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	Top 10 Stories R1500 boete vir "onbedagsaamheid" Lees meer... Student in intensief na botsing Lees meer... Baby (1) dies after vaccination Lees meer... Politician dies in accident Lees meer... Vermeende Spar-rower kry nie borg Lees meer... Eienaar van gewilde koffiekroeg oorlede Lees meer... Fietsryer sterf Lees meer... No heli's for farm fires Lees meer... Danser wys sy's wêreldklas Lees meer... Nou vir wen Lees meer... R1500 boete vir "onbedagsaamheid" "’n Verkeersbeampte is mos nie veronderstel om die publiek aan te val en te intimideer nie, hulle moet ons beskerm." Lees meer... Student in intensief na botsing ‘n Tweedejaarstudent van die Puk sterk tans in die intensiewe-eenheid van die Milpark-hospitaal aan ná sy Maandagmiddag met haar bromponie in ‘n ongeluk betrokke was. Lees meer... Baby (1) dies after vaccination A one-year-old boy who reacted badly to his vaccination died while waiting for the ambulance to arrive. Lees meer... Politician dies in accident A 41-year-old member of the provincial legislature died on Tuesday afternoon after losing control of her vehicle on the Ventersdorp Road (R53). Lees meer... Vermeende Spar-rower kry nie borg Die sekuriteitswag wat die eienaar van Baillie Park Spar sowat twee weke gelede glo aangerand het, is borgtog geweier. Lees meer... Eienaar van gewilde koffiekroeg oorlede Die eienaar van die gewilde De Kleine Koffiehuis in die Riverwalk, mnr. Pieter Kloosterziel is op 15 Augustus, twee dae na sy dertigste verjaardag, oorlede. Lees meer... Fietsryer sterf ‘n Fietsryer is Sondagmiddag op slag dood toe hy deur ‘n voertuig op die Viljoens-kroon-pad omgery is. Lees meer... No heli's for farm fires "If we had had aerial support we could have halved the impact of the fire." Lees meer... Danser wys sy's wêreldklas Christene Preller van About the Beat-dansstudio het onlangs aan die wêreldkampioenskappe vir uitvoerende kunste, wat in Los Angeles in die VSA aangebied was, deelgeneem en vyf medaljes in vyf kategorieë losgeslaan. Lees meer... Nou vir wen Die Platinum Luiperds gaan Vrydagaand op Profert Olënpark sonder die dienste van hul uithalerskrumskakel, Michael Bondesio, moet klaarkom in hul Curriebeker-kragmeting met die Pumas in Potchefstroom. Lees meer...

	Geplaas 03 September 2010 R1500 boete vir "onbedagsaamheid" Abrie Bronkhorst "Who watch the watchers?" Dit wil mnr. Stefan Wiese, ‘n inwoner van Potchefstroom, weet nadat hy na bewering deur ‘n verkeersbeampte geintimideer is. "’n Verkeersbeampte is mos nie veronderstel om die publiek aan te val en te intimideer nie, hulle moet ons beskerm." Wiese is Saterdag ‘n boete van R1 500 opgelê toe hy oor die sypaadjie by die verkeerslig op die hoek van Govan Mbekirylaan en James Morokalaan gery het. "Dit was tydens die Lenteskou en mense wat die skou besoek het, het op dieselfde sypaadjie parkeer. Toe ek hom daaroor vra, het hy net gesê dat daardie mense spesiale toestemming by die munisipaliteit het." Wiese wou by die verkeerslig in Govan Mbekirylaan links in James Morokalaan indraai toe ‘n wit Isuzu-bakkie voor hom tot stilstand gekom het. Hy wou die bakkie links oor die sypaadjie verbysteek, maar toe draai die bakkie voor hom in. "Om ‘n ongeluk te vermy, het ek verder om die bakkie verbygegaan en aangery Mall toe. Toe ek in my tru-spieël kyk, sien ek die bakkie vinnig aangery kom en die bestuurder wat heeltyd vir my vinger wys. Hy het heeltyd kort agter my gery tot ek by die Mall gestop het. Die persoon het my toe vas parkeer en dadelik uitgeklim". Wiese was in daardie stadium nog nie bewus dat die persoon ‘n verkeersbeampte is nie omdat die bakkie hom heeltyd sonder sirenes agtervolg het. "Toe die man uitklim het hy Wiese in