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Mamba pik slangman Deur Andries van Zyl

te verwag. “Die simptome van die byt het omtrent 10 minute ná die byt begin intree, maar dit was glad nie erg nie. Ek het ‘n metaal smaak in my mond gehad met ‘n pins and needles gevoel om my mond en gesig,” het Jan gesê. Jan is opgeneem in die hospitaal. “Aangesien die simptome nie so erg was nie, het ek geen teengif nodig gehad nie. Ek is in elk geval baie allergies vir die teengif,” het Jan gesê. Hy is ná ses ure van observasie uit die hospitaal ontslaan. Jan skryf die “ligte” simptome daaraan toe dat die mamba hom nie ‘n vol dosis gif gegee het nie, aangesien hy hom net wou skrikmaak en nie doodmaak nie. “Die slang het my nie aangeval nie. Ek was bloot tussen hom en sy pad uit,” het Jan gesê. Hy het ook geen kwade gevoelens teenoor die slang. “Dit is nie die slang se skuld nie. Dit was bloot ‘n fratsongeluk,” het Jan gesê.

Ná die voorval het Jan weereens inwoners versoek om nie voor die voet slange dood te maak nie. “Moet hulle ook nie hanteer as jy nie weet wat jy doen nie,” het Jan vermaan. In dieselfde asem het hy inwoners gevra om respek te hê vir plaaslike slangvangers. “Ek vra dat die publiek sal kennis neem daarvan dat die werk wat die slangvangers doen nie net gevaarlik is nie, maar ook tyd vat en geld kos (brandstof). Daarom doen ek ‘n beroep op inwoners om ten minste vir die persoon wat uitkom om ‘n slang by jou te vang en weer veilig in die natuur te plaas ‘n donasie te gee,” het Jan gesê. Indien inwoners probleme ondervind met ‘n slang, het Jan hulle uitgenooi om vir Frikkie Venter te skakel by tel. 082 058 7601. Intussen het Jan geen planne om op te hou “speel” met die slange nie. “In 36 jaar is dit slegs die derde keer dat ek deur ‘n giftige slang gepik is,” het Jan gesê.

Plaaslike slangkenner en -vanger Jan ‘Slang’ van Rooyen moes die afgelope week ‘n onbeplande noodbesoek aan die hospitaal bring, nadat hy deur ‘n mamba gepik is. Jan, wat tans bietjie uithelp by die Ndlondlo Reptielpark naby Ballito in KwaZulu-Natal, vertel dat hulle verlede Vrydag omstreeks 09:30 besig was met ‘n fotosessie vir die slange by die park. “Ek het net ‘n groen mamba teruggesit in die kas en was besig om ‘n jong swart mamba uit te haal vir die volgende foto’s,” het Jan gesê. Die swart mamba van ongeveer twee meter was duidelik nie baie lus vir dié storie nie. Dan is hulle nog van nature ook baie aggressief. “Terwyl ek besig was om die slang uit te haal, reeds met die helfte van die lyf in my regterhand, het die slang homself vasgedruk teen die tak wat in die kas was. Ek het hom met die slanghaak probeer loskry en met dié het hy losgekom!” het Jan vertel. Die slang het dadelik gemik vir die opening in die kas om weg te kom. Jan se hand was egter in die pad. “Met sy verbygaan het hy my aan die linkerduim gebyt,” het Jan gesê. Te midde van die byt en skrik het Jan kop gehou en die astrante mamba onder beheer gekry en teruggesit in sy kas. Die pik van ‘n mamba is ook nie iets om ligtelik op te neem nie. “Ek het dadelik vir Neville Wolmarans [eienaar van die reptielpark] gesê ek is gebyt en hy het dadelik die paramedici geskakel en gereël Bekende slangkenner en -vanger Jan ‘Slang’ van Rooyen moes die dat ek in die hospitaal in Tongaat opgeDie einste jong swart mamba wat verantwoordelik was vir die byt. Jan sê hy was afgelope week ‘n onbeplande noodbesoek aan die hospitaal bring, nadat neem word,” het Jan gesê. As slangkenner het Jan geweet wat om duidelik nie lus vir die fotosessie nie. Foto verskaf. hy deur ‘n swart mamba gepik is. Foto verskaf.

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Oud-Triegie en eggenoot sterf in motorongeluk Deur Andries van Zyl

Wyle Arina en Christiaan van der Merwe. Foto: Facebook.

Heidi-Lene Jonck with her sister, Elze-Marie du Preez, are looking forward to celebrating Heidi’s birthday this year at the fundraising golf and fun day being held by the Soutpansberg Golf Club on 22 March.

Help to make her birthday special By Jo Robinson

A fundraising golf day is going to be held to help with the travel expenses for Heidi-Lene Jonck, who, at the moment, has to travel to Pretoria every two weeks for surgery to keep her throat open. Cherise Botha, who is arranging the day, told the Zoutpansberger that the emphasis of the day was fun. “It is not only to try and help to lighten the load that Heidi-Lene and her sister Elze-Marie du Preez are dealing with of having to travel to Pretoria every two weeks, but also to celebrate Heidi’s birthday,” said Cherise. “She spent her birthday

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last year in the intensive care unit.” On 11 March last year, Heidi-Lene was involved in a boat accident on the Albasini Dam. She received a serious blow to the head that rendered her unconscious and led to her face being submerged for long enough for brain damage to occur. Following that, a breathing tube was left in her throat for weeks longer than it should have been, leading to a severe build-up of scar tissue in her throat, which almost caused her to suffocate last year. Heidi-Lene is now waiting for a life-saving operation that will remove the scarred portion of her oesophagus, but in the meantime, she has to have a temporary operation every two weeks to keep her airway open. “It has been a long and hard year for both sisters,” said Cherise. Heidi-Lene is making progress with learning to walk again, and with relearning how to read and write and is staying positive about her future. The Soutpansberg Golf Club is hosting the fundraising and fun day on 22 March. It will only be nine holes played in the afternoon, followed by a braai and prizegiving, which is all included in the price of R1 000 for a four-ball alliance. “Everyone is welcome, though,” said Cherise. “Anyone can join in and family members not playing golf can join the braai for a fee of R65 per person. Just come for the day, and to spend time with Heidi to celebrate her birthday. Businesses are invited to put up gazebos and advertise their products or services for a little sponsorship on the day. Fees and donations can be paid into the golf club’s account, using the reference ‘Heidi’s Golf Day” and their name or send proof of payment to 082 818 2315. Payments can be made into Standard Bank account number 331660806 in the name of the Soutpansberg Golf Club, branch code 051001. For more information, phone Cherise at 082 818 2315.

Die Soutpansberg-gemeenskap treur hierdie week saam met ouers Johan en Elsa Fick van Louis Trichardt met die nuus van die dood van hul dogter, Arina, en skoonseun, Christiaan, in ‘n motorongeluk Sondagaand. “Dit is maar moeilik vir ons,” het ‘n hartseer Johan Dinsdagaand gesê kort nadat hulle in Postmasburg aangekom het waar Arina en Christiaan gewoon het. Die 26-jarige Arina en 26-jarige Christiaan van der Merwe is vermoedelik op slag dood in ‘n botsing met ‘n vragmotor op die R31 tussen Barkly-Wes en Daniëlskuil. Die ongeluk het omstreeks 21:30 plaasgevind. Hulle was ten tye van die noodlottige ongeluk op pad terug van vriende op Potchefstroom na hulle ‘n troue op Ermelo bygewoon het. Arina en Christiaan selfs is slegs ‘n paar weke gelede, op 15 Desember, getroud. Sedert die nuus van die egpaar se dood stroom huldeblyke en woorde van vertroosting van alle oorde in. “Ons Triegiefamilie is so hartseer om te hoor dat Arina Fick-Van der Merwe en haar man Christiaan in ‘n motorongeluk oorlede is. Arina was die dogter van Johan En Elsa Fick. Johan is die hoof by Eltivillas Primary en Elsa was vir jare ‘n onderwyseres by ons skool. Arina was in 2006 in Graad 7. Ons harte gaan uit na julle familie,” het Laerskool Louis Trichardt om hul Facebook-blad geplaas. So ook het Hoërskool Louis Trichardt se Facebook-inskrywing die familie vertroosting toegewens. “Hoërskool Louis Trichardt het met leedwese verneem van die afsterwe van ‘n oud-leerling Arina Fick-Van der Merwe en dogter van twee geliefde steunpilare in ons gemeenskap, Johan en Elsa Fick. Ons as Triegies, wil hiermee graag ons innige simpatie oordra met julle groot verlies,” het die hoërskool se boodskap gelees. Buiten vir die boodskappe van medelye, was daar ook baie wat hul skok uitgespreek het oor die jong egpaar se ontydige afsterwe. “Liefste Pina. Min het ek geweet dat my gelukwensing met jou verjaarsdag die laaste boodskap sal wees wat ek vir jou stuur. Ons is almal verpletter en sonder woorde.

