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Argieffoto: Mnr. Gerrit Meyer (59), voormalige burgemeester en eienaar van Park Toere in Vanderbijlpark, en sy vrou Christine (58) is gisteroggend erg deur vyf row-ers aangerand. Mnr. Meyer is onder meer met 'n "bobbejaanspanner" teen die oog geslaan en mev. Meyer is deur een van die rowers gewurg. Albei is in Mediclinic Emfuleni opgeneem vir beserings en skok. Volledige berig op Bl. 3.

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Look, Im not a satanist: Bishop Bafana Zondo of Rivers of Living Waters Ministries in Evaton during the media briefing. Photo: Lazarus Dithagiso.

VEREENIGING. - n Bekende gesig in die Vereeniging-omgewing, mnr. Manie Mienie, is onlangs oorlede. Manie het in sy jonger dae Manies Haarkappers begin, en hy het ook in daardie tyd die kinders van die Catherine Robson-kinderhuis se hare gratis gesny. Hy het ook belanggestel in eiendomme, en in 2007 het hy in vennootskap met sy oorlede broerskind die welbekende kompleks Cas Maartens in Duncanville gekoop, en dit staan nou bekend as Mienies Shopping Centre. Nog kon Manie nie dink aan aftree nie, want hy wou graag n verskil in die gemeenskap maak. In 2008 open hy Mienie Maize, n hondekoswinkel, en in vier jaar het hy en sy verloofde Henna dit n bekende winkel gemaak. Ek wil vir al sy klinte dankie s vir hulle ondersteuning, s Henna. Met genade van Bo sal Manie se besighede nog diens verskaf aan die gemeenskap.Manie se heengaan word betreur deur sy verloofde Henna Bronkhorst, sy kinders, kleinkinders, familie en vriende.Mnr. Manie Mienie wat onlangs oorlede is, saam met sy verloofde,

Henna Bronkhorst.

Haarkapper oorledeVEREENIGING. Die polisie vra inwoners in die Mooilande- en die plaas Loskop-omgewing tussen Vereeniging en Heidelberg om na vore te kom met inligting oor die aktiwiteite van veediewe.

In n onlangse voorval op 23/24 Maart is n trop skape ter waarde van meer as R40 000 op die plaas van mnr. Tiaan Steyn gesteel.

Die diewe het die drade geknip en die skape n paar honderd meter verder opgelaai.

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Church Bishop accused of satanismLazarus Dithagiso

VEREENIGING. I am a preacher, a healer but not a satanist.Bishop Banafa Zondo founder of the Rivers of Living Waters Ministries in Evaton says he is a son of the Vaal and no one will tell him what to do.

It will take a lot before the jealous community can remove me from my place of birth, he said.

Bishop Zondo was speaking during a media briefing hosted at the Golf Club Restaurant near the Riviera Hotel on March 23.

This comes after the church building and the big, white tent across Moshoeshoe Road were attacked by a danger-ous mob on March 20 and 21. Damage to the church is estimated at R2-million.

The tent was burned down be-fore Police arrived. During the in-cident, it was reported that at least one person was fatally wounded with others also taken to hospital.

This was after residents accused him of using satanic powers to unleash demons and possess young girls.

He says people are jealous of the beautiful, fancy cars parked outside the biggest church in the Vaal. He said he had done no harm to the com-munity and dismissed claims that he had performed any satanic rituals.

Some people recently confessed on Theta FM that they were possessed by the Bishop to practice demonism. According to them they were possessed and made to destroy lives by causing road accidents.

One guest in the studio said she recently took part in the killing of a Bophelong doctor in an accident on the N1 at the so-called Crossing of Death in Vanderbijlpark.

Bishop Zondo told the media that his sin was appar-

ently his conversion and saving the lives of many people. He said, My hearts desire is to see Theta FM working for the benefit of the community.

He adds that since that the untrue controversial allegations have basicly destroyed church mem-bers family life.

Some community members have resorted to fighting among themselves. Innocent people have turned into victims of attack by the public after be-ing accused of working closely with Bishop Zondo. He said his congregation has lived in fear since the radio stations unfounded allegations.

Meanwhile, the church has opened a criminal case with the High Court. Zondos attorney said they have ap-pealed to the radio station to temporarily withhold its controversial programme. He denied that station manager Jimmy Dlamini once invited Zondo to respond to the al-legations. I was in a meeting when the presenter called me. I could not talk at that stage and was not aware that the presenter was live on air, says Zondo.

Bishop Zondo said he would never ignore such an invitation. Even with the rumours spreading, the church continued with its Sunday programme. He adds that the matter is still sub judice.

I dont want to cast a bad light on Theta but would rather it stopped influencing the community with wrong information. Dlamini has on behalf of the station sent condolences to families who have lost their young ones.

This is spiritual warfare that needs to be prayed against, he said. Currently, the situation is back to normal with the police monitoring the area.

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Jannie du Plessis

VANDERBIJLPARK. Een van die Vaaldrie-hoek se voorste sake-egpare is gisteroggend erg aangerand nadat vyf inbrekers hulle in hul huis oorval het. Mnr. Gerrit Meyer (59), voormalige burgemeester en eienaar van Park Toere, en sy vrou Christine (58) is erg deur die rowers aangerand. Volgens Sarie van den Berg, n Vaalweekbladverslaggewer en vriendin van die Meyers wat Gerrit gister

Sarie van den Berg

VEREENIGING. - Die wenner van n Padi-opewater duikkursus, mnr. Ralf Kther is baie opgewonde oor sy vordering in di gewilde watersport.

Ek het tydens die Kansa-deurnagaflos n lootjie by die Aquamania-duikklub gekoop en beplan om indien ek die prys wen, dit aan n vriend wat die siekte het, te gee. My vriend se medikasie het egter verhoed dat hy kon gaan en ek het die geleentheid aangegryp. Ek spog nou met vyf du-ike en opwindende geleenthede om in die sport te groei, s hy.

Volgens mnr. Conrad Lamont, instrukteur by die klub, is die klem op veiligheid in die sport van groot belang. Ons l klem op goeie gesondheid en moedig streng dissipline aan wanneer duikek-spedisies aangepak word, s hy.

Egpaar aangerand deur inbrekersin die hospitaal besoek het, het hy tot laatnag gel en krieket kyk en tussendeur aan die slaap geraak. Toe hy wakker skrik, het hy n man voor hom sien staan. Die man het hom dadelik met n bobbejaanspanner teen die oog geslaan. Die Meyer-egpaar is daarna verder deur die ro-wers aangerand en vasgebind. Die rowers het sowat n driekwartier deur die huis beweeg en dit geplunder. Toe die alarm afgaan, het die skurke padgegee.

Mnr. Meyer is met n gebreekte arm, steek-

wonde en n erg beseerde oog en oogbank na Mediclinic Emfuleni vir behandeling geneem. Daar is reeds gistermiddag aan sy arm geo-pereer waar die breuk met plate geheg is. Mev. Meyer is deur een van die rowers gewurg en is ook na die hospitaal geneem waar sy vir kneuswonde en skok behandel is. Sy is reeds uit die hospitaal ontslaan.

* Volgens die polisie-verslag het vyf rowers omstreeks 03:45 toegang tot die Meyer-woning in Lepelhoutstraat, SE3 verkry deur n deur oop

te breek. Die rowers het kontant en juwe-liersware geis. Mnr. Meyer is aanges om die kluis oop te maak. Die rowers het twee rewolwers, n onbekende bedrag kontant en Krugerrande gebuit.

Ons honde is ook vergiftig en is na die veearts geneem vir behandeling, het Adl, die egpaar se dogter, gister aan Vaalweek-blad ges. Mnr. Meyer was n hele aantal jare ondervoorsitter van die Vanderbijlpark Sakekamer en is tans steeds n bestuurslid.

VANDERBIJLPARK. - Volgens a/o Kin-nie Steyn, mediaverteenwoordiger van die SAPD in Vanderbijlpark, het misdaad in die SE3-woonbuurt die afgelope tyd baie toegeneem en inwoners word gemaan om baie oplettend te wees.

Op Vrydag 23 Maart omstreeks 14:00 is dr. Esm Young (53) in haar huis beroof. Net voordat die gemotoriseerde hek toegemaak het, het ek twee rowers gebuk-kend aangehardloop sien kom, het Young aan Vaalweekblad vertel.

Sy het in n poging om weg te kom, in

Misdaad neem toe in SE3-woonbuurtdie motorhuis ingery.

Die noodknoppie het nie gewerk nie en een van die rowers het ingekom voordat die deur toegemaak het. Die rower het haar aanges om uit die motor te klim.

Die huishulp het ingeloer, gesien wat gebeur en terwyl Young vir haar geskree het om die polisie te bel, het sy weggehardloop en haar-self in n kamer toegesluit. Een van die rowers het in die huis n vuurwapen teen Young se kop gedruk en haar ring geis. Voordat hy die motorsleutels ook kon vat, het sy begin skree en die Here se naam geroep. Die twee rowers

het weggehardloop. Volgens die polisie is die verdagtes baie lig

van vel en een van hulle het baie erge aknee-probleme.

Nie Young of haar huishulp is tydens die rooftog beseer nie. Volgens Young het die polisie baie vinnig op hul noodroep gereageer. Sy bedank die SAPD vir hul optrede en veral die nadiens wat hulle ontvang het.

Die polisie vra dat enige verdagte voertuie of persone dadelik aangemeld word. Sit die nommer van die sektorvoertuie in jou area onder die noodnommers op jou selfoon en plak

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4 Vaalweekblad, 28 - 30 Maart 2012 Nuus

Lazarus Dithagiso

SHARPEVILLE. Violence and poor service delivery that crippled the region is blamed by the Pan Africanist Congress of Azania (PAC) on the African National Congress (ANC).

A part of Sedibeng ground to a standstill last wednesday as the community ran amok, barricading the main roads with burning tyres and other materials.

The situation worsened when volatile resi-dents of Sharpeville, Boipatong and Tshirela attacked and looted the Boxer Supermarket, the U Save store and about 30 tuckshops belonging to Pakistanis.