kru-taal toegesnou en gedreig om vir hom ‘n boetekaartjie uit te skryf omdat hy oor die sypaadjie gery het. Wiese se vrou het tussenbeide getree en aan hom gesê om maar die kaartjie te skryf. Wiese beweer dat die verkeersbeampte sy vrou se hand sonder rede vasgegryp het. "Ek het my vererg, maar gelukkig nie beheer verloor nie. Die ergste is dat hy nie eens sy sitplekgordel aangehad het nie. Hy het eerste voor my ingery op die sypaadjie." Die verkeersbeampte het vir Wiese glo ‘n boete van R1 500 uitgeskryf vir onbedagsaamheid omdat hy oor ‘n sypaadjie gery het. Wiese het ‘n klag van crimen injuria en aanranding by die polisiestasie ingedien. "Verkeersbeamptes is hier om ons veilig te hou, nie te intimideer nie. Ek wil hê ander mense moet ook na vore kom want ons is geneig om so iets maar ongesiens te laat." Vir meer nuusfoto's kliek hier! To top
	Geplaas 03 September 2010 Student in intensief na botsing Abrie Bronkhorst ‘n Tweedejaarstudent van die Puk sterk tans in die intensiewe-eenheid van die Milpark-hospitaal aan ná sy Maandagmiddag met haar bromponie in ‘n ongeluk betrokke was. Die ongeluk het omstreeks 15:30 in Govan Mbekirylaan (Mooirivierrylaan) by die verkeerslig voor Kentucky Fried Chicken gebeur. Nadat die meisie, Anneke Keyter (19) gestabiliseer is, is sy met ‘n ER 24 Disco-very Medi-Copter na die Milpark-hospitaal in Johannesburg gevlieg. Keyter (19), ‘n BA-kommunikasiestudent, het glo met haar bromponie teen ‘n grys BMW by die verkeerslig in Govan Mbekirylaan gebots. Die insittendes van die BMW is nie beseer nie. Keyter, van Sasolburg, is op die toneel deur ER24-nooddienspersoneel behandel. Sy het veelvuldige beserings opgedoen - onder andere ‘n gebreekte pols, harsingskudding en ‘n gebreekte femur. Haar regterknie se weefsel is ook erg beskadig en sy sal plastiese chirurgie in haar gesig moet kry. "Anneke het gelukkig geen brein- of orgaanskade opgedoen nie," het haar ma, me. Celia Keyter gesê. Sy is Woensdag geopereer en sal glo nog vir die res van die week in intensief moet wees. Me. Keyter en haar man, mnr. Barend Keyter, is vol lof vir die hospitaal en die nooddienspersoneel op die ongelukstoneel. "Die hele nooddiensspan, veral mnr. Gavin Edwards, het wonderlike diens gelewer. Hulle het herhaaldelik gebel om ons op hoogte van my dogter se toestand te hou. "Mnr. Edwards het die oorplasing na Milpark-hospitaal asook die trauma-berader wat by die hospitaal vir ons gewag het, gereël. "Dit was baie professioneel. "Die Milpark-hospitaal het die beste trauma-eenheid met baie goeie diens. Hulle is verseker die beste hospitaal in die Suidelike-halfrond," het me. Keyter gesê. Vir meer nuusfoto's kliek hier! To top
	Geplaas 03 September 2010 Baby (1) dies after vaccination Victor Boqo A one-year-old boy who reacted badly to his vaccination died while waiting for the ambulance to arrive. The first-time mommy, Patricia Kobedi (22), was in tears when she told the Herald that she took Lefa to Top City Clinic for his monthly check-up and MMR vaccination on 16 August. "He was not sick, so when he vomited when we were in the queue I immediately called the sisters. They told me it was nothing serious," she says. When the nurse gave Lefa his injection in the consulting room he had a very bad reaction. "I was scared and I started crying because I could see something was very wrong," she continues. The sisters immediately put the little boy on oxygen, but when he did not respond they decided to phone the provincial emergency services for an ambulance. The mother was desperate and helpless because she realised the sisters had done everything they could. The ambulance allegedly took half an hour to arrive, but by then it was too late. "My child was not sick and maybe he would still be alive if the ambulance had got here quicker or if the sisters had acted when he was vomiting. I have no answers. I’ve only got one memory of him, the photo I took when he was still tiny. I never knew he would die so soon," she sobbed. Ms Annah Mohutsioa, sub-district manager of health says an internal investigation is being conducted to establish the cause of death. She said the family has been offered grief counselling. Vir meer nuusfoto's kliek hier! To top
