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ERMELO - On Thursday morning, 19 November, a group of unknown men walked into the “exact!” clothing store in Ermelo just after the doors were opened for business.

They then allegedly pulled out firearms and ordered staff members to lie down on the floor and remain silent. They reportedly put dozens of new cellphones, starter packs and tablets in big travelling bags and within a few minutes the job was done and the mission was accomplished. They made for the door without harming anyone and climbed into their getaway cars.

Ermelo SAPS received a report and sprang into action. The getaway cars were spotted travelling on the R39 to Standerton. When Standerton SAPS received the information via police radio scanners, they rushed to the stop and go close to Tutuka Power Station and once there, they spotted a silver grey Audi A4 fitting the description of one of the getaway cars. The car was waiting at the control point with two occupants inside. At the same time a white Volkswagen passed the stop sign, travelling at a high speed. Police officers searched the Audi and found three bags full of cellphones in the boot. Two suspects were arrested and taken to Standerton Police Station. In the meantime, other police vehicles gave chase behind the VW on the R23 towards Greylingstad.

Val SAPS also came out to the road in search of the getaway VW. It is reported that the Volkswagen turned onto the gravel road to Elmtree with members of the Police, Kasselman Security Services, AfriForum Neighbourhood Watch as well as surrounding farmers hot on their heels. (Story continues on page 2)

Goods worth thousands recovered

The Audi A4 being searched and the contents confiscated by police during the arrest. Bags containing dozens of cellphones, airtime vouchers and tablets were found in the boot.

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The suspects started shooting at the police behind them, and the police reportedly returned fire. No one was injured during the shoot-out.

The three suspects jumped out of the car into the bushes, but to no avail, as they were soon cornered and arrested. Police searched the car, but could not find anything incriminating in the suspects’ pos-session, including the firearms they used to shoot at the police. They were arrested and taken to Standerton Police Station, while other po-lice officers and farmers remained to search the area. Two bags full of cellphones, starter packs and tablets were later found in the bushes. It is reported that three more suspects, travelling in a Hyundai, are still at large. The Audi was sporting a false North-West number plate during the robbery, but they were soon changed to Gauteng plates. Both cars are from Gauteng.

The five suspects aged 26, 33, 35 and 37, were charged with pos-

session of stolen goods at Standerton Police Station, and face an ad-ditional charge of business robbery. One of the suspects is reportedly out on bail facing charges of armed robbery in Standerton. All five suspects were reportedly from the Gauteng. Reliable sources suspect that the group is operating as a syndicate who supply valuable infor-mation to other criminals. Whenever or wherever a robbery has been carried out, the goods are either delivered to the business the same day or just the previous day.

“This is indeed a successful breakthrough,” one officer said. Lieu-tenant Nhlabati confirmed that the value of the recovered goods is estimated at thousands of rands. The two cars were confiscated by police while the suspects were due to appear in Standerton Magis-trate’s Court on Friday, 20 November. An investigation is underway. DM / JD

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Standerton SAPS members with some of the recovered loot. Two more bags with cellphones and tablets were found in bushes were the suspects threw them away shortly after the action took place.

SANCO leaders face court case

Mr Nicholas Selepe, addressing the masses, during a protest against the installation of smart meters on 19 October.

STANDERTON - The war seems far from over between SANCO leadership and Lekwa Local Municipality’s head honchos. This is confirmed by a looming court case against Messrs Nicholas Selepe and Tebello Selepe who both received a summons from the High Court of South Africa’s Gauteng Division. The pair is facing a contempt of court charge scheduled for 14 December.

The two leaders of the South African National Civic Organiza-tion – Lekwa Zone are third and fourth respondents respectively, as Lekwa Local Municipality is an applicant. The matter stems from an urgent court application instituted by Lekwa Local Mu-nicipality through their legal representative to interdict and re-strain respondents from proceeding with their planned protest on Monday, 19 October, within the applicant‘s jurisdiction. The re-spondents were interdicted and restrained from inciting members of the public to remove the applicant’s smart meters which have been installed at various locations within municipal jurisdiction.

According to the draft order, the application was received by the court’s registrar on Sunday 18, October and subsequently the draft application was scheduled to be heard by the presiding judge at 14:00 on the same day for a decision. It is alleged that the matter was eventually heard by the judge at 16:00. In the meantime Lekwa Local Municipality served a draft application order to the respondents earlier at 10:00 and 10:45 respectively on Sunday, 18 October. The court order landed on the court reg-istrar’s desk on Monday, 19 October. It was then forwarded to the Sheriff in Standerton to be served to the respondents as a court order. Despite all these efforts, the protest march proceeded as planned anyway.

