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APRIL 23, 2021 • 012-842-0300 Mayor prioritises services Opposition parties have predictably slammed mayor Randall Williams’ annual State of the Capital Address as he highlighted the municipality’s service delivery successes such as upgrading the city’s ageing water and electricity infrastructure.

Sinesipho Schrieber “This R41-million project will restore the national government.” additional treatment capacity needed for Tshwane EFF leader MoAfrika The revamping of essential service delivery the plant to ensure that the treated effl uent Mabogwane said the speech was “nothing projects was at the top of the Tshwane released into the Pienaars river complies but empty words. mayor’s priority list during his State of the with national standards. This will stop He has about eight months left and Capital Address. further pollution of the Pienaars river and tells us he cannot do anything about the With just months before the local the Roodeplaat dam downstream.” Hammanskraal (water treatment) issue. government elections, Tshwane metro mayor The fi rst phase of the multi-year project to “He says the metro on its own cannot Randall Williams tabled on Thursday, upgrade the region’s biggest water purifi er aff ord to replace the infrastructure in essential plans for the region to Rooiwal waste water treatment works aimed Hammanskraal. enhance service delivery such at providing clean water for residents of “Why could the metro not ask for as upgrading of water treatment Hammanskraal its overall progress was at assistance from the national government plants for clean water and 48%. from the outset?” completion of a new power “We are still planning on implementing Mabogwane said the region was faced station to meet growing demand. phase 2 and 3 over the next fi ve years. with the eff ects of Covid-19 and the metro Part of his 10-point plan “For years a big issue has always been should fi nd creative ways for revenue to ensure stable services the lack of funding to adequately address collection. involved the prioritisation of the issues at Rooiwal. The full cost of the Tshwane South African Municipal upgrading and maintenance of project is estimated at approximately Workers’ Union (Samwu) regional secretary, ageing water and electricity R2-billion.” Mpho Tladinyane was also unhappy, saying infrastructure in Tshwane. Williams said the metro targeted eight the speech did not address the challenges “Despite the real challenges informal settlements of 227, spread across they were facing. that the Covid-19 national its seven regions, with an estimated “As employees of the city we expected the state of disaster has had on 345 710 households, for formalisation in the mayor to address issue of two power stations our project timelines, our township establishment stage this fi nancial that are currently not working right now and utility services department year. need to be upgraded.” has managed to spend almost He said the metro was also currently “We expected the mayor to announce that 50% of its capital budget installing bulk internal water and sewer they would insource services.” by mid-year, and is on track services to support the human settlement DA coalition partners to spend at least 95% of its developments. (FF+) Sakkie du Plooy welcomed the plans budget by year-end.” “In just over three months, we have cut tabled by Williams. Williams detailed that over 45 million square metres of grass. The “We welcome the vision of the various the new Wildebeest road repair teams have repaired over 10 800 projects going forward, some of these Infeed substation in the potholes across 25 000 square meters of projects have already started and are road, a massive area altogether.” ongoing.” east of Pretoria, was Unlike the other opposition parties, Du He also vowed that the metro would still critical in supplying Plooy said he was confi dent in the DA rapidly increasing proceed with its plans working towards leadership. power demand and to fi nancial stability after being negatively strengthen the backup aff ected by the Covid-19 outbreak and a supply to many other R4-billion defi cit incurred during the substations. temporary administration of the metro. 2020 Highlights He said the project Meanwhile, Tshwane council opposition was on track to be political parties slammed mayor Williams’ completed by 2024 State of the Capital Address (SoCA), in partnership with describing it as “hollow”. Tshwane metro mayor Eskom. ANC Tshwane leader Kgosi Maepa said Randall Williams. Pollution of rivers they found the speech “disappointing” in the region saw the and that it “failed” to address key service 75 000 metro in hot waters delivery issues. as the department of “The DA government has failed from one water and sanitation disaster to the next. It has moved from bad Street Lights took the municipality to worse,” he said. to court, Williams said “The DA regurgitated the plans of the Have been repaired the metro was well on ANC government in 2016. They spoke about track in solving this. A Re Yeng (Tshwane’s bus rapid transit He said the Baviaanspoort system) which is a programme that was 10 800 Potholes waste water treatment works started by the ANC government. Repaired in Tshwane upgrade project was 88% “They spoke about the Tshwane Free complete and would be Wi-Fi and the Rooiwal water treatment completed in May. plant, which is planned and fi nanced by the

R41 Baviaanspoort million Waste Water Treatment Works. Informal 8 settlements Tshwane FreedomFront Tshwane ANC leader Plus leader Sakkie du Plooy. Tshwane EFF leader To be formalised this Kgosi Maepa. “The “We welcome the vision of MoAfrika Mabogwane. DA has failed from one the various projects going “It was nothing but fi nancial year disaster to the next.” forward.” empty words.” 2 NEWS PRETORIA WEST REKORD APRIL 23, 2021 Sluit aan en maak ’n verskil, vra GPF Hercules GPF stel ’n nuwe voorsitter aan wat inwoners aanmoedig om by hulle aan te sluit.

