The Bulletin Newspaper - 16 August 2019

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AUGUST 2019

COMMUNITY NEWS. ORIGINAL - ACCURATE - FIRST

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Councillor in hot seat at community meeting

T

he community of Charl Cilliers is up in arms. The Bulletin has reported on a few issues before regarding contracts that have started in Charl Cilliers. These problems just seem to be unable to be resolved.

The main issue is the involvement of the committee at large as well as the involvement of the Ward 10 councillor, Cllr SR Ntuli. It is alleged by members of the community that Ntuli appointed people as she saw fit. The problem with Ntuli is that she is and was not supposed to have appointed anybody.

The Bulletin learned of a public meeting that would address the appointment of a Community Liaison Officer (CLO) for a new pipeline project. This meeting took place on Thursday, 8 August, late afternoon.

People arrived in their customary slow fashion, but the meeting started close to the advertised starting time.

Ntuli refused to speak English even though at least 4 people could not speak a native language. She continued to tell the community about the processes and employment of the CLO. The question was asked if there is a Project Steering Committee. Ntuli said: “No.” The guidelines for the appointment of a CLO is clear. This appointment should be done through the Steering Committee and not the councillor.

“This is a very good example of political interference,” said DA Cllr Mariaan Chamberlain, “there are guidelines that should be followed.”

The guidelines and regulations as per the Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) is that the Project Steering Committee should be established by involving the affected communities.

Below are some of the guidelines: 5.1 Community Engagement.

Prior to the appointment of the Community Liaison Officer (Section 6), the employer shall undertake a process of engagement with the targeted communities where contract participation goals are to be specified for targeted areas in terms of: a) one or more Metropolitan or District Municipalities; b) one of more Local Municipalities; or c) an area within a predefined radius of the construction activity. The employer shall facilitate the establishment of a Community Project Committee (CPC) representing the affected communities. The Community Project Committee shall include the affected Ward Councillor(s) and relevant community leaders.

The employer engagement with the Community Project Committee shall seek to obtain agreement with the community on the targeting strategy, contract participation goals to be employed on the construction works and dispute resolution mechanisms (Section 5.2). The agreement reached by the employer with the Community Project Committee shall be included in the contract data.

6. Community Liaison Officers. A Community Liaison Officer (CLO) shall be appointed where contract participation goals are specified for targeted areas in terms of: a) one or more Metropolitan or District Municipalities; b) one or more Local Municipalities; or c) an area within a predefined radius of the construction activity. Where the appointment of the Community Liaison Officer is the responsibility of the contractor, the requirements for the appointment and payment of the Community Liaison Officer shall be as specified in the contract data. The Community Liaison Officer should be recommended by the Community Project Committee

(CPC).

6.1 Key Duties and Functions. The key duties and functions of the Community Liaison Officer should (where relevant) include: a) identifying labour available in the target community; b) identifying enterprises available in the targeted community; c) coordinating community activities with respect to construction works activities; d) arranging and attending meetings with the community; e) educating community with regard to the dispute resolution mechanism adopted by the Community Project Committee (CPC) and recorded in the agreement between the employer and the CPC; f) facilitating labour, community and contractor concerns; and g) providing daily feedback re-garding community

concerns to the contractor A DA Councillor stood up and challenged the statements of Ntuli. She first refused to speak stating that he is a colleague. The community insisted that she should allow him to speak.

He addressed the crowd stating that she should not be the one appointing the CLO and that she should also wait for the appointment of the Steering Committee. The councillor also pointed out that while she is passing the blame for the removal of two members of her ward committee, she herself should be to blame as she made the recommendations and submitted the requests.

The community left the hall before she could finish addressing them.

- Encee van Huyssteen

Cllr Ntuli, Ward 10, Charl Cilliers

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Crime

snippets MEC Shabalala visits police stations Mpumalanga Community Safety, Security and Liaison MEC, Ms. Gabisile Shabalala, visited Standerton, Sakhile, Morgenzon and Ermelo police stations in Gert Sibande Region. The visits were part of the oversight that the Department of Community Safety, Security and Liaison (DCSSL) plays over SAPS as provided for in the Constitution. During the visit, the MEC encouraged the police to continue working hard despite high crime levels in some of the areas. Shabalala has told police in Standerton that citizens’ rights should always be prioritised and not that of criminals. She said that any criminals who attack law enforcement officers must be dealt with accordingly.

She added that she is aware of some challenges that police are faced

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with in terms of human resources and shortage of vehicles. She has emphasised the importance of communities working with police in the fight against crime. Shabalala said that the safety of communities and the police must be prioritised at all times.

Therefore, she insisted that those who attack the police must be harshly dealt with. During the visits the station management at the stations briefed the MEC on various crime patterns in their policing areas. The MEC also noted the conditions at Sakhile Police Station which did not look good. She undertook to continuously plead for the prioritisation of the township for the building of the new police station.

The MEC undertook to ensure that DCSSL adequately supports community police forums (CPF) and victim friendly facilities at police stations. “Victim friendly facilities must be supported such that the victims feel free when assisted in these centres.

This will assist in ensuring that victims and crime survivors do not feel uncomfortable at these centres,” she added. She also announced that as part of supporting CPFs, she will call meetings in the three districts where CPFs in various police stations will attend. The meeting was expected to, among other things, discuss ways of enhancing the functionality of CPFs and the type of assistance to be given to these structures in order to make them more effective. This, according to the MEC, will assist with strengthening of existing partnerships between the police and the community in the fight against crime. She has also called on communities to support government’s crime prevention efforts and not antagonise the police who often put their lives on the line in order to protect the people.