At least 70 people were arrested and charged with Public Violence. This comes after national government decided that Heri-tage Day/Human Rights Day or Sharpeville Day, would be commemorated in Kliptown, Soweto.

This decision was apparently taken without timeously informing the residents.

For some locals, it was a pill too bitter to swallow, especially strong supporters of the ruling party, ANC. They say that, for years, the celebrations have been hosted in the Vaal.

Jannie du Plessis

VANDERBIJLPARK. - Twee afsonderlike ongelukke die afgelope week, sowat twee honderd meter uitmekaar, het die lewens van twee mense geis.

n Man in sy twintigs en volgens inligting van Lenasia, is Maandagaand 26 Maart omstreeks 21:15 op slag dood toe hy by die kruising van die Goue Hoofweg en die R553 (Potchefstroompad) met sy silwer Toyota Tazz voor n vragmotor beland het.

Volgens mnr. Kobus de Villiers het die Tazz net voor die kruising vinnig by hom verbygejaag in die rigting van die snelweg. Die vragmotor het van Potchefstroom se rigting in die rigting van Sebokeng gery. Nie een van die voertuie het by die kruising gestop nie en die ongeluk het reg voor my gebeur, het De Villiers aan Vaalweekblad vertel. Die trok het die pad verlaat en langs die pad tussen die gras tot stilstand gekom.

Drie insittendes van die vragmotor is op die toneel vir ligte beserings deur personeel van ER24 behandel. Emfuleni Brand en Redding moes die jong man se liggaam uit die wrak van die voertuig sny.

Net n paar dae voor die ongeluk, op Saterdagaand 24 Maart omstreeks 21:00, is n vrou dood nadat die bestuurder van die voertuig waarin sy n passasier was, oor die stopstraat by die kruising van Delfos-boulevard en die Goue Hoofweg gery het.

Die bestuurder van die voertuig het daarna beheer verloor en die voer-tuig het die verkeerslig, wat tans nog nie in werking gestel is nie, en die padnaambord getref. Die voertuig is in die middel geskeur en die liggaam van die vrou is sowat twintig meter van die voertuig af gevind. Die man is na n plaaslike hospitaal geneem vir behandeling.

Jannie du Plessis

VEREENIGING. Motordiewe raak dees-dae so desperaat dat hulle sover sal gaan om n betonomheining om te stamp in n poging om n voertuig uit n woonperseel te steel.

Dit is wat onlangs met die Esterhuizen-egpaar van Elandlaan gebeur het.

Hulle het op Vrydagoggend 16 Maart omstreeks 04:30 wakker geword van n geraas buite.

Op die CCTV-kameras het hulle iemand in die erf gesien wat besig was om te probeer

Goue Hoofweg eis twee lewens

Die plek voor die betonomheining waar hulle die bakkie gekry het nadat die diewe die muur omgestamp het. Danie Esterhuizen staan hier saam met sy seun Conrad. Foto: Jannie du Plessis.

Motordiewe stampbetonheiningom vir bakkie

om die egpaar se Mazda-bakkie te steel.Die diewe het die bakkie verby n BMW

gestoot en in die proses n deel van die betonmuur omgestoot in hul poging om die bakkie te steel.

Hulle het egter op die vlug geslaan voor-dat hulle daarin kon slaag. Die egpaar se hond, Jakkals, is deur die diewe gif ingegee. Mev. Esterhuizen het die hond agter op die bakkie gekry. Jakkals het oorleef en is weer springlewendig.

Die saak word deur die polisie onder-soek.

Members of the PAC and Azapo joined by Sedibeng Mayor Councillor Mahole Mofokeng, Apa Pooe, during the commemoration of the Sharpeville Massacre at Phelandaba Cemetery. Photo: Frank Trimbos.

Not a Heritage Dayto be proud of

Who can forget that the 69 people who were gunned down by the now defunct SA Police (SAP) on March 21 1960 were Sharpeville residents?

Much to the surprise of the ANC and its supporters, Executive District Mayor Sy Mo-fokeng and his entourage, the PAC, Azapo, and survivors, paid tribute by laying wreaths in the Phelandaba Cemetery on March 21.

Regional PAC secretary Apa Pooe con-ducted the programme. Regional PAC co-ordinator Mbuiswa Gantsu blamed the ANC for causing violence in the region.

Being informed at the 11th hour that the event has been moved to Soweto is ridicu-lous. We will never surrender what belongs to us. If push comes to shove, we will fight until we reclaim the commemoration, he says.

It was a hard blow for the ANC when Coun-cillor Khulu Malindi (Emfuleni), MMC for Local Economic Development (LED), was not allowed to speak. The PAC and Azapo members chanted freedom songs preventing Khulu from speaking. Pooe tried in vain to calm down the angry supporters. They blame the mayor and the Gauteng Premier for taking the event to Soweto.

Inlas: Die bestuurder van hierdie voertuig het ook die stopteken by Delfos-boulevard en die Goue Hoofweg (R57) gegnoreer en die passasier, n vrou, is dood in die ongeluk. Foto's: Jannie du Plessis.

Bo: Met die liggaam van die jong man steeds in die vo-ertuig vasgekeer, moes Emfuleni Brand en Redding die voertuig oopsny om sy liggaam te verwyder, nadat hy en die bestuurder van n vragmotor albei die stoptekens op die R553 en R57 gegnoreer het.

5News Vaalweekblad, 28 - 30 Maart 2012

Lazarus Dithagiso

VANDERBIJLPARK. Life has hit the bottom of the barrel on this sleepy Nanescol farm with no electricity - only paraffin stove, paraffin lamps and candlelight. These are the order of the daily lives of the Badenhorst family.

A family member said they live on potjiekos as they have to make fire outside to cook, and they can at least light the paraffin stove to warm up the baby food.

Anyhow, we shouldnt complain as the owner of the farm brought us here three months ago after wed travelled from Alberton.

When we arrived here, said Gert Baden-horst, there was no electricity except the poles from outside, proving that life had been juicy for the former owner. On how the cables were cut, we know nothing. We are told that criminals had made off with the copper cables

per month.Thanks to that fact we can at least we can

live as a family.Gert said that, before they lived here, they

had lived a few metres away from the current plot.

They thank the Emfuleni Local Municipality (ELM) that provides them with clean water from the tap.

The only danger, says Badenhost, is the sew-age water running down from the smallholding near Bophelong.

The water sometimes stinks and infects our

Poverty flattens powerless whitesto sell at a scrap yard.

An expensive tuckshop is about a kilometre away - with the clinic they have to walk to about three km.

We dont have any kind of transport, says 65-year-old Badenhorst, who sports an ampu-tated left leg. He is the only one receiving a Social Grant due to his injury.

Relating his accident story, Badenhorst said the incident happened when he worked on the railway line. The train had nearly killed him.

This train victim did not want to talk too much about the sad accident that had left him with an artificial leg. His grandchildren, including a ten-day old newborn daughter, do not receive Social Grants.

An unemployed Mendie (28) - mother of two - shares a dilapidated six-room house with no electricity and no telephone landline. She elaborates that they pay an exorbitant R250

The Badenhorst family. From left: Susan, Megan, Mandie Saayman with her little baby, and Gert Badenhorst, inside their kitchen. Photo: Frank Trimbos.

water from the borehole.To make ends meet, Badenhorst sells fresh

milk to the public and survives by cultivating a vegetable garden.

Initially the family came from Alberton be-fore starting to rent the smallholding.

Asked why they didnt move closer to the township so the government would at least feel obliged to provide them with an RDP house, Badenhorst laughed and said,We dont want to turn into laughing stocks.

Imagine every time going to town by taxi or on foot.

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Die adverteerder en Media24 het ooreengekom dat die adverteerder volle verantwoordelikheid aanvaar vir die nakoming van re levante wetge wing in die plasing van korrekte inligting ten opsigte van sy advertensie in Vaalweekblad. Derhalwe aanvaar Media 24 geen aanspreeklikheid vir enige skade voortspruitend uit die plasing van enige advertensie nie.

Lesersbriewe word sover as moontlik onveranderd ge plaas mits dit nie kru taal of laster bevat nie. Anonie me skrywers se briewe word nie ge plaas nie, maar n skuilnaam sal op versoek gebruik word.

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Menseregtedag is verlede week gevier maar meeste Afrikaanssprekendes het die dag maar stilstil deurgebring omdat min van ons skynbaar presies weet wat om van di dag te maak. Dit is egter nodig dat alle SuidAfrikaners aandag gee aan die ware betekenis van menseregte en hoe elkeen van ons n bydrae kan maak om die doelstellings van die dag te bevorder. Die amptelike gebruik van jou eie taal is byvoorbeeld een fundamentele mensereg waarop jy mag aandring. Mnr. Japie Gouws, besturende direkteur van die ATKVgroep, meen alle SuidAfrikaners, ook Afrikaanssprekendes, het die reg om die doelstellings van Menseregtedag uit te leef deur daarop aan te dring dat hul eie tale op soveel terreine as wat moontlik is, tot hul reg kom. SuidAfrika het elf amptelike tale en verskeie variante daarvan word dwarsoor die land gepraat. Hierdie tale is deel van SuidAfrika se nasionale bates en die regering moet meewerk om dit optimaal te ontgin, s Gouws. Maar elkeen van ons moet ook self hard werk om sy of haar eie taal te bevorder. Die gebruik van die elf amptelike

tale deur regeringsinstellings is tans onder die loep met die wetsontwerp op SuidAfrikaanse tale wat nou in die parlement beredeneer word. Hierdie wet sal bepaal in watter tale rege ringsinstellings hul dienste aan SuidAfrikaners moet bied. Die wets ontwerp is nog nie afgehandel nie, dus is daar nog belangrike insette wat gelewer kan word om dit so doeltreffend moontlik te kry. Die taalbeleid in die SuidAfrikaanse onderwys word ook deurentyd getoets en sorg steeds vir baie frustrasies. Ouers moet besef dat hulle n belang rike rol speel in wat in skole gebeur. Die blaam kan nie voortdurend op die skouers van die Departement van Onderwys geplaas word nie. Elke ouer moet deelneem aan die strukture wat in die onderwysstelsel beskikbaar is om te verseker dat die stelsel goed werk. Taal en onderwys is maar twee menseregteaspekte waaraan aandag gegee kan word en wat die regte van SuidAfrikaners kan bevorder. Min mense sal verskil met Gouws se standpunt: As ons ingesteldheid positief en eerlik is, kan elke SuidAfrikaner n belangrike en blywende bydrae lewer om dit te bewerkstellig.