Jy sal altyd diep in my hart bly en ons sal mekaar eendag in die hemel weer sien. Dit vertroos my effe om te weet dat jy gelukkig was, dat jou drome waar geword het en dat jy op so jong ouderdom God se plan vir jou lewe vervolmaak het. Die leemte wat jy agterlaat is onbeskryflik groot. Tot ons weer ontmoet,” het ‘n vriendin, Simoné de Villiers‎, op Arina se Facebook-blad geskryf. Arina het op 17 Januarie haar verjaarsdag gevier. Arina het in 2011 aan Hoërskool Louis Trichardt gematrikuleer. Sy het pas haar meestersgraad in aptekerswese by die Noordwes Universiteit se Potchefstroom-kampus (NWU) voltooi en was ten tye van haar dood werksaam in die apteek by die hospitaal op Postmasburg. Christiaan was ‘n ingenieur wat werksaam was by ‘n plaaslike myn. Die egpaar het mekaar op universiteit ontmoet. Johan het te midde van die hartseer gesê hulle ondersteun mekaar as familie. “Ons vind ons krag van die Here af en in mekaar in ‘n hegte huwelik en gesin,” het Johan gesê. Johan het gesê hulle is oorweldig deur die ondersteuning wat hulle as familie ontvang. “Ons spreek groot dank uit vir die boodskappe en ondersteuning wat ons vanuit die Louis Trichardt-gemeenskap ontvang het,” het Johan gesê. Hy het bygevoeg dat hulle ook ondersteuning van die NWU ontvang. “Hulle het geskakel en gevra of ons as ouers in Arina se afwesigheid haar meestersgraad namens haar sal ontvang tydens hul jaarlikse gradeplegtigheid,” het Johan gesê. ‘n Troosdiens vir Arina en Christiaan sal eerskomende Vrydag vanuit die NG Kerk Postmasburg gehou word. “Hulle as sal saam in die gedenkmuur by die kerk geplaas word,” het Johan gesê. Arina word oorleef deur haar ouers, broer Johan en suster Helené, tans onderwyser by Hoërskool Eric Louw in Musina. Christiaan word oorleef deur ouers Johan en Christa, suster Chris-Mari en swaer Handré Strauss. “Uit my hart uit wil ek sê dat Christiaan, in die kort tydjie wat die Here ons gegee het, vir ons soos ‘n ekstra seun was. So ook was Arina vir die Van der Merwe-familie nog ‘n dogter,” het Johan gesê.

Bekende oom Pieter Mattheus oorlede Deur Anton van Zyl

vir jukskei gehad en was vir baie jare voorsitter van die dorp se jukskeiklub. In September 2013 is sy vrou, tannie Sya, oorlede. Sy het vir etlike jare voor haar dood gesukkel met Alzheimer se siekte. Dit tas die brein aan en veroorsaak ‘n verlies aan geheue. “Vir my was dit wonderlik dat my pa se brein tot aan die einde helder en skerp was,” het sy seun, Chris, hierdie week gesê. Chris vertel dat sy pa ‘n merkwaardige geheue gehad het en dat hy ‘n ongelooflike bron van kennis was. ‘n Begrafnisdiens is Maandag (4de) in die Agapé-gemeente op Louis Trichardt gehou waar Chris ‘n leraar is. Hy word oorleef deur sy kinders, Pieter, Sya, Tina, Chris en Cassie en skoonseuns en -dogters, Estelle, Hannes, Gerhard, Rona en Noenie, asook 10 kleinkinders.

Die bekende oom Pieter Mattheus van Louis Trichardt is verlede week in die ouderdom van 85 oorlede. Hy was vir meer as 60 jaar deel van die plaaslike gemeenskap en het op baie terreine sy merk gelaat. Pieter Johannes Jacobus Mattheus is op 25 Maart 1933 op die dorpie Kirkwood in die Oos-Kaap gebore. Hier het hy grootgeword en sy skoolloopbaan voltooi. Ná skool is hy na Reitz, in die Vrystaat, waar hy by die plaaslike landdroskantoor begin werk het. In 1952 het hy, as 19-jarige jong man, op Louis Trichardt gearriveer waar hy ‘n pos aanvaar het by die landdroskantoor. Dit het hom nie lank geneem om sy voete op Louis Trichardt te vind nie en dit is ook hier waar hy sy vrou, Luzya Eloff, ontmoet het. Sy was ‘n kleindogter van die bekende Kelly-familie, een van die pioniersgesinne in die Soutpansberg. Hulle is op 3 April 1954 getroud. In 1954 is Pieter verplaas na Pretoria en hy het in 1955 begin om na-ure verder te studeer aan die Universiteit van Pretoria. Vier van hul kinders, naamlik Pieter, Sya, Tina en Chris, is in Pretoria gebore. In 1961 het die Mattheus-gesin teruggekeer na Louis Trichardt en hulle gevestig op die plaas Ballymore naby Elim. Hul jongste seun, Cassie, is kort hierna in die Elim hospitaal gebore. Pieter het aanvanklik by Van Wyk Motors op Louis Trichardt gewerk, wat in daardie stadium die Volkswagen handelaars was. Die besigheid is later uitgekoop en het Thompson’s Motors geword. Hierna het hy by die bekende Alderson & Flitton (die Chevrolet-agentskap) begin werk, aanvanklik as boekhouer, maar later as bestuurder. In 1980 het hy ‘n betrekking by Werda Motors, die Toyota-agentskap, aanvaar. Hier het hy diens gedoen as bestuurder tot en met sy aftrede in 1996. Heelwat van die streek se inwoners sal Pieter Mattheus onthou as kranige sportman. Hy het tot op 38-jarige ouderdom nog vir die dorp se rugbyklub Wyle oom Pieter Mattheus, afgeneem saam uitgedraf. Hy het ook vir baie jare rugby by die met sy vrou, tannie Sya, wat in 2013 oorlede is. hoërskool afgerig. Hy het ook ‘n besonderse liefde Foto verskaf.

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“Buitengewone” weerlig slaan ses beeste dood Deur Jo Robinson

Menige inwoner is dit eens dat Maandagaand se hewige donderstorm “anders en ongehoord in intensiteit” was vir die omgewing. Vir een boer het dit ook in ‘n tragedie geëindig. Mnr. Henry Pretorius, wat net buite Louis Trichardt in die Rondebosch area boer, het vroeg Dinsdagoggend ‘n skokvonds gemaak – ses van sy prag Bonsmara beeste is tydens die vorige aand se storm deur weerlig doodgeslaan. Die ses beeste het teen mekaar dood gelê onder ‘n boom waar hulle vermoedelik gaan skuiling soek het teen die weerlig en reën. Drie van die koeie was dragtig en sou oor twee weke kalf. Twee verse en ‘n os is ook doodgeslaan. “Ons het saam met vriende in die omgewing gebraai toe ons ‘n harde donderslag gehoor het,” het Pretorius gesê. “Dit slag was so hard, ons het amper van ons stoele af geval. Ek kon egter nie dink wat ek die volgende dag sou vind nie.” Die familie is kort na 23:00 huis toe. Pretorius was vroegdag die volgende oggend op en het soos gewoonlik ‘n draai gaan maak by sy beeste. Dit was toe dat hy op die tragedie afgekom het. “Snaaks genoeg, daar was geen skade aan die boom nie. Daar was ook geen brandmerke op die grond nie,” het Pretorius gesê. Een ding is egter seker - weerlig het die beeste getref. “Uiterlik was daar nie veel skade aan die beeste nie, maar binne-in die vel het hulle verbrand – jy kon dit ruik,” het Pretorius gesê. Pretorius het ook gesê dat Maandagaand se weerlig nie geklink het soos die normale donderstorm nie. “Ons bly al 40 jaar hier en dit is die eerste keer dat so iets gebeur op die plaas,” het Pretorius gesê. Buiten vir die hartseer oor sy beeste het Pretorius ook geweldige finansiële verlies gely. Met ses van sy kudde van 35 Bonsmaras dood, asook die drie ongebore kalfies, beraam Pretorius hy het