Women to lead law enforcement campaign to road deaths Female law enforcement officers are to undertake massive law enforcement operations throughout the country in celebration of Women’s Month and in an effort to reduce fatalities over the past long weekend. Integrated roadblocks involving officers from different authorities were planned on all routes with a high number of fatal crashes. Statistics show that deaths on South African roads increase substantially over the long weekends with more people dying on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The abuse of alcohol has been identified as one of the key factors contributing to crashes and this will form a major focus of law enforcement efforts over the long weekend. Road crashes exert a heavy burden on the economy, society and families as they involve economically active members of society many of whom are breadwinners and heads of families.

A study conducted by the Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC) and the Centre of Scientific and Industrial Research has estimated that the cost of crashes in South Africa last year was R166.2 billion. It is estimated that one death on the road represents an average loss of R4.6 million to the economy in terms of loss of productivity, pain and suffering, medical costs, legal and funeral costs.

An analysis of statistics has identified the roads with the highest number of fatalities. The analysis has confirmed that the top 10 roads and areas with the highest number of deaths nationally are: R71 Mankweng in Limpopo, R573 Umhlanga in Mpumalanga, N4 Nelspruit in Mpumalanga, N2 Libode in Eastern Cape, N1 Naboomspruit in Limpopo,

N2 Umkhomazi in KwaZulu Natal, N2 Pongola in KwaZulu Natal, N2 Idutywa in Eastern Cape, R37 Mecklemburg and N3 Harrismith in the Free State.

A total of 254 people died on these roads last year and human behaviour accounts for nine out of 10 fatal crashes that occurred on these roads.

These roads have been prioritised for intensified law enforcement and female-led operations will be conducted throughout the month to make these roads safer.

Personification of law enforcement officers by criminals a challenge in Delmas Some criminals impersonate law enforcement officers in order to rob unsuspecting motorists of their vehicles and belongings along the N12 near Delmas and surrounding areas.

The criminals impersonate the law enforcement officers by placing blue lights on top of the vehicles’ dashboards and by wearing the officers’ uniform. They also use fake logos on the vehicles.

They stop unsuspecting motorists and rob them at gunpoint, especially at night. This emerged during the visit to police stations by Mpumalanga Community Safety, Security and Liaison MEC, Ms. Gabisile Shabalala.

The MEC visited police stations in Delmas, Sundra, Phola and Vosman.

The visits were part of the oversight role and monitoring that the Department does over the SAPS. Shabalala was further briefed about the tensions between the farming communities and residents in Victor Khanye Local Municipality.

The police in Delmas also told the MEC about the sporadic protests by communities that are targeting mining houses in the area and demanding jobs. Police also reported that some farmers believe that crime was not sufficiently addressed and as a result some farmers were reportedly taking the law into their own hands.

Other concerns at the stations include the non-availability of volunteers at most victim friendly facilities and the shortage of staff and vehicles at the stations. The proliferation of drugs, particularly around Vosman, also came under the spotlight with the police saying it is contributing to house robberies and other violent crimes.

MEC Shabalala has called on the staff at these stations to continue working hard despite some of the challenges at their stations in terms of the resources.

“You must not be despondent but rather continue to work for communities. We will support because you continuously place your lives on the line in order to protect this country and its citizens,” the MEC said.

Shabalala also highlighted the need for the strengthening of highway patrols, saying that it would curtail robberies experienced in the affected areas.

According to Shabalala, the increased co-operation between the farming and local communities was also imperative for the achievement of peaceful coexistence. She has also condemned vigilantism and urged farmers and communities to work together in order to curb crime. She also indicated that government will continue to mobilise all stakeholders in fighting crime, including the farming communities.

Members of the community warned not to take law into their own hands The Provincial Commissioner of police in Mpumalanga, Lieutenant General Mondli Zuma, hereby warns members of the community against taking the law into their own hands.

16 August 2019 The warning comes after a man was burned to death in an apparent act of vigilantism on Saturday, 10 August, at Alexandria Trust, Marite, near Hazyview. The incident was suspected to be a retaliation by the community after the murder of a 13-year-old boy, whose body parts were found hidden in a fridge at a man’s house. It was reported that on Friday, 9 August, the boy went missing and the community immediately conducted a search and later discovered his body, with some missing body parts, in an open field near a dam within the area (Alexandria Trust). It was then that two boys allegedly informed the community that they spotted the boy walking with the man, who is well-known in the area. They (the community) apparently hunted the man down, brutally assaulted him and set him alight. He died on the scene. Police were alerted about the incident and upon arrival at the scene, they were attacked by the angry mob as they tried to quell the situation. General Zuma warns community members to stop taking the law into their own hands, urging people to report criminal acts to the police and let the law take its course. “Vigilantism will not be tolerated nor accepted as a way of dealing with crime, anyone found to have participated in such acts, will be arrested and face the full might of the law”, said General Zuma.

Accused found guilty and sentenced for fraud Godfrey Sifiso Tony Lukhele (33) was found guilty on 131 counts of Fraud by the Nelspruit Regional Court on the 29 July for defrauding the South African Revenue Services (SARS) of over R 3 million in fraudulent Value Added Tax (VAT) returns. For three years starting in March 2013, Lukhele submitted false VAT claims, he was initially arrested following a Hawks’ Serious Commercial Crime Investigation. He appeared in court and was subsequently granted a R70 000 bail and never returned to court as scheduled. A warrant for his arrest was authorised and resulting in his arrest on 9 July. Lukhele was further linked to a case of fraud where he fraudulently sold a house on behalf of the owner and took the amount of R52 863.24 for himself. On Monday,5 August, Lukhele was sentenced to five years imprisonment of which half is suspended on condition that he pays back the amount of R1 Million to SARS. The accused was also sentenced for the fraud case where he unlawfully sold a house of a complainant and pocketed the money. He received a five-year sentence, wholly suspended for five years on condition that he pays back the money to the complainant.

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Women’s Month: fight for equality and empowerment August commemorates Women’s Month. The rich history behind this celebration is fascinating. About 20 000 women marched to the Union buildings on 9 August 1956 to petition against the pass law.

