Op Saterdag, 29 Februarie het 21 leerders van Hoërskool Secunda, die Sabie Classic MTB-wedren aangedurf.
Die MTB-organiseerder, Me. M. du Rand, Mnr. L. Riekert en die hoof, Mnr. L. Pieterse, het die fietswedren saam met die leerders aangedurf.
Daar was nog tyd vir pret ook. Die leerders het met binnebande in die rivier afgedryf en het Sondagoggend die Sabie-watervalle besoek.
“Ons sê baie dankie aan die personeel wat die MTB-leerders vergesel het,” het Mevrou Pieterse aan die Bulletin gesê.
On 6 March 2020, the Black Back Jackals will be performing at Zebra Lounge. Black Back Jackals is an indie-folk-rock band from Johannesburg, inspired by the likes of The Civil Wars, MONSTER & MEN, The White Stripes and Angus & Julia Stone.
They love having fun on stage & that passionate vibe is so contagious that any crowd loves grooving or singing along. The band consists of two artists, Shaun and Sasha. They are close friends, from different backgrounds & they use that to merge their individual messages into influential songs that appeal to a wide range of listeners.
This is a fairly new band in the industry. They were formed and started writing songs around mid-2019 and are quickly turning heads with their performances. They’ve performed at Sink Shack, Country Pub Kyalami, River Sands Farm and Railways Café in Pretoria, alongside Crystal Park and Stones & Gold. In September of 2019, Black Back Jackals released their very first single, in association with Mix 93.8 FM.
You may not have heard of them yet, but this up and coming band is sure to get you to sing along and shake your hips on Friday evening, 6 March 2020.
On 6 March 2020, the Black Back Jackals will be performing at Zebra Lounge. Black Back Jackals is an indie-folk-rock band from Johannesburg, inspired by the likes of The Civil Wars, MONSTER & MEN, The White Stripes and Angus & Julia Stone.
They love having fun on stage & that passionate vibe is so contagious that any crowd loves grooving or singing along. The band consists of two artists, Shaun and Sasha. They are close friends, from different backgrounds & they use that to merge their individual messages into influential songs that appeal to a wide range of listeners.
This is a fairly new band in the industry. They were formed and started writing songs around mid-2019 and are quickly turning heads with their performances. They’ve performed at Sink Shack, Country Pub Kyalami, River Sands Farm and Railways Café in Pretoria, alongside Crystal Park and Stones & Gold. In September of 2019, Black Back Jackals released their very first single, in association with Mix 93.8 FM.
You may not have heard of them yet, but this up and coming band is sure to get you to sing along and shake your hips on Friday evening, 6 March 2020.
The council sitting of Govan Mbeki Municipality on Thursday, 27 February, did not go smoothly. It was marred by several points of order and explanations that were tedious and repetitive.
Several issues bothered the opposition parties and these points were raised, much to the dismay of, especially, the Members of the Mayoral Committee (MMC). These MMCs saw it fit to misunderstand, misinterpret or just be unagreeable with any opposition suggestion.
The MMCs took every opportunity to try and explain their failure to the rest of the council. At one stage the tensions were extremely high within the ANC ranks with some telling others to stop talking.
The meeting had bouts of heckling, disrupting procedures by all parties alike. The Acting Speaker Cllr Gwiji struggled to maintain order throughout the council meeting that lasted 5 and a half hours.
Several burning issues were raised and discussed.
One of the first disruptions came when the Democratic Alliance questioned the Mayor and her team’s ability to conduct their duties. This stemmed from a question by DA Cllr van Rooyen that started in June 2017. A resolution was tabled to the council in 2017 stating that funds were made available to upgrade the Stegmann Theatre. The amount in question is R3 000 000.
Van Rooyen wrote a question to the Mayor a year later asking about the funds (2018). During the last council meeting the question was raised again and the Speaker of Council, Cllr Zuma, instructed the Mayoral Committee to deal with the letter.
There was still no response from the Mayor nor from the Municipal Manager.
MMC Cllr Dan Nhlapo saw it fit to defend the Mayoral Committee and their lack of providing answers. “We have a lot of work and this question must follow processes,” said Nhlapo. This resulted in the opposition demanding action. No question should be left unanswered for nearly three years. MMC Cllr Makhaye also joined Nhlapo in defending the late response. This while he had the answers ready in front of him. He went on to accuse the opposition parties of saying that the money was in his pocket. The opposition parties took him to task. The DA especially said that the protesting is a bit too much quoting Shakespeare’s Hamlet: “The lady doth protest too much”. The DA cautioned Makhaye regarding his hefty protests explaining that protesting too much would lead to one question: why he is protesting so much?
The DA and the EFF demanded to know where the R3 000 000 was spent and why it was not spent on the theatre.
Makhaye kept by his response to say that GMM did not receive it.
Funds are made available from time to time by the National Treasury to help with capital projects and upgrades. If it is not used it is lost and taken away. Next year’s funding would then be less.
Op 25 Februarie het Laerskool Secunda hande gevat met plaaslike terapeute en ‘n inligtingsaand aangebied om op praktiese maniere hul leerlinge slim-gereed te kry.
Tydens hierdie geleentheid, is van die nuutste navorsingstatistieke deurgegee oor die invloed van skermtyd op kinders en gesinne.
Danile Neethling (spraakterapeut en oudioloog) het die langtermyn impak van teveel skermtyd bespreek en het die belangrikheid van kommunikasie, storietyd en oogkontak tussen ouers en kinders beklemtoom.
