All the local news for the week of 15 January 2016
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340 15 Januarie/January 2016 6 STANDERTON - A suspect who allegedly knocked down a woman who was crossing the road and then sped off, accompanied by his legal representatives, handed himself over to the police on Monday, 28 December 2015. It is reported that the suspect was driving from Sakhile on the Robertsdrift Road in Extension 7 towards the R23 intersection when he allegedly knocked down the woman. According to police sources, the 55-year- old woman was walking across the road with a 10-year-old girl at 20:30 on Sunday, 27 December 2015, when a speeding car appeared from the right and the woman was not fast enough to avoid the speeding car. The girl managed to escape unharmed while the woman who was identified as Deliwe Makhoba died on the scene. The driver was not aware that his car’s registration plate fell off on the scene because of the impact. The car registration helped police to track down the owner. When police visited the address in Kosmos Park, the damaged Polo Vivo was found parked in the garage. The mother of the suspect was not aware that the car was at some stage driven out of the garage. She acknowledged that her son drove the car without permission. The suspect was denied bail and remained in custody until he appeared in court on Wednesday, 30 December, where he faced three charges of culpable homicide, reckless and negligent driving and defeating the ends of justice. Lieutenant Nhlabathi confirmed that a case of culpable homicide was under investigation. DM Suspect hands himself over A Polo Vivo was confiscated by the police after they found that it was used in a hit-and-run. The suspect handed himself over to the police on Monday, 28 December.
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15 Januarie/January 2016
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STANDERTON - A suspect who allegedly knocked down a woman who was crossing the road and then sped off, accompanied by his legal representatives, handed himself over to the police on Monday, 28 December 2015.
It is reported that the suspect was driving from Sakhile on the Robertsdrift Road in Extension 7 towards the R23 intersection when he allegedly knocked down the woman.
According to police sources, the 55-year-old woman was walking across the road with a 10-year-old girl at 20:30 on Sunday, 27 December 2015, when a speeding car appeared from the right and the woman was not fast enough to avoid the speeding car.The girl managed to escape unharmed while the woman who was identified as Deliwe Makhoba died on the scene.
The driver was not aware that his car’s registration plate fell off on the scene because of the impact. The car registration helped police to track down the owner.
When police visited the address in Kosmos Park, the damaged Polo Vivo was found parked in the garage.
The mother of the suspect was not aware that the car was at some stage driven out of the garage. She acknowledged that her son drove the car without permission.
The suspect was denied bail and remained in custody until he appeared in court on Wednesday, 30 December, where he faced three charges of culpable homicide, reckless and negligent driving and defeating the ends of justice. Lieutenant Nhlabathi confirmed that a case of culpable homicide was under investigation. DM
Suspect hands himself over
A Polo Vivo was confiscated by the police after they found that it was used in a hit-and-run. The suspect handed himself over to the police on Monday, 28 December.
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PERDEKOP - The small community of Perdekop was shocked when the news of the death of one of their own broke on Friday, 18 December 2015, after he had shot himself on Thursday evening at his parents’ home. It is reported that Detective Constable BL Thwala, aged 32, who was stationed at Perdekop Police Station went to his parents’ home that evening after work.
According to family he looked relaxed like always when he visited with his family.
It is alleged that the officer went to a bedroom in the house, while alone in the room,
they heard a gunshot. When they went to investigate, they found him lying in a pool of blood. When paramedics arrived on the scene he was declared dead. The deceased apparently killed himself with his service pistol.
An inquest was opened for investigation, but the reason he took his own life is still unknown. Police confirmed that he was unmarried at the time of his death. He was laid to rest on 22 December 2015 in his hometown of Perdekop. Many police officers of the section cluster paid their respects on the day. DM
STANDERTON On Thursday, 31 December 2015, some vehicle owners watched in disbelief as their cars were damaged in the parking area outside of Standerton SuperSpar.
A Land Rover Defender came down Princess Street and hit an Opel Corsa at the intersection of Beyers Naudé and Princess Street and continued further along the road when it suddenly veered right and crashed into a stationary Land Rover Discovery. Behind the Discovery was a Toyota Fortuner that was also damaged by the impact. A fourth vehicle was also damaged in the chain collision.
The reason for the chaos was that the man behind the wheel of the Defender suffered an apparent heart attack. Nobody was injured during the crash as there were no occupants in any of the other vehicles when the incident occurred. Police and paramedics arrived at the scene and the driver of the Defender was removed from the vehicle into the waiting ambulance for medical attention. A relative of the man arrived at the scene shortly thereafter and told the police that the man had just left the doctor’s practice to receive treatment for a heart attack. He was taken to hospital for further medical treatment. DM
STANDERTON ‘n Alom bekende, hardwerkende en vriendelike sakeman van Standerton, mnr Gé Vorster (39), is op 27 Desember in ‘n fratsongeluk met ‘n waterponie oorlede.
Inwoners van Standerton het Vorster leer ken as die verhoudingsbestuurder by Eerste Nasionale Bank. Virna, sy vrou van 17 jaar, het sedert 2010 Die Hengelkas bedryf en Gé het later voltyds by haar aangesluit. Die besigheid het so uitgebrei dat hulle in 2015 ook ‘n Campworld op dieselfde perseel geopen
het. Gé was ‘n aktiewe sportman en die ondervoorsitter van Standerton Bootklub en het elke beskikbare oomblik op die water deurgebring, nie net om te hengel nie, maar om sy kennis oor hengelpatrone uit te brei om dié kennis sodoende weer met sy kliënte te kon deel.
Sy roudiens het op 31 Desember in die stampvol Hervormde kerk plaasgevind. Gé laat sy vrou Virna en hul vierjarige dogter Virné agter en sal deur die hele gemeenskap gemis word. JD
Fratsongeluk eis lewe
Wyle mnr Gé Vorster, wat op 27 Desember in ‘n fratsongeluk oorlede is. Hy laat sy vrou Virna en dogter Virné agter.
Young police officer takes his own life
Man arrested for child’s murder
STANDERTON - What was supposed to be a celebration of the new year turned into a tragedy when a 33yearold man came home from a drinking spree and confronted his 30-year-old wife and a fight broke out between the two. The incident happened in Extension 6 on New Year’s Day. It is reported that the woman was working in the kitchen while holding their 9monthold girl when the man allegedly grabbed a knife and attempted to stab his wife. He reportedly missed and stabbed the child in the head instead while she was still in the woman’s arms. The woman retaliated and stabbed the man in the chest with a fork.
When the neighbours heard the screams, they hurried over to intervene. They found the child bleeding in the mother’s arms so they took the child by car to the Winifred Maboea Clinic in Extension 6. Upon arrival the child was declared dead. Police arrested the man, but he was also admitted to hospital for treatment. Lieutenant Nhlabathi confirmed that the suspect is under police guard in hospital, once he is discharged, he will face a charge of murder. DM
Suspected heart attack sets off chain reaction
A man was taken to hospital for a heart anomaly after he caused a chain collision when his Land Rover Defender crashed into three other parked vehicles in the parking area in front of Standerton SuperSpar.