Nadat werkers van die Emfulenimunisipaliteit twee maande gelede die teeroppervlak van Grahamstraat in SE2, Vanderbijlpark moes oopkap om n gebarste pyp reg te maak, is dit net toegegooi sonder dat die teeroppervlak herstel is. Met al die rens van die laaste tyd het n massiewe gat in die pad ontstaan. n Inwoner van die straat het vermoedelik besluit om di tak, kompleet met waarskuwingslint, daarin te plaas om motoriste te waarsku. Aangesien die helfte van die straatligte buite werking is, is dit veral saans byna onmoontlik vir motoriste om die gat betyds te sien. Foto: Wynand Hugo.

En in die gat, is daar 'n tak....

Skouer aan die wiel vir ons taal

Disgusted Vereeniging resident writes:Today was the last straw on the camels back.

My wife and I - as we do every month - went to the rates hall to pay the water/lights account we had not received on the due date, that day being the seventh of the month.

As always a long queue waits inside, nor-mally one for general queries, one for payments while the remainder has to communicate with security staff to see the official who deals with your area.

This procedure could keep you in line for from two to five hours with no toilet facilities, or vending machines for other needs.

Recently, we were told that all the officials were in Vanderbijlpark and that we had to queue in a different place.

We also have to bring along our own meter readings, or else they make up their own, which is to say estimate.

If you do not pay by date your electricity is cut off and you have to pay a reconnection fee.

The manners of some staff are extremely bad.While you are dealing with them they answer cell phones and communicate with fellow workers in their home tongue, ignoring you completely. When you say something you are chastised as the guilty party.

Last straw Last but not least, I find it very dangerous carrying large sums of cash, as there are no card facilities.

I feel very vulnerable queueing and just waiting for a pickpocket or someone to snatch a handbag, for which I can be sure NOT to be reimbursed by the municipality.

Is it any wonder that people sell their prop-erties for below market value to move to any local authority that may be better managed - if there is one?

Rina van die Vaaldriehoek skryf:Ons twee jong dames deel n woonstel. My

vriendin ly aan bipolre opgaar-sindroom en prop haar kaste vol met items wat sy nooit gebruik nie.

Sy koop hordes gips- en houtbeeldjies en sit dit op elke moontlike plek neer: Oral op die vloer, stoof, broodblik, teen die mure, selfs ook in die toilet loer n dwergie vir jou.

Saterdae maak ons HEELDAG woonstel skoon, grotendeels om haar beeldjies te was en te rangskik.

Ek vra raad asseblief.

Ontnugterde inwoner van Vanderbijlpark skryf:

Die toestand van die ou middedorp is uiters kommerwekkend. n Goeie voorbeeld hiervan is F.W. Beyersstraat. Om die Binnelandse Sake-kantore te besoek is werklik nie n aangename ervaring nie.

Eerstens sukkel mens om parkering naby die gebou te kry. Die straat en sypaadjies is bemors en duidelik lanklaas skoongemaak. Die Santrust-gebou, reg langs Binnelandse Sake, word nou as goedkoop behuising aange-wend - kennelik onwettig. Hierdie gebou was

Raad laks met ordonnansie-

toepassing

altyd stylvolle kantore en sonder twyfel nooit gesoneer vir behuising nie.

Wat van die vereistes ten opsigte van parke-ring, riolering, elektrisiteit en water wat so n sonering vereis?

Die gevolg van hierdie chaos is dat die meeste van die besighede gevlug het uit die gebied met die gevolglike verdere onafwendbare verval. Het die raad weer eens sy plig versuim hiermee? Dis voorwaar n skande!

* Vaalweekblad is in die proses om kommentaar by die stadsraad te kry oor bewerings dat die Santrustgebou benut word vir onwettige behuising. Redakteur.

Hande in die hareoor opgaar-sindroom

Besoekende Kapenaar skryf:Aan die persoon wat kla oor karwagte by Vaal

Mall en kameras wat kamstig alles sien. JY IS REG! Staan ek mos nou-die-dag en

kyk hoe n man n bakkie probeer steel. Spring

daai kamera mos daar af en slaan die hel uit die skelm uit en arresteer hom. Ek was verstom! Daai kamera ken mos elke eienaar van elke kar daar.

Nee my vriend, die kamera is net daar sodat jy die mense kan wys as jy stap, nadat jou kar gesteel is, hoe jou kar gelyk het voor jy begin stap het.

Verstom oor dislim kamera

Riaan van Vanderbijlpark skryf:Na aanleiding van al die klagtes oor swak

dienslewering: Spyt kom te laat. Ai my volk, dis tragies, maar toe mnr. F.W. de

Klerk destyds gevra het of hy moet voortgaan met die hervormingsproses, ja of nee, toe stem ons volk ja vir sport se onthalwe, en siedaar, ons het nou genoeg sport, maar ook te veel moorde, swak dienslewering, n swak polisiediens, gate in die paaie, regstellende aksie, plaasmoorde, en nou vra julle kan iemand help?.

Nee my volk, dis te laat. Die wat geld het, vlug land-uit en die res van

ons leef in vrees, in strate vol gate. Sterkte my volk.

Spyt kom te laat

7Briewe Vaalweekblad, 28 - 30 Maart 2012

351 (Vanderbijlpark) 950-7000 (Vanderbijlpark) E-Pos/ E-Mail: vaal@naspers.comhttp://vaalweekblad.com

SOS Slagoffer skryf:Weer eens is ons gevang deur n gevoellose

klomp geldjagters wat ons dieper in die gemors laat as voordat ons by SOS aangesluit het.

Ek vra almal, wit en swart, wat verliese gely het deur Susan van Dyk om hier te lees en as-seblief daarop te reageer.

Ek het persoonlik n klag van bedrog en diefstal teen SOS aanhangig gemaak, saak no. 1187/2/2012 en dit is seker onnodig dat ons almal n klag teen haar gaan l.

As Susan dan so braaf was om ons geld te steel laat sy kom en verduidelik, nie die soetsappige stories wat sy in Vaalweekblad kwytgeraak het nie. Wees gewaarsku Susan, ons gaan nie rus voordat die gereg sy gang gegaan het nie.

Die ondersoekbeampte by NCR het my gevra

Slagoffers wil skuldige laat boet

Susan Nicholls of Vanderbijlpark writes:I am very unhappy about the way I was re-

cently treated at the Sebokeng Hospital. I first

Unhappy about treatment at

Sebokeng Hospital

went there in November last year with a heart condition.

They referred me to the Baragwanath Hos-pital and asked me to return on a later date to get the referral letter.

On this day everything went wrong, and no-one seemed to know what they were supposed to do to help me. One particularly unfriendly nurse told me to just wait, someone will help me eventually.

I went to the complaints manager who did help me, and it was organised that I go to the

om met die saak aan te gaan aangesien hulle klag teen Susan verskil van myne of sal ek s ons klag. Sy het my ook gevra as ek enige inligting omtrent Susan kry, moet ek haar as-seblief in kennis stel.

Wat s dit vir julle, ons gaan lank wag vir hulle. Dan wil ek vra dat elkeen sy/haar ler sal neem en presies sal uitwerk hoeveel geld van julle gesteel is. Dit is as julle nog jul bewyse van betalings het.

Skakel my asseblief by 072 401 1563 sodat ons n begin kan maak om ons geld terug te eis.

front of the queue since I just needed to get my documentation signed by a doctor, and the people who were waiting was okay with that. The nurse from previously was not happy with that arrangement though, and started scream-ing abuse at me.

She also refused to give me her name. That was the last straw, and I stormed out.

What can be done about the situation in these hospitals?

Anyone with advice is welcome to contact me on 084 515 3533.

n Baie tevrede Conrad Esterhuyse (8) van Van-derbijlpark nadat hy as die Spur in Vanderbijlpark se wenner van di spogmotortjie aangewys is.

Trotse wenner van splinternuwe

motortjie!MEYERTON. - Dagboek nou reeds 14 April, wanneer die Mighty Kids Arise met Jesus Leef-fees by die Horskool Dr. Malan aangebied word.

Hekke open om 11:00 en toegang is gratis. Kunstenaars wat die dag gaan optree, sluit onder meer Riaan Smit, Freda Francis, Wian Vos, Victory Voice Kids, Onbeskaamd en Oom Karoolus en Lente in.

Daar gaan ook kosstalletjies, uitstallers met geestelike items, helikopterritte, rainbow inflatables en nog ander lekker dinge wees om te doen.

Diegene wat stalletjies wil bespreek, kan dit nou doen, maar geen vlooimark-items mag hier verkoop word nie.

Vir meer inligting kan Santie by 073 181 4096 of Christa by 082 783 0599 gekontak word.

Gratis vermaak byJesus Leef-fees

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8 Vaalweekblad, 28 - 30 Maart 2012 Gesondheidsake

Gesondheidsake

Ouers word telkemale om die bos gelei deur aanloklike gratis oogtoetse en brille vir kinders. n Behoorlike oogtoets vir kinders behels egter veel meer as net die standaard gesigskerpte-meting. Behoorlike oogsorg vir kinders van alle ouderdomme is gespesialiseerd en behoort sorgvuldig uitgevoer te word. Die visuele sisteem is dominant in die verkryging van kennis, veral as dit geskied deur middel van lees.

Daarom is dit belangrik om gereeld jou kind se o te laat toets deur pediatries-gespesialiseerde oogkundiges.

