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Gif teen peste maak troeteldier eienaars warm onder die kraag

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Inwoners besef nie die nagevolge van gif teen peste ❑ Corné van Noordwyk CLARENS: Troeteldier eienaars van Clarens het ‘n desperate noodkreet onlangs uitgereik, waar hulle persone vra om asseblief te stop om peste, veral rotte, in die dorp te probeer beheer of uitroei deur rotgif te gebruik. Die produkte, wat vrylik op winkelrakke beskikbaar is, is nie net ‘n produk wat rotte vergiftig en hulle doodmaak nie, maar ook onskuldige troeteldiere, soos katte, kan vergiftig en doodmaak. Die rede waarom dit gebeur? Rotte sterf nie onmiddelik nadat hulle die gif ingekry het nie. Volgens ‘n kenner, is die metode nie net gevaarlik vir huisdiere nie, maar inderwaarheid ‘n baie wrede manier om van rotte ontslae te raak. “Nadat die rot die gif geeët het gaan hy baie dors word en na water begin soek. Baie van hierdie

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gif-produkte, raak eers effektief as ‘n gifstof, as die pes begin water drink.

Verstommend genoeg, kan sommige rotte vir tot 3 dae nog lewe, nadat hulle gif ingekry het. Die rot sal in sy poging om na water te soek, nie baie vining kan hardloop nie. Hulle raak sluimerend en deurmekaar, wat hulle in daardié toestand, sagte teikens as prooi maak vir byvoorbeeld huiskatte.” ‘n Plaaslike inwoner van Clarens, Janet Horsburgh, moes verlede jaar haar jong kat, vir 5 dae aaneen sien ly, voordat sy haar toe op die einde moes uitsit. Haar ander kat het onlangs ook gif op daardie wyse ingekry en het gelukkig daarvan herstel.

Haar veaarts koste het egter tot by R5000 opgehoop. Volgens die kenner, moet ons ook in gedagte hou dat in ‘n bergagtige area soos Clarens, baie roofvoëls die area bewoon. Hulle maak

staat op rotte, muise en slange as voedsel om te oorleef. ‘n Roofvoël sal eerder ‘n half verlamde rot as ‘maklike’ prooi teiken wat nie so vining sal wegkom nie. Roofvoëls het nie die vermoë om vas te stel dat sy prooi vergiftig is nie en dan self van die gif sterf as hy die rot eet. Die roofvoëls speel ‘n baie belangrike rol om die getal slange te beheer en kan dit byvoorbeeld die voorkoms van gevaarlike slange in areas soos Clarens verhoog, wat ‘n geweldige negatiewe kringloop in die natuur-ketting veroorsaak. Hy beveel aan dat inwoners wat wel ‘n groot plaag van rotte wil beheer, liewer metodes soos lokvalletjies moet gebruik, wat nie minder wreed is nie, maar ten minste nie ‘n gevaar vir geliefde troeteldiere inhou nie, mits hulle van kaas hou en dalk ‘n knyp aan die neus gaan kry!

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VKB- Handelstak brei uit in Harrismith VKB is vanaf 30 April reg om klante te verwelkom in sy nuwe Harrismithhandelstak.

Belangstellendes in die Harrismith-omgewing word genooi om die tak te kom besigtig en spesiale aanbiedings te benut. Handelswinkels is deel van die koöperasie-struktuur sedert die eerste koöperasie meer as 100 jaar gelede tot stand gebring is. Net soos ’n eeu gelede word telkemale na dié besigheidseenhede verwys as die vertoonvenster vir landboumaatskappye na bestaande, maar ook nuwe potensiële kliënte.

Die bestaansrede en primêre doel is steeds om te verseker dat die produsent se behoeftes vir ’n volhoubare, winsgewende voortbestaan tot volle uitvoering kom. Dit is juis die rede waarom die kern van VKB se aanbod steeds opgemaak word deur kunsmis, saad, chemikalieë, dierevoeding produkte, dieregesondheid smiddels, omheiningsmateriaal en brandstof. VKB het in die huidige modern era van kleinhandel

die geleentheid gekry om sy aanbod uit te brei en sodoende ’n opsie te word vir die algemene verbruiker. Die ontwikkeling is juis vir VKB die geleentheid om doeltreffende kleinhandel deel van sy strategie te maak.