In his response to the contempt of court case against them, Mr Nicholas Selepe said: “We were served with a draft order ap-plication by the municipality on Sunday morning, 18 October, before the judge presided on the application at 16:00; we were fooled to believe that it was an order. We scrutinized the draft application through the legal aspects and we were convinced that the draft application has no bearing to stop the protest march until the court has made the application an order. We therefore waited to be served with the court order that we were prepared to re-spect. It did not arrive until Monday morning, 19 October, and we proceeded with the march. We were served with a court inter-dict on Tuesday, 20 October at 15:00 after the march had already taken place. We are going to oppose the case against us.” DM

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STANDERTON - AfriForum het op 16 November ŉ skrywe van die Departement van Waterwese en Sanitasie in Mpumalanga ontvang waarin die departement bevestig dat hulle op 2 Oktober, Ludonga Konstruksie aangestel het om die vyf rioolpompstasies wat in Standerton buite werking is te herstel. Die probleempompstasies is die Vaalrivier-pompstasie, Mullerstraat-pompstasie, Taljaard-pompstasie, Rooikoppen-pompstasie 1 en Rooikoppen-pompstasie 2.

Dié verwikkeling kom na aanleiding van volgehoue druk deur en onderhandelinge tussen AfriForum en die DWS. AfriForum het die DWS in Oktober formeel op terme geplaas en hulle in kennis gestel van voorgenome regstappe, omdat die pompstasies rou riool in die Vaal-rivier stort en die Vaaldam besoedel.

“Die DWS het bevestig dat al vyf die rioolpompsta-

sies teen 11 Desember 2015 in ŉ werkende toestand sal wees om die voortslepende rioolstorting in die Vaalrivier te staak,” het Hein Gonzales, AfriForum se provinsiale koördineerder vir Mpumalanga, gesê.

“AfriForum is dankbaar dat die DWS die oorsaak van die rioolbesoedeling identifiseer het en gaan oplos, en ons wil die DWS komplimenteer vir hul optrede.

Hierdie is die begin van ŉ goeie samewerkende ver-houding tussen ons en die departement. Die mense wat stroomaf bly en die rivierwater elke dag gebruik gaan di-rek uit die departement se ingryping voordeel trek.”

Die DWS het AfriForum genooi om gereeld saam met hulle die pompstasies te inspekteer om die vordering van die herstelwerk te monitor.

Raak betrokke by jou plaaslike AfriForum-tak en help jou dorp verbeter. SMS “Byl” na 45350 (R1). JD

SAKHILE- The family of a 22-year-old wo-man in Extension Six is still in shock after she was shot by her ex-boyfriend on Saturday night at approximately 22:00.

According to a statement given to the police by the grandmother of the deceased, the wom-an was sleeping in her shack outside the fam-ily’s RDP house when the suspect arrived. He allegedly demanded that she open the door for him to go inside. The two then allegedly had a heated argument because she did not want him to come inside.

The ex-boyfriend then reportedly tried to break the steel door in order to force his way in. After failing to break the door, the suspect allegedly pulled out a gun and fired two shots at the woman. One bullet hit her in the chest and the second in the head. She collapsed and died instantly. When neigbours and the grand-mother heard the gunshots, they came out to

investigate. The suspect was seen fleeing the scene on foot.

Lieutenant Nhlabathi confirmed that the SAPS and paramedics arrived on the scene and police had to break the steel door to reach the victim. She was declared as deceased by para-medics and her body was taken to the mortu-ary. A case of murder was opened for investi-gation while the suspect is still at large.

According to the police, the suspect is a Zimbabwean national who is wanted for the murder of a woman who was found floating in the river with a knife still in her body in 2014. Lieutenant Nhlabathi told the media that the suspect is using a false identity document and is known as Sello Maphosa.

Members of the community are advised not to confront him as he is armed and highly dan-gerous. If spotted, people must report him to their nearest police station. DM

Rioolstrydbyl in Standerton word begraweDie rioolstrydbyl tussen AfriForum en die Departement van Waterwese en Sanitasie is begrawe. Dit volg nadat die departement aangekondig het dat vyf probleempompstasies in Standerton teen 11 Desember herstel sal wees. Hier is Hein Gonzales en Hillel Coetzer by rioolmangate wat oorloop in die straat.

Woman shot dead by ex-boyfriend

SAKHILE - Members of the K9 Unit received information about a person dealing in drugs. They went to the address given and upon arrival found an adult man who, gave the police permis-sion to search his house and his person. The suspect later took them to an open veld where more dagga was hidden under a rock.

The suspect also had Mandrax tablets in his trouser pocket. The

Drug dealer bustedpolice confiscated 30.6 g of Mandrax and 501.1 g of dagga, as well as R729.60 in cash. The street value of the confiscated drugs was estimated at R1 190. The suspect was ar-rested and a case of drug dealing was opened against him. JD


Kersfees kom, Kersfees kom... Standerton se NG-Wesgemeente nooi almal uit om eerskomende Sondagaand (29 November) deel te hê in ‘n spesiale Kersgeleentheid wat by Hoërskool Stander-ton se rugbyveld gehou gaan word. Daar gaan heerlik by kerslig saamgesing word tot eer aan die Here wat vir ons gebore is. Die geleentheid sal om 19:00 afskop en daar sal programme met li rieke teen R10 by die hek te koop wees. ‘n Sagte kollekte sal ook ten bate van liefdadigheid opgeneem word. Diegene wat die geleentheid bywoon word vriendelik versoek om kerse in 2-literbottels saam te bring sodat die Kerssang in ‘n nostalgiese atmosfeer uit volle bors gesing kan word.