Carli Koch Venter ’n e-pos na herculessektor3@ gmail.com stuur. “Mense is toenemend bekommerd oor Só lyk Hercules GPF-sektor 3 se misdaadbekamping.” komitee: Só sê die nuut aangestelde voorsitter - Voorsitter: Ria Venter van Hercules GPF-subforum 3, Ria - Ondervoorsitter: Clive Correia Venter. - Sekretaresse: Petro Hattingh “Gemoedere styg en plek-plek bereik - Hulp-sekretaresse: Eve van Vuuren dit kookpunt. - Tesourier: Alet Robbetze “Frustrasie-drempels word oorgesteek, - Operasionele koördineerder/ emosies van magtelose woede loop hoog, patrolliebeampte: Charles Cairncross ’n gevoel van onveiligheid en selfs vrees - Opleidingsbeampte: Marco Entres pak mense beet. Ons word gedwing om - Logistiek: Rassie Erasmus MMC for housing and human settlements Mpho Mehlape-Zimu and Solly Msimango speaking agter hoë mure en veiligheidsheinings te - Covid-19 nakomingsbeampte: Johan to residents. skuil,” sê Venter. van Sittert. Venter is aan die begin van die maand as die voorsitter aangestel en is geen onbekende gesig in die bestuursposisie Provincial government says van die subforum nie. Sy is al vir die afgelope nege jaar alombekend in die area. it will evict ‘illegal invaders’ Sektor 3 strek van die noorde van Van der Hoff -weg, met ’n gedeelte in die Lunga Mzangwe it. Some of the people that were supposed to industriële gebied tussen Michaelson- be there are from Mooiplaas and the people en Bornmanstrate, tot die ooste by The provincial government will evict are asking us what is happening. Hendrikstraat. people who have invaded houses in “We have accepted that the people from Die De Waal-wisselaar, die bergreeks Olievenhoutbosch ext 27, it said. Mooiplaas will not get these places, so we aan die Daspoort-tonnel se kant “An eviction order has been obtained are looking at alternatives to see how we can asook Mahem en die eindpunt van die by the department,” said human accommodate them.” Gamorrah-nedersetting vorm óók deel settlements, urban planning and cooperative She said they are setting up van die streek. governance and Cogta spokesperson, Tahir interdepartmental meetings and a security “Ons poog om, in samewerking met die Sema. cluster to talk about the issues of land polisie en ander rolspelers, ’n sterk front “Such an eviction order requires a lot of invasions in the city. teen misdaad in ons area te vorm, Ons processes and detailed planning which not DA Gauteng Shadow MEC for nooi graag elke inwoner hartlik uit om by only depend on the department, but on other human settlements Mervyn Cirota said ons aan te sluit en deel te vorm van die stakeholders such as law enforcement as they discovered that an empty lot in Hercules GPF. well as the availability of a sheriff . Olievenhoutbosch extension 27, where “Lidmaatskap is gratis, maar enige “Houses that have been invaded delay the 2 000 houses were to be built, has also been insette as lidmaat is van kardinale belang, handing over to the rightful benefi ciaries. invaded a few weeks ago. spesifi ek in ag geneem dat ons in sekere “If the land is invaded the planning He said there is a new mushrooming aspekte aan ons eie genade oorgelaat process is informal settlement in word. aff ected; thereby the area in between the “Slegs samewerking deur die delaying the whole ‘The department has houses. gemeenskap, kan jou gesin en eiendom implementation obtained an order to evict Cirota said according beskerm wanneer die booswig intree,” sê value chain,” Sema to the illegal occupants, Venter. said. people who invaded houses specifi c individuals are Indien gemeenskapslede deel van die “This creates strain in Olievenhoutbosch.’ selling pieces of land GPF wil word, kan Venter op 082-930- Voorsitter van Hercules GPF-sektor 3, Ria on the provision of to invaders. 0737 geskakel word, of lede kan vir Venter. other services such “The 888 units of the as water and sewer provision and electrical Olievenhoutbosch ext 27 have been illegally reticulation. occupied since 2017. These houses were This comes after the Gauteng DA left incomplete without bulk infrastructure, raised concerns about the large number of where illegal occupants have made illegal incomplete housing projects in the metro. connections. On Monday housing and human “The Olievenhoutbosch ext 36 housing settlements MMC Mpho Mehlape-Zimu, project has 919 units and were invaded early accompanied by Gauteng provincial leader, this year. Other illegal occupants said that Scan for video Solly Msimanga and the DA Gauteng their desperation to own dignifi ed housing shadow MEC for human settlements Mervyn has led them to illegally occupy the units.” Cirota, held an oversight inspection at He said based on previous experience, incomplete illegal-invaded housing projects the longer the housing projects remain in Saulsville hostel and in Olievenhoutbosch unoccupied, the more likely they will extensions 27 and 36. become targets for illegal occupants, Mehlape-Zimu said some of the units that vandalism and corruption. have been occupied in Olievenhoutbosch “The illegal occupants are costing the have not been cleared as habitable. department more money in terms of legal “Someone told me most of the people who fees for eviction orders, eviction processes are staying here are not even from Tshwane, as well as repairs for the damages.” but are from Alexandra and Thembisa.” He said that the housing project in Mehlape-Zimu said Tshwane has a Saulsville hostel has 172 family units and database of about 500 000 people that are has been invaded since 2016. awaiting their houses. “The Tshwane metro has appointed a legal She said with regards to the RDP houses team to undertake a litigation process to

018869-23/04/21 that have been invaded, they are aware that secure an eviction order. the provincial government has a court order “The DA is calling on the Gauteng MEC that was granted in 2018. for human settlements, to www.facebook.com/Boards-4-Sho-1081872435294053 “I do not know why they are not executing implement all the eviction orders.”

