10 Thursday 27 June 2019 10 YEARS OF NEWS YOU CAN USE FREE A decade of news you can use. This is Hot off the press. how Bloemfontein Courant’s fi rst ten years of existence can be described. This month we are celebrating this important milestone with, among others, a bumper birthday issue, which can be found inside this week’s edition. Lani Fouché, editor of our sister publication, Get It magazine, was one of the fi rst people to lay her hands on the historical issue. Lani started her journalistic career by writing for, among others, Bloemfontein Courant (then Krant) while completing her post graduate degree in Media Studies at the University of the Free State. Courant was one of the reasons she fell in love with journalism. PHOTO: PIERCE VAN HEERDEN Domestic Rubbish - Garden Refuse Phone From only Building Materials - and more... R300 Book your skip today! 066 142 9972 ASSORTED PATTY MAKERS 2 Gemeenskap • Community Bloemfontein Courant • 27 June 2019 ‘Buy back your neighbourhood’ Vernon Baumann And, true to his vision of “buying back his for the kind of water sports completely [email protected] neighbourhood”, that entire workforce unknown to residents of Heidedal. Sports must come solely from Heidedal. It is also like water polo, rowing and other water- It’s not every day that a billion rand McKenzie’s intention that all the tenders based sports. “Maybe in six or seven development is inspired by a hip-hop should be granted only to business owners years, we can even produce an Olympic song. But then again, Gayton McKenzie from Heidedal. champion,” he says, not with the least bit of is no ordinary developer and what he Once he had decided to undertake this irony. has planned for the huge plot of land on mammoth task, McKenzie approached the Phase one of the project will include a Witherow Street in Heidedal is nothing short Fountain family and purchased fi fty-one cemetery and “starter homes” for young of visionary. percent of the land, while the Fountains, couples. And being the kind of man who The hip-hop song that is the inspiration a father-and-son enterprise, retained the doesn’t waste time, one month after making for this epic project is Buy Back your remaining percentage. McKenzie is very the purchase, he has already issued the Neighbourhood from Jay-Z, and that is happy with this partnership, believing the fi rst tender notices. “I want to see the fi rst precisely what McKenzie has in mind for Fountains provide expertise and experience grave being occupied by September,” he this ambitious development. that he himself lacks. “I’m a miner,” he says, says, referring to the planned cemetery. “Heidedal is deteriorating,” McKenzie “not a property developer.” But there’s more. McKenzie sees the says. And in a moment of honesty, he He believes the development will entire development as being a massive admits that the gangster activities of completely transform the face of Heidedal. “estate”, with a surrounding wall and a his youth had contributed to this very It’s an ambitious plan indeed, but as usual, gated entrance. The remaining phases in deterioration. “A seed was planted but it McKenzie has an ace up his sleeve. this project will include everything from Gayton McKenzie was a bad tree that grew from that. Now Right in the middle of the plot of land, is an early childhood development crèche, it’s time to cut down this tree and plant a a spectacular, expansive lake, originally to high-end lakeside apartments as well new one.” Continuing with the metaphor, a quarry. McKenzie’s intention is to build as shopping centres and restaurants. His infl uence the implementation of specifi c McKenzie believes the “shade” of this apartments, offi ces and restaurants right plans even include a hospital and a drug phases in the future. But he admits he new tree will foster work opportunities as around the huge lake – to create a kind of rehabilitation centre. doesn’t have time to waste. Although a well as progress and growth. McKenzie a waterfront. But he has even more plans Although there are more plans, and project of this magnitude may take up to believes the Witherow development could for the beautiful emerald green waters of additional phases, McKenzie admits that ten years to build, McKenzie intends to provide work for as many as 5000 people. the lake. He sees it as providing a location especially economic circumstances may complete it within fi ve years. Aan tafel met ’n ‘moordenaar’ Feeding the homeless Vernon Baumann with dignity [email protected] Seithati Semenokane donations, in the beginning they Die atmosfeer [email protected] would use money from their