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sowat R100 000 verloor. “Maar daar is niks wat ons daaroor kan doen nie … Ek het vir ‘n vriend gevra of hy die karkasse soek om vir sy leeus te voer? Hy het dadelik gesê ek mors my tyd, want die leeus sal nie die vleis van ‘n dier eet wat deur weerlig getref is nie. Sy raad was dat ek maar ‘n gat moes grou en hulle begrawe,” het Pretorius gesê. Van ons inwoners met ‘n goeie geheue sal se kerlik die vorige keer onthou wat weerlig ‘n boer se beeste doodgeslaan het. In November 2011 het die koerant geskryf oor mnr. Brink Schlesinger, wat 21 dragtige verse verloor het nadat weerlig hulle getref het op sy plaas Black Stone bo-op die berg by Waterpoort. “Dit is so ‘n skok om beeste Die ses Bonsmara beeste, waarvan drie dragtig was, van plaaslike boer Henry Pretorius wat tydens so te sien,” het Schlesinger destyds gesê. Maandag se insident was weereens bewys Maandag se hewige donderstorm deur weerlig doodgeslaan is. Foto verskaf. van die ongelooflike krag van ‘n weerligstraal, wat deur baie mense onderskat word. Volgens statistieke word sowat 200 mense elke jaar deur weerlig in Suid-Afrika doodgeslaan. Die afgelope twee weke is vier plaaswerkers dood nadat hulle op ‘n plaas naby Upington deur weerlig getref is. in was stopped and searched at pearances then followed for the Court News ‘n Jong roei-afrigter van Germiston, Nick Whaits, the Beit Bridge port of entry by trio after their bail application is ook deur weerlig doodgeslaan. Twee mense is customs officials. Ncube and was successfully opposed by A 30-year-old woman will in KwaZulu-Natal deur weerlig gedood, en aan die begin van Januarie is twee mense wat op ‘n spend the next 15 years in company were en-route from the investigating team,” said jail after being convicted of Zimbabwe to South Africa at Maluleke. koppie in Johannesburg gebid het, doodgeslaan. The Musina Regional Court Volgens Weather SA moet mense so vinnig smuggling explosives into the time,” said provincial Hawks spokesperson Capt Matimba convicted Ncube for unlawful South Africa at the Beit Bridge moontlik onder dak kom of in ‘n voertuig klim Maluleke. possession and smuggling of tydens ‘n donderstorm. Rubber stewels en ‘n border post. The resulting search of explosives on Thursday, 31 Mtombizitha Ncube was conmotor se bande sal jou nie kan beskerm as jy deur Ncube’s vehicle uncovered a January 2019, whilst her two weerlig getref word nie, maar in die geval van ‘n victed for the possession and significant number of hidden co-accused were acquitted. “The smuggling of explosives into voertuig sal jy veiliger wees, mits jy nie aan die metaalwerk van die voertuig raak nie. In geboue South Africa by the Musina explosives with an estimated court has ordered Ncube to serve is dit wys om weg te bly van vensters, metaal en Regional Court on Thursday, 31 street value of approximately 15 years’ imprisonment for unelektroniese toestelle soos telefone. Moet ook nie January. “Ncube was arrested on R200 000. “The Hawks’ Serious lawful possession of explosives bad of stort tydens ‘n donderstorm nie. Bly ook 26 September 2018, in the com- Organised Crime Investigation and an additional 15 years for weg van alleenstaande bome en oop plekke, en pany of Marvellous Jore (42), unit was enlisted to conduct smuggling explosives. Both sennatuurlik, moet onder geen omstandighede besluit and Musina Shoko (47), when further investigations, following tences are to run concurrently,” the vehicle they were traveling the arrest. A series of court ap- said Maluleke. om te gaan swem nie.

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Road blocks part of DAFF efforts to stop FMD By Andries van Zyl

The FMD road block at the Beja turnoff on the R524 road to Thohoyandou was found completely abandoned last Friday amidst ex tensive efforts by the government and industry stakeholders to stop the spread of the disease. Photo supplied.

The FMD-management area in Vhembe. Fifteen road blocks at strategic points to restrict the movement of cloven-hoofed animals were established in the area. Map: DAFF.

A disease-management area, roadblocks and an intensive vaccination programme are among the steps taken by the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) to minimize the spread and to eradicate the foot-and-mouth (FMD) disease outbreak in Vhembe. This according to a joint statement by DAFF minister Senzeni Zokwana and the Red Meat Industry, following a meeting in Pretoria on Monday with the government and industry stakeholders on the crisis. The FMD outbreak at Sundani Village near Vuwani at the beginning of January caused South-Africa to lose its recognised FMD-free-zone status with the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE). This has had a devastating effect on the trade in cloven-hoofed animals and their products from South Africa. While some countries instituted official bans, trade was further disrupted as a result of the inability to certify any exports that require FMD-free-zone attestation. “I must commend the contributions so far from the industry, in particular at technical committees’ level. The update we are giving today is the cumulative work of the collective past two weeks,” said Zokwana. Zokwana said that his department had updated the country’s trade partners on the FMD outbreak in South Africa. He added that a request had been made to trade partners to consider the continuation of trade in safe products. Guarantees were also provided for products that do not pose a risk of transmitting the disease, such as heat-treated meat and dairy products, deboned and matured beef, scoured wool, salted hides and skins, livestock embryos and pork products from known FMD-free pig compartments. “Following the sharing of update reports with trade partners, trade restrictions on the export of processed products have been relaxed by many trade partners. Trade in safe commodities to direct neighbouring countries have largely been accepted and, where necessary, negotiation of new health certificates is underway,” said Zokwana. He added that good progress had also been made with negotiations to re-open markets for deboned matured beef, processed dairy products and processed hides and skins to the other African countries, the Middle East and the Far East. According to Zokwana, up to 30 January this year, four positive locations for FMD in Limpopo Province had been reported to the OIE. The animals affected by the outbreak are cattle kept in rural villages with communal dip tanks and grazing. The affected villages are in close proximity, within a 20km radius. The estimated number of cattle in the 20km around the affected villages is 15 000, of which 4 500 are in the FMD-free zone. A disease-management area has subsequently been declared, namely the area enclosed by the R81, R36, N1 and R524 roads. “A Joint Operations Committee (JOC) was established and meets on a daily basis, consisting of traffic, departmental and district disaster management, police, industry (the National Animal Health Forum, Feedlot Associa-

tion) and provincial and DAFF veterinary officials. The JOC has facilitated the placement of 15 road blocks at strategic points to restrict the movement of animals,” said Zokwana. One of these road blocks was established on the R524 between Louis Trichardt and Thohoyandou at the Beja-turnoff. The main aim of these roadblocks and management area is to see to it that no cloven-hoofed animals are allowed to move within, into or out of the area. “…there is a complete standstill of cloven-hoofed animals. Movement permits that were previously issued for this purpose were withdrawn. Products from cloven-hoofed animals may be allowed to move within this area, but movements out of the area will be considered on merit and only allowed with permits issued by the local state veterinarian and in compliance with the conditions of such permits,” said Zokwana. Since the vaccination of cattle commenced on 14 January, starting with the cattle in the affected villages as well as cattle in the 20km radius around the affected villages, a total number of 10 000 cattle were vaccinated and marked by the beginning of the week. “Culling of affected or in-contact animals in the area is at the moment not advocated,” said Zokwana. Emphasising the importance of containing the spread of the disease within the FMD management area once again, Zokwana said that the movement of cloven-hoofed animals (including wildlife) and unprocessed products out of the Mopani and Vhembe Districts, as well as the Molemole Municipality of Capricorn District, was discouraged until further notice. “As mentioned above, it is only products processed using methods validated to inactivate the FMD virus that are safe to be moved out of the area,” said Zokwana. At face value, the government appears to have gone out of its way to curb the spread of the disease effectively. Some farmers, however, are of the opinion that, at ground level, this enthusiasm to stop the spread of the disease is not shared. Specific reference was made to the FMD-control road block on the R524 at Beja some 30km from Louis Trichardt. The road block was set up about two weeks ago. The road block was, however, found completely deserted last Friday, apparently for the whole day. The Zoutpansberger informed the department of this and asked for a response on the status and functionality of this and other road blocks in the management area. In response, departmental spokesperson for the DAFF Mr Steve Galane said that the situation around the Makhado road blocks in Limpopo had been resolved. Money to man the control point seemed to have been the problem. “Our HOD Ms Maisela made a commitment to the SAPS about their payment. All the road blocks have veterinary officials and traffic police. The SAPS in Makhado will also deploy police to the road blocks. They have officials who will be doing spot checks and we requested officials to be deployed to the road block for 24hrs [period]. No road block was left unattended without the presence of veterinary officials,” said Galane.

Bank employee arrested after money disappears from client’s account Court News

A 47-year-old bank employee in Musina was arrested last week by the Hawks’ Serious Commercial Crime Investigation unit for allegedly defrauding a bank client of more than a million rand. Mpho Melbah Ndou appeared in the Musina Magistrate’s Court on Thursday and was granted R5 000 bail, after which her case was postponed until 5 March

this year. Ndou was arrested last Tuesday. “The consultant, who is employed by Standard Bank in Musina, allegedly invaded a client’s bank account early this month and fraudulently transferred sums of money into different fictitious accounts, where her fellow syndicate members would then allegedly make withdrawals,” said Hawks spokesperson Capt Matimba Maluleke. According to Maluleke, the

Hawks’ investigation has thus far uncovered that the consultant allegedly authorized replicated bank cards with a valid pin code on the victim’s account to enable the looting to appear as if it was the client’s transactions. “The suspect is likely to face charges of fraud‚ money laundering and contraventions of the Electronic Communications and Transactions Act. Additional arrests cannot be ruled out as investigations continue,” said Maluleke.

