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Communityunites in grief

The Greytown Gazette, on behalf of itsreaders, expresses deepest sympathy toWerner and Michelle Redinger, and alltheir family members, on the sad loss ofsix year old Connor. The entirecommunity was shocked at the tragicdeath of the youngster on the familyfarm on Friday evening. Connor was apupil at Little Oaks, Hermannsburg andwas the couple’s only child. A memorialservice is to be held on Saturday, 31January at 10.30am at NGK, Pine Street.

AS the level of Lake Merthleydrops dramatically with dayafter day of sizzling, searingdrought heat, the powers thatbe have finally got the messagethat the situation is critical andrapidly approaching disasterlevel.Last week, the Lake was 40%full. It is reckoned that itdropped another five percentover the week.

Umzinyathi District Munici-pality spokesperson, said that ithad to wait for the Departmentof Water Affairs before tak-ing action. As from now, as thisis being read, Greytown waterconsumers must reduce theirwater consumption by 50%with immediate effect.

Heavy penalties will be im-posedonconsumerswhodonotcomply.

To inform Greytonians in de-tail of restrictions and penal-ties,UmzinyathiDistrictMunic-ipalityhasorganised twopublicmeetings which have beencalled for this week, to be heldon Wednesday, 28 January at4pm at the Greytown town halland Thursday, 29 January at4pm at the Enhlalakahle newhall

Residents do not have a verygood record of attending suchmeetings but are urged to at-tend one of these in their owninterests.It is equally vital to anyone inbusiness, running a car wash,bed and breakfast, hostels,schools etc to be present, bear-

ing in mind the very real possi-bility thatGreytown,within twomonths, could have no water.

This is oneof themost serioussituations facing residents whoare urged to attend either ofthese meetings.Last week, Umzinyathi and theDepartmentwere talking abouta 20% saving - no more. It is a50% reductionwhich is urgent-ly required. It is hoped thatUm-

zinyathi personnel will explainin detail how the restrictionswill be applied (and policed). Itis presumed that Umvoti Mu-nicipality will be present atthese meetings - it would be in-teresting to hear why althoughhaving been notified of theproblemregularly over thepastsix months, Umvoti did not en-sure that the municpality’s wa-ter service provider, that is Um-

zinyathi, took action.At this critical stage, it is up

to every single water user tooverride why the officials havebeen so slack in thismatter, butrather to make sure they dotheir share by exercising strin-gent control over the daily con-sumption of water through a50% reduction.

And please attend the meet-ing onWednesday or Thursday.

This aerial shot of Lake Merthley was taken by Chanté Brown, a student at St David’s.PHOTO: CHANTÉ BROWN

50% water usagecut right now

28 January2015Greytown GazettePage 2

“Leadership with Enthusiasm”

Wembley CollegeMatric Top Achievers

Wembley College would liketo congratulate the followingstudents with their results

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Afrikaans 90%Afrikaans A Level 82%

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THEMunicipalDemarcationBoard isin the process of redetermining theboundaries of certain municipalitiesin terms of a request from the Minis-ter of Co-operative Governance andTraditional Affairs, Pravin Gordhan.

It hasbeenrecommended thatUm-voti's Ward 5 (Kranskop) and Ward6 (Gcoti) be moved to MaphumuloMunicipality to align with traditionalboundaries..

Ward 4 Mpofana (Mooi River) andWard 12 Msinga to be moved to Um-voti Municipality.

Wards1,2,3ofMpofanatobeamal-gated with Umngeni and a portion ofWard 2 into Impendle. The effectwould be the total disestablishmentof the Mpofana local Municipality

The aim of the re-determination ofmunicipal boundaries is to makethem more functional and viable.

It is stated that these proposedchangesarenotpoliticallymotivated.

Apublic hearingwas scheduled forJanuary/February but has beenpost-poned.

However anyone wishing to com-ment on any of these proposalsshould submit these by the end ofFebruary to:

TheMunicipal Demarcation BoardPrivate Bag X 28Hatfield0028.Fax 086 524 6843Email:fazel@demarcation.org.za.Maps of the proposals ca be down-

loaded from the Board’s website atwww.demarcation.org.za.

UmvotiDemarcationproposals

LASTyear,ER24receivedmorethan33000hoax calls, rangingfrom reports of non-existentaccidents to people being in“distress” in remote areas.

And shockingly, adults con-tributed significantly to thenumber of these received bycontact centre agents.

ER24 has issued an appeal tothe public not to make suchprank calls, pointing out thatthese could impact on some-one's life in that real emergen-

cies could occur whilst the par-amedics have been sent on awild goose chase.

Shakira Cassim, ER24 con-tact centre manager, urgedhoax callers to think about theconsequences of their actions.

“The risk is sohigh. Someonehaving a bit of fun can impacton another person's life. Thereare instances, especially overpeak periods, where our vehi-cles areall over attending to re-al emergencies, suchasdrown-

ing incidents and collisionswith multiple patients. Attend-ing toahoaxcallmeans thatwehave a vehicle unavailable toattend to someone really inneed,” she said.

Consider yourself or a lovedonenot receivingurgent assist-ance ina life-threatening situa-tion before making a hoax call.Parents are also advised toteach children about the dan-ger of making such calls.

Hoax calls - think before you dial

SIMPLY Models are hosting Faceof Valentine competition.This is a photographic competi-tion for babies andup forR50perphoto with the theme red/love/valentine.For details about payment andemailing photos, please contact

Luzanne at 083 280 9847. Youcouldwinagiftpackanddiploma.Winners outside of Greytownwillhave their prizes mailed to them.The Miss and Mr Greytown pag-eant has been moved to Septem-ber. Entries will close on 30 Juneand semi-finals will be in July.