This month has been more about empowering women and fighting for equality. Though many have maintained that equality is impossible, as women are not as strong as men and cannot do certain jobs. Yet women have proven time and time again that no matter what is thrown at them, they stand up and do a better job.

Empowering women is to educate young girls, teach them the correct morals and teach them their worth.

In today’s society of social media, it is cooler to be stupid than smart. Women have fought against this for years.

In the early 1950’s and 1960’s a woman had to ask permission to open a bank account and to have a job and then she was only allowed to do admin work as women were seen as being worth much less. Many women fought against this. In the 1960’s everything started to change when women started to fight for equality in America through the feminist movement. They fought for the right to abortion, education and equality and there was no doubt that they were committed to their cause.

In 1963 the equal pay act was passed and in 1970 the equal rights act.

In South Africa these rights only came post-1994, but still today women struggle with domestic abuse and are being told they are worth less than men. This year’s Women’s Month theme is: “Growing South Africa Together for Women’s Emancipation.”

Ms Maite Nkoana-Mashabane, Minister in the Presidency for Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities, said the following at the 65th anniversary of the 1954 Women’s Charter commemoration: “The theme is a call to South Africa to reflect on the country’s success in achieving gender equality and mainstreaming the gender agenda across all sectors, from arts, sport, politics, economy, health, land ownership, entrepreneurship and gender dynamics. The theme also calls on South Africans to break gender stereotypes and remove barriers that seek to serve misogynistic interests.”

Since the march in 1956, South Africa has come a long way: South Africa has the most women in government and female politicians in the world. Caster Semenya, 800m Olympic champion, recently lost legal battles over gender equality. The IAAF (International Association of Athletics Federation) won the case and it was said that she should take medication to improve her body’s oestrogen levels. This is a step back in the fight for equality in sports, but a lesson for women not to stand back and let an opinion define who you are.

Another recent fight for equality was equal pay on the sports field. The South African ladies’ football team is a good example of this, but in America the women’s team had to fight for equal pay. Avid sports watchers would say that they made something out of nothing because the game is not at the level of that of the men’s game. The American ladies’ team won their fight.

The most common argument behind this is that the game is not as fast or as popular as that of the men’s game.

Should this then be seen as a valid argument?

Although the fight for equality and empowering women has been going on for generations, it still seems and

Photo: https://www.officeholidays.com/holidays/south-africa/national-womens-day comes across that daughters are brought up to believe that only a man can take care of them, they are only good enough to bear children and cook (shorten her chain: a famous South African joke). This is the stigma young girls and ladies are being brought up with every day, instead of teaching a daughter how to change the car’s oil or tyre and telling them that they can achieve anything they want.

When the topic of domestic violence is introduced, society prefers to be too sensitive regarding this subject because these things “do not happen” and “what did she do?” These questions and statements are at the forefront of how society perceives domestic violence. It leads to the issue being swept under the rug. Women are scared of their abusers and in most cases, do not have the means to leave and also have nowhere to go. This aggravates the situation. In most cases, the abuse gets worse and the woman has no voice, whether the abuse is physical or mental because the woman can heal from both but will she ever have the courage to walk away?

Domestic violence does go both ways. If a woman beats a man and he reports the matter to the police, he gets ridiculed. This is where women who have been fighting for equality for years, are also hypocrites.

Equality according to the Cambridge Dictionary: the right of different groups of people to have a similar social position and receive the same treatment. Empowerment according to the Oxford Dictionary: the act of giving somebody more control over their own life or the situation they are in.

Looking at these definitions one can form many arguments and these arguments can have great outcomes.

These arguments can also form many enemies. One of the difficulties in these arguments is culture. This can be changed through, as previously mentioned, education.

Education is equal according to many, but the fact remains that, should an educated woman walk into a male dominated world, it is known that she must work ten times harder to prove herself. Why is this? The answer comes back to culture.

Culture plays a big role in one’s upbringing. Even though everyone is South African, everyone was brought

up and is being brought up differently.

One thing everyone has in common is school. Educators should teach children, male and female, that no matter the gender, you can do what you believe you can do and that there are no restrictions or limitation because you are male or female.

In order to achieve equality, one must educate and empower the youth of today, regardless of their gender.

Women must and young ladies must be educated that standing together will get you further than laughing at each other. Turn them into queens who would rather fix each other’s crowns than break the other down. “Strong women don’t use their strength to knock others down, but to help others carry their burdens.” – Anonymous South Africa has come far in the fight for equality and women’s rights, but there is still a lot to improve on to break through the glass ceiling. – Ané Prinsloo

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Ds Marius Britz Hy loop vir oulaas deur die leë huis, en skielik draai ‘n liedjie van ABBA deur sy kop, ‘n frase wat weergalm deur sy brein, amper soos ‘n musiekkonsert in die Kangogrotte: “Walking through an empty house / tears in my eyes / this is where the story ends / this is goodbye.”

Die gangmatte is plek-plek deurgeloop, die mure van die huis vol spykers wat die getuies is dat lewens daar geleef is, spykers waaraan foto’s van voorgeslagte, kinders en geleenthede soos verjaarsdae gehang het, skilderye van bosveldtonele en hoëveldkosmos, spykers wat nou skreiende uitroeptekens van ‘n einde geword het, hulle eie, persoonlike Golgota, die kruisiging van ‘n lewe.

Hy draai die badkamerkraan oop, hoor die bekende gorrel van water in die pype. Staan en kyk hoe die water linksom uitsyfer.

Daar waar hulle nou heen trek, sal die water andersom wegsyfer uit die bad, het hy al in die Hoërskool Hugenote geleer. Sy alma-mater waar die bekende standbeeld van die Franse meisie wat hoopvol na ‘n nuwe land kyk, lankal reeds voor die ingang verwyder is. In 1995 al.

