Watsonstraat, Sondag 09:00 & 18:00, Past. Jimmy Venter, Tel: 082 920 4493 • Veritas Gemeenskapskerk (LTT) Groblerstraat 80, Sondae 09:00, dr. Philip Venter, Tel. 083 444 7672

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REMEMBRANCE DAY On Sunday, 15 No-

vember, the South African National Defence Force, military veterans and civilians will remember those who had made the ultimate sacrifice in the service of their country as part of Armistice Day, also called Remembrance Day. At 05:00 on Monday, 11 November 1918, a document was signed that brought an end to the First World War. At the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of that year, the guns fell silent. The war that was supposed to end all wars had come to an end, but not before an estimated nine million people had lost their lives.

To pay homage those who died in the war and subsequent wars, Remembrance Day is commemorated annually. The Memorable Order of Tin Hats (MOTH) of Louis Trichardt will be holding their annual Remembrance Day parade and wreath-laying ceremony on 15 November at 10:30 at their Turbi Hills Shell Hole at 66 Burger Street.

All members of the public are welcome to attend.

TRIEGIES GHOLFDAG Hoër- en Laerskool

Louis Trichardt se jaarlikse gholfdag vind vanjaar op 13 November plaas.

Die formaat van die kompetisie is ‘n vierbal-alliansie en persone word ook uitgenooi om pryse vir die dag te borg. Vir meer inligting, skakel Madeleine Nel by tel. 083 388 7933.

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Die Soutpansberg Dorpswag nooi inwoners van Louis Trichardt uit na hulle algemene jaarvergadering op Woensdag, 25 November.

Die vergadering begin om 18:00 by die Louis Trichardt Rugbyklub se losie.

Vir meer inligting, skakel Patricia Gerber by tel. 084 604 0724.

HERFSAKKER BASAAR Inwoners van

Louis Trichardt en omstreke word nou reeds herinner om ‘n aantekening in hulle dagboeke te maak van Laat Lente en Herfsakker se volgende basaar.

Heerlike eetgoed sal weer beskikbaar wees op Saterdag, 7 November.

Meer inligting sal nader aan die tyd beskikbaar gemaak word.

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS Contact: Jannie - 076 501 8285 24/7 or Makweta 082 063 7500 Levubu / Louis Trichardt and Thohoyandou

MAKHADO LOCAL MUNICIPALITY Tel: (015) 519 3000 Fax: (015) 516 1195 Private Bag X2596 Makhado 0920

PUBLIC NOTICE: NOTICE OF COUNCIL MEETING: 29 OCTOBER 2020

• NG Kerk Soutpansberg (LTT) H/v Stubbs & Andersonstraat, Sondag 09:00, ds. Etienne van Staden (083 274 3227), Kerkkantoor 079 116 1700.

• New Covenant Kerk/Church (LTT) 115 Krogh Street, Sondag 09:00 en 18:30, Louis Trichardt, André van Niekerk, Tel 015 516 5305 or 082 926 7313

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Residents are invited to show their support towards the Louis Trichardt SPCA by supJINGLE BELL TOY RIDE The time porting their annual auction is almost here again for local cyclists to get out on 6 November this year. the Christmas lights and to start decorating their Tickets for the event cost bicycles as part of the annual Jingle Bell Toy R200 per person or R2 000 per table and bookRide in Louis Trichardt. ings can be made with Alicia (084 900 5332), Although a final date for the event must still Antjie (083 563 1010) or Lesley (071 545 5194). be finalised, residents are invited to start gathThe cost of the ticket (or table) includes dinner, ering soft toys as gifts. The toy ride is hosted in a lifve performance by Bernice West, a DJ and support of less fortunate children. a dance.

More information will be made available at a later date. In the meantime, enquiries can be HAPPY CHAPPY directed to Chanel at chaneladl@gmail.com NOVEMBER FEST Shammah Bedieninge op Louis Trichardt daag alle gemeentes uit om deel te neem aan hulle Happy Chappy Fest op 7 LADIES CIRCLE 4 November vanaf 17:00.

