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Local bands stand a chance to win up to R10 000 in the Legacy School of Music’s 2016 Battle of the Bands. Twelve bands will be chosen to compete in the preliminary rounds at the school in Blouberg on Friday 14, 21 and 28 May before the finals on Friday 11 June. V Visit www.legacyschoolofmusic.co.za for more.
Woensdag, 4 Mei 2016
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Uitgewer: TygerBurger word uitgegee deur WP Media en is deel van die Media24-groep Verspreiding: TygerBurger Tyger Valley word elke Woensdag in die volgende gebiede afgelewer: Amanda Glen, Bloemhof, Blommendal, Chantecler, De Bron, Door de Kraal, Eversdal, Glen Ive, East Rock, Hoheizen, Kenridge, Durrbell, Loevenstein, Oakdale, Oude Westhof, Protea Valley, Ridgeworth, Roosendal, Stellenberg, Stellenridge, Stellenryk, Van Riebeeckshof, Welgedacht, Welgemoed Totale verspreiding: 17 399 TygerBurger het 14 verskillende uitgawes vir die volgende gebiede: Bellville, Durbanville, Parow,Goodwood, Brackenfell, Kraaifontein, Kuilsrivier, Milnerton, Table View, De Grendel, Tyger Valley, Eersterivier/Blue Downs, Ravensmead/Belhar en Elsiesrivier. Totale verspreiding: 301 119 Vir enige verspreidingsklagtes skakel 021 910 6500 of e-pos: verspreiding@tygerburger.co.za Kontak ons: Redakteur: Marita Meyer 021 910 6500 nuus@tygerburger.co.za Joernalis: Michelle Linnert 021 910 6551 michelle.linnert@tygerburger.co.za Advertensiebestuurder: Garth Hewitt 021 910 6520 ghewitt@tygerburger.co.za Hoofkoerante advertensies: Bellville bo N1: Marjory Mashonga 021 910 6522 of 084 627 0294 marjory.mashonga@media24.com Geklassifiseerd: 087 740 1091 www.tygerburger.co.za
DiĂŠ nuwe bome is in die LoevensteinÂpark aangeplant. Die buurtwag beoog ’n “oaseâ€? waar bure mekaar kan leer ken, en om die inwoners te inspireer om vars lug te geniet en meer uit hul huise te kom en sodoende die gemeenskapsbande te versterk. “Die plat gedeelte aan die binnekant sal ontwikkel word as ’n piekniekplek met wandelpaadjies rondom die binneste helling van die stroompie, wat hierdie paadjies sal skei,â€? sĂŞ Gert. “ ’n AfgeleĂŤ deel van die park kan ontwikkel word as ’n bergfietsryroete. “Ons glo die toename van inwoner-akti-
Die areas waar die bome aangeplant is, is in groen omkring.
witeit in die park sal die toenemende bevolking van bosslapers in die parke laat afneem.â€? Die idee is dat inwoners ’n bydrae lewer ten opsigte van fase twee se boomplanting, en om sodoende te deel in die “genot daarvan om iets spesiaals te beginâ€?. Gert sĂŞ wat is dan nou meer spesiaal as om oor ’n paar jaar “’n piekniek te geniet onder ’n boom wat deur jou gesin geplant is?â€? Hy sĂŞ volgende stappe sluit ook in dat hulle ’n groter deel van die wyksbegroting
vir 2017 verseker om die omheining van diĂŠ gebied te verbeter en sodoende alle aktiwiteit deur die hoofingang van die park te kanaliseer. “Hierdie is maar die begin van die ontwikkeling, maar met sterk ondersteuning van die inwoners sal Loevenstein die ontwikkeling volbring en sy twee parke terugeis.â€? V Inwoners word aangemoedig om te registreer om hul gratis maandelikse gemeenskapsnuusbrief te ontvang deur die webwerf www.lcw.org.za te besoek.
