nn 21 11 web issue

Jasper Raats en Mariska Ehlers

Boere, polisie en selfs plaaswerkers in die Bulgerivier-omgewing tussen Lephalale en Vaalwater het Sondagoggend soos een man saamgestaan toe Chris en Ronél Cronjé op hul plaas, Slangfontein, aangeval en beroof is.

Dit was een van die plaaswerkers wat eerste op die bejaarde Cronjés afgekom het en die polisie ontbied het. Die twee was in ‘n kamer vasgebind nadat vier mans hulle oorval het.

Ronél het glo Sondagoggend by die huis ingegaan om ‘n knuppel te gaan haal toe sy vermoed daar is ‘n slang in die buitevertrek omdat haar Jack Russel hondjie by die deur geblaf het.

Sy het aan die polisie vertel hoe ‘n man ‘n pistool in haar gesig gedruk het toe sy weer om die hoek van hierdie buitevertrek kom om die slang te soek.

Dries is intussen ook oorrompel en die twee is vasgebind nadat Ronél gedwing is om die kluis oop te sluit. Die rowers het twee handwapens, juwele, kontant en ‘n skootrekenaar gebuit voordat hulle te voet gevlug het.

Die polisie het vinnig op die plaas-werker se oproep gereageer en die plaaslike buurtwag in kennis gestel. Die hulp van die Spoorsnyers en die STTU-plaasveiligheids-groep op Thabazimbi is ingeroep.

“Die samewerking was ongelooflik,” sê Vossie Vosloo van die Spoorsnyers. Beide die Spoorsnyers en STTU is spoorsnyspe-sialiste wat as polisiereserviste help om te reageer op plaasaanvalle en voorvalle van

Sewe vas na plaasaanvalrenosterstropery. Hy sê boere van die plaaswag het die toneel bewaar tot die polisie daar op-gedaag het, daar is nie ‘n voet verkeerd gesit nie. “Ons kon dadelik sien waar die mense toegang tot die plaas gekry het en in watter rigting hulle gevlug het. Boere het die paaie afge-sper en twee private helikopters was heeltyd tot ons beskik-king.” Een van hierdie helikop-ters is deur ‘n vermoënde boer op permanente basis aan die STTU beskikbaar gestel.

Die Spoorsnyers en STTU lede het die aanvallers se spore opgevolg en drie van die verdagtes is binne enkele ure aangekeer. Die skootrekenaar, die twee handwapens wat by die Cronjé’s gesteel is, juwele en van die gesteelde kontant is by die drie gekry.

Een van die drie mans, Lazarus Mokhobi (27) is tans uit op borgtog nadat hy vroeër in die Mokopane landdroshof verskyn het op aanklagte van onwettige renosterjag. Die ander verdagtes se moontlike betrokkenheid by renosterstropery en ander misdade in die omgewing word tans ondersoek.

Daar is ook ‘n Z88 polisiepistool by een van die verdagtes gekry. Teen druktyd kon die polisie nog nie bevestig aan wie hierdie pistool behoort het nie.

Mokhobi, Freedom Moyo (24), Mishach Motsomane (29), Takonda Molambo (25),

Percy Tafuma (43), Advance Muzuidziwa (22) en Prince Nkomo (33) het Donderdag in die Lephalale landdroshof verskyn op verskeie klagte wat gewapende roof, die on-wettige besit van vuurwapens en aanranding insluit. “Ek dink hierdie sewe is ‘n groot hap uit ‘n baie aktiewe misdaad sindikaat in die omgewing,” het Vosloo opgemerk.

