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Geleenthede geskep vir jong atlete van Noord-Kaap
Historiese samewerking
CHARNÉ KEMP
Twee van Kimberley se oudste skole het geskiedenis gemaak deur met die visualisering en opening van ’n gedeelde moderne astroturfhokkiebaan grense af te breek en geleenthede vir jong atlete oor die Noord-Kaap heen te skep.
Só meen die skoolhoofde van die Hoërskool Diamantveld en Kimberley Boys’ High School (KBHS) by die openingsgeleentheid op Donderdag 18 September op die KBHS se terrein. ’n Gesamentlike orkes van dié twee skole, asook van die Kimberley Girls’ High School, het musiek verskaf, pom-pon meisies van Diamantveld het gedans terwyl die KBHS se drilpeloton in gelid langs die heining gestaan het. Hokkiewedstryde is tussen die senior meisies- en seunspanne van die hoërskole gespeel.
Xolile Taba, skoolhoof van die KBHS, kon skaars sy opgewondenheid beteuel oor dié baanbrekersamewerking tussen sy skool en die aangrensende Diamantveld.
Die baan is met behulp van die niewinsgewende organisasie Kimberley Community Development NCP gebou, wat sowat R10 miljoen ingesamel het en die projek bestuur.
Volgens Taba is dié vennootskap iets ongekend in Suid-Afrikaanse onderwys by twee skole wat voorheen
deur taal en ’n straat geskei is.
“Ons het verenig in ons gemeenskaplike doel om kinders holisties deur sport te ontwikkel. Ons gemeenskaplike doel is sport wat dieselfde reëls vir almal het. Daar is nie Afrikaans of Engels op die baan wanneer atlete speel nie.”
Hy sê die baan vervul ’n kritieke behoefte in die Noord-Kaap waar deelname aan hokkie dramaties afgeneem
het weens die koste van behoorlike speeloppervlaktes.
Dié skool het voorheen talle hokkiespanne gehad wat op grasvelde gespeel het.
Groot rotse onder die grasbaan het dit moeilik gemaak om nat te lei en in stand te hou.
Taba glo die strategiese ligging van die baan op die hoofpaaie tussen Johannesburg, Bloemfontein en
Kaapstad is soos ’n advertensie dat Kimberley se skole ook uitstekende sportgeriewe het.
Hy sê dit mag selfs beleggers lok wat in Kimberley wil belê.
Een van sy primêre doelwitte is die behoud van plaaslike talent.
“Ons kan ons leerlinge behou en ander van ander provinsies lok.”
Die baan sal ook deur laerskole en hokkieklubs benut kan word omdat dit in die middel van die stad is. Taba sien die hokkiebaan as ’n vergestalting van Nelson Mandela se visie van sport wat mense verenig, ook met verwysing na die 70ste herdenking van die Vryheidsmanifes.
Taba hoop die departement van onderwys kan vir spreiligte betaal sodat die baan saans gebruik kan word.
“Kan jy jou indink hoe Kimberliete elke aand en naweke op die baan sal speel wanneer dit nie so warm is nie,”
sê hy.
Vir hom is die baan ’n simbool van eenheid, vooruitgang en belegging in jong mense se toekoms.
Benewens hokkie het Taba ook die skool se drilpeloton bekendgestel, wat in vennootskap met die Suid-Afrikaanse Nasionale Weermag (SANW) ontwikkel is.
“Van ons skool se sleutelareas is akademiese ondersteuning, dissipline en instruksie-ingryping vir jeug- en loopbaanvoorbereiding. Ons het die weermag vir hulp genader om dissipline by ons matrieks te kweek, want
ons mik na ’n 100%-slaagsyfer.
“Ons wil dissipline in alle grade bewerkstellig sodat hulle na instruksies leer luister. Sommige leerlinge sal na die weermag geneem word om meer van respek en lewenswaardes te leer.
“Heelwat van ons kinders kom uit enkelouergesinne, en wanneer hulle met buite-invloede te make kry, ontstaan probleme,” sê Taba. Francois de Kock, skoolhoof van Diamantveld, sê die droom om so ’n hokkiebaan te bou en atlete nuwe geleenthede te gee, heers al lank.
“Die proses en onderhandelinge is twee jaar gelede begin en dit bied nou ’n goeie geleentheid vir die skole om teen mekaar hokkie te speel.
“Dit is belangrik dat laerskole ook deelneem sodat leerlinge vroeër hierin ontwikkel. Dit is baie makliker om klinieke en afrigting aan te bied omdat die baan by ons is.
“Dit sal hokkie in die Noord-Kaap en in Kimberley laat groei. NoordKaapse skole moet meer mededingend in hokkie raak; ons vaar reeds goed met netbal en rugby. Ons rugbyen netbalbane is van die beste, maar ons hokkiebane moet ook wees.
“Hoe meer hulle nou op die baan speel en oefen, hoe meer gaan aan dié sport begin deelneem. Dit gee die atlete baie meer geleenthede om uit te blink.
“Net soos met akademie, moes ons sportgeriewe ook van die beste wees,” sê De Kock.
Francois de Kock, hoof van die Hoërskool Diamantveld, en Xolile Taba, hoof van Kimberley Boys’ High School, tydens die opening van die astroturfhokkiebaan wat saam deur dié skole ontwikkel is. Foto: Facebook/Hoërskool Diamantveld
EXCLUDI NG KI M BERLEY
Municipal manager now suspended
CHARNÉ KEMP
e Sol Plaatje Municipal Council in Kimberley has suspended municipal manager apelo Matlala following serious allegations of nancial misconduct and irregular contract dealings. is move has drawn both praise from community leaders and criticism from opposition parties over procedural concerns.
Community leader Tumelo Mosikare welcomed the council's decision on Tuesday, 17 September, saying it demonstrated a renewed commitment to prioritising service delivery and community interests.
“It seems after ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa's plea to ANC councillors to be more accountable to citizens, their attitude has changed, they are more serious about service delivery.”
In the meeting the councillors did not say that the municipal manager is guilty, but the allegations that are levelled against him are of a serious
nature," Mosikare explained.
e suspension comes as the municipality faces severe nancial constraints, with high tari s forcing businesses to close and making it di cult for residents to pay municipal bills.
e allegations against Matlala centre around a sewage pump station upgrade contract in Roodepan, involving Legaeng and Eagle Street. According to community sources, a complex chain of events unfolded: e original contractor struggled to make progress and requested to transfer the contract to another company. is company
NOU TE KOOP
allegedly belonged to a businessman who was Matlala's childhood friend and former business partner, though this relationship was not disclosed by the municipal manager.
e investigation reveals several concerning allegations:
■ the municipality paid R500 000 in tax obligations on behalf of the company;
■ Matlala allegedly wrote a letter to Standard Bank requesting an extension of the company's credit line; and ■ when the Public Protector became involved, Matlala allegedly shared his sworn statement with the businessman to help align their testimonies.
e Hawks are currently investigating the matter.
Additional concerns include the verbal appointment of companies for electrical work without following proper supply chain management processes, resulting in a court case that will cost the municipality approximately R2 million in payments and interest.
e PA and DA abstained from
voting on the suspension, citing concerns about due process. Willie Erasmus, DA councillor, warned that the council had “failed to take the damning allegations seriously” by not appointing an investigator before the disciplinary process began.
“ e lack of an investigation has thwarted the disciplinary process, as there was no evidence other than hearsay allegations and media speculation available,” he stated in a press release.
e party expressed concerns about repeating past mistakes, referencing the cases of former municipal manager Goolam Akharwaray and former chief nancial o cer (CFO) Lydia Mahloko, who continued receiving full salaries for years whilst suspended without being disciplined or charged, costing the municipality millions in duplicate salaries.
Mosikare emphasised that local legal rms with municipal relationships should not handle the investigation, calling instead for independent forensic investigators, potentially involving
VEHICLES CAN BE SEIZED
A preservation order was granted in De Aar for a Volkswagen (VW) Polo worth R196 900, after suspects were observed attempting to scam members of the public using a none-existent gemstone. Police seized the vehicle after the suspects tried to drive away when they noticed the police.
Lt Col. Tebogo Thebe, spokesperson for the Hawks, says preservation orders are an instrument available to law enforcement to ensure identified assets remain secured; items cannot be sold or otherwise disposed of while investigations continue.
Similarly, in Douglas such an order was granted for a VW Polo, after the vehicle had been stopped by police and 202 Mandrax tablets and dagga weighting 10kg were found and confiscated.
the Special Investigating Unit (SIU). “ ey need to get credible forensic investigators to do this investigation for their credibility to stand,” he said. According to municipal regulations, a disciplinary hearing must commence within three months of the suspension, or the suspension will automatically lapse. e council has also committed to implementing several governance improvements, including maintaining a register of all resolutions and monitoring their implementation.
Community leaders hope that whoever is appointed in an acting capacity will prioritise community interests, terminate controversial debt collection contracts, and address electricity pricing to make the city more a ordable for residents and businesses. “ e suspension represents a signi cant moment for the Sol Plaatje Municipality, with community leaders cautiously optimistic about the council's renewed commitment to accountability whilst opposition parties monitor the process,” Mosikare says.
‘Lisensie-agterstand kan ingehaal word’
’n Reuse-agterstand bestaan in die druk van bestuurderslisensiekaarte, en van jare se beloftes van ’n nuwe lisensiekaartdrukker het nog niks gekom nie.
Die burgerregteorganisasie AfriForum het daarom ’n ten volle werkende lisensiekaartdrukker op die departement van vervoer se voorstoep in Pretoria se middestad demonstreer. Dit was daarop gemik om die departement te wys dat verskeie opsies plaaslik beskikbaar is wat aan al die sekuriteitskenmerke voldoen om sodoende die agterstand uit te wis.
