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Met groot opgewondenheid is tradisionele Kersbome in menige huise opgeslaan - oor twee dae vier
ons Kersfees! Ons voorbladfoto die week is egter ‘n oorspronklike plaas- kersboom wat bestaan uit ronde bale en kersversierings wat ‘n boer by sy hek
staan gemaak het om die Kersgety aan te kondig. Die Noordwester wens al ons lesers en gewaardeerde adverteerders ‘n
vreugdevolle Kersfees en voorspoed vir 2022 toe. Ons kantore sal op 10 Januarie
2022 heropen en die eerste uitgawe van die Noordwester sal op 14 Januarie te
koop wees.
Kerswense affie plaas
Ons maak ons kunstige
wennertjie bekend - p2 Premier committed to service
delivery - p3
Die personeel van die Noordwester was baie verras toe Minie le Roux van die Mev. Elegant Organisasie hulle bederf het met heerlike sjokolade vir die feestyd. Sy het haar waardering uitgespreek vir die nuusdekking en hulp met advertensies wat haar organisasie deur die jaar van die Noordwester se vriendelike personeel ontvang het. Op die foto is Nardus Drinkwater, Minie le Roux, Anita Kotzé en Lydia Drinkwater.
Tannie Minie bederf Noordwester
NOORDWESTER – LICHTENBURG – Hierdie week plaas ons weer ‘n paar handige boererate en hoop dat ons lesers baat daarby kan vind. Die gebruik daarvan is op eie risiko.
Gesond met boererate
Hardlywigheid: 1 kg goue stroop of heuning, 500g droë vye, 500g rosyne, 500g pruimedante en 500g droëperskes. Week perskes en pruimedante in water tot sag en maal alles saam. Meng met stroop of heuning en eet een teelepel vol hiervan saans.
Hik: Gooi asyn oor 1 teelepel suiker sodat dit net nat is en eet dit. Die hik sal dadelik stop.
Hoofpyn: Drink 1 teelepel heuning in 1 koppie swart koffie.
Maagsweer: Meng 1 blikkie kondensmelk met 1 botteltjie Turlington en drink 3 eetlepels vol per dag. Dit werk regtig.
Jig (Gout): Drink 1 koppie kookwater met 1 teelepel suurlemoensap en 1 teelepel heuning op jou nugtermaag.
Kopluise: Meng halwe koppie kookolie en halwe koppie asyn en vryf dit in die hare in.
Los so lank moontlik aan en was dan die hare deeglik.
Die gelukkige wenner van ‘n stel bande tydens ‘n gelukkige trekking by Supa Quick Lichtenburg was Steve Lindsey. Johan Viljoen het dit aan hom oorhandig.
Gelukkige wenner
Baie geluk aan Nanica Schutte (9) wat die wenner van die Noordwester se Kerskunskompetisie is.
Haar kunswerk is uit verskeie inskrywings gekies en sy wen R1000 kontant wat vir haar ekstra sakgeld vir die Kersvakansie beteken. Baie geluk Nanica, geniet jou prysgeld!
Ekstra sakgeld vir Nanica
NOORDWESTER – LICHTENBURG – Kolonel Willem Bekeer, stasiebevelvoerder van die SAPD op Lichtenburg is baie bekommerd oor die aantal aangemelde misdaad wat vanaf 1 Desember 2021 voorgekom het tot op hede.
Volgens hom is daar ‘n skerp styging in sake soos poging tot verkragting, roof met vuurwapen, inbraak by besighede en winkeldiefstal. Kol. Bekeer versoek die publiek om uiters versigtig te wees en nie alleen in verlate areas te stap nie.
“Maak seker om nie in besighede rond te slenter as jy nie kontant het nie want die begeerte om iets te besit kan lei tot winkeldiefstal. Mense moet daarop let om nie waardevolle items op hul voertuie se sitplekke te laat nie en seker maak om nie in die openbaar op hul selfone te loop en kyk nie, grypdiewe is oral op die uitkyk vir sagte teikens. Moenie met oop vensters sit by robotte nie en sluit altyd u voertuig se deure.
Wees bedag op skelms wat jou aandag by jou voertuig se venster aftrek terwyl ‘n ander jou beursie/selfoon of handsak deur die passasiers-venster gryp. Moenie dat vreemdelinge jou by kitsbanke lastig val nie, hulle het gewoonlik ‘n verskuilde agenda.
Die gemeenskap word bedank vir goeie wenke en wat gelei het tot die suksesvolle arrestasie van booswigte. Geniet ‘n rustige en geseënde Kerstyd saam met u familie.”
Misdaadwenke
Die gemeenskap van Lichtenburg word versoek om nie in die feestyd te vergeet van hul vierpotige vriende nie. Moet nie diere onversorg by die huis los sonder kos en water nie en maak seker dat hul ‘n stewige skuiling het teen wind en weer. Kyk so mooi na hulle soos hulle elke dag na jou kyk! Op die foto is Brutus, ‘n Boerboel wat dankbaar is vir ‘n liefdevolle huis en genoeg kos en water om hom gelukkig te hou.