For by the death He died, He died to sin [ending His relation to it] once for all; and the life that He lives, He is living to God [in unbroken fellowship with Him]. Even so consider yourselves also dead to sin and your relation to it broken, but alive to God [living in unbroken fellowship with Him] in Christ Jesus.

(Romans 6:10-11)The devil delights in reminding us daily of all our mistakes from the past. One morning I was spending my time with the Lord, thinking about all the areas in which I had failed, when the Lord spoke to my heart: “Are you going to practise fellowship with Me or with your problems?” It is our fellowship with God that helps and strengthens us to overcome our problems. Our relationship and fellowship is to be with God, not with our sins.

How much do you practise fellowship with your sins, failures, and weaknesses? Whatever amount of time it is, it is time wasted. When you sin, admit it, ask for forgiveness, and then continue your fellowship with God. We are alive to God, living in unbroken fellowship with Him. Don’t let your sins come between you and the Lord. Even when you sin, God still wants to spend time with you, hear and answer your prayers, and help you with all of your needs. He wants you to run to Him, not away from Him!

Lord, I want to live in unbroken fellowship with You. I consider my relationship with sin to have been broken on the cross and behind me. Amen.

Angry community members gathered near Sakhile Sta-dium and marched to the Lekwa Municipal offices on 19 October, in protest against the installation of smart meters.

The Police kept a close eye on the protestors as they escorted them to the main municipal building.

No one from the municipality accepted the memoran-dum and as a result they decided to submit it to the records department in the municipality.

The ratepayers and taxpayers are asking about the Mu-nicipal Manager, Mr Linda Dhlamini’s inappropriate un-availability to accept the memorandum on the day.

Ostracizing the Mayor now, may not be such a good idea as he inconveniently had to tour to Morgenzon on the day of the march. A confrontation between members of

the SANCO and the ANC occurred at the Sakhile netball court on 3 November. Two people from SANCO and four from the ANC sustained injuries. There were no police officers at the meeting. What are ultra-leftists, factional-ists, racists and right-wingers?

Our government must consist of strong people who are anti-racial. Whenever there is a fight between black and white people, it is racism.

When it is black against black, it is ultra-leftists. When others are not satisfied with something they are factional-ists. Only right-wingers exist in South Africa. If you are fighting with someone, expect a cheap political shot and nasty words, regardless of skin colour. Cedric “Jomo” Dhlamini

Reverend Neil Vels, of the Methodist Church, will be leaving Standerton shortly. His last sermon will be on 29 November. Reverend Vels will be relocating to Milnerton in Cape Town, where he will deliver his introductory sermon, according to tradition, on 25 December. Reverend Vels will also be tying the knot and settling down with Lynn Mildenhall. The community of Standerton and the Methodist congregation wishes him all the best in this new and exciting mission.

Run to Him Cheap political shots

Kersliedere by Kerslig

Farewell and adieu


NASIONAAL - Die Departement van Arbeid het bekend gemaak dat die minimumloon vir huiswerkers vanaf 1 Desember met onderskeidelik 8% in stedelike gebiede en 10% in plattelandse gebied styg. Verskillende minimumlone geld vir huiswerkers in groot stede en in plattelandse gebiede. Daar is ook verskillende minimumlone vir werkers wat minder as 27 uur per week werk. Die minimumloon vir mense in diens van privaathuishoudings, soos huishulpe en tuiniers. Dit sluit egter skoonmakers en ander personeellede van gastehuise uit omdat hulle onder die minimumloon vir die gasvryheidsektor gedek word. ‘n Stedelike huiswerker wat meer as 27 uur per week werk, moet ‘n uurlikse vergoeding van nie minder nie as R11.44 verdien, teenoor vanjaar se vergoeding van R10.59 per uur. ‘n Stedelike werknemer wat minder as 27 uur per week werk, mag nie minder as R13.39 per uur verdien nie. Die weeklikse minimum vergoeding vir stedelike huiswerkers styg vanaf 1 Desember van die huidige R476.68 tot R514.82, terwyl die maandelikse vergoeding van R2 065.47 tot R2 230.70 toeneem. In plattelandse gebiede styg die nuwe uurlikse loon van 1 Desember van R9.30 tot R10.23 vir werkers wat meer as 27 uur per week werk. Plattelandse werkers wat minder as 27 ure per week werk, moet voortaan teen ‘n uurlikse koers van R12.07 betaal word. Die weeklikse vergoeding styg van R418.32 tot R460.15 terwyl die maandelikse loon van R1 812.57 tot R1 993.82 verhoog word. (Vida Booysen, Beeld, 18 November 2015) JD

STANDERTON- A hole dug by Lekwa Local Municipality’s Department of Water and Sanitation three months ago remains open and might swallow anyone who should accidentally fall into it. A 5 m deep hole in Beyers Naudé Street is not cordoned off to warn passing pedestrians. Concerned residents called police to the gaping hole, and the police in turn called Cosmos News to highlight the threat the open hole poses to pedestrians. Municipal Manager, Mr Linda Tshabalala, promised to follow up with the relevant head of the department in order for the matter to be resolved. DM

The body of a 25-year-old man was recovered by divers from the High- and Lowveld with the assistance of the K9 Search and Rescue Unit of Middelburg. The person drowned on private land, next to Kriel Power Station, in a dam of which the water level is managed by Eskom.