Die proe isensiekaarte wat AfriForum gedruk het, is van polivinielchloried (PVC), soortgelyk aan die bestaande ID-kaarte, en die minister van vervoer, Barbara Creecy, se gesig pryk daarop.
Ná ’n tenderproses vir die verska ng van lisensiekaartdrukkers het die departement se bodevalueringskomitee verlede jaar ’n buitelandse maatskappy, as voorkeurbieër aangewys. Toekenning van dié tender is op ys geplaas nadat aantygings van ongerymdhede by ander kontrakte van dié maatskappy aan die lig gekom het.
Meer as nege maande later is daar geen sigbare vordering in die verkryging van nuwe lisensiekaar-
Louis Bosho met die proefkaart wat gedruk is. Foto: Verskaf
tdrukkers nie. Creecy het intussen beloof dat die Staatsdrukkery voorbereidings tref om, indien nodig, bystand te bied. AfriForum kon egter by navraag nog geen verdere inligting hieroor inwin nie. Louis Bosho , AfriForum-woordvoerder, hou vol dat die gesloer onnodig is.
“Verskeie plaaslike diensverskaffers is beskikbaar wat oor tegnologie beskik om die drukwerk te doen,” sê hy.
"Die agterstand in die druk van bestuurderslisensiekaarte is nagenoeg 500 000. Dit kom voor asof die regering nie eens ander werkbare moontlikhede oorweeg nie,” meen Bosho .
BLOED BLY KOSBAAR
Minder as 1% van alle Suid-Afrikaners is aktiewe bloedskenkers. Elke eenheid bloed kan ’n minimum van drie mense se lewe red. Die O-bloedgroep is met die meeste ander groepe versoenbaar. Besoek die nasionale bloeddiens (SANBS) by die volgende punte in die Noord-Kaap:
■ Kimberley − Du Toitspanweg 169 (051 400 6860);
■ Kathu − Pegasus-gebou, Rietbokstraat (053 723 1641); en
■ Upington − hoek van Nelson Mandelalaan en Bassonstraat (051
Thapelo Matlala Photo: Supplied
Historical treasure needs ‘old’ garden
HELENA BARNARD
The Kimberley Africana Research Library is a historical destination, and researchers from all over the world, tourists, and local residents alike visit this fascinating treasure trove which is rated one of the best of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere.
It is housed in the old Kimberley Public Library, which dates back to 1887 and is one of Kimberley’s oldest buildings.
Here, really old books are stacked on shelves from floor to ceiling, where an ornate wrought-iron staircase connects the floors.
To preserve this unique heritage and make it even more attractive to foreign and local visitors, those involved at the library want to change the current, quite barren garden back to what it used to be.
Old photos, which used to be printed as postcards, depict a lush green garden, with benches, shade and more in which people could read, or sit and relax.
“The lush garden of the Africana Library became the favourite local gathering place and also the only place with a garden in the central business district,” quotes Bernice Nagel, head of the Africana Library and professional librarian, from a piece written years ago on the garden.
Nagel says their aim is to recreate the garden in such a way that people want to visit the library to experience the garden as well, and even to use it as background for wedding, matric farewell, or other celebratory photos.
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the library.
According to information she compiled, the collection consists of books, manuscripts, maps, archaeological and geological records, architectural plans, indigenous language documentation, photographs, newspapers and a vast collection of valuable ephemera.
Although the policy of the library has been to collect items that refer to the Northern Cape, Kimberley and its original inhabitants, plants, animals and history, it is home of remarkable Africana.
This includes an original letter of instruction to Jan van Riebeeck from the Lords of Chamber of Seventeen in Netherlands, and the Tswana Bible printed by Reverend Robert Moffat at the Mission Station in Kuruman from 1853 to 1857.
Vroue skep opnuut hoop
HELENA BARNARD
Die tema van reën, hoop en vernuwing het vanjaar na vore in die woorde van gassprekers gekom, en was ook simbolies in die verhoognaam van die kunstenaar én dekor van die onlangse vrouegeleentheid wat deur die NG kerk Bakenskop in Kimberley aangebied is.
Etlike jare al bied dié gemeente ’n geleentheid vir vroue waarop hulle kan ontspan, asem skep en met nuwe insig terugkeer huis toe. Vanjaar se geleentheid is op Vrydagaand 29 Augustus by Bella Cardi buite die stad aangebied, en Joshua na die Reën en van sy orkeslede het opgetree onder (watte)wolkies wat die tema simboliseer.
“Hoop is ’n kosbare skat wat ’n mens in jou saamdra. Geld kan dit nie koop nie, en niemand kan dit van jou wegneem nie. Jy dra dit in al die seisoene van jou lewe saam,” het dr. Lizanne Small, ’n plastiese en rekonstruktiewe chirurg van Kimberley, in haar praatjie gesê. Wonde vorm ’n groot deel van haar werk.
“Ons almal ken wonde wonde van onregverdigheid, ongelykheid, onvergenoegdheid, van stilgemaak en onderskat en ondermyn word. Soms is dit historiese wonde wat vroue in hul harte, stemme en liggame saamdra. As dit reg versorg word, genees wonde. Een van die kragtigste elemente wat wonde kan genees, is hoop.”
Sy sê wonde is ’n kragtige teken wat ons herinner aan die Opstanding en aan hoop.
Ander is dié wat na ’n beter weergawe van hulself strewe.
“Estetiese prosedures kan eenvoudig wees, soos om moegheid om jou oë te verwyder. Dit is nie daar om jou as individu te verander nie net om ’n beter weergawe van jouself te sien.”
Gaskunstenaar Joshua na die Reën, ofte wel Jacques de Villiers, het vroeër gesê dat reën lewe bring, al is dit wat daaruit voortspruit, nie altyd dadelik sigbaar nie.
Although a few volunteers already became involved and pledged their support, more help is needed – not only to plan the garden and the most suitable plants for the location, but also by donating plants and willing hands.
She emphasises that the Africana Library is seen as one of the most valuable research facilities in the country, with its research material accessible to researchers from all over the world, either through correspondence or in-person visits.
“A lot of the information in the Africana Library is not available online, and we want to feel proud of the garden as well when researchers, tourists, and local residents visit,” she says, pointing out the garden is a focal point before entering
This is the first-ever printing of the Bible in an African language. It also keeps a wide variety of early books on African languages, dating back to the 1830s.
Furthermore, an impressive special collection which consists of items dating back to the 1400s are also kept in the library. Questinas de Veritates (Questions and Answers) by Thomas Aquinas, printed in Latin in 1475, is the oldest book in the library.
The library has also published several fascinating books relating to Kimberley’s history. Funds from the book sales go into maintaining the library.
Visit the Africana Library at 63-65 Du Toitspan Road, write to africana@solplaatje. org.za or dial 053 830 6247 to become involved in recreating the garden.
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“Hoop leer ons geduld, gee volharding, en dat die menslike gees weer sal opstaan. Ek beleef daagliks stories van hoop in my spreekkamer.”
Sy vertel dat sy met hoofsaaklik drie soorte pasiënte te doen het. Die eerste is dié met geboortedefekte, wat ’n gesplete lip of erge bakoortjies kan insluit. So ’n mediese reis bied vir ’n glimlag, waardigheid en hoop om die toekoms mee in te gaan.
Daar is dié wat deur trauma geskend is, soos vroue wat ’n mastektomie weens borskanker moes ondergaan.
“Vir hulle bied rekonstruksie ’n gevoel van normaalheid en oorwinning.”
Ds. Arina Zandberg, leraar aan die gemeente, het van haar en haar gesin se pad vertel toe sy ’n kankerdiagnose ontvang het terwyl sy swanger was met ’n baba waarvoor hulle jare gewag het.
“Daar is hoop in alle omstandighede dit is nie beperk tot sekere individue en seisoene nie. Hoop is ’n sagte woord as ’n wens vir iets beter, maar dit is een van die kragtigste woorde wat bestaan. Krag lê nie daarin dat ons nooit sal val nie, maar dat ons elke keer sal opstaan. Mag hoop jou dra, lei en herinner dat jy meer as genoeg is,” het Small afgesluit.
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The wrought-iron staircase in the Africana Library. Photo: Helena Barnard
Van links Stephen Jonathan Kosterman (kitaarspeler) Raziela Gray (violis), Elzette Buckle, Trulien de Bruin, ds. Arina Zandberg (almal van NG kerk Bakenskop), Jacques Scorgie (klankingenieur) en Jacques de Villiers (Joshua na die Reën). Foto: Nerette Botha, Zoomink
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van poublou vir Curriebeker-helde
’n Groot skare opgewonde Griekwas-ondersteuners het vanjaar se Curriebeker-kampioene op Sondagmiddag 21 September voor en in die Suzuki-stadion in Kimberley ingewag. Die bus met die Griekwas-rugbyspelers is deur die verkeerspolisie begelei, en motorfietsryers van onder meer die CC Riders-motorfietsklub was ook in die konvooi. Poublou-rugbytruie en -vlae was algemeen en die ondersteuners kon nie wag om hul rugbyhelde in lewende lywe te sien, en selfs te ontmoet en saam foto’s te neem nie. Onder dié teenwoordig was oudspelers wat in 1970 vir die Griekwas rugby gespeel het toe hulle laas die Curriebeker gewen het. Foto: Charné Kemp
Juweeltjie
Braai
Dié eg Suid-Afrikaanse woord word in die meeste amptelike landstale gebruik en verwys na die gewoonte om vleis op ’n vuur van hout of kole gaar te maak. Dit is so deel van die Suid-Afrikaanse tradisie dat Erfenisdag van 24 September ook as Braaidag bekend staan.