Sien om na
vierpoot-vriende
Delivery of service high on the N/W agenda
NOORDWESTER – COLIGNY - North West Premier, Bushy Maape strongly spoke out about the urgency to create jobs across the provincial municipalities in Coligny on Reconcilliation Day.
Speaking to multitudes of people at a mass meeting, the premier said that service delivery should go hand-in-glove with job opportunities, especially for the unemployed youth.
“The only language that we will speak from today, is delivery of service, and job creation”, he said. Maape told the masses that he expected progress reports from his municipalities every three months without failing.
He also expected his councillors to report to the communities they are serving in exactly the same time frame of 3 months.
The forthright Premier did not hide his stance regarding men who still continue to abuse women and children, saying that they were cowards who could not stand the scientific that women are naturally more resourceful, focused
and reliable than their male counterparts.
“Where do these men get the idea that women and children should be victims of abuse, and rape?“We have never heard of great leaders like Shaka, Moshoeshoe and many more beating their wives or attacking children.“Where do they get that from,”? he asked to a thunderous round of applause. The event, the event dubbed, Provincial Service Delivery Campaign and Reconciliation Day Celebration attracted leading government officials and politicians. He said that Reconciliation Day was more about ensuring black people regained the dignity that they lost due to apartheid, with men having to go work far from their families, therefore destroying the structure of a black family.
Maape added that burning and destroying the
things that belonged to “us” was not a solution, but that accelerated service delivery was the only answer. He was referring to the types of protests that often gave rise to destructive riots – igniting fires that leave behind damages counted into millions of rands. He cautioned his councilors against driving around in flashy cars enjoying prefixes like your worship and related names, while masses of people lived in poverty.
“We need to speed up the delivery of services and ensure the creation of employment for the people,” he said. He appealed to municipal workers and councilors to change the way they have been doing things, and rather make service delivery a new way of life.
“Driving around the townships in flashy cars is no longer an option. We need to give the phrase, servant of the people a meaning” he said.
Maape added that reconciliation would not have a proper meaning if people still went to
scarred land, whereby when conflict came to an end rain came and people started ploughing the land in the new found peacetime.
Observers believe Mokgothu together with her cabinet were preparing to hold the bull by its horns and try to solve the local service delivery challenges without further delay. Upon his closing address, District Mayor of Ngaka Modiri Molema, Khumalo Molefe echoed Maape’s sentiments regarding the abusive attacks on women and children and said the practice had to be stopped with immediate effect. He recommitted his desire to accelerate service deliver and create jobs for the locals.
The More Secondary School’s sports ground was a hive of activity with all provincial government departments offering services to the masses. From ID applications, to health matters.
From problems with electricity and water billing to business funding .
Provincial Reconciliation day was held in Tlhabologang/Coligny in Ditsobotla Local Municipality. The day was celebrated/
commemorated in the form of service delivery programmes by different provincial departments, municipalities and parastatals to communities.
On the photo is the Premier of North West, mr. Bushy Maape during his speech on
Reconcilliation Day in Coligny.
The Provincial Government has rolled out an intensive service delivery programme in Colgny and Tlhabologang. The programme focused on potholes, regravelling of roads and cleaning, which involved the removal of dumping sites and cutting of bushes in the mentioned areas. The programme had further targeted streetlights and highmast lights that were not working.
NOORDWESTER – BIESIESVLEI – “Christmas and the holiday season is very special to all of us.
Christmas Message from Captain JP Wallis
Capt. JP Wallis, Station Commander at Biesiesvlei SAPS.
bed hungry, or are still homeless.
He appealed to the masses to assist fellow townsmen and women saying that the battle was not for government alone, but for every citizen who had the means.
The Premier appealed to the people to consider signing up for vaccination, saying it was the only way to spare lives. He cautioned the masses against the conspiracy theories making rounds on social media as a load of nonsense that was never proven scientifically.
Speaking during her welcome address, Mayor Stokie Mokgothu compared Ditsobotla to a battle
Family and friends get together and we are delighted to see each other especially during this difficult time of the pandemic, COVID-19 Omicron variant.
I am very concerned as the Principal Officer in Biesiesvlei policing precinct which includes Ga-Maloka village, Dithwaneng village, Itekeng location and the surrounding farms, to see no social distancing, so many young people having parties in the tarvens, not wearing masks and no one taking the responsibility for their actions.
The station’s crime statistics shows that criminals are on duty, there is not a day where Eskom cable’s is not stolen, leaving people in the dark. Crimes like assaults, theft, stock theft, and rape are prevalent and increasing during this season.
Therefore parents are urged to take care of their children especially during the night when it is dark, avoid the roaming around of children on the streets more importantly girls as they are vulnerable.
I hereby appeal to all inhabitants of Biesiesvlei policing area to take responsibility and to avoid taking part in criminal activities.
Do not leave valuable items lying around, lock your house and gates and take pictures of your belongings in case of theft. Stay home, do not make yourself a victim of crime.
2021 is ending and the police in Biesiesvlei are on watch 24/7, people must report all sorts of crime and the police will
diligently attend to all complaints.