QUIZ NIGHT Ladies OCTOBER “Al wat dit behels is enige iemand kan Circle 4 in Louis Trichardt inskryf vir hetsy dit sang, dans, drama of has invited one and all to supvoorlesing is,” het die gemeente gesê. port their annual Quiz Night Deelname kos R30 per item vir volwason Friday, October 30 from senes en R20 per item vir kinders. Om net te 18:30 at the Gateway Inn. kom kyk is die toegang gratis.

This year, all proceeds will be donated to Die nodige protokol sal gevolg word ten project TNR Louis Trichardt to help neuter opsigte van Covid-19 regulasies. community cats.

Vir meer inligting of inskrywings, skakel The cost is R50 per person. Tickets of R200 Bettie Hees (074 801 4151) of Lood Muller per person will include a food platter.

(084 657 5558).

For more information or to book your place, phone Riana at Tel 084 400 9941 or Kylie at 079 LAAT LENTE / 792 7536.

• NG Kerk (LTT) Erasmusstraat 23, Sondae: 09:00 oggenddiens & kinder- en kleuterkerk; 10:15 kategese; 08:30 Braambos; 10:30 Soekmekaar; 11:00 Waterpoort en Bandelierkop(1x pm); en 14:00 Kutama Sinthumule Gevangenis; ds. Jan Pretorius (079 881 9673), ds. Corné Burger (073 759 0451), Kerkkantoor 015 516 3902.

• NG Kerk (Musina) Ds. Henricostraat, Sondag 09:00, ds. André van Rooyen, Tel: 082 468 7640 / E-pos: ngkmsa@lantic.net of alvanrooyen@gmail.com

artwork, needlework and knitwear. There will also be bonsai trees, Bao Care oils and books for sale. For the hungry, there are rusks, baked goods, pancakes, boerewors rolls, stokworsies, samoosas, spring rolls and biryani as well as bottled sauces and jams.

For a small donation you can book a stall by phoning Grietjie on 072 516 6895 or Rozanna on 081 746 4319.

“Come one, come all. By supporting the stallholders, you will also be supporting the animals of the SPCA. See you there,” said the SPCA team.

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Please remember to enter Charity Residents are invited to take on a series of bike and running challenges as a fundraiser for the SPCA Louis Trichardt.

The first Strava Run & Ride 4 Pets challenge started on Monday, 14 September, and ran until 14 October. The next challenge started on 15 October and ends on 15 November, while the final challenge will start on 16 November and end on 16 December.

“Please note that this is neither an organised event nor a race. It is a socially distanced challenge as you are allowed to cycle or run on your own under the current Covid-19 laws,” said the local SPCA team.

Three routes (5km, 10km or 20km) have been laid out in the Hanglip Forest outside Louis Trichardt that one can make use of for cycling or running (off-road), or athletes can run or cycle

where they are. To enter, follow these steps: * Join the run and ride for pets on Strava at https://www.strava.com/clubs/runrideforpets_spcaltt * Enter the challenge on Entryninja at https:// www.entryninja.com/events/ * Collect your number and pair of socks at the SPCA Louis Trichardt’s Legacy Shop. * Ride or run the routes as many times as you like or ride or run anywhere else. * After your ride or run, make sure you upload your ride/run to Strava. If you are not on Strava, you cannot be timed or ranked, and you will not be eligible for a weekly prize.

To enter the challenge, the cost is R200 per person per month. All proceeds will go to the SPCA Louis Trichardt.

For more information, phone Lawrence at Tel 082 965 5151, Alicia at 084 900 5332 or Lesley at 071 545 5194.

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71.2% 13.3% 88.8% 9.2% 78.3% 0.9% 98.4% 38.7% 72% 73.5% 9.9% 89.5%

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Renewable energy scholarship opens up opportunities Social Upliftment The Globeleq Scholarship Fund (GSF) has expanded its focus for the upcoming 2021 academic year, which students living within a 50km radius of Soutpan Solar Power can apply for.

