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26 July 2013
Six years
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Available the whole month: Canimambo Restaurant Portugus & Moambicano cuisine.
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Verstom oor goedheid
Met hierdie brief wil ons eerstens vir ons Hemelse Vader vir Sy beskerming dankie s. Dit was net Sy genade wat ons beskerm het tydens die gewapen de rooftog wat in die vroe oggendure van Vrydag 19 Julie by ons huis plaasgevind het. Wat ons wel verstom het, is die goedheid en bystand van die mense in Sabie. Ons het altyd geweet ons woon in n spesiale dorp, maar dit is hierin bewys. Ons wil nie iemand uitsonder nie, maar wil tog vir die volgende mense dankie s vir hul bystand in die chaos: Ben junior, wat onmiddellik gekom het, my familielede wat daar was ty dens die rooftog wat ons bygestaan het met die polisie en skoonmaak, Stefan en PetroNel Davey van Supa Quick, Berrie Linde en Amanda en Sean Bushney. Ons kan nie almal persoonlik noem nie, maar jul oproepe en alles wat jul le doen, sal nooit vergeet word nie. n Hartlike dankie aan almal wat n by
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drae gelewer het om dit vir ons mak liker te maak. Al het Ben baie bloed verloor, her stel hy goed en ons glo en vertrou hy sal ten volle herstel. Marie Oberholzer
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Staff members of TJ Corner: Patricia Milanzi (middle), Cindy Khoza (back right), Nancy Nonyane (front left), Thandeka Shube (front right) and Webbie Mabunda (back left). Insert: TJ owner Thembeni Mashigo.
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Executive Mayor Michael Ncongwane help learners to cut the birthday cake in honour of Mandela. As we celebrate Mandelas birthday, we are trying to expand the work that he did years ago by today performing volunteer service in our communities. The event was attended by officials from Thaba Chweu municipality and various government departments, loc al schools, community members and
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The weather conditions that winter of 2007 made it humanly impossible to contain and control the disaster from happening. What further complicated fire fighting efforts was the fact that EnviroVi sion Solutions (EVS) operations centre at Bakenkop was completely engulfed by flames and burnt to the ground on the eve of the out break of the fires. Fortunately the crew members, who play a crucial role in fire de tection and management, all nar rowly escaped tragedy, but the operations centre and equipment housed therein to detect fires and communicate their location and movement was lost. In 2008, a small fortune was spent moving the operations centre to Tweefontein and upgrading it to the best fire detection technology available. Cameras that capture, stabilise, digitise and send images via radio transmitter to the EVS operation centre have been placed in strategic positions around the Lowveld and beyond. EVS crew members monitor the images 24 hours a day and when a fire is spotted on the screen, the technology allows for the burning area to be instantly georeferenced, whereupon the crew can notify fire fighting teams and landowners at the specific plantation. This allows for the early detection and arrest of a potentially hazardous wild fire. The most crucial component of fire fighting is early detection and
early attack, so should you spot a fire anywhere from now until the end of October it is imperative that you report it to EVS by calling 013 764 4900 or 082 462 2469 or 0860 66 3473 (NO FIRE). As a rule, no open fire or burning is allowed between 1 June and 31 October the transgression of
which is punishable by law. While we have been blessed with some wet days this winter, resid ents should not allow that to make them complacent as to the poten tially devastating results of wild fires. Keep alert and be sure to report any wild fires to 0860 66 3473.
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Teachers attend a live lecture during North West Universitys Open Learning Groups winter school hosted at Panorama Second ary School in Graskop.
presented by lecturers from the Potchefstroom campus. These lectures are broadcasted from Potchefstroom to all the study centres in the country and the students can even interact with the lecturers. Karen Bloem and Lumari Faber, both from Panorama Secondary School, coordinate the Open Learning Group in this area. During most weekends, students attend classes for various courses at the school. They also have to attend a week of summer school during December and winter school in July. Karen says they also facilitate the exams twice a year when the students
write their examinations at Graskop Primary School. According to NorthWest Uni versitys website, the Unit for Open Distance Learning serves 28 000 stu dents, mainly through the Faculty of Education Sciences (teachers), but also a smaller number of students from Health Sciences (nursing) and Theology. Students can register at any time, but they have prescribed min imum and maximum times to com plete their qualifications. Teachers who wish to enrol in the programme to better their qualifica tions can contact Karen on 083595 9710.