I wish the community of Biesiesvlei, Itekeng, Ga-Maloka, Dithwa-neng and all the surrounding farms Happy Holidays and a prosperous 2022.”
NOORDWESTER – LICHTENBURG – Eskom will be forced to charge 30% more for electricity from next year and potentially implement continuous stage 8 load-shedding if it does not get exemptions from pollution limits at its coal power stations.
That was the warning from Eskom’s senior manager Deidre Herbst during an interview with eNCA recently. Herbst’s comments followed the refusal of the environmental department’s National Air Quality Officer to grant Eskom exemptions from minimum air quality standards, including its suphur dioxide, nitrogen oxide, and particulate matter emissions.
Eskom said that its request for postponements to aligning emissions at its Matla, Duvha, Matimba, Medupi and Lethabo power stations were declined completely. Postponement applications for Majuba, Tutuka, Kendal and Kriel were only partially granted.
“If we comply, we will need to switch off with immediate effect, and that would result to stage 8 loadshedding, continuously,” Herbst told eNCA. Stage 8 load-shedding allows for shedding 8,000MW of electricity form the grid, double that of Stage 4. That means households and businesses could expect to be without electricity for 12 hours each day.
On top of the increased frequency of load- shedding, Herbst said that full compliance
with the requirements in the short term would drastically increase the price of electricity.
These costs would include installing flue-gas desulphurization technology to reduce harmful emissions at a cost of R30 billion per power station. The full compliance that the authorities are requesting from Eskom will cost R300 billion, and that would add at least another 10% additional on the tariff,” Herbst said. That would be in addition to the 20% increase in tariffs that Eskom has already requested with the national energy regulator for the 2022/2023 financial year, which means a total increase of 30% could be required. “We hope to engage with the Department of Mineral Resources, the Department of Public Enterprises and the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment and find a balanced solution whitch improves and reduces the impact on health and addresses the financial burder that this will creates and ensures that we can gave a jus energy transition. The appeal means that Eskom is exempted from the limits, for now,”
she said.
Eskom warns of pollution limit problems
Pryse van brandstof, kunsmis rede vir yslike kosprysstygings
NOORDWESTER – LICHTENBURG – Die massiewe stygings in die prys van voedsel het nie veel te make met die Covid-19 pandemie nie, maar meer met die hoë pryse van brandstof en kunsmis.
Die afgelope tyd se stewige styging in die prys van petrol en diesel om nie eens te praat van die rekordhoogtes van kunsmispryse nie, sit die verbruiker en die boer op die agtervoet. In ‘n onlangse verslag van Graan SA word die toename in insetkoste vir mielieboere deeglik uiteengesit. Dit is veral die prys van kunsmis wat ‘n groot invloed het aangesien kunsmis sowat 30% tot 35%
van ‘n mielieprodusent se veranderlike
produksiekoste uitmaak, staan in die verslag. Plaaslike kunsmispryse is tans op rekordvlakke vir stikstof, fosfaat en kalium en het veral die afgelope paar maande skerp toegeneem.
Die prys van sade het ook toegeneem.
Volgens Graan SA se berekeninge het mieliesaadpryse vir van die gewildste kultivars met gemiddeld 5,6% serdert verlede jaar gestyg, terwyl die gemiddeld van al die mieliekultivars ongeveer 3,3%
gestyg het. Sonneblomsaadpryse het op ‘n gemiddelde basis met 3,7% gestyg, terwyl sojaboonsaadpryse met 2,6% toegeneem het. Volgens berekeninge deur Graan SA word verwag dat die totale veranderlike koste van mielies ‘n gemiddelde styging van tussen ongeveer 20% tot 28% jaar op jaar sal hê. Beraamde produksiekoste vir die 2021/22-produksieseisoen vir mielieboere in die Oos-Vrystaat is R13
998 per hektaar en in Noordwes is dit R13 109.
Indien die regering nie daadwerklik ingryp en die Eskom-uitdaging aanspreek nie, is dit ‘n verdere invloed wat produksie gaan kniehalter. Waar daar nie voldoende kragvoorsiening is om lande te besproei nie, is die gevolg permanente skade op die opbrengs en bring hierdie faktor verdere verliese mee.
NOORDWESTER – LICHTENBURG – Met 2021 amper verby moet mens behoorlik asemskep as jy wil terugkyk na die jaar wat was. Vir TLU SA staan die ANC se beleidsomgewing kop en skouers uit bo alle aangeleenthede van die afgelope jaar en dit het ’n impak op alle aspekte van die Suid-Afrikaanse samelewing en omgewing.