Een van die verdagtes wat deur die Spoorsnyers en STTU-plaasveiligheidsgroep van Thabazimbi vasgetrek is na 'n

plaasaanval buite Lephalale verlede Sondagoggend.

www.noordnuus.co.za Noordelike Nuus / Northern News 21 NOVEMBER 20142

PLATREEF MINING RIGHT EXECUTIONIvanplats, a subsidiary of Ivanhoe Mines, wishes to inform our host communities and stakeholders of the formal activation of the Mining Right for the Platreef Project. The announcement was made by the Department of Mineral Resources on the 4th of November 2014. The Mining Right will enable the company to resume with preparations for continued construction at the site.Ivanplats wishes to thank all residents and stakeholders within the greater Mokopane area for your support during the period in which we were waiting for the Mining Right. Please note that the company will resume activities on site during December.We also wish to urge all our stakeholders to continue to engage with the company as we move forward to make this new mining operation a reality. We are committed to working together with you to ensure that all in the greater Mokopane area benefi t from the socio-economic development which will fl ow from the Platreef Project.Yours Sincerely,

Jacob Motswaledi – General Manager: Community Relations

To all residents of Mokopane and other Stakeholders

A car heading from Marapong to Onverwacht was hit by a train in the early hours of Monday morning. According to police reports the driver of the car spotted a police road block and turned his vehicle around. A truck was waiting at the railway crossing for the train to pass when the vehicle overtook the truck and collided with the passing train. The driver allegedly fled the scene before police arrived and it is not known if there were any passengers with him in the car. A case of negligent driving is being investigated.

Driver flees after train smashMartie Pretorius ([email protected])

While the South African Post Office’s (SAPO) ongoing strike had a huge impact on its operations, it is pleas-ing to notice some signs of recovery.

SAPO has reported in a recent media statement that there has been a substantial improvement in staff attendance, which they say is com-mendable progress.

More employees have been re-porting for duty and trucks full of mail left the mail centre to different deli-very points.

Despite many post offices in the country being closed for repairs after damages were caused by striking workers, all post offices in Limpopo are open for business. Mail messengers have also been spotted in Mokopane.

Negotiations with SAPO’s labour partners are on-going and the country is hoping for business to resume as normal within this week.

Martie Pretorius ([email protected])

Northern News visited a sewage plant in Mokopane on Monday after an unbearable stench for a considerable time raised ques-tions in Chroompark.

Disturbing proof was found at a sewage plant, South-West of town right next to the Nyl river on Monday. Raw sewage is vis-ibly flowing from the plant, directly into the Nyl river. The Nyl, which becomes the Mogalakwena further North is an important water source for the villages to the North-West of Mokopane. People use the water to irri-

“We deliver, whatever it takes” - SAPO

Mail delivery is still expected to be incon-sistent though. This is due to a shortage of staff.

SAPO apologised to its customers for the delay.

A rare sight: A post officce mail messenger has been spotted in Mokopane’s residential area recently.

Sewage overflow raises concern gate their crops and for their cattle. Northern News contacted the Mogalakwena Munici-pality for comment on this matter but did not received any response before going to print on Wednesday.

The Democratic Alliance (DA) in Limpopo is calling for an intensive investigation into al-legations of negligence that led to the death of a 62-year-old Mokopane resident who died at Polokwane Hospital on Monday.

According reports, the patient was admit-ted at the Mokopane Hospital for a month waiting to be transferred to Polokwane on 3 November. However, the press release stated that it did not happen. The man’s transfer was apparently re-scheduled.

He was to be transported by patient planned transport on 10 November, but the transport did not show up and only became available last Friday after the DA had written a letter requesting the Health HOD to inter-vene.

Mokopane resident dies after health care was deniedIt is further alleged by the DA that the

patient who suffered from Gangerene did not receive treatment at the Mokopane Hospital as he waited to be transported to Polokwane where treatment awaited him.

The DA condemns the negligence that unfolded in this case and strongly calls for answers as it appears that the death of the patient could have been avoided had all par-ties involved played their part.

It is unacceptable that public hospitals execute its constitutional obligations upon intervention 20 years into democracy.

The HOD must leave no stone unturned in ensuring that all parties are held accoun-table, the DA’s Langa Bodlane (MPL) said in the statement.

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Power outages plannedAccording to the Mogalakwena Municipa-lity, maintenance on a substation will be the cause for power outages in parts of Moko-pane on 30 November from 12:00-20:00.

