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Koma-raaisel 11-jarige glip skielik in koma
Die skoknuus van ‘n 11-jarige meisie van Tzaneen wat in ‘n koma in ‘n Pretoriase hospitaal lê, het sosiale netwerke hierdie week laat gons. Noulene Venter, ‘n gr 4- leerling van die Laerskool Tzaneen, is Saterdagoggend hygend na asem in haar bed aangetref. Volgens haar ma,
Mariana, het Noulene die vorige aand gekla dat sy naar is en nie ‘n eetlus het nie. Die volgende oggend het Noulene se oë omgedop en haar suiker het na 1.4 geval, toe sy na die Mediclinic in Tzaneen gehaas is. By die hospitaal aangekom, het Noulene opgehou om asem te haal. Sy is eers vir longontsteking behandel, waarna sy Maandag na die Pretoria-Ooshospitaal oorgeplaas is. Mariana vertel dat Noulene se niere intussen opgehou
At last
werk het en dat haar hartspiere swaar kry. “Daar is baie toetse gedoen, insluitend ‘n ‘lumbar punch’ waar van haar rugmurgvog getap is vir toetsdoeleindes. “Ons wag nou in spanning vir die uitslae wat binne die volgende drie tot vier dae bekend sal word”, het ‘n bekommerde Mariana Wo e n s d a g m i d d a g
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teenoor die Bulletin bevestig. Daar is tot dusver nog geen aanduiding wat die oorsaak van Noulene (wat gister reeds ses dae lank in ‘n koma was) se toestand is nie. Sy sal na die Unitashospitaal oorgeplaas word, sodra ‘n bed vir haar beskikbaar word.
— Amelia de Ridder
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New sangoma in town
The beautiful Letaba River running parallel to a stretch of Claude Wheatley Street in Tzaneen has become home to yet another sangoma (above), barely one hundred meters from Molalatladi Makgoba, better known as “King Maphungubwe”. Maphungubwe told us that everyone in Tzaneen knows that the area was his. Previous efforts to remove him failed and the GTM don’t seem to be able to exercise their authority regarding his illegal occupation of land.
State-of-the-art magistrates’ court for Tzaneen Tzaneen is getting its long awaited new court building and it is clear that it will be a stateof-the-art building. It will provide accommodation for one high court, six regional courts, six district courts (criminal), four civil courts, two childrens’ courts, two family courts and two equality courts. The new building will also provide for special consultation rooms for laywers, where they can consult with their clients in private, there will be special play rooms for children who might be waiting for court proceedings and there will be special rooms for child witnesses. The Bulletin has seen the letter confirming the new development, sent by the Director General of Justice and Constitutional Development, Ms N Sindane, to the regional head of Justice in Limpopo, Adv Sonti. When asked about the good news, Tzaneen’s chief magistrate, Mr James Norval, confirmed that he has also been notified
• High court + 23 other courts • Play rooms for children • Proper offices for personel
• Consultation rooms for lawyers • Special rooms for child witnesses • Ample space for records of the department’s decision to create new facilities in Tzaneen. The new building will be erected on the site in Pompagalana, where the civil and family courts will move to next year (as was reported exclusively by the Buletin two weeks ago). The current court building’s future is not known, but it is said that it will be refurbished and that the SA Police would be likely occupants of the building; since they are spread out over Tzaneen in different buildings and it would make sense to consolidate their accommodation. Fact of the matter is that the present building is long past its expiry date in terms of the needs for Tzaneen. Space is a huge problem in the existing building and it is no mean achievement that the justice system in Tzaneen hasn’t come to a complete halt yet. In the meantime Norval confirmed this week that the justice department has informed him that they are attending to the telephone problem as a matter of urgency. Our enquiries at the departments were initially met with an undertaking that a response would be forthcoming, but then nobody was prepared to talk to us or either just take our calls in the past week! — Francois Aucamp francois@bulletin.us.com
‘n NUWE hart sukses Tzaneen se jongste hartontvanger, mnr Simon Venter, is tuis. Hier is hy by sy ouers, Martie en Siem, toe hy verlede Vrydag deur vriende en familie terug verwelkom is. Die Bulletin sê, ook sommer namens ons duisende lesers, baie welkom tuis, Simon!