Die ANC-beleidsomgewing dek onder andere minimumlone, OSV, SEB, kaderontplooiing ensomeer. “Ons land is reeds in rommelstatus weens al die onsekerheid. ‘n Groot deel van ons realiteit is gekoppel aan die beleidsomgewing – ‘n onrealistiese een – wat nie vertroue in boesem nie,” sê mnr. Bennie van Zyl, TLU SA Hoofbestuurder. Hy neem ‘n terugblik na die staatsrede in Februarie vanjaar. “Daar was vier fokuspunte geïdentifiseer: die pandemie oorkom, vernelling van ekonomiese groei, implementering van ekonomiese hervorming vir die skepping van werksgeleenthede en aanmoediging van inklusiewe ekonomiese groei, stryd teen korupsie en versterking van die staat. Wat die stryd teen korrupsie betref, is daar vordering met die Zondo- kommissie wat vroeg in Januarie 2022 sy verslag aan die President moet lewer.” Vir TLU SA was die Onteiening sonder vergoeding hoog op die agenda. Die voorgestelde wysiging op Artikel 25 van Suid-Afrika se Grondwet ten opsigte van
die onteiening van eiendom sonder vergoeding te verander, is onlangs afgestem. “Ons het ook met groot sorg van die Landbou-meesterplan kennis geneem. TLU SA is bekommerd oor die groot onkunde rakende die ANC se transformasie- agenda waar hy probeer om die hele ekonomiese stelsel te transformer van privaatbesitreg en ‘n markerigte ekonomie na ‘n gesentraliseerde sosialisme en kommunisme.” Nog ‘n realiteit vir Suid-Afrikaners is dat die land op die drumpel van die vierde vlaag van die Covid-19 pandemie staan. Die jaar het begin met die tweede vlaag en dit was opgevolg met ‘n derde vlaag wat vir baie die finale strooi was wat die kameel se rug gebreek het. Regulerende maatreëls en inperkings het ons ekonomie seergemaak.
“Vir TLU SA as organisasie is gebeure soos die suksesvolle Noord-Kaap toer, KwaZulu- Natal se erkenning aan polisielede en Oos-streek se skietdag was hoogtepunte, om net ‘n paar te noem,” het van Zyl afgesluit.
2021 Terugvoer en kykweer
NOORDWESTER – LICHTENBURG – Afriforum het vanjaar verskeie dorpe in Noordwes se water getoets om die gehalte van die dorpe se drinkwater (boudruppelstatus) en rioolwater (groendruppelstatus) te bepaal.
Blou- en groendruppeluitslae bekend
“Ons kon vasstel dat die meeste van Noordwes se dorpe se drinkwater aan die minimum standaarde voldoen en geen skadelike bakterieë bevat nie. Daar was enkele dorpe waarvan die nitraatvlakke in die drinkwater effens hoog was, maar die probleem is onder die loep geneem.
Afriforum sal die watergehalte deurlopend toets, want inwoners het ‘n grondwetlike reg tot skoon drinkwater,” sê Petrus Coetzee, Afriforum se distrikskoördineerder vir Marico.
Volgens Afriforum se groendruppeluitslae voldoen 21 rioolsuiweringsaanlegte wat getoets is, nie aan die gestelde mikrobiologiese standaarde nie. Die burgerregteorganisasie het sy kommer uitgespreek oor die rioolsuiweringsaanlegte binne die munisipaliteite waarvan die rioolwater nie aan die gestelde standaarde voldoen nie. “Ons sal die nienakoming verder ondersoek en optree waar nodig,” sê Alta Pretorius, Afriforum se distrikskoördineerder vir Mooirivier.
“Afriforum se nasionale blou-en- groendruppelprojek fokus op die stand van dorpe se drinkwater- en rioolaanlegte. Dié projekte fokus nie noodwendig op die toestand van die aanleg self nie, maar wel op die gehalte van die water wat na die proses as eindproduk in die vorm van drinkwater en behandelde
rioolwater gelewer word,” sluit Coetzee af.
Afriforum versoek elke jaar dat die Departement van Water en Sanitasie (DWS) weer ‘n blou- en groendruppelverslag bekend maak en verwelkom dus dat die Departement vroeër vanjaar bekend gemaak het dat hulle weer die blou-en-groen-druppelverslag gaan opstel om sowel die waterkwaliteit as infrastruktuurkwaliteit in die land te bepaal.
Afriforum sal sodra die Departement hulle verslag bekend maak dit noukeurig deurwerk en moniteer. As die bewaarder van water kom die DWS nie sy verpligtinge na deur wetgewing toe te pas wanneer munisipale owerhede die skuldige partye is nie. Dit is van kardinale belang dat ons nie ophou om die gehalte van ons drink- en rioolwater te toets nie. Ons moet die lewensbelangrike bron beskerm.
Petrus Coetzee, Afriforum se distriks- koördineerder vir Marico besig om ‘n toetsmonster van die water in Coligny te neem.
NOORDWESTER – LICHTENBURG – Ondersteun plaaslike kleiner besighede!
Adverteerders van kleiner ondernemings wat die behoefte het aan plaaslike ondersteuning kan op ‘n bladsy in die Noordwester ‘n spasie van 10 cm x 6 cm koop vir R200, plus btw.
Die advertensies is nie vir groot ondernemings nie, maar meestal vir eenmansake wat op hul beskeie manier ook
‘n bydrae lewer aan ons plaaslike ekonomie.
Gewoonlik is hierdie ondernemings eerste in die ry wanneer dit by borgskappe vir skole en sportspanne kom, maar hulle kan nie meeding met die groot handelsname wanneer dit kom by advertensiespasie koop nie.