VKB wil verseker dat die algemene verbruiker toenemend meer vertroud raak met sy produkidentiteit en -aanbod, maar dat die koopervaring nie tekort sal skiet vergeleke met mededingers nie. Om bogenoemde te bewerkstellig word gereeld na nuwe produkreekse gesoek en uitgebrei waar nodig, met die klem daarop om erkende handelsmerke van goeie gehalte teen mededingende pryse aan klante te bied. In gevalle waar die mark dit vereis, word alternatiewe, meer ekonomiese opsies ook gebied, gerugsteun deur ’n waarborgbeleid vir algehele gemoedsrus.

Om sy doelwit te haal om bedryfsdoeltreffend en winsgewend te wees, moet die voorsieningsketting en logistieke arm optimaal funksioneer. VKB gebruik

regdeur sy bedieningsgebied verspreidingsentrums waar skaalekonomie gebruik word om die beste pryse te beding en te verseker dat die produk tydig en doeltreffend sy winkelrakke vol hou. Die produkaanbod in sy winkels word volgens moderne neigings gestruktureer sodat klante die gerief beleef om aankope per afdeling te doen, terwyl personeel opleiding ontvang oor hoe hulle klante met inligting rakende hul behoeftes kan ondersteun. Dit alles word gesteun deur promosies om seisoenaal goeie kopies aan klante te bied. VKB strewe daarna om stelsels te verbeter sodat die algehele koopervaring van so aard moet wees dat klante tevrede is. Laastens is die opknapping van geriewe en geografiese uitbreiding deurlopend op VKB se agenda.

Die besluit om die tak op Harrismith te vergroot, getuig daarvan.

(Netwerk24 – 19 April 2021)

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2021 Local Government Elections

Date for 2021 local government elections now set

by President NATIONAL: President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced Wednesday, 27 October 2021, as the date on which local government elections will take place. This will be the sixth time under South Africa's democratic dispensation that voters will elect leadership and public representatives at metropolitan, district and local level. The Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs will follow

the necessary legal process to proclaim the date and undertake other requirements. The President urges eligible and especially first-time voters to ensure they are registered to participate in the elections which provide the basis for development and service delivery closest to where citizens live. (Tyrone Seale, Acting Spokesperson to the President) - ISSUED BY THE PRESIDENCY OF THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA

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The ‘no-show’ municipality stood up councillors PICTURE: TWITTER

FREE STATE: The DA (Democratic Alliance) Caucus in Thabo Mofutsanyana District Municipality is devastated that a late postponement of a workshop intended to discuss the Integrated Development Plan and other strategic council businesses intended to inform the budget has been a wasteful expenditure. At a meeting held on the 31st March 2021, the council resolved that this workshop will convene on the 14th and 15th of April 2021. Councillors were shocked when informed one hour and ten minutes before the commencement, that it has been postponed.

The reason given by the Municipality to abruptly cancel and postpone the workshop was unclear. Councillors and officials who travel long distances to a venue are entitled to claim travel

Grootste stroper in SA in Bethlehem bekendgestel FOTO:FACEBOOK

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BETHLEHEM: Agter die persone wat op die foto hierbo verskyn, is die grootste stroper wat Suid-Afrika nog gesien het, die Fendt Ideal 10T. Hy is deur AGCO bekendgestel en die plaaslike OVK tak was daar! Die stroper het'n kapasiteit van 10 ton. Die persone wat die geleentheid bygewoon het is, links na regs: Tiaan Oelofse (OVK Meg Takbestuurder Bethlehem), Felix Seitz

(Nasionale Verkoopsbestuurder AGCO), Rocky le Roux (Hoofbestuurder Handel & Meganisasie OVK) Kersani Maharas (Bestuurder Dealer development AGCO), Willie Dietrechsen (Bestuurder Meganisasie OVK) en Dr Dominik Reus (Besturende Direkteur AGCO SA). OVK het bekend gemaak dat hulle nou die amptelike Fendt-handelaar in die Oos-Vrystaat is.

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allowances. In this case, bookings for accommodation were already confirmed a day before the workshop because service providers had requested confirmation. The DA has taken a decision to request a clear report from Municipal Manager, Ms Takatso Lebenya, pertaining to funds that have been wasted in this failed event. Those responsible for this wasteful expenditure must be held accountable and consequence management must apply. “This wasteful expenditure without thinking twice was unnecessary. There should be accountability on how the resources of the municipality are being used.”