The programme, which was launched six years ago to help develop young engineering students for the nascent renewable-energy industry and actively support the transformation of the industry, also includes rural communities, namely Vivo in the Blouberg Local Municipality, Limpopo.

“The GSF is accountable for a sizeable percentage of renewable energy-funded scholarships, supporting 100% black youth and mostly women beneficiaries, setting an ambitious target not only for the renewable-energy industry but for other sectors who are striving to support the transformation agenda of this country,” says Hlengiwe Radebe, Economic Development Director for Globeleq in a press release.

The GSF Engineering fund is designed to support the renewable-energy sector and ensure a pipeline of qualified talent and is offered nationally through institutions offering mechatronic or electrical engineering for students who want to study in these fields.

The GSF Communities fund supports localised development that is offered to students residing within a 50km radius in which Globeleq’s renewable energy power plants operate, including their Soutpan Solar Power plant.

“Our national footprint gives our economic development programmes reach across vast areas of the country, coupled with an ability to target specific rural beneficiary communities from the Western Cape, Eastern Cape and Northern Cape, all the way to the country’s

northern Limpopo Province. This means that our scholarships can be truly localised and can support the development of scarce skills to bring about real development and socio-economic interventions,” adds Radebe.

Since 2016, the GSF recipients have been 100% black youths and more than 55% females for the last three years. The programme utilises a less conventional and holistic approach to funding, by typically not only focusing on academic achievement, but rather on financial need, location of the students and gender to demonstrate its commitment to increasing the cache of women engineers in the country and to the sector.

The GSF has adjusted over the years to consistently provide young people with exposure to the renewable-energy industry, as well as offering opportunities through an internship programme for beneficiaries to gain the necessary work experience. Specifically, the opportunity for national diploma students to complete their required in-service training and thereby fill the technical skills gap within the renewable-energy industry.

Amaarah Basadien is studying towards an actuarial science degree at the University of Cape For an application form, visit www.globeleqTown as part of the Globeleq Scholarship Fund. Photo supplied. scholarship.excelatuni.com.

SASSA Grant Payment in November 2020 OLDER PERSON’S GRANTS will be paid from 03 November 2020 This includes any grants linked to these accounts.

DISABILITY GRANTS will be paid from 04 November 2020 This includes any grants linked to these accounts.

November 2020

Hoërskool Louis Trichardt se 2019/20 hoofmeisie Lynique Krüger, het onlangs haar eerste balkie vir diens ontvang as lid van die skool se Gaurdian Angels vir die afgelope drie jaar. Foto: Hoërskool Louis Trichardt.

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Residents will soon enjoy fast and affordable Internet

of Tzaneen and Mokopane, where we are currently busy, and obviously Louis Trichardt Residents will soon enjoy the pleasures of is our next project,” said Mr Grant Small, imfast and reliable Internet at their homes as plementation manager for the project, during more than one company has indicated their an interview on Tuesday. intention to install a high-speed fibre-opAt present, most of the preparation work for tic Internet network for residential use in actual digging to start has already been comLouis Trichardt. pleted. This is evident from the road markings One of these companies is Vumatel (Vuma), seen across Louis Trichardt as part of the mapwith Britelink as their implementation compa- ping process to indicate where trenches for the ny, who held a public information meeting in fibre-optic cables will be dug.

Sowat 30 langasems het Saterdag deelgeneem aan ‘n tweekamp oefenkamp wat aangethis regard on 12 October.