The electricity will be out in the following areas: Chroompark, Nylpark, Kameeldoring Park, the Old Industrial Area on the Zebediela road and farming consumers (Doorndraai, Baviaanskloof, Vlakte, Constantia, Haakdor-ing, Bokpoort, Rooiwal, Lisbon and the golf course). The municipality warns that no guarantee can be given that the electricity will remain disconnected for the whole period and consumers are urged to consider all con-nections as live at all times.

Boy (17) stabbed A 17-year-old teenager was stabbed shortly after having an argument about the length of his shower.

The incident occurred on a farm outside Lephalale. The boy was scolded by his older brother (19) because he was taking too long to finish his shower. The boy was stabbed with a knife in the left side of his chest out-side his home. The boy’s body was found by his mother the following morning.

A19-year-old man has been arrested on charges of murder and appeared in the Lep-halale Magistrate’s Court on Thursday. The case was postponed pending further investi-gation.

Preparations have begun for a resumption of site work for the construction of the initial production shaft as part of the first phase of develop-ment of the planned under-ground mine at Ivanhoe’s R17-billion Platreef Project outside Mokopane.

“For a long time now, the development of our Platreef Project has been a destiny waiting to be fulfilled. It is said that great mines are ‘made’, as much as they are ‘found’. Now, thanks to the sup-port of our partners – including the black economic empowerment (BEE) beneficiaries representing the 20 eligible Mokopane area communities, our eligible employees and SA entrepreneurs, plus our Japanese inves-tors – Ivanhoe’s Platreef team is ready to begin building another great mine,” executive chairman Robert Friedland said.

“The tremendous size and remarkable thickness of the Flatreef deposit is continuing to be revealed as a game-changing develop-ment for the platinum industry in SA. It also is a company-maker for Platreef Resources. Although recently renamed Ivanplats, the company preserves its singular, 26-year quest firstly to discover the mineral trove and now to develop the Platreef Project.

Dr. Patricia Makhesha, who became MD of the Platreef Project subsidiary, Ivanplats, last August, is a former transformation ex-ecutive in SA industry who spent more than a year as an Ivanhoe consultant working cooperatively with Mokopane area com-munities and helping to develop Platreef’s BBEEE-structure.

Bill Hayden, founder of Platreef Resourc-es, remains a director of Ivanhoe Mines and the chief geologist and discovery field leader, David Broughton, continues to head the company’s exploration efforts.

In Mokopane, the contractors are mar-shalling workers and equipment. The job of actually building the Platreef mine is about to get underway. Formal notifications of a return to work have been provided to provincial authorities and landowners in ac-cordance with established requirements. In a coordinated ramp-up of preparations, plant and earth moving equipment is being moved back on to the site of Platreef’s first planned shaft.

“We are committed to resuming site work as soon as is practically possible,” said CEO Lars-Eric Johansson.

He said that a principal priority continues to be the completion of the excavation at the box-cut to establish access for the construc-

Platreef gets underway

“The planned Platreef mine is projected to require a workforce of

about 2 200 within four years of the start of production operations.”

tion of the large concrete surface collar for Shaft #1. The collar also will serve as a base that will anchor the head frame structure and house the ventilation opening. Work on the shaft and related mining-plant compo-nents will take place within the 20-hectare, fenced construction compound. Work also is proceeding on primary components for Shaft #2, the 10m-diameter main production shaft. Murray & Roberts Cementation has be-gun the design and engineering of headgear and early works are expected to begin in the first quarter of 2015.

The mine is projected to require a work-force of about 2 200 within four years of the start of production operations.

Ivanhoe will invest a total of R160-million in the Platreef social and labour plan during the next five years. The plan includes R67.2-million for the development of job skills among local residents and R87.7-million for local economic development projects.

The Platreef Project has committed to building a R26-million community skills development and training facility in the Mo-kopane area within five years as part of Ivan-hoe’s objective of helping to establish a roster of qualified, local candidates for jobs at the mine and its associated minerals processing plant. In addition, Platreef plans to launch five local economic development projects un-der the social and labour plan that will result in the creation of at least 820 jobs, including 660 positions that will be open to unskilled or semi-skilled candidates.