Dynamite in small package ANDRÉ BAKKES
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hen I first saw this soft-spoken, amenable man in the office, he was chatting to one of my colleagues – Korreksies: about rugby, I think. Volgens die redaksionele beleid van TygerBurger Then he walked over to my table and inverwelkom ons voorstelle en kommentaar oor die troduced himself as Clement. koerant se inhoud en stel ons beduidende foute I knew then that this diminutive man is so gou as moontlik reg. Stuur asb. inligting oor a big deal in Media 24. die regstelling van foute in die koerant aan die He looked at me and said: “Your wife is ombudsman van Media24 se Gemeenskapspers, George Claassen, by having a baby right? When is she due? Do george.claassen@media24.com of skakel you know if you’re having a boy or a girl?� 021 851 3232 of 083 543 2471. Lesers kan ook He seemed genuinely interested... klagtes oor die inhoud by die Persombudsman I was blown away. van Suid-Afrika, mnr. Johan Retief, aanhangig So he went from table to table and enmaak. Skakel in daardie geval gerus 011 484 gaged with every single person on the floor. 3612/8, stuur 'n faks na 011 484 3619 of 'n At that stage I had no idea that the words e-pos na nakhanyim@ombudsman.org.za of of activist Ernestine Rose sums up 30-yearjohan2@ombudsman.org.za old Clement Singh. “Agitate! Agitate! ought to be the motto of every reformer. Agitation is the opposite of stagnation – the one is life, the other death.� www.tygerburger.co.za Clement was recently appointed Media facebook.com/Tygerburger 24 general manager: News South, and is one of the main motivators behind the new twitter.com/tygerburger(@TygerBurger) De Grendel and Tyger Valley TygerBurger youtube.com/tygerburgerweb editions. The word “agitate� has two meanings. issuu.com/tygerburgerweb Clement doesn’t make someone nervous or troubled; quite the opposite, in fact. He imparts absolute calm wherever he goes. What he excels at is to agitate or disrupt stagnation. Before him there was a gap in the market needs. TygerBurger readers in De Grendel leafed through news about Parow and Goodwood and readers in Tyger Valley about happenings in Bellville. “Local papers have a very strong fu-
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Print media, one of the largest business ture,� explains Clement. “The content is hyper-local; relevant to the people out there. sectors in history, is engaged in a losing batThat is what guided our decision. A business tle against digital media. Where some saw this as motivation to run like TygerBurger has such a good resonance in the public, but there is always space to away, Clement ran towards. One of his idols, Richard Branson, once grow. We first looked at our current distribution areas and asked whether the news was said: “My interest in life comes from setting myself huge, apparently relevant to the readers. We unachievable challenges found it was working very and trying to rise above well, but there were opportuthem.� nities to make news even This “apparent unamore relevant.� chievable challenge� is to Clement lives in the new help print media to bridge De Grendel area and knows the digital gap. “The tranthe northern suburbs well sition the media is in at through intensive market the moment, led me here. research projects. As a reYou read about the indussult, change happened. trial revolution and wonSo who is this calm and likder to yourself how people able person that wields so felt who went through it. much power? Who is this We are now in the digital man who walks from one emrevolution and everyployee’s table to another and thing is going online. Noengages in a heartfelt, perone really knows how to sonal conversation with make a business model each and every one? out of this or how it will Clement’s personality even look in the next five lends itself to change, inno- Clement Singh sees a bright years. It’s just so exciting future for the new TygerBurger vation and challenges. PHOTO: CARINA ROUX to be in the midst of where He challenges the general editions. the biggest transformaassumption that the boss tion is happening! History is being made.� must be elevated – almost aloof. For Clement there is no “easy way�. When put on the spot during the interview When he braais, he uses wood. When he and asked to talk about a randomly picked Die Burger journalist, he laughs: “Her name sits at the piano, he doesn’t use sheet music is Danielle. She’s a young journalist who and when he tries to play golf he does so went on a church camp over Easter. To Worc- without a handicap. Clement might not do things the easy way, ester’s side I think.� The PriceWaterhouseCoopers chartered but to date he has been blessed with overaccountant was once audit manager of Media whelmingly positive outcomes. If his relative success in life is anything 24 when he saw the opportunity to become part of one of the greatest revolutions in his- to go by, then the two new editions of TygerBurger will be a roaring success. tory.
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Quilters Guild meets for shopping, meeting The next Good Hope Quilters Guild meeting is on Saturday 7 May at the Northlink College, Rothschild Boulevard, off Plattekloof Road, Panorama (opposite Panorama Clinic). It starts at 09:30 for shopping in the hall with the meeting following at noon. Visitors are welcome at R40 for non-members. V Enquiries to RenÊe de Beyer on 021 531 4429 or 082 663 5640 or go to www.goodhopequilters guild.org.za