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Munisipaliteit vra die polisie se hulp om in te gryp met vandalisme
| CHUCKLES Die dominee gaan besoek 'n dame wat baie alleen is. Op die bedkassie staan 'n bakkie met grondbone waaraan hy peusel terwyl hy gesels. Toe hy besef dat hy die bakkie alleen opgeëet het, vra hy groot omverskoning. "Dis alles reg, dit sou net daar bly staan het. Sonder my tande suig ek net die sjokolade af"
HARRISMITH | CORNÉ VAN NOORDWYK Die Maluti-A-Phofung Plaaslike Munisipaliteit het onlangs berig dat hulle die afgelope tydperk 'n groot volume infrastruktuur-vandalisme ervaar. Kabels, substasies en transformators is die afgelope tyd erg gevandaliseer. Die Munisipale woordvoerder, Mnr Thabo Kessah, het onlangs aan die media gesê weens hierdie uitdaging het die munisipale bestuurder, Fothodi Mothaha, besluit om met die Suid-Afrikaanse Polisiediens
Koffie maak ‘n mens definitief aggresief!!! Ek het gisteraand 12 dubbel brannewyne gedrink en my vrou net twee koffie's. Jy moes sien hoe bedon**** was sy! Die doodverliefde kêrel aan sy meisie: "Wat sal jy sê as ek jou vra om met my te trou?" Meisie: "Niks nie. Ek kan nie terselfdertyd lag en praat nie."
(SAPD) se leierskap te vergader om maniere te bespreek om die situasie onder beheer te bring. Kessah het bygevoeg dat die opvolgvergadering geskeduleer is vir Donderdag 10 Maart 2022. Hy het verder daarop gewys dat die munisipaliteit tans besig is om onwettige elektriese verbindings in verskeie areas te ondersoek asook die installering van vooraf-betaalde meters. newsroom@rekordmediafs.co.za
Ntombela determined to assist municipalities to improve their financial outcomes
Dit is die Engelse juffrou se eerste oggend in die klas op Porterville en sy sê: "Good morning class!" Net een outjie spring op en sê: "Good morning miss". Juffrou vra hom toe hoekom dan net hy geantwoord het. Sê hy: "Because I is the only one whose name are Klaas miss".
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According to a recent report, only three municipalities here in the Free State have submitted their outstanding annual financial reports from the previous financial year. By the time the provincial premier, Sisi Ntombela, was making her State of the Province Address (SOPA), the Head of the Free State Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Mokete Duma, stated that seven municipalities had still not submitted their annual financial reports, as a result, auditing reports for those municipalities are outstanding. Duma says the three was the Phuthaditjhababased Maluti-a-Phofung Local Municipality, Bothaville’s Nala Local Municipality, and the Reitz-based Nketoana Local
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Municipality. “The ones that was outstanding included the Masilonyana Local Municipality and Mafube Local Municipality, amongst others. The Maluti-aPhofung Local Municipality has finalised its submission. We will be working closely with the municipalities to make sure they comply.” Ntombela during her address aired her concerns about municipalities that have their annual financial statements outstanding. The provincial government has provided support to 21 municipalities to ensure compliance with the requirements of the performance management system. The Provincial Treasury has constituted a team to work with municipalities to improve their financial outcomes. newsroom@rekordmediafs.co.za
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UFS Qwaqwa campus damage could run into the millions QWA-QWA | CORNÉ VAN NOORDWYK The University of the Free State’s (UFS) Qwaqwa campus was left with reported damage, following a violent looting and vandalism that occurred on Monday 14 March 2022. They speculate that damages caused could run into the millions. This is according to the Vice Rector responsible for operations at UFS, Prakash Naidoo, who says the computer centre and the dining hall were among the most damaged sections of the campus. Naidoo formed part of a panel that briefed the public on Tuesday on the latest developments regarding the violence. He says the exact cost of the damage is still being ascertained. The Vice-Chancellor of the institution, Francis Petersen stressed, during the presser that the Student Representative Council (SRC) had no involvement in the violence witnessed at the Qwaqwa campus. Petersen
