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heavy rains to report incidents to the Disaster Management Centre of Sekhukhune
District Municipality.
So far, 80 cases of damaged homes have been reported in both Makhuduthama-
ga and Fetakgomo Greater Tubatse local Municipalities after storms. The affected
villages are Mmotwaneng, Wonderboom, Vlakplaas and Strykraal B.
Out of the 80 damaged households, 54 households which required immediate
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relief have been provided with mattresses, blankets and tents for shelter. The Joint
Disaster Management Team comprising of the province, the district and officials
from local municipalities is working around the clock to find more people who might
have been badly affected by the heavy rains. It is suspected that more people from
far flung places in Sekhukhune might have been affected without reporting. Mem-
bers of the community are requested to report cases of disasters to the Head of
Disaster Mr Abraham Mangoato on 078 436 7665.
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Burgersfort, Steelpoort, Ohrigstad, Apel 13 October 2017 Fax 0865549031 editorial@platinumgazette.com
2 NEWS 13 OCTOBER 2017
Calvinite flies the Song of Solomon 2:12 King James Version (KJV)
The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and
the voice of the turtle is heard in our land;
Calvin College is very proud to have one of KZN, Gauteng and then The Western Cape
the top five debaters in Limpopo Province. in the finals.
Reitumetse Tshepiso Masilela is one of The school is very proud of Reitume-
the top five learners from Limpopo province tse. The Principal, Mrs L. Britz (right in the
who took part in the Department of Roads photograph) thanked the debate teacher Mr
and Transport National Debate Competition A. Vandwani for mentoring the learner. She
held at the Orion Hotel in Rustenburg from also thanked the Department of Roads and
the 2nd to the 7th of October 2017. True to the Transport and the officials involved for host-
high level of communicative competency, ing such debate competitions as they help
oral ability and thorough preparedness, the develop learners intellectually and socially.
Limpopo team took Position 1 after walloping For Reitumetse, the sky is her only limit. Photograph - Willem Fouch sr
Another winner at
Magaba Filling Station
Mr Carl Lourens of Magaba Filling Station congratulates Ms Tshepo Lekhau from Alverton,
who won two solar Lanterns in the lucky draw at Magaba Filling Station, saying Thank you
for your support!
13 OKTOBER 2017 NUUS 3
Ohrigstad Police
interact with the
young ones
Members of the Police in Ohrigstad comprising of communication offi-
cer Sgt Kholofelo Phokane, sector commander W/O Molatelo Phoku,
CPF and YCOP members have on Monday 2017-10-09 and Tuesday
2017-10-10 conducted back to school campaigns at Laerskool Ohrigs-
tad and Maepa Primary School respectively.
Members of the Police started by visiting Laerskool Ohrigstad on
Monday where Sgt Phokane addressed the learners in the school hall
and on Tuesday 2017-10-10 the Police visited Maepa Primary School
where Sgt Phokane, W/O Phoku and the CPF addressed the learners
at the assembly together with their principal Mr. S.S Mkhabela and
other educators.
* Learners must not be afraid of the police because the police are their
friends.
* The police emergency number 10111 was given to learners and they
where warned not to abuse this number as it is a emergency number.
* The police crime stop numbers as 08600 10111 was given, and
* The childline number which the learners can use when they are
abused is 0800 0555 55.
YCOP member (Young Civilians on Patrol), Puleng Msibi also took the
opportunity to welcome the learners back to school and thanked the
learners and the educators for giving the police a chance to speak to
them.
4 NEWS 13 OCTOBER 2017
Teachers in uniform
Steelpoort Academy
teachers showed learners
what they look like in school
uniform on the last day of
Bull Run pret
Die Wegry tydskrif se jaarlikse Bull Run het verlede plaasgevind.
the third term. The learn- week plaasgevind en n twee spanne van die area het Daar neem jaarliks 150 voertuie deel en van die
ers could dress in casual gaan deelneem. Die geleentheid het by Van Wyksvlei rels is dat voertuie ouer as 30 jaar moet wees en dat
clothes while the teachers die totale koste van die voertu-
were dressed in school uni- ig (en om hom padwaardig te
form. This led to loads of fun kry), nie meer as R25 000 mag
and learners loved the sight wees nie. Die spanne moet
of their teachers looking like ook op eie stoom by die Bull
school kids. Run aankom.
Die een span van Burgers-
fort (foto links) het bestaan uit
Piet Pretorius, Christiaan Jou-
bert, Lodewyk de Jager, Nico
Havenga en as ondersteuning
Pieta en Lafras Joubert.
Die ander span (foto links
onder) het van Lydenburg
gekom en hulle was Pieter
Broodryk, Fritz Sonntag, Abrie
Coetzee, CP Prinsloo, Ig
Schutte, Piet Malan en Reon
Herbst.
Die Burgersfort span het
n Tweede Wreldoorlog tema
gehad en het selfs n bom
wat vlamme blaas op die dak
aangebring.
Die Bull Run
het bestaan uit
tydren roetes op
die eerste dag en
dan Pan Fun op
die tweede dag.
Dit is baie dieself-
de as die jaarlik-
se Wildevy 4x4
uitdagings, maar
met heelwat meer
stof en geen water
nie.
Ek sal onthou
hoe droog dit was,
die baie stof en die
eiesoortig vriende-
like mense, vertel
Lodewyk de Jager.
Hulle was een van
die spanne wat
baie ver gery het.
In totaal het hulle
voertuig 2850km
afgel na die Bull
Run en terug. Die
manne is almal
opgewonde om
weer te gaan deel-
neem. (Fotos en
inligting: Lodewyk
de Jager).
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glans beginning of
October is a
happy time for
many couples
as they swear
by
their ever
lasting love
for each other
before family,
friends and
God.
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Kom ondersteun
die Ratels
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Die Ratels Rugby Klub hou op 21 Oktober n Knipmes Aand by die
Plaashuis in Burgersfort.
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Die aand is daarop gemik om fondse vir die klub in te samel. Die
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Die Knipmes aand sal n lekker kuier geleentheid wees waar daar
and Saturday.
ook n paar bekende rugbyspelers sal saam kuier. Daar is beperkte
The format will be
kaartjies beskikbaar en tafels word slegs op bespreking en betaling
Individual IPS and
geboek. n Hall of Fame tafel waar 8 mense saam met n rugby held
Combined IPS.
kan kuier kos R5000. Gewone besigheidstafels kos R2500 - daar kan
The entry fee is
ook 8 mense sit. Die prys sluit in n knipmes, eerste bier of koeldrank R800 and only
asook n ete. players with a
Die funksie begin om 17:00. Daar sal ook n veiling gehou word. Om SAGA Handicap
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Next week is the a lunch between
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