The charity project for the firstterm is “teddies to dry tears”.Thesewill be given to young chil-dren who are rape victims and aplay room is to be made at courtfor young children who need tobe at court cases. If you have anyteddies around please, contact083 280 9847.Our deepest condolences to theRedinger family on the tragic lossof Connor.

Simply models update MUST be the most expressive eyesever in a ten week old kitten - whodefinitely has to be named “Tiger”.This lovable young man was homedbut unfortunately, the resident catwould not accept him so he is in des-perate need of a new loving home.He will be fully vaccinated and neu-teredbytheSPCA.Pleasecontact theSPCA at 072 096 9634 during officehours.

Loving homeplease

THE South African NationalBlood Service (SANBS) showed asignificant increase in the bloodstock over the festive season.“Donors showed their supportduring this traditionally difficulttime for SANBS. We managed toget through this period withoutgoing into a shortage and for thiswe say a big thank you to all whogavesounselfishly,” saidVanessa

Raju, communications manager,SANBS.However, there has been a mas-sive decline in donations thismonth, which has resulted in thedays cover dropping to 1.6 days.This is significantly lower thanthe five days blood stock that isneededtomeet thedemand in thecountry.Now that 2015 is well underway,

we would like to remind donorsto adopt blood donation as theone action to take this new year.This year’s campaign is “YourBlood Saves Lives”. In order torecognise the tremendous effortsfrom committed donors, SANBSwill be giving a special editionsports bag to all donors whoachieve four blood donations thisyear.

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GREYTOWNPolice are requesting anyonewhohashad itemsstolen recently to checkthe following goods which have been re-covered by the police:

17 kg gas cylinderSolar panelGas stoveJuke boxElectrical cableLaptopRolls of fencing wireAngle grinderSolar chargersTo arrange to view, please contact W/O

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UMZINYATHI District Municipality has is-sued a pamphlet on good water manage-ment based on the premise “water is lifeand it is precious. Do not waste it.”

Theypointedout thatoncewater touchesthe ground, it costs money as it needs tobe purified, stored and transported.

“So stopwastingmoney andwater by re-membering the three R's:

*Reduce the amount ofwater you use ev-eryday.

*Re-use water whenever you can - mostof the water that comes out of the tap canbe used again.

*Report leaks as soon as you find them.”To check for leaks, go around the house

and make sure no taps are running. Thencheck your meter. If the meter is still run-ning, youhaveawater leakonyourproper-ty.NORMAL WATER USE

House:1000 litresperdayor30kilolitrespermonthDuplex or flat: 600 litres per dayor 18 kilolitres per month.

BIGGEST WATER USERSFlushing the toilet: up to 13 litresTaking a bath: up to 120 litresFive minute shower: up to 120 litresDripping taps: one litre every 20minutesAutomatic washingmachine: up top 265

litresWashinghandsunder runningwater:Up

to five litres Washing car with hose run-ning: up to 300 litres

Watering with a sprinkler: up to 1500 li-tres per hour Topping up the pool: Up to4 000 litres

HOW TO SAVEOnly flush the toilet when necessary.

Catch shower water in a bucket and us itto flush the toiletorwater thegarden.Makesure thewashingmachine is full before youturn it on. Use less soap washing dishes soyou’ll use less rinsing.

Water is the most precious resource onearth. Please reduce your usage by 50%.

“Oh I do like to be by side the seaside.” This photograph,taken by Elsie Fourie, of what used to be a beautifulwater filled stretch of Lke Merthley.PHOTO: ELSIE FOURIE

How many litres ofwater to flush?

CAR1.Wash your car with a bucket and

sponge only.2.Useahosepipewithaself-clos-

ing nozzle to wash your car.3. Use a commercial car wash

that recycles water.Laundry1. Cut back on washing

your towels and linen.2.Match the size of your

laundry load with watervolume.

3. Buy an eco-friendly wash ball.

4.Buyawater-effi-cient washing ma-chine.

Kitchen1. Only turn the

dishwasher onwhen it's full.

2. Use a pluggedsink to wash dishesinstead of a runningtap.

3.Use lessdish-wash-ing liquid to reduce theneed for rinsing.

4. Use a plugged sink to rinsevegetables instead of a running tap.

5. Use the water you used to rinse fruitand veggies to water plants.

6. Keep a bottle of tapwater in the fridgeto avoid running the tap until the water iscold.

7. Don't use running water to defrostfood.

8. Install aerators and flow-reducingvalves on your taps.

Plants and Garden1. Water plants at the coolest part of the

day.

2. Group plants together that have thesame water requirements.

3. Water plants with the water youused in the kitchen to rinse fruit andveggies.

4. .Adjust sprinklers to waterplants and not the pavement.

5. Cover your pool so the wa-ter doesn't evaporate.

6. Check your pool forleaks.

7.Put self-closingspray-nozzles on hosepipes.

Methods to checkhome is leak free

1. Use your watermeter to check forhidden water leaks.Read the water me-ter before and aftera two-hour periodwhen no water hasbeen used. If the wa-ter meter doesn'treadexactly the same,then there is a leak.2. To check for toilet

tank leaks, add food color-ing to the tank. If the toilet

leaks, the toilet bowl will havechanged color within 30 minutes.3. Repair dripping taps by replacing the

washer. If a tap is dripping at a rate of onedrop per second, you could be wasting upto 10,220 liters per year.

4. If your toilet handle constantly staysinadownwardposition thismeans thatwa-ter is constantly running. Replace or fix thehandle to avoid wasted water.