As part of an approved environmental management plan covering Platreef’s devel-opment and operational life, the project will comply with strict conditions for the conser-vation of the natural environment, including biodiversity, and the protection of surface water and groundwater resources.


Die twee vermeende rowers wat verlede week in die Mokopane Streekshof verskyn het op aanklagte van roof met verswarende omstandighede is deur landdros Gerhard Pretorius op borgtog van R1 000 vrygelaat.

AfriForum se hoof van gemeenskaps-veiligheid, Ian Cameron het gesê die staat is medepligtig aan plaasaanvalle as hulle nie borgtog teenstaan vir verdagtes in dié sake nie.

Bento Kambimda (40) en Max Mum-bumba (38) word beskuldig van die onlangse

A 37-year-old man drowned in the Mogalakwena river after apparently falling over the side of his boat.

The man, identified as Ignatius Mushai, was fishing at the time and was not wearing a life jack-et. The police called in diving units from Polokwane and Modimolle to search for the man's body. It was found shortly after.

Mushai is originally from Zimbabwe, but had been living in SA for nine years. The Mahwelereng police warns that it is illegal to fish the river using home-made nets. Fishing rods are allowed and life jackets should be worn on boats.

Mushai's family thanked the Mahwelereng police for their assistance.

Borg vir vermeende plaasaanvallersplaasaanval op Gerda Botha (34) en haar jong seun Dean in die Melkrivier-omgewing.

Toe die plaasrowers toeslaan het Dean weggehardloop en in nabye bosse gaan skuil. Hy het ure later eers uitgekom toe die polisie reeds op die toneel was.

Die gesin is erg getraumatiseerd na die aanval - tot so 'n mate dat hulle intussen na Mookgophong verhuis het. Dit was die tweede keer wat hulle deur plaasrowers aangeval is waarvan die eerste meer geweld-dadig was.

Die hofsaak is tot 28 November uitgestel.

Man drowns while fishing

Police warns against con-artistsThe community should take note of the la-test fraudulent ways that criminals use to get innocent people to part with their mon-ey, says Lephalale police spokesperson warrant officer Frans Mokoena.

Fraudsters phone random victims and tell them that they can help them land big contracts at various companies. They then request the victims to deposit money into a bank account.

Once the money is deposited, the culprits disappear with the money, never to be heard from again.

Two of these cases were reported at the Lephalale police station in the past week.

“Please be cautious and make sure the person on the phone is who they really say they are,” says Mokoena.

* In a separate scam, fraudsters phone victims informing them that they've won a cash prize via the lottery. All they need to do is purchase air time as an 'administration fee'. The victim then buys and transfers the airtime. The fraudster then disappears.

** In another scam, fraudsters contact business and claim to have paid over a huge amount of money into their bank account. Usually the reference is not unknown to the business. They ask the business to refund them. The next day the cheque paid into the business account is returned and the money disappears as it was never a valid payment.



Na meer as 32 jaar in die onderwys en as ‘n leerkrag vir ‘n paar geslagte, het dit tyd geword vir Martiens Elmes van Laerskool Krugerpark om die tuig amptelik neer te lê en om sy beroep vir aftrede te verruil.

Elmes, gebore en gematrikuleer in Lepha-lale (Ellisras), se loopbaan in onderwys het in Bela-Bela afgeskop. Hy het na twee jaar in Bela-Bela, vir vier jaar in Polokwane skool gegee en daarna vir een jaar en ses maande in Zebediela die pos as waarnemende hoof beklee.

“Net groot genade het my tot hier gebring waar ek vandag in dankbaarheid kan terug-kyk na hoe ek as mens ‘n verskil kon maak,” het Elmes verlede Vrydag net voor sy afskeid aan Noordelike Nuus gesê.