Oogtoetse vir kinders verskil in wese van volwasse oogtoetse in die sin dat dit bykomende toetse insluit wat die visuele vaardighede van n kind evalueer wat noodsaaklik is vir perseptuele en binokulre ontwikkeling (samewerkingsvermo van beide o). Die volgende vaardighede van n kind moet ondersoek word tydens n besoek aan u oogkundige; nl:-

* die egaligheid van oogbewegings (afsonderlik en gesamentlik)* strabisme/skeelheid* nabypuntspanning tydens lees wat ongemak veroorsaak * gesigskerpte* fundusevaluasie van die oog om patologie uit te skakel* samewerkingsvermo van beide o (binokulariteit)* onderdrukking van een oog (lui oog/ambliopie)* fiksasiedispariteit van die o (belyning van die o)* intra-okulre oogdrukke ( dis nie slegs volwassenes wat gloukoom

kry nie)* stereovisie* kleurvisie* oorsake van lees-en leerproblemeDie behandeling van visueel-verwante probleme by kinders sluit nie

alleenlik die voorskryf van brille en/of kontaklense in nie.In baie gevalle is visuele terapie noodsaaklik.

Visuele terapie behels die proses van onderrig en beoefening van visuele vaardighede om sodoende visuele persepsie en kordinasie van albei o te ontwikkel tot op die vlak van effektiewe en gemaklike binokulre visie.

Kies dus die regte optometris om jou kind se o in die toekoms te toets, juis omdat jou kind se visie van onskatbare waarde is.

Jou kind se visie is van onskatbare waarde

Beet is meer as net n kleurryke en heerlike happie op jou bord, dit het ook besondere gesondheidsvoordele.

* Beet is jou lewer se vriend. Dit help jou lewer om van toksiese stowwe ontslae te raak.

As jy dus n paar drankies te veel geniet het, is beet net die ding om jou lewer weer n hupstoot te gee.

* Beetsap kan beroertes en hartaanvalle voorkom.

Navorsing het bewys dat 500 ml beetsap per dag ho bloeddruk, die oorsaak van beroerte en hartaanvalle, aansienlik kan verlaag vir 24 uur nadat jy dit gedrink het.

* Beet is n bron van belangrike voedings-towwe. Dit loop oor van vitamien C en yster. n Wenkombinasie, aangesien vitamien C die liggaam help om yster te absorbeer.

* In n slegte bui? Beet bevorder die lig-gaam se produksie van serotonien, die stof in

Avoid bee attack

Pinky Mofokeng

Bee attacks have become frequent in our societies and this means that we have to take extra precautions in order to avoid being attacked. The recent spate of bee attacks in several parts of the country, including the Vaal Triangle, which killed at least two young school children and a factory worker, and a Sasolburg man while working in his garden, has prompted distress calls to an allergy help line by large numbers of people who found themselves at the receiving end of honeybees. The last days of summer can often be the dangerous as the end of the warm weather sees more bees that wraps out and about to collect nectar to feed their young before the cooler temperatures sets in.There is a range of precautions people can take to prevent bees from attacking:

* People should never harbour a phobia of bees and wasps.

* Try not to eat sugary foods and drinks outside.

* A wasp can sting over and over without dying, so if it should land on you rather use a piece of paper or leaf to gently sweep it away. Treating bee allergies can be difficult if a person is not well educated as to how to react when such an incident occur. Dr. Mike Levin, Al-lergy advisor of Pharma Dynamics offers the following advice on how to identify and treat

Lifeline Vaal Triangle invites applications for volunteers to be trained as lay counsellors.

Applications will be considered from persons:

* who wish to make a meaningful differ-ence to their own lives as well as the needy in the Vaal Triangle Community

* who wish to be trained as volunteer LifeLine Counsellors (Comprehensive Life Skills/Personal Growth, Counselling Skills and Specialized Approaches to the nature of crisis and age groupings)

* who are available, as volunteers, during working hours, with own transport and for be-tween 4 to 6 mornings/afternoons a month.

Please note that:* The training course is a counsellor dedi-

cated course (not a public course) and a

selection process, by interview, will finalize the participants

* The volunteer counsellors selected, must have a genuine commitment beyond just training

* The responsibilities, apart from telephone counselling, is to do face to face counselling at the LifeLine Centre, its various institutions or other venues

* Applicants to submit a short CV by Friday 13th April 2012 for selection. Training will commence in May 2012 in Duncanville, Vereeniging.* Applications to be submitted to:

The Director, P. O. Box 20, Arcon Park, 1937, or fax: (016) 428-1741/086 659 4827, or e-mail to: iti07318@mweb.co.za.

bee sting allergies:If stung by a bee or wasp a person can get a

localised reaction in the form of swelling, heat or in-ching of the skin around the bite area. If you see the stinger, remove it as quickly as possible to lessen exposure to the venom. Put an ice pack on the affected area for 15 minutes every few hours or so which will help to reduce swelling.

Oral antihistamines and analgesics might help to reduce pain or itching associated with skin reactions. In serious allergic reactions which means the venom causes a reaction throughout a persons body - not just around the bite itself, the person may experience wheezing, shortness of breath, rapid heartbeat, faintness and swelling of the face.

If your child is severely allergic to bee stings it is recommended that you wear a medic alert tag at all times and see your doctor for a prescription for an emergency kit with an adrenaline syringe.Immunotherapy or allergy medication are generally necessary for patients who have experienced only local reactions to stings, however, if your child suffers from asthma attacks or serious systemic reaction injections are necessary. For adults, Immunotherapy should also be considered if they have a respiratory reaction, serious anaphylactic shock, or if they break out in a rash immediately after the sting.

jou brein wat jou help om gelukkig te voel.* Omdat beet so ryk is aan voedingstowwe

kan dit jou liggaam help om siektes te beveg omdat dit die immuunsisteem sterker maak.

Die beste medisyne kom beslis uit die natuur uit, en beet is geen uitsondering nie. Kry gerus maar nog n skeppie!

Lifeline needs volunteers

Beet jou beste vriend

9Gesondheidsake Vaalweekblad, 28 - 30 Maart 2012

Ester Wiid

Verlede week kry ek n oproep van n middeljarige dame wat wil weet of die i-Lipo (laser lipo) behandeling sal verseker dat sy nooit weer vet word nie.

Sy was erg verontwaardig toe sy nie n positiewe bevestiging kry op haar droom-vraag nie.

Hoewel laser-lipo n maklike en vinnige manier van vetverlies is, is die universele wet van vet dat wat n mens inneem in die vorm van kos of drank en nie verbrand nie, omsit in vet.

Dit is so eenvoudig soos dit. Nie eers ekstreme chirurgie soos lipo-suction is blywend indien mens nie jou leefstyl, wat insluit dit wat jy eet sowel as oefening, sodanig aanpas dat alle kos en drank verbrand word deur

die oefenprogram wat daarmee gepaard gaan.Aangesien meeste mense sukkel met vetjies, praat ek

in hierdie artikel oor n paar dinge wat kan help om mens maer te maak en maer te hou.

Wat sit jy in die mond?Of dit eet- of drinkgoed is, koolhidrate of vette, wanneer

die kos of drank wat mens inneem nie verbrand word met oefening of alledaagse aktiwiteite nie, skakel dit om in vet en word gestoor vir energie vir later.

Simplisties gestel is daar dus twee oplossings:1. Eet voedsel met laer energiewaarde en minder vet2. Oefen meer sodat al die voedsel verbrand kan wordOp die langtermyn is n kombinasie van bogenoemde

twee opsies ideaal om te verseker dat n mens gesond oud word.

Ons het almal koolhidrate nodig vir energie en nie alle vette is sleg vir n mens nie, dus hoe nou gemaak?

Koolhidrate is nodig, maar beperk die porsies van stysel soos brood, aartappels, rys en pasta en vul dit aan met gesonde voedsel soos groente, slaai (geen of olyf-olie slaaisous) of vrugte. Vleis is n goeie bron van protene, maar kyk na maer snitte met minder vet of eet hoender sonder die vel of gesonde vis soos salm.

Sekere vette is gesond, byvoorbeeld omega vetsure, maar vermy trans-vette (normaalweg in wegneemkos) of vet wat stol by kamer-temperatuur soos spekvet of die vet aan bees-, vark- of skaapvleis.

Plantolies soos olyfolie of canola is ook beter opsies as diervet of botter om kos in gaar te maak.

Het jy geweet dat die gemiddelde burger-maaltyd (burger, skyfies en koeldrank) tussen 6 000 en 8 000 kalorie bevat? Terwyl ons dit as een van die dag se maaltye geniet, bevat dit reeds meer as die hoeveelheid kalorie wat n volwasse vrou per dag moet inneem!

Gereelde etes teen n stadige tempo is beter vir die stimulasie van die metabolisme as wanneer jy jouself uithonger en net een keer per dag eet en dan teen n vinnige tempo. Probeer om die drie maaltye van die dag te verdeel in ses of sewe kleiner etes en kou elke happie ongeveer dertig keer.

Die struikelblok hier is om nie die gewoonte aan te leer om sewe groot maaltye te eet nie.

Kardio soos swem, draf, roei, fietsry of loop is die beste antwoord om die oortollige kilojoules te verbrand. Die geheim is om die liggaam te verras en nie elke dag pre-sies dieselfde te doen nie. Intervalle, spoedoefeninge en tempo-oefening bespoedig beslis vetverlies. Dit beteken nie gewigte is taboe nie, want spiere het suurstof nodig wanneer die liggaam rus, terwyl vet geen energie verbruik in n rustende toestand nie.

Die geheim is dus om vetmassa te verloor en spiermassa te bou. Die resultaat met kardio-oefeninge is ook vinniger sigbaar as met gewigte, maar sodra die liggaam sterk is, sal n kombinasie van kardio en gewigte verseker dat die liggaam in n uitstekende toestand gehou word.

