18 April 2014
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Besitreg onder loep ‘n Desperate wekroep word op sakelui en veral die landbousektor in Limpopo en Mpumalanga gedoen, om nou dringend te besin oor die jongse bedreiging teen pivate besitreg wat Suid-Afrika se ekonomie in duie kan laat stort. Een van tien inligtingsvergaderings word eerskomende Woensdag in Tzaneen gehou, om mense in te lig oor wat voorlê, nadat verskeie wette die afgelope tyd bygedra het tot ‘n donker ekonomiese toekoms. Die hoofspreker in die reeks vergaderings is mnr Bennie van Zyl, hoofbestuurder van die TLU SA, wat sal uitlig watter negatiewe uitwerking die jongste reeks wette op potensiële beleggers sal hê. Hy sê beleggings is noodsaaklik om mededinging in die ekonomie te verkry. Dit is die enigste volhoubare manier hoe mense bemagtig kan word. “Die skrif is letterlik so aan die muur dat ons nie meer kan sit en hoop dat die gemors by ons plaashekke sal verbygaan nie. Elkeen sal daadwerklik en konstruktief ernstige besluite moet neem en uitvoer.” Dit is ekonomiese gedrewe vergaderings en geen partypolitiek is ter sprake nie. Die eerste vergadering is die oggend by ZZ2 in Mooketsi, terwyl die een in Tzaneen om 14:00 in die saal van die Hervormde Kerk in Agathastraat gehou sal word. Soortgelyke vergaderings word ook in Polokwane, Modi-
Beware of lies! Last week we warned readers not to believe the “stories” published in the Bulletin, and we promised that we would explain this startling statement today. However, we will all have to wait another week, since the person who made this utterance is still working on the matter. The statement derives from a complaint lodged at the Press Council against the Bulletin, after a certain news report. The matter is still sub judice, so to speak, and we will hopefully be in a position to reveal more about this next week.
molle, Thabazimbi, Middelburg, Mbombela, Barberton, Groblersdal en by die TLU SA-hoofkantoor in Pretoria gehou. Van Zyl sal bygestaan word deur mnr Lambert Theron van die SA/Georgië Sakekamer. Dit word beskou as die grootste uitreiking van die TLU SA na die landbougemeenskap in Limpopo, om hulle te staal teen aftakelende wetgewing. Tans is daar ‘n “boeket van wetgewing” wat op mekaar inwerk en veral op landbou toegespits is. Die jongste daarvan sluit in: • Die Nasionale Ontwikkelingsplan wat 20% grond wil neem vir grondhervorming, terwyl boere dit met 50% moet finansier. • Die jongste voorstelle van die departement van grondsake en landelike ontwikkeling waarvolgens ‘n boer 50% van sy plaas moet afstaan aan sy arbeiders (ongeag of hulle op die plaas woon of nie). • Verblyfreg-wetgewing wat voorsiening maak vir grond wat aan bewoners (wat nie noodwendig eers werkers is nie) gegee moet word. • Die wysigingswet op die herstel van grondregte wat ‘n magdom nuwe eise op plase gaan loslaat. Van Zyl kan regstreeks vir navrae gekontak word by 082 466 4470.
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Robbers target Sasol
Bullets were flying at the Total filling station in Agatha Road (opposite Ben Vorster High School), Tzaneen, on Monday morning, when an armed robbery was foiled by the police. According to the Police’s Tzaneen cluster commander, Maj Gen Maggie Mathebula, the security guard at the filling station called the Police at about 01:00, when he saw five armed men enter the small convenience store at the filling station. Police arrived within minutes. The robbers apparently tried to shoot their way out and the police officers returned fire. The suspects realised there is no way out. They left the getaway car in front of the shop and fled on foot. They jumped over the wire fence at the
The robbers’ getaway car was left in front of the shop (left), when they fled on foot. Above is a close up of the vehicle.
about the robbers,” she said. The suspects were caught on the CCTV cameras and were identified by the police, said Mathebula. “Arrests can be back of the shop and disappeared. Mathebula said they attempted to gain access to expected soon.” — Roelien Vorster the safe, but the owners didn’t have the keys on roelien@bulletin.us.com the premises. They only managed to take a few coins. “Fortunately the police officers were not in- • Visit our website at www.bulletin.us.com to see jured in the shoot-out. However, we are not sure some video footage of the robbery.