STANDERTON - An alleged drunken driver caused havoc that resulted in four people ending up in hospital with serious injuries and another family’s car was badly damaged. The accident happened on Wednesday, 23 December 2015 on the road to Vrede, about 10 km outside of Standerton at 19:30. It is reported that an open Opel Corsa bakkie with five occupants was travelling from Vrede to Standerton when the driver lost control and the vehicle veered to the right side of the road and crashed into an oncoming Toyota Corolla with four occupants inside. Another vehicle with two occupants managed to swerve from the road into the veld and avoided a head-on collision.
A middle-aged woman who was sitting in the back of the open bakkie suffered serious injuries. Two girls aged ten suffered head injuries and a female passenger who was sitting next to the driver suffered head injuries. The driver of the Toyota Corolla and his family sustained minor injuries. All injured people were taken to hospital for treatment. Police confirmed that the driver of the Opel Corsa was taken in for a blood-alcohol test and faces a charge of reckless driving. DM
SAKHILE - A Woman was run over by a vehicle on 25 December 2015 at about 17:30 at Simendeni section, Rooikoppen.
Two young boys found her lying in the street and contacted the ambulance services. She was admitted to hospital and treated for leg and ankle injuries. The woman was discharged on 31 December.
The Sakhile police urge anybody who may have witnessed the hit and run or who may know who the driver of the vehicle was, to contact sergeant Ngema on 072 635 2903 or on 017 714 7888. All information will be handled as confidential. JD
SAKHILE - The Sakhile police are looking for eyewitnesses to a murder that occurred on 26 December at roughly 02:00.
The victim was stabbed in his chest and neck and was declared dead by paramedics who arrived on the scene.
The suspect is known to the police, but they need a witness to come forward. Anybody with information or who bore witness to the murder is asked to make contact with sergeant Ngema on 072 635 2903 or 017 714 7888. All information will be handled as confidential. JD
STANDERTON - A trip back home after a visit away, ended in tragedy when four family members and another motorist died in an ac-cident on Sunday, 19 December 2015 on the R23 between Standerton and Greylingstad. The accident occurred at about 14:00, 25 km outside of Standerton when a Toyota Corolla travelling from Gauteng to Vryheid in Kwa-Zulu-Natal with five occupants veered from the road to the right into oncoming traffic and subsequently collided head-on with another Toyota Corolla travelling from Standerton. A Mercedes sedan, also travelling from Stand-erton narrowly avoided another head-on colli-sion by driving onto the shoulder of the road.
Two occupants of the car travelling to Vry-heid, a 21-year-old girl and 14-year-old girl died on the scene while the wife and husband (who was driving) in their forties were taken
to hospital in critical condition. A 2-year-old toddler sustained minor injuries. The husband who was identified as Sihle Mdlalose died in hospital two hours after admission, the wife reportedly died on Monday, 20 December.
The driver of the other Toyota Corolla, a foreign national who was travelling with four of his countrymen died on the scene, his body was trapped behind the steering wheel.
Lekwa Municipality Emergency Services had to use the jaws of life to retrieve his body from the wreckage. Four of his countrymen were evacuated to hospital, two of them in critical condition. Traffic was disrupted for three hours before the scene was cleared at 17:00. Police on the scene including the sta-tion commander Colonel F Motubane con-firmed that an inquest has been opened for investigation. DM
Family wiped out in road carnage
The notorious R23 claimed four members of the same family when they returned home after the holidays. A two-year-old todler is the only survivor.
Four suffer serious injuries
Paramedics treating injured persons on the scene before evacuating them to hospital.
“I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser. Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear more fruit.” (John 15:1-2 NKJV)
All of us have big dreams and goals at the beginning of a new year, but as time slips by these dreams and goals seem to become smaller - some even dissappear. Why is this? I believe it’s because we look into ourselves for the ability and willpower to make it all happen, instead of looking to Jesus, our true vine. If you read the whole passage of scripture, you will see in verse 5 that God teaches us that without Him we can do nothing. Scary, isn’t it?
Now, let’s look at the promise God gives His children who whole-heartedly trust Him to be the giver and source, the keeper and protector, the reason and purpose of life. In verse 7 God says: “If you abide in Me and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you.”
What a wonderful God. You see, people tend to look at this
verse and assume that this gives them grounds to just pray for a bigger house, more money and every wordly desire that looms in their flesh, but no. God knows that when you know Him as your Heavenly Father, you will also know how to pray and your desires will be filtered through the Holy Spirit working in you to reveal and manifest God’s best for you in your life.
Your dreams and goals will never reach its true potential without an intimate relationship with the one and only living God. Why don’t you start this year off differently and seek God and His Kingdom first, which is His righteousness for us through His beloved son Jesus Christ and His peace and joy through the Holy Spirit (Romans 14:17).
Only then will you begin to experience true success in every area of your life (Matthew 6:33). May all God’s dreams for His children be manifested in their lives for His glory in 2016 and beyond. Remember, in Christ you are a new creation, the old is gone, the new is here! (2 Corinthians 5:17). It’s not too late.
Die dekaan van die fakulteit teolo-gie van die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) se Potchefstroomkampus, professor Fika Janse van Rens-burg, wat in 2015 die viserektor van navorsing en beplanning van die NWU-Puk was, is aangestel as die rektor van dié universiteit vir 2016. Professor Janse van Rensburg is op 12 September 1951 in Frank-fort gebore. Hy het op ‘n plaas in die Standerton-distrik grootgeword en skoolgegaan by Laerskool Val en Hoërskool Standerton nadat hy standard 6 voltooi het aan die Es-howe High School in KZN om En-gels en Zoeloe te leer. Hy matriku-leer in 1969 as hoofseun van SHS. Hy is getroud met Sunette (Nel) en hulle het drie kinders en drie klein-kinders.
Professor Janse van Rensburg spesialiseer in Nuwe-Testamen-tiese verklaarkunde (waarin hy sy doktoraat behaal het) en Nuwe-Testamentiese Grieks waarin hy ‘n meestersgraad behaal het. Hy was navorsingsgenoot aan die Yale Uni-versiteit in die VSA en het in die vroeë 1990’s korter en langer tye dáár bestee. In 2004 het hy vir drie maande navorsing gedoen by die Humboldt Universiteit in Berlyn en sedert 2013 van tyd tot tyd by die Radboud Universiteit in Nijmegen, Nederland.