A representative in Municipal Public Accounts Committee (MPAC), said: “We will ensure that through a resolution, this money is paid back.”

Bekende Orrelis van Bethlehem oorlede

BETHLEHEM: Verlede week Vrydag is ‘n hele gemeenskap in rou gedompel toe die nuus bekend gemaak is oor die afsterwe van ‘n baie geliefde en bekende inwoner van Bethlehem. Die afsterwe van Lyle is verseker 'n reuse verlies vir die musiek- en pyporrelwêreld, maar só ook vir sy familie en vriende. Hy is op Vrydag 16 April aan 'n hartaanval oorlede. Lyle was orrelis van die NG kerk Bethlehem-Noord. “Hy gaan beslis gemis word deur baie!”

Boodskappe van medelye het ingestroom en een boodskap, wat deur Moira van der Merwe, ‘n baie bekende in musiekkringe, wat bekend is vir haar Tiroolse klokke wat sy

bespeel, het geskryf: “Ek dink min mense weet hoe absoluut genial, passievol en beskeie hierdie man was.

Wat ‘n voorreg om deur hom verryk te kon word. Wat ‘n ongelookflike voorbeeld en inspirasie was sy lewe. Hy het ongelooflike uitdagings oorkom deur sy diep opregte geloof en passie. Ek salueer die mediese student, briljante soldaat van die intelligensie diens.

Die elektroniese ingenieur, ontwerper, die IT ondewyser, die versorger, die kreatiewe kok, die sanger, die komponis, begeleier, orrel stemmer, orrelis, diep gelowige en passievolle vriend. Die Here het hom op ‘n besondere manier gebruik.”

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Female from Rosendal stabbed and left for dead in bushes ROSENDAL: A 29-year-old Lesotho national is behind bars after allegedly trying to kill a woman who spurned him. He then allegedly left her for dead. The woman managed to drag herself from the bushes and, as she could not talk, she used a pen and paper to describe her alleged attacker who was then arrested the same day. Mpho Majoba was charged with attempted murder, rape, and robbery with a weapon other than a firearm.

He appeared in the Ficksburg Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday. Colonel Thandi Mbambo, of the Free State police, said the allegations

were that the suspect accosted the victim while she was on her way home on Tuesday at around 11am. “The suspect allegedly made love advances and when the victim did not accept, he became angry then dragged the victim to a nearby bush where he allegedly raped her, then slashed her throat and left her for dead,” Mbambo said police received a report at around 6pm that day, that a woman had been stabbed in Kleinste farm in Rosendal. She said the 31-year-old victim had arrived home bleeding from the throat and unable to talk. Her throat had been cut

with an unknown sharp object. “The farmer and the family of the victim took the victim to the police station where emergency medical services were contacted. “Though the victim was unable to talk due to injuries in the neck, she was able to write details of the incident and give a clear description of the alleged perpetrator before being referred to hospital for treatment. “The suspect was traced and arrested at De Hoop farm in the Rosendal area, “she said. Mbamo said the woman was in critical condition in hospital. Her alleged attacker appeared in court on April 12.

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BETHLEHEM: Hanno van der Merwe ’n Graad 10 leerder aan die Hoërskool Witteberg het die naweek van die 9de April aan die KZN Baanfiets kampioenskappe deelgeneem en uitstekende prestasies opgelewer. Sy uitslae is as volg: 1ste Plek 500mTt o/17 en 2de plek vir beide 1500m Bunch en 2km Individual Pursuit. “Baie geluk Hanno, jy maak ons geweldig trots!”

Uitslae van die ASA kampioenskappe beïndruk BETHLEHEM: Die finale uitslae van die ASA kampioenskappe is onlangs bekend gemaak: Leoze Lottering - 2de plek vir spiesgooi D/16 met ‘n afstand van 47,56m.