As hy die voordeur toetrek en sluit, gooi hy die bos sleutels in die posbus, waar die eiendomsagent dit later sal kom afhaal. As iemand anders dit dalk eerste kom uithaal, is dit nie meer sy probleem nie. Aan die een kant is dit bevrydend om só daaraan te dink, aan die ander kant voel hy die turbulensie van ’n diep hartseer wat in sy borskas brand. Die Merckskeepsvraghouer met alles wat hulle besit, is ‘n week terug weg Kaapstadhawe toe. Sy vrou en kinders nog voor dit. Hulle moes gaan inskryf by nuwe, vreemde skole. Gaan soek na nuwe slaghuise, haarkappers, dokters en tandartse. Die huurhuis in die vreemde land, wat heelwat kleiner is as die huis wat hy van sy ouers

geërf het, gereedkry vir wanneer die somtotaal van hulle aardse besittings daar afgelaai word.

Hy moes klomp dinge afhandel: leêrs afsluit, hoofstukke toemaak, soos blomme op sy ouers se grafte gaan plaas, die kokketiel by sy nuwe eienaar gaan aflaai, die munisipale deposito gaan terugeis. Sy Mercedes, wat deel was van sy voordele as senior bestuurder, is reeds verkoop.

Hy sal ‘n heelwat goedkoper, tweedehandse motor in Kanada moet koop. Dis al wat hulle sal kan bekostig.

As die Uber-huurmotor wegtrek voor die ou bekende huis in Aandblomstraat, maak hy sy oë toe. Hy wil nie sien nie. Hy wèèt tannie Susan van langsaan staan op haar stoep en waai met haar kantsakdoekie. Oom Piet, met sy pyp in sy mond, langs haar. Hulle was nog sy ouers se oorspronklike bure gewees, destyds toe hulle as jongmense saam laat bou het en ingetrek in die voorstedelike Belville. ‘n Geslag mense wat hard gewerk het om ‘n rustige, gemaklike bestaan vir hulle oudag te verseker. Hulle wag al lank vir ‘n plekkie in ‘n aftreeoord, want dit het heeltemal te gevaarlik geword vir hulle twee oues om so alleen te bly. Maar dis die laaste ding wat hy nou wil sien. Hy maak sy oë vir die eerste keer oop as die huurmotor op die N2 draai. Regs van hom lê Tafelberg soos ‘n massiewe uitroepteken van Afrika se verruklike mooiheid. Van Donck het sy pyp gestop, die wolke hang in slierte bo-oor die berg.

Miniskuul ry die kabelkarretjies op en af met oorsese toeriste wat hulle vergaap aan die asemrowende tonele van die uitgestrekte Kaapstad, met sy hawe en die weskus in die verte.

Net buite die stad begin die plakkerskampe opeenstapel.

Mistroostige makukus óp mekaar gebou uit flentersink. Sommige is op sulke steil hellings gebou, dat dit ‘n wonder is dat enige mens daar geslaap kan kry. Rye en rye plastiekopslaantoilette is teen die pad gebou. Hy kyk daarna, en ril by die gedagte dat ‘n dronkbestuurder beheer oor sy voertuig kan verloor, en deur daardie peleton toilette ploeg.

Met mense daarin. Moedelose, flenter, uitgewasde klere hang oor die heining teen die snelweg.

Oral staan mense beteuterd

rond, wagtend op ‘n wonderwerk om te gebeur. Net anderkant die berg is die speelplekke van rykes, daar waar sommige mense twee miljoen rand betaal vir ‘n enkelmotorhuis in Clifton, waar hulle hul afslaandak Porsches en Lamborghinis kan parkeer, een van die duurste woonbuurte in die wêreld.

Die naambordjies by die afritte op die N2 flits verby, en maak hom senuagtig. Lavender Hill, Mitchells Plain, Lentegeur. Die killing fields van Suid Afrika waar naweke tot sestig mense vermoor word in bendegeweld. Die plekke wat Kaapstad die reputasie as die derde gevaarlikste stad in die wêreld besorg het. Selfs die staproetes teen die manjefieke berg het deel geword van die killing fields. Die Kaapse vlakte wag angstig dat die weermag moet help om orde te bring. Hy dink aan die baie nagte, lank

terug, toe hy as dienspligtige in Katlehong agter op ‘n Buffel gery het met ‘n R4. Die nagte toe hulle ook oral langs die roetes lyke opgetel het wat genecklace is. Niks het verander nie, dink hy. Die naggeluide van Lisa se klavier teen Tafelberg se hange is bloot vervang met die gekletter van AK-47 skote. Die waarskuwingsbordjies teen die pad verlig sy diep twyfel of hy die regte keuse gemaak het, so effens: “Be alert! High crime zone!’” Die selfoonadvertensie op die brug oor die snelweg vang sy oog: “Stay connected with your world.” Miskien, net miskien, is dit nie so erg om weg te gaan nie, dink hy. Die Uber laai hom voor die lughaweterminaal af, en hy stap na die inweegtoonbank.

“Single, or return, sir?” vra die dame by die toonbank. “Enkel,” mompel hy. “Ek kom nie weer terug nie.”

Tannie Poppie se: Jan se driehoek - yskastert 250 g botter of margarien 180 ml strooisuiker 1 eier, geklits 1 houer (250 g) gladde maaskaas 5 ml vanieljegeursel 2 pakke tennisbeskuitjies (200g elk) Kersies of Flake-sjokolade Ekstra sjokolade om mee te versier 1. Room die botter of margarien en suiker saam 2. Voeg die eier, maaskaas en vanieljegeursel by die suikermengsel 3. As die mengsel baie dun is, plaas dit ‘n rukkie in die yskas tot dit bietjie stywer is 4. Pak die beskuitjies in rye (3 in

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die breedte, 6 in die lengte) op ‘n groot stuk tinfoelie 5. Skep helfte van die maaskaasvulsel oor 6. Pak nog ‘n laag beskuitjies en skep die res van die vulsel oor 7. Pak ‘n ry kersies of Flake in die middel en gebruik die tinfoelie om die beskuitjies versigtig in ‘n driehoek te vou 8. Draai die tinfoelie stewig toe en plaas 2 dae lank in die vrieskas 9. Voor gebruik: Smelt die sjokolade 1 minuut lank in die mikrogolf, roer en smelt nog 1 minuut lank 10. Versier die tert daarmee en plaas 1 uur lank terug in die vrieskas 11. Haal uit, sny skywe en eet dadelik

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Ouma behandeling of mishandeling?