Braai-uitdrukking:
“Die haan wat dink hy word gevoer om te kraai, lê Sondag in die oond en braai” − wie dink hy is onvervangbaar, maak ’n fout, aldus pharosonline.co.za.
Braai-etiket:
■ Moenie vir die braaier vertel hoe om te braai, of sy braai-vaardighede beledig nie.
■ Moenie vir die “geheime resep” vra nie.
■ Rome is nie in een dag gebou nie; moet daarom nie die braaier aanjaag nie.
■ Daarom, moet ook nie honger by ’n vleisbraaigeleentheid aankom nie, want jy kan dalk lank wag voordat die ete gereed is.
− Bron: blog.builders.co.za
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Mag ‘aangenaamheid’ in ons samesyn heers
Suiwer vreugde en trots het Sondagmiddag geheers toe vanjaar se Curriebeker-kampioene op hul tuisveld by die Suzuki-stadion in Kimberley aangekom het.
Ná Saterdag se sege in die eindstryd is dit die eerste keer in 55 jaar, en die vierde keer tot dusver, wat die Griekwas dié trofee lig. Die eerste keer was in 1899, die jaar waarin die Anglo-Boereoorlog (1899-1902) - ook as die Suid-Afrikaanse oorlog bekend - uitgebreek het. Toe die Griekwas die Curriebeker in 1911 die tweede keer gewen het, was dit ’n tydperk tussen dié oorlog en die Eerste Wêreldoorlog (1914-1918). In dié tydperk is vooruitgang in sommige industrië gemaak, maar ’n groot aantal Suid-Afrikaners was nog nie op die been ná die Suid-Afrikaanse oorlog nie.
In die 59 jaar wat verloop het totdat die Griekwas die Curriebeker vir die derde keer in 1970 gewen het, het die Groot Depressie die land getref, die Tweede Wêreldoorlog (1939-1945) het uitgebreek, ’n politieke landskap is in Suid-Afrika geskep waarvan die rimpels steeds voelbaar is, en die Suid-Afrikaanse Grensoorlog het 'n aanvang geneem.
Die 55 jaar sedertdien is gekenmerk deur
die opkoms van weerstand- en versetbewegings in die politieke landskap, noodtoestande, einde van apartheid, oorgang na demokrasie, konsolidasie van mag, staatskaping, wydverspreide protes, Covid-19pandemie, beurtkrag, verswakkende munisipale strukture, en ’n eerste regering van nasionale eenheid. Al hierdie aspekte is deel van ons Suid-Afrikanerskap. Dit is ons erfenis, goed of sleg, positief of negatief. Vandeesweek op 24 September is Erfenisdag herdenk. Dit is glo ’n dag om te besin oor Suid-Afrika se diverse kulture, tale en geskiedenis, en om eenheid te bevorder. Remitly, ’n internasionale oorbetalingsmaatskappy, doen jaarliks ’n studie om die “aangenaamheidsaspek” van inwoners van ’n land te bepaal. Volgens die 2024-opname is Suid-Afrika die vriendelikste land ter wêreld: Inwoners is glo verwelkomend, en laat besoekers gemaklik voel. “Dit is nie ongewoon om deur vreemdelinge gegroet te word terwyl jy in die straat afstap nie, en Suid-Afrikaners knoop in die algemeen maklik gesprekke aan, toon goeie humorsin, en maak grappies.” Laat ons ook dié wenbeker lig en besef ons almal stap al ’n lang pad saam, en laat ons oor ons nalatenskap besin.
‘Almal wil gehelp word, maar niemand wil help nie’
HANNES NOËTH
Iemand skakel radeloos. Sy worstel met iets verskrikliks. Sy praat amper die hele middag om, alhoewel ek nie eintlik vir haar die antwoord het nie.
Ek wens ek kon haar antwoord. Sy is bekend daarvoor dat sy almal, altyd help. Sonder huiwering. ’n Mens sou maklik kon sê ’n gewillige hart en gewillige hande. Maar hier is haar probleem. Dit gaan nie oor fisiese hulp nie, dit gaan nie oor kos aan haar voorsien nie.
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Skielik is sy, vanweë konteks, afhanklik van iemand anders. En niemand wil help nie. Sy wat so maklik uit haar pad uit gaan, sy wat so maklik offer, sy wat maklik gee sonder om terug te verwag.
Sy beleef haar nou in ’n konteks wat sy agterkom hoe selfsugtig is mense. Hulle wil nie. Hulle wil nie verontrief word nie.
Hulle sal nog help as dit maklik is, maar sodra dit ’n bietjie meer uitdagend word is dit asof sy in ’n woestyn inroep. Sy wil nie meer in ’n woestyn inroep nie. Sy is kwaad. Bitter is dalk die beter woord. Sy is bitter omdat almal gehelp wil word, maar niemand wil help nie.
Sy mag nie dat die lelik van die wêreld haar seer word nie, en sy mag nie dat die seer wat sy ervaar haar ophou laat goed doen nie. Sy moet aanhou help, ongeag. Ons word nie geleer om op voorwaarde, of wanneer ons goed doen of voel, of wanneer ons baie het tot hulp te wees nie.
Gebruik jou tong, en jou hande tot seën en hulp. En help waar jy kan, sonder om iets terug te verwag. Almal het soms hulp nodig. Dit is jammer dat party maklik help en ander nie graag 'n ander bystaan nie. Tot watter groep behoort jy? Help jy of los jy?
Ek besef ons gesprek gaan nie die wêreld omkeer nie. Sy het nodig om die selfsug van hierdie wêreld uit haar uit te kry.
‘Stem (nie) saam’
KARIN MULLER
Dit is altyd lekker om terugvoering op my skryfwerk te kry, hetsy positief of negatief. Dit beteken daar is lesers wat nie net tyd maak om my rubrieke te lees nie, maar ook om daarop te reageer.
Die oorgrote meerderheid van terugvoering oor verlede week se rubriek het aangedui dat lesers met my saamstem: Die Noord-Kaap het vriendelike mense.
Van die vier provinsies waarin ons gewoon het, voel ons as gesin dat die Noord-Kaap beslis die vriendelikste inwoners het.
Dit beteken nie dat ander provinsies nie vriendelike inwoners het nie. Hulle het beslis.
My ondervinding is dat daar by verre meer mense in die NoordKaap is wat ’n oomblik tot stilstand kom en na hull medemens uitreik. Dit is slegs my mening.
Mense mag verskil. Ons moet verskil.
Ek wonder hoe die wêreld daar sou uitsien as ons almal saamge-
stem het waaroor sou ons nogal saamstem?
As jy vir tien verskillende persone vra om iets te sê oor die rugbywedstryd wat hulle bygewoon het gaan daar waarskynlik tien verskillende weergawes wees.
Een van die lesers se terugvoering was dat dit nie soseer iets met die provinsie te doen het nie, maar met die individu wat dit so ervaar.
“Jy is iemand wat maklik met mense praat, selfs met vreemdelinge. Mense vind dit maklik om met jou te praat.”
Daar steek beslis waarheid in. Elke individu is uniek en dit maak hul ondervinding ook uniek.
’n Ander leser se reaksie was oor die feit dat ek ’n persoon as “ouer” beskryf het. Dit was slegs ’n waarneming.
Ek het nie bedoel die persoon is bejaard, afgeleef of staan met een voet in die graf nie. ’n Jonger persoon sou waarskynlik nie dieselfde staaltjies oor sy lewe met my kon deel nie.
Dankie vir al die lesers wat my rubrieke lees en jul terugvoering met my deel. Julle is kosbaar.
Kameeldoring
Vriende bly ’n gawe
GERDA-MARIÉ VAN ROOYEN
Die jongste Rooymier ken nog net van dankie-sêgebede. Wanneer sy bid, hou sy haar een oog oop en sê vir alles dankie wat sy sien. Plus “ponies, rainbows en clouds”.
Oudste onthou om dankie te sê vir die nie-in-die-omtrek-goed soos vriende aan die einde van die dag waar hy met sy maats kon speel. Vriende is inderdaad ’n gawe. Vriende lag saam, troos en motiveer mekaar. ’n Ware vriend is nie net ’n mooiweersvriend nie, maar bly in die omtrek in moeilike tye. Danksy vriende het die Rooyouers ná ’n maand se hardloop-en-koffie-kuiers ter voorbereiding aan hul eerste 5 km-pretdraf, die afgelope naweek deelgeneem. Tydens die pretdraf het die dokter-drafmaat besef Rooyma se enkel is seer nog voordat Rooyma dit self besef het. Toe Rooyma verbaas besef haar drafvriendin is reg en vra hoe sy dit weet, antwoord die arts: “Hoe lank draf ons al saam?”
Vriende is daardie mense wat die waarheid ontbloot selfs al probeer ’n Rooymens die waarheid verdoesel of ontken.
Vriende gee om. Dis hulle wat ’n sneesdoekie deel wanneer onvoorsiene trane uitsypel of jou waarsku voordat die orkessimbaal gaan klink nadat hulle gesien het Rooyma wip van die skrik. Onlangs het ’n ander vriendin ’n “lae suiker-noodpakkie” in Rooyma se hand gesit nadat ’n lae suiker-oomblik Rooyma te moeg om te sing by ’n begrafnis gelaat het.
Die Rooyouers was eers vriende voordat hulle voor die kansel gestaan het.
Rooypa se ondersteuning en omgee bly immers al 11 jaar deur dik en dun (letterlik en figuurlik).