Ons verstaan dit…dit is daarom dat ons die #koopplaaslik-veldtog die week afskop met spotgoedkoop advertensies aan eenmanssake/tuisondernemings ens. Ons wil
ons lesers aanmoedig om hul geld plaaslik te spandeer. Wanneer jy plaaslik koop, bly meer van daardie geld in plaaslike omloop as wanneer dit by groot handelswinkels spandeer word. Dit kan weer lei tot beter lone, meer werksgeleenthede en ‘n gesonder plaaslike ekonomie.
Indien jy al ooit met ‘n groot korporasie besigheid gedoen het, weet jy hoe moeilik dit kan wees om hulp of bystand te kry. ‘n Plaaslike besigheid is gewoonlik makliker om te nader en die kanse is groter dat jy van aangesig tot aangesig met iemand kan praat
Trots Lichtenburg # Koopplaaslik
NOORDWESTER – LICHTENBURG – Kindly note that Lichtenburg Department of Home Affairs will be operating after hours from 13 – 30 December 2021 (excluding 17 and 24 December 2021). Time: 15:30 – 17:30 – all services will be rendered.
Take note!
NOORDWESTER – LICHTENBURG – Sowat 40 motoriste is beboet tydens ‘n padblokkade wat opgestel is verlede Vrydagoggend op die Lichtenburg/Mahikeng- pad.
Kolonel Willem Bekeer, stasie- bevelvoerder van die Suid-Afrikaanse Polisiediens (SAPD) op Lichtenburg sê die plaaslike Verkeersdepartement en die SAPD van die dorp het dit suksesvol uitgevoer en hewige boetes is opgelê vir onpadwaardige voertuie. “ ‘n Totaal
van R20 800 se boetes is tydens die padblokkade uitgereik aan voertuie met defekte en aan bestuurders sonder lisensies”, sê hy.
Kol. Bekeer bedank die Lichtenburg Verkeersdepartement vir hul rol in die bekamping van padsterftes.
Hewige boetes opgelê vir onpadwaardige voertuie
Lede van Lichtenburg Verkeers- departement en die SAPD het verlede Vrydag
‘n baie suksesvolle padblokkade op die Lichtenburg/
Mahikeng- pad van stapel gestuur.
wanneer jy ‘n vraag of versoek het.
‘n Mark wat bestaan uit ‘n klomp kleiner verskaffers is beter vir die verbruiker wanneer dit kom by lae pryse en innovering.
Groot korporasies word minder beïnvloed deur plaaslike kompetisie en is meer gefokus op die winste en dividende vir hulle aandeelhouers.
Indien jy ‘n eienaar van een van die vele plaaslike kleinondernemings in Lichtenburg, of naburige dorpe is, praat met ons om jou te help om bekostighare blootstelling in die Noordwester te kry. Skakel ons kantoor by 018-6326038 of praat direk met ons bemarkers, Lydia – 0728076913 of Jackie – 0844143985.
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NOORDWESTER – LICHTENBURG - Omgee Buurtwag, Lichtenburg is alreeds etlike jare aktief in Sektor 2 (die dorp, CBD, Kieserville, Shukran, Sederpark, Retiefpark, altwee industriële gebiede, asook die vakansie-oord).
Wat is ‘n buurtwag?
Dit is ‘n georganiseerde groep inwoners wat hulle verbind tot die bekamping van misdaad.
‘n Buurtwag is ‘n been van die Gemeenskapspolisieringsforum.
Dit word algemeen aanvaar dat waar daar
‘n aktiewe buurtwag in ‘n omgewing is, die misdaad in die gebied afneem.
Hoekom?
Daar is sigbare tekens van die buurtwag;
inwoners is meer paraat en bedag op misdaad.
Mense verskerp hul waarneming en verdagte bedrywighede word aangemeld.
Maar, ons dink mos altyd: Ag, dit sal nie met my gebeur nie; Ek het nie nodig om betrokke
te raak nie; Daar is genoeg ander mense wat dit kan doen. Indien ons hierdie probleem ignoreer sal dit self weggaan. Misdaad is die Polisie se probleem. Ek het mos kameras, alarms stelsel, diefwering en honde;so hoekom moet ek aansluit? Misdadigers wil nie geïdentifiseer word nie, hulle hou nie daarvan dat mense hul bewegings dophou nie en hul vermy gewoonlik plekke waar die inwoners oplettend is, waar daar kameras, en patrollies is.
Die buurtwag se sukses hang af van die goeie samewerking van die gemeenskap en dan ook die samewerking met die SAPD.
Buurtwaglede is die oё en ore van die polisie. Hulle raak nie self betrokke in
voorvalle nie, alhoewel Omgee Buurtwag ‘n
“respons” groep het wat dadelik reageer as daar voorvalle is.
Veiligheid is aan niemand gewaarborg nie, onthou ook om aan te sluit by die Buurtwag is ook nie ‘n waarborg dat jy nie ook die slagoffer van misdaad kan wees nie, maar dit is tyd dat ons betrokke moet raak in ons gemeenskappe. Ons moet begin deur verantwoordelikheid te vat vir ons eie veiligheid en die van ons eiendom.