Man drowns in farm dam

Open hole poses threat

Workers of Lekwa Local Municipality dug a hole several months ago, but nothing has been done to cover it again. The hole poses a threat to pedestrians.

Minimumlone styg op 1 Desember

Stedelike huis-hulpe en tuiniers se minimumloon moet vanaf 1 De-sember met 8% opwaarts aange-pas word, terwyl plattelandse mini-mumlone met 10% aangepas moet word. Dit volg na ‘n aankondiging deur die Departe-ment van Arbeid.


SAKHILE - It was one of those busy Friday evenings and customers were in and out for last minute shopping at a tuck shop in Exten-sion Six on Friday, 13 November. Mere min-utes before the store closed, two unknown men walked into the shop pretending to be potential customers. Nobody, aside from the shop assistant and the pretend customers, were inside the tuck shop.

One of the suspects asked to buy airtime and when the shop-assistant turned around to serve him, he felt a fire-arm against his neck and was ordered to keep quiet. The suspects then closed the door and switched off the lights.

The suspects proceeded to tie his hands and feet. They then allegedly helped themselves to airtime vouchers to the value of R700 and

emptied R1 200 from the cash register.It is reported that they turned the place up-

side-down before they fled the scene. The vic-tim struggled to free himself from his bonds and he called the neighbours for assistance, but they were too late and the culprits had al-ready vanished into the night. The shop as-sistant was unharmed.

Lieutenant Johannes Nhlabathi said that the incident was only reported the follow-ing morning. A case of business robbery was opened for investigation.

No arrests have been made thus far. Police are warning all tuck shop operators to close up as early as possible and avoid opening too early as criminals are mostly active at open-ing and closing times. DM

STANDERTON - With hundreds of keen anglers attending the Khan’s angling clinic on Saturday, 21 November, and all the tips and tricks of the trade revealed by well-known anglers, the fish should start trembling.

The crowd peppered Loutjie Louwies, four times world champion, with questions regarding the do’s and dont’s of freshwater angling, whether it be normal fishing or

specimen fishing and he was all too keen to share his knowledge. Pierre Jacobs, Jannie Stadler, Ikraam Jooma and Ridwaan Docrat were also on hand to assist anglers in making an educated choice while stocking up on angling equipment.

Zahid Khan, owner of Khan’s Angling and Cycling in Standerton, wishes to extend his heartfelt gratitude to all who attended the clinic and for their loyal support. JD

Shop assistant held at gun point Khan’s tackles angling clinic

In the back, from left to right, are Pierre Jacobs, Ikraam Jooma and Jannie Stadler. In front is Loutjie Louwies (four times world champion and presenter of the TV program, Vaskap) and Zahid Khan, owner of Khan’s Angling and Cycling.

If you are driving at night and suddenly get a puncture, drive on to the nearest place of safety before stopping to change the tyre. This is a method being used by thieves to force you to stop so that they can either rob you or hijack you once you are parked and outside your vehicle. Remember that this is just one of many ways in which thieves force you to stop. You must remain vigilant. (Information provided by Sibanye Gold Protection Services in the interest of proactive fraud and theft preventative measures).

Sudden puncture - do not stop

ERMELO - ‘n Radar van die Suid-Afrikaanse Weerdiens wat hulle in staat stel om geteikende weerwaarskuwings uit te reik, was dié week midde-in ‘n erge haelstorm afgeskakel omdat dié diens se kragrekening nie betaal is nie.

Weervoorspellers kon nie die Ermelo-radar gebruik toe ‘n haelstorm groot skade in dele van Mpumalanga, Limpopo en Gauteng aangerig het nie.

Een van die weervoorspellers het gesê dat dit bitter moeilik is om akkurate weer-voorspellings te gee as jy nie kan sien nie.

Dr Ziyanda Majokweni, hoofbestuurder van korporatiewe aangeleenthede van die weerdiens, sê hulle ondersoek die voor-val. Volgens haar is die radar egter nie die enigste instrument wat gebruik word om die weeraktiwiteit tydens storms te moni-tor nie.

“Daar is verskeie ander instrumente wat saam met, of alternatiewelik, vir die radar-netwerk gebruik word,” sê sy verder. Sy het haar egter nie uitgelaat oor die Eskom-rekening wat nie betaal is nie. (Sonja Carstens) JD

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AB Wendys. Pallet-wood wendys, knotty pine & log cabin hou-ses for sale. Each room comes with door, win-dow, zinc roof and wooden floor. Waz oil treated. Prices for pallet wood wendys 2 m x 2 m - R3 000. 3 m x 3 m - R3 500. 3 m x 4 m - R4 200. 3 m x 6 m - R6 500. For more information phone Erick 073 650 0108.