Omdat die Rooyouers dieselfde belangstellings en waardes het, bly die vriendskap, al verdof die verliefdheid soms.
Aan jou vriende word jy geken. Vriende vorm mekaar. Vriende kan bou of breek. Geen wonder die Bybel moedig mense aan om hul kring-van-invloed wys te kies nie.
Standbeeld ‘op toer’ na sy nuwe tuiste
’n Ewebeeld van die Paul Kruger-standbeeld wat op Kerkplein in Pretoria staan, is “op reis” van Pretoria, deur talle dorpe en stede, en doen op Woensdag 1 Oktober in Kimberley aan.
In Kimberley sal inwoners die geleentheid hê om die standbeeld van naby te besigtig, foto’s te neem én ’n unieke opvoering, “Kruger breek die pad oop” te geniet. Dit is ’n toneelstuk deur NP van Wyk Louw.
Enkele jare gelede het die Federasie van Afrikaanse Kultuurvereniginge (FAK) ’n digitale skandering van die Kruger-standbeeld op Kerkplein gemaak en die gedagte het ontstaan om ’n nuwe
afgietsel te maak.
Cara Tomlinson, FAK-kultuurkoördineerder, verduidelik dat die beeld op Kerkplein in 3D afgeneem en gedruk is, waarna die beeld in brons gegiet is. Die nuwe Kruger-standbeeld is deur beeldhouer Jacques Müller gemaak.
“Dié bronsbeeld met die voetstuk bygereken is meer as 10 m hoog en weeg 1,5 ton,” sê Tomlinson.
’n Voorlopige terreinontwikkelingsplan vir Orania se nuwe dorpskern is reeds ingedien en dit is hier waar die Kruger-standbeeld ’n sentrale plek sal inneem. Die FAK en die Orania
Ontwikkelingsmaatskappy (OOM) is die dryfkrag agter hierdie geskiedkundige projek, terwyl ander instellings soos AfriForum, Helpende Hand en Solidariteit ook gehelp het om die projek finansieel moontlik te maak.
Dr. Danie Langner, besturende direkteur van die FAK, beklemtoon die belangrikheid hiervan:
“Paul Kruger is vir Afrikaners veel meer as ’n standbeeld of historiese figuur – hy is die beliggaming van Afrikaners se vryheidsideaal oor geslagte en in verskillende kontekste. Daarom is dit hartseer dat mense vandag huiwer om die plek te besoek waar hy al vir dekades
op Kerkplein staan, omdat verval en misdaad die omgewing oorgeneem het. Nou is die oomblik om vir Kruger ’n waardige nuwe tuiste te gee deur ’n plein te skep waar Afrikaners kan saamkom, die vryheidsideaal kan vier, en dit aan die volgende geslag kan oordra."
Dié beeld kan op Woensdag 1 Oktober vanaf 17:00 by die NG kerk Bakenskop besigtig word, waar die opvoering ook sal plaasvind.
Dit kom op 2 Oktober in Orania aan, met die amptelike onthul- ling op 10 Oktober Kruger is op dié dag in 1825 gebore.
Besoek fak.org.za vir meer inligting.
24 SEPTEMBER
Be part of the heritage celebrations at the McGregor Museum in Atlas Street, Herlear, Kimberley, taking place from 10:00 to 12:30. Enjoy performances by the Kimberley Children’s Choir (KCC) and the Kimberley Academy of Music (KAM), with invited school choir members. Browse a variety of food and other stalls, and visit Slice of Nice Coffee Shop on the premises. Picnic boxes are available on order. Call Cassi Warren on 082 839 7237.
26 SEPTEMBER
The Kimberley Academy of Music (KAM) presents the Kimberley Children’s Choir’ s Spring Concert, with the Cape Town Children’ s Choir as guest artist. It takes place at 19:00 in the McManus Hall at the St Patrick’s CBC in Du Toitspan Road. Tickets cost R50 at the door.
27 SEPTEMBER
Kimberley Markets’ monthly market at The Big Hole, starting at 08:30. Enjoy live entertainment, and browse food, arts and crafts stalls. Call Marais Tesner on 082 309 7885 to book a stall, and for more information.
The Kimberley Hospice Fundraising Fête takes place from 08:00 to 13:00 at the hospice in Du Toitspan Road. A variety of homemade and fresh produce will be sold.
3 EN 4 OKTOBER
Die Vaalharts Pekanfees vind op die Magogongskouterrein in Hartswater plaas. Steve Hofmeyr en Karlien van Jaarsveld tree onder andere op. Besoek Vaalharts Pekanfees op Facebook.
10 TOT 12 OKTOBER
Die Vier Seisoene-fees word in Loxton gehou. Vrydag om 19:30 vind die opening van die Proe-restaurant met Gian Groen plaas, en Saterdag om 12:00 die Vier Seisoene-musiekvertoning in Die Skuur met Koos Kombuis, Wicus van der Merwe, Andriette Norman, Gian Groen en meer. Sondag om 09:30 tree die gospelsanger Jackie van der Berg in die NG kerk Loxton op. Stuur ’n WhatsApp-boodskap na 083 391 3836 vir inligting.
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Die beeldhouer Jacques Müller werk aan die nuwe Krugerstandbeeld. Foto: Verskaf
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Skills shortages addressed
An Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) Academic Empowerment Initiative was recently launched in the Northern Cape.
This initiative marks a decisive step in transforming the EPWP from short-term employment into a platform for long-term empowerment. More than 600 EPWP participants across all five districts of the province can now pursue second-chance education, matric completion, computer literacy, and vocational skills training.
The Northern Cape Community Education and Training (CET) College, which operates 80 satellite campuses and seven computer lab centres, will deliver accredited training under the auspices of the Department of Higher Education and Training. This partnership ensures participants receive nationally recognised qualifications while addressing skills shortages in the provincial economy.
The launch on 6 September at the Tol Speelman Community Hall in Upington, was led by the premier, Dr Zamani Saul, alongside the MEC for Roads and Public Works, Fufe Makatong.
Saul emphasised the initiative is about creating pathways into sustainable employment and entrepreneurship, aligned with the Northern Cape 60 000 Jobs Plan for 2025–'29.
“For too long, the EPWP has been criticised as temporary relief. It can become a bridge to sustainable employment, skills, and entrepreneurship,” he said.
Makatong hailed the initiative as “a global best practice model” that integrates education, skills
Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) during the launch in Upington in September.
Photo: Supplied
development, and empowerment into EPWP delivery.
During the launch, several milestones were celebrated, including 25 participants of Disabled People South Africa receiving certificates under the New Venture Creation Programme, empowering them with entrepreneurial skills; seven EPWP learners who received certificates in End-User Computing; and 15 women contractors under incubation through Great Solutions powered by the National Home Builders Regulator Council (NHBRC) were recognised, strengthening women’s participation in the construction and housing sector.
Premier Saul said these achievements are a clear demonstration of the initiative's impact, ensuring that EPWP beneficiaries, especially women, youth, and people with disabilities, are empowered with education and the skills to contribute meaningfully to the economy of the Northern Cape and beyond.
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Lede en ampsdraers is van links: Arni van Rooyen (uitvoerende hoof Griekwaland-Wes Rugby-unie − GWRU), Cebo Dlamini (Griekwas-kaptein), Mangaliso Matika (LUR vir sport kuns en kultuur), Pieter Bergh (hoofafrigter), Monte Engelbrecht (GWRU-president), André Markgraaff (Griekwas-raadsvoorsitter), Tos Smith en Peet Smith (oud Griekwaspelers van die 1970-span) en Johan Myburgh (onderpresident).
Helde-ontvangs uitbundig
Die Griekwas-rugbyspan, vanjaar se Curriebeker-houers, is Sondag 21 September soos die kampioene wat hulle is deur Noord-Kapenaars in Kimberley by die Suzuki-stadion met ’n gejil, gejuig, getoeter en gebrul van motorfietse begroet.
Mense, kinders en hul honde, sommige geklee in Griekwas-rugbytruie, het Poublou-vlae geswaai en op en af gespring toe die twee busse met spelers en ondersteuners vanuit Johannesburg aangekom het. Die polisie, verkeerspolisie en motorfietsryers van CC Riders het hulle die stadion in begelei. Kaptein Cebo Dlamini het met die reuse Curriebeker in sy arms gevou eerste uit die bus gespring, gevolg deur sy medespelers. Ondersteuners het om die bus gekloek om selfoonfoto’s en selfies te neem en handtekeninge
veral van George Whitehead te bedel. Hy het Saterdag die strafskop in die doodsoomblik van die wedstryd oor die pale geklits om die wedstryd met 27 –25 teen die Leeus in Ellispark te beklink.
Ook teenwoordig was Peet en Tos Smith, twee broers en lede van die Griekwas-span wat die eer as Curriebeker-kampioene 55 jaar gelede kon smaak. Griekwas het die beker in 1899, 1911 en 1970 verower.
Mangaliso Matika, LUR vir sport, kuns en kultuur het sy en die NoordKaapse regering se gelukwense en geldelike ondersteuning aangebied.
Vir afrigter Pieter Bergh was Sondag se verwelkoming in die stad amper beter as Saterdagaand toe hy besef hulle het die beker verower.
“Ek het dit nie in my wildste drome verwag nie.”
Hy was Sondag steeds besig om meer as 300 selfoonboodskappe van gelukwensing te beantwoord.
“Toe ons in 2022 in die eindstryd teen
Authorisations in terms of the South Africa's Water Use Licence Application and Appeals Regulations (2017 No. R. 267), for the following:
Project: The proposed Construction of the Sishen Tower Pipeline and the associated Reservoirs, including the abstraction of water from two boreholes. Water uses will take place within Kathu, Registration Division of Kuruman, within the D41J Quaternary Catchment, Loval Vaal Water Management Area.
