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C335686HS10 R20 OFF any wash and brush & wash and groom er redeemable on T’s & C’s apply. Off presenta on of this coupon. Only redeemable Monday to Thursday 011 740ͳ4030 Friday, July 14, 2017 TEL: 011 740 1825 Shop 12, Sherwood Shopping Centre,Brakpan North A treat for bookworms Inbrekers teiken skool Read more on page 4 Lees meer op bladsy 3 Rodeo Girls verleen ’n tikkie kleur en ritme aan die Boeremark Drie van die gewilde groep, die Rodeo Girls, het Saterdag ‘n draai by die Boeremark gaan maak. Hulle is (van links): Jo-ann Haarhoff, Lientjie Bayman en Christiene Deetlefs. Die mark is, ten spyte van die goor weer, goed ondersteun. BRG leads clean-up effort Not afraid of getting their hands - have been removed and possibly a daily basis have now taken to wheelie bins because of the mess which saw a handful of community dirty, a Brakpan community group sold as scrap metal. removing garbage bags from the they leave behind for frustrated members from the group starting recently undertook a clean-up “Not only does this look bins and bringing it here to sort residents to clean up. to clear the area. operation in Dalview. atrocious, but it also creates a through undisturbed. “The rubbish bags are placed According to Hefer, however, The area identifi ed in dire need security risk as it provides an ideal in these home-made trolleys and the very next morning the area of a major clean-up by members of hiding place for burglars and other transported to this area, among looked the same as it did prior to the Brakpan Radio Group (BRG) criminals,” said BRG member The BRG has others, where the bags are then the clean-up. was the short stretch of railway Shawn Hefer. torn open and the contents spilt all “It was found that the vagrants tracks situated along Carmyllie “Lately it has become a terrible urged the Brakpan over the place. had struck again during the early Avenue. eyesore for the residents living community to join “They then sort through the hours of Monday morning, nearly The tracks have not been used in the area as rubbish bin delvers them this Sunday rubbish at leisure, taking what they undoing everything that was for many years and are overgrown (informal recyclers) have turned want and leaving the rest of the achieved the previous day,” he with weeds and tall grass. this into a horrifi c mess. “This is most likely because refuse right there for all to see.” said. 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Prices include VAT. 2 News Friday, July 14, 2017 Continued from page 1 Get in tune with the programme Weekend arrests The following arrests were made in Brakpan A post was placed on a local when they will resume clearing over the past weekend: Facebook page challenging up this area. • Shoplifting:..................................................1 community members from all Interested residents can bring • Kidnapping and common robbery:..............3 organisations and groups to along refuse bags, a pair of • Drunk driving:..............................................5 assist during the second clean- gloves and, if possible, some • Housebreaking and theft:...........................1 up session which was held on gardening equipment to aid in • Possession of drugs:..................................1 Sunday. the removal of weeds. • Theft:...........................................................1 “Sadly the challenge was “We also encourage residents left largely unanswered as to only put out their wheelie the only people who bothered bins the day the refuse is Wenk vir jou veiligheid showing up were the very same collected thus limiting the people who were present the supply of rubbish used to litter Hou items wat in previous week to help make a our town,” added Hefer. jou erf is en wat difference,” said Hefer. The BRG was founded jou huis ’n teiken “A lot was accomplished on in February 2010 and is a vir potensiële Sunday and the volunteers left Christian-orientated Afrikaans- diewe kan maak, with a feeling of achievement. speaking cultural group. toegesluit of buite “Unfortunately this feeling All the members of the BRG sig. was short-lived as on Monday are in radio contact with each it was discovered that the other via two-way radios. litterbugs had struck yet For more information, again.” contact Johnny Smith on 074 CPF meetings The BRG has urged the 550 7001 or send an email to Brakpan community to join