In total, Small said, their network would bied is deur die Soutpansberg Fietsryklub in die Hanglip bosbouplantasie net buite Louis Vuma announced that Britelink would be cover 122 street blocks in Louis Trichardt, Trichardt. Die groter kinders en volwassenes kon deelneem aan ‘n 3 km draf, 20 km berginstalling a fibre-optic network in the Louis excluding the central business areas. Irrespecfietswedren en dan weer ‘n 3 km draf. Wat die kleintjies betref, kon hulle ‘n korter 1 km Trichardt/Makhado area. This will entail tive of whether homeowners plan to make draf, 10 km bergfietswedren en weer 1 km drafvoltooi. Die afdeling vir die groter kinders trenching work to be done on road verges and use of the network, connection points will be en volwassenes is gewen deur Tyrone Anders van PHS, met Casper John Venter tweede en pavements. They assured the public, however, established at 2 125 premises in town. This is a Jandré van Jaarsveld derde. Foto’s verskaf. that all safety precautions would be taken remassive project, with a total of approximately garding pedestrian safety and that all surfaces 92 kilometres of fibre optic cable to be laid would be repaired to their original condition down in town. prior to trench work. Vuma said that trenching Small said they were eager to begin and would start in October and that they estimated were just awaiting final approval from the the project to be completed across the whole Makhado Municipality to start. This includes area by the end of December this year. determining exactly where all underground What must be said at this stage is that Vuma cables and pipes are situated. If something is not a service provider. They merely supply should go wrong with the digging, they will be the infrastructure, known as an open-access quick to react. “We fix all problems ourselves. fibre network, for Internet service providers to We do not wait for the municipality to come use. In this case, their fibre optic network will out. The only instance where we will wait for offer guaranteed Internet speeds of between them, is when we damage anything above an 10 megabytes per second (Mbps) and one 11 kVA cable,” said Small. Having said that, gigabyte per second (Gbps). The open-access Small invited members of the public to phone nature of the network prevents the duplication him directly, should they experience any probof infrastructure and drives down prices for lems relating to the digging of trenches at their the end-user. It also offers Internet users a residences. He can be contacted at Tel 082 563 month-to-month subscription package with 5409.

Christiaan Pretorius (Graad 8) van Hoërno need for lengthy service-provider contracts.

Ian du Plessis het vanjaar weggestap met A similar project involving the installation skool Louis Trichardt het sy eerste erekleure “We do metropolitans. Once that is done, die trofee as beste junior veldatleet tydens of a fibre-optic Internet network is planned vir tennis ontvang as lid van die provinsiale Hoërskool Louis Trichardt se onlangse pryswe start with what is called secondary cities by well-known local service providers Letaba span tydens die skool se prysuitdeling vir uitdeling vir Graad 8- en 9-leerlinge. Foto: Wireless. For more on this, see the advertorial Graad 8- en 9-leerlinge. Foto: Hoërskool Louis like Louis Trichardt. At present, we are busy Hoërskool Louis Trichardt. with the secondary city rollouts. That consists on page 5 of this edition.

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ZOUT CLASSIFIEDS COXWELL STEYN VISE & NAUDE INC KENNISGEWING IN TERME VAN ARTIKEL 35(4) EN (5) VAN WET NR 66 VAN 1965 BOEDEL WYLE FRANCOIS JACOBUS SWANEPOEL IDENTITEITSNOMMER: 301010 5094 086 LAASTE ADRES: PLAAS MELODY, LOUIS TRI­ CHARDT, 0920 DATUM VAN AFSTERWE: 14 NOVEMBER 2019 BOEDELNOMMER: 458/2020 (THOHOYAN­ DOU) Kennis word hiermee ge­

gee ingevolge Artikel 35(4) en (5) van Wet nr. 66 van 1965 dat die Likwidasie en Distribusierekening in bogemelde boedel ter insae sal lê te die kantore van die Meester van Thohoyandou en die Landdroskantoor te Louis Trichardt vir ‘n tydperk van 21 (een­en­twintig) dae vanaf datum van pu­ blikasie hiervan naamlik 23 Oktober 2020.