Size of Reservoirs - Reservoir 1: 0,6 Mℓ / 600 kilolitres / 600 m3 - Reservoir 2: 7Mℓ / 7 000 kilolitres / 7 000 m3
Abstraction volume 3 3
Locality
- Borehole 1: Remainder of Farm 461 (Erf 11665)
- Borehole 2: Portion 6 of the farm Sims 462 (Erf 2157)
- Reservoir Complex: Remainder and Portion 1 of the farm Sims 462
Municipality: Gamagara Local Municipality.
If you have any information / comments / proposals regarding the impact associated with the proposed project, or need additional information on the above, please submit your name, contact
die Pumas verloor het, was dit ’n groot teleurstelling, maar die span het in hulself bly glo. Ons het geweet ons het ’n baie goeie kans om te wen.” Volgens Bergh sal geldelike hulp baie welkom wees.
“Ons kan dan saans onder spreiligte speel; dit skep ’n wonderlike atmosfeer. Ons kan geld gebruik vir spelers of geriewe sodat dit nie weer 55 jaar neem om die beker huis toe te bring nie.” Arni van Rooyen, uitvoerende hoof, is oortuig dat die Griekwas deurentyd die oorhand gehad en beter as die Leeus gespeel het.
“Die boys gaan nie nou al rus nie, ek hoop ons kan met 'n bus of trok die beker op ’n toer deur die stad neem en vir almal wys,” sê Van Rooyen.
Monte Engelbrecht, Griekwas-president, was verheug oor die groot aantal Kimberliete en ander wat hulle verwelkom het.
“Dit was ’n informele geleentheid en ’n aangename verrassing.”
en sy handtekening te kry.
EKSPO GEE GELEENTHEDE
In ’n streek waar toegang tot loopbaanvoorligting en naskoolse geleenthede beperk is, baan 'n nuutgestigte veldtog die weg vir leerlinge van dié gemeenskap.
Die onlangse loopbaan-ekspo wat by die Hoërskool Loeriesfontein aangebied is, het deure vir toekomstige moontlikhede oopgemaak en leerlinge gehelp om hul potensiaal in oënskou te neem.
Die ekspo, deur die Loeriesfontein- en Khobab-windkragaanleg gefinansier, was die eerste van sy soort in Loeriesfontein en het 120 leerlinge van vyf plaaslike skole in die Hantam- en Karoo Hoogland-streek bereik.
Leerlinge kon met verteenwoordigers van twee universiteite, twee TVET-kolleges, die SAPD en verteenwoordigers van die Onderhouds- en Bedryfsdepartement van die windkragaanlegte kommunikeer.
“In gebiede soos ons s’n het leerlinge nie altyd die hulpbronne of blootstelling om ingeligte besluite oor die lewe ná matriek te neem nie. Hierdie ekspo het hul duidelikheid, motivering en ’n werklike gevoel gegee dat daar opsies is bo en behalwe wat hulle rondom hulle sien,” sê Jacques Klaaste, hoof van die Hoërskool Loeriesfontein.
“Ons glo dié blootstelling aan loopbaanopsies hou langtermynvoordele in, nie net vir individuele leerlinge, maar ook vir hul gemeenskappe.
“Dit gaan daaroor om die grondslag te lê vir ’n meer geskoolde, hoopvolle en ekonomies-aktiewe geslag.
“Namate meer jongmense blootgestel word aan die beskikbare ná-matriek opsies, is meer geneig om dit aan te pak en moontlik terug te keer en by te dra tot plaaslike ekonomiese groei,” sê Vanessa Fredericks, ekonomiese-ontwikkelingsbestuurder vir die Loeriesfontein- en Khobab-windkragaanleg.
Persons involved in the
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Griekwa-ondersteuners Theuns Barnard (links) en Johan Scholtz. Foto’s: Charné Kemp
Phaldie Cader (links) by Caleb Abrahams, Griekwa-skrumskakel, en dié se oupa Donald Ross. Cader en Ross is oudskoolmaats wat ook in die 1970’s en ’80’s vir die Griekwas gespeel het.
Louis Bothma en sy seun, Louis, het van Bloemfontein gery om die Griekwas as Curriebeker kampioene te verwelkom.
Griekwas-ondersteuners maal om George Whitehead, Griekwas-vleuel, om foto’s van en saam met hom te neem,
Committing to local development
The Lebelelang Disability Centre and the White City Library, two landmark social infrastructure projects in Postmasburg, were recently handed over to the Tsantsabane community.
This was done by Anglo American Kumba Iron Ore and showcases successful collaboration between business, government, and civil society. Support came from multiple stakeholders including the Department of Social Development, National Development Agency, Tsantsabane Local Municipality, Assmang Beeshoek, and Lesedi Solar.
Together worth R54 million, these projects are proof of how mining investment, when done in partnership, transforms communities.
Built on former dumping sites, Lebelelang has created 83 jobs while providing a safe, dignified space for persons with disabilities. The White City Library is now a hub of literacy,
manager), Mpumi Zikalala
digital access, and tertiary learning through the Sol Plaatje University (SPU).
Kumba Iron Ore’s social projects, rolling out as a part of their Social Labour Plans (SLPs), deliver safe and inclusive spaces for people with
disabilities, improving access to essential health services, and bringing literacy and skills development closer to home. The initiatives build on the delivery of sports and recreation facilities, as well as critical road and water infrastructure, which are strengthen-
At the launch are from the left, front: Prof. Debra Meyer (acting vice-chancellor and principal of the Sol Plaatje University), Prof. Relebohile Moletsane (University of Witswatersrand and JL Dube Chair in Rural Education), and Prof. Boitumelo Diale (dean: Faculty of Education); back: Prof. Jesmael Mataga (acting research director), Dr Jody Cedras (university registrar), Prof. Martin Ntwaeaborwa (dean: Faculty of Natural and Applied Science), Prof. Paul Green (deputy vice-chancellor: Teaching and Learning), Prof Anthony Brown (Unisa’s School of Interdisciplinary Research and Graduate Studies), and Dr Kevin Tiese (acting director for the Centre for the Advancement of Rural and Inclusive Education and Research - Carier). Photo: Supplied
New centre a launching pad
The impact of the newly-launched Centre for the Advancement of Rural and Inclusive Education and Research (Carier) at the Sol Plaatje University (SPU) in Kimberley signals the university's determination to shape the future of learning in the Northern Cape and surrounding regions, with an impact that will resonate nationally and globally.
This first research centre in the SPU's Faculty of Education was launched on 17 September.
In her address, Prof. Boitumelo Diale, dean of the Faculty of Education, rejected the notion that rural means inferior; celebrating it as unique, valuable, and deserving of excellence.
Prof. Anthony Brown of the University of South Africa’s (Unisa) School of Interdisci-
plinary Research and Graduate Studies, reminded guests that the Northern Cape presents a unique laboratory for inclusive education and called for a radical rethinking of urban-centric models. He urged that the new centre be a site of “pedagogical rebellion” that dismantles hierarchies, roots curricula in local realities, and proves that diversity is a source of strength.
Dr Kevin Teise, Carier’s acting director, gave an overview of its mission which is to redefine rural and inclusive education research by placing lived experiences at the centre of impactful scholarship.
Sandile Beuzana, chief director of School Management, Administration and Support for the Northern Cape Department of Education, stressed that inclusive classrooms enrich entire school environments
and called for research outputs to move into communities.
Prof. Debra Meyer, the SPU's acting vice-chancellor and principal, acknowledged the launch of Carier as a pioneering research centre at the university, joining the ranks of others such as the Arid Region Water Research Centre and the Centre for Creative Writing and African Languages. She outlined clear criteria for its success: quality publications, postgraduate achievements, external fundraising, and positioning the SPU as a hub of excellence in rural and inclusive education.
Prof. Jesmael Mataga, acting director for Research, quoted Epictetus, reminding the audience that “only the educated are free,” underscoring that education is the path to freedom and transformation.
ing community pride, mobility and resilience in surrounding communities.
“What matters most is not the buildings themselves, but how they serve and uplift the people of Tsantsabane. Our role is to walk alongside the community, ensuring our investments support education, inclusion and opportunity where they are needed most. These projects are a testament to what is possible when business, government, partners and communities work together.
“It shows the power of partnerships in delivering facilities that respond directly to community needs and create long-lasting impact,” said Mpumi Zikalala, chief executive officer (CEO) of Kumba Iron Ore.
In the first half of 2025, Kumba invested R135 million in social initiatives, supporting 670 jobs, more than 10 000 learners, and 330 teachers.
But the real story lies in the faces of children discovering books, families accessing clean water, and persons with disabilities stepping into a centre
built for their dignity and empowerment.
The two facilities are just two examples of Kumba’s ongoing commitment to community development within a much broader programme. This includes investments in inclusive sports infrastructure across the Sishen area, as well as essential road and water projects delivered in partnership with local municipalities. Collectively, these initiatives are enhancing daily life and building long-term resilience in surrounding communities.
The handover ceremony was attended by Gwede Mantashe, minister of Mineral and Petroleum Resources, and Dr Zamani Saul, premier of the Northern Cape, among other key stakeholders.
“Anglo American has been part of South Africa’s story for over a century. Our roots are firmly anchored here. Every day, we invest in people, communities and opportunity - building a legacy that uplifts and transforms lives”, concludes Zikalala.
Jeug word bemagtig deur internskap-program
Deur ’n internskapprogram kan 13 jong gegradueerdes van Springbok hul toekoms bou.
