GOODWOOD
ROAD ACCIDENT CLAIMS • Very serious injuries • Unable to work in future • Loss of support
R. R. ARRIES ATTORNEYS Ground Floor, Louwville Place, 23 Vrede Street, Bellville (opp SARS)
B u r g e r E-pos: tyger@dieburger.com
Woensdag 14 Maart 2012
021 949 5933 082 823 7383 / 073 200 6616 Tel: 021 910 6500
Faks: 021 910 6501
Binne:
preparations for the summer season • a million visitors • traffic services • metro police • shark blue flag beaches • fire and rescue services • refuse removal • major roadworks update • energ energy-efficient festive lights • green point stadium update • dam levels • electricity usage reporting traffic light faults • free vehicle safety checks • cleanest drinking water • city health Don’t miss your copy of jobs CityNews in this newspaper next week. combating fraud & corruption • no more for buddies • scottsdene innovation gap housin low-cost solarIt’s water heaterwith installations • upgrades to councilfor housing • tips for safe this packed news and information residents andstaying visitors. understanding electricity tariffs • visit the city’s nature reserves • useful contact numbers & a
CITYNEWS
Renosterkruise Mara Louw (bo) en raadslid James Vos pro beer mense in die wyk bewus maak van die vlaag van renosterstropery wat plaasvind in die land. Elke renoster wat gestroop word, verteenwoordig een kruis. Die kruise word op ’n maandelikse basis langs die Bothasig natuurreservaat in Bosmansdamweg opge rig. Lees berig op bladsy 5. Foto: André Bakkes
Lions lend a helping hand
4
Win tickets to Stormers game
8
) Tributes pouring in for wheelchairman
‘He touched lives’ REYANA STEYN
“A loving man who touched the lives of all those around him.” That is how Cornelius Buys, who was killed in a tragic accident in Goodwood, is described by those who knew him. Wheelchair-bound Buys (58) was killed when he was hit on the N7 bridge, as he was making his way to his Kuils River home from Grandwest Casino on Sunday 4 March. He was flung from his motorised
wheelchair and died instantly due to his injuries. The deaf driver of the car that collided into Cornelius was not injured. The family has made arrangements for him to be buried on Saturday and the funeral service to be held at the De Eike Church in Kuils River. Anna-Marie Buys (58), Cornelius’s wife tells TygerBurger that she prefers to remember the legacy which her husband has left behind. “We were married for 39 years and all those years were amazing.
He was a good husband, father, grandfather and community person. He was also an honest, intelligent man who always tried to assist people in need.” With a smile on her face she says she will miss hearing his voice. “‘Marie’, I would hear every half an hour and even now that he is gone, I still hear it. “It’s sad what happened, but it is God’s way. Now that he is gone our family can see the impact he had on the lives of so many people. People from near and far are coming and paying their final respects and say-
ing what he did for them. We even had to find a bigger church to accommodate everyone,” she says. Cornelius was in the police force for 13 years, but a previous car accident in the year 2000 retired him. He was crossing a road when a car hit him and his one leg had to be amputated. “After that accident he had 48 operations altogether. But even after that accident and all the pain he was in, he was still himself and carried on standing up for people and helping them,” says Anna-Marie. . To page 2.
Juanita by Oppieberg
18