5. Insulate your water pipes. If you do,you'll get hot water faster, avoid wastingwater while it is heating, and also savingmoney on electricity!

More water saving tips

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PHOTO: SUPPLIEDKammaland Grade R children are excited to be back at school.

Kammaland kapers

PHOTO: SUPPLIEDGreytown High School welcomes the following new staff members and wishes them a pleasant stay (back) Mr CDutton (L) and Mr P Spies (front, from left) Miss B Harris, Mrs K Skene and Miss K Coetzer.

News from the hill

1. A DROP of water is worth morethanasackofgold toathirstyman.2. Don't let the water run in thesink, our life’s on the brink!3.Water=Life,Conservation=Fu-ture!4. When you conserve water, you

conserve life.5. Water, water everywhere butnot a drop to drink. Just thinkabout it.6. You are 60% water. Save 60%of yourself.7. Wenever know theworth ofwa-

ter till the well is dry.Save water!8. Save water - don'twaste the world'sblood.9. Walk in the desert.You will realize the costof water.10. Waste water today - live indesert tomorrow. Conserve water,conserve life!

Save water slogans

28 January2015Greytown GazettePage 8

MSINGA MUNICIPALITYINVITATION TO TENDER

Bids are hereby invited in terms of section 18(a) of the Msinga Municipality’s Supply Chain Management Policy together withsection 83 of the Municipal Systems Act, No.32 of 2000, as amended and read together with sections 110,111 and 112 of the

Municipal Finance Management Act No.56 of 2003 for:

PROTECTIVE CLOTHINGTENDER NUMBER DESCRIPTION DURATION EVALUATION

CRITERIADOCUMENTS

AVAILABILITY DATEBID DOCUMENT

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TENDER DOCUMENTSTender documents will be obtainable from the office of SCM Unit, Ms. N Mntungwa on 033-4930761/2 during office hours. Anon-refundable deposit of R300.00 cash or guaranteed cheque per document will be payable in favour of Msinga Municipalitybefore obtaining a tender document.TENDER ENQUIRIESAll enquiries shall be directed to SCM Manager Mr. TT Buthelezi during office hours on 033-4930761/2.SUBMISSION OF TENDERSTenders must be enclosed in a sealed envelope, addressed to the Municipal Manager, Msinga Municipality and clearly marked:TENDERNUMBER: MS/2014/2015/103/T, Tender for Protective Clothing and the bidders name and details. Tenders must be de-posited in the tender box at the office of Msinga Municipality on the main Road (R33) opposite MPCC, Tugela Ferry on or before12h00 on the closing date and no late or faxed tenders will be considered. Msinga Municipality does not bind itself to accept thelowest of any tender and reserves the right to accept the whole or any part of the tender.

NB:• NO BIDS WILL BE CONSIDERED FROM PERSONS IN THE SERVICE OF THE STATE(As defined in Regulation 1 of the local government: Municipal Supply Chain Management Regulations)

• Only offers from Bidders who is currently registered on the Msinga Municipal Vendors database as Service Provider willbe legible to tender.

F.B. Sithole, Municipal Manager

WE are pleased to be able to givea warm, Hermannsburg welcometo Sonia dos Santos (our newmathematics teacher in the highschool) and her two sons, Joel andKeano, and to Renate Haase

(teaching German in the primaryschool), Justin de Vries (our newmusic teacher and choir conduc-tor), Annette Bouwer (whowill fo-cus on individual music lessons)and Isabel Böckle, our new volun-

tary worker (‘Praktikantin’) fromGermany.Dieter Kaiser started as our newestatemanagerat theendof2014,andhasalreadybeenhardatworkontheschoolgroundsandwith the

maintenance work in and aroundthe school.Olive Surendorff, who has beenhelping with relief teaching in theprimary school, will be teachingthere on a more permanent basis

captains,wewillwork together to-wardsyetanotheryearof effectivestudent leadership.

Hermannsburg was represent-ed at the annual Merthley K overthe weekend, where DanielleSchweiger swam the distance in15 minutes and was seventh outof the water, followed by Kelly-DeanHerbst (20minutes) andJoeldos Santos (24 minutes).

Our new 65-seater bus has ar-rived and will soon be easing thetransportingofdayscholarstoandfrom Greytown, as the number ofday-scholars was rapidly exceed-ing the capacity of our existingbusfleet. This has also allowed us tooffer a daily bus route to Kran-skop, which will soon be in opera-tion to help our loyal parents andscholars from that side of Her-mannsburg.

Our thoughts and prayers arewith the Redinger family, follow-ing the tragic accident in whichtheir son, Connor - one of our ‘Lit-tle Oaks’ - passed away. We willall miss him in the Kindergarten.

PHOTO: SUPPLIEDThe 2015 prefects head boy Tobias von Seydlitz, head girl Christél Brooks, deputy Michael Zunckel, IlseOrtmann, Stephan Küsel and deputy Monika Lucht.

Hermannsburg Happenings

PHOTO: SUPPLIEDA big warm Hermannsburg welcome to Mr J de Vries, Mrs A Bouwer, Mrs R Haase, Mrs Sdos Santos, Mr D Kaiser and Miss I Böckle.

St.David'sdoings

ST David’s new Grade one class, withMrs Jen Platt, give three cheers forbeing in big school in antiicpation ofall the exciting new things they willlearn and do.

PHOTO: SUPPLIED

this year.We look forward to a suc-

cessful 2015 as all our newmembers of staff becomepart of the Hermannsburgfamilyandwework togethertowards giving each individ-ual scholar the best possibleopportunities to excel in thevariety of academic, sport-ing and cultural activities onoffer at our school.