Indien jy nie kan onthou wanneer jy laas geoefen het nie, begin stadig en werk op na n kardiosessie van 30 tot 40 minute, drie keer per week. Dit is egter raadsaam om jou dokter te raadpleeg. Aanvanklik is die duur van die sessie belangriker as die intensiteit, maar daar kan stelselmatig aan die intensiteit gewerk word. Die frekwensie van die oefening kan verhoog word soos wat jy fikser word, maar onthou om die liggaam te verras, dus sal verskillende tipe

n Vet dilemma!

oefening ook help om die vetjies te verbrand. Swem, roei, fietsry en loop is alles oefeninge wat nie te stremmend op die liggaam is nie en dit kan afgewissel word om die impak te verhoog.

Drink baie water sodat jy gehidreer kan bly. Water sal ook help vir die natuurlike uitskeiding van gifstowwe en om te verseker dat vesel wat ingeneem word, hul werk sonder ongemak kan uitvoer. Die Suid-Afrikaanse hart-stigting berig dat gegeurde water hoog in energiewaarde en kunsmatige versoeters is. So lyk die statistiek:

Ongegeurde water 0kJ/100mlGegeurde water 77kJ/100mlFizzy drankies 175kJ/100mlDit is voor die handliggend dat ongegeurde water die

oplossing is! Vir blywende gewigsverlies is n leefstyl-verandering nodig waar mens gesond eet en drink en genoegsame oefening inkry om die liggaam gesond en sterk te hou terwyl dit voldoende energie verbruik om die liggaam ook in goeie vorm te hou.

Vir meer inligting, raad en advies kontak ester@esenciabeauty.co.za.

Kou goed voor jy slukVerras jou liggaam met afwisseling

10 Vaalweekblad, 28 - 30 Maart 2012 Wonderlike wreld

n Inwoner van Brooklyn, New York, Ashrita Furman (57), spog met 137 Guinness World Records en beplan om die rekord vir onderwater tous-pring by die string toekennings te voeg. Die rekord behels meer as 900 spronge in n akwarium in Brazili, gevul met visse. Volgens die Daily Telegraph is Furman in dieselfde jaar gebore as wat die Guinness Book of Records in gebruik geneem is. Die rekord vir die vier-minute myl is ook in daardie jaar deur Roger Bannister verbeter maar sy toewyding om die beste te wees, is gestimuleer deur Sri Chinmoy,n Benguli-guru in 1964. Rekords wat deur die twee mans verbeter is, is onder meer die vin-nigste tyd om n persoon oor n myl te abba (12 minute en 47 sekondes). Furman het eers as Kevin bekend gestaan maar sy naam is deur die guru verander na Furman wat beskerm deur God beteken. Nog n rekord is die vinnigste tyd met n melkbottel bo-op sy kop (sewe minute en 47 sekondes). Dit wys net dat as jy in jouself glo, jy groter hoogtes kan bereik, s hy. Hy spog daarmee dat hy 384 amptelike rekords vanaf 1979 op sy kerfstok het.

Ashrita Furmanhou nog 'n rekord :

Onderwater-touspring

Interessante nuusbrokkiesvan oral-oor

Harley-liefhebbers in Duitsland word nou op gepaste wyse met n Harley-motorfiets aangery na die begraafplaas. Die ontwerper van die Harley-lykswa, Joerg Grossmann (48) van Frankfurt, s dat hy die idee gekry het by geharde motorfietsliefhebbers. Hy beplan om sowat 10 Harley-lykswaens teen

die einde van die jaar in die mark beskikbaar te stel. Die lykswaens word teen 50,000 vervaardig en hy baseer sy verwagte inkomste op meer as 1 000 begrafnisse per jaar. Hy wil die besigheid ook na ander lande uitbrei. (Bron: BBC)

Liefhebbers gaan in styl met'n Harley-lykswa

n 10-jarige skoolmeisie, Naomi Kutin van New Jersey in die Verenigde State, het onlangs die wreld-gewigstootrekord opgestel deur meer as twee keer haar eie gewig op te tel. Sy is luid toegejuig toe sy 215 pond, (net so swaar soos Mike Tyson) tydens die RAW Unity event, n byeenkoms waar net die bestes ter wreld genooi word in Texas, opgetel

het. Die rekord is voorheen deur n 44-jarige vrou met 93 pond gehou. Dit is lekker om sterker as almal te wees wat ek ken, s sy. Haar pa Ed vertel dat Naomi nog altyd beter as seuns presteer het, maar sy bly n skaam en beskeie kind, s hy. (Bron: The Mirror)

Moenie mors met di dogtertjie nie!

n Duitse oogkundige bied spesiale brille aan vir honde. Die Doggles word deur die Sehwerk Oogkundiges in Berlyn vervaardig en help om honde se o teen die wind en son te beskerm. Koste wissel tussen 50 en 65. (Foto: Rex)

Sonbrilletjies... vir honde

n Australiese paaldanser met net een arm, Deborah Roach, het onlangs die gestremde afdeling in die Internasionale paaldanskampioenskappe in Hong Kong gewen. Sy vertel dat sy as gevolg van haar gestremdheid nie in die sosiale gemeenskap as kind kon inpas nie. Sy hou baie van dans en het nagte in kroe deurgebring waar sy haar danstalent ontwikkel het. Sy het die kollig gesteel toe sy in 2009 n paaldanskompetisie gewen het. Sy het haar werk as inligtingstegnikus gelos en paaldansopleiding begin gee. (Bron: Daily Telegraph)

Een arm paaldanser

11Vaalweekblad, 28 - 30 Maart 2012

has an open-door policy for all after-sales services which are not heard of in the auction-ing arena.

A negative stigma has always attached itself to auctioneering in general. When it comes to after-sales service, Goodrich would like to change this. Thats why they are so dedicated

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ting of assets, removal, storage, sales and delivery.

* For more information or queries please contact Raymond on 083 700 0008 or Jean on 072 808 7225.

A branch of Goodrich Auctioneers on the corner of Frikkie Meyer and Hertz Boule-vard will open on March 31 at 11:00 with an auction.

There will be plenty of specials that cannot be missed. Viewing takes place on Friday, March 30, from 09:30 to 19:00.

Goodrich Auctioneers opened their doors in 2009. Raymond Terblanche and Jean le Roux are the owners of this establishment. Jean is also the manager and Raymond the group MD. Raymond comes from a 20-year background in the debt-collection industry and had numerous televised documentary BBC, Aljazera and 3rd degree programmes about his success.

Goodrich is owner-run and operated; all staff are dedicated to customer satisfaction. Their motto is: Try to give every customer the best deal.

The secret of their success is: the partners willingness to adapt and accommodate their customers no matter the day or time. It is their priority and they adapt their time

to suit their client; whether its weekend or after-hours, their priority is their customer-service and needs.

It is not uncommon to find the partners burning the midnight oil even on weekends to guarantee customer satisfaction. Never has any customer come back and said that they could match or better the deal they got from Goodrich Auctioneers. From initially opening in 2009, Goodrich is now opening its third branch in Vanderbijlpark and planning to open its next branch in Polokwane, and they will soon launch online bidding. The first branch was opened in Johannesburg and the second in Cape Town.

As auctioneers, they sell all items across the board from vehicles, furniture, leisure, industrial equipment, property, jewellery - in fact, everything except your mother-in-law (however, if the price is right they will try their best).

All guarantees are passed onto the purchaser if the goods are new. Known defects are al-ways disclosed to the customer. Goodrich

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12 Vaalweekblad, 28 - 30 Maart 2012 Women

Elsa Venter

VANDERBIJLPARK. - After many months of hard work by an extremely capable committee and with the co-operation of many champions and experts in the fashion designersindustry, young designers showcased their creations in the fashion parade held at Vanderbijlparks Rotary River festival last month.

The theme was Fragrance of Flowers. The require-ments were the same in all four categories, namely that entrants had to design their own garment and provide a story board, create the garment themselves and model it either themselves or provide a (completely well fin-ished) model themselves.

To assist them, primary school models were given a little training, with music by C4C Chair Dr Angela Andrasyan-Van Pletzen and two creativity classes were presented, led by retired designer and wedding bou-tique owner Rotarian Ricky Senekal, to encourage and motivate first-time entrants with embellishment of their creations in keeping with the floral fragrance theme.

All the entrants charmingly excelled in all the require-ments, and the events participants stole everybodys hearts, including those of the judges from inter alia South African Fashion Week.

Of course, as always, only a selected few win awards and prizes, but they all went home feeling they had participated in something really inspiring. Even one tearful little lady,

who had been ill during the week and could not get her dress to the event, was simply embellished with fresh roses from Stonehavens garden; this was stapled to what she arrived in. She went up on the stage to do what she had to do - smilingly! A happy child is an asset to any event.

This years top Young Designer Ilze Delport, second from left, with her models and three winning gowns. Ilze won three prizes: the qualified designers category, best story board and the best overall winner. Her prizes totalled R22 000 and includes a weekend stay for eight people on the luxury cruiser Liquid Living. Photo: Nicky Jansen van Rensburg, Vaal Function Photographers.

Top left: Winner of Rotary D9400 Vanderbi-jlpark and Riverside C4C Young Designers Competitions Secondary School Category, Karabelo Totaba, modelling her own top creation. Karabelos prize was worth R4 100 and included a sewing machine, career test and computer course, beauty products, a watch and a modelling course. Photo: Nicky Jansen Van Rensburg, Vaal Function Pho-tographers.

Right: Rotary Riversides President Elect, Dr Angela Andrasyan-Van Pletzen, with a few of the entrants from Pinedene Primary School.

Left: Esm Booysens, winner of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd year Students Category, model-ling her own winning creation, aptly named 1 000 Petals. Esms prize totalled R4 300 and included a sewing machine, a career test and bursary for a computer course, jewellery and beauty products as well as a modelling course worth a further R500.

Young Designers shine in Rotary competition

Bruide moet nou inskryf

VANDERBIJLPARK Die nuwe bruidsjaar in Vaalweekblad se Bruid van die Jaar-kompetisie het afgeskop en bruide wat deelneem staan die kans om groot bederfpryse te wen.