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GOLDEN GREY CONSORTIUM KENNISGEWING MAKHADO ­ WYSIGING­ SKEMA NOMMER 386 Ek, Jackson Sebola van Golden Grey Consortium (Pty)Ltd. As gemagtigde agent van die eienaar van die onderstaande eien­ dom, gee hiermee kennis ingevolge: Artikel 63 van die Verordening op Ruim­ telike Beplanning, Grond­ ontwikkeling en Grondge­ bruikbestuur van Makhado Munisipaliteit, 2016, dat ek by die Makhado Muni­ sipaliteit aansoek gedoen het vir die wysiging van die Makhado Grondgebruik­ skema, 2009 deur die her­ sonering van Erf 3129 in Louis Trichardt Township Ext.9 geleë in Wolfstraat 3 van “Residensieel 1” na “Spesiaal” vir die doel om Gastehuis. Besonderhede van die aansoek le ter insae gedurende gewone kantoorure by die kantoor van die Direkteur Ontwik­ kelingsbeplanning, Bur­ gersentrum (Nuwe gebou), Kroghstraat 83, Makhado, vir ‘n tydperk van 28 dae vanaf 23 Oktober 2020.

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GOLDEN GREY CONSORTIUM KENNISGEWING MAKHADO ­ WYSIGING­ SKEMA NOMMER 387 Ek, Jackson Sebola van Golden Grey Consortium (Pty) Ltd. As gemagtigde agent van die eienaar van die onderstaande

eiendom, gee hiermee kennis ingevolge: Artikel 63 van die Verordening op Ruimtelike Beplanning, Grondontwikkeling en Grondgebruikbestuur van Makhado Munisipali­ teit, 2016, dat ek by die Makhado Munisipaliteit aansoek gedoen het vir die wysiging van die Makhado Grondgebruikskema, 2009 deur die hersonering van Erf 815 in die gemeente Louis Trichardt geleë in Andersonstraat 44 van “Residensieel 2” na “Resi­ densieel 3” vir die doel van woonstelle. Besonderhede van die aansoek le ter insae gedurende gewone kantoorure by die kantoor van die Direkteur Ontwik­ kelingsbeplanning, Bur­ gersentrum (Nuwe gebou), Kroughstraat 83, Makhado, vir ‘n tydperk van 28 dae vanaf 23 Oktober 2020.

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The annual Vark van die Noorde bowls challenge was decided at the Louis Trichardt Bowls Club on Saturday, 17 October, between Louis Trichardt and the military bowls club from Air Force Base Makhado (AFB Makhado). The competition was decided over four rounds, and even though players were only allowed back on the greens after more than five months because of Covid-19, play was of a high standard. After the second round, the scores were tied and both clubs fought hard for victory. After the final round, the scores were still tied on 16 points each, but AFB Makhado eventually won the day on shot aggregate of plus seven and Louis Tric­hardt with a minus 18. This is the first time that AFB Makhado has won this competition since 2012.

Pictured is Louis Trichardt Bowls Club president Carel Volschenk handing the Vark van die Noorde trophy to flight-sergeant Anton van Vuuren, president of AFB Makhado’s bowls club.

“I would personally like to invite the community to come and play this wonderful game. It is an excellent sport for the whole family and to meet new friends. It is no longer old men’s marbles but a sport for all ages,” said Van Vuuren. Photo supplied.

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Die gewilde jaarlikse Gruisgat 4x4-kompetisie is die afgelope naweek weer buite Louis Trichardt beslis. Die wenners van die gemodifiseerde klas was Conrad Burger en Altus Otto.