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says UFS management has been engaging with the campus SRC regularly on the matter, and the council has accepted the situation as is, albeit requesting that the institution approach the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) on ensuring that students are given their housing allowances directly as opposed to the landlords. This is the bone of contention between the disgruntled students and the institution. The group is unhappy that NSFAS accommodation allowances are no longer being paid directly to students, but rather to their stated landlords. The UFS changed the system following a 2021 fraud and forgery scandal in which an unspecified number of students submitted forged rental accommodation contracts. Petersen says the students, who were then receiving their accommodation funds directly, inflated the
rental amounts to enable themselves to receive extra money from the university. Not only is a criminal process underway, but so are internal disciplinary processes. Petersen emphasised his unhappiness with the criminality that was witnessed in the Eastern Free State campus adding that “we can’t allow that our university becomes a platform for criminal acts. That is not good for the image of the university as such, but more so it can create a culture of entitlement. And if you don’t get what you believe you’re entitled to, you commit criminal acts”. More arrests are imminent regarding Monday’s violence. In the meantime, classes at the Qwaqwa campus continued online. The campus had just made a full return to face-to-face classes when the incident occurred. newsroom@rekordmediafs.co.za
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| HEUNINGDRUPPELS Daar is absoluut niks aangenaam aan swaarkry nie, want dit stroop jou van alles, en ook van jou menswaardigheid. En jitte ek ken mense wat in hulle hele lewe niks anders as swaarkry geken het nie. Mense van my ouderdom kan bykans deur die bank vertel van hulle ouers se swaarkry en as jy eers 'n bietjie op hulle voetspore gaan stap het, besef jy dat jou eie definisie van swaarkry anders as hulle s'n is. Ek persoonlik ken nie (volgens my) regtig swaarkry nie, hoewel daar ook al uitdagings in my lewe was, maar dit kan hoegenaamd nie vergelyk word met die swaar van ander mense in hierdie wêreld nie. In globale terme is ek seker skatryk net omdat ek 'n huis en motors besit. Daar is egter 'n ander element van swaarkry wat veel erger is, en dis mense wat deur trauma of ander emosionele uitdagings gaan. In Viktor Frankl se boek "Man's search for meaning", skryf hy dat die mens enigiets kan verduur as hy net sou weet wat die betekenis van daardie swaarkry is, en voorts ook as jy weet dat dit iewers weer beter sal gaan. Ek weet egter een ding, en dit is dat dit makliker is as jy nié alleen daardie pad stap nie. In die Bybel word daar oorweldigend baie geskryf oor mense wat bitter swaargekry het. Ek dink aan Paulus wat 'n paar keer amper doodgemartel is, ek dink aan die Israeliete in die woestyn, Job wat alles verloor het, die dissipels wat vir hulle geloof gesterf het, Johannes die Doper wie se kop afgekap is, en dan natuurlik Jesus se wrede kruisdood. Miskien het hulle nie almal enige betekenis in daardie swaarkry gesien nie, maar ek en jy sien die betekenis in hulle swaarkry. Voorts was die Here altyd daar vir hulle, net soos wat hy daar is vir jou en my. Laastens ken ons hierdie volgende baie bekende teks, maar as jy ín jou swaarkry worstel, klink hierdie teks maar effens hol. "Ons verheug ons ook in die swaarkry, want ons weet: swaarkry kweek volharding, en volharding kweek egtheid van geloof, en egtheid van geloof kweek hoop; en dié hoop beskaam nie, want God het Sy liefde in ons harte uitgestort deur die Heilige Gees wat Hy aan ons gegee het." (Rom. 3:3-5) ~ Willem Botha
Murder suspect sentenced QWA-QWA | CORNÉ VAN NOORDWYK
The Free State justice system has given a 15-year jail term for a man who attacked twin brothers who questioned the standards at an initiation school, killing one and injuring the other. Thabang Edwin Mokotla, 25, died and his twin brother, Thabiso Edward Mokotla, from Sasolburg, was injured. Mpho Patrick Tladi of Bluegumbosch in QwaQwa was sentenced to 15 years on Wednesday 16 March for
murder and three years for the assault. The two counts will run concurrently. Warrant Officer Mmako Mophiring said the brothers had in December 2018 attended initiation school at Velddvrede farm in Makwane-QwaQwa. “It was discovered the conditions at the initiation were not good and the pair complained. The accused attacked the twins with a knobkerrie.” newsroom@rekordmediafs.co.za
Boere gemaan om nie buitelandse burgers in diens te neem nie HARRISMITH | CORNÉ VAN NOORDWYK Die LUR vir Landbou en Grondhervorming in die Vrystaat, Thembeni Nxangisa, het 'n beroep op vee-eienaars gedoen om nie buitelandse burgers aan te stel wat nie permitte het om in die land te werk nie. Dit is nadat ’n vergadering onlangs oor veediefstal in Qwaqwa gehou is. Hy waarsku dat die indiensneming van buitelandse burgers wat nie permitte het om in die land te werk nie, 'n uitdaging bied wanneer hulle 'n misdaad pleeg, aangesien dit moeilik is om hulle op te spoor. Nxangisa sê in 'n verklaring die provinsie het meer as 100 000 eenhede gesteelde vee,