brakpanradiogroep@gmail. A member of the BRG, Attie van Wyk, clears away unsightly weeds Address your crime concerns and them this Sunday (July 16) com from the disused railway tracks in Dalview. suggestions with the SAPS and CPF at the following meetings: • Sector One Brakpan CBD, Brakpan West (dam), Anzac, Brakpan East (Power Street to Bedford Street, Voortrekker Road to Boundary Road) and Brakpan North. The meeting will be held on Thursday, August 3, at Tweedy Park, at 6.50pm for 7pm. • Sector Two Brakpan Central, Dalview, Denneoord, Kenleaf, Larrendale, Dalpark, Dalpark Extension Five, Minnebron, Rand Collieries, Sunair Park, Sonneveld, Van Eck Park Extension Two, Sallies Extensions Three and Four, Withok and Witpoort. The meeting will be held at 6.50pm for 7pm on Tuesday, July 18, at the Volle Evangelie Kerk van God, situated at the corner of Currie Street and Victoria Avenue, in Dalview. • Sector Three Brenthurst, Vulcania, Maryvlei Industrial, Sallies Village, Mkhankwa Village, Sallies Hostel, Ergo Plant, Vulcania South and Western Platinum. Members of the Brakpan Radio Group rolled up their sleeves and got to work clearing an area in Dalview on Sunday. The group will return to The meeting will be held on Thursday, the site this weekend for another clean-up and have urged community members to join them. July 27, at the East Rand Children’s Haven, at 6.50pm for 7pm. The home is situated along Muriel Brand Street, in Brenthurst. Oneerlike mense buit sorgsentrum uit • Sector Four Leachville Extensions One, Two Dit het onder die aandag van sewe en 13 jaar gehuisves word. sorgsentrum se naam misbruik wel ondersteun. and Three, Flamingo Ridge, Dalpark die bestuur van die Jabes Mona Loubser, ’n om fondse in te samel,” het “Ons gebruik ’n oorspronklike Extensions One, Six, Nine, 11 and 13, Sorgsentrum gekom dat maatskaplike werker, wat aan Loubser gesê. briefhoof met ’n stempel daarop Helderwyk and the Carnival City area. daar persone is wat onwettig die hoof van die sorgsentrum “Die publiek moet liewer wanneer ons besighede of The meeting will be held at 6.50pm for fondsinsameling namens die staan, het onlangs haar kommer duidelikheid kry voordat hulle individue nader,” het Loubser 7pm on Thursday, July 27, at Dalpark sentrum doen. uitgespreek oor die wending wat enige skenkings maak.” gesê. Secondary School in Rangeview Road, Die Jabes Sorgsentrum is ’n kop uitgesteek het. “Ons het elke sent en donasie Persone wat onseker is kan Dalpark Extension Six. plek van veiligheid waar seuns “Dit het onder ons aandag nodig en ons is uiteraard baie haar by 073 209 9622 of 011 For more information, contact Adele de tussen die ouderdomme van gekom dat daar mense is wat die dankbaar teenoor almal wat ons 740 0363 kontak. Jager on 073 787 3500. H331987HS28 & 9LHZSRLQW )DUPLQJ •Compost •Lawn Dressing •Top Soil Tel: 011 917-0493/4 www.viewpointfarming.co.za V326763BE30 Friday, July 14, 2017 News 3 Oreo has another shot at life Satellite TV installer Stacy Slatter [email protected] kidnapped, robbed A Brakpan animal lover is A satellite TV installer was robbed and calling on cat owners to be abducted by three men in Minnebron, on vigilant after her beloved pet Friday. was shot with a pellet gun. According to information received Laetitia Smith, who lives from Brakpan police, one of the men had along Kingsway Avenue, told contacted the victim to arrange for him to the Herald her black-and-white come out to an address in George Troskie moggie Oreo recently came Street, to repair a problem with his TV. home with a serious injury. The victim arrived at the house at around “My mom, who is at home 5.30pm and phoned the ‘customer’, who during the day, phoned me told him to meet him at a nearby shopping at work and said that Oreo centre. was bleeding profusely,” said When the victim arrived at the centre he Laetitia. met up with the man and two others and “Oreo was very suspicious agreed to travel with them back to the house. and wouldn’t let my mom or son He climbed into their car and they drove have a look at her but eventually off. they coaxed her into the house The trio suddenly accused the victim of with food.” breaking into the home of one of the men Laetitia arrived home and and began to assault him. immediately took Oreo to a They demanded a large sum of cash from local veterinary clinic. the victim and threatened to kill him. “The vet wasn’t very happy He was searched and robbed of his wallet.