Nadat hy die SR-voorsitter van
die Potchefstroomse Universiteit vir Christelike Hoër (PU vir CHO) was, aanvaar hy die pos as dosent in Grieks by die PU vir CHO (1973-1980). Vir 2½ jaar is hy die predi-kant van die Gereformeerde Kerk Frankfort (1981-1983). Sedert Julie 1983 is hy ‘n professor in die Nuwe Testament by die NWU, asook die Teologiese Skool Potchefstroom. Hy was vir tien jaar vanaf 1987 huisvader van Karlien Dames-koshuis en vir 2010-2014 dekaan van die Fakulteit Teologie van die NWU; in 2015 was hy die viserek-tor van navorsing en beplanning van die NWU-Puk.
Hy is die redakteur en mede-outeur van sewe omvattende hulp-bronne vir die verstaan van die Bybel, onder andere Die Bybel in Praktyk (1993); Die Bybellen-nium. ‘n Een-volume kommentaar op die Bybel (1999 en 2009), wat Andrew Murray-prys in 2000 ont-vang in 1999 en die CBSA-prys vir die beste publikasie van 2000; Die Multivertaling Bybel (ontvang die CBSA-prys vir die beste publikasie van 2004); Die Nuwe Lewende Vertaling (2006) en die Interliniêre Grieks-Afrikaanse Nuwe Testament (2012).
Hy het al meer as 62 vakkundige artikels gepubliseer, asook talle ar-tikels van meer gewilde aard. Tot op hede het 21 meestersgraadstu-
dente en 17 doktorale studente hulle studies onder sy leiding voltooi en daar is nog heelwat wat geregistreer is.
Buiten die Andrew Murray-prys wat aan twee publikasie toegeken is (Die Bybellennium en Die Bybel A tot Z), het hy die Ds Pieter van Drimmelen-medalje van die Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Weten-skap en Kuns in September 1999 ontvang vir sy bydrae tot die Bybel-vertaling en teologiese handboeke.
Vir die termyn 1995-2000 was hy die voorsitter van die Nuwe-Testamentiese Werkgemeenskap van Suid-Afrika (NTWSA). Hy is ook in 1999 deur die Komitee vir Universiteitshoofde as die ver-teenwoordiger vir al die Suid-Afri-kaanse universiteite by die regering se Suid-Afrikaanse Kwalifikasie-owerheid (SAKO) vir Menslike en Sosiale Studies verkies.
In 2007 het hy saam met profes-sor John T Fritzgerald van die No-tradame-Universiteit in Chicago ‘n nuwe navorsingsprojek, wat wyd en internasionaal strek, begin: Vroeë Christendom en die ekonomie in die Antieke Tyd: Implikasies vir huidige samelewings. Dié projek betrek navorsers van Europa en die VSA en is sedertdien ‘n “Program-eenheid” van die Vereniging van Bybelliteratuur, ‘n vakvereniging wat in die VSA gebaseer is.
He is the true vine
Oud SHS-hoofseun nou PUK-rektor
Professor Janse van Rensburg sien dit as sy taak en roeping om sy kundigheid toe te pas in die opleiding van predikante, die Bybel vir ons tyd te interpreteer en toe te pas, mense te bemagtig vir onaf-hanklike interpretasie van die Bybel en die hulpbronne vir die interpre-tasie van die Bybel te ontwikkel en te publiseer. Hy word ook dikwels gevra om gemeentekampe te lei.
Al hierdie sake is egter tans ietwat op die agtergrond sodat hy sy volle aandag kan gee aan die taak as rek-tor van die NWU-Puk.
Professor Fika Janse van Rensburg is aangestel as die rektor van die Noordwes-Universiteit se Potchefstroomkampus vir 2016. Hy was hoofseun van Standerton Hoërskool waar hy in 1969 gematrikuleer het.
“Groete vir Stan-derton, en veral vir my kosbare SHS!” sluit professor Janse van Rensburg af. JD
STANDERTON - Uitkyk Melkery is geleë in die ou Hula Hoop-perseel in die Spar-kompleks in Prinsesstraat. Uitkyk Melkery het in 2012 ontstaan toe Leeukraal Melkery sy melkverspreidingsbesigheid uitgebrei het na ʼn winkel in die ou Hula Hoop-perseel. Die eienaars, Peet en Alna Blignaut, is saai-, vee- en melkboere van die Standerton-distrik. Peet en Alna het die besigheid in September 2014 gekoop. Die besigheid bestaan uit die melkstal op die plaas, verspreidingsdepot en die winkel. Uitkyk Melkery se dinamiese span bestaan uit 15 mense wat regstaan om om te sien na elke kliënt se behoeftes.
Uitkyk Melkery se eerste prioriteit is kliëntediens en hulle streef daarna om produk-te van hoë gehalte en kwaliteit te verskaf. Uitkyk Melkery se hoof besigheid is melk en melkprodukte sowel as vrugtesappe en plaas-produkte. Hulle produkte word plaaslik ver-vaardig en hulle is besig met die laaste stappe om aan die standaard gestel deur die Standard Dairy Agency te voldoen (Food audit).
Kwalifresh, die tuisnywerheid onder bestuur van Amanda Haasbroek, is ook onder dieselfde dak en verantwoordelik vir die heer-likste tuisgebak. Kwalifresh hou die rakke vol heerlike koek en ander gebak en doen ver-jaarsdae, troues, ooievaarstees en dope, terte en soet- en soutborde vir enige geleentheid op bestelling.
Uitkyk Melkery se verwerking en be-marking word alles plaaslik behartig. Uit-kyk Melkery is ʼn vlak 4 BEE-bydraer en hul verspreidingsarea vir vars melkprodukte sluit Standerton, Evander, Secunda, Bethal,
Trichardt, Morgenzon, Greylingstad, Vrede, Memel en selfs Cornelia in. Kyk uit vir hulle afleweringsvoertuie in u omgewing.
Wat verkoop Uitkyk Melkery? Melk en melkprodukte: melk, amasi, room, karring-melk, botter (ongesoute, gesout en knoffel), kaas (cheddar, wit cheddar, gouda en feta), drinkbare jogurt, roomys en roomysprodukte (ysies, horinkies, suikerhorinkies en nagereg-souse).
Ander plaasprodukte: sappe, (100% le-moen, litchi, bosbessie, kersie, pynappel en wortel, 5-vrugte en ‘n eksotiese vrugtemeng-sel. 50% mango, lemoen, tropies, perske, appelkoos en guava). Plaaseiers, heuning, brood, water, vark-russians, vis (snoek, stok-vis, garnale, en seekosmengsel), heel plaas-hoenders en verpakte snitte soos patties, strips en schnitzels.
Herlaai lugtyd en krag, tydskrifte, lekkers, brikette, blits en selfs toiletpapier.
Tuisgebak: koeke (vanilla, sjokolade, vla, karamel, arbei en grenadella), vleispastei-tjies, souttertjies, vetkoek en maalvleis, ap-peltertjies, ystervarkies en dadelballetjies. Koekies: vla, gemmer, sjokolade korreltjie, koffie en gemengde koekies. Beskuit: anys, boerebeskuit en ‘n verskeidenheid bakbe-standdele.