met nagenoeg 4 000 veediefstalsake wat jaarliks aangemeld word. Hy sê gebiede soos Qwaqwa, Kestell en Harrismith word meestal deur veemisdade in die Oos-Vrystaat geraak. Nxangisa het vee-eienaars en patrolleerders teen veediefstal versoek om saam met die polisie te werk om te help met inligting wat tot die arrestasies van hierdie misdadigers sal lei. Volgens Nxangisa sal die departement met munisipaliteite en ander instansies vergader om sodoende verhoudings tussen boere te versterk. newsroom@rekordmediafs.co.za
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Teachers honoured and handsomely rewarded for their achievement PHOTO: Facebook
HARRISMITH | NEW HORIZON The Management and staff of New Horizon College, Harrismith, were honoured and handsomely rewarded for their hard work and dedication to excellence at a ‘Well Done’ function held at Mohaladitwe Secondary School, on Monday 14 March 2022. Based on the final matric results of 2021, New Horizon College, Harrismith, was placed third in the Thaba Mofutsanyana District, Urban Area, with 81,52% bachelor’s passes and 53 distinctions. The Principal, Mr H.D. Madlala together with his team of educators at New Horizon College, Harrismith, have work selflessly, and in the best interest of their learners, to achieve this award. It was indeed gratifying to receive recognition and validation at this prestigious event. Many trophies, vouchers, cash prizes and certificates were awarded to well deserving management and staff members. Dr. PHI Makgoe, MEC: Education, delivered the keynote address. He celebrated the many learners who have excelled, won bursaries and obtained their spot amongst the top 100 achievers - despite living in adverse conditions. Dr Makgoe emphasized that it is possible for all learners to achieve excellence! Well done!
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Dear reader… It’s a fact. We as South Africans are finding ourselves in difficult situations. Whether we like it…or not! I don’t want to scare you with these horror-figures, but you might already know this by now. Increases in the price of fuel have taken petrol inland to over R21 a liter – a 60-litre tank now costs over R1, 200 to fill. With the war on Ukraine sending the prices of oil, gas and coal spiking, the impacts here are already being felt. Economists predict another huge petrol price increase in April and South Africa’s reliance on open cycle gas turbines for emergency power is a major risk. With an energy
The situation in Russia and Ukraine… does it really affect us? grid still largely reliant on coal, Eskom is seeing flames and its cost base will go up as the coal price surges and demands for exports rise. The electricity utility had 17 units at risk, it announced earlier, and load shedding was extended to who knows when. An Eskom representative said at a briefing that the utility could soon reach a point where it can no longer afford to pay for the emergency diesel which keeps the turbines going, another media source reported. Energy regulator Nersa has approved a 9.61% increase to Eskom from 1 April, but it had applied for a 20.5% increase. Eskom’s debt stands at R390-billion and is only due for restructuring by 2024. Municipalities add an additional surcharge (although they pay a slightly lower tariff for bulk purchases), which means that, come July, households already buckling will pay an energy tariff that is double the current inflation rate. The SA Reserve Bank has indicated that it will increase
interest rates to offset inflationary pressures, but this could push many households to the brink. Small businesses employ the highest proportion of South Africans and load shedding takes an enormous toll, as many business owners indicated. Most small businesses use generators to keep going during power cuts. But the cost of keeping generators running is set to rise as the consequences of Russia’s war are felt across the world. Eskom’s scheduled power cuts were more numerous in 2021 than ever before, and it warned that the high number of unscheduled power outages would have an impact on essential maintenance work. Kindly tell me how you feel about all of this? How all these sudden changes in our country impacted your household or business? Write me a letter, (my details are below), and I will share it with our readers. Hope to hear from you soon…Have a Blessed week!