By ouma mishandeling dink u al te vinnig aan fisiese mishandeling.

Hulle kan byvoorbeeld mishandel word deur persone van wie hulle in die persoonlike of professionele atmosfeer afhanklik is.

Maar daar kan ook sprake wees van psigiese mishandeling, van verwaarlosing, finansiële uitbuiting, seksueel misbruik en/of skending

van regte. Hierdie verskillende soorte van ouma mishandeling kom dikwels neffens mekaar voor. Wanneer bejaarde oumas met hierdie vorm van geweld te doen kry, dink hulle dikwels dat daar weinig aan kan doen of hulle dit maar moet aanvaar.

Hulle maak dan stellings soos: “Ek het my maar daarby neergelê”.

“Wanneer ek hulp soek sê hulle dat

Veterans’ Breakfast

It was Brandwacht’s turn, one of the 3 units that resorts under Sector 1 Cosmos, to present the monthly breakfast at Kruik Café on Saturday.

They invited Pastor Willie Ellis from the Christian Motorcyclist Association, Secunda, to inform Brandwacht’s guests regarding the work and vision of the CMA. Willie opened the get together with scripture and prayer.

“Bikers of today are quite different from those in the past with which we associate today’s bikers” he said.

“Yes, there still are those that are “naughty at times”, but most are well behaved and enjoy their ride.”

The second page in the Biker’s Bible, “Hope for the Highway”, describes this as a “Freedom, no other word describes what it feels like to ride straight towards the horizon. With the wind in your face and your leathers on, your external and internal turmoil pales in comparison. LIFE MAKES SENSE NOW.” You will most probably find members of the CMA at all motorbike rallies, a

gazebo with hot beverages, for those after the night before revelries and now longing for a “reg maker”. One of the most important entities, after the hot drinks at the CMA gazebo is the “Hope for the Highway”.

This unique Bible encompasses the new Testament, Psalms and Proverbs. It moreover contains and bear witness to the unexplainable ways with which the Lord chanced a biker’s life forever.

“Yes, he said there are those that listen, take a Hope for the Highway and disappear. But there are exceptions, those who do listen, take to heart the small inspiration from the CMA member.”

The size of the Hope for the Highway is so designed that it fits into a saddle bag, shirt pocket, jacket pocket and the likes.

René Changuion, President CMA South Africa, wrote: “This Bible will help you find the ride from here to eternity. It contains true-life stories of people who through their journey in life found new purpose for riding…” - Aart Reedijk.

ek dalk aan demensie ly.” “Ek is nie geestes siek of so nie.” “Hulle wil my in ‘n ouetehuis weg steek, maar as ek daar gaan woon, gaan ek dood van verdriet.”

Altemit verdwyn ook nog die kontak met die enigste kleinkind wat nog by my op besoek kom en my gereeld bel.

Vir kinders is dit alreeds nie meer nodig om te kom kuier of bel nie.

Ouma mishandeling is nie normaal nie. U moet besef dat daar iets nie pluis is nie.

Dit is belangrik om te weet dat ouma mishandeling meer dikwels voorkom as wat u dink. U is nie die enigste slagoffer van hierdie vorm van mishandeling en geweld nie.

Kom tot die besef dat dit nie so mag wees nie.

Dit is van uiterste belang om dit met iemand te kan deel. Daaroor te praat met iemand wat u vertrou.

Dink hiermee aan ‘n familielid, ‘n vriend, jou ouderling, die dominee of miskien een van jou bure. U kan ook na u huisdokter gaan of ‘n maatskaplike werker.

Daar is ook kerkgroepe wat gekwalifiseerde maatskaplike werkers het wat 24/7 beskikbaar is.

Dit is anoniem, die professionele mense wat daar werk het ‘n professionele geheim houding.

Dit beteken dat hulle nie met ander mag praat oor jou situasie nie, tensy u daarvoor self toestemming gee. Is daar iemand waarvan u weet wat in die web van mishandeling gevange sit, u is bekommerd en wil dat die situasie verander.

Maar hoe gemaak? Ook daarvoor is daar ondersteunende organisasies en kan jou waardevolle advies gee. Doen navraag, dalk in die geheim, maar dit is uiters belangrik dat u daarvan oortuig moet wees dat daar hulp beskikbaar is.

– Aart Reedijk.

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First Women’s Car Repair Facility in Secunda Women’s Month is not only here to celebrate women who did great things in the past for the country but also celebrates the women of the Fourth Industrial Revolution who are doing great things beyond imagination. Who would have thought that in today’s world we would be celebrating women who own a car repair facility workshop in Secunda? Dineo and Keneuwe, twin sisters, grew up having an idea of owning a business one day, but did not know what they wanted to do. Just like any other dreamer, they made their dream come true and are now the owners of WOMECH (Women in Motor Mechanics) and compete with other motor car repair workshops in Secunda. Dineo Glamane the CFO (Chief Financial Officer) said that the idea of owning a business started in college, but the courses they wanted to pursue were very expensive and their mother was the only one working at that time.

“We received a bursary to do an Auto Electrician course and completed our N6. We did an apprenticeship at Value Logistics and that was where the idea of opening a workshop started.”

Both Dineo and Keneuwe completed their courses in 2008 and in 2017

they opened WOMECH. She said that truth be told it is not easy to be in an industry that is male dominant.