Op bestelling: verjaardagkoeke, soet- en soutborde en terte.
Enigiemand wat hunker na vars plaas-melk en -produkte sal nie ‘n fout maak wan-neer hulle Uitkyk Melkery besoek nie. Dié melkery verskaf ook aan winkels, gastehuise, skole, koshuise, ouetehuise, koffiewinkels
en besighede (melk en water vir teetyd). Gesels gerus met Alna Blignaut indien u ʼn herverkoper is.
Ons melk word gepasteuriseer. Die pas-teurisasie proses vernietig mikro-organismes wat die volgende siektes veroorsaak, tuber-kulose, ingewandskoors, skarlakenkoors, seerkeel, witseerkeel en maagkwale. Uitkyk Melkery se melk het ʼn raklewe van 5 tot 7 dae indien dit in die koue ketting bly.
Nuttige wenke om die raklewe van melk te verleng: moenie melk in ‘n warm kar los
nie (melk se lewe verkort sodra melk warmer as 7°C word), bêre die melk in die binnekant van die yskas en nie in die deur nie (as gevolg van die oop- en toemaak van die deur is die deur die warmste plek in die yskas), was jou houer met ʼn alkaliese seep (ook beskikbaar by Uitkyk Melkery) en moenie jik of ander bleikmiddel gebruik nie, want dit verkort die melk se lewe - hoe kouer die melk hoe langer die raklewe. Moet asseblief nie die melk buite die yskas los nie. Skakel 071 692 3579 of 017 719 1118 vir verdere navrae. JD
NASIONAAL - AfriForum het hom op 5 Januarie weer eens sterk teen alle vorme van rassisme uitgespreek en die publiek aange-moedig om hulle nie tot rassistiese kommen-taar te wend wanneer hulle hul frustrasies met die situasie in Suid-Afrika uitspreek nie.“Alle vorme van rassisme moet met dieselfde mate van afkeur veroordeel word,” het Ernst Roets, adjunk uitvoerende hoof van AfriFo-rum, gesê.
“Die dubbele standaarde wat in Suid-Afrika gehandhaaf word wanneer dit by kwes sies soos rassisme en aanhitsing kom is egter skreiend.”
Roets het verduidelik dat AfriForum al klagtes by die Suid-Afrikaanse Mensereg-tekommissie (SAMRK) en die Suid-Afri-kaanse Polisiediens (SAPD) ingedien het teen lede van die publiek wat hulle aan aanhitsing tot geweld op ’n rassistiese grondslag skuldig
maak. Nog nie een van hierdie sake is deur die SAMRK of die SAPD afgehandel nie.
“Wit rassisme word uit alle oorde veroor-deel, ook deur AfriForum. Dit wil egter vir ons voorkom asof baie van die meningsvorm-ers en organisasies wat hulle so sterk teen wit rassisme uitspreek, swyg wanneer swart-mense hulle aan dieselfde gedrag skuldig maak. Dít opsigself, is rassisme,” het Roets gesê. Roets het bygevoeg dat AfriForum van
mening is dat daar niks rassisties daaraan is om kommer uit te spreek oor die gevoel van aanspraak (entitlement) en rassisme teenoor minderhede wat deur opportunistiese poli-tieke organisasies aangehits word nie.
AfriForum spreek hom ten sterkste teen wit rassisme sowel as swart rassisme uit, en doen ’n beroep op ander organisasies en menings-vormers om alle vorme van rassisme in die-selfde mate te verwerp. JD
AfriForum veroordeel rassisme ten sterkste“Alle vorme van rassisme moet met dieselfde mate van afkeur veroordeel word,” ~ Ersnt Roets
SA moet dalk mielies invoerNASIONAAL - Die minister van landbou, Senzeni Zokwana, het Maandag, 4 Januarie, tydens ‘n perskonferensie oor die Wet op Groei en Geleenthede in Afrika, gesê dat Suid-Afrika slegs vier of vyf maande se mielievoorraad oor het. Voorts sê die minister dat indien daar nie verligting van die droogte vir die boere kom nie, sal Suid Afrika moontlik van April of Mei mielies van Amerika moet invoer. Zokwana het ook gesê
buiten die maatreëls om water te bespaar, moet die land nuwe boorgate sink, nuwe voorraad opbou, vee red en die uitdaging van brande trotseer. Indien Suid-Afrika mielies moet invoer, sal kospryse verhoog.Suid-Afrika het ook vanaf Maandag, 4 Januarie, invoere van Amerikaanse hoender, vark- en beesvleis toegelaat, anders sal die land sy belastingvrye voordele vir landbouinvoere verloor. JD
Volgens die minister van landbou is daar net vier of vyf maande se mielievoorraad in Suid-Afrika oor. Indien daar nie verligting van die droogte vir boere kom nie, sal SA moontlik van April of Mei mielies van die VSA moet invoer. (Foto: Mia Zuurvogel)
AfriForum skop veldtog af om droogtehulp te verleen
NASIONAAL - AfriForum het op 8 Januarie ʼn veldtog van stapel gestuur waarmee dié burgerregte-organisasie droogtegeteisterde gebiede van hulp gaan voorsien. AfriForum gaan vir die volgende weke lede van die publiek op nasionale vlak aanmoedig om R10 by te dra, waarna AfriForum die bedrae op ʼn rand-tot-rand-basis sal verdubbel. ’n SMS-diens is vir hierdie doel geskep waardeur die publiek hul bydraes kan maak.“Suid-Afrika word deur ’n ernstige droogte geteister. Boere kry ontsettend swaar en sekere dorpe het op dié stadium geen drinkwater nie. Ons kan nie anders as om ook in te spring en te help nie,” sê Henk Maree, nasionale woordvoerder van AfriForum.
AfriForum is van voorneme om ná afloop van die veldtog boere wat ’n ernstige tekort aan weiding ondervind in samewerking met landbou-organisasies soos TLU Suid-Afrika by te staan, asook om dorpe wat waterskaarste beleef, te ondersteun om die swaarkry te verlig.
“Ons moedig alle lede van die publiek aan om hul name na 38312 te SMS om R10 tot die fonds by te dra. Elke R10-SMS gaan R20 se bydrae tot die droogtefonds verseker,” het Maree afgesluit. JD
SAKHILE - The Sakhile Police arrested a man after members of the public informed them that the man is using and selling drugs.
Constable Segasa went to the address and found the suspect where after a search of the pro-perty was conducted. Ten Man-drax tablets were confiscated and the suspect said that he smokes these tablets and it is for his own use. He was arrested and taken
to the holding cells in Sakhile and will appear in court in due course.