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Corlia van Deventer deelnemers (die afgelope 36 maande) gehad van 96 675 algehele deelnemers uit Pretoria sake-eienaars sê dat hulle moeg verskillende stede in die wêreld. en “keelvol” is vir misdaad by hul “Ek is verbaas dat Pretoria nie die tweede ondernemings en huise. of mees gevaarlikste stad ter wêreld is nie,” “Misdaad het in ons omgewing tienvoudig het Steyn gedurende die vergadering met toegeneem en dit kos ons baie geld om Neetling gesê. ons huise en besighede veilig te hou,” sê Steyn sê hy was ook al die slagoff er van sakeman Pieter Neetling. misdaad en sê dat Pretoria oor die algemeen Verlede week het Neetling ’n vergadering nie veilig was vir sakeondernemings nie. met ander sake-eienaars in Van Der Hoff weg Rekord het nog ondernemings in Van Der gehou. Hoff weg besoek. Hy sê misdaad blyk veral hoog te wees in Een van die oudste sakevroue in die die Hercules-gebied. omgewing wie se onderneming reeds 40 jaar “Nadat ek en my vrou in 2019 in ons huis bestaan, sê dat misdaad verlede jaar veral beroof is, moes ek 25 veiligheidskameras en erg toegeneem het. ander veiligheidsmaatreëls by ons huis en Die sakevrou, wie se identiteit vir besigheid installeer om ons veilig te hou.” “veiligheidsredes” weerhou word, sê Neetling sê hy is die afgelope twee jaar opgeskerpte veiligheidsmaatreëls en ’n goeie by vier verskillende geleenthede deur verhouding met die publiek en mede sake- gewapende rowers geteiken en blameer die eienaars die enigste verweer teen misdaad is. polisie dat hulle nie tot aksie oorgegaan het Op 30 Maart vanjaar is ’n openbare nie en ondoeltreff end was. vergadering gehou om misdaad en Rekord het verlede Donderdag navrae aan bewerings van korrupsie by die Hercules- die polisiekantoor se woordvoerder kaptein polisiekantoor aan te spreek. Bonginkosi Msimango, aangaande dié sake, Wyksraadslid Frik van Wyk en Michael gerig. Shackleton, die DA se skadu-LUR vir Msimango het die week gesê dat hy gemeenskapsveiligheid in Gauteng, het nog op terugvoer wag van die provinsiale hierdie vergadering bygewoon. polisiekantoor. Teen druktyd was daar nog Shackleton sê daar is tydens die geen antwoord op die navrae nie. vergadering ernstige aantygings gemaak Pieter en Heleen Neetling saam met sakeman Manie Steyn. Neetling en ’n ander sake-eienaar, Manie soos dat polisie-dossiere “verdwyn” het en Steyn, sê hulle stem saam met ’n onlangse daar is ook ander korrupsie-eise bespreek. Mawela gestuur is. huise self te beskerm.” internasionale meningsopname wat sê dat “Ons het die notule van die vergadering Neetling en sy vrou Heleen het Heleen sê dat GPF-sektor 4 groot sukses Pretoria die derde gevaarlikste stad in die aan die provinsiale polisiekommissaris ’n beroep op lede van die Hercules- het met sigbare patrollering danksy hul wêreld is. gestuur en wag op terugvoer,” het gemeenskap gedoen om by “groenlig” voertuie in die gebied. Rekord het in Maart berig oor die Shackleton verlede Donderdag aan Rekord gemeenskapspolisiëringsforums (GPF’s) “Hierdie groenligpatrollies, veral naby internasionale aanlyn opname Numbeo gesê. en ander veiligheidsgroepe aan te sluit om woongebiede in Pretoria, maak ’n groot 2021. Rekord het ook ’n afskrif van die notule misdaad te bekamp. verskil en ek persoonlik dink regtig meer Volgens Numbeo se webtuiste het die ontvang wat op 7 April aan die provinsiale “As ons nie op die polisie kan staatmaak mense kan by die inisiatief aansluit om ’n opname ongeveer 2 704 Suid-Afrikaanse kommissaris lieutenant-generaal Elias nie, moet ons optree om ons besighede en verskil te maak.”