ZOUTPANSBERGER, 8 FEBRUARY 2019

Illegal gambling shop in CBD raises many questions warning people that they are about to enter a gambling outlet. “It is not a legal requirement for The Limpopo Gambling Board has promised a licensed gambling establishment to display a sign to act swiftly against illegal gambling outlets board on its exterior regarding the type of business being conducted. Section 78 of the Limpopo operating in the Vhembe District. This follows complaints about one such outlet Gambling Act places restrictions on advertising that operates from premises in Songozwi Street, and promoting a gambling activity. However, to protect the public from entering into an unliLouis Trichardt. The gambling outlet near the corner of Songozwi censed gambling establishment, it is mandatory and Grobler Street (opposite the municipal caravan for a gambling establishment to display (inside park) opened its doors at the end of last year. No the premises) a copy of the licence granted by the signboards outside the shop indicate what type of Limpopo Gambling Board,” she said. When the premises in Songozwi Street was business is being conducted. The only indication that the place is a gambling operation is the secu- visited, no such copy of the license could be seen. When we spoke to some of the neighbouring rity guard at the entrance and the absence of any windows. When one of the attendants was asked businesses, they said that they had not been conwhat the name of the company was, she answered sulted or informed about the gambling business opening next to them. Some of them also comthat it was Cybernet. The Zoutpansberger decided to find out what plained about the excessive smoke emanating from is happening inside the business and sent in an the business. The gambling customers apparently undercover “punter”. What quickly became clear smoke inside the building and the smoke filters was that the place is one where you can gamble through the roof, making life very uncomfortable and try your luck with a variety of online games. for other tenants. “Whilst an applicant To enter you need to pay a minimum of R30, What quickly became clear was for such licence is not which then gets loaded that the place is one where you obliged to directly inform the neighbours of onto your profile. You can gamble and try your luck an intention to operate are given access to a touchpad monitor where with a variety of online games. such business, the applicant is, however, reyou can choose what To enter you need to pay a quired to strictly adhere game of chance you preminimum of R30, which then to section 26 of the Limfer. You then use your Gambling Act, money as credit to play gets loaded onto your profile. popo No. 3 of 2013, which online. If you win, you then collect your winnings at the counter and leave. compels the applicant to publish a notice in the The Limpopo Gambling Board (LGB) was con- Government Gazette and in a newspaper circulattacted to find out if this was a legal operation. The ing in the area where the site to which the licence LGB is tasked with ensuring compliance with the relates is situated. The notice must invite interested various gambling Acts. The spokesperson for the persons to lodge their written representations and Board, Naomi Molepo, said that only nine legal objections in relation thereto,” Molepo said. The LGB had no such application on record and gambling outlets were registered in Louis Trichardt. She provided the names of these outlets, but no newspaper notice could be found concerning the Cybernet’s name was very clearly not on the list. premises in Songozwi Street. The problem of smoking inside a building is not Online gambling is illegal in South Africa and participants may face hefty fines and prison sen- handled by the LGB, but by the local municipality, in terms of health and safety regulations. When tences if found to be involved. The Casino Association of South Africa (CASA) Mr Louis Bobodi, spokesperson for the Makhado has on numerous occasions embarked on a journey Municipality, was approached for comment, he to teach the public about the dangers associated referred the issue to the relevant department. A day with these illegal activities. According to CASA, after the inquiry the Zoutpansberger was contacted one of the problems exacerbating illegal gambling by the municipality’s health department, asking is that many people simply do not know that online about the address of the business. The inspector promised to investigate. gambling is illegal. During the reporter’s visit to the gambling outlet, Previously, the association released a statement two sections were found inside – one for smokers in which it indicated that online gambling was unregulated, and it allowed the operators to take and one for non-smokers. The smell of cigarette advantage of their players. This means that abso- smoke was, however, very evident inside the entire lutely no guarantee exists that the player’s winnings building. will be paid out and, should a dispute arise, no recourse exists that can be pursued. Players need to understand that if they win online, no legislation or guarantee is in place that the operator will pay at all. CASA indicated that online gambling (apart from sports betting with a South African licensed operator) was totally illegal in South Africa, even if the website was hosted beyond the country’s borders. Transgressors are liable to face prison sentences of up to 10 years, fines up to R10 million or both such prison sentences and fines if convicted. The association regularly calls for individuals and businesses to be aware of possible online gambling operations in their area and urges them to report any suspicious activities. In an interview with the Saturday Star newspaper last September, CASA CEO Themba Ngobese told the publication that the National Gambling Board estimated that about 4 000 jobs were being lost because of the illegal gambling industry. He told the paper that this industry was responsible for funding other criminal activity as the money made from these illegal establishments could not be kept in banks. The LGB’s Ms Molepo was asked about the absence of signs at the Louis Trichardt premises By Phathutshedzo Luvhengo

Ms Molepo urged members of the public to report any such illegal establishments. They can contact the Law Enforcement Unit of the Limpopo Gambling Board, led by Dr P Masogo, on 015-230 2300. When contacted about Cybernet, Dr Masogo insisted the matter was under investigation by the LGB and the Makhado police. “It is very bad to the economy of Makhado and to society in general

because it is not licenced,” he said. Asked as to how many cases of illegal gambling the board had investigated in the past six months and if they had closed down those outlets in the province, Dr Masogo only indicated that a journalist should visit the LGB for an interview.

From the outside no sign boards or any other indication that a gambling outlet is being operated from this premises in Songozwi Street, Louis Trichardt, can be seen.

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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 Charisma (Levubu) Sondag 09:00. Past John en Marietjie Struwig. • 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 Maurunwa/Siloam/Nzhelele Past Oke Tel 083 461 6455 or 072 976 3448. • 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 oggenddien 09:30, evangeliedien om 18:00. Past. Christo van Rooijen, Tel: 015 516 0521 / 082 465 8774 • Lewende Woord Louis Trichardt Louis Trichardt Lodge-saal. Sondag erediens 10:00 (Afrikaans) en 18:00 (English). 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, Tel. 015 516 0446 • NG Kerk (Levubu) Perseel 316, Sondag 08:30 en 10:15 (LTT - Rondebosch Lapa), Ds. Petrus Kriel Tel: 015 583 002 / 082 898 2081 • 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 Soutpansberg (LTT) H/v Stubbs & Andersonstraat, Sondag 09:00, ds. Etienne van Staden (083 274 3227), Kerkkantoor 015 516 4366 • 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 • 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 • Ou Apostoliese Kerk van SA (LTT) Kroghstraat, Sondagdienste om 08:45 en 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 Francois Strydom 082 7850 265 / 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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Friday, 8 February

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Sunshine and patchy clouds.

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High: 31 C Low: 16 C

WHAT IS HAPPENING? DEURLOPEND

ONDERSTEUN BERGCARE CHARITY SHOP Die Bergcare Charity

Shop op die perseel van die Haantjie Kerk (NG Kerk Louis Trichardt) is oop weeksdae van Vroue van die Woord kom een maal ‘n maand op 07:30 tot 12:30. elke tweede Saterdag van die maand om 10:00 “Kom ondersteun gerus. U is ook welkom by die Boekwinkel in Joubertstraat bymekaar. om alle onnodige huisraad of klere te skenk. Die vroue kom interkerklik saam om te bid, Die inkomste van Bergcare Charity Shop word geestelik te groei en mekaar aan te moedig om gebruik vir die aankope van kos vir die Bergcare vroue na God se hart te wees. “Alle vroue, jonk Bejaarde-projek,” sê die projekbestuurders. en oud, is welkom,” sê die organiseerders. Vir meer inligting, skakel die kerkkantoor by Vir meer inligting kan Madelyn Stoltz by 083 015 516 3902. 442 5248 geskakel word.

VROUE VAN DIE WOORD Die

MANNE VAN DIE WOORD Die

LTT SHUKOKAI KARATEKLUB Die Louis Trichardt Shukokai

Manne van die Woord in Louis Trichardt kom elke Vrydag van 05:45 tot 06:45 by Ocean Basket in Songozwistraat byeen. Vir meer inligting kan Tobias Fourie by 082 451 4249 geskakel word.

Karateklub oefen elke Maandag en Woensdag vanaf 17:30 tot 19:15 by die gimnastiek/stoeisaal in Louis Trichardt. Vir meer inligting, skakel sensei De Wet van Wyk by tel. 083 654 8869.

GISTER-SE-JEUG BYEEN Die

GIMNASTIEKKLUB OEFENTYE Die Louis Trichardt Gimnastiekklub

Gister-se-Jeug klub, waar jonger en ouer seniors welkom is, vergader elke Dinsdag van 09:00 tot 11:00 in die Hervormde Kerk se saal op die hoek van Stubbsstraat en Forestryweg in Louis Trichardt. Vir meer inligting kan Willie Agenbacht geskakel word by tel. 083 453 6597, Flippie Diedericks by 071 671 9866 of Anna Lordan by 082 921 6110.

BAHÁ’Í INFORMATION CENTRE The Bahá’í Information Centre in Louis

Trichardt holds multi-faith devotionals every Thursday from 19:30. For more information phone 081 884 9553 (after hours). Alternatively, visit the website at www.bahai.org.

