Welkom by Kruik se oggenddiens van 21 November 2021
Vanoggend se tema: “Wonder”
Almal van ons wonder oor iets… miskien die lewe, oor onsself of dalk oor God. Wat is dit wat jy oor wonder? En hoe kan jy sekere wonder van jou lewe uitskakel?
A man was shot and killed early this morning in Thistlegrove
A man was shot and killed this morning at his home in Thistlegrove, Kinross.
4 Armed men stormed the house of one of the Co-Taxi Owners from Vukanini Taxi Association. The man, whose name is known to the Bulletin, was doing his chores with two of his Taxi drivers. They were starting the Taxi’s when the 4 armed men opened fire.
It is alleged that at least 5 AK-47 shell casings and three 12guage casings were found on the scene. It is also alleged that his body was hit more than once in the attack.
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While the first impression would be that this is Taxi related it is believed not to be the case. Nothing was taken during the attack.
The motive remains a mystery as the investigation is still in very early stages. Anyone with information can contact Kinross Police station.
Emergency personnel was summoned to the scene as well as SAPS but the man, unfortunately, succumbed to the gunshot wounds and was declared deceased by the EMS.
This shocking incident left his colleagues in the taxi business in disbelief and shocked.
The family of the deceased asked for privacy to come to grips with the tragedy and to mourn his death.
ANIMALS 101 – WHO LET THE DOGS OUT? WOOF WOOF WOOF WOOF!
One of the 5 FREEDOMS OF ANIMAL WELFARE includes the FREEDOM TO EXPRESS NATURAL BEHAVIOUR and barking is natural behaviour! Barking is a way to communicate, so it will never be the goal to stop barking entirely. Obviously, we don’t want constant or excessive barking, but then we need to find out what is being constantly communicated through the barking. Barking is a way your dog is telling you something is not right, which might include that their needs are not met, so listen up!
REASONS WHY DOGS BARK
Dogs bark for different reasons and understanding what triggers the behaviour can provide insights into what, if anything, you should do about it. Barking can simply be a form of greeting, but two of the top reasons probably are that IT FEELS GOOD & IT WORKS! When you pat them after a bark, it worked! When a person or pet backs off after a bark, it worked! When you give them a treat (maybe to silence them), it worked!
Photo by Canineology
OTHER REASONS
Genetics – some breeds are more prone to barking (e.g., Terriers), even though any breed can bark excessively.
Physical needs – The dog is hot, cold, hungry, thirsty, want to go potty or is in pain. This is the dog’s way of requesting that you help them with one of their needs. Insufficient exercise, means build-up energy, which is easily released through barking.
Emotional needs – This may include boredom, excitement, surprise, fear, being anxious or it can be compulsive behaviour due to a frustration and need for social and/or mental stimulation and attention.
Environment – Improper confinement (locked up, restrictive tethering, alone for long periods of time etc.). It can also be a territorial bark or in response to other dogs barking. It can also be triggered by cars or people passing by, sirens, storms or other changes in their environment.
Just like a mom might know what her baby needs by the way they cry, so can this apply to your dog’s bark. Listen carefully and learn the type of bark and what they are telling you specifically through that bark.
Two key indicators might be what they are looking at when they bark and what happens after the bark.
Photo by Canineology
READ MORE on what the specific type of bark might mean.
ADDRESSING THE PROBLEM OF EXCESSIVE BARKING
Some reasons for excessive barking resolve with appropriate environmental or lifestyle adjustments, while others may benefit from positive reinforcement behaviour training.
First, attempt to understand what he’s trying to tell you, rather than trying to prevent your dog’s barking. You can also focus instead, on rewarding his silence. As you interact with your dog, you can encourage barking by rewarding the behaviour (more playtime or treats, for instance, when she barks) or encourage silence using the same principle.
New behaviour? Consider a vet visit or PROFESSIONAL HELP from a qualified behaviourist.
Photo by Canineology
IMPORTANT NOTES!
Never punish communication! It’s important not to punish your dog for barking; if you do, you’ll both miss out on this rewarding form of communication. However, for times when you need your dog to be quiet, encourage silence by offering praise and a treat or attention reward when she stops barking on command.
As barking is a way of communication, so is a growl. NEVER PUNISH A GROWL! It is the way the dog is telling you that they are not comfortable. When you punish the growl, the next time, they might skip the growl and go straight to bite.
Devocalization, or DEBARKING, which involves cutting or removing an animal’s vocal cords, is a CRUEL PROCEDURE that should not be considered to stop a dog from barking, as it removes a natural method of communication, can cause permanent health problems and it never addresses the root cause of the behaviour. It involves lots of postoperative pain and it is unnecessary. Most Vets will condemn it, but never support a vet that supports it, unless there was a critical medical reason for it. The same goes for anti-bark collars which is fear-based training and cruel.