Vanuit klaskamer no. 23 het leerders oor die jare onderrig in Wetenskap, Biologie en Tegnologie by ‘n streng dog baie bekwame

Staatmaker onnie lê die tuig neerElmes ontvang. Stoute streke is nie onder sy wakende oog geduld nie, want sulkes het gou besef daar word nie met dié meneer gemors nie. Sy pittige sêgoed is ook iets wat eie was aan hom.

Laerskool Krugerpark sowel as die ge-meenskap is dit eens dat hulle hom en sy vrou Alta baie gaan mis wanneer hulle eersdaags na Kameeldrif in Pretoria gaan verhuis. Dit is ook hiér naby hulle kinders op ‘n kleinhoewe in die hartjie van die natuur waar hulle uitsien om hulself vir aftrede te vestig.

Bo: Martiens Elmes van Laerskool Krugerpark se aftrede het aangebreek. Hy is verlede week by die skool afgeneem tydens sy afskeidspartytjie. Links: Klas no. 23 sal altyd onthou word as Martiens Elmes se klas.

Oud en jonk genooi vir KersgenotDie Piet Potgieter Monument Ouetehuis is dalk ‘n tuiste vir baie oumas en oupas in die dorp, maar hierdie Kerstyd nooi hulle almal om deel te wees van die ouetehuis se fees-vieringe. Met ’n stampvol program, beoog Mariana van Tonder, bestuurder van die ou-etehuis om nuwe lewe in die portale van dié tehuis te blaas.

Eerste word almal genooi om te kom lig-gies kyk tydens die Kersfees Liggiefees by die ouetehuis – die tuin word omskep in ’n won-derwêreld met pragtige liggies wat almal sal bekoor. “Die publiek word hartlik genooi om in te loer van 1 Desember af,” sê Mariana. “Die liggies kikker almal se gemoed op van die kleinste kindertjies tot ons Alzheimer’s pasiënte.”

Volgende op die program is ’n konsert met sanger Danie Botha. Kaartjies kos slegs R100 per persoon en sluit ’n heerlike peu-selpakkie in. Kaartjies kan by die kantoor gekoop word en almal is welkom om die kon-sert by te woon.

Op 10 Desember word ’n baie spesiale Kersboom beplan – die ouetehuis se inwo-ners is almal gevra om hul wenslys deur te gee. Die plan is dat besoekers die ouetehuis kom ondersteun en elk ’n item op die wenslys in te bring om onder die Kersboom te sit.

Op 12 Desember kom kuier Trevor Nass-er. Kaartjies kos slegs R50 per persoon en sluit ’n heerlike bord spaghetti bolognaise in. Kaartjies is beskikbaar by die ouetehuis.

“Volgende jaar beplan ons selfs meer vermaak by die ouetehuis,” vertel Mariana, “ons plan is om die publiek aan te moedig om betrokke te raak by die ouetehuis met ’n kalender vol gebeure elke maand van 2015.”

Planne sluit in ’n spesiale dankseggings-geleentheid in Januarie, ’n Hartjie my Liefie pretdag in Februarie, ‘n veteraan motorskou met Jan Braai in Mei, ’n kinder-ouerdag in Junie en die Brille en Pille fees in November.

Mariana moedig mense aan om hul steun aan die ouetehuis te wys, enige betrokken-heid word verwelkom – kom lees ’n storie, bied ’n aktiwiteit aan of kom kuier sommer net!

Top award for ChoppiesThe Choppies group of supermarkets has been named as the winner in the category “Outstanding Transformational Business” in the Africa Awards for Entrepreneurship (AAE) by the African Leadership Network.

The AAE are a prestigious awards pro-gramme that identifies four of the leading en-trepreneurs in Africa each year. Over the last seven years, this program has awarded over $1.8-million in prizes to 35 of the leading entrepreneurs in Africa.