In another case information was also supplied that led police to a room in Sakhile and after it was searched, they found seven plastic bags full of CAT.
The suspect said that he had to sell drugs as he is unemployed. The suspect was placed under ar-rest and charged for dealing in a forbidden substance. JD
STANDERTON - A 21-year-old man was trying to make a quick buck, but his luck was cut short when police, acting on tip-off, busted him with his stash of dagga at the taxi rank on Tuesday, 29 December 2015.
The man from Extension 6 in Sakhile spent the night in po-lice custody and faces a charge of the illegal possession and selling of dagga. Dagga with estimated street value of R2 100 was confiscated from him.
Another suspect who police believe was in possession of drugs ran away when he saw them, but he was apprehended a short distance from the taxi rank.
Although nothing was found in his possession, police still believed he is involved in drug dealing. He was taken in for questioning but later released on a warning. Lieutenant Nhla-bathi confirmed that the sus-pect was due to appear in court on 30 December. DM
NASIONAAL - ‘n Vollengte dokumentêre film oor die ge-bruik van geweld deur die ANC en ander bevrydingsorganisasies in Suid-Afrika sal vroeg in 2016 aan die publiek bekendgestel word.
Die dokumentêr, Tainted He-roes, is twee ure lank en behandel die geskiedenis vanaf die Sowe-to-studenteopstande in 1976 tot en met die inhuldiging van oud-president Nelson Mandela in 1994.
‘n Sentrale tema in die doku-mentêr is die ANC se “people’s war”-strategie, wat meegebring het dat gewelddadige aanvalle op mededingende bevrydings-organisasies uitgevoer is met die doel om mededingers soos Inkatha, die Swart Bewussyns-beweging (Black Consciousness Movement), die PAC en AZAPO te verswak ten einde die ANC in die oë van die NP-regering en die internasionale gemeenskap as al-leenverteenwoordiger van swart mense te vestig.
In ‘n lokprent wat pas gepubli-seer is, deel Strike Thokoane, ‘n leier van die Swart Bewussyns-beweging en adjunkpresident van AZAPO, sy ervaring van poli-
tieke geweld wat deur die ANC teen hierdie twee organisasies uitgevoer is. Dit sluit halssnoer-moorde, waartydens ʼn buiteband gevul met petrol om ʼn slagof-fer se nek gesit en aan die brand gesteek is, in.
Ernst Roets, filmmaker, sê dat die dokumentêr nie ‘n anti-ANC film is nie, maar dat dit wel ‘n belangrike deel van Suid-Afrika se geskiedenis bevat wat deur die ANC-regering onder die mat ge-vee word.
“Die algemene gevoel is dees-dae dat almal wat hulle in die ANC se kamp bevind het on-bevlekte helde was en almal wat van die ANC verskil het, bose belhamels. Die feite wat Tainted Heroes op die tafel plaas, wys dat die geskiedenis nie so eenvoudig is nie,” sê Roets.
‘n Vorige lokprent bevat uit-treksels uit Roets se onderhoud met dr Anthea Jeffery, outeur van die boek People’s War, New Light on the Struggle for South Africa, wat die ANC se people’s war-strategie behandel.
Meer besonderhede oor wan-neer en waar Tainted Heroes ge-sien sal kan word, sal eersdaags bekend gemaak word. JD
STANDERTON - Forty-two aborted SAPS vehicles were put on auction on 15 December 2015 at Standerton Police Station.
The majority of those were bakkies and a few sedans. Lieutenant Nhlabathi said all ve-hicles that went under the hammer were pur-chased by the public.
The auction started in Ermelo in the morn-ing where dozens of state vehicles were sold. DM
Dagga pusher endsup in custody
State vehicles go under hammer
Forty-two aborted SAPS vehicles were sold in an auction on Tues-day, 15 December.
ANC-geweldfilm verskyn eersdaags STANDERTON - Baie van ons het
nuwejaarsvoornemens en van dit mag wees om ‘n verskil te maak in jou gemeenskap. Solidariteit Helpende Hand kan jou help om by hierdie nuwejaarsvoorneme te hou. Met meer as 140 takke landswyd is dit maklik om in te skakel en werklik ‘n verskil te maak.
Ons fokus is spesifiek om ‘n verskil in die gemeenskap te maak. Ons kan dit egter slegs doen as mense soos jý, aanmeld en betrokke raak. Dalk het jy net ‘n uur per week. Dalk kan jy bloot ‘n finansiële bydrae van R50 per maand maak. Maak nie saak hoe nie, maar dit wat jy wel het, kan ons gebruik en vermeerder.
Verlede jaar het Helpende Hand 1 443 projekte aangepak ter waarde van R3.3 miljoen. Hierdie
projekte het die Afrikaner-gemeenskap se armoede verlig, verhoed en soms selfs verbreek.
In jou area is Alisha de Lange die streeksorganiseerder wat jou na die naaste tak kan verwys. “Dis so vervullend om betrokke te wees by Helpende Hand en te kan sien hoe mense verander as jy begin omgee” sê De Lange. “Ons is ‘n stem vir hulle wat nie ‘n stem het nie. Ons het tans 144 takke landswyd met 34 000 ondersteuners wat almal net soos jy ‘n verskil wil maak.”
Kom word deel van ‘n organisasie wat nie net kla en sit en wag dat dinge gebeur nie. Ons rol moue op en raak betrokke daar waar die nood groot is. Skakel vandag nog vir Alisha de Lange op 082 923 1438 of stuur ‘n e-pos na [email protected] JD
SAKHILE - A woman from Sakhile found, on her return to home after work, that someone broke into her house and stole several items.
The corrugated iron roof was forced open in order for the suspect to gain access.
The suspect is known to the woman as well as to Sakhile SAPS, but has since gone into hiding. Anyone with information on the whereabouts of the suspect known as Neo must please contact Sergeant Ngema on 072 635 2903 or on 017 714 7888. JD
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ALGEMEENGENERAL
Rubber Coat ing Solutions: Lek of roes jou dak? “RUB-BERISE” dit! Water-en-roesdigtheid op verskeidenheid van oppervlaktes gewaar-borg. NUUT: Wa-terdig jou huis mure met “RUBBER” verf. Beskikbaar in groot verskeidenheid kleure. Skakel George Foley 082 646 3630.
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).
AKKOMMODASIEACCOMMODATION
La’vie Gastehuisi s g e l e ë i n d i e dorp, loopafstand na Standerton Hos-pitaal en El Con-dor Spur. Ons bied spesiale tariewe vir l ang te rmyngas te . Keuse tussen self-s o r g e e n h e d e o f ontbyt, aandete en kospakkies op ver-soek. Skakel gerus vandag nog. Mil-lanie 072 879 6309.