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Directions: Heat the oil in a large wide heavy pot over medium heat. Add the onions and cook until they start to brown, 10 to 15 minutes. Add the cumin, garlic, ginger, cardamom, cloves, cinnamon and star anise, and cook, stirring often, 1 to 2 minutes. Add the curry powder and some chili powder (if you want it spicy) and cook for another minute. Stir in the chicken, coating well with the spices, and cook for about 2 minutes. Add the cilantro, salt,
2 cups vegetable oil 3 onions, chopped 1 tablespoon cumin seeds 1 teaspoon minced garlic 1 teaspoon grated ginger 5 cardamom pods, cracked 5 whole cloves 4 cinnamon sticks 3 star anise 3 tablespoons curry powder Chili powder, optional 5 pounds boneless, skinless chicken breasts, chopped into small pieces 1 cup chopped fresh cilantro 2 tablespoons salt 5 tomatoes, chopped and pureed 3 potatoes, chopped 1 stem fresh curry leaves, leaves picked 8 to 10 loaves unsliced firm white sandwich bread, halved, for serving Carrot salad, for serving tomatoes, potatoes and curry leaves. Simmer until the chicken is cooked through, about 30 minutes. Add additional seasoning, if necessary. Dig out the center of each bread loaf half in one piece, reserving the "plug". Spoon the curry into the hollow of each loaf half and place the plug on top. Serve with carrot salad. Using your hands, break off some of the bread and use it to scoop up some curry and the carrot salad.
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TB Awareness Month 2022 01 to 31 March
Tuberculosis (TB) causes thousands of deaths every year in South Africa and the rest of the world. Facts about TB: Tuberculosis (TB) is second only to HIV/AIDS as the greatest killer worldwide due to a single infectious agent. In 2012, 8.6 million people fell ill with TB and 1.3 million died from TB. Over 95% of TB deaths occur in low- and middle-income countries, and it is among the top three causes of death for women aged 15 to 44. In 2012, an estimated 530 000 children became ill with TB and 74 000 HIVnegative children died of TB. TB is a
leading killer of people living with HIV causing one-fifth of all deaths. Multi-drug resistant TB (MDR-TB) is present in virtually all countries surveyed. The estimated number of people falling ill with tuberculosis each year is declining, although very slowly, which means that the world is on track to achieve the Millennium Development Goal to reverse the spread of TB by 2015. The TB death rate dropped 45% between 1990 and 2012. An estimated 22 million lives saved through the use of DOTS and the Stop TB Strategy recommended by WHO.
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Background: TB Day on 24 March commemorates the day in 1882 when Dr Robert Koch astounded the scientific community by announcing that he had discovered the cause of tuberculosis, the TB bacillus. At the time of Koch's announcement in Berlin, TB was raging through Europe and the Americas, causing the death of one out of every seven people. Koch's discovery opened the way toward diagnosing and curing tuberculosis. (Source: www.gov.za)
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18 MARCH 2022 | BETHLEHEM CHANGENETSA GOLF DAY @ the Bethlehem Golf Club. Format: Better Ball Stableford. 08:00 Shotgun Start. Halfway and Spitbraai meal included. Prizes: 1st prize: - Hunting Weekend; 2nd prize: - Lamb; 3rd prize: - R1000 meat hamper. Additional lucky draw prizes! Contact Leon Badenhorst on 071 608 4484 for more information. 26 MAART 2022 | OOS LONDON PINKSTER IS LEKKER! Oos-London is julle gereed? Gaskunstenaar: Jonathan Rubain. Hosted by Open Heaven Ministries @ Buffalo Flats Primary school grounds, Greenpoint Road, East London. R150 pp and the vent starts at 15:00. Vir kaartjies Kontak: Candice Mouton op 078 413 7601. ADHERE TO COVID19 PROTOCOLS, PLEASE! 01 APRIL 2022 | BLOEMFONTEIN LANGENHOVEN PARK MARK BOEK jou datum, Vrydagaand – 1 APRIL '22. Dis tyd, LH Mark/Market Herfsaandmark! GRATIS toegang. Moenie dit misloop nie! Stalletjies besprekings vanaf 12 Maart '22 @ R250 en R350 met raam en tafels. Bespreek slegs Saterdae by die kantoor. Kontak 084 919 1676 vir verdere navrae.