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Sharky’s Seafood. Big variety of seafood available. Special on smoked snoek (only while stocks last). C a l a m a r i r i n g s , c a l a m a r i s t e a k , haddock, wide selec-tion of hake, mus-sel meat, salmon, soles, smoked tuna, braai snoek and more. Visit us at 45 A Beyers Naudé, Standerton. (Cosmos News pre-mises).

DIENSTESERVICES

A B C D r i v i n g School . Specia l i -sing in code 8, 10, 14. Pre-employment assesment for em-ployment purposes. All areas. Phone 082 939 8136 / 082 260 3093.

________________AM Cooling her-stel en installeer van: Yskaste, vrieskaste, koelkamers, vries-kamers, lugreëlaars, industriële wasma-sjiene, tuimeldroërs, en skottelgoedwas-masjiene. Verkoop ys - troues en partytjies. Skakel Martin 081 529 7150 Susan 082 052 3348.

________________M r. S o u n d f o r all your car sound, DSTV and home theatre installations, including TV and radio repairs. Shop 1, Toristo Centre, Beyers Naudé St , Standerton, 017 712 3642 or 082 799 4276.

________________Is u veilig? Ska-kel Mac 083 363 9044 vir diefwering, ve i l igheidshekke , Spaanse rootyster, 10 mm en 12 mm ge-draaide vierkantyster en algemene klein werkies.

________________Davy’s plumbing & Bathroom renova-tion. Plumbing, new i n s t a l l a t i o n a n d m a i n t e n a n c e . Garden sprinklers and water pumps. Ge-neral building ren-o v a t i o n a n d t i l -l i n g . P h o n e D a v i d 0 8 3 3 8 1 8 4 5 8 / 0 1 7 7 1 2 2131.

________________Painting and wa-terproofing. House and roof painting. G u t t e r s , F a s -c i a b o a r d s a n d palisades. We also repair roofs. Free quotations. Profes-sionals with excel-lent service. Phone Bernard on 084 732 3319 or visit us at Boeremeule opposite Afgri.

BATTERYEBATTERIES

American Batte-ries. Pryse 628 - R650, 646 - R745, 652-R860, 674 - R1 090. Nr 1 battery in Suid- Afrika. Kroghstraat 24, Standerton. Ska-kel 079 200 3371 of Malcolm 082 533 2179 vir meer in-ligting.

TE KOOPFOR SALE

Greyhound puppies for sale ± 8 weeks. Parents very good hunters, 5 males & 1 female. R 1 000. Phone 079 018 4145.

TE HUURTO LET

Te Huur. Pragtige 7 slaapkamer woning met 3 badkamers, 3 leefareas met nuwe teëlvloere, op ŉ plaas tussen Greylingstad en Balfour, omtrent 10 km van Greylingstad. Ideaal vir ŉ woonhuis vir ŉ groot gesin of ŉ gastehuis. Prys onge-meubileerd R7 500 per maand of R 15 000 per maand gemeu-bileerd met basiese meubels. Water is in-gesluit maar nie krag nie. (Krag deposito beloop R11 000 en deposito vir huis is selfde as maandelikse huur). Beskikbaar vanaf 1 Januarie 2016, kredietwaardigheid is ŉ voorvereiste. E-pos [email protected] of stuur sms na 0824906274.

Netjiese 2 slaapka-mer woonstel te huur in Meyerville met motor afdak, Dade-l ik beskikbaar @ R3600.00. Vooraf-betaalde kragboks beskikbaar. Water rekening uitgeslu-it. Netjiese, veilige omgewing. Nie geskik vir kinders en diere nie. Deposito R2000. Skakel 072 374 8647.

1 Slaapkamer woon-stel, 3 km op Bethal- pad vanaf Standerton. R2 000 per maand water en elektrisi-teit ingesluit. Skakel Theunis van der Mer-we 072 415 1545.

_______________Enkelwoonstel te huur, R2 000 pm, in Coligny straat, S tander ton . Nie -rokers kry voorkeur. Skakel Dina 076 642 6417.

SPORT

Judo klasse. Maan-dae en Woensdae 18:00 - 19:00. NG We s S t a n d e r t o n kerksaal, h/v Charl Cilliers- & Kruger-straat. Skakel Harold vir meer inligting 082 040 8156.

BOERDERYFARMING

Die P laasmeu le . 50kg heel mielies R190. 50kg ‘Crushed’ R 2 1 0 e n 2 0 k g ‘ C r u s h e d ’ R 1 0 0 . 20kg sorghum R75 en 50kg sorghum R170. Sojabone teen R140 per 20kg. Sonneblom teen R150 per 20kg. Kantoor ure: Maandae tot Saterdae vanaf 1 4 : 0 0 t o t 1 8 : 3 0 . S k a k e l 0 8 2 3 0 1 2518.