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Die Zandfontein-begraafplaas is Saterdag tydens ‘n skoonmaak-aksie opgeknap. Lawrence Lee Thorpe en Antonette Pretorius. Begraafplaas skoon ná inwoners se hulp Carli Koch gemeenskapskringe kort wanneer dit met was die moeite werd gewees. hier begrawe is. aksies gepaard gaan nie, en Antonette “Dankie aan elke gemeenskapslid, “Ek besoek die begraafplaas gereeld en Die Zandfontein-begraafplaas het Saterdag Pretorius het die projek gedryf. besighede en betrokke organisasies wat op maak skoon soos ek kan. ’n nuwe baadjie aangetrek met dié dat Thorpe sê dat hulle oorweldig was met die dag uitgehelp het. “Aan die einde van die dag, maak vele gemeenskapslede hulle vingers stompies navrae rondom die skoonmaak-aksie. “Al was dit met ’n worsrolletjie of hande ligte werk. gewerk het om die begraafplaas op te “Sedert ons April met die idee vorendag water in die hand, elkeen se bydrae het ’n “Hoewel ons hard gewerk het, was daar knap. gekom het, het soveel gemeenskapslede vir reuseverskil gemaak,” vertel Thorpe. ook tyd om mekaar beter te leer ken. Die skoonmaakprojek is aan die begin van ons gevra waar en hoe hulle ’n hand kan Pretorius sê dat alhoewel dit hul eerste “Van my en Lawrence se kant af, wil ons April op die been gebring en het sedertdien bysit. projek saam was, sal dit beslis nie die laaste almal vir hulle onbaatsigbare hulp bedank,” groot belangstelling onder die gemeenskap “Oud en jonk het Saterdag douvoordag een wees wat hulle as ’n span sal aanpak sê Pretorius. gewek. ingespring om met die opknappingswerk te nie. Tshwane metro het ook ’n span gestuur Die 14-jarige Lawrence Lee Thorpe, begin. “Die begraafplaas lê my baie na aan die om met die skoonmaak te help en om die wat geen bekendstelling in die “Dit was ’n geswoeg en gesweet, maar dit hart omdat ek self ook geliefdes het wat vullis aan die einde van die dag weg te ry. Fiksheidsklub spring vir ure om diere by Wollies te help Carli Koch verswak. Daarom was Saterdag se projek “Die ondersteuning was ongeloofl ik. soveel pret gewees. “Ek het ’n baie sagte plekkie vir ’n Hele sleepwaentjie vol troeteldierkos is “Hierdie klomp atlete het groot vermaak troeteldiere en daarom het ek op Wollies na afl oop van ’n fondsinsamelingsprojek vir die besoekers aan Ninapark verskaf,” sê besluit,” sê Steynberg. ten bate van Wollies-diereskuiling Trexler. Die sanger Soné Joubert het toeskouers ingesamel. Eienaar van Defi nition en Fitness, Dohme met haar musiek vermaak. ’n Paar atlete van Defi nition en Steynberg, en haar spanmaat, Marike Trexler noem dat oor die 200 katte oor Fitness het Saterdag in Ninapark Mathews, het die volle drie ure gespring. die afgelope maand by die skuiling afgelaai SPAR se parkeerarea ’n drie-uur lange “Na afl oop van die insamelingsprojek is. “Nie almal besef hoe swaar die diere in trampolienmarathon gehou. het ons soveel versoeke van ander ons sorg kry nie. Cilla Trexler van Wollies noem dat só ’n liefdadigheidsorganisasies ontvang om met “Die samelewing trek fi nansieel swaar. fondsinsamelingsprojek ’n groot hupstoot ’n fondsinsamelingsprojek te help. ’n Hele paar families moes noodgedwonge vir die skuiling bied. “Die projek was ’n reuse-sukses en ek het na kleiner plekkies verhuis en dit speel “Die samelewing is so morbied en sommer ’n warm gevoel in my hart gekry ’n groot rol in die feit dat hulle nie meer Dohme Steynberg en Marike Mathews. die pandemie het ons gemoedstoestand toe ek besef hoeveel kos ons ingesamel het. noodwendig troeteldiere kan aanhou nie.” ‘Let us restore our planet Earth together’ Carli Koch SPECIAL OFFER 2021 - WINTER On Thursday, 22 April, Earth Day Earth Day’s will be celebrated worldwide. This year’s theme is restoring our 51st earth. anniversary! To raise awareness about the PIPES – VALVES – FITTINGS – IRRIGATION – PUMPS – FLANGES upcoming day, offi cials from the municipality handed over a so- called “spekboom” to several local BOX 1 INCLUDES community newspapers such as SALSOLAR 50 Rekord, radio stations 2 x 90W solar panels and other organisations in Tshwane. Pumps up to 35m (Total Dynamic Head) A spekboom is a small-leaved R 00 succulent plant found in South 14 260 Africa. “Give it a good home,” BOX 2 INCLUDES Marika Muller-Kruger, Tshwane metro chairperson for section 79 SALSOLAR 80 + agricultural and environmental 1 x 300W solar panels Pumps up to 60m oversight committee, told recipients. (Total Dynamic Head) Earth Day is held annually R15 75500 18823/23-4-21 worldwide to celebrate the planet’s = environment and raise public Pack includes Pump awareness about pollution. motor, control box, cable, Environment and agriculture MMC Dana Wannenburg and Marika BOX 3 INCLUDES This year is its 51st anniversary.