Choppies was competing against com-panies from 33 countries, three of these companies, Bidco (Kenya), Aksal (Morocco), and Choppies (Botswana) reached the fi-nals in the category for Transformational Business. Choppies was shortlisted in this category for the transformation the organisa-tion has caused in retailing in this part of the world, transforming the lives of rural Bo-tswana, women, people living with disability, and a revolutionary change in a number of employee-related metrics. Choppies also won the People’s Choice awards for this category which was conducted by public online voting.

Choppies CEO Ramachandran Ottapathu said, “We treat this as a stamp of approval on our efforts in giving better value to our con-sumers and our community at large. What we have done in transforming our organization and our leadership model was much superior to the other businesses that we were com-peting with. The secret behind this win was ethical leadership, hard work and dedica-tion to the core. We are proud to be the first Botswana-born brand to be a winner at the African Awards for Entrepreneurship.”

Choppies have supermarkets across the provinces of Northwest, Limpopo, Gauteng, and Free State, and employ 3 000 people in SA. They have over 100 supermarkets in SA, Zimbabwe, and Botswana.

For more information about Choppies, visit www.choppies.co.bw.


Bonaire Fruit is ‘n produsent-uitvoerder van vars vrugte - veral sitrus en druiwe. Die volgende loopbaan geleentheid het by die Maswiri Sitrus Pakhuis in die Tshipise-o m g e w i n g ( L i m p o p o ) o n t s t a a n .

PAKHUISBESTUURDERDoel van die pos: om d.m.v effektiewe operasionele- en taktiese bestuur te verskeker dat die voorbereiding en verpakking van die sitrus vrugte voldoen aan die internasionaal voorgeskrewe vereistes, riglyne en standaarde wat die uitvoerbedryf vereis.

Verantwoordelikheidsareas verwys o.a. na: � produksie deursette en-kapasiteit; mannekrag; pakmateriaal; administrasie en finansies; aankope; logistiek; perseel; toerusting; en pakaanleg; diensverskaffers ens. � oorhoofse en direkte kwaliteit versekering � voedsel en beroepsveiligheid �� koste-effektiewe en produktiewe verpakking ��verliesbeheer ��gesonde dissipline en menseverhoudings - intern en ekstern.

Ideale kandidate sal verkieslik tersiêr gekwalifiseerd wees en oor ongeveer 10 jaar toepaslike pakhuiservaring beskik.

Betroubare werksverwante verwysings sal getuig van: � leierseienskappe � beplanning- en organiseringsvermoëns� kommunikasie vaardighede �� pro-aktiewe ingesteldheid ��rekenaargeletterdheid. Basiese kennis en ervaring van meganieseinstandhouding sal ‘n aanbeveling wees.

Die vergoedingspakket sal die uitdagings van die pos ondersteun.

Marianne Rousseau ontvang alle aansoeke vertroulik by [email protected] tot en met Vrydag, 28 November 2014. Telefoniese navrae word ontvang by Tel: 021 - 913 1222. NOI Werwing

Deur Melt van der Spuy

Dis ’n lekker warm dag en ek en Servaas het klaar niks gedoen vir die oggend. Dis nou bykans halfvier en ons twee sit en moeg word op die stoep.

Om die kampvuur...

Bobbejaan se kind “Mensig, mater, nou dink ek weer aan

daai trippie willetuin toe wat gemaak dat ek en ’n bobbejaan nou nie juis van die beste vrinne is nie.”

“Dis ’n storie wat ek nog nie gehoor het nie. Vertel.”

“Nee, sien,” begin Servaas, “ ek en my aller-enigste het nog die groot groen tent gehad en ons slaan hom mos toe daai tyd in Petoorskop in die willetuin op. Nou moet ek net sê toe ons die kamp deurry om staanplek te soek, sien ons die trop bobbe-jane wat ewe rammetjie-uitnek in die kamp rondstap.

“Ewentwel, ons kry toe so lekker plek in die een hoek onder ’n groot koelteboom en so effens eenkant. Slaan die tent op, kry die bed reg, sit stoele neer, gooi vir my aller-dorstigste ’n wyntjie en vir myself ’n kasteeltjie.