Die bruidsjaar strek vanaf Januarie tot Desember. Gedurende hierdie tyd sal al die deelnemers se fotos in Vaalweekblad gepubliseer word en daar sal onderhoude gevoer word om die maandwenner aan te wys. Die maandwenners sal om die titel as Vaalweekblad se Bruid van die Jaar meeding aan die einde van die jaar en so die kans staan om nog groter pryse te wen.

Bruide wat gedurende die maande vanaf Januarie en Februarie getroud is, kan hulle fotos nou vir ons instuur of kom afgee. Die sluitingsdatum vir hierdie twee maande is Vrydag, 30 Maart.

Stuur n e-pos aan Penelope van Vuuren by pvanvuur@media24.co.za of handig jou foto in by ons kantore in die Ekspa gebou, Vanderbijlpark

Inligting wat ons saam met die foto moet ontvang is die bruid en bruidegom se naam en van, datum van hul troue en n kontak-nommer vir die bruid.

Hou Vaalweekblad dop vir meer inligting oor die opwindende pryse wat op die spel gaan wees.

SASOLBURG. - Wat is die eerste ding waaraan jy dink as jy die volgende woorde hoor: Springkastele, boere-sport, gesiggies verf en lekkertjies? n Pretdag vir kinders, natuurlik! En dit is wat Helpende Hande van moeders beplan vir 200 kindersorg kinders. Hulle beplan soveel pret as moontlik, maar hulle het die gemeenskap se hulp nodig. Hulle is op soek na donasies vir die springkastele, iemand wat kan gesig-gies verf, koeldrank en lekkers, wors, rolletjies, ballonne en geskenkies vir die skattejag! Hulle het reeds n fantastiese skenking gekry, die geleentheid om di heer-like dag by n vakansieoord genaamd Rocky Ridge in Parys te geniet. Enige hulp en ondersteuning sal waardeer word! Kontak Treska van de Venter by (016) 971-3879 of 071 197 8455.

Pretdagvir kinders

13Vroue Vaalweekblad, 28 - 30 Maart 2012

MEYERTON. - Meyerton spog met n vrou wat op 63-jarige ouderdom nog groot planne het om n verskil te maak met haar spesiale talent.

Loelie Channer is n skrywer van posie en lirieke, en sy is n lid van SAMRO (South African Music Rights Organi-sation) en DALRO (Dramatic, Artistic & Literary Rights Organisation).

Loelie, eintlik n opgeleide verkeersbeampte, het reeds honderde gedigte en lirieke geskryf, hoewel sy hierdie talent relatief laat in haar lewe eers ontdek het. Sy vertel dat sy in 2000 sommer uit die bloute begin skryf het.

Ek is n baie gelowige persoon. Die Heilige Gees maak my wakker in die nag en sit die woorde in my kop. Ek het geen opleiding nie en gebruik nie eers n woordeboek nie, s Loelie.

VANDERBIJLPARK. Die Dink en Doen-damesklub Vanderbijlpark het op 13 Maart n heerlike ontbyt op die hoewe van mnr. Boet Brits geniet.

Die Dink en Doen-damesklub het Valen-tynsdag op 14 Februarie op n spesiale manier gevier toe lede kon sien hoe Delia Mostert haar pragtige suikerkuns beoe-fen. Haar kunswerke lyk so realisties dat dit moeilik was om te onderskei tussen regte blomme en haar suikerblomme! Hier demonstreer Delia (voor) hoe dit gedoen moet word aan van die lede: Elke Fitchat, Santjie van Rensburg en Elna Brink. Skakel Santjie by (016) 932 3085 of 083 452 9339 om meer uit te vind oor di klub se be-drywighede.

Dink en Doen-damesklub

Loelie Channer het haar skryf werk met Vaalweek-blad kom deel. Ouderdom maak nie Loelie

en haar talente skrik nieLoelie skryf oor n groot verskeidenheid temas, van

komies tot Christelik, en haar werk word baie goed ont-vang. Sewe van haar gedigte is deur die Christelike Posie Assosiasie in bundels opgeneem. Sy het ook n staande ovasie ontvang toe Carol William haar gedig Getsemane by die Moreletapark-gemeente in Pretoria voorgedra het. Daar is ook n paar Afrikaanse sangers wat in die stadium belangstel in haar werk.

Loelie, n weduwee wat glad nie rook of drink nie, beskryf haar werk as n Goddelike gawe, en haar passie in die lewe. Ek dra my werk op aan my oorlede ma en man, asook my kinders en kleinkinders, s sy.

Loelie se eerste bundel is ook in die pyplyn, en sy beplan om dit My Goue Herfsjare, n verwysing na wanneer sy begin skryf het, te noem.

Dames-ontbyt saam met Elzab Berling

Agter van links is Ria du Preez (voorsitter), en Elna Brink. Voor van links is Santjie van Rensburg, Elzab Berling (spreker), Anna Botes en Louise Coetzee.

Elna Brink het hierdie ontbyt onder n pragtige lapa met lowergroen grasperk bedien en die dames het heerlik gesmul en nuwe brei-vaardighede aangeleer.

Daar is ook lekker gelag vir die humoristiese praatjie deur Elzab Berling.

Die Dink en Doen-klub vergader weer op 10 April om 10:00 by die Cecil Oldridge-rolbalsaal

in Vanderbijlpark.Nuwe lede is baie welkom. Vir meer in-

ligting kontak Johanna Taute by 082 331 6387 of Ria du Preez by 082 821 1437.

Faye Scheepers, een van Dink en Doen se nuwe lede, het op n besondere wyse ge-demonstreer hoe om serpe te brei met n besondere wol wat sy eiesoortige patroon maak, en kyk hoe slaggereed is die dames om te begin brei.

14 Vaalweekblad, 28 - 30 Maart 2012 Vermaak

VAAL DAM. - The place to be from April 27 to 29 is Vaal Marina, Vaal Dam, where popular television programme MK will be hosting a spectacular music festival!

MK by die dam is to be an annual event at the Vaal Dam during April in future.

Thirty-three of SAs best performing artists, all familiar to MK viewers, will be entertain-ing an estimated crowd of approximately 30 000 loyal fans and supporters over a period of three days.

Gates open at 10:00 daily with the first per-formance at 12:00.

According to the organisers the venue is perfect for this event. Extreme beauty, with a natural slope down to the waters edge.

A massive stage with amazing sound and lighting will create an awesome atmosphere for a spectacular show. Just over an hours drive from Johannesburg - and right in the heart of SA music territory - you gotta believe this is going to be a weekend to remember.

The camping facilities are great, for the weekend package, with professional ablutions and showers. The event area, with excellent food stalls, booze facilities, a craft market and lots of other activities, offer day-trippers a

VEREENIGING. - This years Klein Karoo National Arts Festival (KKNK) in Oudts-hoorn will see its first show dedicated en-tirely to saving the rhino.

Local Vaal Triangle artist Vin Gallo will team up with international recording artist Neil Taylor of Tears for Fears who has pre-viously toured and recorded with artists like Robbie Williams, Bruce Springsteen, Tina Turner and Natalie Imbruglia.

Their show: GONE! Red ons renosters is a fundraising effort to empower the anti-poaching units of the Sanparks Honorary Rangers.

In the action-comedy 21 Jump Street, Schmidt (Jonah Hill) and Jenko (Channing Tatum) are more than ready to leave their adolescent problems behind. Joining the police force and the secret Jump Street unit, they use their youthful appearances to go undercover in a local high school. As they trade in their guns and badges for backpacks, Schmidt and Jenko risk their lives to investigate a violent and dangerous drug ring. But they find that high school is nothing like they left it just a few years earlier - and neither expects that they will have to confront the terror and anxiety of being a teen-ager again and all the issues they thought they had left behind.

This is a smart, affectionate satire of 80s nostalgia and teen movie tropes. 21 Jump Street has a run-ning time of 1 hour 49 minutes and offers rowdy mainstream comedy with a surprisingly satisfying bite. It will be showing daily at Ster Kinekor in the River Square shop-ping centre.

For more information contact

Rocco betower met sy klavierspelN die goue welslae van Beautiful, Beautiful Piano bied die klawervirtuoos Rocco de Villiers weer n luisterryke album met die allerpragtigste klaviermelodie in verskeie musikale genres.

Rocco is nie net n pianis nie maar ook vervaar-diger, skrywer en mengeldrankie-connoisseur. Hy is egter by uitstek bekend vir sy treffende instrumentale albums, wat die afgelope dekade bewys het daar is n aanvraag vir en aanhang van instrumentale musiek in Suid-Afrika.

Hy doen dinge bloot nders. Hy het sy eie stem-pel geskep met sy unieke, flambojante, teatrale en energieke kreatiwiteit. Sy repertoire sluit oor die 60 verhoogproduksies as pianis, verwerker en musikale regisseur, twee dosyn CD-opnames en n tiental opdragwerke as komponis van temamusiek vir TV- en radioprogramme in.

Sy onmiskenbare professionaliteit is die sleutel tot sy welslae in die wreld van vermaak, die sakewreld en leefstylprojekte.

Die meeste van sy solo-albums bevat sy oor-spronklike komposisies. Hy het reeds top-verkoper mengeldrankie-boeke geskryf en n verskeiden-

heid leefstylprodukte bekend gestel waarop sy etiket pronk, onder meer fynproewyne. Sy uitvoerings word gekenmerk aan klank- n visuele opwinding, soos TV-kykers ook ervaar het as die aanbieder van die kykNET-speletjiereeks Klop die klawers: en Kook, klavier en Rocco. Sy eerste album vir EMI Beautiful, beautiful piano het goue status bereik en het reeds oor die 30 000 eksemplare verkoop.

Die opvolgalbum More Beautiful Piano - bevat van die allermooiste klavierjuwele, passievol gekies uit tydlose rolprente, blyspele, Latynse gunstelinge, Walt Disney-juwele, pragballades, n skeut swing en n drietal Afrikaanse volksbesittreffers.