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Festival at Canimambo in 2010. I wanted to in troduce my band to the local audience and also create a platform for other local bands, she says. After that first festival, which showcased only four bands, it has grown in leaps and bounds. Last year, Courtney was forced to tighten the slots for musicians as band submissions came pouring in from musicians all eager to perform at Graskops local music festival. The festival now attracts groups from as far as Tzaneen, Nelspruit, Johan nesburg, Potchefstroom and Durban. While Courtney says that metal is her first and true musical love I just love the tone in the in struments and vocals and the passion that the musicians put into it its hard to describe, but I just feel it in my soul and in my bones there is another side to this musicians soul. She ventured into the world of acoustic guitar song writing about three years ago. After playing around with the guitar for a while, I started adding lyrics to my songs and singing them softly. I got amazing reactions from people that gave me the confidence to perform my solo, acoustic stuff, she says. While her metal side is inspired by such old school greats as Pantera, Metallica, Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath, acoustically Courtney draws her inspiration from artists like John Butler, Xavier Rudd, The XS, Bob Marley and Peter Tosh. In between her traversing between Graskop and Gauteng for Mizera gigs, Courtney organises monthly live events at Canimambo and weekly drumming circles.
Her biggest dreams are for Mizera to become an internationally renowned band and for the Free Form Festival to grow into a threeday music festival that competes with other established South African music festivals. Locals can catch Courtney playing her acoustic set live at Jungle Caf in Hazyview on 28 Sep tember, and diarise 14 December, when the next Free Form Festival will take place at Canimambo.
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The unique Forest Industry Museum in Sabie. ler, founder and first curator of the Sabie Forest Industry Museum. In front of the museum are two at tentiongrabbing, old machines that were used in the early days of the loc al forestry industry. As you start your journey through the museum you will witness where it all began before the first European people arrived in Africa. Inside the museum, a map shows all of Komati land Forests current plantations and their sizes, giving you an idea of the scale of the companys operations. On display are some petrified trees and many more interesting artefacts. As you go further, there is an exhibit that shows where the forestry in dustry grows its trees, the planting and tending, and exhibitions presen ted by Sappi, Working for Water and many more. There is also an ecotour ism office inside the museum opening the way for travelling, hiking, 4x4 and other experiences. The museum welcomes all people, including residents, tourists and school children, to explore the forestry industry in a fun and interactive way, says Seiling. Visiting hours: Mondays to Fridays 08:0013:00 and 14:0016:30. Saturdays: 08:0012:00. Closed on Sundays and public holi days. Entrance fees: Adults R5, children R2, pensioners R2. For bookings contact Chantelle Seiling on 013 764 1058.
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A dream you don't have to fight for isn't a dream. It's a nap. One changes your day, one the world.
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Een van die kunswerke in Maria se Restorationreeks. As die storms en die winde van die lewe woed en die see onstuimig raak, kan jy soms in die proses jou dak verloor en die lewe kan sy letsels (graffiti) op jou laat. Maar as die huis op die Rots gebou is, sal jy staande bly en sal daar weer n tyd van kalmte en rustigheid kom waar jy God kan toelaat om jou te herstel. Die woord restoration beteken: to bring back to a former state, or better. En die potensiaal is in elkeen van ons! Maria Koch. Fotos verskaf deur Maria Jansen van Vuuren jaar gelede in Graskop kom vestig het. God het egter gou aan haar geopen baar dat Hy deur die gastehuis die nasies na haar bring. Sy het al toer iste van oor die wreld heen ontvang en vir baie van hulle het sy n spesiale boodskap gehad. Haar kunswerke spreek tot die mense, raak hul siel aan, en laat n blywende indruk. Maria het n passie vir Graskop en sy mense en sy sien gereeld geleenthe de vir restourasie in mense raak. Sy en haar man deel die liefde vir God en vir fotografie. Saam maak hulle n verskil in Graskop. Maria nooi mense in die omgewing vriendelik uit om haar as mens te leer ken. Om n begeleide toer deur Restora tion te kry, maak n afspraak deur haar op 013 767 1093 of 082 849 8401 te bel.
