12 December 2014
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• Load-shedding in Tzaneen •
BE PATIENT Die SA Vrouefederasie in Tzaneen het hul jaarlikse Kerspartytjie vir die kinders in die federasie se kleuterskool gehou en vir 83 kinders ‘n opwindende ogend verseker. Heerlike eet- en drinkgoed is vir die kinders voorgesit en vir middagete is spesiale hoenderfrikkadelbroodjies bedien. Die kinders het lekker in die swembad baljaar en daar was ook ‘n glybaan en springkasteel wat hulle baie geniet het. Groot opgewondenheid het geheers toe Kersvader met ‘n brandweerwa opgedaag het. Die skool bedank almal wat bygedra het tot ‘n suksesvolle partytjie.
Patience is now the keyword for electricity consumers in Tzaneen. The distances between Tzaneen and, for example, Haenertsburg and Letsitele make life very difficult for the Greater Tzaneen Municipality’s electrical department. Furthermore, it is not simply a matter of flicking a central switch on or off somewhere on a switch board in Tzaneen— electricians have to travel to sub-stations to switch the power on and off (which is bad for the equipment and needs to be done with careful consideration). The biggest problem thus far is Eskom’s unreliable announcements of times when shedding should be introduced in an area, as well as confirming the relevant stage of urgency (one of three stages that are used to classify the urgency of the need to save
electricity). It has already happened that Eskom went from one stage to the next within minutes after the completion of the initial shedding cycle. This would have the effect that people could be “punished” twice in a short period of time. The Bulletin asked Mr Pierre van den Heever, the GTM’s director of the electricity department, to explain to us what happens when they have to introduce load-shedding. It is a rather complicated and technical procedure that is difficult to explain in laymen’s terms. The GTM has compiled a schedule, but, because Eskom’s operational schedules change ever so often, it is actually not of much use.
Regsake sloer nog Dr Theo de Jager is dié week tot president van PAFO (Pan African Farmers’ Organisation) verkies. Lees verder op bladsye 3 & 7 oor die nuwe voorste landbouleier in Afrika (44 lande is lede van PAFO).
Klagtes teen nog twee regspraktyke of prokureurs van twee praktyke in Tzaneen is beslis opgestel en sou beslis kort voor of na ons druktyd by die Prokureursorde van die Noordelike Provinsies ingehandig gewees het. So is dit aan die Bulletin bevestig. Maar vanweë die spertyd vir die druk van die koerant kon ons nie betyds ‘n navraag na die Orde deurkry nie. ‘n Skriftelike navraag is opgestel en ons sal hopelik betyds terugvoer van die Orde kry om volgende week die jongste drama te rapporteer.
Unicorn Primary School’s outstanding Grade 7 pupil in 2014 is Lara Dando, who took a wheelbarrow full of awards during the school’s prize giving. Lara received the Dux trophy for the top academic achievement (average of 87%), the Blight Trophy for Economics (91%), the Peter
Williams Trophy for Mathematics (89%), the Fay Trophy for Natural Sciences (88%), the Jeffe Williams Trophy for English (86%), the Unicorn Award for Social Sciences (86%), the SAVF award for Afrikaans (89%) and the Westfalia Tritech Science Trophy.