The prefects attended aninformative and fruitful pre-fects’ camp over the week-end - we look forward totheir contributions as theyserveonvariouscommitteesandcontinue togrowin theirimportant roles through theyear. Together with theGrade 12 class, our houseand sport captains and class

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Pine Street closure

A poignantfarewell

Valentine’s DaySaturday, 14 February

A special dayto say

I Love You!Don’t just whisper it ... print it in the

Greytown GazetteSpecial Valentine issue

11th February.Deadline for display adverts and

classfied, 1 pm Friday 6th February.

SIR,After working in the most amazing

practice for the past nine and a halfyears, I would like to bid a fond farewellto all my friends and patients whom Ihave met throughout the Muden/Greytown community during this time.I shall look back at this chapter of mylife with great memories. It has been atime of learning, laughter, tears andthere have been many nailbiting mo-ments in between.

I would like to say thank you to oneand all who have been instrumental insupporting me. Thank you for all thelove and friendship - the page wouldnotbebigenoughtonameeveryone,butI am sure you all know who you are.

A special thank you to Dr Roodt andMarianne for allowingme every oppor-tunity to better myself and improve myeducation. Thank you for standing bymy side throughout the difficult times

and the good times. A million thankyou’s foryoursupport,compassion love,leadershipandunderstanding. Iwill re-member you always with a smile.

Toallmypatients -eachandeveryoneof youwho havewalked throughmy lifehave helped me grow in some way orother. Thank you to everyone who haswished me well for the future. It hasbeen an experience to see the kindnessshining through.

And to my Trish - you are a friend ina million. Your door has always beenopen for me. No one could ever ask fora better friend - thank you.

And so...as I close the door on thischapter of my life and move onto un-chartered waters in Ballito, I do so witha smile in my heart and a spring in mystep knowing that I have so many won-derful memories in Greytown.

Maxine Blaine

SIR,Through the medium of your newspaper,I wish to highlight to the residents ofGreytownthediresituationconcerningourwater resources.The rate at whichwe are consumingwaterat the moment, we have about six to eightweeksofwater inMerthelyLakeasof today(Sunday).Yes, you read that correctly - six to eightweeks.We all have to put our shoulders to thewheel and seriously conserve every dropof water.Unfortunately, this situation has been al-lowed to reach crisis point due to the com-plete lack of interest shown by uMzinyathiDistrict Municipality and the Department

of Water Affairs.This matter has been tabled at the localmunicipality on numerous occasion byCouncillor P Buss, emails have been senttouMzinyathiwhocouldn’t evenbebother-ed to answer and Water Affairs seem tohave adopted the “yawn” approach.Only now (Sunday) do we suddenly havepanic stations.There is a meeting in the Town Hall onWednesday, 28 February at 4pm and ameeting in Enhlalekahle at New Hall onThursday, 29 February at 4pm.Will all residents please attend thesemeet-ings.

We are in serious trouble!

Brian Walker.

Water crisis meetings

SIR,The Greytown Hospital project that

was started some two years ago hascome to a standstill and one lane of PineStreet has been blocked off for that peri-od.

Umvoti Municipality consented to theclosure and should ask the contractor tomove his building materials so that thecitizens of Greytown can have the laneback.

Ganga Moodley

SIR,Shouldapersondoasurveyonthegener-

al attitude towards our water catastropheand ask how individual families are re-stricting their use of our very limited andrapidly diminishing resources, the mostcommon answer would be “why should Ibe the only one doing it”.

Sadly, Van Riebeck is no longer in a posi-tion to remedyhis shocking long termplan-ning, so unfortunately the responsibility ofdealingwithhis carelessblunderhas to fallon the shoulders of those whose salaries

arepaidbypresent taxandratepayers,andupon whomwe have to rely for the guardi-anshipofourresourcesandinfrastructure.We have to pray that they shoulder the re-sponsibility quite soon, cease with the pos-turing and empty statement making andput administrative measures in place be-fore the war for water breaks out.

Until punitive measures are put in placefor reckless and excess water use, it willcontinue unabated.

Robyn Aulfes

“Why should I be the onlyone?”

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Tholinhlanhla Primary School started verywell. Learners came in big numbers readyfor the teachers to teach them. Teachersdid their planning last year so teachingandlearning took place on the first day.

Two educators, Mr. BP Madondo andMiss NW Lutuli joined the Tholinhlanhla

staff. About 10 student teachers also camefor teaching observation for two weeks.They are from UNISA.

Our dream is to make 2015 a year of ex-cellency. Thanks to parents for their sup-port.

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Tholinhlanhla Topics

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4 WeddingAnniversaries

30TH WEDDING AN-NIVERSARY

So we have reachedour pearl anniversaryand have shared somuch. So I send mylove and all the bestwishes too. I love yuKanie with all myheart and look forwardto the next 30 yearswith you. Love Tom

Dad and mom we ad-mire you both not justbecause you are ourparents but becauseyou both are a livingexample of how twopeople can align theirlife goals. Be commit-ed to their love andnature a familysgrowth year afteryear. Happy anniver-sary and we love youboth. Love Ilen & Mel-anie

5 SpecialGreetings

GUESS who’s 21? Kel-vin Naidoo. Happybirthday our hand-some son, brotheramd couson. We wishyou all the best in theyears to come. Wevery proud of you ourlove. God bless youwith lots of love, hugsand kisses from dad,mom, samantha andBruno. Also wishingNikki (PMB) a veryhappy birthday

9 MemorialServices

BETH Küsel. Wife ofHans Küsel of Muden.Memorial service to beheld at the WartburgLutheran Church onFriday 30th at 11:00am. Donations in lieu offlowers to the LutheranChurch please.