It is full of challenges but those circumstances made them love their job even more. The most difficult time was when they would promise a customer that their vehicle would be ready or fixed at a particular time and it did not happen. Customers get very cheeky especially to them and because they are women. Her advice to women out there is to never limit themselves and to take every opportunity that comes your way.

Don’t be picky because sometimes what you want is not always what you get and she emphasised that everything is in God’s hands, but women work hard to be competitive.

“This industry is very tough but women can do it,” she concluded.

WOMECH is a member of the Motor Industry Workshop Association (MIWA) and proud association with the Retail Motor Industry (RMI).

Celebrating Women’s Month, we salute all the women in this country who work hard from CEOs to cleaners who make it possible for their families to survive at all and any cost.

The Bulletin would like to wish you everything of the best and keep up the good work! – Sandile Mkhawanazi

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Future emission standards threaten Sasol The following article surfaced on Biznews and was written by Alec Hogg.

South Africa’s oil-from-coal and chemicals multinational Sasol disclosed over the weekend that some of its plants in Secunda and Sasolburg are under threat because of the need to comply with stricter sulphur dioxide emission standards. Sasol told Bloomberg that flue-gas desulphurisation equipment needed to cut emissions which causes acid rain and a range of health complications, is too costly and technically difficult to install. Air pollution in the area around coal-fired plants operated by Sasol are similar to those in the most polluted cities on earth. By 2025, Sasol will have to comply with new sulphur dioxide emission limits for coal boilers of 500 milligrams per normal cubic meter. Its official 2018 emission reports show that some equipment at both Secunda and Sasolburg regularly exceeds 1,000 milligrams. Failure to achieve the required levels will lead to heavy fines or closure of the plants. The Bulletin contacted Sasol and received the following response: The National Environmental Management: Air Quality Act (“NEMAQA”) required existing plants to meet more stringent point source emission standards by 2015 (“existing plant standards”) and standards applicable to newly commissioned plants (“new plant standards”) by 2020. These are collectively referred to as the minimum emission standards (“standards”).

Meeting some of these standards require retrofitting abatement technologies of some of our existing plants. For this purpose, Sasol developed and is implementing air quality improvement roadmaps to enable compliance with the minimum emission standards along extended compliance timeframes, enabled by postponements previously granted by the National Air Quality Officer in 2015 and 2018.

We also confirm that we are complying with the conditions stipulated in the atmospheric emission licenses (which incorporate the conditions of these postponements) applicable to the Sasol Secunda site.

Further postponement applications are pending to enable compliance with the new plant standards by 2025.

Sasol is on track with the implementation of abatement technology in accordance with these roadmaps to meet the new plant standards by 2025.

Improvement associated with the implementation of the roadmaps can already be demonstrated.

Our multi-year offset

programme, to address sources of non-industrial pollution in conjunction with our roadmaps are also progressing well.

It is clear that the South African government is serious about Air Pollution or at the very least is now waking up to the risks and dangers posed by the air pollution in the highveld. The economic impact that this will have on towns that feed these plants and “polluters” will still have to be calculated. Will this eventually affect job security in the various affected industries?

What will happen if fines are given and what will happen if not? There are several burning questions that still need to be answered by government as well as the industry before a final solution can be tabled.

Sasol has been addressing the pollution issue and one example is that Sasol has replaced several coal stoves in eMbalenhle.

This will go a long way towards diminishing the pollution from burning coal. There are a number of other ways that Sasol is addressing the pollution issue and The Bulletin hopes to bring you more info on this in the near future.

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Accidents wreak havoc over the weekend In a strange turn of events that is still not clear, a VW Polo veered off the road on the P185 near Unicor Dam next to Evander and drove down the embankment near Unicor Dam on Friday, 9 August. The embankment is very steep and high.

The vehicle crashed into a huge rock at the bottom of the embankment ripping off the roof of the vehicle.

The four occupants of the VW were ejected from the vehicle and were scattered across the scene.

Two occupants were killed instantly and injuring two others. The injured suffered light to mild injuries.

The VW Polo that appeared to be brand new was completely destroyed in the accident.

A veldfire was started as a result of the accident and quickly extinguished by various teams.

August 10 was another horrific day for travellers on the R546. The R546 is notoriously dangerous to

travel on, especially during pay weekends and at night. On Saturday night an accident occured on the R546 just past eMba towards Charl Cilliers.

The accident occurred at approximately 19H45. The driver of a BMW rammed into the side of an Opel Corsa. It is alleged that the BMW was travelling towards Charl Cilliers when the Corsa approached them from Charl Cilliers. There were a few cars travelling together. The driver of the Corsa suddenly lost control of his vehicle, swerving all over the road.

The driver of the BMW said that he saw the car losing control and he reduced his speed, unfortunately, he collided with the side of the Corsa, crushing the side of the Corsa.

Two occupants of the Corsa were killed on impact and a further passenger was injured. It appeared that the patient suffered serious injuries.

Congratulations Yané van der Merwe who bagged a bronze medal for javelin (T44) at the Junior Paralympic World Championships in Notwill, Switzerland. She broke the SA record as well! Keep shining Yané!

Kinross SAPS visited Emdinbini School on 8 August to talk to the learners about drug abuse and child abuse. The Station Commander explained to the learners the dangers of substance abuse and also about the reporting of child abuse. He urged the learners to report to the police if they know about the crime that is happening in the areas that they are staying in. Bangani also entertained the learners and handed out some sweets.

Oosterland kroon op 21 Augustus Mnr en Mej Oosterland! Met Belinda Bam as MC gaan dit ‘n stylvolle aand wees en met die Oosies opgetof en aangetrek gaan daar ‘n groot skouspel te sien wees. Die tema vir die aand is “Trick or treat” en kaartjies kos tussen R60 - R100. Kom kyk gerus op 21 Augustus, 18:30,

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GMM DA Constituency Celebrated Woman’s Day in two communities of our area.