“Die volgende oggend trek ons toe som-mer vroeg die kamp uit. Ons was van plan om dié dag ver te ry. Ons doen toe so en kom die middag so teen drieuur se kant weer by die tent aan.”

Servaas skuif tot op die voorpunt van sy stoel: “Mater, sommer met die uitklimslag toe sien ons hier is fout. Ek het agter die tent parkeer en toe ons om die bakkie stap, lê daar ’n leë papier eierhouer op die grond. Net so een soos ons het.

“Ons stap om die tent en kry ons sout en peper potjies voor die tent lê. Dis toe ek vir die tent se deur kyk wat ek die yslike gat in die tent reg langs die deur sien. Die tent

het so spesiale plek waar die elektriese draad deurgaan vir die krag en daai gaatjie is toe 16 keer groter.

“My maat, ons rits daai tentdeur oop en stap binne. Boeta, as jy al ooit chaos in ’’n tent gesien het, dit was daar. Die hele vloer is bruin en toe ek mooi kyk, sien ek dis ons koffie wat op die vloer lê. Maar die koffie is nie meer koffie nie, dis nou ’n mengsel van tamatiesous, mosterd, die vorige aand se braaisous, eiergeel en ’n hele klomp sout en peper na smaak.”

Ek moet hom in die rede val: “Mensig, Servaas, nou wat het gebeur?”

Hy kyk na my asof ek ’n vis is wat op droë grond lê en graag saam met my maats in die water wil wees: “Bobbejaan se kind my ma-ter, bobbejaan se kind.

“Ek en my aller-verbaaste staan nog so

toe kom daar ’n medekampeerder aan en hy vertel ons was die oggend skaars weg toe sien die trop bobbejane hulle kans. ’n Groot kalant het die tent oopgebreek en die kleintjies in-gestuur om alles wat na kos lyk en ruik in die hande te kry. Hy het probeer keer, maar dit was te laat

“Afgesien van die vloer was alles verder in die tent besmeer met ’n mengsel van eiergeel, mieliemeel, asyn en om dit af te rond al ons ‘sunlight’ en ‘handy andy’.

“Daai ape het nie net al ons kos opgevreet nie, maar die gevolg was die volgende dag moes ek en my aller-teleurstellendste tent afbreek en die pad vat huis toe. Moet sê, Sanparke het ons darem krediet vir die tyd gegee, maar die naaste wat ek aan bobbejaan se kind wil kom, is van hier af Kaap toe en dis nog te naby.”

Bobbejaan se kind mors met ‘’n man se tent.

Kerssang saam met Rina HugoDit is daardie tyd van die jaar wanneer die liggies begin flikker en die ‘Kersvader briefies’ gestuur word. Rina Hugo het die mense van Lephalale in die NG Kerk Ellisras-Wes kom bederf met haar wonderlike stem en ‘n spesiale Kersprogram.

Die verhaal van Jesus se geboorte is vertel met pragtige prente wat teen die wit muur voor in die kerk uitgebeeld is.

Rina het tussendeur ook ‘n paar liedere gesing met oud en jonk wat saamgesing het. Die kollekte wat ingesamel is gaan geskenk word aan die Christelike Seeman Organisasie wat die manne op die skepe leer van God en ook die geleentheid skep dat hulle ‘n Bybel kan besit.

Laptops for local medical studentsThe five students chosen to represent Lephalale as part of the Fidel Cas-tro-Nelson Mandela Medical Scholarship programme were given laptops on 14 November ahead of their departure for Cuba. Nine laptops were sponsored by Eskom as part of the Medupi Corporate Social Involvement programme. The remaining four laptops will be handed over to students from Lephalale who are already studying in Cuba.

Sarah Maxwell, Medupi CSI manager thanked the municipality for in-volving them in the project. On behalf of the department of health, Cllr M E Dinale wished the students well and encouraged them to stay focused on their studies. Acting Mayor, Cllr W M Motlokwa thanked stakeholders Eskom, Exxaro and the Department of Health for assisting the municipal-ity in this endeavour.