Rocco het onlangs die klankbaanmusiek vir die Amerikaanse rolprent Brewsie & Willie,n verwerking van n Gertrude Stein-roman, voltooi en sy derde men-geldrankieboek word in Oktober bekend gestel.

Rocco de Villiers se klawervaardigheid is uniek en sy vakmanskap dra die stempel van professionaliteit.

* n Gelukkige leser gaan die nuwe CD wen. SMS net Piano, die voornaam van die klavierspeler en jou eie naam na 45534. SMSe kos R1-50 en moet ons voor Vrydag 12:00 bereik.

Spectacular MK show at Vaal Damstunning experience. Some of the booze brands are bringing their rigs with special themes and loads of giveaways.

Music is what it is all about, but for those who want to do something different in-between, there will be jet-ski and quad-bike rides, sailing, para-sailing, wakeboarding, fishing and many other activities.A worthy cause

Every great event should have a worthy cause, this one being Mamella, a township village, just west of the venue. There are approximately 2 000 families in the village with limited work or growth opportunities. The beauty of this com-munity is that even during the current negative economic climate, where jobs are scarce, money is tight and hunger is an every-day experience, the people of Mamella have not turned to crime, but choose to rather support one another in a heartfelt manner: accommodation.

A weekend pass is the way to go; you dont miss a thing. A campsite is included but not compulsory. If you want to be there for three days but dont want to camp, there are plenty of B-&-Bs around. Google Vaal Marina accom-modation. Areas nearby include Deneysville,

Three Rivers and Meyerton.Another alternative is the Vaal Marina Cara-

van Park, which is located literally 500m from the venue. To book your stand, contact Heather van Rooyen directly on 082 454 8556.

Camping is great. Nights are chilly, so bring the right gear.Tickets

Extreme VIP tickets are available (contact the

organisers) or a three day pass for R475 per person and R400 for teenagers (10 - 17 years). A one-day pass will cost R180 per adult and R150 per teenager.Information

* For further enquiries regarding MK by die Dam, please make contact as follows:

Estelle@mkbydiedam.co.za - Estelle is the organiser of the event.

27 April12:00 - Bouwer Bosch; 13:00 - Planet Joy; 14:00 - Dans Dans Lisa; 15:00 - Action Thrillers; 16:00 - Snotkop; 18:00 - Arno Carstens; 19:00 - CrashCarBurn; 20:00 - Moses Metro Man; 21:00 - Newtown Knife Gang; 22:00 - The Black Hotels; 23:00 - Van Coke Kartel; lastly - DJ Milk-shake.

Line-up includes:28 April12:00 - Sonder Spore; 13:00 - Duimpie se Maat; 14:00 - Freddie VanDango; 15:00 - Hot Water; 16:00 - Klopjag; 18:00 - Wrestlerish; 19:00 - Karen Zoid; 20:00 - Aking; 21:00 - Goodluck; 22:00 - Jack Parow; 23:00 - Flash Republic; 24:00 till 4 - DJ Skye.

29 April12:00 - Frank Freeman; 13:00 - Die Tuindwergies; 14:00 - Dance youre on fire; 15:00 - Alleen na Desember; 16:00 - Ekhouvanjou,Okay!; 18:00 - Winterstasie; 19:00 - Die Heuwels Fantasties; 20:00 - Ashtray Electric; 21:00 - Zebra & Giraffe; 22:00 - Shadowclub; 23:00 - Fokofpolisiekar; 24:00 - DJ Vin Deysel.

Vaals Vin Gallo to rock KKNK

Vaal Musician V i n G a l l o . Photo: Retha Fitchat.

Smart mainstream comedyVin Gallo is a singer-songwriter who has

collaborated on projects with local and inter-national artists and songwriters over many years and is currently in the process of cre-ating a compilation CD with other South African singers, dedicated to highlighting the plight of the rhinos in South Africa.

Gallo also represented South Africa during the recent International Rhino Music Day at the Emerald Resort & Casino and was joined on stage by multi talented acoustic rock art-ist Adam Boyd (Wake to Wonder and The Boycott Ballad), the fantastic blues band from Pretoria, Johnny and the Bomb, local poet Matthews Tebakeng and the new South-African rock sensation, Minutes of Mercy, to raise funds for anti-poaching units in the fight against the slaughter of our wild animals.

Together with New Zealander Jim McIn-tosh, Vin Gallo wrote and recorded the song: Africas red sun is crying which has become an icon for wildlife conservation internation-ally and is being played on various radio stations in America and New Zealand, while the title song that he wrote for his KKNK show GONE! is being used to highlight the current crisis that South Africas rhinos are facing. Vin Gallo believes that he can use his music to create a platform from which to shout load and clear that we will not be silent any longer and that our rhinos will have a future in this world that we live in, because we care enough.

Ster Kinekor on 082 16789 or (016) 423 4104.

* See advert on page 20 for showing times of all movies currently showing at River Square.

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Blad geborg deur Park Toere

VANDERBIJLPARK. n Weeklange visvang-ekspedisie in Kenia het die wildste drome van n groep sakemanne oor-tref. Die manne het 41 seilvisse met n gemiddelde gewig van tussen 30 en 40kg en ses marlyne met n gemiddelde gewig van 350 pond uitgetrek. n Bekende visserman, mnr. Pierre Pienaar se verslag lui: Die groep hengelaars het op 17 Februarie, opgewonde soos kinders byeen gekom vir die weeklange uitstappie na Mombasa in Kenia waar snawel-visse aan die ooskus van Afrika in groot getalle baljaar. Die groep het een dag gebruik om Mombasa te verken en het middagete met oorgawe by The Mooring, n drywende restaurant in Mtwapa Creek geniet. Die visse is gemerk en teruggeplaas vir die vissermanne wat volgende jaar

se snawelvis-bonanza wil ondersteun, s mnr. Gerrit Meyer, toerleier op die uitstappie. Die visvanguitstappie het op Maandag 20 Februarie met een van die mooiste natuurskoon-tonele begin, die son was helder en ons kon vir myle oor die see uityk vanaf die restaurant waar die groep vroegoggend ontbyt genuttig het. Teen 16:00 het stokflou hengelaars teruggekeer met n rekordvangs van 16 seilvisse en twee marlyne, al die visse is gemerk en laat gaan. Bote wat die dag uitstekende vangste gehad het, is Delta, Nala, Les-Lord en Arielle, in die volgorde. Op Dinsdag 21 Februarie kon die groep se opgewondenheid skaars beteuel word en die manne vroeg geskarrel om

by die bote uit te kom om te gaan visse soek. Die bote was toegerus met swaar visgerei om die visse so gou as moontlik uit te trek terwyl hulle nog sterk genoeg is om weer terug gesit te kan word. Die dag het nog n verstommende vangs gelewer met 13 seilvisse en twee marlyne. Die weer het die opvolgende dae se vangste gekniehal-ter maar vangste was steeds goed met sewe seilvisse en een marlyn. n Hoogtepunt op die Nala was toe drie hengelaars gelyktydig elkeen met n seilvis gestoei en ingetrek is! Dit was n moee maar tevrede groep wat Kenia Kwa Heri toegeroep het met n belofte om weer volgende jaar die uitstappie meet e maak.

Kenia Snawel Vis Bonanza

Piet Pienaar,PVE Ouditeure Christo Grobbelaar,Ingwe Gastehuis

Willem Brooks,Riverspray Lifestyle

Resort

Johan Loots,Rock Construction

Gerrit Meyer, SATC Park travel

Severin Sea Lodge

Theuns van Zyl,Kingfisher Volplaas

Kenny MansoorGoodwill Painters

enLeon Loots

Imported Tyre Solutions

Ian LotteringVanderbijl Properties

Pierre Pienaar,PVE Ouditeure

Helgaard GrobbelaarIngwe Gastehuis

Freddie Ludick,Samsung Vaal

Fred de Bruyn,Fred's Crane

Hire

No.4 Proctrust Building, Attie fourie StreetVanderbijlpark. (016) 931-1720

Indien u wil saamgaan skakel Gerrit Meyer by 082 449 8451 of Pierre Pienaar by 083 564 2754

16 Vaalweekblad, 28 - 30 Maart 2012 Business news

New Companies Act embrace itThe New Companies Act 2008 is the third Companies Act of South Africa. A good 47 years distanced the first and the second and it has taken another 35 years before the repeal of the second Act. During those interim times changes were made to the Act and it would be wrong to think that the same Act promulgated 35 years ago lasted in its original format until 2008.

In 1994 the country changed drastically and the Constitution became the supreme law of the country.

All law is now subject to the Constitu-tion. It is in the light of this major change, that it is inevitable that some of our statutes will eventually have to undergo a complete makeover; disregarding a process of ongo-ing surgery.

Linda Erasmus, CEO of Fine and Coun-try South Africa says that the underlying message of the new Companies Act is to make provision for small, medium and

large companies to be incorporated without creating too many legal vehicles for incor-poration.

This alone makes it more user friendly for the layman who is doing business with all the different legal personas and it will also be easier to educate the younger people regarding such juristic personalities.

The Act does not make provision for the formation of any new Close Corporations (although existing ones remains in operation) this is a clear indication that small business is invited to utilise the legal persona of a company to do business.

Membership of the old Close Corporation entity was restricted to only 10 people - which limits the small company when it is on its way up and out of the blocks.

In light of the Constitution, the purpose of the New Act is to promote compliance with the Bill of Rights when company law is applicable. The Act specifies that one of the purposes is to

re-affirm the economic and social benefits of companies.

With corruption thriving in our country, some common-law provisions have been partly encoded and the duties and liabilities of directors are made clear.

In the second addition of the book Compa-nies and other business Structures (by Dennis Davis, Farouck Casim and Walter Geach) the writers comment expressly that the drafters of the Companies Act 2008, followed the dti policy document and the NEDLAC agree-ment.

A balance was achieved: on the one hand creating a flexible regulatory environment that eases the burden on entrepreneurs and others who wish to take advantage of incorporation; and on the other hand, regulation that holds the corporation and its office bearers account-able to the interest bearers they are directed to serve.