	Geplaas 03 September 2010 Politician dies in accident Victor Boqo A 41-year-old member of the provincial legislature died on Tuesday afternoon after losing control of her vehicle on the Ventersdorp Road (R53). The death of Ms Yvonne Makume comes less than five months after another ANC stalwart, Dr Paul Molefi Sefularo, deputy minister of health, died in a car accident on the N4 highway. Makume was also the sole occupant of the single vehicle involved in the accident. The accident happened four kilometres from Potchefstroom at about 16:30, as Makume was returning from a provincial legislature meeting in Mahikeng. She died on the scene after her silver Chevrolet rolled. A bystander alleges that Makume must have fallen asleep at the wheel whilst travelling at high speed. She was not wearing a seatbelt. Culpable homicide Police correspondent, Lt Col Junior Metsi, confirmed the incident and said police are investigating a case of culpable homicide. Prior to her death Makume served in the provincial legislature from 2004 and was also chairperson of the portfolio committee of public works, roads and transport. She was born in Khuma, Stilfontein, and received her secondary teaching diploma in Soshanguve. She taught at Potchefstroom and Khuma before becoming actively involved in politics. She joined the ANC Youth League in Soshanguve in 1995 and was the provincial secretary of the Women’s League from 1997 to 1999 and again from 2003 to 2005. She was also a member of the disbanded provincial executive committee of the ANC (PEC). Chairperson of CPA Makume was chairperson of the NW branch of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) and member of the Africa Region executive committee for the CPA. She presented various papers in national and regional conferences and workshops and was nominated to lead a paper on xenophobia for the CPA’s international conference in Nairobi on 13 September. Thabo Mosiane, former PEC member and friend of Makume expressed his sadness at yet another death that has robbed the ANC of a fearless fighter and tough woman. Nominate Winnie Mandela "When everyone else in the ANC was too scared to nominate Winnie Mandela as deputy president at the national conference in Mahikeng, Makume stood up and did it. She stood firm on matters of principle, without fear or favour," he said. Mr Kgotso Khumalo, spokesperson of the NW premier, Maureen Modiselle, described Makume as an astute, "very nice" person who was full of life and had a strong will. He also remembers her for her love of education. "When she believed in something she did it with passion, and she was a no-nonsense person," he said. Makume’s memorial service will be held in Mahikeng on Friday 3 September and she will be laid to rest on Sunday 5 September at 2435 Makgale Street, Khuma. Vir meer nuusfoto's kliek hier! To top Geplaas 03 September 2010 Vermeende Spar-rower kry nie borg Abrie Bronkhorst Die sekuriteitswag wat die eienaar van Baillie Park Spar sowat twee weke gelede glo aangerand het, is borgtog geweier. Die wag, wat vir meer as ‘n jaar by dié supermark gewerk het, het op Sondagaand 15 Augustus die eienaar glo met ‘n hamer oor die kop geslaan en met ‘n onbekende bedrag geld op die vlug geslaan. Die wag is op 18 Augustus