Thursday 5 September 2019 NEWS YOU CAN USE FREE Let’s win again! Morgan Piek [email protected] The goal will be a sixth title for the Toyota Free State Cheetahs when they tackle the Golden Lions in Bloemfontein in the 2019 Currie Cup final on Saturday. A year ago, the Cheetahs were in the awkward position of having to play against the SWD Eagles in a promotion-relegation match after failing to win a single game in their 2018 Currie Cup campaign. A year later, the Cheetahs experienced a campaign that can be described in three words: Guts; Determination; Character. While the Cheetahs thumped the Griquas 68-14 in Bloemfontein, their two best wins in the competition came in their final round-robin match against the Western Province, fighting back from 19-0 down to win 38-33, and a week later in the semi-finals, where once again they trailed and went on to hammer the Sharks 51-30. The Lions did manage to upset the Cheetahs with a 24-22 win in round four of the Currie Cup, however, the growth shown by the The victorious 2016 Toyota Free team from Bloemfontein since that defeat has State Cheetahs on the day they been remarkable. beat the Blue Bulls 33-16 in front of Saturday will be the 15th time that the 43 300 spectators in Bloemfontein. Cheetahs are playing in a final, and the eighth PHOTO: NICOLETTE TALJAARD time in Bloemfontein. The last three times that the final was hosted in Bloemfontein, the Free State triumphed each time, including in 2007 when they beat the Lions 20-18. Jasper Wiese flying over for the last try in the semi-final against the Sharks. Try and match were dedicated to his sister, Maretha van Dyk, The Toyota Free State Cheetahs lock, Sintu Manjezi, has been a who was tragically killed in a vehicle accident the previous day. PHOTO: stalwart of the team this season and he will be looking to put in JAKO PIENAAR another big performance this weekend. PHOTO: JAKO PIENAAR MASSIVE SEDAN SPRING FEVER FROM R249 900 at Oranje Toyota Bloemfontein Oranje Toyota Bloemfontein Images used for illustration purposes only 051 406 3000 Cnr of Nelson Mandela Drive & Muller Street, Spitskop 2 Gemeenskap • Community Bloemfontein Courant • 5 September 2019 130-year-old National Hospital gets revamp Nomaqhawe Mtebele will be renovated,” he said. horrified about the incident. Some [email protected] Last week Bloemfontein Courant comments on Courant’s Facebook received reports that the maternity page included the following: “What A number of wards at the National ward had been flooded with sewage is going on at National? This is not District Hospital will receive water. Floors across that section of on,” and “The maternity section of a facelift as renovations are the hospital were covered in murky all places, this is where everything continuing at the medical facility. water during the refurbishment has to be clean and sterile – it’s an The Free State Department of process, while the smell of raw absolute disgrace, people.” Health began the refurbishment sewage caused staff and visitors to Mvambi emphasised that no process as the hospital is turning evacuate the building. patient had been affected by 130 years this year. Aged pipes and However, Mvambi expressed that the sewerage leak and asked electrical cables are replaced while the stream coming from a bathroom for patience as renovations are roofing and walls are fixed. had been quickly mopped up. to continue until 2020. “We are There have been renovations “The maintenance personnel were pleading with the community done in several wards, including unblocking the drain pipes behind to please bear with us as the Maintenance staff cleaned up the floor after a blocked drain caused sewage paediatrics and maternity, according the maternity ward at National infrastructure is old and we are in to flood into the maternity ward last week. to spokesperson, Mondli Mvambi. District Hospital when a backflow of the midst of a massive revitalisation “The refurbishment work covers all sewage occurred in the bathroom plan and still rendering the services the department includes kitchen to rebuild the kitchen area which the patient care areas, including the and into the corridor. No patients that the community desperately and pharmacy facilities. “We was gutted by fire,” explained maternity ward, paediatric wards, were affected. The floor was need,” elaborated Health MEC, received back the pharmacy Mvambi. “Renovations will casualty, as well as the outpatient immediately cleaned,” he said. Montseng Tsiu. and Ward 8 so far and we have ensure safety of