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Pumps up to 75m The fi rst Earth Day was held in (Total Dynamic Head) Valid from 1970 in the States and has since R 00 01 April 2021 - 10 May 2021! agriculture management. environmental challenges.” 24 150 While stocks last! spread all over the planet. “These are aimed at restoring the Some of the environmental SOLAR BOREHOLE DIY KIT “Scientists, non-governmental world’s ecosystems and forests, challenges: organisations, businesses and conserve and rebuild soils, improve - Illegal dumping of waste in the governments worldwide are looking 12 Gompou Street farming practices, restore wildlife rivers and on wetlands; at natural system processes and populations and rid the world’s - Wetland degradation through East Lynne, Pretoria emerging green technologies,” oceans of pollution. illegal development and 012 800 9600 said Dana Wannenburg, Tshwane “Earth Day demands immediate informal settlements on www.stewartsandlloyds.co.za metro MMC for environment and action to be taken to tackle wetlands. PRETORIA WEST REKORD APRIL 23, 2021 NEWS 5 Police train security officers and reservists Reitumetse Mahope Police said part of their roles would be to perform duties within the community service The South African Police Service have centre, patrols, security guard duties as well started training more than 2 000 reservists as administrative work under the supervision and security offi cers in a bid to assist offi cers of a police offi cial. on the ground in crime-fi ghting initiatives. Further police said that in line with the The training comes after a decision to organisations’ health and safety protocols capacitate service points and units with and in adhering to regulations for the reservists was taken during a recruitment containment, management and prevention of indaba in July 2019 in Pretoria. the spread of Covid-19, only 2 469 reservists The police said the reservists previously out of 2 504 reported to the eight training served in the police and that training was academies nationwide. commencing at various SAPS training “A variety of reasons including health- academies nationwide. related matters led to some of them being The reservists and security offi cers were turned away.” appointed as constables in December Police said this was to minimise the risk of 2020. transmission of Covid-19. Police said “the move to appoint and “Reservists were expected to produce subsequently train these reservists as permanent police offi cers aims to bolster a medical certifi cate confi rming they had capacity and ensure more boots on the tested negative for Covid-19, 48 hours ground to service communities”. before they were expected to report for It said the reservists, who voluntarily training. off er their services to the police by assisting “As a result, 14 reservists whose tests offi cers on the ground in crime-fi ghting came back positive were not able to initiatives, had also undergone thorough report for training and are currently self- psychological assessments as well as isolating.” physical and medical examinations as Police said this training came after the determined by the national commissioner, relaxation of the Covid-19 restrictions. General Khehla John Sitole. “The police reviewed the training plan They had also undergone in-service and deemed it fi t to commence with the training with the reservists development selection processes and subsequent training learning programme which trained the of applicants.” reservists on theory, practical, tactical and The newly appointed constables will fi rearm training. undergo a four-month training programme “This training provides the reservist with where they will be developed in a number the necessary skills to ensure the reservist of fi elds to enable them to serve as men and are developed in the policing fi eld to women in blue and will be deployed to serve safely and eff ectively perform his or her at stations, service points and units in their duties.” respective communities. For Illustration purposes. Photo: SAPS/Facebook Vaccine delay for frontline workers poses a problem www.toshdetergents.co.za The metro had initially planned for 1.1-million people Contact us for our price List to be vaccinated during phase 2, which kicks off 1 May. To order Sinesipho Schrieber and Reitumetse The health ministry last week Tuesday Mahope announced the halt of the Johnson & Johnson contact: Covid-19 vaccine roll-out as a cautionary The Tshwane metro fears that the recent measure. halt in the vaccination processes would lead This after reports of six women who to delays in vaccination targets, leaving developed blood clots between six and 13 hundreds of health workers still unprotected days after vaccination in the States. from Covid-19. This was out of the over six million vaccines that had been administered in the 072 672 1317 US thus far. While the department aims at starting phase 2 of the vaccination in May for elderly citizens, Tshwane health MMC Sakkie du Plooy said the halt would result in the delays in the vaccination targets. The metro had initially planned for 1.1-million people to be vaccinated during phase 2, which kicks off 1 May. But this might not materialise due to the halt. “Only 25 637 out of 77 000 health workers in Tshwane have been vaccinated thus far,” he said. “We are disappointed by the disruption to the vaccination programme as many of our health workers were looking forward to getting the jab,” he said. “The frontline workers will now have to wait longer and take a back seat while the matter is being resolved.” Du Plooy said the vaccination programme in the region was slow. “As it stands, we do not have signifi cant number of health workers vaccinated in phase 1. Many of them still have to get the vaccine, which might see delays in the phase 2 programme because now the focus is still on our health workers,” he said. A gentle touch from nature!

Health minister Dr Zweli Mkhize.last week “We understand the precautionary 18771•23/04/2021 Tuesday announced the halt of the Johnson measures that have to be taken, but they & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine roll-out as a will have a negative impact on the roll-out cautionary measure. targets.” 6 PRETORIA WEST REKORD APRIL 23, 2021

Wenda Nel in action in Roodepoort last week. Photo: David Tarpey No Games but Nel wins back her hurdle title Although she failed to qualify for the Olympic Games, Wenda Nel showed she is still good enough to beat her two younger challengers when she won back her SA title in the 400m-hurdles.