Daar is ‘n prys daaraan verbonde:
Toegewydheid, paraatheid en voorsorg.
Hoe kan jy betrokke raak?
Sluit aan, ry patrollies. Indien jy dalk nie patrollie ry nie, geen probleem – jy gaan mos dorp toe? Kyk in jou omgewing rond - dit is genoeg rede om betrokke te raak.
Donasies is ook welkom.
Dit help met die ry van patrollies vir persone wat bereid is om te ry, maar dit werklik nie kan bekostig nie. Dit word ook gebruik vir die aankoop van toerusting, soos byvoorbeeld radio’s, kameras en sterk ligte (spotlights).
Lede koop hulle eie bordjie vir hul huis aan, waarop huisnommers verskyn en die buurtwag se kenteken en die lede wat patrolleer moet ook ‘n glimbaadjie aanskaf.
Die Buurtwag is nie-polities en nie seksisties.
Skakel gerus met die volgende persone indien jy belangstel om deel te word van die buurtwag:
Willie Weideman (waarnemende voorsitter) – 0823916688
Carina Nel - 0828887831
Omgee Buurtwag verbind tot misdaadbekamping
The Mooifontein SAPS held a awareness campaign about gender based violence on 9 December 2021 and the CPF and other stakeholders were present. On the photo is Sgt Mathe (CPO Mooifontein) with a community member during the campaign.
Mooifontein SAPS handed out pamphlets
NOORDWESTER – BIESIESVLEI - On 11 December 2021 Operation Safer Festive Season took place in both Sector 1 and 2 respectively in Biesiesvlei under the command of the Station Commander Captain JP Wallis.
The police were enthusiastic in executing their duties. Intensive regular patrols were conducted, people and suspicious vehicles were stopped and searched. Unlicensed liquor outlets were visited and four different places were seized and closed. All the liquor was handed in as the exhibit and offenders were
issued with fines. Each offender had over 20 cases each, operating without a licence. There was no mercy for crime as the police exercised their tasks sending out a message that there will be no stone left unturned. The Station Commander Captain JP Wallis congratulated the members for a good job and their dedication.
Safer Festive Operation
On the photo’s are members of
the Biesiesvlei SAPS busy with Operation Safer Festive Season as well as unlicensed liquor that were seized during the
operation.
Vat hande en ondersteun dié plaaslike besighede
NOORDWESTER – LICHTENBURG – Ondersteun plaaslike kleiner besighede!
Adverteerders van kleiner ondernemings wat die behoefte het aan plaaslike ondersteuning kan op ‘n bladsy in die Noordwester ‘n spasie van 10 cm x 6 cm koop vir R200, plus btw.
Die advertensies is nie vir groot ondernemings nie, maar meestal vir eenmansake wat op hul beskeie manier ook ‘n bydrae lewer aan ons plaaslike ekonomie. Gewoonlik is hierdie ondernemings eerste in die ry wanneer dit by borgskappe vir skole en sportspanne kom, maar hulle kan nie meeding met die groot handelsname wanneer dit kom by advertensiespasie koop nie.
Ons verstaan dit - dit is daarom dat ons die #koopplaaslik-veldtog die week afskop met spotgoedkoop advertensies aan eenmanssake/tuisondernemings ens. Ons wil ons lesers aanmoedig om hul geld plaaslik te spandeer. Wanneer jy plaaslik koop, bly meer van daardie geld in plaaslike omloop as wanneer dit by groot handelswinkels spandeer word. Dit kan weer lei tot beter lone, meer werksgeleenthede en ‘n gesonder plaaslike ekonomie.
Indien jy al ooit met ‘n groot korporasie besigheid gedoen het, weet jy hoe moeilik dit kan wees om hulp of bystand te kry. ‘n Plaaslike besigheid is gewoonlik makliker om te nader en die kanse is groter dat jy van aangesig tot aangesig met iemand kan praat wanneer jy ‘n vraag of versoek het.
‘n Mark wat bestaan uit ‘n klomp kleiner verskaffers is beter vir die verbruiker wanneer dit kom by lae pryse en innovering.
Groot korporasies word minder beïnvloed deur plaaslike kompetisie en is meer gefokus op die winste en dividende vir hulle aandeelhouers. Indien jy ‘n eienaar van een van die vele plaaslike kleinondernemings in Lichtenburg, of naburige dorpe is, praat met ons om jou te help om bekostighare blootstelling in die Noordwester te kry.
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South Africa staying - for
now - at lockdown
level 1
NOORDWESTER - LICHTENBURG - The National Coronavirus Command Council (NCCC) met last week and decided to retain the lockdown restrictions at Adjusted Alert Level 1.
This was announced by Health Minister Dr Joe Phaahla on Friday (17 December). The minister has called for responsible behaviour and stronger compliance with Covid-19 prevention and treatment protocols during the festive season.