Erasmus says that already there is less docu-

mentation to be completed when incorporat-ing a company.

One of the changes and also one of the earlier objectives of the dti is to include a statutory provision that will guide the duties and liabilities of directors of companies; this will make directors more accountable to shareholders.

Whilst many of the provisions of the 1973 Act has been included without any change, Erasmus believes that the focus on the New Companies Act will bring about some re-spect for the Memorandum of Incorporation of companies, the fiduciary obligations of directors as well as the obligation of care, skill an diligence which faded away as time went by.

The New Act should be embraced to get the maximum advantage for your business and the positive consequences will be seen in the years to follow, says Erasmus in conclusion.

Taking note of our rainbow nation, the law-maker has indeed got a point when aiming to produce a statute that enhances the simplicity of business incorporation in South Africa.

This is indeed a modern approach to create an environment where business is brought much

New Act to encourage business activitycloser to home. One of the purposes of the Act is to encourage business activity and entrepreneurship with less red tape; making it easier to incorporate a business; whether it is Big Business or Small Business. The specific change to the number of persons needed to incorporate a company (being one) and an unlimited number of shareholders is a welcome change to uncomplicated the starting

Linda Erasmus, CEO of Fine and Country South Africa.

up of business.On the other hand, regulation cannot be

abandoned and a good balance has to be achieved between enhancing entrepreneur-ship and protection against failure.

Business and Society has also given their input in the New Companies Act, making sure that the end product is a law with a user-friendly connotation if there is such thing.

Inyala Game Lodge is gele tussen Potchefstroom, Ventersdorp en Klerksdorp en is die ideale plek om heen te gaan om weg te kom van die besige stads/dorpslewe.

Vir diegene wat werk wil kombineer met die buitelewe bied die lodge uitstekende konferensiegeriewe en sakeondernemings wat al daar was kom keer op keer terug.

Tydens opwindende ritte in die veld tussen die baie wild wat te sien is, onder meer leeus, kameelperde, zebras, koedoes, waterbokke, blesbokke, spring- en rooibokke, elande en vele meer, vergeet mens skoon van die lawaai en gejaag van die stad en dit voel of jy myle ver op n Afrika-safari is.

Met vriendelike ontvangs by di pragtige lodge, met skoon ablu-sieblokke, netjiese terrein en baie vriendelike personeel, weet mens al van die begin af dat jou tyd by Inyala n tyd-goed-spandeer sal wees.

Ten volle toegerusde chalets, wat binne ng groter is as wat dit van buite blyk, sorg dat die verblyf gemaklik en gerieflik is. Daar is gekonsentreer op fynere detail, soos n spieltafel wat vir die dames hul oggend-roetines makliker maak, asook skoon beddegoed, hand-doeke en al die nodige breekgoed in die kombuis.

Daar kan heerlik saam met vriende en familie by die chalets se braaiarea gekuier word, of later om n groot vuur by een van die bomas nader aan die hoofgebou.

Voor dit gebeur kan daar drankies op die sundowners deck gedeel word, terwyl die lug rooi en oranje geverf word deur die sonsondergang en daar gekyk word hoe diere vir oulaas by die watergat suip.

Die massiewe houtkroeg bied almal se gunstelingdrankies en daar kan net so lekker die hele aand om di kroeg gekuier word. Vir die warm dae is daar n helderblou, silwerskoon swembad om in af te koel.

n Trampolien en ander aktiwiteite kan die kleiner kinders besig hou, terwyl die lodge ook opwindende staproetes en volkyk-geleenthede bied.

Vir die wat nie van stap hou nie, kan gemaklike wildritte geneem word of vierwiel-motorfietse vir n draai geneem word.

Enige persoon wat Inyala besoek, sal beslis vir n tweede en derde en nog vele kere teruggaan. Die lodge bied puik akkommodasie en diens teen baie bekostigbare pryse, en is sommer lekker naby vir n vinnige wegbreek.

Bosveld-wegbreek net om die draaiPromosie

17Council news Vaalweekblad, 28 - 30 Maart 2012

James Farr

VANDERBIJLPARK. - Band together so you know each other. A formal pressure lobby is an impassioned recommendation from an angry Ms Nehau Viviane of SE6.

A formal pressure lobby would enable people who find themselves wrongly billed or who receive no municipal account whatsoever to take legal action against the Emfuleni Local Municipality, ELM.

A forum would enable residents like this to employ a common attorney so the proper chan-nels can be pursued. Ms Viviane came to this conclusion after she and fellow residents on her street received no municipal accounts last month. Vaalweekblad has received previous complaints to this effect from various affected persons who fear electrical cut-offs.

Gone are the days when people could budget for the payment of bills or base payment-deci-sions on receipt of municipal accounts.

Electricity and water accounts can no longer be trusted. Some are either so grossly inflated they cannot be paid, reflect zero-consumption

(no reading) but produce a mysterious monetary sum, are based on estimates and not meter-readings, or are not issued to residents at all.

This has produced the kind of groundswell that has not emerged from theft of vehicles from Vaal Triangle shopping centres.

Centre personnel obviously do not want to talk about the theft of vehicles from their parking lots as their primary interest is the generation of custom.

In one case nearly 20 cars were stolen from one shopping centre in one week.

Like victims of non-billing, wrong billing, etc, victims of car-theft dont even know each other.

In the case of municipal billing Ms Viviane - who came to South Africa in 1982 - wants that to change. Ward 4 councillor Milu Malhou is no stranger to non-receipt.

She supports the idea of a forum but doesnt think it will be supported.

People dont stick together, Cllr Malhou la-ments. Its my guess that many residents dont even know about the anti-crime meetings I hold in a local (SE6) primary school.

Billing problem: stand together

Nou gaan hulle seker my krag afsnyAnoniem van Vanderbijlpark skryf:Ons het gistermiddag n warning notice van die Emfuleni Local Municipality by ons kantore ontvang.

Omrede ons hierdie rekening omtrent n jaar terug toegemaak het wou ek net uit vind wat nou aangaan en waarvoor is die rekening omdat ons n voorafbetaalde elektrisiteit meter het.

Ek het al die nommers op die kennisgewing gebel, maar heeltemal onsuksesvol. Die

nommers lui en lui net.Uit moedeloosheid kry ons toe die hoof

skakelbordnommer in die hande.Die dame sit my toe deur na die rekening

afdeling, maar weer het die foon net gelui, omtrent 10 minute lank.

Ek skakel toe maar weer die hoofskakelbord, die dame s toe sy sal dit waardeer as ek die hoof van die rekeningafdeling skakel want sy sukkel regtig as sy mense deursit na die rekeningafdeling toe. Sy s toe dit is Sam

Mokoena se telefoonnommer: (016) 950 - 5354. Ek skakel toe die nommer, maar dit hou toe net aan om n besettoon te gee. Uit vorige ondervinding onthou ek dat hulle by die rekeningkantore die telefoon van die mikkie afhaal en dit vir ure so los, sodat hulle dit nie hoef te hoor lui nie.

Na n uur van sukkel om deur te kom na die rekeningafdeling het ek nou maar moed opgegee.

Nou gaan hulle seker my krag afsny weens n

verkeerde rekening en ek sien op om na die rekeningafdelingkantore toe te gaan omrede ek sukkel om te loop en dit so n ompad is om by die rekeningafdeling uit te kom.

Ek weet dit is seker sinneloos om so n brief te skryf, want die diens sal seker niks verbeter nie, dit sal inteendeel seker net swakker word.

Maar dankie dat Vaalweekblad n forum het waardeur n mens van die frustrasies kan ontslae raak.

Collision at licensing office

James Farr

VANDERBIJLPARK. - A senior traffic officer allegedly deliberately rammed his official vehicle into an old mans car on March 23. This is alleged by Mr Lammie Treurnich (75) of Kaalplaats who was driving against the poorly painted arrows of the local licensing department when the incident happened. When he realised that he was going the wrong way, he stopped dead and froze. The traffic officer - on rounding a bend - saw him but allegedly rammed into him on purpose.

The officer subsequently called Mr Treur-

nich a stupid idiot and several other uncomplimentary names. The officer now wants to be compensated for then unesti-mated damages to his official vehicle. Mr Treurnich was able to drive his car after the collision. The law may be on the officers side but Treurich, last week goggle-eyed and shaking in the wake of the incident, says it was seen by numerous witnesses, including three who can formally vouch for him. He wants to challenge the traffic officer, saying it can be established that the ramming was deliberate, and that the badmouthing he suffered from the officer was heard.

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18 Vaalweekblad, 28 - 30 Maart 2012 Skole

VEREENIGING. - Die hoof en personeel van Rust-ter-Vaal Combined School het onlangs met groot moeite n rekenaarsentrum vir die leerlinge by die skool tot stand gebring.

Daar is 30 netjiese werkstasies, maar on-gelukkig was daar nie stoele vir die leerlinge om op te sit by elke stasie nie. Die DA-tak

Die HTS Carel de Wet in Vanderbijlpark het sy leerlingraad vir 2012 aangewys en hulle is voor van links Kobus Steenkamp (penningmeester), Katleho Dyoyi (ondervoorsitter), Connor McFarlane (voorsitter), Helda Uys (voor-sitter), Bianca Bronkhorst (ondervoorsitter) en Fanie Maartens (sekretaris).1ste ry van links is Andile Maauw, Karabo Makhajane, Natasha Gerber, me. M. Fourie, Victoria Damane, Palesa Mosebi en Tshepiso Molefe.2de ry van links is Simphiwe Mashinini, Adelle Harmse, Modise Mothudi, Yvonne Thokoa, Nico Beetge, Carla Kleyn-hans, Tshepo Zengele, Melissa Horn en Monique Crause.3de ry van links is Mariska Botes, Juandr-Andr de la Port, Shannon Whiteside, Tiaan Swanepeol, Charles Laas, Suzaan Steyn, Tiaan Potgieter