INTERKERKLIKE BIDUUR

Inwoners word uitgenooi om elke Woensdag vanaf 08:00 tot 09:00 saam te kom bid vir die gemeenskap en die land tydens ‘n interkerklike biduur by St Peter’s Kerk in Bredastraat. Vir meer inligting, skakel past. Leonie Meyfarth by tel. 084 219 4406.

oefen elke Maandag en Woensdag. Vlak 1 tot 3 gimnaste (meisies en seuns) sal Maandae en Woensdae oefen van 14:30 tot 16:00. Die Vlak 4 tot 7 gimnaste (meisies en seuns) sal ook op Maandae en Woensdae oefen, maar van 17:00 tot 18:30. Elzabé Stewart en Riekie Steyn is onderskeidelik verantwoordelik vir die meisies en seuns se afrigting. Vir meer inligting, skakel Elzabé by 082 566 3493 of Riekie by 082 484 1392.

AA BYEEN Alkoholiste Anoniem (AA)

vergader elke Maandag om 18:00 by die Haantjiekerk (h/v Burger- en Erasmustraat) in Louis Trichardt en almal wat daaraan ‘n behoefte het om die vergadering by te woon, is welkom. Die AA vergader ook elke Woensdag vanaf 18:00 in Levubu. Vir meer inligting, skakel Jannie by tel. 076 501 8285.

LOUIS TRICHARDT TUINBOUKLUB Die Louis Trichardt Tuinbou-

JONG FIETSRYERS OEFEN WEER Laerskool Louis Trichardt se fiets-

ryklub het weer begin oefen en kinders kan enige tyd by die oefensessies inval. Daar word elke Maandag en Woensdag vanaf 15:00 tot 17:00 geoefen. “Ons kom bymekaar by Meulbos aan die bo-punt van Forestryweg, regs in met die grondpad. Ons tel ook kinders op by die na-skool. Hulle moet ons asseblief net laat weet op die WhatsApp-groep. Ons kommunikeer ook meestal op die WhatsApp-groep,” het die klubbestuur gesê. Die klub neem aan vier amptelike wedrenne deur die jaar deel, die eerste wat op 13 Julie sal plaasvind. “Daar is geen kostes verbonde aan die fietsry oefeninge nie, maar daar is wel R70 per ryer betaalbaar vir elke wedren waaraan ons gaan deelneem. Die kinders wat presteer kan hulle Limpopo kleure vir fietsry verwerf,” het die klub gesê. Vir meer inligting, skakel Koos Ehlers by die skool by tel. 015 516 5151 of fietsry-afrigter Mark Archer by tel. 083 324 8495.

MOTH SKOUERSKUUR Alle oud-polisielede, gevangenisdienslede en soldate, hetsy diensplig of staandemag, en oud-MOTHlede word genooi na ‘n skouerskuur elke Dinsdag vanaf 18:00 en Saterdae vanaf 11:00. Die skouerskuur vind plaas by die Moths in Louis Trichardt se Turbi Hills bomgat te Burgerstraat 66. “Die kantien is oop en almal is welkom om te bring-en-braai. Kom wees gesellig en vertel jou stories oor jou polisie of weermag dae. Families is welkom,” nooi die Moths. Vir meer inligting, skakel Old Bill Ben Wolff by tel. 084 368 7045.

FEBRUARY GET FIT IN FEBRUARY The Smart

Fitness Gym and Momentum Multiply Challenge to “Get 5km walking fit in February 2019” has nooi alle lede en nie-lede om in te skakel by started on 4 February and will continue to 2 SPB KOFUKAN KARATEKLUB klub hulle verrigtinge. Klublede kom elke derde Dins- March. Die Soutpansberg Kofukan Karateklub oefen elke The organisers say that “It is time to get dag van die maand byeen. Alle voornemende Woensdag vanaf 18:00 tot 20:00 by die Emmayour fitness resolutions going with specialised groenvingers kan met Hannetjie skakel by 084 nuel Christian School net buite Louis Trichardt. coaching and training from Smart Fitness Gym 950 0205 of Sophie by 082 420 0514 om uit te Vir meer inligting, skakel Tommy by tel. 083 and Multiply the rewards” with great prizes up vind hoe hulle betrokke kan raak. 346 6600. for grabs. Starting time will be 17:10 from Smart Fitness RUGBYKLUB OEFEN WEER Die Louis Trichardt Rugbyklub het weer hulle week- Gym, 123 President Street, Louis Trichardt and likse oefensessies hervat ter voorbereiding vir die entry fee will be R100 per person. Contact Andra 083 727 7911 or Antjie 083 2019 rugbyseisoen. 563 1010. Die klub oefen elke Dinsdag en Donderdag vanaf 18:00 vir 18:30. “Ons nooi graag alle JO BLACK BY CVO SKOOL bestaande lede asook voornemende lede om te Die CVO Skool Zoutpansberg het inwoners kom saam oefen en hulself gereed te kry vir die van Louis Trichardt en omstreke uitgenooi na ‘n komende seisoen,” het die klub se voorsitter, optrede van bekende Suid-Afrikaanse sanger Jo Kevin Gilbert, gesê. Vir meer inligting, skakel Black by die skool op 8 Februarie. Kevin by tel. 082 892 8769. (Vervolg op p. 7)

NOODNOMMERS

EMERGENCY NUMBERS LOUIS TRICHARDT • SAPS/SAPD

- 10111/ 015 519 4300 / 083 206 5594 • Ambulance/Ambulans - 015 516 4378 015 516 2395 • Electricity (after hours) - 087 350 2764 • Water (after hours) - 087 350 2764 • Fire Brigade/Brandweer - 015 516 0551 015 516 0554 • Munisipaliteit/Municipality - 015 519 3000 • Hospital (Government) - 015 516 0148 / 9 • Hospital (Private) - 015 516 0720 015 516 6980 • SPB Dorpswag - 082 251 0827

MUSINA • SAPS/SAPD • Ambulance/Ambulans • Fire Brigade/Brandweer • Hospital (Government) • Municipality • Electricity/Water

- 10111 / 015 534 7601 - 10177 / 015 534 0061 - 015 534 0061 - 015 534 0446 / 7 - 015 534 6000 - 083 457 2183

LEVUBU • SAPS/SAPD

- 015 583 7400 015 583 7418 • Municipal and other services (see Louis Trichardt)

WEEKLY DAM LEVELS According to latest available information from the Department WEEKLIKSE of Water Affairs and Forestry as on Monday, 4 February. DAMVLAKKE Dams/damme:

04/02/2019 28/01/2019

Albasini Dam Ebenezer Dam Flag Boshielo Dam Glen Alpine Dam Luphephe Dam Middel Letaba Dam Nandoni Dam Nsami Dam Nwanedzi Dam Nzhelele Dam Tzaneen Dam Vondo Dam

75.4% 62.6% 77.8% 16.7% 47.5% 5.9% 93.5% 21.2% 50.7% 49.1% 12.6% 85.1%

75.8% 64.4% 76.7% 17.3% 49.2% 6.1% 93.8% 21.9% 51.9% 50.4% 12% 85.6%

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Sunday, 10 February

Monday, 11 February

Tuesday, 12 February

Wednesday, 13 February

Clouds and sun, nice.

Sun an d clouds, very warm.

A shower and thunderstorm around.

A bit of morning rain.

High: 32oC Low: 17oC

High: 34oC Low: 20oC

High: 28oC Low: 21oC

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WAT GEBEUR? (Vervolg van p. 6) “Early bird” kaartjies is beskikbaar teen R140 per persoon en R160 vanaf 1 Februarie. Kaartjies vir die voorste rye kos R200 per persoon, maar slegs 200 plekke is beskikbaar. Eie stoele moet saamgebring word met kaartjies wat by Salon Lu-iz beskikbaar is. Hekke open op 17:00 met die vertoning wat om 19:00 begin en kosstalletjies sal beskikbaar wees. Vir meer inligting, skakel Gertien by tel. 082 341 6909.

9 FIRST PARK RUN

Louis Trichardt will join a group of towns and cities from across the world to buy into the unique “Parkrun” initiative on 9 February from 08:00. The concept of park runs is simple: You turn up every Saturday and run 5km, or if you’re a junior, then 2km every Sunday. How fast you go does not matter and neither does what you are wearing. What matters is taking part. For more information about Louis Trichardt’s own park run, dates and times, phone Jaco at Tel 084 616 2299.

WAG N 16 WOOFENSTEIN PURR

Let the SPCA Louis Trichardt bakers make your Valentine’s Day a sweet one this year during their annual Woofentines Baking Day and Wag n Purr on 16 February. Delicious cupcakes will be available, on order only, at R15 per cupcake. “Please send your orders to yolandacronje8@gmail.com,” invites the SPCA team. Please note that orders close on 9 February.

SA JONGBO22 TLU ERKONGRES

Dit is weer tyd vir TLU SA se jaarlikse Jongboerkonferensie wat op 22 Februarie by Weesgerus (Modimolle) aangebied word. Die kongres, wat oop is vir alle boere onder die ouderdom van 40 jaar, begin om 08:00. Vanjaar se tema is Tyd vir saamstaan. Toegang vir TLU SA-lede is gratis, alhoewel nie-lede R150 sal moet betaal. Belangstellendes moet egter daarop let dat hulle voor 13 Februarie moet registreer deur hierdie skakel op die Internet te volg: http://tlu.co.za/index.php/af/37-afrikaans/552-jongboerkonferensie.html. Vir navrae, skakel Runel Matthews by tel. 012 804 8031.