Die Wind Industry Internship Programme wat deur die Kangnas-windkragaanleg en die Energy and Water Sector Education and Training Authority (EWSeta) ondersteun word, gee plaaslike jeug die kans om praktiese ervaring in die hernubare energiesektor op te doen.
Deur opleiding en blootstelling aan die werkplek aan te bied, help dit jongmense om voor te berei vir blywende loopbane terwyl dit verseker dat die gemeenskap direk by die windkragaanleg baat.
Die program, wat in Januarie 2022 van stapel gestuur is, is ontwerp om die gaping tussen akademiese leer en werklike bedryfservaring te oorbrug.
“Dit speel ’n belangrike rol in die aanspreek van Suid-Afrika se jeugwerkloosheidskrisis.
“Benewens die aanbied van praktiese werkservaring, bied dit geldelike ondersteuning wat hindernisse soos vervoeren professionele kleredragkoste verwyder, terwyl dit hulle ’n kans gee om volhoubare loopbane te bou,” sê Rouchet Daniels, ekonomiese
ontwikkelingsbestuurder vir die Kangnas-windkragaanleg. Die groep is deur die South African Wind Energy Association gekies en is uit diverse professionele en akademiese velde soos maatskaplike werk, bemarking, ingenieurswese, menslike hulpbronne en administrasie. Hulle is vir hul sterk akademiese prestasie, leierseienskappe en gedeelde toewyding om tot die hernubare energiebedryf by te dra, gekies. Om hul sukses te verseker, word elke intern aan ’n mentor toegewys wat leiding en professionele ondersteuning bied. Om hulle verder voor te berei, neem interns ook deel aan ’n tiendae werkgereedheidsprogram wat hulle toerus met vaardighede soos rekenaargeletterdheid, kommunikasie en professionele etiket.
Beaming with joy on behalf of children starting schooling journey
Early Childhood Development (ECD) centres play an important role in the development of young children. Key for stimulating physical growth, cognitive functions and social skills, ECDs are integral in establishing school readiness in children, and moulding an affinity towards education. Responding to an identified need, Kumba Iron Ore recently completed refurbishments at the Mpepe Thari Day Care centre in Siyathemba, which included improvements to the children’s play area and the installation of a back-up water system. Itumeleng Lute of Kumba Iron Ore said this was in line with Kumba’s sustainable mining plan, which envisions excellent education and training for children in host communities. Lena Mosang, who heads the centre, said these refurbishments would help a great deal in making sure that the education experience is enjoyable for the learners. Photo: Supplied
Bursary applications now open for submission
Education remains a cornerstone of development, which is why Kathu Solar Park established its bursary programme three years ago. Applications are now open for the 2026 intake, offering support to young people from the John Taolo Gaetsewe (JTG) District, which include Gamagara, Ga-Segonyana, and Joe Morolong. The programme has already made a significant impact, assisting more than 40 students since its inception.
“Our bursary initiative continues to open doors for youth across the district, providing access to tertiary education that might otherwise remain out of reach,” said Sandisiwe Mntonintshi, socio-economic development (SED) manager for Kathu Solar Park.
The 2026 intake will aim to enrol at least 20 students, although final numbers will be determined by the performance and progress of the current cohort. So far, bursary recipients have
pursued a broad range of qualifications, with popular choices including Accounting, Bachelor of Science programmes, and Education.
Kathu Solar Park invites applications from both prospective and current students registered at accredited South African public tertiary institutions including TVET colleges, universities of technology, and universities. Applicants must be South Afri-
can citizens residing within the JTG District. The value of each bursary is determined on an individual basis and may cover tuition, registration, and examination fees; accommodation in university or college residences (or equivalent); meals; learning materials such as textbooks and stationery.
Visit the Study Trust website on studytrust.org.za/kathu-solar-park/ for more information.
At the event are, from the left, Gwede Mantashe (minister of Minerals and Petroleum Resources), Dr Zamani Saul (Northern Cape premier), Ellen Seboko (Lebelelang Centre
(chief executive officer of Kumba Iron Ore) and Ganief Hendricks (deputy minister of Social Development). Photo: Supplied
Tlotlo Mpho Rametsi, who graduated with a BCom Honours in Transport Economics.
Photo: Supplied
Ronaldo Saal, intern. Foto: Verskaf
Xola who might be the biological father to Tshepang Keoratile Sojane born 23 May 2025 or any family members to Xola contact the adoption social worker at Engo Adoptions in Bloemfontein on 051 522 6914/ 079 057 4597
IN THE HIGH COURT OF SOUTH AFRICA
NORTHERN CAPE DIVISION, KIMBERLEY
Case number: 1873/2025
In the matter between: FIRSTRAND BANK LIMITED APPLICANT (Registration Number: 1929/001225/06)
and JAN HARMSE VAN DER
MERWE (SNR) N.O. 1ST
RESPONDENT (Identity Number: 481114 5052 086)
JAN HARMSE VAN DER
MERWE (JNR) N.O. 2ND RESPONDENT
(Identity Number: 800418 5111 089)
4. PORTION 19 (PORTION OF PORTION 2) OF THE FARM LANYON VALE NUMBER 376 SITUATE IN THE DISTRICT HAY PROVINCE NORTHERN CAPE
BOEDELKENNISGEWINGS
BOEDELS: KREDITEURE EN DEBITEURE 4201 VERLORE DOKUMENTE
IN EXTENT 144,5232 (ONE HUNDRED AND FOURTY FOUR comma FIVE TWO THREE TWO) HECTARES
T86/2019 VERLORE OF VERNIETIGDE TITELBEWYS
IN THE HIGH COURT OF SOUTH AFRICA
NORTHERN CAPE DIVISION, KIMBERLEY
Case number: 1872/2025
In the matter between: FIRSTRAND BANK LIMITED APPLICANT (Registration number: 1929/001225/06) and JAN HARMSE VAN DER MERWE (SNR) N.O. 1ST RESPONDENT
(Identity Number: 481114 5052 086)
ESTELLE JORDAAN N.O.
2ND RESPONDENT
(Identity Number: 751213 0100 081) BOSHOFF VISSER TRUSTDIENSTE (PTY) LTD
3RD RESPONDENT (Registration Number: 2001/015936/07) (herein represented by Juanita Goldberg with Identity number 901116 0303 085) (In their capacities as trustees of the Ou Lutzputs Trust)
Address: Plaas Lutzputs 01 Upington Northern Cape Province ORDER HAVING HEARD ADVOCATE BOTHA FOR THE APPLICANT, IT IS ORDERED:
1. That the estate of the Ou Lutzputs Trust, IT150/2010 be placed under provisional sequestration.
2. That a rule nisi be issued calling on all persons interested to appear and to show cause, if any, to this Court on 17 October 2025 at 09h30 as to:
2.1 Why the estate of the Ou Lutzputs Trust should not be placed in final sequestration; and 2.2 Why the costs of this application should not be costs in the sequestration.
3. That service of this order be effected:
3.1 By the Sheriff of the Court ("the Sheriff") on the first to third respondent at Plaas Lutzputs 01, Upington, Northern Cape Province;
3.2 By the Sheriff on the employees and any trade union(s) which may represent the employees of the Ou Lutzputs Trust at the aforementioned address; 3.3 On the South African Revenue Services; 3.4 By one publication in each of the Diamond Fields Advertiser and the Noord-Kaap Bulletin;
3.5 On the Master of the High Court, Northern Cape Division, Kimberley By order registrar
BOSHOFF VISSER TRUSTDIENSTE (PTY) LTD 3RD RESPONDENT (Registration Number: 2001/015936/07) (herein represented by Juanita Goldberg with Identity number 901116 0303 085) (In their capacities as trustees of the Lutzputs Plase Trust) Address: Plaas Lutzputs 01 Upington Northern Cape Province ORDER
HAVING HEARD ADVOCATE BOTHA FOR THE APPLICANT, IT IS ORDERED:
1. That the estate of the Lutzputs Plase Trust, IT149/2010 be placed under provisional sequestration.
2. That a rule nisi be issued calling on all persons interested to appear and to show cause, if any, to this Court on 17 October 2025 at 09h30 as to:
2.1 Why the estate of the Lutzputs Plase Trust should not be placed in final sequestration; and 2.2 Why the costs of this application should not be costs in the sequestration.