Amy Kotze - 4de plek vir driesprong D/16 met ‘n afstand van 10,57m. Laura Shepherd - 5de plek vir 5000m stap D/16 met ‘n tyd van 29:50,07s. Charl Greyling - 5de plek vir Hanmergooi S/18 met ‘n afstand van 56,01m. Andrea Steynberg - 6de plek vir 800m D/16 met ‘n tyd van 2:18,01s. Elry Flores - 6de plek vir Paalspring D/18 met ‘n hoogte van 2,60m. Lovelle Loubser - 6de plek vir Paalspring Mans/20 met ‘n hoogte van 3,80m. Ersnt Minie - 7de plek vir Paalspring S/18 met ‘n hoogte van 3,90m.

Jane De Villiers - 8ste plek vir 5000m stap met ‘n tyd van 31:03,45s. Janus Breytenbach - 8ste plek vir Paalspring S/18 met ‘n hoogte van 3,80m. Noelle Petit - 9de vir 5000m stap D/16 met ‘n tyd van 31:05,60s. Cara Cilliers - 10de plek vir 3000m D/16 met ‘n tyd van 11:07,66s.

Samukele Willemse -13de plek vir Vêrspring S/18 met ‘n afstand van 5,82m. Anuschka Janse van Rensburg - 16de plek vir Gewigstoot D/16 met ‘n afstand van 11,71m.

Ella Steynberg - 16de plek vir 2000m Hindernis D/18 met ‘n tyd van 8:08,20s.

Arnuad Tredoux - 11de gekom in sy uitdun vir 800m S/18. Op die foto is Leozé Lottering wat algeheel 2de in Suid-Afrika is. “Baie geluk aan julle almal!”

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Witteberg Hoërskool leerder presteer uitstekend by Baanfiets Kampioenskappe

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The Covid-19 vaccine registration for elderly South Africans is now open

PICTURE: CLEVELAND CLINIC

SOUTH AFRICA: Elderly South Africans are now able to register for the second phase of the country's vaccine program. Citizens who turn 60 or older this year can submit their details on the COVID-19 electronic vaccination data system.

Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said that this was in preparation for the next phase of the vaccine rollout program. “You must have your ID and medical aid card if you have one when you register. When you register, it’s very important that you put the correct cellphone number, the address where you live and the correct medical aid number, if you have one. Remember that registration does not guarantee that you will be vaccinated immediately.”

Mkhize said that there would be no difference between private and public sector patients.

The Health Department, meanwhile, reiterated its commitment that patients' data would not be shared with any third party.

The department's acting chief operating officer, Milani Wolmarans: "This is not only a registration platform but it also allows us to communicate via SMS so that we can tell you which vaccination site to go to, what time you need to be at the site and we can provide with information about the vaccination programme if we have a mobile number that we can communicate with."

Visit vaccine.enroll.health.gov.za for more details.

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How do I register?

Who can register?

You must: be a South African citizen; be at least 16 years old (you can only vote from age 18); and and have a green, bar-coded ID book; smartcard ID; or valid Temporary Identity Certificate (TIC).

To Register within South Africa When and where can I register?

Make an appointment to apply for registration during office hours at the local IEC office responsible for your voting district. Please always phone first to make an appointment.

What documents do I need to apply for registration?

By law, you must apply in person (no online or email registrations are permitted). Please bring your: green, bar-coded ID book; smartcard ID; or valid Temporary Identity Certificate (TIC).

No other forms of ID can be accepted. Only original documents (no copies) are accepted.

What happens when I apply?

Go to your local IEC office; Complete the registration form; Your identity document book is scanned; A barcoded sticker is pasted in your green ID book or on your valid Temporary Identity Certificate.

Please note that completing the form and receiving a barcoded sticker or receipt doesn't mean that you're registered, it only means that you've applied for registration. Your application must still be processed (may take up to 7 working days).

How do I know if or where I'm registered?

To check your registration details, you can: send an SMS with your ID number to 32810 (R1.00 per SMS); download our mobile app and enter your ID number; Check your voter registration details; or check at your local IEC office during office hours.

When do I have to re-register?

We continuously strive to provide a better voting experience for voters by ensuring accessibility to voting stations and trying to reduce long queues on Election Day. To help us achieve this, you need to re-register when: your home address changes (if you've moved a short distance, please see Moved since you registered? to find out how to check if your voting district has changed), or ; we inform you that your voting district boundaries have changed. Check your voter registration details to find out if you may have to re-register.