28 TRIEGIES LEEULOOP

Inwoners kan begin gereed maak vir Hoërskool Louis Trichardt se jaarlikse Leeuloop op 28 Februarie. Vanjaar is die tema Dr. Seuss To There To Here. Deelname kos R20 vir die 4 kilometer en R30 vir die 8 kilometer. “Dankie Fuji Shop vir die borgskap,” het die skool gesê. Die pretloop begin om 17:00.

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3 WHY IS LIFE SO UNFAIR?

Do you have questions such as why is life so unfair, is it worth it to be a child of God and why am I so confused as to who God is? Then you are invited to attend a talk on these subjects at the Baptist Church at 25 Ruh Street in Louis Trichardt on Sunday, 3 March, from 10:00. For more information, phone Rev Johan Marais at Tel 015 516 2714.

spanne in te skryf. Vanjaar sal daar verskillende tema rondes deur die loop van die aand wees. “Bring genoeg R5’e en R10’e saam vir ‘n propvol program. Daar is ook lekker kos te koop,” het die organiseerders genooi. Vir meer inligting, skakel Heila Oosthuizen by tel. 082 525 3452.

RELAY FOR 15 CANSA LIFE

Dit is weer tyd vir Cansa se jaarlikse Relay for Life! Louis Trichardt se Relay vind vanjaar op 15 Maart plaas, met Hoërskool Louis Trichardt wat weer as gasheer sal optree. Oudergewoonte sal verrigtinge weer vanaf 18:00 deur die nag duur. Die Relay-komitee nooi inwoners weer uit om spanne in te skryf deur vir Rina Harding te skakel by 072 525 2593 of Alida Faasen by 079 581 6998. Spanne wat reeds ingeskryf het sluit in BB Auto en Noordstaal wat reeds mede-motorhandelaars en -besighede uitgedaag het om ook

2 PEDAL 4 PETS

The Louis Trichardt SPCA will host their very first Pedal 4 Pets on 2 March this year. The event will coincide with their farmer’s market. WATT bikes will determine who has what it takes for our Pedal 4 Pets competition. For more information and to enter your team, please contact Antjie on 083 563 1010. “Bring all your friends and family for support. Visit our lovely

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‘n Nasie is in rou ná die dood van vier kinders by Hoërskool Driehoek in Vanderbijlpark verlede week, nadat ‘n beton loopvlak op hulle geval het. Verskeie ander is ernstig beseer. Landswyd het gemeentes Sondag vir die kinders, hul ouers en families gebid. Maandag het skole hul medelye met Hoërskool Driehoek gewys deur ‘n geel en pers lintjie aan hul klere of op hul tasse te dra. Hoërskool- en Laerskool Louis Trichardt het die inisiatief ondersteun. Afgeneem is die Gr 4X-klas by Laerskool Louis Trichardt met hul geel en pers lintjies. Foto verskaf.

Maandag was ‘n spesiale dag vir Hoërskool Louis Trichardt se nuwe Graad 8’s. Dit was die dag waarop hulle, vir die eerste keer in hulle hoërskoolloopbaan, skoene by die skool kon aantrek. Almal van hulle is in die skool se vierkant bymekaar gemaak, waar hulle hul skoene kon aantrek. Daarna het die hele skool vir hulle ‘n erewag gestaan en met ‘n handeklap as volwaardige Triegies verwelkom. Foto’s verskaf.

Die Gideons het Maandag klein Sakbybels aan elk van Hoërskool Louis Trichardt se Graad 8-leerlinge oorhandig. Die oorhandiging is behartig deur Louis Trichardt Gideons mnre. WAS Nel en Stefan Wilson. Afgeneem is, van links na regs, mnr. Adriaan Moulder (onderwyser), Stefan, Bernice Meiring (hoofmeisie), Lo’Care Madzie (LUK), oom WAS, en mnr. Louis Cilliers (skoolhoof). Foto verskaf.

Hoërskool Eric Louw in Musina het op Maandag, 28 Januarie, besoek ontvang van die Gideons op Louis Trichardt se mnre. WAS Nel en Stefan Wilson. Die twee het Gideon Bybels kom uitdeel aan die Graad 8- en 9-leerlinge. “Ons wil graag baie dankie sê vir die uitdeel van die Bybels,” het die skool gesê. Foto verskaf.

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“Not many might be aware that town is being overcome by termite nests” Termite Warrior from Louis Trichardt, writes:

think our readers are not aware but our town is being overcome by termite nests. Please go and have a look in especially the North-Eastern part of our town on the municipal pavements in the municipal parks, on the municipal grounds along the perimeters of our town especially in the Forestry Road-park you will see these termite nests. I attach for you a pageant of shocking photos of some of these nests that is hair raising. Any building within 100m of such a termite nest and especially the roof trusses and woodwork are in serious danger of being eaten and totally destroyed within months. Each inhabitant should urgently take his torch and inspect his ceilings and roof trusses. If you don’t do it, it could all be gone soon and your corrugated iron roof will only hang by its roof nails, ready to collapse. The termite nests on private property are the responsibility of the owners. But what are the municipal councillors and officials doing about the termite nests on their pavements, parks and A pageant of photos of just a few of the public lands? termite nests found in municipal parks and on Mr Editor, if you have the time, please get pavements in Louis Trichardt. Photos supplied. from them and publish for us their strategic plan to eradicate this devastating threat from termite nests on municipal land before it destroys our roofs.

Ek is ... die Weg, die Waarheid en die lewe VERSIER DIE LEER VAN GOD ONS VERLOSSER

“Hulle moet niks ontvreemd nie, maar alle goeie trou betoon, sodat hulle die leer van God, ons Verlosser, in alles kan versier” Titus 2:10 (Ou Vertaling). lke Christen moet in alles deur hulle gesonde geloof, hulle voorbeeldige gedrag en hul goeie gesindhede, die leer van die “skoonheid van heiligheid” so versier, dat die teësprekers weerlê en hul monde gestop kan word (Titus 1:7-11). Die voëlverskrikkers van die leer van God is dikwels juis die belyers daarvan. Hulle ken die dogma en hou vas aan treffende verhale van hoe wonderlik hulle daarmee weggespring het, maar namate hulle hul eerste liefde verloor, word hul monde al hoe voller van mooi-klinkende maar hol en leë slagspreuke. Hulle het die heerlikheid en varsheid van hul getuienis verloor toe hul harte koud en hard geword het, soos die saad wat tussen die klippe geval het. Soos die skape wat deur God verwyt word: “En moet My skape afwei wat met julle pote vertrap is, en drink wat met julle pote troebel gemaak is?” - Esegiël 34:18-21. Die Koning gebruik net toegeruste soldate vir die geestelike stryd, wat in felheid toeneem, teen die vyande waarteen vleeslike Christene glad nie bestand is nie.

Voorkeur word gegee aan kort briewe oor plaaslike aangeleenthede. Die redakteur behou die reg voor om briewe te verkort. / Preference is given to short, factual letters concerning local matters. The editor reserves the right to shorten letters.

Bikers bring joy to Klouter Kabouters Estie and Jannie Sounes, “Prospects” of the Louis Trichardt Road Hogs, handed over a haul of toys collected by the bikers to Niki van der Westhuizen at the Klouter Kabouter Nursery School in Levubu on Wednesday last week as part of the Hogs’ Toy Run. Photo supplied.

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Twenty-five years ago, the Zoutpansberger informed farmers of a warning issued by the police, especially in the Witvlag area, to be on their guard against a man who was showing up on farms on the pretext of searching for the graves of his ancestors. The man introduced himself as Samson Nephawe, although, according to reports at the time, his real name was Samson Magagadele. Allegations were made at the time that, rather than honestly looking for actual gravesites, this person was somehow creating graves with the purpose of later “reclaiming” land on the strength

Caron Foord, who until the end of last year has been teaching at Ridgeway Independent School, has moved to Ridgeway College in Louis Trichardt from 2019 where she is now teaching Life Sciences and History. Photo Supplied.

of their being there. In recent years there have been claims and challenges for the royal throne of Venda, including one by Chief Tshidziwelele Nephawe of the Vhangona clan, who argued in court papers that “he was the great-grandson of King Tshidziwelele III, who was assassinated between 1759 and 1800”. He further stated in the same court papers that the current King Toni Mphephu-Ramabulana’s clan only arrived in the 1750s after his clan had already settled in the area”. So, while Samson Magagadele was foiled in his plans to plant fake royal tombs in the bush, the truth is that there very probably are real ones just waiting to be found

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While most children went on holiday in December of last year, Champions Combined Academy outside Louis Trichardt’s Grade 5 pupils decided to rather spend their time collecting clothes for the needy. With their teacher, Ms Naomi Sibanyoni, as guide, they collected enough clothing to fill eight boxes. The clothes were handed to local angels for the needy Helena and Pierre van den Heever on 24 January. “With this we would like to thank all of the people involved in this project. Teaching our children to give to those in need is a very important part of our school Champions Combined Academy’s values,” said the school. Pictured to the far left is school principal Sonja Prinsloo. Next to her are Helena and Pierre van den Heever and at the back is Naomi. Photo supplied.