DIENSTESERVICES
Grasdakke, lapa’s en swembaddens. Oprig van nuwe lapa’s, herstelwerk van lapa’s. Ons bou ook swembaddens. 6x4 swembad + 6x4 lapa, met ingeboude braai - R45 000. 8x4 swembad + 6x4 lapa, met ingeboude braai - R54 000. 5x3 swembad + 4x3 lapa, met ingeboude braai - R35 000. Vir ‘n kwotasie ska-kel George 083 573 5324/ 082 538 5726.
________________Hidro Kleen. Skoon-maak van matte, los matte, blinders, sit-stelle en hardevloere. Diepreiniging van huise. Valet van voer-tuie. Skakel ons vir spesiale aanbiedinge. Tel: 017 712 2499. Sel: 082 406 3190 / 084 299 3654.
HUIS & HAARDHOME
IMPROVEMENTSBella Blinds. Ve-netian, aluminium & w o o d b l i n d s , 25 mm and 50 mm, all your inside win-dow requirements. Re pairs to all blinds. Phone Bel la , 072 390 7490 or 017 714 1262. Fax 086 615 9985.
_______________ Phi l r i B l i nds & Aw n i n g s . We d o all kinds of blinds, inside and outside. We do Vene t i an , a luminium, wood blinds, vertical, bam-boo & awnings at affordable prices. We also repair blinds. P h o n e R i k a 0 7 2 372 4191. Fax 086 639 4844.
MEUBELVERVOERFURNITURE REMOVAL
Klopper Meubelver-voer. Groot en klein meubelvragmotors beskikbaar vir enige meubelvervoer. Eie-naartoesig en drywer met vriendelike diens. Skakel Conrad Klop-per - 082 774 6952. [email protected].
MOTORDIENSTEMOTORING
Standerton Brake & Clutch. New and reconditioned clutch kits. Reconditioning of truck & tractor pres-sure plates. New brake drums and discs or yours machined while you wait. Cnr Prin-cess & Coligny Street, Standerton, Phone 017 712 6491.
PLAAGBEHEERPEST CONTROL
Willie’s Pest Solu-tions, Standerton. Registered - P 33234. Insect control, cock-roaches, ants, lice, weed and rat con-trol, termites and foundat ion t rea t -ment. Phone Willie 083 458 7564. Fax 086 662 3612 / 017 714 0834.
TUINDIENSTEGARDENING
Ebafaneni garden-ing services. Phone Sibusiso at 073 752 3862 or 076 971 0194. First come first serve.
VERMAAK ENTERTAINMENT
Royal Kids Parties, Standerton. Your one stop party shop. All party accessories, b a l l o o n s , d e c o r, castles, tents, gaze-bos, pinatas. Jum-ping castles R250. We deliver in Stan-derton. Phone San-ta 082 331 0036.
WENDY HUISEWENDY HOUSES
Awesome Wendys. We do Wendy houses at a very low price. Log cabin, knotty pine and pallet wood. Pri-ces for pallet wood 2 m x 2 m - R 3 000, 3 m x 3 m - R 3 500, 3 m x 4 m - R 4 200. We move Wendy houses from point A to B. 5 - yearguarantee. Phone Sam 073 091 6680.
A B R W e n d y s . 3 x 3 - R3 900 , 3 x 4 - R4 500 . We do pallet wood, knotty pine and log cabins. We offer a 5 year guarantee. Phone 071 062 4912.
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.
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.
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.
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, lugreëlings, 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 reno-va-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 re-novat ion and t i 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.
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.
________________Building construc-tion and maintenance services: From foun-dation to roof, tiling, paving and painting. A chain of profes-sional persons. Phone Mlambo 074 839 7861 or Trust 073 620 2668.
TE HUURTO LET
Netjiese 2 slaapka-mer woonstel te huur in Meyerville met motorafdak, dade-lik beskikbaar @ R 3 300 per maand. Voorafbetaalde krag-meter. Waterrekening uitgesluit. Netjiese, veilige omgewing. Nie geskik vir kinders en diere nie. Deposito R 2 000. Skakel 072 374 8647.
MOTORDIENSTEMOTORING
JF Auto Interior, Standerton.Uphol-stery, automotive, fu rn i tu re , canvas covers, roof linings and carpets. For more information phone Jacques 072 117 0389 or Francois 072 543 5938.
BOERDERYFARMING
Die Plaasmeule. 50 kg heel mielies R170. 50 kg ‘crushed’ R190 en 20 kg ‘crushed’ R90. 20 kg Sorghum R75 en 50 kg sorg-hum R170. Sonne-blom teen R150 per 20 kg. Kantoor ure: Maandae tot Sater-dae vanaf 14:00 tot 18:30. Skakel 082 301 2518.
VAKATUREVACANCIES
Zwane Inspections. Be part of a lead-ing company in SA. 8 x Radiographic Testing Assistants (Winders). Candi-dates need to have the following mini-mum qualification and experience: must have successfully completed Radia-tion Safety (AEB). Experience in Es-kom Power Plants, specifically boilers. Closing date for ap-plicants: 25 January 2016. Note: candi-dates need to reside in surrounding area’s - Tutuka Power Sta-tion. Please forward your CV to [email protected]
VAKATURE GESOEKVACANCIES WANTED
I am looking for a posistion as a clean-er. I have many years of experience work-ing as a cleaner at New Denmark Col-liery. I also have a Code 14 Learners Li-cence. Please phone 073 560 0370.
TE KOOPFOR SALE
Babycharm pull-up diapers, all sizes R40 per pack. Sec-ond hand carry cot + Baby bathchair and ‘spoegdoeke’. Al-terations on all types of clothing. Phone Lynette on 060 458 2335.
EKSTRAKLASSEEXTRA CLASSES
Fisiese Wetenskap Ekstraklasse vir gr. 10 - 12. Begin Feb-ruarie 2016. Skakel Chrisna Adendorff by 083 435 1229.
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.
TE HUURTO LET
G e m e u b i l e e r d e bachelors woonstel te huur vanaf 1 Februa-rie 2016, 6 km buite Standerton. Water en ligte ingesluit vir R 3 000 per maand. Skakel 082 764 6563.
Kamer - R1 000 per maand sonder kom-buis. R1 100 met kombuis per maand te huur in Colignys-traat, Standerton. Nie - rokers kry voorkeur. Skakel Dina 076 642 6417.
Bakkie for hire . Please phone 063 511 5499 or 083 440 2544.
Shop to let - 300 m², opposite Post Office, Standerton (Old Clas-sics Shop). available from 1 January 2016. Phone 017 712 2421/ 084 678 6018.
ERMELO - Emosies het Woensdagoggend, 6 Januarie, hoog geloop toe leerlinge van regoor die land vir die eerste keer hul 2015-eindeksa-menuitslae onder oë geneem het.