Important: During municipal elections and byelections, you must vote at the voting station where you are registered, so it is important to reregister whenever you move or your voting district boundaries change.

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Do you know who your local ward councillor is?

It’s important for all South Africans to know their ward councillor because they are the link between the municipality and the community they serve. People can also take their problems to the ward councillor and he/she should deal with these in an appropriate way What is a local councillor?

A local councillor is a person who provides political leadership in a ward of a municipality. It can be a metropolitan municipality, district municipality or local municipality.

A local councillor can be elected as an independent candidate or represent a political party. They occupy an office for a period of five years in line with the local government elections.

The ward councillor is elected by citizens living in the ward where he/she is standing for elections.

What is the role of a councillor?

A ward councillor is expected to make sure that the concerns raised by people in his/her ward are represented in council.

He/she must also ensure that the ward committee exists and that people in the ward participate in local government.

The councillor must report back regularly through ward meetings and help the community in identifying needs and priority areas of development, which will help the municipality’s planning processes.

Types of councillors A ward councillor ensures that the

interests of people in a specific ward are represented in council. He/she reports on council activities on a regular basis to the ward to strengthen the relationship with community.

A proportional representative councillor is a member of a political party and is elected through the party lists. He/she is accountable to the party.

An independent councillor does not belong to a political party and is accountable to the people who have elected him/her to represent their interests.

Issues you can raise with your councillor: Water supply Illegal electricity connections Housing Refuse collection Faulty traffic lights Dilapidated infrastructure Grass that needs cutting Any other services offered by the municipality.

Complaints against your councillor When you have a complaint against your councillor, you can approach the chief whip’s office of the political party he or she belongs to. If it is an independent councillor, you can approach or send a petition to the council’s office.

How can I find out who my councillor is?

If you want to know who your local councillor is, SMS your ID number to 32245. The SMS will cost you R1.

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Pet’s Corner

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Deur Danie Cronje

Pet Pic of the week

Kitchen delight

Carla Viljoen van Ficksburg se miniatuur worshond.Chocolate word vreeslik bederf.

WhatsApp us your pet pictures to 073 446 2182. Gives us the name of your pet, the breed, what it loves to eat or do and your details too including the town where you reside.

Pet tip of the week

Proper Identification If the unthinkable happens and your little guy or gal gets lost — youngsters in particular are prone to dashing out the door — having proper identification is the key to a happy ending. Start with the basics: a safe collar, and a tag that contains all of your contact information. In addition to an ID tag, microchipping your pet is advisable, because there's always the chance a collar will fall off.

The microchip, an electronic device about the size and shape of a grain of rice, is implanted under your pet's skin and can be read by a scanner that pulls up your identification information. A combination of these forms of identification will go a long way to reuniting you and your beloved pet, but only if you keep your contact information up-to-date. Be sure to change your information on file with the microchip if you have a change in address or phone number.

One Pan Turmeric Rice And Beans DESCRIPTION A delicious vegan dish that could be used as a main meal or as a side dish to to a meaty meal.

Either way, it tastes delicious and cooks in under 30 minutes.

INGREDIENTS 2 tablespoons sunflower/olive oil 2 garlic cloves, crushed 2 onions, diced 3/4 cup rice (I used Basmati Rice) 2 teaspoons turmeric 1 teaspoon cumin 1 teaspoon ground coriander 1 teaspoon salt 2 bay leaves 2 1/2 cups water (for the rice) and 1/2 cup water (for the spinach – added later) 1 cup chopped spinach 1 can kidney beans, drained and rinsed 2 tablespoons lemon juice or lime juice freshly ground black pepper Optional extras: Add raisins Add nuts Add sliced spring onions Add Diced tomato INSTRUCTIONS In a medium sized pan, heat the oil and cook the onions until beautifully caramelised.

Add the garlic and cook for another 2 minutes or so. Add the rice, turmeric, cumin, ground coriander, salt, bay leaves and 2 1/2 cups water. Allow to simmer until most of the water has reduced and the rice is soft. Add the spinach and the remaining 1/2 cup water, cover the pan with a lid or plate and simmer ever so gently for 2-3 minutes to allow the spinach to wilt. Now mix the spinach through the rice to combine well. Stir in the red kidney beans and the lime/lemon juice. Add some freshly cracked black pepper as well as salt if needed. Throw on any or all of the optional extras and enjoy!