10 In Memoriam

PRENTICEMICK

25-01-2014Unforgetable, thatswhat you are. Soloved, so missed byyour family.

12 Thanks

WORDS of apprecia-tion from the Khu-malos on the sup-port received on thepassing away of ourbeloved mother Da-naza Tsheliwe Khu-

malo.The Khumalo familyand relatives from En-tembisweni herebywishes to extend itthanks and apprecia-tion to all the peopleand church frenterni-ties who has givenphysical and moralsupport to the familyas from the passingaway of our motherDanaza TsheliweKhumalo on2015/01/08 up untilher burial on2015/01/18.

On behalf of the Khu-malo Family I want tosay, there are nowords that can de-scribe the insumount-able warmth the fami-ly has felt by the sup-port received. Thephysical and moralsupport given to us asthe family and rela-tives must deseverdlybe given to everyonein the dark cloud as itnaturaly now andagain visits us. Thatwas truelly an “ubun-tu”. Once again Godbless you all

18 Clubs andMeetings

GTN MTB CLUB AGM. 24February- 5:30pm venue:Beehive. Please can allmembers attend. Anyoneinterested in joining theclub are welcome to at-tend.

KAMMALAND AGM Wed-nesday 4 February atKammaland at 17:00.

19 Lifts

DAILY lift from Greytownto UKZN PMB Campus.Driver with 10+ years ex-perience and PrDP. Lim-ited space. UKZN stu-dents will be given prefer-ence. Email liftclu-bukzn@gmail.com foravailability, T’s&C’s

LIFT wanted urgently.From PMBurg to Grey-town. Tel: 084 472 6974

20 Lost andFound

JHW Maree please con-tact The Greytown Gaz-ette urgently.

K Buthelezi contact theGreytown Gazette foryour wallet.

22 Personal

CLIVIAS- bulk sale of 300magnificent plants grow-ing in guy platts moremagnificent growing. Me-dium 072 461 7695 Frie-da

SRI MARRIAMEN & MA-DURAVEENRAN TEM-PLE GREYTOWN. Thai-poosum Kavady Festival.Thaipoosum Kavady Fes-tival of the above Templewill commence with theFLAG HOISTING CERE-MONY ON Friday, 30January 2015 and will becontinued for the follow-ing NINE DAYS. The Ka-vady Procession will beheld on Sunday, 8 Febru-ary 2015 commencing atthe temple.

30 BuildingServices

D+B Home Improvements.Specializing in tiling,building, plumbing andpainting. For more infocontact Devi/ Barry 082060 5640/ 076 650 4157

38 FencingServices

FAIRVIEW Fencing. Quali-ty workmanship andback-up service on auto-mated gates and all typesof game, agricultural andsecurity fencing. ContactKeith Cowie 082 7725436.

“WELDING & wroughtiron” Burglar guards,gates, carports and allyour welding or manufac-ture requirements. PhoneBrian 073 212 6627

41 GardenServices

PROFESSIONAL tree fell-ing. Phone Brian 073 2126627

47 PersonalServices

ABORTION alternative-Free Counselling- 24hour help line! 078 8797484 or 082 290 7855

PROCESSING of monthlyaccounts. (Pastle). Con-tact Gill Baird 074 6065776

49 Plumbing/Electrical/Home Repairs

PLUMBER: for all yourplumbing requirements,gyser instalation, shower,toilets, painting, leakingtaps, blocked drains,bathroom renovation,leaking roofs and all con-struction work call Ntini076 062 2999/ 084 7778229.ntiniplumber@gmail.com

V.V.ZET Project. Special-izing in plastering, plumb-ing, roofing & tiling. Con-tact Victor 076 463 6618

55 Tuition Courses

GRADES 10-12: Geogra-phy. Grades: 7 and 8:Mathematics. Homeworksupervision. For detailscontact: 033 413 2609/082 773 4421

SFUNULWAZI Academyof Business & ComputerStudies. We offer the fol-lowing services: Comput-er course (3 months),Cashier, Computer Sci-ence, Computer LearnersLicense. TB Dots andHIV/AIDS. For more in-formation visit our officeat: 147 Durban Street,opposite Mkhulu’s Gas &Hardware or call us at079 315 1004/ 082 7057923

73 General Sales

CAGE with 13 Canaries(pain& frizle) R600.00.Young frizle pekin, Ban-tams R50 each 076 3762022

CURRY co- 160 DurbanStreet. Take away open-ing 30/01/2015. For allyour fast foods etc.Opening special: Quaterchicken, chips, salad,sauce+ 1 lt cooldrink foronly R30.00. Free diliver-ies Call Shakala- 072 2434082

73 General Sales

KIDS quad bike and superbike for sale R2500-00each. Contact: 081 8353250

MATRIC study guides: Ac-counting, Afrikaans, LifeScience.