Also 25 years ago, the Zoutpansberger shared the news of the swearing in of the new Head of State of Venda by acting Chief Justice H J Liebenberg. Major General T G Ramabulana filled the position previously held by Major General Gabriël Ramushwana, who had moved on to become the commanding officer of the National Peace Keeping Force. Major General Ramushwana had led a bloodless coup d’etat, as the Venda Defense Force Deputy Chief, to great celebrations by the residents of Thohoyandou who did not at all want to be part of any “homeland”. Being a part of the population of an independent homeland in South

Africa back then meant the loss of South African citizenship, and the reality that South Africa was the only country in the world who recognised the “sovereignty” of them.

ZOUTPANSBERGER, 8 FEBRUARIE 2019

Die CVO Skool Zoutpansberg buite Louis Trichardt se Top 5 akademiese presteerders in Grade 10 tot 12 ná aﬂoop van 2018 se finale eksamen was (van links na regs) Eljuné Kemp, Jani Badenhorst, Hierdie groep leerlinge is aangewys as die CVO Skool Zoutpansberg se Top 5 akademiese Waldo Stemmet, Fransiska Ahrens en Welmi de Jager. presteerders in Grade 7 tot 9 ná aﬂoop van verlede jaar se eindeksamen. Van links na regs staan SJ Mynhardt, Isabella Marais, Anika 131 Krogh Street Badenhorst, Jonél Wepener en Robert Marais.

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Batho bohle: 1. bao letsatsing leo tumellano ya tefo e kenang tshebetsong, ba entseng mosebetsi o ba behang bophelo bo botle kotsing. Ho latela tumellano ya tefo, mosebetsi o nang le monyetla wa kotsi o bolela “mosebetsi o nang le monyetla wa kotsi” jwalo ka ha ho hlalositswe ke Molao wa Mafu a Tshebetsong Merafong le Mesebetsing, wa 1973 kapa ofe kapa ofe wa mesebetsi e latelang: (i) ho sebetsa mesebetsing ya ka tlasa lefatshe ya morafo wa kgauta; (ii) ho sebetsa tlung ya ho hlatswa diaparo moo diaparo tsa basebetsi ba morafo ba ka mokoting di hlatswetswang teng; (iii) ho sebetsa matangwaneng a seretse sa morafong wa kgauta; (iv) ho sebetsa laboratoring ya “assay” ya morafo wa kgauta moo lejwe la kgauta le etswang diteko, le sebakeng seo diteko tsa bongata ba lerole le ka hengwang ke batho di etswang; (v) ho sebetsa polanteng ya lejwe-tshepe ya morafo wa kgauta, ho kenyeletswa ho pshatlweng, ho silweng, ho thothweng le ho qhibidihisweng ha lejwetshepe; le (vi) ho sebetsa ditshebetsong tsa lebanta le tsamaisang majwe a pshatlilweng a tswang ditshebetsong tsa ka mokoting wa morafo wa kgauta. 2. bao pele kapa ka letsatsi leo tumellano ya tefo e keneng tshebetsong, ba neng ba tshwerwe ke silikhosisi kapa ba hahlametswe ke lerole la silica; 3. ba etsang kapa ba entseng mosebetsi o nane le monyetla wa kotsi ho o mong kapa e meng ya merafo e thathamisitsweng Sehokelong sa A sa tsebiso ena ka mora la 12 Hlakubele 1965; le 4. ba sa kang ba lefuwa ditleleime tsa bona ditefong tsa nako e fetileng tse phethetsweng le Anglo American South Africa Limited le AngloGold Ashanti Limited ka la 14 Hlakubele 2016 le Anglo American South Africa Limited ka la 19 Lwetse 2013, ka tlhahlamano.

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Batho bohle: 1. bao letsatsing leo tumellano ya tefo e kenang tshebetsong, ba entseng mosebetsi o ba behang kotsing ya bophelo bo botle; 2. bao ka la, pele kapa ka mora letsatsi leo tumellano ya tefo e tla kena tshebetsong ka lona ba tshwerweng ke Lefuba; le 3. ba etsang kapa ba entseng mosebetsi o nang le monyetla wa kotsi ya bophelo bo botle, ka mora la 12 Hlakubele 1965, ho o mong kapa e meng ya merafo ya kgauta e thathamisitsweng Sehokelong sa A sa tsebiso ena.

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Did an early photographer capture the “likeness” of a Boer leader? I

n last week’s edition, we Jacques-Mandé Daguerre (1787 dia in 1840 to take photos there. set the stage for a “history – 1851). In 1835, Daguerre He must have passed the Cape mystery”. We introduced a exposed a plate coated with of Good Hope on the way and photo proclaimed to be that of light-sensitive silver iodide, stepped ashore. A year later, a the Voortrekker leader, Andries which he in turn exposed to French naval captain, Augustin Hendrik Potgieter, and started mercury vapor. It took Daguerre Lucas, took the first photos in questioning its authenticity. a few more years to sort out all Sydney, Australia. He also had Potgieter died in December the nitty gritty, but in August to travel past the Cape to reach 1852, but we mentioned that the 1839 the French Academy of the land down under and very first reports of photography in Art and Sciences heard the ex- possibly spent some time on South Africa date back to 1846. citing news of an invention that African shores. They must have It could possibly be a genuine would capture more than the disembarked at either Table photo, but it could also Bay or Algoa Bay (Port be that the photograph Elizabeth). so commonly used next In 1845, French to articles about the Boer photographer E Thiésson commandant is a fake. visited Sofala (MozamLast week, we focused bique) and took photos on the life of Potgieter, of the native people. In starting with his birth in his excellent book Silver the Graaff Reinett district Images, published in in the Cape Colony on 1958, Dr AD Bensusan 19 December 1792 and speculates that this could ending with his death in have been the famous Zoutpansbergdorp (later Native Queen Xai Xai in Schoemansdal), on 16 the province of Zavala. December 1852. We also The earliest surviving camera used in Africa. He reckoned that the speculated as to which of It was brought to South Africa in 1856 by subject must have been Otto Mehliss, a German settler. (Source: an important dignitary, his four (or five) wives Silver Images by Dr AD Bensusan) could be sitting next to considering the cost him in the photograph. of the process and the In this week’s article, effort involved. we approach the “investigation” imagination of the world. The first real evidence of a from a different angle. We look The daguerreotypes, as the photographer in action in South at the birth of photography, new shiny “likenesses” quickly Africa is found in October when it probably arrived on became known, were an im1846. A French photographer, southern African shores and mediate hit. A daguerreotype Monsieur MJ Léger, was what the likelihood is that Pot- “capturing” apparatus was desomeone who loved travel gieter would have been in close veloped by Alphons Giroux in and adventure. On his return proximity of a photographic 1839 and became the first cam- from India he disembarked at studio. era manufactured in quantities. Port Elizabeth, where he met Suddenly more and William Ring, a local booksellmore people could er, stationer and tobacconist. experiment with Mr Ring also had a circulating these new “magic” library and newsroom in the boxes and produce town, which Léger used to set images of excepup his apparatus. He advertised tional quality. All that he would take likenesses you needed was Mr by the photographic process at Giroux’s apparatus, £1,10. very shiny polished It seemed that Léger enjoyed copper plates, his stay in Port Elizabeth so chemicals such as much that he decided to hang silver iodide and around a bit longer. Ring also mercury vapour, realised that money could be sensitizing and de- made with this new invention veloping boxes, and and he and Léger teamed up. an overabundant Their first venture took them amount of patience to Grahamstown, where they and stubbornness. opened a studio. In November Over the next 1846, they held a photographic art exhibition in the small town An advertisement that appeared in the few years, several where the daguerreotypes were Eastern Province Herald on 17 October other manufacturers started to put displayed. This, in all probabil1846. (Source: Silver Images by Dr AD their daguerreotype ity, was the first photographic Bensusan) cameras on the exhibition ever held in Africa. market and in all In 1847, four Daguerreotypthe squares of Paris the threeists could already be found in The roots of legged dark boxes were planted Cape Town. Professor A Boisse in front of churches and palac- (from Paris) had a studio in photography es. The “daguerreotypists” were Longmarket Street, while Carel sent in all directions, also to Af- Sparmann, his assistant E Jones Although the “camera obscura” existed for thousands of rica, where late in 1839 several and Dr SNH von Sweel also offered to take portraits “in all years, this was mostly a device groups tried to capture images of Egypt’s treasures such as the sorts of weather”. A year later, used to deflect light and project Sphinx and the pyramids. In William Waller started taking an image onto a surface. Most Britain, 51 photographers were daguerreotypes from premises historians give credit to the counted during the census of at 4 Church Street, Cape Town, Frenchman, Joseph Nicéphore 1851. The bulk of the photograand a vague reference is made Niépce (1765 – 1833) for first phers, however, operated from to a photographer in Simon’s succeeding in “capturing” such France. Town. an image. In the early 1820s, As far as the rest of southern Niépce used a pewter plate Africa was concerned, referenccoated with light-sensitive An African es to a Durban-based dispensasphalt compound suspended ing chemist, WH Burgess, invasion in oil of lavender to capture an who advertised that he could image. It took him eight hours take likenesses in 1857, can As expected, it did not take to reproduce a rather dull-lookbe found. A furniture dealer in ing reflection of the area outside long for photography to reach Graaff-Reinet, James Hensley, the shores of southern Africa. his second-storey apartment. took portraits in 1852, using the The first name mentioned is that The man who probably had daguerreotype process. Some of British photographer Charles the biggest influence on early photographers could quite Shepherd. He is recorded to photography (and also importhave travelled to Calcutta in In- possibly have been in the then ant for our story), is Louis-

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Delagoa Bay in the 1850s, but no records are available.