voor sy huis in Ikageng in hegtenis geneem. Die roof het omstreeks 20:00 die Sondagaand plaasgevind. Die wag het op 20 Augustus in die distrikshof in Potchefstroom verskyn waar borgtog geweier is. Die geld is ook nog nie teruggevind nie. Die ondersoek is voltooi en die beskuldigde sal weer in Oktober in die streekhof in Potchefstroom verskyn. Die sekuriteitswag het glo ‘n kriminele rekord agter sy naam. Vir meer nuusfoto's kliek hier! To top Geplaas 03 September 2010 Eienaar van gewilde koffiekroeg oorlede Die eienaar van die gewilde De Kleine Koffiehuis in die Riverwalk, mnr. Pieter Kloosterziel is op 15 Augustus, twee dae na sy dertigste verjaardag, oorlede. Dié klein koffiekroeg en eetplek was aan baie Potchefstromers bekend en so ook die altyd vriendelike en behulpsame Pieter. Pieter was onlangs in ‘n motorbotsing in die industriële gebied betrokke waar hy kopbeserings opgedoen het. Hy het na die ongeluk van hewige hoofpyne gekla. Pieter het vir agt jaar lank De Kleine Koffiehuis besit. Volgens sy ma, Babsie, het hulle soveel toekomsplanne gehad. Hy sou binnekort ander familiebesighede oorgeneem het. "Hy was ‘n saggeaarde, vriendelike en behulpsame mens met soveel drome en het ‘n groot passie vir kos gehad." Hy het gematrikuleer aan Hoër Volkskool en het na skool in hotelbestuur in Bloemfontein studeer. ‘n Roudiens is op 19 Augustus vir Pieter gehou. Hy word oorleef deur sy ouers, Jan en Babsie en suster, Hilda. Vir meer nuusfoto's kliek hier! To top Geplaas 03 September 2010 Fietsryer sterf Abrie Bronkhorst ‘n Fietsryer is Sondagmiddag op slag dood toe hy deur ‘n voertuig op die Viljoenskroon-pad omgery is. Die fietsryer (27), wat in die rigting van Potchefstroom gery het, wou na bewering oor die pad ry toe die rooi Toyota Camry hom gestamp het. Die bestuurder van die voertuig, wat ook in die rigting van Potchefstroom gery het, het glo probeer uitswaai om die ongeluk te verhoed. Hierdie voorval het Sondagmiddag omstreeks 16:30 sowat 15 kilometer buite Potchefstroom gebeur. Netcare 911 asook ER24 nooddienste was vinnig op die toneel, maar die fietsryer was toe reeds dood. Die Potchefstroom polisie ondersoek ‘n saak van strafbare manslag. Vir meer nuusfoto's kliek hier! To top Geplaas 03 September 2010 No heli's for farm fires Cheryl Botha "If we had had aerial support we could have halved the impact of the fire." Mr Kobus Roux, chairperson of the Fire Protection Association expressed frustration at the lack of air support during the devastating veld fires that destroyed around 10 000 hectares of farmland on thirty farms on 19 August. He says the fire started on Rooipoort Farm at around 13:00. Although the SAPS Flying Squad, volunteers from the municipal fire services, NWU, SANDF and SAPS’s mounted unit, as well as fire fighters from Klerksdorp, were all out in full force, it was clear that they were fighting a losing battle. With wind gusting at between 30 and 35 kilometres per hour, the fire jumped across every firebreak and across the Parys Road in seven places. Parys Road was closed to traffic for three hours. Roux requested air support at 14:30 but there was an apparent breakdown in communications between the national FPA and the air force. The latter denied that they had received a call for help. "In an emergency situation every second is critical," Roux says. Meanwhile 68 independent fire fighting units and at least 200 volunteers from the FPA also rallied around in a desperate effort to save lives and a number of thatched structures. The fire was eventually extinguished at 02:30. "When the helicopters still hadn’t arrived by 17:30 we had to change our whole strategy," Roux says. We are just thankful that there was no loss of life." Losses were limited to one cow