“The NCCC has reflected on the current Covid-19 situation and deliberated on a number of recommendations tabled by the Department of Health as part of safety measures to prevent a possible surge in Covid-19 infections associated with social gatherings which can be ‘super spreader’ events carrying a huge risk of transmission of the virus,” said the department on Thursday (16 December).
The Council has directed the department to closely monitor the rising Covid-19 infections, hospitalisations, mortality and recovery rates, which are largely driven by the Omicron variant, which is contributing to the fourth wave in the country.
According to scientific studies, the virus is spreading quicker than in previous waves, but the rates of hospitalisations and deaths remain relatively low. The Minister said that it is in South Africa’s hands to maintain the current break in the clouds into a lasting sunshine in order to have a safer and joyous Christmas and prosperous New Year.
“We call upon all travelers, especially those who are unvaccinated or partly vaccinated coming from areas declared hotspots, to get vaccinated before hitting the roads. This is to protect their families and friends they will be visiting during this period associated with large social gatherings like parties and weddings, which can be
‘super spreader’ events that carry a huge risk of transmission of the virus”, the Minister said.
Vaccination and following all safety precautions, will not only reduce the spread of the virus but also take the pressure off hard- working healthcare professionals who have worked tirelessly to keep everyone safe. Minister Phaahla added that the department will continue to closely monitor the situation throughout this period in terms of daily infection cases, hospitalisations, mortality and recovery rates, and make the necessary recommendations to the NCCC in the best interest of people’s lives and livelihoods.
Working with the provinces, the department will ensure that sufficient vaccination sites remain operational, including pop-up sites at some public places like malls, open community sporting based venues and roadblocks. “We also urge public transport operators to enforce compliance with mask-wearing at all times, hand sanitising and open windows to allow sufficient ventilation,” Dr Phaahla said.
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NOORDWESTER – LICHTENBURG – The Department of Home Affairs Lichtenburg wish to invite the community of Ditsobotla Local Municipality to collect their Smart Identitiy documents which they have applied for in the office.
Please collect your Smart ID
NOORDWESTER – LICHTENBURG – Ons nooi ons lesers uit om spesiale oomblikke met ons te deel deur ‘n foto van die geleentheid in die Noordwester te plaas. Dit sluit in ‘n troufoto, doopfoto, foto van oorledene, mondigwording, ensomeer.
Kostes beloop R66 per foto, btw ingesluit. Stuur gerus die foto en kort inligting vir ‘n byskrif na [email protected]. Bankbesonderhede sal verskaf word of u kan alternatiewelik by ons kantoor in Transvaalstraat, Lichtenburg betaal.
Deel jou spesiale oomblikke met ons
NOORDWESTER – LICHTENBURG – Die blokraai-wenner van 10/12 was Ronel Marais van 10de Laan, Kieserville.
Die wenner van Sudoku #642 was Clara Faurie van plaas Grootfontein, Lichtenburg. Baie geluk! Haal asb. u pryse by die Noordwester se kantoor in Transvaalstraat af met
identifikasie van uself.
Die gelukkige wenner is…
Verlore
hondjie gevind
Verlore reun-hondjie in Thabo Mbekirylaan gevind. As hy aan jou behoort, skakel asseblief 071 313 9248 en reël om hom by die Lichtenburg Dierewelsyn te gaan haal. Eienaars van diere
word versoek om asseblief verantwoordelikheid te neem en
hul diere veilig te hou in hierdie
feestyd.
NOORDWESTER – LICHTENBURG - South Africans can currently withdraw or transfer their pension funds if they resign, retire or become unemployed. Recent conversations, around allowing early access to a portion of retirement funds, have made individuals more aware of their retirement savings.
Never lose sight of your retirement goals!
What makes this so complex is that most income-earners are already saving far too little and not long enough for retirement.
This is largely due to employees’ widespread tendency to withdraw retirement savings when changing jobs to fulfil short-term financial needs and wants.
COVID-19 has highlighted a need for greater savings to protect against financial stress in emergencies and the widening retirement savings gap. However, Marian Nel-Fouche, Regional General Manager at Momentum North West says: “If it drives the wrong behaviour, it can have dire long-term consequences for members who are already saving far too little for retirement. As it stands, only 6% of South Africans retire with enough money to maintain their standard of living.”
“Growing your savings and having enough money for a comfortable retirement is part of your journey to success,” says Nel-Fouche.
Through continuous analysis and adapting of your investment, you can ensure that once you retire, you have what you need and can make your dreams a reality.
She says that it is the small sacrifices that count when you are young to realise your retirement dreams. “Having and fostering a good relationship with money and ensuring that you rather focus on saving for tomorrow instead of seeking instant gratification today, you can reach your financial goals and build your portfolio instead of watching the money fly in and out of your account.
Your medium- and long-term saving goals, coupled with your risk profile, will largely determine the type of investment that best suits your needs. “An accredited financial adviser can assist with a committed savings strategy and advise how to use compound interest and capital gains tax exemptions to minimise tax payable on your investment,”
says Nel-Fouche.
She says that compound interest is one of the most important concepts when managing your finances. It is at the crux of every medium to long-term investment, allowing
you to earn interest on interest –almost like a snowball effect – accelerating your earnings.