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Wat ‘n foto!

Wat raas en huil julle so?

“Wat raas en huil julle so?” (Mark. 5:39) In ander vertalings klink die vers só: Vir wat gaan julle so te kere? (Die Boodskap) Why all this confusion? Why are you crying? (GNB) Why are you making a commotion and weeping?

(ESV) Jesus praat hier met die roubeklaers voor Jairus se huis waar sy dogtertjie gesterf het. Dis nie vir hulle nodig om te rou nie, want daar is ’n groter prentjie wat hulle nog nie raaksien nie. Kom ons dink ’n bietjie oor dié tye en situasies in ons lewe waar ons raas en huil en te kere gaan en ontsteld en vies is as ons voel dinge is buite beheer. Daai geleenthede waar ons ’n “scene” maak as dinge skeef loop, paniekerig rondtas as ons iets verloor of iets moet prysgee, uitbars in trane as ons teleurgestel word, ineenstort van verdriet wanneer ons slegte nuus kry. Wat raas en huil julle so, kan Jesus sekerlik vir ons ook vra. Ons hét mos hoop, ons hét mos die Here aan ons kant, ons wéét mos alles (goed en sleg) sal ten goede meewerk, ons wéét mos ons is nie alleen nie, ons wéét mos waar ons hulp vandaan kom, ons wéét mos ons is tot alles in staat deur Hom wat vir ons krag gee, ons weet mos Hy droog al die trane af, ons wéét mos Hy is in beheer en daar ís ’n groter, Goddelike prentjie. Dis natuurlik nie te sê dat ons nie mag huil en treur, hartseer of bekommerd wees nie.

Dis menslik en ons mag. Jesus misken ook nie ons hartseer en trane nie! Maar ons moenie met ons gehuil en geraas só op ons hartseer fokus dat ons, soos die roubeklaers in Mark 5, mis dat Jesus opdaag, dat Hy ’n plan het, dat ’n wonderwerk op die punt is om te gebeur nie. Ek dink daaraan dat Jesus self in die tuin van Getsemane doodsbenoud was en bloed gesweet het. Maar hoe het Hy dit hanteer? Hy het gebid, op sy vriende se ondersteuning staatgemaak, weer en weer gebid en toe gelate oorgegee omdat Hy geweet het dat sy Vader se wil nou verder sal geskied. Ons is nie bekommerd soos mense wat nie ’n goeie uitkoms verwag nie, ons nie bang soos mense wat nie weet waar hulle hulp en vertroosting vandaan kom nie, ons treur nie soos mense sonder hoop nie (lees 1 Tess. 4:13) Ons kan kalmeer en rustig word - Jesus is hier! “Moet jou nie ontstel nie. Bly maar net glo.”(Mark.

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Standard Wool SA het op hierdie veiling die grootste hoeveelheid bale gekoop, gevolg deur G. Modiano SA, Lempriere SA en Tianyu SA. Daar is in totaal 12 231 bale aangebied, waarvan 93.1% verkoop is. Op die OVK veiling is 3 207 bale aangebied waarvan 87.3% verkoop is. Die hoogste prys op die OVK veiling, van R184.80/kg, is behaal vir ‘n 1 baal lot BNKS van 16.2 mikron, uit die skeersel van Die Kerneels Greyling Trust, Wakkerstroom. Die koper was Standard Wool SA . Baie geluk met hierdie prestasie!

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Wol ontvang in die makelaars se store hierdie week, is 5.0% laer vergeleke die ooreenstemmende tyd van die vorige seisoen. Volhoubaar gesertifiseerde (RWS), goeie kwaliteit Merinowol, het weereens goeie aandag geniet op die veiling en gesorg vir gesonde kompetisie tussen kopers. Sertifisering is 'n neiging wat gekom het om te bly en produsente kan gerus kennis neem daarvan.

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Stacking up the new Kia Rio against its older sibling

Is the updated fourth generation Kia Rio an upgrade from its predecessor? We recently got to spend some time with the new Rio where we were able to stack it up to its preceding sibling that arguably catalysed a rebirth for the brand not only in Mzansi but globally too.