Mpho Ratsoma, Thapelo Motadi, Violet Masekoameng, Mary Motebele and James Sefufula are all local residents who recently graduated from schools such as Molautsi Secondary School, Mananye High School and

Letupu High School. They will join 106 Limpopo learners who will soon depart for Cuba for the next two-and-a-half-years, where after they will return home for a short break. They will then go back to

Cuba for another two-and-a-half years before returning to SA to complete a two-year residency programme. This collaboration with Cuba forms part of the government’s drive to address the shortage of medical doctors in SA, particularly in rural areas.


Cuba for another two-and-a-half years before returning to SA to complete a two-year residency programme. This collaboration with Cuba forms part of the government’s drive to address the shortage of medical doctors in SA, particularly in rural areas.


Laerskool Bosveld Primary het onlangs ‘n ‘skaap loop’ as fondsinsamelingsprojek vir die skool se boogskiet aange-bied. Dit was ‘n dag vol pret aktiwiteite soos bokdrolletjie spoeg, teikenskiet, waterwurms, gesigverf, ‘n potjiekos-kompetisie en nog meer. Groot pryse soos rooibok- en vlakvark jagte kon gewen word. Linda Erasmus was die gelukkige persoon op wie se kaartjie “geplons” is en sy het toe die skaap gewen.

Skapie is ‘n bok vir sports

Students from Wilma Swart Ballet Studio held their year-end concert and prize giving on Tuesday in the Ellisras Primary School hall. At the end of the function, every student received a certificate of completion for the year that had their symbol for the exam on it to prove how well they performed. Lola Ndlovu was rewarded the trophy for student of the year, second year in a row.

Medals for little ballerinas

Kinderfees met Ollie die singende narKom geniet ‘n sprokiesdag met perdjie ritte, springkastele, waterkaskenades, Kersvader, spookasem, roomys en vele meer!Wanneer: 6 Desember 2014Tyd: Vanaf 12h30 tot 18h00Plek: Ou Skougronde (Percy Five pad)Ingang: R25 per kind R30 per volwasseneOllie pakette (musiek dvd, speelding) R180 ingang van een kind ingesluit.Kontak Hendriette by 084 836 0005 vir besprekings en pakette of bespreek by jou skool. Stalletjies ook beskikbaar!

Bring gerus ‘n kersfeesgeskenk vir ‘n minderbevoorregte kind of nie-bederfbare produkte en huisware vir ‘n gesin!

Moenie hierdie pretbelaaide dag mis-loop nie - Ollie Ollie!


Die lede van die Dienssentrum vir Bejaardes wil graag die besighede en individue wie so mildelik bygedra het sodat hulle die Berderfweek vir Seniors by die ATKV Drakensville kon bywoon (foto). Die Dienssentrum self bedank almal vir hul bydrae en wonderlike gesindheid teenoor die bejaardes van ons dorp.

Dienssentrum sê dankie

Cycle Challenge for AnthonyAnthony Kapp (24) represented the Lephalale RE/MAX Group at this year’s 94.7 Momentum Cycle Challenge in Johannes-burg. He completed the 95km course in 3h25min.

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Hoërskool Piet Potgieter het vir Raymond Kockott, Heinrich Strydom, Carel Smit en Morné van der Bank hartlik geluk-gewens na hulle gekies is vir die Limpopo swem-span wat die provinsie gaan verteenwoordig by die eersdaagse SA Kampioen-skappe in Pretoria. Dié swemmers is van Tuks Mokopane Swemklub onder leiding van Awie Hattingh. Hier is: Raymond Kockott, Heinrich Strydom, Morné van der Bank en Carel Smit.

Lafenis na groot wen

Laerskool Krugerpark se hoof, Johan Vertongen het sy belofte aan die skool se swemspan wat as oorwinnaars in die onlangse Top 10 uitgetree het, nagekom. Hier duik hy sommer self in die skool se swembad om hulle oorwinning te vier!

HPP swemmers gaan Limpopo verteenwoordig

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