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Railway crossing deaths investigated

MOGWASE – The Railway Safety Regulator’s (RSR) inspectors have been dispatched to investigate a level crossing accident, which left five school children and one adult dead, near Mogwase on Tuesday 2 March. Another adult who was injured in the collision, has been admitted to hospital. Transport Minister Sibusiso Ndebele has conveyed condolences to the families of [...]

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Nuwe bier bekendstelling by Expo

THABAZIMBI – ‘n Nuwe bier wat binnekort op Thabazimbi gebrou gaan word, word vanjaar tydens die Thabazimbi Wild en Toerisme Expo aan die gemeenskap bekend gestel. Die bier sal onder die unieke naam van Dewside bemark word en anders as ander bier wat kommersieel beskikbaar is, bevat dit geen chemikalië wat die brouproses bespoedig nie en [...]

Letters from the readers

• Ons skool se ‘Groentjie’ konsert was puik gereël, ingeoefen en uitgevoer, baie geluk! Dit was ook ‘n perfekte tyd vir ons jong mense en hul families om bietjie op te dress en ‘n gesonde aand met die skool deur te bring. Nou wil ek ‘n ernstige waarskuwing aan die knopkoppe rig, wat soos idiote uit die skoolterein uitgejaag gekom het. Die Here sal jou moet bewaar as jy my kind seer maak want Geen mens op aarde gaan jou kan beskerm nie. Ek doen ook ‘n beroep aan ons Verkeers Departement. Raak taai!  Stop hierdie roekelose idiote voordat hulle ons onskuldige kinders verongeluk. ‘n Bestuurderslisensie gaan gepaard met verantwoordelikheid. Die inwoners van ons dorp moet saamwerk. Skryf die voertuie se registrasie nommers neer en publiseer dit! Kom ons trek hierdie onkruid uit voor dit te laat is! Bedonnerde Pa Click here to comment
• I am writing this letter to voice my grievance against Thabazimbi Police. On 28 January 2010 at around 17:30 at the corner of 13th Avenue and Frikkie Meyer Street, I witnessed six police officers beating the daylights out of a young man who had innocently come to inquire from them why they were giving his father a ticket. As a concerned citizen, I took pictures of them with my cell phone to present it to the Station Commander for investigation of police brutality to the community. Having taken the pictures I drove home whereupon the six police officers followed me. On arriving at home the six police officers approached me and started harassing me and pushing me around. I was handcuffed and thrown into the Toyota Condor they were driving. My mother pleaded with them to treat me like a human being and gave me a change to lock my bakkie upon which a lady constable (name known to Die Kwêvoël) told my mother to mind her own business and that I was full of shit and wanted to teach me a lesson, she even went further as to say it was the ANC which was responsible for us rubbishing the police. They drove around town with me during which time I was subject to verbal abuse. The very same lady constable swore at me twice calling me private parts, twice to be exact. Eventually, after what felt like an eternity, I was locked in a cell overnight and charged with interfering with police duties. What interference? The following day I was fined R300 to secure my release. After paying the fine I approached the station commander for clarity and he promised he would call the police constable and try to resolve the matter. On Monday 1 February 2010 I went to the police station for a follow-up with the station commander. I was told the police constable in question was not available. On Tuesday 2 February 2010, I went to the police station to open a case against the police constable in question and I was sent from pillar to pest, when eventually I was referred to a young white lady constable who took the details. I doubt whether this case will proceed any further as I was not given a case number or date of court appearance. Just when we thought the police bully boys had disappeared with “apartheid”, now this. My only sin was to expose the atrocities perpetrated by police against the community they are preserved to serve. These brutal actions by the police against innocent community members must be condemned with contempt they deserve. Abednego Moselane - Thabazimbi Click here to comment
• Graag wil ek my innige dank en waardering betuig aan die gemeenskap van Thabazimbi vir hul betoning van onbaatsugtige naasteliefde wat deesdae so seldsaam is in die wêreld! Al die opofferinge, hulp, ondersteuning en vertroosting wat verleen was aan die nagelate gesin van die afgestorwe Conre van Rensburg tydens sy siekte in die hospitaal en na sy afsterwe asook met sy herdenkingsdiens is uitstaande en prysenswaardig! Die gebruik van so ‘n uiters netjiese skoolsaal, fasiliteite asook skoolgronde was ‘n genotvolle ervaring. Die gehegtheid van die onderwysers en medeleerders van Conre asook van die gemeenskap was baie hartroerend! Mag julle voortgaan om so ‘n indrukwekkende voorbeeld te stel Mev S VAN Staden, Brits Click here to comment
• Hiermee wil ek `n ernstige versoek rig aan elke inwoner van Thabazimbi om die Geïntegreerde Ontwikkelings Plan(GOP)-vergaderings by te woon. Die vergaderings word die afgelope twee weke in Die Kwêvoël deur die munisipaliteit geadverteer en vind plaas regdeur die Thabazimbi Munisipale gebied. Die insette wat deur die publiek gelewer word tydens hierdie GOP openbare vergaderings, word gebruik om die munisipale begroting vir die volgende finansiële jaar op te stel. Die Wet op Munisipale Belasting (Nommer 6 van 2004) vereis dat die vergaderings gehou word om die publiek die geleentheid te gee om insette te lewer. Dit verseker publieke deelname in die munisipale begrotingsproses. Dit gaan uiters moeilik wees om die Munisipale Raad te kritiseer ten opsigte van die 2010/11 begroting, indien die publiek nie die vergaderings bywoon en insette lewer nie. As ons nie praat nie, sal hulle nie weet wat ons behoeftes is nie. Vir Thabazimbi dorpsbewoners en die Landbou sektor, vind die vergadering plaas op 3 Desember 2009 om 17:30 in die Trollopesaal. Woon asseblief die vergadering by om `n verskil te kan maak aan dit wat die munisipaliteit aan ons lewer. Jan Viljoen (Voorsitter van Thabazimbi Voorsitters Forum) Click here to comment