Ligbron Akademie vir Tegnologie is een van skole wat die nasionale en provinsiale slaagsy-fer met meer as 20% oortref het. Die skool het, ten spyte van ‘n enkele druipeling wat hereksa-mentoelating het, die hoogste slaagpersentasie (99,41%) in die Ermelo 1-streek behaal.
Die groep se puik dissipline en positiewe gesindheid het hulle met die volgende presta-sies laat uitstaan:•Die Mpumalanga Onderwysdepartement se
prys as die top wiskundegroep in die provin-sie met 21 onderskeidings en ‘n algehele gemiddeld van 72,7%.
•Geen leerling druip wiskunde nie – ‘n prestasie wat die skool die afgelope 10 agtereenvolgende jaar volhou.
•Hafsa Jadwat is onder die top drie wiskunde-leerlinge in Mpumalanga met ‘n vakgemid-deld van 99%. Sy is ook onder die top 10-leerlinge in die provinsie met ‘n gemid-deld van 92,7%.
•Die groep behaal 146 A-simbole in totaal.•In nét 13 gevalle het ‘n leerling ‘n vak ge-
lewenswetenskappe (83%). Sy het ‘n gemid-deld van 86,3% gehandhaaf.
Die skool se toppresteerder, Hafsa Jadwat, met haar gemiddeld van 92,7%, het sewe onderskeidings ingepalm – Engels (84%), Af-rikaans (93%), wiskunde (99%), lewensoriën-tering (87%), ingenieursgrafika en -ontwerp (97%), lewenswetenskappe (92% en fisiese wetenskappe (97%).
Tasmiyah Tayob en Raeesah Bhagalia het elkeen ook sewe onderskeidings ingepalm en ‘n gemiddeld van 85,1% en 89%%, onder-skeidelik, behaal.
Die skool het verder een leerling met ses onderskeidings, twee leerlinge met vyf onder-skeidings en vyf leerlinge met vier onder-skeidings opgelewer. DK
STANDERTON - Solidariteit Helpende Hand het weer 21 graad eens se harte bly gemaak. Die skooltassieprojek sit ‘n tassie propvol van al die nodige skryfbehoeftes in ‘n graad eentjie se hand en gee hom of haar hoop.
Elke kind verdien ruimte om te droom en elke kind, arm of ryk, verdien ‘n gelyke wegspringkans op sy eerste skooldag.
Solidariteit Helpende Hand Standerton het Laerskool Standerton en Laerskool Kalie de Haas besoek om skooltassies aan die skole te oorhanding.
Dankie aan elkeen wat ‘n ondersteuner is van Solidariteit Helpende Hand, want saam maak ons defnitief ‘n verskil! Daar is 11 tassies aan Laerskool Kalie de Haas en 10 aan Laerskool Standerton geskenk. JD
Mnr Rudi Hamman, hoof van Laerskool Standerton, ontvang hier van me Surina Dippenaar tien skooltasse wat volledig gevul is met al die nodige skryfbehoeftes vir die leerlinge se eerste skooljaar. Me Dippenaar is op die bestuur van Solidariteit Helpende Hand Standerton en het vir die voorsitter, me Lindie Davel, ingestaan. Baie behoeftige gesinne se gr 1-kinders se drome is bewaarheid deurdat hulle voorsien is van so ’n stampvol skooltassie.
Skooltassieprojek laat kinders glimlag
146 onderskeidings vir Ligbron Akademie
Hafsa Jadwat is Ligbron Akademie vir Tegnologie se toppresterende 2015-matriekleerling met sewe onderskeidings en ‘n gemiddeld van 92,7%.
Hier, van links na regs, is Me Elzane Norman (hoof: Kalie Klitsies), mnr Pieter Bakker (hoof: Kalie de Haas) en Tanya Venter (Solidariteit Helpende Hand Standerton).
PROVINCIAL - The DA congratulates all successful Mpumalanga matriculants for the 2015 academic year, despite the province seeing an overall decrease in the matric pass rate from 79% last year to 78,6% this year. It is also a sad reality that the mathematic pass rate in Mpumalanga has declined.
A decreasing pass rate is a bitter pill to swallow for thousands of matric learners with high hopes for their futures. The trend of decreasing pass rates is alarming, and deeply concerning. The DA also congratulates Ehlanzeni District for achieving an 81,6% pass rate making it the top performing district in the province.
The DA once again congratulates Hoërskool Nelspruit for being the best performing school in the province for the fourth consecutive year. The school achieved an astounding 432 distinctions and 213 Bachelor passes. We congratulate the principal, Dr Swanepoel and his entire team for their hard work and continued dedication.
It is however concerning that, despite MEC Reginah Mhaule repeatedly committing herself to supporting underperforming schools, the number of underperforming schools has more than doubled from 32 in
2014 to 70 in 2015. MEC Mhaule must account to the Portfolio Committee on Education on this unacceptable increase in underperforming schools, and must prioritise the improvement of the quality of education offered at these schools.
The ongoing trend of learners dropping out before they reach and complete grade 12 is unacceptable as between 2013 and 2015, 34 310 learners were lost. In 2013, 89 290 learners were enrolled in grade 10 yet only 54 980 learners wrote their matric examinations. The Department of Education must focus on improving learner retention and ensure that learners are supported from the time they start school to when they complete grade 12.
The province has improved its performance in Physical Science from 58,7% to 62,6%, however, Mathematics had a slight decline from 56,6% to 55,5%. All matriculants who did not obtain the desired results are urged to make the most of supplementary exam opportunities.
The DA hopes that all successful matriculants will continue to enrol in the country’s various tertiary institutions in order to cement their futures. (Jane Sithole MPL, DA Spokesperson on Education) JD
Khula-Sakhile, simply the best
Jubilant pupils of Thuto-Thebe Secondary School celebrating their 93% pass rate.
STANDERTON - Khula-Sakhile Secondary School’s class of 2015 has done it again with their 100% pass rate.
At some point the school – in the heart of Sakhile – was labelled the worst performing school and no parent would dare send their children to a school that was notorious and always in the news for the wrong reasons. Today the school has become the pride of Lekwa.
The dramatic turnaround began with the class of 2013 when the school achieved a 100% pass mark for the first time in more than a decade. In 2014 there was a slight drop to 96%, but the class of 2015 has once again achieved a 100% pass rate, sharing the spoils of victory with only one other school in the Lekwa East and West Circuit – Hoërskool George Hofmeyr.
Cosmos News spoke to the Principal of Khula-Sakhile, Mr Madoda Malinga, who said that the secret of the school’s success is a combination of many factors, including a dedicated team of educators who sacrificed much of the their free time during the winter holidays and weekends with extra classes. Hard work and determination by the pupils and a joined effort by parents and the school’s governing body were other contributing factors. “We’ve never lifted our feet off the pedal. We are proud to be the best-performing school in Lekwa West Circuit with Hoërskool Standerton breathing heavily in our necks with their 99,25%.”