and two dogs. "I think it was because everyone was so well organised, and our systems were excellent. There was amazing interaction between the various organisations and even individual volunteers," Roux says. According to Mr Rudi du Toit, vice chairperson of FPA, at least six farmers lost all their crops and grazing and many others suffered extensive losses. "But the fire was hardly out when I got the first offer of assistance," he says. Heroes in hell fire "Every one was a hero in their own right." Following the runaway fire between Parys and Potchefstroom on 19 August, members of Potchefstroom Fire Association praised the bravery and compassion of those involved. According to Mr Kobus Roux, chairperson of FPA volunteers, the area was engulfed in flames when a businessman from Heilbron, who was delivering soap to dairy farms in the area, abandoned his bakkie and used a panga to cut the fence and free thirty trapped cattle. "By the time he had herded them to safety, his hair was all singed at the back," he says. A total stranger offered to watch fire-fighters’ vehicles at the Leeuwfontein/Leeupoortjie T-junction so they could get on the job. He was still at his post three hours later and refused to leave until everything was under control. Another volunteer single-handedly shepherded fifty bewildered sheep into a corner and heave them over the fence and onto the road. "Not one of them was lost," says Roux proudly. He also tells about a farmer’s wife who left her children in the car with the maid and ran two kilometres to round up the cattle and get them into the kraal. "With high heels, painted nails and all, she did it all by herself." The admiration is obvious in his voice. "It’s amazing how the crisis brought out the best in everyone. There were nume-rous women and good Samaritans who also did their bit by delivering things to eat and drink for the worn and weary fire fighters. To the volunteer who pledged 200 bales of hay for farmers who had lost all their crops and grazing, even before the last flames had been extinguished, Rudi du Toit, vice chairperson of FPA, says a big thank you. And to others who followed, and those who offered transport and diesel to deliver contributions to affected farms. Du Toit has extended the call for fodder for affected farmers because, "this is what we do as the FPA," he says. While six farmers lost their entire crop and grazing, many others lost at least half of theirs. So far, almost two thousand bales of hay have been donated. Vir meer nuusfoto's kliek hier! To top Geplaas 03 September 2010 Danser wys sy's wêreldklas Bertie Jacobs Christene Preller van About the Beat-dansstudio het onlangs aan die wêreldkampioenskappe vir uitvoerende kunste, wat in Los Angeles in die VSA aangebied was, deelgeneem en vyf medaljes in vyf kategorieë losgeslaan. Wat Preller se medalje-oes nóg meer merkwaardig maak, is dat dié 46-jarige danser deelnemers 16 jaar haar junior van 52 lande uitgestof het. Sy het in elke kategorie waarin sy meegeding het, ’n medalje losgeslaan. Die beoordeling is deur 12 Amerikaanse choreograwe behartig wat ’n persentasiepunt vir elke danser toegeken het. "Ons het ’n minuut gekry om voluit te dans waarna jy agt minute gekry het om jou grimering, skoene, kostuum en jou ingesteldheid te verander voordat jy die volgende styl aanpak. Dit was baie hard en baie vinnig," het Preller gesê. Een van haar hoogtepunte was toe sy die Ierse-danse gewen en sodoende deelnemers uit Ierland in hul eie styl geklop het. "Van die Ierse ondersteuners het na die tyd my handtekening kom vra, dit was baie spesiaal. "Ek was ’n baie trotse Potchefstromer wat vir almal vertel het die Spaanse sokkerspan het in my tuisdorp gebly!" Vir haar het dit oor