DIENSTESERVICES

Afdakke / Carports. Any shape or size. All material A - Grade SABS. Quality work-manship with 18 years experience. For a no-obligation quote call 079 6275031.

________________B re n l e y R e k e n -m e e s t e r s . R h o d a Schoonbee (B-Compt CFA, Professional A c c o u n t a n t ) . 1 7 Years comprehensive experience, CIPC annual returns, com-pany registrations, financial planning and risk management, income tax, month-ly/annual financial statements, tax con-sultancy and com-p l i a n c e ( S A R S ) , V A T , P A Y E , UIF, wil ls , estate p l a n n i n g a n d adminis t ra t ion of d e c e a s e d e s t a t e s and other services. P h o n e : 0 8 4 7 7 7 1723 or e-mail: rho-da99@gmail .com.

WENDY HUISEWENDY HOUSES

AB City Wendys/ Huts. Quality Wen-dys. 2 x 2, 3 x 3, 3 x 4, 3 x 6, 4 x 4. Big sizes available. Pallet wood, Knotty pine, log cabins and steel huts. We also shift Wendys. Phone Johannes 078 465 9357.

AAA Louvra Wen-dys. Factory qua-l i ty t rea ted Wen-dys against termites and is waterproof. 2m x 2m - R2 800, 3m x 3m - R3 700, 3m x 4m - R4 300. Free delivery and i n s t a l l a t i o n i n Standerton. 5 years guarantee . Phone Mike 072 329 5842.

AAA Alpha Wen-dys. Quality Wendys, proffessionally done. Treated for termites and waterproof. We do all types of wood. F r e e d e l i v e r y a n d i n s t a l l a t i o n . Pallet wood price: 3 m x 3 m - R3 700, 3 m x 4 m - R4 400, 2 m x 2 m - R3 200. Nick 072 410 3547.



On Friday, 20 November, MBT Petroleum Charl Cilliers was a hive of activity when the team from kykNET’s ‘Ontbytsake’ filmed an insert of the new filling station. Suppliers handed out samples of their products and everyone who supported MBT Charl Cilliers received free boerewors rolls. Members of the public can still enter the lucky draw by placing the tax-invoice of their purchase into a box at the cashier. Five hampers are up for grabs and the competition ends on 4 December.

kykNET visits MBT Petroleum

NASIONAAL - Volgens Vida Booysen, staal die plaaslike hoenderbedryf hom vir ‘n jaar waarin ‘n paar van sy stertvere gepluk gaan word.

Die bedreiging van ‘n erge droogte na dié kleinste mielieoes in jare kan die koste van hoendervoer skerp laat styg, terwyl goed-koop ingevoerde hoender winsmarges en verkoopvolumes onder druk sal sit.

Die waarskuwing kom van Chris Schutte, uitvoerende hoof van die pluimvee- en voer-produsent, Astral Foods.

Hoenderinvoer uit die Europese Unie (EU) het die afgelope maande tot rekordvlakke van 8,6 miljoen hoenders per maand gestyg, ondanks die ongunstige wisselkoers wat EU-hoen der duurder as gewoonlik maak, asook die teenstortingstariewe wat op hoender uit lande soos Nederland en Brittanje gehef is.

Schutte waarsku dat die impak van die toegewing wat die plaaslike pluimveebedryf gedoen het om sy mark oop te stel vir 65 000 ton hoender sonder teenstortingstarief uit die VSA, sal veral kleiner binnelandse hoender-produsente seermaak. JD

Hoenderbedryf se stertvere gepluk


Pype in die industriële gebied wat al vir maande drinkbare water lek is Maandag, 23 November, deur AfriForum herstel. ‘n Privaatkontrakteur is deur AfriForum aan-gestel om die lekkende pype te herstel en volgens mnr Hilell Coetzer is dit maar 25 mm pype en kon dit al lankal herstel of ver-vang geword het.

SAKHILE - Residents of Ward 5 in Sakhile are fed up with the lack of service delivery. They decided to repair a portion of a gravel road in the residential area and funded the gravel and other materials from their own pockets.

According to the spokesperson of this group, many complaints were made about the condition of access routes, but neither the mu-nicipality nor the ward counsel-lor could give them feedback on when maintenance, if any, could take place. JD

This tent was erected over Dannhauzer Street in Meyerville over the past weekend and led to several complaints and inquiries. Tents erected over portions, or the whole driving surface of roads, are allowed. However, the necessary permission must be obtained from the local municipality as well as the neighbours and must be available on request.

Tent over roadSTANDERTON - Several complaints were received from readers complaining about the erection of tents across streets for functions. After investigating the matter, further evidence was given that this specific incident had the necessary permissions issued and was able to close the

road. According to the Traffic Department, people who want to close a certain portion of a road, for whatever reason, must apply for permission at least two weeks in advance. Permission must also be obtained from all neighbours and it must accompany the application. JD

A group of residents from Ward 5 in Sakhile took it upon themselves to repair the gravel road that gives them access to their properties. According to them nothing is being done by the ward counsellor or the municipality to maintain these roads.