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| CLOCOLAN, FREE STATE The cornerstone of everything IMLA flows from its Hebrew meaning: Whom God will replenish. Whom God will fill up. Five generations have created a winning culture for African conditions, building on the achievements of their predecessors. “We aim to be associated with raising living standards, economic growth, and social cultural enhancement of rural areas. We are driven by the strong demand for family orientated recreational activities provided at an economical cost, compared to other holiday packages. We are dedicated to the customer demand for local food and experiences during the farm stay.” They offer: A grand
sandstone house, dating from the late 1800s, has been beautifully restored and expanded to a modern guest house. Rooms have all been uniquely finished. Various accommodation options are available for single guests, couples, families and groups. Dinner, bed and breakfast or self-catering, the latter available in one unit. Our en suite rooms boast fire places for red or glühwein winter’s evenings. There is much more to discover…from accommodation, weddings, The Gumtree Mill and Station and breathtaking scenery. Visit www.imlafarm.co.za to find out more about Imla Gasteplaas in the Eastern Free State.
GREY HERON | ARDEA CINEREA The grey heron is a tall bird, standing around 1 m tall, but a real lightweight for its size, weighing in at between 1 and 2 kg’s. The grey heron is grey on its back and wings, with a “dirty” white underside. The head is white with a black supercilium (eyebrow), with a black crest. The grey heron has dull brown legs and a yellow bill. The grey heron feeds on mainly on fish, but will feed on small mammals, insects, molluscs and juvenile birds. Small fish are swallowed head first. Larger prey is first killed on shore before being consumed. Small mammals and birds are often drowned by the heron, before being swallowed whole. During breeding, the grey heron's bill becomes bright orange and the legs become a pink to red colour. The heron is monogamous and will breed in colonies known as heronries. The same nest is used year after year. Three to five eggs are laid and incubated for around 25 days by both parents. The chicks fledge at around 7 to 8 weeks. The grey heron has a slow and regular flight, with the long neck pulled back in a snake-like “S” shape. They are known for their ability to stand motionless for extended periods when hunting. The grey heron is active both diurnal and nocturnally. The grey heron is found throughout South Africa, except arid regions. They are found in shallow bodies of water including coastal lagoons and estuaries.
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Channel 105
- 13VL - Telenovela Yildiz surprises Ender with the news that Halit doesn't want a divorce. Zehra begins her journey of being a social media phenomenon and shoots her first video. (2019)
12:25 PM Wrede Stad - 13VL - Telenovela With Nedim about to go trial, Ceren tries to clear his name despite all the evidence stacked against him. (2019)
Fri, 18 March
11:30 AM Doodsondes
Thu, 17 March
Wed, 16 March
TELENOVELA
09:30 PM Die Put - 16VL - Telenovela Madat and Celasun try to make sense of traumatic events while Idris fears for the safety of his men as a new hotshot cop infiltrates his neighbourhood. (2017)
Channel 108
- PG13 - Reality Raziek heads off to Saldanha to catch up with RACESA and their epic drag event. (2021)
01:55 PM Catfish: The TV Show (A) - 16L - Reality - Jamey fell for Ari, a fellow Texan he met online. Jamey will do anything to meet her, but Ari says she will only meet him in person on TV. (Unknown)
Fri, 18 March
10:20 AM Razor Custom Car Show
Thu, 17 March
Wed, 16 March
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09:55 AM Mythbusters - 13VL - Reality - On this Episode of MythBusters, Adam and Jamie are on 'Burn Notice' while Kari Tory and Grant take on a spectacular Blockbuster boom. (2010)
Channel 106
MARCH MOVIE HIT LIST!
01:45 PM The Donor - 13V - Thriller - After undergoing an illegal organ transplant, a woman fights to stop the ring of criminals behind it. Ivan Sergei, Laura Harris (2011) Andrew C. Erin
channel 106 & 107
09:00 PM Perfect Sisters
Fri, 18 March
- 18SNVL Comedy - I'm still here is a portrayal of an artist at a crossroads and explores notions of courage, creative reinvention and the ramifications of a life spent in the public eye. Antony Langdon, Joaquin Phoenix (2010) Casey Affleck
Thu, 17 March
Wed, 16 March
09:45 PM I'm Still Here
- 16SVL - Thriller Weary of dealing with their mother's alcoholism and string of abusive boyfriends, teenage siblings plot to kill her. Abigail Breslin, Georgie Henley (2014) Stanley M Brooks
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Sat, 19 Mar 08:00 PM Channel 106 Mr Bones - PG13VL - Comedy - A medicine man sent to look for the son of his tribal king, brings back an American golfer and a host of goons intent on keeping him in the golf tournament. David Ramsey, Leon Schuster (2001) Gray Hofmeyer
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