Die Kwêvoël, Thabazimbi

THABAZIMBI – Een van Thabazimbi se bekendste inwoners en sakemanne, Kobus Jacobs (53), is op Woensdag 2 Desember oorlede.

Kobus is gebore op 16 Januarie 1956 te Rustenburg. Hy voltooi sy laerskool loopbaan by Laerskool Van Wykskraal en matrikuleer aan die Ho‰rskool Frikkie Meyer waar hy dan ook onder-hoofseun was. Hierna voltooi hy sy Landbou Diploma te Potchefstroom, asook sy weermag diensplig.

Kobus begin sy loopbaan as boer in die Thabazimbi distrik en later op die familieplaas, Wes Indi‰, in die Dwaalboom-Makoppa omgewing waar hy uitsluitlik met wild geboer het. Intussen het hy ook sy besigheid, Thaba Sand en Klip, vanuit Thabazimbi tot en met sy afsterwe bedryf.

Hy laat sy Ma Rita, sy kinders se ma, Hanlie, sy seun Evan, dogters Nicky, Nicia en Nandi, skoonseun Riaan, kleindogters Morgan en Ryann asook swaer Frik, familie en vriende agter.

Dit is met groot verlange dat hy in almal se harte gemis gaan word as, seun, pa, skoonpa, oupa en swaer, ook as vriend.
Ter perse gaan was daar nog geen begrafnisre‰lings getref nie.

THABAZIMBI – Daar is agt poste in Thaba Rugbyklub vir die 2010/2011 rugbyseisoen vakant.

Hierdie poste sluit in President, Voorsitter, Vise-voorsitter, Tesourier, Sekretaris, Hoofafrigter, Addisionele lede en Terrein beampte. Alle poste is vrywillig en geen vergoeding is van toepassing. Aansoekvorms kan verkry word deur Riaan Pretorius te kontak by e-pos riaan@thabatyres.co.za of admin@explipro.co.za of skakel Riaan by 083 668 5030.

NORTHAM – Altogether 47kg of dagga was found in a vehicle by members of the Northam Police on Saturday 21 November.

Crime Prevention members on response duties were alerted on Saturday 21 November at 23:00 when a suspect Jetta was noticed. The vehicle was stopped and searched and 47kg of dagga was found and seized.

The driver was arrested for possession of dagga.

Hennie Pauw

NORTHAM – Clothes to the value of R20 000 were found during a routine vehicle search by Northam Police on Friday 27 November.

During a crime prevention operation in Northam a Toyota Corolla with one male driver and three female passengers was stopped for a routine search at about 17:30.

Stolen clothes to the value of R20 000 was found inside the vehicle. The clothes were shoplifted from Pep Stores, Jet, Dunns and Exact.

The suspects were arrested and the clothing was confiscated. The suspects appeared in court on Monday 30 November. The case was postponed.

Hennie Pauw

The Deputy President, Mr Kgalema Motlanthe, has been reported to the Human Rights Commission after his statement that many farm attacks are the results of disenchanted workers who were not paid by farmers and who were arrested after the farmers reported them to the law enforcement agencies prior to being paid.

The president of TAU SA, Mr Ben Marais, said that the deputy presidents’ statement was not based on facts and that it creates a climate for increased attacks on farmers, their families and their employees. The data base available to TAU SA indicates that attackers are seldom known to the victims and that the latter are being attacked by unknown strangers.

THABAZIMBI – Two police officers of the Thabazimbi Police Station, as well as volunteers of the Victim Empowerment Programme, handed out pamphlets and posted posters in support of the “16 Days of Activism against Woman and Child Abuse” campaign on Monday 30 November.

This national campaign runs from 25 November until 10 December. Locally Cst K Greeff, Cst ME Lekalakala and volunteers from the Victim Empowerment Programme, Louisa Sepoloane, Cathrine Mashango, Maggy Keetse, Suzan Dlamini and Nthabiseng Mamadi distributed pamphlets at various locations in Thabazimbi town.

The pamphlets contained information such as “Liquor can shatter lives”, “Break the silence on domestic violence” and safety tips on prevention of house breaking, robbery and theft of and out of motor vehicles and the “Victim’s Charter of Rights”.