In Lebahong, rewards were given to honour the women of this community for the time and effort they put in to better their community. Great interaction was achieved through strong speeches and commitment was done to spread the word!

Together with Provincial additional member of the DA Women’s Network, Sibongile Mathebula, Cllr Ciska Jordaan visited Ma Sibongile in Emzinoni on Women’s Day. She sells beautiful handmade clothing and shoes for a living. This Women’s Day, the DA wanted to pay tribute to her and other women like her who empower the community with their hard work and contributions without any assistance from the government.

Prommac celebrates Mandela Day There are 365 days in a year but one special day is dedicated to giving back, 18 July, named after South Africa’s first black president and Father of our Nation, Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela.

On that day, Prommac made a point of giving back to the community and this year was no different. One of Prommac’s core values is that children are the future of our wonderful Nation and for them to prosper we need to invest in them now. With that said the team came together and it was decided that we would spend the day at the Tholukwazi Primary School

in eMbalenhle. Not only would we be giving our time to the school and the children, but we would also be making a small effort to brighten up the childrens’ day.

The Prommac team decided to add some colour to the school with a few educational games. Painted the quads with the South African Flag and motivational quotes to remind the children that they are special and can be anything they want to be.

There is still a lot of work to be done at Tholukwazi School, but this little initiative and the human spirit left a lasting impact on the childrens’ lives.

“We live in a world full of challenges and hardship but if we can get together as a community, work together as a community and share the spirit of the community then there is nothing that we cannot overcome.” - Dany de Barros Prommac CEO

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Virseker Beker Semi-Finaal Hoërskool Secunda se O/14 A-span het op 10 Augustus in die Virseker Beker semi-finaal teen Klerksdorp gespeel. Hulle het hard baklei en met ‘n wen van 25 - 19 weggestap.

Die O/14 span speel eerskomende Saterdag in hulle eerste Virseker Beker finaal teen Ligron Akademie.

Dis die Virseker Beker finaal vir grootskole en vind in Alberton plaas.

Agter: Janine Faulha, Tiaan Moore, Dirk Munnik, Sibusiso Ngubane, Alex van Wyk, Jayden De Nobrega, Jared Mouton, Jayden Scnhuir, Ian Morgan, Franco Stoltz, Zac du Plooy, Niel Stroebel, Schalk Nortje, Tiaan De la Rey, Stefan van Tonder. Middel: Tyran Moolman, Arlo Smith, Lie-Chaen Muller, Jean du Toit. Voor: Michael Pretorius, Siyanda Mkhonza, JP Roarty, Jayden Grobler, Tian Steyn. Stefan de Beer & Aeden Raath was reeds by die hospitaal toe die foto geneem was.

Laerskool Kruinpark het die Gert Sibande Skaakfinaal aangebied 2 Augustus. Laerskool Kruinpark se Dogterspan is 1ste en O/13 Ope B-span is 2de en gaan deur na die Mpumalanga skaak wat die 31ste Augustus in Middelburg gaan plaasvind.

Die volgende Laerskool Secunda leerlinge dring deur na die Radikale Redenaars Mpumalanga Finaal wat op 17 Augustus in Witbank plaasvind. Mielan Prinsloo, Carli Claassen, Carmen Rebolo, Schalk Brits en Gabriella Stemmet. 12 Leerlinge dring direk deur na die Nasionale Finaal wat op 12 Oktober in Pretoria plaasvind: Zander van den Heever, Mika Janse van Rensburg, Kara Janse van Rensburg (afwesig), Anna-Lynne van Heerden, Alandri Bezuidenhout, Mieke Jones, Michael Stemmet, Marlhune Bezuidenhout, Leilani Kruger, Michaela Hobkirk, Carli Venter (afwesig), Matshidiso Makgato

Mnr Corrie Smith (links) en Mnr Stefan Nienaber (regs) van Laerskool Kruinpark het hulle Klubvlak Afrigter Sertifikate ontvang vanaf Jukskei Suid Afrika. Dit is die 2de hoogste kwalifikasie wat ‘n volwassene kan berik op SA vlak.

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Pilot Insure 6th Speed Rally Finale The skies were buzzing on Saturday morning, 10 August, as more than 30 aircraft took to the skies. The speed rally is a unique rally aimed at aircraft and has a handicap system. Teams will fly a 5 nautical miles square route to determine its handicap. This will normally take place the day before the race. Some of the officials arrived early Friday, 9 August, to prepare the course and finalise the entries and their handicaps, where test flights were done throughout the day. Club Chairman, Hardie Voges, planned for food on site, accommodation and providing local members to assist with officiating.

This event is one that is flown at full speed under handicap conditions.

The course is about 125 km long, has approximately 11 turning points with each turning point identified with a correct photograph. For this event, the route was mostly to the northeast of the airfield, not in the most scenic part of the country, which is mostly dotted with power stations and coal mines.

Competitors would thus have been more concerned about keeping track than looking at the scenery.

Saturday morning saw unfavourable weather conditions and the planes stayed grounded for a while. The start of the rally was delayed by 30 minutes.

This gave the organisers a little extra time to get everything in order.

The pilots' meeting were done and dusted and the pilots did some final touches to their planes. The teams were subjected to a “shakedown� before takeoff. Scrutineers were on hand to seal up all portable GPS

Ward Councillor Mariaan Chamberlain with Jack and John and the Harvard they competed in

capable devices and phones while also handing out papers at the allotted time and checking the fuel tanks were full.

This meant that the officials made sure that there were no extra navigation systems on board that would give teams an unfair advantage.

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The Secunda Club went all out to make this a memorable event and between SAPFA and the club, it had also arranged video recording teams to follow the preparation and the event's proceedings. The entries started at 40, but some competitors dropped out due to technical issues and by Friday morning 32 entries were confirmed.