Wenda Nel was 0.18s too slow The last time she did so was to qualify in the 400m-hurdles during the 2018 Gold Coast for the Tokyo Games, but Commonwealth Games where she is not fazed about it as she won the bronze medal. At she ran her best race in three that Games she ran 54.61 in the years at the past weekend’s SA heats and 54.96s in the fi nal. Championship. According to Nel, her aim at The Tuks-hurdler won her the weekend’s SA Champs was heat on Friday morning in to try and qualify for the Games. 55.58s. The race was a dress “I want to make the most of rehearsal for Saturday’s fi nal, every racing opportunity, but where she beat her two young hurdling is unpredictable. You challengers with a time of 55:60 can run the perfect race, but it to regain her SA title. also takes only one mistake to The young challengers were miss out on one’s goal. I think former double junior world I might have been slightly champion, Zeney van der Walt over-eager. After the ninth (second in 56,45) and Taylon hurdle, I decided to shorten my Bieldt, third in 56.78s. The strides, thinking it will enable Olympic qualifying standard is me to ‘attack’ the last hurdle. 55.40s. In hindsight, I should not have It was a given that one of the done so.” three will win the gold medal, According to Nel, the positive with Van der Walt the defending she can take from the race is that South African women’s she really felt good afterwards. 400m-hurdles champion, while Being 32 means Nel is not Nel has eight national titles to taking anything for granted. her name. Bieldt has beaten “There is a revival in the them both this season. women’s 400m-hurdles racing. For now, Nel is not thinking Anyone can win at any time. about titles. What mattered was Knowing that I need to be at my that she managed to dip under best is what gets my adrenaline 56 seconds in the 400m-hurdles. pumping,” she explained. PRETORIA WEST REKORD APRIL 23, 2021 SPORT 7 Munies se Rolbal-Besigheidsliga toernooi is groot pret op die baan Koos Venter

Ná maande van inperkings en bittermin sosiale geleenthede, was die terrein van Pretoria Munisipale Rolbalklub (Munies) die afgelope twee maande weer ’n miernes van bedrywighede toe die gewilde Besigheidsliga weer kon plaasvind. Dié liga is ’n sosiale toernooi wat oor vyf weke plaasvind en tradisioneel word dit twee keer per jaar in Februarie/Maart en weer in Oktober/November deur Munies aangebied by hul bane op die hoek van Annie Bothalaan en Unionstraat in Riveria, Pretoria. Weens die Covid-krisis en gevolglike inperkings kon die toernooi nie einde verlede jaar Athlete back in SA plaasvind nie, wat beteken het dat gereelde deelnemende spanne Die Bowls Busters is onlangs as die eerste kampioen van 2021 in die behoorlik uitgehonger was vir die gewilde Besigheidsliga-rolbaltoernooi van die Munies rolbalklub gekroon. kompetisise en die sosiale verkeer. Hulle het die Kal Tire-span in die eindstryd geklop. with new outlook Selfs die Covid-regulasies wat in die eerste toernooi van 2021 van Doyle, hoof van bemarking en verskeie plaaslike kompetisies die toepassing was, het die spanne en ontwikkeling by die klub. spelers heeljaar besig hou. So far, 2021 has been an eventful concern. Van den Bergh found spelers nie verhoed om hul gate uit Dylan Mitchell, voorsitter Munies se puik fasiliteite year for the former African youth it challenging to adapt to the te geniet op die bane nie. van die klub, sê die meeste maak dié klub ook ’n gewilde 100m-hurdles champion, Kayla van American way of training. To her, it Vir dié toernooi, wat jare gelede besighede gebruik die geleentheid bestemming vir verskeie interklub- den Bergh, despite her not having felt carefree. reeds deur Marius Engelbrecht as spanbou-oefening vir hul en provinsiale kompetisies, soos raced yet. The Tuks athlete has defi nite en Cor Troskie van dié klub personeel, terwyl die klub weer hul die King en Queen of the Ring, ’n The Tuks athlete survived Covid goals. She wants to compete at the begin is, kan enige plaaslike fondse daarmee versterk. enkelspeltoernooi, wat onlangs op and learned that the grass is not World Student Games as well as besigheid spanne van vier lede “Dis groot pret vir die die klub se bane aangebied is. always greener on the other side. In the World Junior Championships. elk inskryf. Dié spanne speel dan deelnemers en ons gebruik die Die klub is boonop die tuiste van January, Van den Bergh left to study To her, it means putting in the long oor ’n tydperk van vyf weke in ’n toernooi ook om die sport te verskeie kampioene, waarvan die and train at the University of North hard hours. It felt like she was not rondomtalie-formaat teen mekaar, bevorder en uit te bou. Hierdie belowende jong Cecil Bornman Colorado. doing so. waarna die spanne wat bo aan toernooi bewys aan die deelnemers ’n goeie voorbeeld is. Hy was Things did not work out as she It, however, turned out to be die puntelys eindig mekaar in die dat dit ’n gesinsport is waaraan verlede jaar se King of the Ring- had hoped. Sprinters and cold the least of her concerns. Van den eindstryd aanvat. almal kan deelneem. Ons jongste kampioen, terwyl hy ook die weather don’t ever really gel. Bergh contracted the Covid-virus Dis groot pret en spelers hoef deelnemer is ses jaar oud, terwyl huidige Suid-Afrikaanse Junior According to her, when she while in the USA. nie in formele rolbalklere te speel die oudste in sy negentigs is,” Meesterskampioen is. arrived, the temperature was “I battled to breathe. At one nie. Baie spanne maak vir hulle verduidelik Mitchell. Voornemende spelers wat close to -20ºC. It