Ilidia Lambrechts (geregistreerde dieetkundige) het idees oor gesonde, lae G.I maaltye bespreek, asook die redes daarvoor. Voorbeelde van gesonde kosblikke, wat kinders self kan pak, is gegee. Hiermee saam, is die hoeveelhede suiker en die risiko’s daarvan in daaglikse drankies op ‘n praktiese wyse beklemtoon.
Die biokinetikus, Minette Schneider het klem gelê oor die feit dat ons kinders meer moet beweeg om ‘n gebalanseerde leefstyl te handhaaf. Praktiese voorbeelde is uitgelug vir in en om die huis asook in die klaskamer.
Igna Beukes, opvoedkundige sielkundige, het die aand afgesluit met realistiese riglyne vir ouerskap. Sy het benadruk dat dit ouers se verantwoordelikheid is om hulle kinders te leer om “capable” te wees vir die lewe daar buite en om ‘n wenner te wees binne die vermoë van elke kind.
Vir al vier terapeute was dit eens, dat daar teveel skermtyd en te min gesinstyd en oefentyd is. Dit het ‘n negatiewe impak op gesondheid, fisies en geestelik, wat kinders se akademiese prestasie kniehalter.
Hierdie geleentheid was ‘n eerste, maar beslis nie ‘n laaste nie!
Donderdag, 27 Februarie, het die selfgemaakte miljoenêr Albert van Wyk met die skoliere van Hoërskool Oosterland gesels en hulle meer vertel oor hoe dit moontlik is om hulle drome te bereik.
In 2017 het sy boek “How to Become a Millionaire at 22” op die rakke beland. Albert het nie weer terug gekyk nie.
Die boek het hom die kans gegee om terug te gee aan die gemeenskap deur jonk en oud te help en oor te dra wat hy geleer het.
Albert is trots om te sê dat sy pa die inspirasie was vir sy sukses. Hy vertel hoe sy pa hom sy eerste finansieële boek gegee het om te lees op 10 jaar oud!
Hy het begin om speelgoed by die skool te verkoop tot die hoof hom uitgevang het. Dit het hom nie gestop nie en hy het sy besigheid geskuif na net buite die skool se hek.
Albert het aangehou om verskeie items te verkoop. In matriek het hy ‘n beurs ontvang en die wettenskap gewen met sy pa: hy kry die geld wat sy ouers sou betaal het vir universiteit. Hy het die geld gebruik om sy eerste eiendom te koop.
Om meer uit te vind van Albert, gaan woon sy meesterklas by op 6 Maart te Hoërskool Oosterland. Die klas is R350 per persoon en enige iemand is welkom! Skakel gerus die skool vir meer inligting. – Ané Prinsloo
Jason Theron won the US Open Global Qualifier, South Africa! What a fantastic end to the weekend for KZN based Jason Theron (Vadins) who carved his way through a tough field to win two honours at the US Open Qualifier.
A difficult match against Darren Barnard almost cost him a spot as it went down to a decider. From that point, Jason upped a GEAR.
Jason came up against old rival and good friend Aden Joseph (Pandas) who currently seems to be unstoppable on the 9-foot tables.
The match was evenly contested at 6 – 6 as both players traded blows and took run out after run out.
After a few careless errors by Aden, Jason took advantage and stamped his authority on the match running into a 10 – 6 lead and finally closed off the match with 11 – 7.
Jason has earned himself a spot in the US Open valued at $1000 as well as R20 000 cash towards his flights and accommodation compliments of a generous sponsor from KWV.
We would like to thank KWV for the sponsorship and hope we can forge a stronger partnership with them in the years to come.
The 1st ever South African Tour Championship event was played as a pre-event to the US OPEN Qualifier, South Africa.
With half the field made up from local players, Panda’s tried to make an impact. New Panda recruits, Darren Barnard and Shane Nolan made it into the last 8. Fellow Pandas who made it into the last 8 were Nicola Rossouw, Vincent Halliday and Aden Joseph.
Aden did it AGAIN!
He won the first South African Tour Championship Stage 1 event.
1st Aden Joseph (Pandas)
2nd Craig Bouwer (Vadins)
3rd Jamiel Jacobs (Vadins)
Congratulations to all who participated in this prestigious event!
With new faces on the circuit like Johann Fourie, Suzette Boyens and Amy King.
NEXT event on the calendar: 1-3 May 2020 at Pandas. – Hendry Erasmus
The Lake Umuzi Soccer Challenge is on the right track.
This came after the Lake Umuzi Soccer Challenge distributed 5 000 copies of soccer booklets around Gauteng. The PSL Legend players are interested in this challenge that are empowering the young stars of tomorrow in the Province and giving them the exposure they need.
The Lake Umuzi Soccer Challenge booklets are distributed in Gauteng in the following places: Soweto, Dobsonville Nike sports Centre, Naledi, Johannesburg, Emmarentia, Markspark, Roodepoort, Randburg, Vaal, Daveyton, Vosloorus, Katlehong, Thokoza and Alberton.
For more information or if you are interested in The Lake Umuzi Soccer Challenge booklet, you can contact Mr Jacob Mtakwende @ 082 70 51 24 7.
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Cedric Doyle taught a self-defence class at Action Sports Secunda on Saturday, 22 February.
The event was a community project for DA Activist, Terry Lee Kleynhans.
A big thank you to Mariska Lubbe from Action Sports Secunda for organising the event and sponsoring the venue.
Mariska is aiming to change more than 120 kids’ lives with this initiative and hopes that this will grow into something much bigger.