Guiter new R400, Corsarims tyres R700

79 Pets/Aquariums/Tropical Fish

DOG and cat boarding.SPCA. Tel: 072 096 9634

122 Communes/To Share

FLAT mate sober habits toshare in pietermaritzburg.From mid February.Phone 072 078 7017

124 Flats to Let

OPEN plan bachelor cot-tage partly furnished.DSTV full boquet w&l inclR3000. 083 738 4048

126 Houses to Let

4 bedroom home in lovelyarea to let R7000 amonth. Contact Mike 083267 6151

OPEN plan bachelor flatR1950-00 inc. Contact:083 415 3243

129 Outbuildings

SECURE building for rent1 bedroom R2500 inclw&l. 079 986 4313

130 Rooms to Let

SINGLE room for a singleperson. R1400 includingelectricity and water. Im-mediate occupation. Tel-ephone 084 313 0006/083 767 8143

173 GeneralEmployment

A local company lookingfor a Computer Techni-cian. Ayoung male, mustbe computer literate,must be able to speakEnglish, have a driver’s li-cense and Grade 12.Please send CV’s to va-cancy@greytown.co.za

LOOKING for Reaction Of-ficers and Controllers at160 Pine Street Grey-town. Contact: 082 3720271

WORKSHOP MANAGERWANTED. Experiencedworkshop Manager, withsober habits, required forengineering company inDalton, KZN Midlands.Must have extensiveknowledge of trailer bodybuilding and fabrication.Will be required to man-age large staff contin-gent. Knowledge of Zululanguage would be anadvantage. Please sub-mit a detailed CV withtraceable references toreids@ edelnet.co.za

179 Work Wanted:Domestic

DANISILE seeks domesticwork contact: 078 3821321/ 079 419 4622

SAMKELISIWE seeks do-mestic work Contact: 076084 3430

THOBEKA seeks domes-tic work. Tel: 0609052836

Email: tea@thenursery.co.zaAt the top of Voortrekker St continue straight& follow the sign board. Find us on Facebook

Wednesday, 4 February 2015From 5:30pm

R50ppJoin us for Sundowners & Supper

(Bring your own bubbly)Live Music

Kids welcomePlease RSVP for catering purposes

Contact Ros: 082 964 0612

THERE isagoodchance that loadsheddingis coming our way again.

That, alongwith the cost of having an er-ratic supply of electricity, makes these 35energy saving tips from the Department ofCommunications well worth having a lookat:TIP 1Reduce the temperature of your geyser toaround 55 degrees Celsius so you don'tneed to add toomuch cold water when youshower or do the dishes.TIP 2Remember to keep the lid on the pot whenyou cook to conserve heat and energy.The size of the pot should match the sizeof the stove plate; this can save you up to25% on the electricity you use while cook-ing.TIP 3Close the windows and doors when the airconditionerorheater isonandsavemoney.TIP 4Close the door every time you take thingsout of the fridge and also check that it sealsproperly.TIP 5Soak beans, samp and other related dryfood over night. This will save time,moneyand several hours of cooking.Tip 6It will save energy and water to shower in-stead of bath.TIP 7Insulate your geyser bywrapping newspa-pers,oldblanketsorother insulatingmate-rials around it and the hot water pipes.TIP 8Switchoff lights, fans, computersandotherenergy -consuming appliances when youleave the room. It will save you money.TIP 9Always try to use appropriate cookingutensils when cooking; for example, usepots and pans with a flat bottom, as theseconsume up to 50% less energy. Note thatanelectric stoveconsumesa lot of electrici-ty so use the plates and oven as little aspossible.TIP 10Use the right energy for the right purposes;for example, use heaters for space heatingrather thanhotplates, anduseanelectricalkettle for water heating rather than an or-dinary pot on the stove. You will use about50% less electricity.Note: Electricity is good for electronic devi-cesbut gas ismoreefficient forheatingandcooking.TIP 11Enjoy a comfortable indoor climate bothsummer and winter by ventilating yourroom properly on a daily basis. Rememberto switch off your heater, fan or air condi-tioner while ventilating the room.TIP 12Reduce your electricity account by skip-ping the washing machine's pre-wash cy-cle if your clothesarenot particularly dirty.This will use up to 20% less electricity.TIP 13Savewater and electricity bywashing yourbed linen at 60 degrees Celsius instead of90 degrees; it will still be clean!TIP 14Reduce the temperature on the heaterfrom full heat to a comfortable level.TIP 15Turn off all stand-bymodes every time you

leave the house and before going to bed.TIP 16Use energy-saving light bulbs. They lastmuch longeranduse less electricity, savingyou money in the long run.TIP 17Reduce your electricity bill by doing allyour ironing at the same time.TIP 18Check you electricity or gas meter at regu-lar intervals and take a keen interest inyour energy consumption level.TIP 19Share your energy consumption informa-tion with your neighbours; discuss yourelectricity.Tip 20Ifyouare inthemarket foranewdishwash-er or clothes washer, consider buying anefficient, water-saving energy star modelto reduce hot water use.Tip 21Buy a new energy-efficient water heater.While itmaycostmore initially thana stan-dard water heater, the energy savings willcontinue during the lifetime of the appli-ance.Tip 22Boil the required volume of water. It is en-ergy wasting to fill the kettle, just to pre-pare only one cup of tea.Tip 23Use the kettle to boil water. It is energywasting to use the stove to boil water com-pared to a kettle.Tip 24It is recommended that you open windowsfor ventilation than to use air conditioner.Tip 25No matter the energy consumption of theappliance, always switch off all appliancesif not in use.Tip 26Just after cooking and switching off thestove, use the hot stove to either warm thewater or cook eggs, but not limited to thementioned.Tip 27In areas where there is evening coldbreeze, it is recommended that the win-dows remain closed to preserve the libera-tion of heat.Tip 28During winter season, it's wise to dress inwarm clothes therefore avoiding the use ofheaters.Tip 29Use the energy saving bulbs at all times.Tip 30It is advisable to use one bulb per room.Tip 31Install aprogrammable thermostat tokeepyourhousecomfortablywarminthewinterand comfortably cool in the summer.Tip 32Just air dry dishes, instead of using yourdishwasher's drying cycle.Tip 33Wash only full loads of dishes and clothes.Tip34Drive sensibly. Aggressive driving (speed-ing, rapid acceleration and braking) wast-es gasoline.Tip 35Use higher density insulation on exteriorwalls, such as rigid foam boards, in cathe-dral ceilings and on exterior walls

Time to savethat energy

GAZETTESMALLSSomething for everyone

CONNORJAYDEN

REDINGER01/08/08 - 23/01/15Our precious son taken

too soon. We will love youforever Tortoise. Our heartsare shattered and life willnever be the same but weknow that you are safe in

Jesus’s arms.Love to the moon and

back. Daddy and Mommy.There will be a

memorial service forConnor Redinger on

Saturday, 31 January atthe NG Kerk, Greytown at

10h30.