Residents repair road Waterlek word herstel

SAKHILE - Several assault cases with the intention to inflict grievous bodily harm were opened at Sakhile Police Station over the last couple of days. On Monday, 9 November, two members of the public were arrested on assault charges after they were identi-fied by their two victims. The assault presumably stems from the two victims who allegedly stole a Ford Bantam bakkie and mem-bers of the public arrested them. The victims were severely assault-ed with hosepipes and belts and nobody wanted to point out the attackers. When asked, the victims pointed to the two suspects who claim that they are innocent and that the victims were assaulted by community members. Both victims were admitted to Standerton Hospital for treatment of their injuries.

In another instance, a woman and her boyfriend went to visit another man on 7 November. As the three were having drinks, the woman accidently pushed an ashtray over the edge of a table, and the ashtray broke. The woman and her boyfriend thereafter decided to leave the house, but they were followed by the third man who struck the woman with a chain on her head. She lost consciousness, but was later accompanied by her boyfriend to the police station to open a case of assault. Several other cases are also under investigation and include a son who assaulted his father with a spade, a mother who assaulted the father of her child and a man that struck his friend with a rock against the head. In most cases alcohol were involved and the Police urge community members to be more responsible. JD

Beatings rain down




STANDERTON - Nege-en-veertig pedagoë van die Gert Sibande-streek het mekaar Vrydagmiddag, 6 November, die stryd op Standerton se gholfbaan aangesê.

Die onderwysers hou elke kwartaal só ‘n gholfkompetisie, en hierdie keer was dit Standerton se beurt. Mnr Christo Strydom, van Hoërskool George Hofmeyr het die

reëlings behartig en het sy tevredenheid met die dag se verrigtinge en uitslae uitgespreek.

Laerskool Kalie de Haas tree as algehele wenners uit die stryd, met MJ Adendorff van Laerskool Goedehoop in Secunda wat die beste netto vir die dag aanteken. Pieter Bakker van Kalie de Haas teken die beste bruto vir die dag aan. JD

Tydens die Kosmostak van die Suid-Afrikaanse Jagtersvereniging se jaarlikse prysuitdeling wat Saterdag, 21 November, plaasgevind het, is skuts beloon vir hul harde werk en opofferings gedurende die afgelope jaar. Tydens die nasionale kampioenskap wat onlangs aangebied is, eindig die span van Christo Bailey, Jako Steenkamp, Stoffel Bester, JC Schoeman en Jaco Booysen algeheel in die agtiende posisie. Dertig spanne van regoor Suid-Afrika het aan hierdie kampioenskap deelgeneem. Spesiale dank is ook aan De La Rey Tonkin van Quantum Energy en Pierre le Grange van TWK Standerton uitgespreek vir hul ruimhartige borgskap.

SA-Jagters word vereer

Onnies swaai die stokke teen stres

Die Gert Sibande-streek se onderwysers het mekaar Vrydag, 6 November, die stryd op Standerton se gholfbaan aangesê. Laerskool Kalie de Haas stap na afloop van die kompetisie met die skoletrofee weg. Van links na regs is Jaco Kriel, kaptein van die Leeus rugbyspan, Pieter Bakker en Chrizelle Strydom van Laerskool Kalie de Haas, en Christo Strydom, organiseerder.

Standerton Akademie se leerlinge is Woensdag, 4 November, met verskeie toekennings vir hul bydrae op die gebied van sport, akademie en kultuur tydens die skool se prysuitdeling vereer. Behalwe vir die leerlingraad wat vir die eerste keer in die skool se bestaan bekendgestel is, is die gesogte trofeë vir sportmeisie en -seun vanjaar aan Nina Pretorius en Daniël Roberts toegeken.

Akademie-twee glimlag van oor tot oor


STANDERTON - Dít was hoofafrigter, Hendrik Coetzee, se woorde aan Standerton DeKalb Rugbyklub se spelers tydens die klub se jaareindfunksie wat Vrydagaand, 20 November, by die Eskomsaal in Florapark gehou is. Die funksie het spelers, afrigters, komiteelede, ondersteuners en borge vir een laaste opskop bymekaargebring en die jaar op ‘n hoë noot afgesluit.

Die klubvoorsitter, Jaco Niemann, het verduidelik dat die klub ‘n nie-winsgewende bedryf is wat op die ondersteuning van die gemeenskap en hul borge vir vooruitgang staatmaak. Hy het die hoofborg van die afgelope paar jaar, DeKalb, vir hul getroue ondersteuning bedank en ‘n splinternuwe borg aan die klub bekendgestel – Eastvaal Motors van die GM Motorgroep in Suid-Afrika.

Die plaaslike verteenwoordigers van die twee borge, Christiaan Steenekamp (Eastvaal Motors) en Louis Bibbey (DeKalb) het die funksie bygewoon en met trots gestraal toe die wisseltrofeetoekennings aan die beste spelers en getroue komiteelede en klubondersteuners oorhandig is.