veel meer as bloot medaljes gegaan. Dit was ’n getuigskrif van wat bereik kan word wanneer deursettingsvermoë aan die dag gelê word. "Ek wou aan myself bewys geen pro-bleem is te groot om te oorkom nie. Hoe ouer jy word hoe meer verander jou liggaam, maar jou gemoed en wilskrag bepaal jy self." "Ek wil vir almal wat drome het, sê dit is nooit te laat om dit te bereik nie. Dankie ook aan almal wat met hul skenkings dit vir my moontlik gemaak het om my droom uit te leef." Vir meer nuusfoto's kliek hier! To top Geplaas 03 September 2010 Nou vir wen Bertie Jacobs Die Platinum Luiperds gaan Vrydagaand op Profert Olënpark sonder die dienste van hul uithalerskrumskakel, Michael Bondesio, moet klaarkom in hul Curriebeker-kragmeting met die Pumas in Potchefstroom. Bondesio moes ná slegs ’n kwartier in sy span se 45-22 nederlaag teen die Leeus verlede naweek die veld weens ’n besering verlaat, maar nie voordat hy ’n drie in die openingsminute gedruk het nie. Sy skakelgenoot, Neill Jacobs, het ook nie die wedstryd voltooi nie. Volgens Schalk Coetzee, die Luiperds se spanbestuurder, het Bondesio ’n graad twee skeur in sy dyspier en sal straks vier weke buite aksie wees. Jacobs het ligamente in sy knie seergemaak wat hom twee weke langs die kantlyn sal hou. Theo van Wyk sal in Bondesio se afwesigheid stelling agter die kookoond inneem met Clayton Durand langs hom. Die Luiperds se breier, Chaka Willemse, meen in Van Wyk en Durand het hy spelers met oorgenoeg ervaring om Bon-desio en Jacobs se skoene vol te staan. Durand se stelskopwerk is ’n groot bate en Van Wyk is ’n kranige verdediger. Dan het losskakel, Cecil Dumond, van sy liesbesering herstel wat verdere waarde tot die bank toevoeg. Die Luiperds sal hul kruit moet droog hou as hulle die Pumas die horrelpyp wil laat dans. Jimmy Stonehouse se span het verlede naweek 22-21 met die Blou Bulle in Witbank klaargespeel en hul sterte sal parmantig hoog in die lug wees. "Ons is baie opgewonde. Hoewel die Pumas die Bulle gewen het, het ons baie goed teen hulle (die Bulle) gedoen toe hulle ouens soos Flip van der Merwe en Francois Hougaard in hul span gehad het. Ons kan nie wag om die Pumas hier in Potch aan te durf nie," het Willemse gesê. Die laaste keer toe dié twee spanne in Potch slaags geraak het, was vroeër vanjaar in die Vodacombeker toe die tuisspan 33-29 baas was. Die Pumas het toe die vorige naweek met die Leeus klaargespeel terwyl die Luiperds van ’n 50-punt loesing teen Griekwas in Kimberley teruggekom het. In die eerste ronde van die Curriebeker vanjaar het die Pumas 37-32 die Lui-perds in Witbank geklop. Albei spanne het vyf drieë gedruk, maar die Luiperds se stelskopwerk het hulle in die steek gelaat. Die Luiperds se visier sal ingestel wees om hul eerste wen op hul kerfstok te kry en, volgens Willemse, is sy span bereid om bloed te sweet om dit te vermag. "Ek het vir die ouens gesê ’n wen kom nie vanself nie, dit verg harde werk. Ons was ’n paar keer vanjaar, soos teen Griekwas en die Bulle, ongelukkig om nie te wen nie. Ons speel beter as waar ons op die punteleer lê. "Die Luiperds het altyd goeie wedstryde teen die Pumas. As ons by ons spelpatroon bly en konsentreer om die klein dinge reg te doen, is daar geen rede hoekom ons nie kan wen nie." Afskop is 19:00 Luiperds vs. Pumas: Danie Dames; Deon Scholtz, Jovan Bowles, Walter Venter, Dumisani Matyeshana; Clayton Durand, Theo van Wyk; Riaan Swanepoel, RW Kember, Wilhelm Koch ©, Anthonie Gronum, Brad Mockford, Os van der Walt, Gavin Williamson, BG Uys. Reserwes: Pellow van der Westhuizen, Aranos Coetzee, Draad Linde, Christo van Niekerk, Worsie Kotze, Cecil Dumond, Kempie Rautenbach. Vir meer nuusfoto's kliek hier! To top

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