In die tweede plek was Kobus Otto en Verushca Venter, met Morné en Lee-Ann van Heerden derde. In die standaard klas was dit Ilandri Burger en Michelle Ackerman wat met die louere weggestap het. Tweede was Hercules Jordaan en Yolanda Bester, met pa George en seun Rico Janse van Rensburg in die derde plek. Groot dank het gegaan aan die dag se borge, wat ingesluit het Timbercity (hoofborg), ACDC Express (Polokwane), ARB Electrical (Polokwane), Bearingman, Burco, Fire Fly Bottelstoor, Fire Fly Roadhouse, Ford (Louis Trichardt), Hi-Q Far North, Lightworld, IMR Rewinding, LTT Bolt & Nut, Makhado Tanks, Mopani Braaihout, NTT Toyota (Louis Trichardt), PD Otto Elektries, Pemico, Premjee, RPM Motors, Talisman, Tradepost, Vleismark en die Zoutpansberger. Afgeneem is van die wenners en borge. Van links na regs staan Herman Vorster, Altus Otto, Conrad Burger, Ilandri Burger, CW Burger, George en Rico Janse van Rensburg, Riana Otto, Morné van Heerden, Paul Otto, Hercules Jordaan en Kobus Otto. Foto verskaf.

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NOTICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT PROCESS Notice is hereby given in terms of Regulation 43(1) of the regulations published in Government Notice No. R982 (as amended) under Section 24(5) of the National Environmental Management Act (Act no. 107 of 1998), of the intent to carry out the following activity: Activity & Locality: 1. Proposed clearance of approximately 570 ha of indigenous vegetation for tomato lands on Portions 3, 4 & 5 of Waterpoort 695 MS, Sandpan 687 MS and Sitapo 690 MS in the Waterpoort area. The expansion is necessary to provide enough space for a crop rotation cycle of 3 years. Water for irrigation is available from the current legal water use for the farms.

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A full Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) process will be followed. The application for this activity will be submitted to Limpopo Department of Economic Development, Environment and Tourism (LEDET).

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span te wees vir die Dakar wedren in Januarie 2021 wat in Saoedi-Arabië plaasvind.

Swannie gaan saam om spesifiek deel van die kuipespan te wees. Hy en Brian ken mekaar al etlike jare. Hulle het veral saam deelgeneem aan vierwielmotorfietswedrenne. Brian het egter in 2016 sy arm gebreek en neem sedertdien deel

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Die Dakar-tydren is ‘n jaarlikse tydren wat deur die Amaury Sport Organisation georganiseer word en is oop vir professionele en amateurjaers,

Swannie Swanepoel (links) saam met Brian Baragwanath (regs). Foto verskaf.

maar amateurs maak gewoonlik die motorbestuurder en Taye Perry tot 80% van die jaers uit. Hierdie is hulp-bestuurder. Taye het be“woestynkategorie” van dié gewilde kendheid verwerf as die eerste vrou wedren begin en eindig in Jeddah, uit Afrika om ‘n Dakar tydren op die ekonomiese hartklop van haar motorfiets te voltooi (2020). hierdie land. Op die roete is ook die Alles gaan vanselfsprekend met interessante Ha’il, wat ‘n belanggroot onkoste gepaard en spanlede rike stopplek op handelsroetes moet elk R250 000 insamel. Swantussen die Rooisee en die eertydse nie steun sterk op borge en welMesopotamië was. Hierdie area doeners en ‘n beroep word op die is bekend vir sy rotse - bedek met gemeenskap gedoen om bydraes te rotskuns wat getuig van menslike lewer wat hom in staat sal stel om aktiwiteite wat terugdateer na te kan saamgaan. bykans 10 000 jaar gelede. Deesdae Bydraes kan gemaak word aan word hierdie gebied as die “wieg” Team Rhide SA (Pty) Ltd, Stanvan woestynwedrenne beskou. dard Bank, rekeningnommer Stefan, oftewel Swannie Swane331617994, takkode 052548 met poel soos hy beter bekend staan, is verwysing “Swannie”. Weldoeners die eienaar van “Swannies Racing kan ook ‘n faktuur versoek. Vir Bikeshop” in Louis Trichardt en is enige navrae, kontak vir Swannie self ‘n sportman van formaat. Beby 071 859 6924. halwe vir sy groot liefde vir rugby, sal lesers onthou dat hy reeds in 2009 bekroon is as Motorsport SA (MSA) se kampioen enduro-vierwielmotorfietsrenjaer van 2009. Hy het reeds in 2003 begin deelneem.

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