own is senutergend. pockets. The men then sit at laid Vreesaanjaende How often can a homeless person out tables and chairs for their warm skaduwees word say he or she sat down at a meal. “We give them each bread, vasgevang teen table for a meal? Well, for about soup, chips, sweets a fruit or boiled die mure in die 80 homeless men living in the eggd to go, all served on porcelain/ polsende lig van Bloemfontein CBD, this becomes ceramic cups and saucers, and a ’n dosyn kerse. a reality every Friday morning at serviette. We also taught them to “Dis jy,” skree jy, 11:00. take pride in the area they sit down terwyl jy na die man Volunteers at St Margaret’s in and to help clean up afterwards. oorkant die tafel in Church at the corner of Alexander Everyone puts his used dishes on die skouermantel Avenue and Raymond Mhlaba the kitchen trolley and help pack en pluiskuil wys met Street come together to offer their up the tables and chairs,” said jou vurk. Die dame time. Gertrude Raadt. in haar swart korset Although the church is 140 years Raadt added that they want to langs hom snak na old his year, the soup kitchen has instil pride in the men so that they haar asem. been running for just over a year. “I feel the joy of being waited on and Jy voel uiters started the soup kitchen in honour being served, and seeing them so tevrede met jouself of my late husband. We started thankful, fi lls them with gratitude. Tydens ’n onlangse Murder Mystery-aand is van links Isabel Mostert, Marike Bridge, Jeff with a few homeless coming, and St Margaret’s also have a terwyl jy kou aan Bridge, Trevor Recchia, Schanet Recchia en voor is Gawie Basson. jou hoenderbeen. it became bigger and bigger, but sewing club which meets at the Jy het so pas En as jy dink dis sommer ’n nòg meer vermaaklik te maak. this winter they are really hungry, church every Monday from 9:00 die moordenaar in jul midde vinnige afskeepgeleentheid Daar is meer as een plek and they tell one another through until 12:00, to sew clothes for little uitgewys. En dis jou goeie vriend maak jy ’n groot fout. Marike in Bloemfontein waar gaste word of mouth. We even had a children from fabrics donated to van twintig jaar! spandeer amper twee weke kostuums kan huur. Christmas lunch for them. We them. Welkom by ’n splinternuwe aan elke Murder Mystery-aand Op die aand van die Murder used the monetary donations If you would like to help out vermaaklikheidskonsep in se sorgvuldige beplanning en Mystery, word die geleentheid we received throughput the year in any way, whether it be with Bloemfontein – die Murder uitleg. Elke aspek van die aand in vier rondes gedeel. Aan die and saved that for the special your time or through donations, Mystery Evening – aangebied word versigtig geformuleer en begin van elke ronde ontvang occasion,” said Noreen Lindhorst. residents can go to directly to deur Marike Bridge. Hierdie ontwerp. Marike besoek die gaste ’n lys vrae wat hulle vir Although they now receive bread church, or email Noreen Lindhorst gewilde konsep, wat nou perseel waar die aand gaan mekaar moet vra, asook die uiteindelik in Bloemfontein plaasvind sodat sy die perfekte antwoorde. Verskeie leidrade beskikbaar is, bied aan atmosfeer kan skep. Waar word deur die loop van die aand gaste verskeie opwindende moontlik, kry sy bietjie meer verskaf. Dit word nou gebruik “moordtemas”. Daar kan inligting oor die gaste om te om die moord op te los. Maar gekies word tussen temas soos verseker almal kry die perfekte jy moet mooi oplet – partykeer Count Blackwell (’n vampier- karakter. is dit die kleinste detail wat die tema-aand); Da Vinci; Witches Uitnodigings, pragtig ontwerp grootste betekenis het. Gaste Coven (bedoel vir agt dames); in besondere detail om tema- word ook gevra om heeltyd Jane Austen; Titanic; Pirate spesifi ek te wees, word per hand “in karakter” te bly. Versteekte Murder Mystery; Fairytale afgelewer. Hierdie uitnodigings “drama-talente” wat na vore Land; en die baie interesante bevat al die besonderhede en kom, sorg vir groot pret. Bloody Christmas Carols se agtergrond van die tema; wie Bewys jouself ’n guns moordtema. Teen slegs R250 vermoor is; asook die spesifi eke en kontak Marike vir per persoon, is hierdie nie net details van jou karakter. Gaste ’n onvergeetlike aand. ’n ander tipe vermaak nie, maar word ook gevra om kostuums Facebookblad beskikbaar by ook ’n baie bekostigbare manier (wat die tema pas) te dra op die https://www.facebook.com/ Volunteers at St Margaret’s Church are in front, Thandi Moupo and Veronica Janse om ’n aand deur te bring saam aand van die Murder Mystery The-Murder-Mystery-game- van Rensburg.