While Mpumalanga occupies the fifth position with 78,6% and the Western Province leading the charts with 84,7%, the MEC for Education, Ms Reginah Mhaule, was not pleased with the results. Speaking at Izimbali Boarding School in Amsterdam on Wednesday, 6 January, she read a riot act to the principals whose schools have obtained less than a 60% pass rate. “They must give convincing reasons why they should keep their positions,” she said.
Her statement calls for principals of Xondilwase and Holmdene to explain their poor performances. In the meantime hundreds of matriculants who have made it were celebrating their achievements.
The complete results for Lekwa East are as follows: George Hofmeyr (100%,), Sikhethelani (94,54%), Xondilwasi (51,88%) and Holmdene (42,85%). As for Lekwa West: Khula-Sakhile (100%), Hoërskool Standerton (99,25%), Khunjuliwe (98,27%), Stanwest Combined (97,91%), Thuto-Thebe (93,22%), Azalea Combined (83,87%), Jandrel (80,72%) and Thobelane (76,66%). DM
STANDERTON - Die hele land het Woensdagoggend, 6 Januarie, sy asem in afwagting vir die bekendmaking van die 2015-matriekeindeksamenuitslae opgehou.
Verwagtinge was miskien ietwat gekrenk nadat die minister van basiese onderwys, Angie Motshekga, die vorige dag aangekondig het dat die nasionale slaagsyfer van 75,8% in 2014 na 70,7% afgeneem het, maar dit was vinnig iets van die verlede toe Hoërskool Standerton sy verstommende statistiek aan die publiek bekendgemaak het.
Die skool het ‘n slaagsyfer van 99,25% behaal – ‘n 0,56%-verbetering op verlede jaar se 98,69% – en daarmee die nasionale en provinsiale slaagsyfer met 28,55% en 20,65%, onderskeidelik, geklop. Uit die skool se 135 matriekleerlinge het slegs een gedruip, maar 65,41% het universiteitstoelating behaal en die groep het altesaam 118 onderskeidings ingepalm.
Miranda Potgieter is Hoërskool Standerton se toppresterende leerling van 2015. Sy het ‘n gemiddeld van 90,1% gehandhaaf en onderskeidings in ál sewe haar vakke losgeslaan – Afrikaans (87%), Engels (85%), wiskunde (90%), lewensoriëntering (93%), fisiese wetenskappe (90%), rekeningkunde (95%) en ingenieursgrafika- en ontwerp (91%). Sy gaan vanjaar haar graad in chemiese ingenieurswese aan die Noordwes-Universiteit afskop.
“Ek is baie geseënd! Hierdie is ‘n bewys dat as jy jou bes doen, God die res sal doen,” het ‘n ekstatiese Miranda slegs oomblikke nadat sy haar rapport by die skool ontvang het, laat hoor. Haar ma, me Christelle Potgieter, was aan haar sy en gesê dat sy nie méér trots op haar dogter kan wees nie.
Isabel Smith is kort op haar hakke met ‘n gemiddeld van 88% en ewenaar Miranda se sewe onderskeiding met vakgemiddelde wat diep in die 80’s en 90’s draai. Haar beste vak is rekeningkunde waarvoor sy ‘n gemiddeld van 93% gehandhaaf het en dit is dus geen verbasing dat sy vanjaar BCom Rekeningkunde aan die Universiteit van Pretoria gaan studeer nie.
Monica Boender is derde met ‘n gemiddeld van 84,6% en ses skitterende onderskeidings. Sy was heel verbaas en het gesê dat sy net drie onderskeidings verwag het. Sy gaan vanjaar ‘n driejaar-graadkursus in BSc Biologiese Wetenskap aan die Universiteit van Pretoria begin.
Hoërskool Standerton het hul dank teenoor elke onderwyser wat ‘n rol in elke 2015-matrikulant se skoolloopbaan gespeel het, uitgespreek. “Vir elke matrikulant wil ons graag sê: ‘Carpe diem!’ Gryp die dag, gryp elke geleentheid wat oor jou pad kom met beide hande en maak seker dat jy elke dag met die bewustheid leef dat die keuses vir sukses in jóú hande lê.
“Met harde werk en deursettingsvermoë is enigiets moontlik.” DK
Ná ‘n intimiderende eksamen en ‘n lang gewag, is die 2015-matrikulante van Hoërskool Standerton uiteindelik met die grootste hoogtepunt van hul 12 jaar-skoolloopbaan beloon en kan hulle nou die wêreld stip in die oë kyk.
Miranda Potgieter het met haar sewe onderskeidings en gemiddeld van 90,1% die eersteplek op Hoërskool Standerton se lys van toppresterende matrikulante vir 2015 losgeslaan. By haar is haar trotse ma, me Christelle Potgieter.
Standerton Rolbalklub het die afgelope naweek hul meester-enkelstoernooi gehou waaraan talle ywerige spelers deelgeneem het. Gerhard van Emmenes (links) het koning in die mansafdeling gekraai, gevolg deur Colin Munro, Ewald Eksteen en Louis Bibbey in die vierdeplek. Wat die vroue-afdeling betref, het Annatjie de Bruto (regs) skoonskip gemaak – die kersie op die koek nadat sy onlangs in die Mpumalangaspan opgeneem is wat later vanjaar op nasionale vlak in Oos-Londen gaan deelneem. Sy word gevolg deur Alrina Greaves.
STANDERTON - 31 Golf players entered the Mug of Mugs as well as the Monthly Mug golf competition on Saturday, 9 January. Dries van Vuuren won Mug of Mugs in the A-division with his 68 strokes. Nico Lombard won the B-division with 68 strokes, with Quinton Martin winning the C-division with 72 strokes. Patrizia Lombard won the ladies division with 72 strokes.
During the Monthly Mug competition, Jannie Nicols and Gerrit Coetzee shared the first place with a gross of 73. The A-division nett was won by Dries van Vuuren (68) with Gerrit Coetzee (71) second. Nico Lombard won the B-division gross with 80. He also took first place in the B-division with a nett of 68, followed by Louis Gravett with 69 strokes. Quinton Martin won both the gross (98) and nett (78) in the C-division. Patrizia Lombard won the ladies division with a gross of 89 and nett of 72. She was closely followed by Alma Tonkin with 73 strokes.
Two clubs were played by Dries van Vuuren, Ronnald Kinnear, Aldo Arnaldi, Louire Nel, Gerrit Coetzee, Jannie Nicols and Johann van Rensburg. JD
Mug of Mugs finds a home
Dries van Vuuren (right) receives the Mug of Mugs from Johann van Rensburg after he won the A-division with his 68 strokes. (Photo: Jacques Scholtz)
Patrizia Lombard won the Mug of Mugs competition as well as the Monthly Mug competition on Saturday. With her is Johann van Rensburg, the golf captain. (Photo: Jacques Scholtz)
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