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GREYTOWN JUNIORSCHOOL

has a vacancy for

FOUNDATION- INTERMEDIATE PHASE

EDUCATOR(English medium)

The applicants must be qualified to teach:IsiZulu (Grade 1 to 3)

Life Skills (P.E.) Grade 1 to 7Experience in coaching sport is a

recommendation.All CVs must be sent to:

The PrincipalGreytown Junior School

Private Bag 5580Greytown

3250This is a Governing Body paid post. The

Governing body reserves the right not to fill thispost.

Closing date will be Friday, 30th January 2015.

OPENING of the new schoolyear at Indlovana Primarywent smoothly, with mostpupils having registered lastyear.Howeverwearestillex-periencing problems withlate registration. OnWednesday, 21 January, 862pupilswereatschool,plus66GradeRs. By Friday, this hadincreased to 942 plus theGrade R’s!

HODMs Ngobese said “wewould like to thank parentswho give priority to the edu-cation of their children byregistering on time.”

She urged parents tocheckthechildren'sdailyed-ucation activities and to as-sist them with homeworkandotherneeds. SuppliedbyHW Dube.

PHOTO: SUPPLIEDGrade R's excited at their very first day at school.

Indlovana Primary School newsWEwould like towelcomeMichael Yeadonas our most recent board member. We ap-preciate the time he is willing to set asideto spend on our school.Thereare12 teamsentered into this term’sSummer League hockey tournament.The matches will take place on a Wednes-day evening from 5.15 to 6.15pm at the as-tro.We invite you to join us to watch some en-joyable and exciting hockey.Wembley College would like to congratu-late the following scholars:

Form 5 AS Level resultsHermien Steyn: Afrikaans 89%Caleb Schneider: Afrikaans 82%Kwezi Mkize: Mathematics 88%Joshua Meyer: Geography 80%Kyra Wallace: Geography 80%Subject averages for the class:Afrikaans 76,08%Mathematics 70,14%Geography80%Business studies 72%

Form 4 IGCSE results:Kyla Buchan (six A’s with an average84,85%)ICT 84%, Accounting 91%, Afrikaans 94%,biology 84%, science 90%.Hapson Mushoriwa (five A’s with an aver-age 81,83%)Accounting 89%, Eng lit 83%, biology 84%,science 85%.Brogan Mason (five A’s with an average80,66%)Accounting 82%, English 80%, Afrikaans82%, science 87%.Jaco Swanepoel (four A’s)Accounting 83%, Afrikaans 91%, science86%.Sli Gwala (four A’s)Afrikaans 80%, biology 85%, science 88%Ivanna Dede (three A’s)Accounting 81%, science 86%Henry Perryman (three A’s)Business studies 80%, Eng lit 81%, Eng85%.Phillip Vermeulen (three A’s)ICT 80%, biology 83%, science 80%.Class average for all the scholars: 72,06%.Subject averages for all the scholars:Business studies 70,75%, accounting 74%,Afrikaans72,50%,biology73,66%,science81,09% and Geography 73%.Form 6 AS/A Level results:Thuba Mzila (eight A’s with an average of87.3%)English 85%, Afrikaans 92%, maths 91%,biology 93%, science 86%,Afrikaans A level 91%, maths A level 94%,ICT 88%Eric Nefdt (five A’s with an average 80.3%)Afrikaans 88%, maths 83%, science 84%,geography 87%, ICT 84%, maths A level79%Hayley Bradshaw (two A’s)Afrikaans 90%, Afrikaans A level 82%Tamren BauerAfrikaans 86%, Afrikaans A level 75%Kimbaleigh OlivierAfrikaans 86%

Tanner ScottAfrikaans 80%.

The matrics achieved a 100% pass rate,80%Bachelors andaclass average62,24%

Well done to all the teachers for theirhard work as well.

Lastyear inOctober,ourFormonepupilswrote the Cambridge Primary CheckpointMathsExamconsistingof threepapers: ge-ometry and measure, handling data andnumber.We are very proud of our scholarsfor achieving an incredible overall averageof 88%.

The following pupils managed to get100% in all three exams: CG Nefdt, PhilaMnguni, Melissa Dutton, Renier van Rooy-en, Emily Crowe and Taylor Chaning-Pearce.

The following scholars also managed anamazing 100% in two of the three exams:JeaninevanZyl,NicolenevanZyl, ChyavanAheer, Amy Cotterrell and Camryn Min-naar.

We congratulate all our academic andsport prize winners for 2014. Our topachievers in the different classes were:Grade 4: Michaela DuttonGrade 5: Amoré van RooyenGrade 6: Shannon Docherty.In Form one, our subject prize winnerswere:English: Melissa DuttonAfrikaans: Renier van RooyenMathematics, science and social science:CG NefdtZulu: Phila Mnguni.Our junior dux of Wembley College is CGNefdt who managed an aggregate of88,2%.Our junior sports boy is Michael Chiazzariand junior sports girl is Camryn Minnaar.