occupancy at department, while the gateway clinic Readers of Courant were Further reconstruction done by started in Ward 6. We also had the hospital,” he concluded. Dan Pienaar: Inwoners praat oor ondernemings Sazly Hartzenberg Baie van hierdie besighede sal [email protected] hul werknemers, waarvan baie alleenbroodwinners is, moet Dan Pienaar-inwoners asook afdank, wat beteken dat meer inkopiegangers het met mense sonder werk sal sit. Bloemfontein Courant gepraat Nog ’n eienaar van ’n oor hoe dit hulle sal affekteer boetiek in die gebied, as besighede in die omgewing Francette Slabbert, vertel aan hul persele moet ontruim. Bloemfontein Courant dat Inwoner dr. Huibrie Verster hulle ook opdrag gekry het om vertel dat sy beslis gebruik hul persele te ontruim teen 1 maak van hierdie gerieflike, November. Slabbert verduidelik nabygeleë ondernemings. dat haar intensie nooit was Cheetahs, SANDF and Vir haar is die veiligheid van om onwettig op te tree nie. Sy gewone inwoners wat langs was, inteendeel, telkemale by IMPA Paints join hands hierdie besigheide woon die munisipaliteit. Sy moes egter ook belangrik, veral as wag vir die finalisering van die The Toyota Cheetahs, together with the South sakepersele na ure gesluit is. struktuurplan voordat sy haar African National Defence Force (SANDF) and Sy voel in gevalle wanneer aansoek vir hersonering kon Impa Paints, joined hands in supporting the ’n onderwyser bv. ekstra indien. Intussen kon sy nie community. On Wednesday, 28 August 2019 ophou om sake te doen nie, members of the above-mentioned institutions wiskundeklasse aan leerders want sy moet ’n lewe maak. Sy joined hands and picked up a paint brush to van sy skool by sy huis gee, dit vrees dat as sy moet trek, dit help with some much needed paint work at nie gekritiseer kan word nie. the Siësta Retiring Home. PHOTO: PIERCE ’n Anonieme inkopieganger haar besigheid sal vernietig. VAN HEERDEN dink dié besighede bied “Hierdie hele situasie skep ’n ongelooflike diens en vrees onder die mense in die is gerieflik om by te stop. omgewing.” Sy vra dat die “Hulle is die ruggraat van ons inwoners die geaffekteerde GOOD COMPANY TO KEEP ekonomie. Hulle bied werk, besighede tyd sal gun. vaardighede en verpersoonlikte Qondile Khedama, 1(:&203$1<5(*,675$7,216 woordvoerder van die 6+(/)&203$1,(6 dienste aan ons gemeenskap.” Nog ’n inkopieganger vind dit Mangaung-metro, het in 37<&&&+$1*(6 ’n baie hartseer situasie. Sy reaksie gesê die metro &219(56,216 dink dié besighede benadeel het ‘n sub-direktoraat vir 02,$'237,216 niemand nie en die hele stads- en streeksbeplanning 5(6725$7,216 bohaai is onnodig. Dit kom wat alle kwessies rondom $118$/5(78516 nadat van die besighede wat stadsbeplanning hanteer. 6+$5(&(57,),&$7(6 sake doen in die woongebied “Struktuurplanne is reeds 6+$5(75$16)(56 onlangs deur ’n groep opgestel vir verskeie gebiede ,1&20(7$;7$;&/($5$1&( gegriefde inwoners gedagvaar in die stad, wat betref die 9$75(*,675$7,216 is omdat hulle sake doen op Wet op Ruimtebeplanning en ,03257 (;32575(*,675$7,216 residensiële erwe. Grondgebruikbestuur, asook %%%((9(5,),&$7,216 Die eienaar van een van ander toepaslike wetgewing. 75$'(0$5.6 die besighede, wat ook Dié gebiede sluit ook Louw &,'%&2,'$3$<(8,) anoniem wil bly, vertel dat Wepenerstraat in. van die inwoners gerus voel “Die voorgestelde omdat die veiligheidstelsel struktuurplanne moet nog deur van haar besigheid deels ook die stadsraad oorweeg word. veiligheid beteken vir ander in Kennisgewings is reeds aan die omgewing. Sy voel daar alle onwettige ondernemings moet aan die impak wat die uitgereik, waarin hulle versoek :KDWVDSS7 word om aan die relevante EORHP#SW\RQOLQHFR]DZZZSW\RQOLQHFR]D sluiting van besighede op die .HOOQHU6WUHHW:HVWGHQH%ORHPIRQWHLQ ekonomie het, gedink word. sonerings te voldoen. Editor - Pieter Delport REPORT NEWS: [email protected] SALES STUDIO AUDIT Corni Fourie - 051 505 0997 The distribution of this ABC Community Specialist - Seithati Semenokane Marelize Dunlop - 082 291 4124 Elmarie Venter newspaper is independently [email protected] 082 3701 268 Mitzi Noome - 082 575 0571 audited to the professional Liezl Magson 051 5050 900 General Manager - Christel Basson Tarryn Swartz - 071 762 7535 standards administrated [email protected] Judy Barnard - 076 791 0304 by the Nettie de Beer - 082 822 4538 Moloko Moholwa [email protected] Sales Manager - Corni Fourie Audit Bureau of Distribution Supervisor - Nicodemus Mokapane Felecia Wessels - 051 5050 926 Central Media Park. 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