was not her only stage, I could hardly get out of spesiale uitrustings om hul eenheid Behalwe vir dié gewilde belangstel om by Munies bed to shower. My biggest fear en spangees te versterk. Besigheidsliga is Munies se Rolbalklub aan te sluit, word was that I would need to go to the “Hulle kan selfs kaalvoet rolbalklub ook die tuiste van genooi om Ronnie Doyle by 064- hospital. I did not want to be on a speel, solank hulle net nie skoene heelwat ernstiger spelers. Die klub 656-9753 of Dylan Mitchell by ventilator as I have heard there is dra wat die baanoppervlak kan het twee spanne in die eerste liga 072-128-1303 te skakel vir meer a risk of damaging one’s lungs. It beskadig nie,” verduidelik Ronnie van Rolbal Gauteng-Noord, terwyl besonderhede. is something no athlete can aff ord. Being all on your own in a little room far from family and friends drained me emotionally,” she Bulls ranks gain Springbok fl yhalf explained. Van den Bergh is relieved to be Koos Venter du Plessis is on his way back to tackling while at Loftus Versfeld back in South Africa and to Loftus Versfeld from French club, and cemented his style of play have made a full recovery. The Blue Bulls Company last week Montpellier. while in France. According to her, people confi rmed, their worst kept secret Du Plessis will arrive back in the - Shortly before the news of must realise that the Covid yet – the signing of Springbok Jacaranda City on 1 July 2021, after Goosen was announced, the Bulls pandemic is real. utility back Johan Goosen. he signed a on a three-year deal confi rmed that the versatile full- “Believe me, you don’t The 28-year-old fl yhalf, who can with Jake White’s team. back from Griquas, 26-year-old want to get sick,” she hold his own at centre and fullback, The 27-year-old Du Plessis, James Verity-Amm, is also on his warned. is a product of Grey College in aff ectionately known as Sheep, way to Loftus Versfeld. Van den Bergh relishes a Bloemfontein and it was in the started his professional career at His move to Loftus Versfeld is good duel on the track. City of Roses where he began his Loftus Versfeld where he made eff ective immediately. “Every race has professional career, representing the his senior provincial debut at the The exciting player attended its own challenges. Free State Cheetahs. age of 19. He eventually played Hottentots Holland High School That is what makes Goosen is a talented attacking SuperRugby (31 caps), Currie Cup in the Western Cape where he athletics exciting. I fl yhalf with a powerful boot and (30 caps) and Vodacom Cup rugby represented Western Province at don’t mind losing as long as natural instinct with these attributes for the Bulls and Blue Bulls, after junior level and UWC in the Varsity you learn from your mistakes. earning him call ups to the Junior also representing the Blue Bulls at Shield. The goal should always to be Springboks (2011), the Springbok u.19 and u.21 levels. In 2016, he made the long trip better.” XV (2014) and the Springboks The former Junior Springbok to Australia where he linked up The Tuks athlete’s CV is shortly thereafter. and SA Schools fl ank, who slots with the Future Force Academy in already impressive. She has The highly regarded player has in at lock with ease, moved to Perth. It didn’t take long before the won the 100m-hurdles at the sharpened his trade in France over Montpellier at the end of 2015 where man with an affi nity in fi nding the 2018 African Youth Games the last several seasons, turning out he went on to earn more than 100 try line got his opportunity with (u.18), and in 2019 she won for Racing Metro and Montpellier caps for the French Top 14 club. Western Force where he made his gold at the African Youth before being lured back to South Du Plessis was renowned for his starting debut against the Lions in Championships. She was Africa. He will link up with the uncompromising play and ferocious 2017’s SuperRugby tournament. fi fth during the 2018 Youth Bulls on 1 July 2021. Olympics. Van den Bergh is “We are defi nitely excited also a former double South for Johan’s eminent arrival in African youth champion. For Pretoria and look forward to his now, her best time is 13.84s, contribution. He has consistently but she believes she is capable performed at the highest level since of being faster. his early days and his experience Speed seems to be a family will bode well for our younger thing. When her dad, Riaan, backs while providing us with played fullback for the Bulls, he attacking opportunities when he Injuries and Covid-19 have takes the fi eld,” said Bulls Director frustrated Kayla van den Bergh was no slouch when he had the ball in hand. Mum, Yvonne, was of Rugby, Jake White. over the past few months, but - After days of speculation in the she should be back on the a 400m-hurdler in her younger days, while her younger brother, media, the Blue Bulls Company athletics track soon. also confi rmed offi cially that the Christiaan, is already also a Springbok fl yhalf Johan Goosen signed a contract with the Bulls to play Photo: Reg Caldecott big lock/loose forward Jacques champion hurdler. his provincial rugby in Pretoria for a few seasons. REKORD I N Hurdles champion S back in Pretoria with I new perspective D