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THE 25th anniversary of Jen’s Jugwas played on Sunday by 56 golf-ers. Despite the searing temps of38 degrees plus, some excellentgolf was played with Kath andJohn du Preez taking away thebeautiful jug and first prize on 49points.Secondon47onacountoutwas Veronica Greyvenstein and

Flip Botha, with Marianne andDean Brown third, also on 47points.

The Mason family would like tothank everyone for their ongoingsupport aswell as theGCC staff forall its hard work. A special thanksto Jack for the wonderful lunchand to James for coming up from

Cape Town to play.Eve Drury lost out on themoney

from the draw as she was notpresent at the time. Next attend-ancedrawwill beonFriday,6Feb-ruary, with R200 up for grabs. Behere from 6.30pm and you couldbe the lucky winner.

The big draw of prizes with thevalue of up toR4500will be onFri-day, 30 January. Tickets for R50are available at the bar. Combined

with the sevens birthday bash andthe happy hour, we promise it willbe an event to remember. Therewill be a pig on the spit withmusicand drinks galore. An Ice luge forthe shooter special will be at theclubaswell.Not tobemissed!Thisis going to be a great start to a verygood year.

The splitting image of ELVIS iscoming to theClubonSaturday, 28February 2015. Get your ticket

nowatR100perperson.The showruns from 7 to 9.30pm

The “Sunday 9@9” entry fee isR40 to play nine holes. RichardChiazzari is sponsoring a chickenthat will be up for the winning onSunday mornings.

Dates to diarizeWednesday - Happy Hockey

specialFriday, 30 January - Big draw

spit.

Greytown country club news

DESPITE the hot weather, Saturday after-noon tennis has been well supported overthe last three weeks.After tennis, a large crowdgatheredagainon Saturday and enjoyed drinks and piz-zas.

Next Saturday, social tennis will start at2pm and all players new to the game, orwho have not played for a long time, areinvited to join in. Be sure to bring theyoungsters along.

High school scholars are reminded thatthey are most welcome to join the adultsfor social tennis.

A court will also be available for theyounger and upcoming tennis players ofthe future.

From the courts

MOST sensible people avoidthe midday sun, but the in-trepid bowlers did honours inthe heat - a brave turnout. Nodoubt the lemonades at the

end of the day were sufficientcompensation.

The entries for the SpecSavers power ten has nowclosed and it looks like

From theditch

DESPITE the low level LakeMerthley theannualMerthley“K” swim took place on Sun-day, 25Januaryandattracteda good turn out, with lots ofout of town swimmers fromBergville, Winterton, Pieter-maritzburg, Durban andKloof.

A big thank you to all thesponsors for making this suc-cessful and enjoyable eventhappen: Toyota, Mascor John

Deere, Pannar, Aquelle, Nicoand Delia Herbst, Barcelo’s,Aheers Multi Save, UmvotiRepairs and Umvoti Tyres.

Results as follows:First lady: Cheryl Towns-

endFirst male: Mark HunterFirst Greytonian lady: Lou-

ne Lotter (only 14 years oldand sixth overall)

First Greytonian male:Michael Yeadon (12th over-

all)Age group winners:Isabella Uys, Albert Opper-

man, Loune Lotter, Janthevan

der Sandt, Kerry Hunter,Joel dos Santos, EmmaHaynes, Mark Hunter, CherylTownsend, Garth Glamm,Sally Ralfe, Gary Wood, RitaTownsend and Ted Towns-end.

PHOTO: SUPPLIEDThe annual Merthley “K” swim.

Merthley “K” attracts out-of towners

IN what must have been the hot-test day on the golf course for thenew millennium, a few golferstook on the course...and the heat.Man oh man but it was hot.Surprisingly, the greens were notas fast as one would have expect-ed.The littlebreezeeverynowandthen helped to ease the heat andthe half time rolls went down wellwith a brown beverage or two.

Pietermaritzburg memberswere in themajority as one or twoof the locals had to enrol children,now students, into university. Oth-er members were travellingabroad and some did not want toface the heat.Carl Groenewald was a pleasantsurprise and the trouble of Man-sers were also seen on the course,not forgetting the “Westbroek”mayor, with his usual chirps andchirps...and more chirps.

We welcome Pastor Rene Rischas a new member to the club andmembers, now we have a man toassist in all our spiritual needs aswell as help in the correct wayfrom green to green.

Results:1st Deon van Dyk Nett 662nd Darrin Manser nett 673rd Paul Els nett 68.CaptainsPutter:PietNel.Shame

the heat “klapped” him “stuk-kend”.

Best stableford points: Paul Els40 Points.

Nearest to Pin 9/18th: Paul Els.Members who have not paid

their subs are asked to please paybefore Friday, 30 January as weneed to pay the KZNGU and HNAby then.

StCathryn’snews

Those memberswho have paid -thank you for yoursupport and wehope to have agreat golfing yearwith you all.

Our next compe-tition is the Arca-dia golf days on 21and 22 February,with Greytown golfclub,wheregolferswill play one day atSt Cathryn’s andone day atGreytown GolfClub.

TheFarmersAg-ri-Care MonthlyMugwill be held onSaturday, 28 Feb-ruary To enter,please contact Pietat 083 269 1661.

This Friday 30January, we willhave our bring andbraai. Please let usknow if you wouldlike to join us.

Greytown players will betaking part - a superb en-try!

Also, the fixtures aregoing to be arrangedshortly for the year’s pro-gramme, so watch thisspace for all those fundays!