Although Kia, the largest manufacturer and exporter of vehicles from South Korea, has been in existence since 1944, our local market only got to experience what the Seoul based marque had to offer in 1997. The first generation Rio was introduced two years later, just before the turn of the century but was ridiculed for its poor build quality and driving experience. In more recent generations, the Rio nameplate has evolved and improved over the years and has turned out to be a strong local contender that has helped carry the brand, specifically in the past decade. The third generation, according to sales numbers, was the most successful of its kind averaging just under half a million units per annum since its inception in 2011. It is one of the cars that led to the upward sales trend of the brand and elevated the perception to consumers with improvements in styling, safety and comfort. The most recent fourth generation, originally released in 2017 has not fared as well, with annual sales numbers just above half that of its predecessor. Even with the mid-cycle refresh from 2020, the restyled offering can’t seem to generate the same momentum from before. So why exactly is that?

The third generation set the benchmark high. It was an affordable, quirky, funky and young-at-heart subcompact car that was easily accessible and comfortable to drive. Perfectly suited and priced for yuppies or students. Its stylish exterior and comfortable cabin could be paired with a selection of petrol and diesel engines with an assortment of trims according to budget, although the local market was only afforded with petrol motors. Our time was spent with the more modestly priced but less kitted-out 1.4 LS variant mated to a conventional automatic 6-speed gearbox. From the

outside, the updated range has undergone extremely minor changes with a reprofiled bumper and updated grille. It is still distinguishable and easily recognisable as a Rio from the modish design legacy from the preceding third generation shape. This is a good thing, it is one of the better looking contenders in the B-hatchback segment but the styling has the same issue as the rest of the car. Kia seems to have rested on their laurels with no significant progress from its predecessor. Naturally, the new generation includes well integrated technology and creature comforts that were not obtainable a decade ago. The facelifted derivatives all feature a suitably sized 8-inch touchscreen infotainment system which has Apple CarPlay and Android Auto capability.

Standard USB charging ports can be found in the front and the back of the cabin, while bluetooth connectivity and streaming is available through the infotainment display which reverberates via 4 speakers and 2 tweeters around the cabin, even on the base models. In comparison to its predecessor, the quality and solid interior materials make for a welcome improvement while retaining its durable nature for years to come. That being said, there is an abundance of hard plastic on the LS model, but subtle leather details are standard on the more expensive derivatives. The dashboard and drivers dials are sensibly laid out and intuitive to use, but seem to be a simplified evolution to its predecessor’s interior which I prefer, particularly the scoped speedometer and rev-counter. Despite some vacant buttons reserved for higher end units, the interior was still a comfortable place to spend time in, with both drivers and passengers furnished with upscale spaciousness and amenities. While the new platform that the fourth generation Rio is built upon is sharper and more rigid in handling, it comes at the compromise of additional weight coming in at as much as 50 kilograms. This does not sound like very much but the 1.4-litre motor with a maximum power output of 73kW (6kW

less than before) can often feel lethargic when paired with the limited air pressure at Johannesburg altitude making it feel less spritely than its predecessor.

The conventional 6-speed automatic gearbox trundles around comfortably with the occasional jerk and does the job without much complaint. I would personally recommend the manual option with the same number of cogs which makes the motor feel alive and controlled. The brakes are sharp and direct with immediate response from pedal input like before but the lower end derivatives have interestingly enough done away with rear discs from the previous generation and now incorporates drum brakes. The fuel economy on the Rio for combined driving is rated just below 8l/100km while we saw just over that amount from our travels. A number which is simply too high if it is competing with the smaller displaced turbocharged variants from Ford and VW. The salvation of this funky looking Kia offering is its price tag, with our model priced at just under R310 000 with a fair amount of standard equipment, it is competitively positioned in one of the more cut throat segments in our local car market.

Regardless of price, I would opt for a derivative with the projection headlights which provide more night time visibility than the outdated halogen reflector counterparts.

Having driven the previous generation Rio while I was still a student and epitomising the typical young driver that it was intended for, I had an excitement of experiencing what the latest offering was all about. While it feels much the same as before, inadvertently supplementing my nostalgia, I can’t help but feel that it was not enough of a step forward living in the grand shadow cast by its older sibling. However, this is still a great car, one that is comfortable and familiar for just about anyone of your younger family members or immediate friends to become acquainted with and start blasting their music through.

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