Keeping up with technology We need to pause a bit and look at the processes used by early photographers. Up to the mid-1850s, the scene was dominated by the daguerreotype process. Daguerreotypes were easily identifiable, because they were shiny and had to be viewed at an almost 45-degree angle. Some of the sizes were as small as shirt buttons. The last successful daguerreotypist to reach Cape Town was probably John Paul in February 1851. He introduced daguerreotypes up to 8 inches (just over 20cm). An English scientist and inventor, William Henry Fox Talbot, introduced the calotype process in 1841. This technique makes use of a sheet of paper coated with silver chloride. When the sheet is exposed to light in a camera obscura, those areas hit by light become dark in tone, yielding a negative image. One of the big advantages of the calotype process is that it allows the photographer to make an unlimited number of copies, using a simple salted paper process to make contact prints. This was not possible with daguerreotypes. The setback for this type of photography was that Talbot had strict patent rights and it was fairly expensive. The earliest record of this type of photography being used in South Africa dates back to 1854, when Oliver Lester used it at his Jetty Street studio in Port Elizabeth. The year 1851 saw another Eureka moment for the photographic industry when Frederick Scott Archer introduced his wet-plate collodion process. For the next almost 50 years, this process became a popular choice for professional and amateur photographers. The process was a lot less expensive than the daguerreotype and more immediate, with exceptional detail and contrast. Space unfortunately does not allow a detailed description of how the wet-plate collodion process works. It was described as a “wet” process, because from the time when the collodion was poured onto the plate (glass or metal), the photographer only had about 10 to 15 minutes to take the picture, develop the image and then “fix” it with chemicals such as potassium cyanide. It was a process that required a lot of skill and experience. For our story, however, we need to move on, as Hendrik Potgieter died in 1852 and the first records of wet-plate collodion being used in South Africa dates back to 1854 when a Cape Town-based photographer, William Syme, advertised that he was prepared to take photographs using the collodion process. The last process used by photographers in the mid-1800s

The photo of Andries Hendrik Potgieter and his wife. Is it possible that this photo was taken before his death in December 1852? that is important for our story is the carte de visite. This format was patented by the French photographer Andre Adolphe Eugene Disdéri (1819–1889) in 1854. In short, it entails an albumen print mounted on a piece of card the size of a formal visiting card—hence the name. In South Africa it became popular in the 1860s. It is recognisable by the smaller size (normally 4x3 inches, or 10cm x 7,6cm), printed on cardboard.

Why is this important? We have reached the end of the second article, but we need to summarize what we have found and what we are looking for. Firstly, we know that the photo of Potgieter must have been taken between about

November 1846 and December 1852. We also know that it must have been taken by a daguerreotypist, since the other processes were either introduced after Potgieter’s death or were not available here. In next week’s final chapter, we need to look at the movements of the commandant. Was he close to Cape Town or Port Elizabeth during the last few years of his life? Was the photo perhaps taken when he visited Mozambique? Scrutinizing the photo to see what process was used is also important. Could it perhaps be a copy of an original daguerreotype? To be continued … (Most of the information used in this article comes from the book, Silver Images, by Dr AD Bensusan, published in 1966 by Howard Timmins.)

E Thiésson visited Sofala (Mozambique) in 1845 and took photos of the native people. This may be the famous Native Queen Xai Xai in the province of Zavala. (Source: Silver Images by Dr AD Bensusan)

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LTT XI demolish Eltivillas in local cricket derby Cricket News

The Louis Trichardt XI side scored a fairly comfortable victory over Eltivillas on Sunday, thanks to an excellent opening-partnership century between Dewald Joubert and Craig Viljoen. Eltivillas batted first in this local derby and their opening pair, Imran Yusuf Bathia (58) and Moin Giza (32), got them off to a good start. Munaf Patel scored a patient 21 from 47 balls, but after his departure, wickets collapsed in quick succession. Only Sufiyan Bux (10) could also manage double figures. The last wicket tumbled in the 40th over with the total on 169. For Louis Trichardt, Dirk van den Berg did most

of the damage with the ball, taking 4/29 in 7.4 overs. Craig Viljoen (2/26 in 10 overs), AJ Fourie (2/22 in 7 overs) and Vimal Shah (2/33 in 9 overs) also had success with the ball. The home side clearly had no plan to be overly cautious with their batting and Dewald Joubert demolished the bowling attack. His 91 runs (not out) came from only 51 balls and included six sixes and six fours. On the other side of the crease, Craig Viljoen also showed no mercy. His 57 runs came from 37 balls and included eight fours and one six. When Craig lost his wicket, Dirk van den Berg joined Dewald in the middle. Dirk added 17 runs (scored from 18 balls) and he was still there when the required total was passed in the 18th over.

On 11 January, teachers from Ridgeway Independent School, Ridgeway College and Ridgeway Preschool in Louis Trichardt all got together and spent a team-building day at a venue in Schoemansdal. Activities for the day centred around relying on each person’s particular strengths, supporting others and conquering personal fears. Pictured is Ridgeway preschool teacher Jenny van der Merwe, showing no fear as she leads the way across the ropes. Photo supplied.

Eric Louw High School’s netball coaches started preparing themselves for the upcoming season by attending a Level 1 netball coaching course in Polokwane from 1 to 3 February. Pictured are the excited coaches. Photo supplied.

Bo: Laerskool Louis Trichardt se swemmers het vir die eerste keer in ‘n baie lang tyd weer deelgeneem aan die Limpopo Skole Swemkampioenskappe wat vanjaar op 1 en 2 Februarie in Polokwane aangebied is. Afgneem is die span. Voor, van links na regs, is Hermané van Breda, Junél Joubert, Bennita Rheeder en Mia Alberts. Agter is Herman Scheepers, Drian Briers, Marco Nortjé, Amaris Nortjé, Reynard Laerskool Messina het met die begin van die nuwe 2019 skooljaar drie nuwe onderwysers in hulle Wilson, Willem Schutte en Owen Colline. Retief midde verwelkom. Van links na regs is mejj. Inneke Pietersen (Graad R), Anzelle Esterhuizen Hattingh, Albert Swanepoel en Nathan Horak (Graad 5 Wiskunde) en Cindy Simpson (Graad 2). Foto verskaf. was afwesig tydens die neem van die foto. Juné palm ‘n tweede plek in die 400 m meisies o.12 in, terwyl Hermané vierde was in die 400 m meisies o.13 tot o.15. Amars was op sy beurt vierde in die 400 m seuns o.13 tot o.15.

Hoërskool Eric Louw in Musina is baie trots op o.15 swemmer Arno Roets, wat op 1 en 2 Februarie deelgeneem het aan die Limpopo Swemkampioenskappe. Hy het ‘n eerste plek in die 50m vryslag, ‘n derde plek in die 100m vryslag en ‘n derde plek in die 50m vlinderslag behaal. Foto verskaf.

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Meet your Relay Youth Committee Louis Trichardt’s annual Cansa Relay for Life will take place on 15 March this year from 18:00 at Louis Trichardt High School’s rugby field. This year the organisers elected a Relay Youth Committee. The committee consists of (from left to right) Zaynah Aboo, Gillian Enslin (Relay organiser), Neha Patel, Heila Oosthuizen (Relay organiser), Emlyn Foord, Sonali Patel en Razaan Patel. Photo supplied.

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Die CVO Skool Zoutpansberg buite Louis Trichardt het op 18 Januarie hulle jaarlikse Bokkesport aangebied. Afgeneem is die top presteerders van die dag. Voor, van links na regs, is Kaylee Botes (senior primêre Victrix ludorum), Hendrik Kemp (junior primêre Victor ludorum), Wian Potgieter (senior primêre Victor ludorum), Handró Fourie (beste langafstand seun) en Danté Naude (junior primêre Victrix ludorum). Agter is Erwee Robbertze (hoërskool Victor ludorum) en Jani Badenhorst (hoërskool Victrix ludorum and beste langafstand meisie).

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