During Thabazimbi Police’s drive against domestic violence posters saying ”SAPS Thabazimbi supports the fight against woman and child abuse – 16 days of Activism for no violence against woman and children (25 November to 10 December) – Against Crime Together” as well as contact numbers of the police station were also distributed.

Hennie Pauw

THABAZIMBI – Die jaar se afsluitingsbyeenkoms, verlede Saterdag was toe ‘n egte Gekkedag.  Daar daag werklik ‘n Arabiese sheik Alibernie Bin Gous op, ‘n Skotse jongeling wat nie wil wys wat onder sy rokkie skuil nie en so’n baster Duitse boer. Daar was op ‘n stadium ‘n hele versameling eienaardige kreature in die klubhuis. Dan word almal verras met die aankondiging dat daar met ‘n volle stel gespeel word en nie meer met die tradisionele drie stokke nie. Maar dit is waaroor Gekkedag gaan. Die lekker van mede lede se kameraderie. Die lekker om op so’n heerlike dag te kon gholf speel.

Die vlaggies was op baie misleidende plekke geplaas en die gemengde formaat het baie pret verskaf. Die dag se wenners was die vierbal van Charlie Penzhorn, Eugene Oberholzer, Christof en Heinrich Penzhorn. Hulle 98 punte was net bysaak.

Die aand is al die trofeë wat deur die jaar gewen is weer uitgedeel asook die spesiale  toekennings. Die Kapteinsbeker word toegeken aan Billy Pring. Koos Prinsloo kry die Presidentsbeker en die Britz Ereswaard gaan na Ettiene le Roux. Die karakter van die jaar trofee gaan aan Nico van der Westhuizen.

Baie dankie aan almal wat nie net aan Saterdag se verrigtinge deelgeneem het nie, maar almal wat deur die jaar deel was van die klub se bedrywighede. Gholf bly maar ‘n baie spesiale spel en om dit op so’n mooi baan tussen sulke uitsonderlike mense te kan speel bly ‘n besondere voorreg.

SMASHBLOCK/DWAALBOOM – A by-election, to fill the vacancy left by deceased councillor Anna Makola, will be held in Ward 3 on Wednesday 9 December.

Dikeme Pilane of Thabazimbi’s IEC (Independent Electoral Commission) office has advised voters to vote only at the specific registration station where they are registered. Voters cannot vote at any voting station in the ward. Voting will take place between 07:00 and 21:00.

The voting stations are Zwartkop School in Smashblock, Dwaalboom Laerskool, Mogotlho Primary School, Dwaalboom Noord-Brabant School and Welgemoed Farm.

The two candidates are Selomo Radikgwega (ANC) and Steven Lerumo (Independent candidate). A public debate will be held on Tuesday 8 December at Zwartkop School in Smashblock at 17:00. Both candidates will have the opportunity to discuss their manifestos during the debate.

For further enquiries regarding the by-election Dikeme Pilane (IEC) can be contacted on 014 772 3182 or 072 359 8754.

Hennie Pauw

THABAZIMBI – A Business Owners Forum was recently established to improve co-operation between the police and businesses.

The next meeting will be held on Wednesday 9 December at 10:00 at the Thabazimbi Police Station and businesses are requested to attend.

At the previous meeting many complaints were received from businesses about bad service delivery on the side of the police, such as the lack of telephone ethics of the telephone operators at the police station.

There was a request that there must be a priority for service delivery in all areas. Constable Greeff explained that the Thabazimbi Area is divided into sectors and that there are vehicles allocated to attend to complaints in each specific area.

It seemed, however, that not only the police are to blame for the delay in handling cases. During burglary investigations, for example, business owners did not always co-operate when they had to supply lists of stolen goods or names and addresses of employees. Some investigators were handling up to 100 dockets at a time.

Issues that were also discussed are the transportation of cash and the misuse of emergency number 10111. Apparently there are identification boxes, identifying the caller numbers, attached to 10111, but it is currently out of order. The problem has been reported to Telkom.

The issue of street vendors and the foot space they occupy was also discussed. Feedback will be given at the next meeting by the responsible authority. Another problem which was discussed was the issue of groups of foreigners occupying the attention of shop attendants while others steal shop items. It was suggested that security measures be sharpened in these businesses.

Hennie Pauw