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Thursday 21 May 2020 NEWS YOU CAN USE FREE 30 years dedicated to saving animals Pierce van Heerden [email protected] What started out as an ordinary holiday job back in 1990 for senior inspector of the Bloemfontein SPCA, Reinet Meyer, turned into 30 years of service at the Bloemfontein SPCA; a service done with extreme passion and love throughout the years. With more than 160 successful animal cruelty cases that went to court, and let’s not mention the thousands and thousands of animals she rescued, Meyer has defi nitely played an immense role in what and where the organisation is today. In an interview with Bloemfontein Courant, Meyer mentioned that the amount of animal cruelty she saw in the fi rst month of her holiday job was one of the reasons she decided to dedicate her life to helping animals in need. “My motto in life is to help an animal in need every day. Every day we see more and more cases of animal cruelty and it is satisfying to be able to help animals. A bonus for us is our court cases being successful and to be able to get a fi ne or even jail time for the guilty parties,” said Meyer. Meyer, who is the manager as well as the senior inspector at the SPCA, grew up in Reinet Meyer and her formidable team Brandfort but has called the City of Roses at the Bloemfontien SPCA. From the left home for many years. According to her, the are, back: Tebogo Maswanganye, Duan nicest part about her job is doing outreach Matthee, Meyer, and Cobus Herbst; work. seated: Charmaine Engelbrecht. “It is amazing to see the owner of a pet or PHOTOS: PIERCE VAN HEERDEN animal being educated and to be able to see people leave with more knowledge on how to take better care for their animals,” she said. to thank Meyer for her dedication,tion, With her primary role to respond to commitment and love she hass for all the complaints about the ill-treatment or neglect animals as well as the trainingg she provided, of a range of animals in the community, which turned them into strong inspectors. Meyer is known for not being afraid of getting Meyer also celebrated her birthdaybirthday on her hands dirty and working tirelessly to 17 May 2020 and she is raisingng funds ensure a better future for any type of animal. to help recently discovered hungryungry and A signifi cant part of her duties is education, neglected animals. For more informationnformation which she loves. or to make a donation, send an email to Her team at the SPCA would also like [email protected]. Reinet Meyer Apparel from R99 Footwear from R599 From 18 May • While stocks last • T&C’s apply • Old Mutual Building, 27 – 29 Charlotte Maxeke St 2 Gemeenskap • Community Bloemfontein Courant • 21 May 2020 Bfn Mannekoor stel 20-jaar-feesvieringe uit Sazly Hartzenberg van sewe mans begin en ontwikkel tot dit by kultuuraktiwiteite kom. 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All rights and reproduction material published in this newspaper are hereby reserved in terms of the Copyright Act. This publication is registered as a newspaper. Verifi ed distribution: 50 000 copies per week. Wild Olive Estate, Bloemfontein, 9301 For any complaints about our distribution, please contact Andries Kleinhans on 084-610-8337 or send an email to: [email protected] 4 Gemeenskap • Community Bloemfontein Courant • 21 May 2020 Voornemende GRAAD 8 LEERDERS Local welcomed home 2021 after quarantine Nomaqhawe Mtebele place like home,” she said. After [email protected] experiencing the processes involved in the Aansoek fi ght against Covid-19 fi rsthand, Lombard Getting placed in quarantine has become expressed that the biggest lesson from a reality for many South Africans as a way the experience has been the importance om Hoërskool to prevent the spread of Covid-19. Life, of family. “When I was in Ghana, I got very however, is far from normal for everyone sad and upset that I could not be with my toelating being welcomed back home after the family during this time. When there is a isolation process and the fi rst moments of world crisis going on you want to be with Jim happiness and relief have passed. The “old family instead of being in a foreign country,” tot normal” is now being replaced by the “new she explained. “I have learned that life is kan nou normal”. can change very suddenly and you must Fouché Helen-Joan Lombard is a repatriated cherish every moment you have. People aanlyn Bloemfontein native who was quarantined react to uncertainty very diff erently and in Johannesburg after returning from there is a lot of people in shock, it’s as if we gedoen word. Ghana in April. After the two-week isolation are going through a war.” period and a negative Covid-19 test, she Her father, Gerhard Lombard, was the Besoek was fi nally able to see her loved ones after fi rst of her loved ones to see her when she months away from them.