Die volgende persone het almal pryse ontvang: Riaan Badenhorst (mees gedissiplineerde speler), Chantelle Pienaar (lojaalste klublid), Danny Myburgh (beste

vordering getoon deur die jaar, beste juniorspeler en agterspeler van die jaar), Leon Crawford (veelsydigste speler), Ben Vorster (beste klubondersteuner), Hendrik Coetzee Junior (meeste drieë gedruk deur ‘n agterspeler), Rihan Adendorff (meeste drieë gedruk deur ‘n voorspeler en meeste drieë gedruk deur ‘n speler in die algemeen), Michael Kruger (voorspeler van die jaar) en Michael van Vuren (speler van die jaar).

Die klub se hoofafrigter, Hendrik Coetzee, het na die prysuitdeling laat hoor dat dit vir hom ‘n gróót eer was om verlede jaar saam met die spelers by die klub te begin. “Ons het vanjaar by die superliga begin en hulle het my nie teleurgestel nie. Ons respekteer mekaar.”

Standerton DeKalb Rugbyklub nooi die gemeenskap uit om hul algemene jaarvergadering by te woon wat Woensdagaand, 25 November, by Standerton Gholfklub gehou gaan word.

‘n Splinternuwe komitee sal vir die 2016-seisoen verkies word en die klub wil soveel as moontlik van die gemeenskap se insette hê. Jakes Coetzee, Duncan Joubert en Ben Vorster is beskikbaar by 071 120 5918, 071 678 6020 en 083 650 3465, onderskeidelik, vir enige navrae. DK

Standerton Posduifklub het nóg ‘n suksesvolle vliegseisoen met ‘n spoggerige jaareindfunksie en prysuitdeling op 13 November afgesluit. David van der Linde is as algehele kampioen vir die seisoen aangewys, terwyl Ben Steyn en John Vienings in die tweede- en derdeplek, kort op sy hakke is. Marius Esterhuizen is as die jaar-oudkampioen van 2015 bekroon, terwyl Norden Lombard as die ope-kampioen pronk. Norden se hokke is as die beste algehele-, ope- en jaar-oud duiwe bekroon, terwyl Ben Steyn die prys vir die lid wat met die meeste plekke weggevlieg het, opgeraap het. Hier is David van der Linde, die klubkampioen van 2015, met sy trofeë.

“Julle jongklomp is ysters!”

‘n Uitklophou vir Van der Linde

Michael van Vuren is die afgelope naweek tydens Standerton DeKalb Rugbyklub se jaareindfunksie as speler van die jaar aangewys. Hoofafrigter, Henrik Coetzee, het gesê dat Van Vuuren, die klub en spelers bymekaar gehou het. Links van Michael is Dewald Nortjé en regs is ‘n trotse Coetzee.


PRETORIA - The Theo van Wyk Auditorium at UNISA was packed with sculpted and adrenalin-filled bodies as the 2015 WFF (World Fitness Federation) World Championships was held there for the first time in South Africa on Saturday, 7 November. Eighteen countries took part in this event to prove who the ultimate bodybuilding champion is. Partici-pants came from as far as Korea, France, Sweden, the USA, Iran, Australia, and Uganda.

Participants were judged according to the following crite-ria: overall physique, physical conditioning, degree of muscle development, symmetry (proportion) as well as separation

(definition) often referred to as being ‘ripped’ or ‘shredded’. The event consists of 26 categories in which contestants could compete.

Ivann van Wyk from Standerton was one of the South Afri-cans who took part in this global event. He wowed the crowd with is Magic Mike routine which was performed in his indi-vidual Free Posing Round. Van Wyk participated in the Clas-sic Bodybuilding Performance category where he received a place in the top 10.

Van Wyk was invited to take part in the 2015 WFF World Championships after receiving his South African National

Amateur Body-Builder’s Association (NABBA) colours on 10 October at the iSibaya Casino in Durban. He has only been competing as a serious bodybuilder for three years. He started to follow a strict eating plan and increased his time in the gymnasium from June of this year in order to compete in these events. Forty years ago, in 1975, Mr Olympia took place on the same podium as the WFF 2015 World Championships this year. Famous athletes, such as Franco Columbu, Ed Cro-ny and Frank Zane took part in Mr Olympia and the ultimate winner was Arnold Schwarzenegger who walked away with the overall title. CG

Local lad flexes muscles in global championship

Ivann van Wyk (in blue) competed in the 2015 WFF (World Fitness Federation) World Championships on 7 November. He participated in the Classic Bodybuilding Performance category where he received a place in the top 10.

Limousine behaal goeie prys

Tydens Vrydag, 13 November, se weeklikse vee-veiling, is ‘n limousine-os verkoop vir die mooi bedrag van R22 000. Dié os het die skaal laat kreun onder sy 1035 kg. Henbase-boerdery van Morgenzon was die verkoper en die koper was van Beginsel-boerdery naby Volksrust. PM Swart van CMW was die afslaer. Hier verskyn Gouwsie Swanepoel, bemarker van CMW in Morgenzon/Amersfoort, saam met die os.

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