According to Nel-Fouche each investment journey is unique and to ensure you have enough capital to fund your retirement, you should consider various investment options.
Linked investment
By choosing a linked investment account, you can save your money for five years or longer by investing a regular amount with an optional lump sum. It gives you the freedom to choose how you want to invest and what you want to invest in. Giving you the power to save your money to best suit your needs.
Whether it is for your children’s education, a nest egg or a holiday – the longer you leave it, the more it will grow. You set the terms by adapting the contract to meet your needs.
Retirement annuity
If you prefer a committed and conservative savings approach, a retirement annuity is the right product for you. Governed by legislation and primarily designed to help you grow your money for retirement, it is a long-term savings plan that enables you to draw a lump sum and buy a monthly income after the age of 55. A retirement annuity not only helps you save and invest but also comes with tax benefits.
Endowment
An endowment policy is life insurance that pays a lump sum after a specific term or on death. Although restricted by certain rules, this medium to long-term policy is a low-risk saving strategy that allows you to leave the legacy you choose by deciding how you want to invest your money. If you are in a higher income bracket, it also offers estate planning and tax benefits.
Nel-Fouche reminds us that retirement can be a real challenge if not properly planned for. Fluctuating interest rates, inflation, and taxes can eat into the growth of your savings.
By making regular monthly payments and investing a lump sum into an investment policy, you can ensure that you will have enough money to turn your retirement dreams into reality.
NOORDWESTER – LICHTENBURG – December is the start of the festive season, which in South Africa is all about hot summer days, beaches, family gatherings and bush breaks.
To avoid another humdrum summer of Covid restrictions, as was the case in 2020, the Department of Health is encouraging all South Africans to get vaccinated against Covid-19 as soon as possible. People who have had only one Pfizer dose, must go for their second jab as soon as the mandatory 42-day waiting period is over, and those who are yet to get vaccinated are urged to do so as soon as possible. Once the majority of the population is fully immunized, the risk of exposure and contraction will be limited and the Covid-19 infection rate will be curbed. This will help enable the economy to recover and save those businesses that will not survive another lockdown. There is no need to pre-book or wait for an SMS after registering for your vaccine – simply walk into any vaccination site. Don’t forget to take
along valid identification (ID, birth certificate, foreign passport or asylum/refugee number).
You can even go to a vaccination site if you have not registered, and you will be assisted to register at the site. Be warned, however that it will take longer than if you had pre-registered.
Make Black Friday (November 26) safe this year by vaccinating as soon as possible.
Encourage or help your grandparents and parents to get vaccinated, because they are at high risk of severe symptoms and possible death should they contract Covid-19. Assist children aged 12 – 17 to get vaccinated at any site. If 16 million adults are vaccinated by the end of the year, projections are that at least 20 000 lives could be saved. Spread accurate information! For enquiries, ontact the Covid-19 hotline on 0800 029 999 or email [email protected] .
How to save our summer
Noordwes Stoeier kraai koning
Op die foto is RJ J. van Rensburg, Noordwes stoeier en GCP Oopgewig kampioen wat op 18 Desember 2021 aan die APWA (African Punishment Wrestling Association) se laaste rof- stoei toernooi vir die jaar in Randburg deelgeneem het.
RJ J. van Rensburg van Lichtenburg op die foto in aksie tydens sy laaste rofstoei toernooi vir 2021 waaraan hy onlangs deelgeneem het. Hy het die geveg teen die Gautengse stoeier, Tappery Martinez met ‘n
“submission” gewen.
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Die Stap-Lichtvoetslaanklub was bevoorreg om as klublede verlede naweek saam te kon verkeer tydens hul jaarafsluiting. Hulle het heerlik saamgekuier en geëet op die NG Kerk Buisfontein se terrein te Hartbeesfontein. Nuwe lede is ingehuldig en 25 van die 28 lede kon die geleentheid bywoon. Die klub bestaan reeds langer as 30 jaar en is baie geseënd alhoewel twee verliese van klublede a.g.v Covid-19 ook ‘n leemte by die klub gelaat het. Die Stap-Lichtvoetslaanklub wens al hul lede ‘n geseënde Kersfees en ‘n gesonde Nuwe Jaar toe. Daar word ook gedink aan hulle wat mense die afgelope jaar verloor het en wens hulle vertroosting van ons Hemelse Vader toe.
Stap-Lichtvoetslaanklub Jaarvergadering
Laerskole atletiek skop af
Baie geluk aan André Nel
wat aan die Seuns 0/13 200m Hekkies
deelgeneem het tydens
die Suid- Afrikaanse
Laerskole Atletiek byeenkoms te Germiston en
‘n vyfde plek behaal het.
Twee atlete van Lichtenburg het op 27 November
2021 aan die Suid-Afrikaanse
Laerskole atletiek byeenkoms te Germiston deelgeneem. Op die foto is Elzeno
Schalkwyk wat aan die Seuns 0/13 80m Hekkies sou deelneem, maar ongelukkig
as gevolg van reën nie kon deelneem nie.