en dinamiese vrou s die lewe het ook al harde paaie en draaie met haar ge loop, maar as n wedergebore Chris ten het sy geleer om die Heilige Gees in haar besluite en lewe te vertrou. Sy roem nie in haar eie krag nie, maar nederig in die krag van die Vader. Jare terug het sy n profetiese woord gekry dat sy nasies sou benvloed (na sionaal en internasionaal). Sy s sy is profeties geroepe om die liggaam van Christus te bedien, en daarom was sy verbaas toe God haar vyf en n half
CocaCola, in conjunction with Spar, launched a national comp etition where a 2 liter Coke or Fanta had to be purchased. By en tering you stood a change to win one of 830 home theatre systems. Sabie had a winner. From left: Gerhard Coetzee of Greenview Spar, N. Weyers, the winner, and Bengi, CocaCola representative.
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On Monday 8 July, SAPS Sabie arrested suspects with suspected stolen property in Nkanini (informal settlement in Simile). If you recognise any of the items on the photo, please call W/O S.P. Maun ye on 076296 9060. If you have reported a case of theft, the police urge the public to do a followup in case any goods have been re covered. For any enquiries, contact Maunye on the number above.
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S t r a ng e marital FA C T S
Sharon Mandy
tatistically one in two mar riages fails in South Africa. That means that one has a 50/50 chance of actually spending ones life with whomever one chooses as a spouse. Of the remaining 50% that actually make it, 25% stay with one another because of the children, and then once the children fly the coop as it were, they are too bone idle to move and so they just stay where they are and put up with each others foibles. The next 25% simply stay with one another be cause financially they cant afford to live apart, and the third 25% are afraid of change and so just go about existing, and finally the last 25% ac tually love each other and are de lighted to be married for the rest of their lives. Sadly the last 25% are the ones that generally have a spouse die on them, and no one knows why that is, but perhaps in this case the spouse dies before they have time to become really irritating to the other person. Sometimes I look at couples and really wonder how they manage to stay together. I once knew a really mousy woman that was the opposite of flamboyant, and her husband decided to do her a favour at an auction and buy about 100 hair dyes really cheap. The catch was that not one was labeled, so she never knew what col our her hair was going to be next. For the following six years that I knew her, her hair would really be ex traordinary and different shades every month. One month her hair would be fire hydrant red, and the fol
lowing month it would be sugar plum purple, followed by iridescent blue, followed by an inky black, though once it was inky black only the colour of her roots would change, until it finally was cut out. All the time this long suffering woman meekly went about with her hideous hair heralding her arrival. It was not my place to ask her why she put up with it, especially as she declared that she was very hap pily married. Her husband eventually went off with someone with a decent hair colour. There was another woman who de cided that she would exercise her lungs by singing opera at five in the morning. She claimed that it kept her healthy and would give her longevity. She didnt really sing in tune, but could project her voice to a phenom enal level. Everyone up to three blocks away began to look for an Indian temple which they thought they had missed somehow. Her husband would clamp a pillow to his head, once he realised that he was not being at tacked by a herd of elephants, and sincerely hoped that the bit about the longevity was farfetched. Perhaps what someone that I con sider very wise said to me the other day, is true. He said the secret to a happy marriage is to always see the humour in any situation. This is sometimes difficult but although it takes a little practice it can be done, and humour in any situation auto matically makes it more fun. One must not take life too seriously we are not going to get out of it alive anyhow. My advice to South Africans, there fore, is just to laugh more.
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