If a dog barks excessively it can be very frustrating to neighbours, but it is important to always remember that those animals were and are being failed by humans, it is not their fault! Don’t blame them!
DON’T IGNORE A CHANGE IN A BARK (OR MEOW)!
Your pet’s vocalizations are important, as they can clue you in to how they feel physically and emotionally. Dr. Karen Becker explains that if you notice any changes with their voice, that you shouldn’t ignore it. Unlike most transient voice changes or laryngitis in people, a change in or loss of voice in dogs and cats should trigger a visit to the veterinarian.
She further explains that there are mainly two types of voice changes in pets: mechanical interference with vocal cord vibration, or loss of nerve signals to the vocal cords.
Mechanical interference with vocal cord vibration is often caused by trauma, an abscess, tumours or cancer.
Loss of nerve signals to the vocal cords can have many causes, including an autoimmune condition, infection, hypothyroidism, and laryngeal paralysis.
SUSPECTS ARRESTED FOR POSSESSION OF UNLICENSED FIREARM AND AMMUNITION WHILE ANOTHER FOR POSSESSION OF AMMUNITION
Bethal: Thursday 18 November, police arrested a 32-year-old man for possession of an unlicensed firearm and ammunition.
The arrest came after police were summoned to a shooting incident next to Sasol CBD in Bethal where it was alleged that he was seen by the community members discharging a firearm in public.
The police responded swiftly to the complaint and while on the way to the scene, they notice a group of community members near a store in the central business district(CBD). The community members then pointed to the police where the group of men with dangerous weapons other than a firearm.
While police were approaching the group of men, they started to run towards Clercq Street and managed to apprehend one male who was pointed out for allegedly discharging a firearm in public. Upon his apprehension, police conducts a search where they found and seized a black 9mm pistol with ammunition.
Furthermore, another suspect was arrested for Possession of ammunition after police officers conducted a search on him where ammunition was found in his pocket.
The acting station commander Captain Anne Steyn thanked the community for reporting the criminal activity and appreciated the members of Bethal Community Policing Forum as well as the police for swift response and apprehending the suspects.
Heinrich Dittrich launch his debut book “A Candle Under the Water” at Die Boek Spens recently.
A small group of people gathered at Die Boek Spens for the launch of Heinrich Dittrich book called “A Candle Under the Water”.
This remarkable young man took 6 years to finish his book. Something that he had to do between everything else in his busy schedule.
Heinrich is truly talented, and he ended his book intro with a piano piece that he composed and performed and recorded. A beautiful piece that was a fitting end to his speech.
Here is a Prologue to “A Candle Under the Water”
While I had still been lying inside my mother’s womb, an extraordinary thing had come to pass after the very first time my heart had ever happened to strike a beat. For immediately after it pulsated again – for the second time – I had already experienced the consciousness of an entire life. And it hadn’t yet come to throb for the third time ever since; for within that interval before it could, I was awaiting great expectations.
Heinrich Dittrich was born in 1993 in Vereeniging and lived in Vanderbijlpark until they moved to Secunda when he was seven years of age. He started primary school in 2001 at Laerskool Goedehoop in Secunda and matriculated in 2012 at Hoërskool Hoogenhout in Bethal.
After high school he took two years off where he did a little bit of everything; playing piano, painting, writing, just to name a few. In 2015 he started his university career at NorthWest University in Potchefstroom, where he completed his Bachelor of Arts Degree in Language and Literature. For three years he studied, English, French and German, and for two years he studied Latin, as well as Spanish for one semester. He was also a conservatorium student where he studied piano. In 2018 he achieved his Honors Degree in French.
In 2018 he travelled to France where he worked as an English assistant teacher until 2019. In this time period, he stayed in Brest. At the end of 2019, he helped out as a temporary teacher at Evander High School in South Africa where I met him for the first time. Unfortunately, he had to go back to France until 2020 when Covid-19 hit, where he lived in Strasburg and commuted to Sélestat every day per train where he worked. At the end of 2020, he came back to Evander High School where he still excels as an Afrikaans teacher.
“Time and Time management was the inspiration for this book,” said Heinrich, “how time can be managed and how time should be managed.”
The book is a little about time travel and little about love. Can we travel to our past and change our future?
Here is a very short excerpt from “A Candle Under the Water”:
But still, I wouldn’t have accused her of this type of suspicion after all that was. That was one of the reasons why I had agreed on therapy. Anything really, to help me retain and learn about my past, and for Miss Precious to rest reassured. And I did. I had learned something within that year. Something vital to the importance of my existence. The disclosure had revealed itself to me one afternoon, following one of my sessions with Miss Precious.