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Lusanda Xakwana, fl yhalf of TUT, was the Player that Rocks against Fort Hare, after he kicked his team to victory with eight penalty goals and a conversion. Photo: Catherine Kotze TUT starts its tour with two Yvonne Robson won the high jump for women at the ASA national championship this past weekend with a best jump of 1.8m. game victories After a few below-average seasons, it looks like the TUT rugby team’s performance Gauteng North athletes again curve is starting to trend upwards again. The TUT Vikings kicked off this year’s Varsity Shield tournament very well with two wins against teams that both counted among the favourites beforehand. dominate in SA championship In their fi rst game against the University of Fort Hare, TUT’s reliable kicker, Lusanda Pretoria still has by far the best athletes in the country, as was proven again this past Xakwana, underlined his value in the team with a brilliant performance. The Pretoria weekend at Athletics SA’s national championship. team eventually won the game with the fi nal score at 31-24. Koos Venter North entered three teams, all of which women), Marjone Fourie (100m hurdles for Although the men from Transkei scored fi nished on the podium with gold, silver and women), Yvonne Robson (high jump for three tries against TUT’s single try, it was Seventeen gold, 20 silver and 14 bronze for a bronze. women) and Wayne Snyman (20km walk for Xakwana’s kicking boot that ultimately total of 51 medals. However, one of the biggest surprises of the men). made the diff erence. He kicked eight penalty This was the performance of Gauteng event also took place in the relay items when goals and also slotted a conversion to fi nish North’s athletes at the past weekend’s the A-team from Gauteng North, consisting with a 26-point haul that earned him the Athletics South Africa (ASA) National Track of Akani Simbine, Benjamin Richardson, Player that Rocks award. and Field championship, which was hosted at Thembo Monareng and Thando Dlodlo was Xakwana’s performance was also boosted the Tuks Athletics stadium in Pretoria. beaten by the team from Central Gauteng. by the fact that his forwards dominated With this achievement, the athletes of Simbine proved that he is still South their opponents, especially in the scrums. In Gauteng North continued their years of Africa’s fastest man when he won the doing so, they put the Fort Hare boys under dominance of athletics in the country. 100m at the championship in 9.99s. severe pressure. Gauteng North’s number of medals at the The other two medals were also won TUT’s second match of the tournament championship was almost double as that of by Gauteng North athletes from the went much easier when they overcame the the province, which fi nished in second place, TuksAthetics club. University of KwaZulu-Natal’s Impi to win namely Central North-West, which managed Gift Leotlela was second in 22-3. to win 30 medals – 10 gold, nine silver and 10.16s. Thembo Monareng In the process, TUT crossed the goal 11 bronze. was third in 10.33s. line twice, while their opponents from Central North-West was followed by The women’s 100m fi nal Pietermaritzburg could only succeed with a Central Gauteng Athletics (16 medals), was won by Reabetse penalty goal. Boland Athletics (14 medals) and Western Moloi (Gauteng North) History backed the Impi but it was the Province with eight medals. in a fi nal race in which TUT Vikings who rewrote it as they secured Gauteng North made a clean sweep on the six of the eight athletes only their third win from 12 meetings podium in various events. However, it did not who qualifi ed competed against the KwaZulu-Natal team. just stop at the podium positions. in the colours of Gauteng It was again the domination of the set- The men’s 400m-hurdles fi nal was a telling North. Moloi’s winning time was pieces which was decisive for the TUT boys. example of the way Gauteng dominated this 11.55s. Miranda Coetzee (North West) Both teams expressed their frustration as championship. was second in 11.69s and Boipelo Tshemese discipline occasionally slipped. TUT prop In the fi nal of this item, an athlete from (Gauteng North) third in 11.70s. Ruhan Oosthuizen was yellow carded to Gauteng North ran in each lane of the track, The 32-year-old Wenda Nel once again cool off for 10 minutes after a dangerous meaning the other provinces had to watch ascended her throne as South Africa’s tackle just before the break. from the pavilion as eight Pretoria athletes women’s 400m-hurdles champion, when she His opposite number from the Impi, battled for the three medals. The item was beat her two young challengers, Zeney van Minenhle Ngubane, was shown a straight won by Le Roux Hamman in a time of der Walt (silver) and Taylon Bieldt (bronze) red card for the same off ence mere 49.70s. in the fi nal. All three athletes were in action in minutes later. According to Varsity Shield In the fi nal of the women’s 100m-hurdles, the colours of Gauteng North. competition rules, Ngubane was replaced by seven of the eight athletes who qualifi ed were Other top local athletes who excelled and another Impi player after 15 minutes. local athletes from Gauteng North. won gold medals at the championship are TUT fl yhalf Lusanda Xakwana was Gauteng North also once again dominated Deline Mpiti (400m for women), Prudence Akani Simbine proved that he is still South brilliant again as he kicked an early penalty the relay items, with victories in the 4x100m Sekgodiso (800m for women), Tshepo Tsite Africa’s fastest man when he won the 100m before scoring a solo try in the 30th minute for women, 4x400m for women and 4x400m (800m for men), Caster Semenya (5 000m at the SA senior championship in 9.99s. that saw him dummy, sidestep and collect for men. In the women’s 4x100m, Gauteng for women), Gelenrose Xaba (10 000m for Photo: Cecilia van Bers his grubber.