3. That service of this order be effected:
3.1 By the Sheriff of the Court ("the Sheriff") on the first to third respondents at Plaas Lutzputs 01, Upington, Northern Cape Province;
3.2 By the Sheriff on the employees and any trade union(s) which may represent the employees of the Lutzputs Plase Trust at the aforementioned address;
3.3 On the South African Revenue Services;
3.4 By one publication in each of the Diamond Fields Advertiser and the Noord-Kaap Bulletin;
3.5 On the Master of the High Court, Northern Cape Division, Kimberley By order registrar
T114634/1998 LOST OR DESTROYED DEED NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN IN TERMS OF REGULATION 68 OF THE DEEDS REGISTRIES ACT, 1937, OF THE INTENTION TO APPLY FOR THE ISSUE OF A CERTIFIED COPY OF Deed of Transfer T114634/1998 passed by JEAN HENRI VILJOEN in favour of CIRCLE CROSS TRUST in respect of certain Portion 1 of the Farm Springbokvlakte Number 278, Situated in the Division Hopetown, Province Northern Cape which has been lost or destroyed. All interested persons having objection of issue of such copy are hereby required to lodge same in writing with the Registrar of Deeds : Northern Cape at Kimberley within two weeks from the date of the publication of this notice. Dated at Kimberley This 7th day of August 2025 Duncan & Rothman PO Box 64, Kimberley, 8300 Ilene@duncan-rothman.co.za Telnr : 053 8384700 File Ref: FIR38/0772
T2972/2007 LOST OR DESTROYED DEED
Notice is hereby given in terms of Regulation 68 of the Deeds Registries Act, 1937, of intention to apply for the issue of a certified copy of Deed of Transfer T2972/2007 Passed by THE EXECUTOR IN THE ESTATE LATE CARL OTTO HAGER ESTATE NUMBER 3581/2005 in favour of CARL OTTO HAGER Identity number 590416 5102 08 6 Married out of community of property in respect of certain 1. PORTION 2 (PORTION OF PORTION 1 ORANJE-OORD) OF THE FARM BRAKKIES NUMBER 384, SITAUTE IN THE DISTRICT HAY PROVINCE NORTHERN CAPE IN EXTENT: 608,5182 (SIX HUNDRED AND EIGHT comma FIVE ONE EIGHT TWO) HECTARES
2. PORTION 1 (UITZICHT) OF THE FARM NUMBER 392
SITAUTE IN THE DISTRICT HAY PROVINCE NORTHERN CAPE
IN EXENT: 1102,9377 (ONE THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED AND TWO comma NINE THREE SEVEN SEVEN)
HECTARES
3. PORTION 1 OF THE FARM READS DRIFT NUMBER 74
SITAUTE IN THE DISTRICT HERBERT PROVINCE
NORTHERN CAPE
IN EXTENT: 137,9170 (ONE
HUNDRED AND THIRTY-SEVEN comma NINE ONE SEVEN ONE)
HECTARES
5. REMAINDER OF PORTION 1 (ORANJE-OORD) OF THE FARM BRAKKIES NUMBER
384 SITAUTED IN THE DISTRICT HAY PROVINCE NORTHERN CAPE IN EXTENT 2408,0605 (TWO THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED AND EIGHT comma ZERO SIX ZERO FIVE) HECTARES which has been lost or destroyed.
All interested persons having objection to the issue of such copy are hereby required to lodge same in writing with the Registrar of Deeds, 10th floor – Room 10.04, Public Offices, 2 Stead Street Kimberley, Unita.Frazenburg dalrrd.gov.za, within TWO WEEKS from the date of the publication of this notice. Dated at DOUGLAS this 18 SEPTEMBER 2025.
APPLICANT: VAN HEERDEN FOURIE ATTORNEYS INC
ADDRESS: P/A ENGELSMAN MAGABANE INC BISHOPSHOF, BISHOPSLAAN 9, LABRAM KIMBERLEY E-MAIL: owen@engelsman.co.za
CONTACT NO: 053 8328134 File Ref : IM JOOSTE / ao
Hiermee word kennis gegee dat kragtens die bepalings van regulasie 68 van die Registrasie van Aktes Wet, 1937, dit die voorneme is om aansoek te doen om die uitreiking van 'n gesertifiseerde afskrif van Transportakte nommer
T86/2019 gepasseer deur Die Trustees Indertyd Van Die Naauwpoort Trust ten gunste van Lambert Mostert en Seun Boerdery BK ten aansien van sekere 1. Resterende Gedeelte van die Plaas Toto 534, Geleë in die Adminstratiewe Distrik Kuruman, Provinsie Noord Kaap, 2. Gedeelte 1 (Chapman) van die Plaas Puduhush 533, Geleë in die Administratiewe Distrik Kuruman, Provinsie Noord Kaap wat verlore geraak het of vernietig is.
Alle belanghebbendes wat teen die uitreiking van sodanige afskrif beswaar het, word hierby versoek om dit skriftelik in te dien by die Registrateur van Aktes te Kimberley binne twee weke vanaf datum van publikasie van hierdie kennisgewing. Gedateer te KURUMAN op hede die 12 dag van September 2025 KBVS PROKUREURS POSBUS 565 BEARESTRAAT 51 KURUMAN 8460 mari@kbvs.co.za 053 712 0570
T806/1969 LOST OR DESTROYED DEED
Notice is hereby given in terms of Regulation 68 of the Deeds Registries Act, 1937, of the intention to apply for the issue of a certified copy of Deed of Transfer Number T806/1969 passed by MUNICIPALITY OF THE CITY OF KIMBERLEY in favour of THE HOSPITAL BOARD OF THE KIMBERLEY HOSPITAL, in respect of certain:
1. ERF 2265, PORTION OF ERF 5337, KIMBERLEY
SITUATE IN THE SOL PLAATJE MUNICIPALITY DISTRICT KIMBERLEY
NORTHERN CAPE PROVINCE IN EXTENT 15,4778 (ONE FIVE COMMA FOUR SEVEN SEVEN EIGHT) hectares
2. ERF 19611 GALESHEWE
SITUATE IN THE SOL PLAATJE MUNICIPALITY
DISTRICT KIMBERLEY
NORTHERN CAPE PROVINCE IN EXTENT 2231 (TWO THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED AND THIRTY ONE) square meters Which has been lost or destroyed.
All persons having objection to the issue of such copy are hereby required to lodge the same in writing with the Registrar of Deeds at KIMBERLEY within two weeks from the date of the publication of this notice. DATED AT KIMBERLEY ON THIS 16th DAY OF SEPTEMBER 2025. APPLICANT
MERVYN JOEL SMITH
ATTORNEYS
13 OLIVER ROAD
MEMORIAL ROAD AREA
KIMBERLEY 8301
legal@mjsnc.co.za
TEL: (053) 832 6293
REF: U.H. EDWARDS/ ki/X23816/R605
T89948/1993 VERLORE OF VERNIETIGDE AKTE Kennisgewing geskied hiermee ingevolge Regulasie 68 van die Registrasie van Akteswet, 1937, van die voorneme om aansoek te doen vir die uitreiking van 'n gesertifiseerde afskrif van Transportakte Nommer T89948/1993 gepasseer deur Die Apostoliese Geloof Sending van Suid-Afrika ten gunste van Die Apostoliese Geloof Sending van Suid-Afrika: Gemeente Hopetown, ten opsigte van Restant van Erf 99 Hopetown, in die Munisipaliteit en Afdeling van Hope Town; groot: 718 (Sewehonderd en Agtien) vierkante meter, wat verlore of vernietig is. Alle persone wat beswaar teen die uitreiking van sodanige afskrif het, word hiermee versoek om binne twee weke na die datum van publikasie van hierdie kennisgewing skriftelik by die Registrateur van Aktes te Kimberley in te dien. Gedateer te Orania op 5 September 2025 Schutte Prokureurs AKTEBESORGER Gert Wouter Schutte (LPCM 87568) Van Riebeeckstraat, Hopetown, 8750 Kontaknommer: +27532030264
E-pos adres: wouter@schutteprok.co.za
C.E. DE HART IN DIE BOEDEL VAN WYLE: CATHARINA ELIZABETH DE HART ADRES BELGRAVE RETIREMENT LODGE, 5 ARISTOTLE AVENUE, KIMBERLEY, 8301 BOEDELNOMMER: 002383/2025 IDENTITEITSNOMMER: 340505 0047 081
GEBOORTEDATUM: 5 MEI 1934 DATUM VAN DOOD: 13 JULIE 2025 Skuldenaars en Skuldeisers in bogenoemde boedel word hiermee aangesê om binne 30 dae, gereken vanaf 26 SEPTEMBER 2025, hul vorderings in te dien en hul skulde te betaal by die ondergetekende.
Eksekuteur: AFRICAN MUTUAL TRUST COMPANY (EDMS) BPK Van der Lingenstraat 25 Posbus 3339 PAARL
E.A. Verwey
In the estate of the late (full names and surname)
Edward Arthur Verwey Identity number 481207 5052 088 born 1948-12-07 died of (last address) Populierstraat 12, Jan Kempdorp, 8550 and surviving spouse (only if married in community of property) Janette Marlene Verwey Identity number 501009 0065 081
Born 1950-10-09
Estate number 1605/2025
Debtors and creditors in the above estate are hereby required to lodge their claims with and pay their debts to the undersigned within thirty (30) days from the date of publication hereof.
Name and address of executor or authorised agent: Daniel Johannes Voges
DBSV Incorporated 38 MacDougal Street, Monument Heights, Kimberley, 8301 Tel.: 053-832 8028
F.C. Brooker IN die boedel van wyle Finley Clint Brooker gebore 26 December 1972 identiteitsnommer 7212265164081 en nagelate eggenoot ©ggenote Melanie Claudette Brooker ID: 7307170094082 van 35 Balham Road ,Kimberley Boedelnr. 001204/2025
Datum van afsterwe 16 August 2024
Krediteure en debiteure in bogenoemde boedel word hiermee versoek om hul skulde te betaal by die ondergetekende binne 'n tydperk van 31 dae vanaf 25 September 2025. Naam en adres van eksekuteur of gemagtigde agent Sanlam Trust Sanlam Trust Ltd, 1st Floor, Capital Legacy, 125 Cape Road, Mount Croix Gqeberha Tel: 041 036 0987
G. VAN ZYL LOOTS IN DIE BOEDEL VAN WYLE GIELIAM VAN ZYL LOOTS Adres: TRUTOLSLOT 3, KATHU, 8446 Huwelikstatus: GETROUD BUITE
GEMEENSKAP VAN GOED Boedelnommer: 2236/2025
Geboortedatum: 27/07/1959 Identiteitsnommer: 590727 5049 089 Datum oorlede: 23/07/2025
Skuldeisers van bogenoemde boedel word hiermee versoek om binne 30 dae vanaf Datum: 26/09/2025 hul eise te bewys en hul skulde te betaal by die ondergetekende. POSBUS 565 BEARESTRAAT 51 KURUMAN 8460
W.J. JACOBS NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE ESTATE OF THE LATE: WILHELMINA JACOBA JACOBS IDENTITY NO: 440601 0037 08 8 WHO DIED ON THE 22nd June, 2018 at Saldanha ESTATE NO: 014885/2019 (Cape Town) Notice is hereby given in terms of Section 29 of the Administration of Estate's Act No. 66/1965 that all persons having claims against the abovementioned estate are required to lodge their claims with the undersigned within 30 (Thirty) days after the date of publication hereof.