“Good progress,” Miss Precious said as she opened the door leading out of her bureau.
The appearance of an alarmed woman (not much older than Miss Precious) struck us both as we stepped from the room. She was dressed, in an overcoat too big for her, and her black hair looked unkempt.
“Precious?” the woman said tremblingly.
“Yes,” Miss Precious said as she walked over to the woman. “Is everything alright? Can I do something for you?”
“Only a quick word.” The woman regarded me in-depth, as Miss Precious stepped between us.
“Of course. Let’s go inside shall we.”
They went inside, and the door that had been left ajar tempted me to eavesdrop on their conversation. The woman was whispering, unlike Miss Precious, who spoke in an authoritative tone.
“Is the boy okay?” the woman asked concerningly.
“Yes. The boy is fine. What had happened to him?” asked Miss Precious.
“There had been a murder and a robbery,” the woman said.
“I cannot speak much of it, please understand, it’s too dreadful to think about it. Except that… I can say-“
“What?”
“A child had died,” the woman said frightfully. “Please tell me, is the boy safe now with you?”
“I can assure you that he is in good hands.”
“Good,” the woman said and swiftly disappeared from the bureau.
And that was it. Miss Precious never articulated anything of its record to me, and I never mentioned my intrusion of that intimate matter to her. And though I didn’t know who it was at that time, it wasn’t the last time I ever saw the woman; although I did not know, what the purpose of their rally was all about, I would soon come to learn more of it. Nevertheless, that conversation was engraved in my mind, and I had not come to let go of it ever since; not for one single moment for the remainder of my entire life.
I turned eighteen soon after that day. Miss Precious had continued to teach me, and I had a therapy session once a week. And although nothing had changed much, I could remember that I had started to experience an abnormal progression of dreams. Images so vivid that they had appeared as memories to my imagination. Visions of my past. Sometimes they were long, though as if I had lived in that dream-world for weeks – other times only hours – yet awakening from them assuming I had the typical seven-to-nine-hour sleep I frequently would have had.
They had seemed related to my younger years, though as if they were distant memories from my past. Almost like I remembered what had happened to me through my dreams. But nothing much had come from it really, except for a few discussions about them with Miss Precious in therapy; when she would ask me where I was, or what I had done.
The book can be purchased on Amazon by following this link
Convicted rapist Walter Jan Mathebula (25-year-old) was handed heavy sentences on Tuesday in Secunda regional court
Walter Jan Mathebula (25-year-old) was found guilty in the Secunda regional court on Tuesday 2 November 2021 on charges of rape and attempted rape.
In August 2017 the accused, convicted rapist Walter Jan Mathebula, entered the room where the victim was sleeping in a family members room while Walter was sleeping in the dining room. Walter is also a cousin of the victim.
During the night (Friday night) the victim heard someone fiddling with her blankets. She turned around only to find her uncle climbing into bed next to her. Before she could speak, he closed her mouth with one hand while using his other hand to fondle her private parts.
He asked her if she was enjoying it, too which she replied that he was hurting her. Walter continued to pull down her pyjama shorts and panty. He then moved on top of her and forced her to spread her legs. He continued to close her mouth with one hand while trying to have sex with her. When she told him again that he was hurting her he pushed her away so that she fell against the wall. Walter then went back to the dining room where he was sleeping before.
In September 2017 on a Saturday night, the victim was alone and watching TV when her uncle, Walter Jan Mathebula, arrived at the house inquiring about the whereabouts of her grandmother. He calls her aunt.
When she told him that her grandmother went to the Pastors house, he picked her up from where she was watching TV and took her to a bedroom. He bodily threw her on the bed and as she tried to get up, he pulled her leg. He pulled down her panty and lifted her dress. He undressed quickly and forced himself on top of her, raping her. She cried and told him to stop and that he was hurting her, but he continued. Once he was done, he dressed and left the house.
On Thursday, November 2nd, the victim went to Walter Jan Mathebula’s home to look for his mother. He told her that his mother was not at home and when she tried to leave Walter pulled her back and took her to a small bedroom where he continued to kiss her and touch her inappropriately. He once again forced himself on top of her and tried to have sexual intercourse with her. She told him that she is having her monthly period whereupon he reprimanded her, asking why she did not tell him earlier? She asked him why should she have told him? He continued kissing her, but she managed to push him away and ran back home.
The victim’s mother noticed a bruise on her neck. When she asked about it the victim said that it was a bug bite as she was afraid to tell her mother the truth.
The victim’s mother learned of the truth on Saturday, November 25th, when her daughter told her that on the day before (Friday, November 24) Walter had called her but she refused to respond fearing what he might do to her. She took another street to her destination.