The start of the rally saw the 30 odd planes taxi to the starting point to runway 29. The planes lined up as some departure times were quite close to each other. As the planes took off there were some times a small delay of seconds only before the next plane would take to the skies.

The teams all headed in the direction of the first navigation point. No engines roared and it sounded strange after the busy morning. The rally took about 90 minutes to complete and the planes started to arrive. They would cross a line to determine their times before entering the circuit for landing. At one stage, there were close to 20 planes in the holding circuit above the airfield.

The planes started landing and the calculations could begin. Trackers were installed, by Beegle tracker, in some of the planes and spectators could follow the progress on the ground.

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From page 10 At just before 12 noon, the first aircraft over the line was the Harmony ZUFWS with Leon Bouttell and Martin Meyer, followed 10 seconds later by two Slings with half a second between them followed by Jonty and Jonathan Esser's C150. Within 2 minutes there were 15 aircraft over the finish line and within 6 minutes the remainder of the field, showing that fewer competitors had missed turn points or strayed too far off course. However, with the wind picking up, the first of the slower aircraft gained more speed on the downwind home stretch to clip their handicap speeds.

The Bulletin caught up with Beegle tracker team as they climbed out of their plane. Pilot Quintin and Navigator Johan had a lot of fun. They made a mash up of the navigation and flew far off course. “We were halfway to Durban,” says Johan as he laughed, “We nearly didn’t find Secunda again.”

The teams descended on the clubhouse for a well-deserved drink and to have something to eat.

The atmosphere was jovial as everyone discussed their flight times and navigation.

The visibility in the air was not great

and it made the navigation a little more difficult, but all the teams made it back safely.

The prize giving function started at 18H00 and the overall standings were read out to the teams, first to the navigation winners then to the overall winners. The positions were calculated taking into consideration the handicaps that were given the day before.

For this, the final in the season, the overall winners with the best handicap speed was Leon Bouttell & Martin Meyer in their Harmony ZU-FWS, while in second place were first-timers, Johann Horn & Deidre Batchelor in their Sling ZU-WMM. Father and son, Hendrik and Jandre Loots, nabbed the final step of the podium in their Sling ZU-IHK. The winners in the accuracy category were the team of David Ross and James Braid in a Sling ZU-JAR with father and son, Ryan and Chris Shillaw, in a Cirrus SR22, ZS-ACA ,the runners up with third place being awarded to Bob Cohoe and Johann van Niekerk in an American Champion Citabria ZS-OZI. The Pilot Insure Speed Rally is unique in the world in its current format and more and more pilots are joining the

rallies. It is a fun exercise even for those who are not flying in the rally.

With increasing popularity, more and more sponsors have come onboard and there are now 6 teams being sponsored by entities all vying for the teams to obtain top honours in winning.

The latest of these being The Airplane Factory, sponsoring the Sling team of David Ross and James Braid and Beegle Micro Trackers sponsoring the team of Johan Whiteman and Quinton Kruger.

The other sponsors are Prompt Roofing, Pilot Insure (main sponsor of the event), Pilots Post and Excel E+l.

A special thanks to Inn Green Hotel at Lake Umuzi Waterfront for their accommodation.

A further mention should go to Sky Sprayers and Aviation Junction for their support.

Lynco supplied a hellicopter for the duration of the race.

On the safety side, Afriforum for their fire fighting support and Kasselman Security for the security for the weekend.

Some info was sourced from an article

by Willie Bodenstein and published on www.pilotspost.com -Encee van Huyssteen

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Lake Umuzi Soccer Challenge The Lake Umuzi Soccer Challenge National knockout last 32 games were played on 9 August at Katlehong Sportsground. This was the under 13’s. Germiston Hyper Academy proceed to the last 16 after

Warrior Kickboxing

beating Vosloorus Castleview 4 - 1.

Other games: Soweto Giant 0 - 1 Kagiso Acadamy, Spirit Tyson F.C. 2 - 1 Thokoza Tigers and Katlehong Juniors 3 - 0 M Mofokeng. Kayl van Zyl was the man of the match of the day.

SAKMAA (South African Korean Martial Arts Association) National Championships 3 - 4 August at Madiba Hall, Potchefstroom. Front: Sensei George van Diggelen. Middle: Elijah Sobaren, Annette Botha, Clifford van Diggelen, Christopher Sharp. Back: Yentl van Diggelen, Pieter Geldenhuys, Barry Gous, John-Henry Kaschula. Not on the photo (also attend): Nicolene Nell, Jonathan van der Merwe, Stephan Serfontein. They all did, Combat weapons Sparring, Point sparring, Continuous Sparring. Yentl van Diggelen, Nicolene Nell and Christopher Sharp did Traditional Form. They were again the best of the best. They achieve: Gold x 17, Silver x 5, Bronze x 4. Out of these National Championship, the team for SA’s will be chosen out of this team.

Kagiso Academy were very happy to reach the last 16 of the Lake Umuzi Soccer Challenge. Here is the Head Coach, Kago mabela, Kayl van Zyl and team manager Robson Musikwini. The Lake Umuzi Soccer Challenge Last 16 will play in Johannesburg at Marks Park on September 7.

Panda Darts now official Pandas Darts Club officially opened on Wednesday, 7 August. They are situated at Panda’s Cue sports at Lake Umuzi. On their first event they celebrated Women’s Day. It was a huge success. The grand opening will be on 17 August. Registration for the event will be between 10H00 and 11H00. Anyone interested in darts are welcome to join.

The ladies’ doubles were won by Karen Anthony and Riana van der Westhuizen with Marietha and Minette Oberholzer in second place. Jason Bernard and Margaret Rayner took third.

The singles was won by Karen Anthony with Jason Bernard in second place.

Riana van der Westhuizen took third place.

The day ended with a social braai that was thoroughly enjoyed by everyone.