CHRIS VAN DER MERWE ATTORNEYS
ATTORNEYS FOR THE EXECUTOR
The Courtyard 16 Hancock Avenue Empangeni 3880 Tel: 035 792 3971/3999
A. ESTERHUYSE IN DIE BOEDEL VAN WYLE: ANTOINETTE ESTERHUYSE Beroep: PENSIONARIS, Huwelikstatus: GETROUD BUITE GEMEENSKAP VAN GOEDERE Adres: EENHEID H-Q HEUWELSIG AFTREEOORD, DOLOMIETSTRAAT, KURUMAN ,8460 Geboortedatum: 30/01/1936 Identiteitsnommer: 360130 0012 087 Datum oorlede: 28/07/2024
Boedelnommer: 3151/2024
Eerste, laaste, ens.: die Eerste en Finale Likwidasie-en Distribusierekening in bogemelde boedel sal vir 'n tydperk van 21 dae vanaf Datum: 26/09/2025, Ter insae lê by die kantoor van die Meester van die Hoë Hof, KIMBERLEY en van die Landdroshof, Plek: KURUMAN POSBUS 565
BEARESTRAAT 51 KURUMAN 8460
B. SEKGOPI
NOTICE FOR ESTATE LATE ADVERTISEMENT LIQUIDATION AND DISTRIBUTION ACCOUNT
IN THE ESTATE OF THE LATE: BOITUMELO
SEKGOPI IDENTITY
NUMBER: 911226 0752 08
8 OF: HOUSE NO 1155 JB
MAROANE STREET
MOTHIBISTAD KURUMAN
MASTER'S REFERENCE NO: 3511/2024
Ther First and Final Liquidation and Distribution Account in the above estate will lie open for inspection at the office of the Master of the High Court
KIMBERLEY and Magistrate Court
MOTHIBISTAD for a period of 21 (Twenty-one) days from date of publication.
H P A VENTER Attorney for Executor DUNCAN & ROTHMAN P O BOX 64
KIMBERLEY 8300 Ref: MR TAU/tm/SEK43 /0001
H. MYBURGH
In die boedel van wyle (volle name en van)
HENNING MYBURGH ldentiteitsnommer 350516 5009 080 gebore 1935-05-16 oorlede
2021-12-25 van (laaste adres) GIDDYSTRAAT 15, DOUGLAS boedelnommer
427/2022 Kennis geskied hiermee dat die eerste en finale likwidasie- en distribusierekening (tensy anders vermeld) in bogenoemde boedel ter insae sal lê ten kantore van die Meester van die Hooggeregshof
KIMBERLEY en van die landdros DOUGLAS vir 'n tydperk van een en twintig (21) dae vanaf 26
SEPTEMBER 2025
Naam en adres van eksekuteur of gemagtigde: HERMAN BURGER VAN
HEERDEN P/A VAN HEERDEN FOURIE ATTORNEYS, ARNOTSTRAAT 19, DOUGLAS, 8730
M.A. Setshogela In the Estate of the Late : Mpho Archibolo Setshogela Occupation: Unemployed Date of Death: 2010/06/04 Identity Number: 621031 5758 085, Latest Address: House G. 049 Mapoteng Village New Stands , Kuruman 8460 Estate Number: 1792/2010 ( First, Final. Etc. ): The first and final Liquidation and Distribution account in the above mentioned estate will be open for inspection to all persons with an interest therein or a period of 21 days from Date: 25 September 2025 Place: At the Master of the High Court Kimberley And the Mothibistad Magistrate's Office, Mothibistad SALIM SULLIMAN ATTORNEYS
POSTNET SUITE 81 PRIVATE BAG X 1532
KURUMAN Cnr of JANFISKAAL & TINKTINKIE STREET WRENCHVILLE KURUMAN 8460
M.M. NEL
In the Estate of the Late: MARTHA MARGARETHA
NEL Identity number: 450609 0026 081, Date of Death: 25/05/2023 Last address: 38 Louw Street, Boshof 8340, The FIRST AND FINAL Liquidation and Distribution Account in this estate will be open for inspection for a period of 21 days from 26 September 2025 at the office of the Master of the High Court BLOEMFONTEIN and the Magistrate's Office, BOSHOF. FOR PUBLICATION ON: 26/09/2025
Estate number: 2283/2024
Advertiser Name: Claude Reid Attorneys, Johan Helgard van Schalkwyk 165 St Andrew Street, Bloemfontein 9301 Telephone: 051 447 9881 Email: ina@claudereid.co.za
VEILING 4501 EKSEKUSIE VERKOPING 4500
MR VENTER/im/PAR28 /0001
Rugby cup glory was hard fought and long overdue Griquas hoist Currie Cup once more
HELENA BARNARD
The dramatic moment deep into injury time when George Whitehead, leading point-scorer in the 2025 Currie Cup season, clinched victory for the Griquas, will be etched in memories for a long time to come.
For the Griquas, who last lifted the prestigious Currie Cup 55 years ago in 1970, and who were denied glory in 2022 when the Pumas outmuscled them in the final on home turf, this long-awaited triumph was sweet and well deserved.
On Saturday, 20 September, roared on by thousands of supporters at the Ellis Park Stadium in Johannesburg, the Griquas stunned the Lions with a 27 25 victory to be crowned this year's Currie Cup champions in a heart-stopping finale.
According to griquas.co.za, the Peacock Blues laid down their marker from the opening whistle, signalling their championship intentions with intensity.
The Lions responded with trademark power, punishing errors and edging ahead to 17 - 14 by half-time.
According to griquasrugby.co.za: “The
Diary
24 TOT 28 SEPTEMBER
Die Bloemhofdam Bonanza vind plaas waartydens hengelaars kontantpryse vir die grootste karp en baber kan wen. Lees meer op bloemhofbonanza.com.
4 OCTOBER
second half was a war. Bodies on the line, every breakdown a battle. The Lions scored, we struck back. The scoreboard swung like a pendulum, but Griquas never lost faith. Just minutes from
glory, the Lions snatched the lead back with a late penalty.
“Some fans buried their faces. Some whispered prayers.
“Deep into injury time, with Ellis Park holding its breath, fate delivered one final chance. A deliberate knockdown penalty in the 83rd minute gave Griquas hope.”
It was then that Whitehead stepped up to the tee and split the uprights with a nerveless strike, setting the final score at 27 25.
Since the Lions had demolished the Griquas with a 37 7 thrashing on 6 September during round seven of the Currie Cup season, many pundits predicted this match would be a “one-sided final”, with little doubt about who would be hoisting the trophy.
But the Griquas clearly tore up that script. This match adds a fourth Currie Cup victory to the Griquas’ books, having previously claimed the trophy in 1899, 1911 and 1970.
According to sarugby.co.za, the Griquas’ journey to championship glory reflected months of hard work, tactical precision and the fighting spirit that defines the essence of Carling Currie Cup rugby.
In his message, Mark Alexander, president of SA Rugby, congratulated the Griquas on making history in Johannesburg with a never-say-die attitude that will inspire generations to come.
“Your triumph ends a 55-year wait and is a testament to perseverance, belief and the power of unity,” he remarked.
11 OCTOBER
The Lifestyle Challenge Karoo Trail Run takes place on the Biesiespoort Guest Farm near Loxton. Enter for the
Enter for the Battle of the Bikes race, commencing from Jacobsdal at 08:00. It is open for both professional and hobbyist cyclers. Choose one of two distances - 71km or 37km. Visit Oryx Endurance Event Management on Facebook for more information.
Die algehele wenner en naaswenners in die manskategorie is van links Martin van der Westhuizen (derde, in 4:30:16), Pieter Korkie (eerste, in 4:18:33) en Dusty Day (tweede, in 4:29:59). Saam met hulle is Stefan Roos van Afrisam, ’n borg.
Kalahari roep fietsryers aan
Die 21ste Tour de Ghaap Ultra-bergfietswedren het soos fietsrygeesdriftiges van oor die hele land en verskeie ouderdomsgroepe getrek wat op 13 en 14 September by Ulco meegeding het. Hier het hulle tydens dag een ’n 73km-roete aangepak, en op dag twee ’n 48km-roete. Dié roetes toets onderskeidelik spoed en uithouvermoë, en ook tegniese vaardighede op ’n terrein wat uit hellings, oop pad en voertuigspore bestaan.
Dit word jaarliks deur die Berg-landbouvereniging aangebied. Besoek Tour de Ghaap op Facebook vir meer inligting en die volledige uitslae.
is
5:46:10). Foto’s: Facebook
5km, 9,5km or 24,7km event. Pre-set up tent accommodation is available (write to info@hannelievanzyl.co.za). Enter on entryninja.com
25 OKTOBER
Die Upington Extreme Off-Road Triathlon vind by die Oranjerus-oord by Kanoneiland plaas. Besoek Upington Crusaders Sports Club op Facebook vir meer inligting.
After 55 years, the Griquas are lifting the Currie Cup again. Photo: griquas.co.za
Die wenner in die vroueafdeling
Marisca Steyn (middel, in 5:35:24). By haar is Zanelle Coetsee (links, derde, in 5:58:13) en Colleen Jacobs (tweede, in