When her mother asked what did Walter do to her she finally broke the silence and told her mother everything.
Walter Jan Mathebula was sentenced as follow:
Count: 01 Rape 15 years direct imprisonment
Count: 02 Rape 15 years direct imprisonment
Count: 03 Attempted Rape 06 years direct imprisonment
Sgt Palesa Monagane FCS Unit
It took hard investigative work from Investigating Officer PP Monagane from the Secunda FCS unit to build a solid case against Walter Jan Mathebula.
Find your local Family Violence, Child Protection and Sexual Offences (FCS) unit HERE
The children enjoyed the day at the pool and the food that was prepared for them. About 240 children joined in the celebrations. They all eagerly awaited to hear who would be the “player of the tournament” or if their coach was the best.
There were several dignitaries that joined. Wits soccer club joined as well as Alberton. Johan Rosslee welcomed everybody to the event with a short speech.
Parent supporter of the tournament – Kelebogile Zibi from Alberton Albion FC
Referees of the tournament – Lawrence Isaacs, Percy Magxaki and Kyle Lee
Scout of the tournament – Rainer Abrahams from Wits Juniors
The organiser of the tournament – Jacob Mtakwende and Tshepang Mohapi
The rewards for the teams in the different age groups were as follow:
U11
Top Goal Scorer – Jabulo Mabaso, Number 8 from MVP FC
Player of the tournament – Itumeleng Mahlanhu, Number 3 from MVP FC
Coach of the tournament – Sonti Mbhele from Carara Kicks FC
Most disciplined team – Zone 2 FC
1st Place – MVP FC
2nd Place – Carara Kicks FC
3rd Place – Zone 2 FC
U13
Top Goal Scorer – Tumelo Maswili, Number 8 from Florida Albion FC
Player of the tournament – Nkhosinathi Xaba, Number 10 from Zone 2 FC
Coach of the tournament – Azaad Wade from Florida Albion
Most disciplined team – Panorama FC
1st Place – Florida Albion FC
2nd Place – Zone 2 FC
3rd Place – Panorama FC
U15
Top Goal Scorer – Mpho Diago, Number 11 from Juventus FC
Player of the tournament – Tshepo Mhlambi, Number 6 from Juventus FC
Coach of the tournament – Shafique Smith from Florida Albion FC
Most disciplined team – Banana Boys FC
1st Place – Juventus FC
2nd Place – Florida Albion FC
3rd Place – Banana Boys FC
Jabu Mahlagu, Supersport commentator en ex Kaiser Chiefs player gave a motivational speech to the children. He also helped with the medals and congratulations.
Lake Umuzi Soccer Challenge grew from meagre beginnings only a few years ago to a community pillar to help educate the young children
Thank you to Mr Johan Rosslee and Jacob Mtakwende for your efforts, Johan for your support and Jacob for your undying attention to the challenge.
The Lake Umuzi Challenge can only grow in stature and importance in the years to come.
Two suspects appeared in Secunda court today in connection with the Murder of Chris Botha.
Chris Botha was shot and killed during a robbery at his shop Hollow Hog Pizza Outlet on 20 May 2020. Chris Botha (34) was co-owner of Hollow Hog Pizza Outlet with his sister, Ms Louri Botha. They were in the shop busy closing for the day.
Nkosinathi Thabethe and Micheal Masemela were apprehended after a long and thorough investigation by SAPS.
Both accused appeared before the Magistrate today but the case was postponed to the 24th of November.
Nkosinathi Thabethe (34)
Both accused struggled to secure legal representation before appearing today.
Nkosinathi Thabethe complained that he was denied access to a telephone to be able to secure the services of a lawyer.
Both accused were in custody and were again remanded in custody.
While the demeanour of accused no1, Nkosinathi Thabethe, reminded one of anger and defiance accused no2 sat quietly staring to the front. It is ironic that on his arm there was a tattoo visible with the words “God judge me”.
Micheal Masemela (35)
Nkosinathi Thabethe was arrested in Siyabushwa while Micheal Masemela was arrested in Limpopo. SAPS did not want to confirm the exact location as the investigation is still ongoing.
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T.P. STRATTEN PRIMARY SCHOOL hosted a successful golf day.
The event turned out to be a great success with many avid golfers participating.
Congratulations to Mr Gram Cupido who walked out the victor.
The support shown by everyone on the day was heart-warming and much appreciated.
The organisers from TP Stratten wishes to thank Graceland, all their sponsors and the golfers for participating in the golf day.
“Thank you for making our golf day such a huge success. We are truly blessed to be part of such an amazing community. T P Stratten thanks you!” Said Mr Ourique, Headmaster.
