Kovsie in Desemberber Supermark waarsku It’s back to thehe aangewys as Bloemfonteiners drawing boardd Mnr. Hartenbos teen verneukspul for Bfn moviee BLADSY 3 BLADSY 2 PAGE 8 THURSDAY 11 JANUARY 2018 NEWS YOU CAN USE FREE FS universities take walk-ins PULANE CHOANE Online registration for all meet the admission criteria but recommends that all prospective [email protected] students has opened on Monday did not register to go to schools students use the Central 8 January. where they would like to study Applications Clearing House The University of the Free State Reiterating a statement she had and then inquire about their (CACH) for late applications. In (UFS) has called on all students made earlier on in the week, study choices. While schools the statement, it also stated that who meet the admission Loader also stated that based do have an enrolment target, the only students who would requirements but were unable to on the University’s enrolment as yet we have not heard one not pay any registration fees apply for study at the University target for 2018, it can only student being turned away would be those at TVET colleges in 2017, to try their luck with register approximately 8000 because programmes are full. and those in universities who online registration. fi rst-year students. She further Our call to universities has been qualifi ed for NSFAS. Students In a short response to went on to state that thus far, that if a student is academically who do not qualify for NSFAS Bloemfontein Courant, the the university is satisfi ed with deserving, they must take that funding will have to pay the UniversiUniversity’sty s spokesperson,spokesperson, Lacea the registration process. student. If classes become registrationgp fees upfront. Loader, said that these students Meanwhile, spokesperson full, it simplymply gives them (the will be assisted to apply for at the Central University of Dan Maritz, spokesperson at the institution)on) more reason to online pprogrammesrogrammes Technology (CUT), Dan MaritzMa Central University of Technology approachh the government to aasksk with availabavailablele told OFM News that they hahave for moree resources,” Morapela spaces. received about 11 000 nnew said. He believes that ultimatelultimatelyy applications. He addedadde will teachh government to budget that about 3000 werewe board with providing assistance and provisionvision appropriately for tentatively admittadmitted. to learners where necessary. higher educationducation as they will According to MMaritz, Morapela also stated that so see that there is a demand fforor there is,is, however,howev far, no problems have been education.on. only space for encountered and that the EFF Speakingg on this matter of about 4000 fi rrst- in the province has placed walk-in and online registration, year studentsstudents. He several of its members at these the Departmentartment of Higher saidsaid thethe situationsituat universities to “facilitate” the Educationon and Training on campuscampus walk-in process. “We have our released a mmediaedia sstatementtatement oonn remains calm people there and we watch the Monday, which said that while despite the ttraffi c students as they go to inquire. online registrationegistration remains ofo prospective When they return, we ask them the primaryary method students. how it went and if they look for application,cation, some Chairperson of frustrated or sound confused, institutionsons have set up thethe EconomicEconomic we hold them by the hand and mechanismssms fforor Freedom go and ask again until they late applications.ications. Fighters (EFF) get clarity on whether or not The in the provinceprovince, they can register,” Morapela departmentent Kgotso Morapela,Morapela said. He further stated that the has confi rmed thattha all publicity on walk-in admissions universities, as well as was exaggerated as “walk-in TVET colleges in tthe admissions have always been Chairperson of the EFF in the province, are on happening and it is not a new Free State, Kgotso Morapela thing”. “What we have been Spokesperson of the University of the Free PHOTO: REFILWE GAESWE doing is asking students who State, Lacea Loader PHOTO: MACE.ORG.ZA ¬ Tel: 051 406 3000 Jacques Cloete [email protected] Cnr Nelson Mandela Drive and Muller Street, Spitskop Tel: 051 406 3000 • Fax: 086 680 8661 • Charlene 082 339 9684 • Stanley 082 956 7402 • Leon 078 288 0279 • Louis 074 797 1939 • Wicus 072 141 7348 • Charlie 074 702 9384 • Stephan 078 684 2982 2 COMMUNITY NEWS • GEMEENSKAPSNUUS www.bloemfonteincourant.co.za • [email protected] • 11 January 2018 Pasop vir sosialemedia-swendelary PIERCE VAN HEERDEN te skakel om te voorkom dat [email protected] bedrog plaasvind. “Die laaste voorval was KwikSpar Prellerplein waarsku ongeveer twee weke gelede toe klante en lede van die publiek mense valse inligtingskakels op teen valse promosies en sosiale media gedeel het,” sê geskenkkaarte wat die rondte Grobler. Volgens hom was daar op sosialemedia-platforms gelukkig nog geen insidente by soos Facebook en WhatsApp- KwikSpar Prellerplein nie. programme doen. ’n Risikobestuurspan is Volgens die winkel se aangewys om maatskappye bestuurder, Roux Grobler, en verbruikers te waarsku is skakels (links) op verskeie oor gevalle waar mense hul sosialemedia-platforms gedeel stelsels probeer kraak (hack) en mense is in kennis gestel en verbruikers word gevra om dat hulle ’n geskenkkaartjie swendelary onmiddellik aan te ter waarde van R4 000 van meld. Spar ontvang het. Grobler Kuberkraking beteken dat waarsku verbruikers dat dit daar op ongemagtigde wyse niks anders nie as ’n bedrogspul ingebreek word op ’n rekenaar is waar kuberkrakers besighede of netwerk. Die persoon wat probeer boikot. betrokke is by kuberkraak- “Mense moet versigtig wees aktiwiteite word gewoonlik ’n watter inligting hulle met ander kuberkraker (hacker) genoem. deel en ook dat private inligting So ’n persoon kan stelsel- of nie oor die telefoon verskaf sekuriteitsfunksies verander om word nie,” sê Grobler. Hy ’n doel te bereik wat verskil stel voor dat indien mense ’n van die oorspronklike doel van KwikSpar-bestuurder, Roux Grobler, met die waarskuwingskennisgewing om klante bedag te maak op swendelary. promosie sien of inligting oor ’n die stelsel. FOTO: PIERCE VAN HEERDEN prys van ’n organisasie ontvang, Grobler wil die publiek inlig versigtig wees en nie vertroulike met die organisasie te gesels nie,” sien met die besonderhede van dit die beste is om die winkel sodat mense bewus kan inligting deel of enige skakels sê Grobler. die skakel wat deur sosiale media persoonlik te besoek of die wees van swendelary en oopmaak wat verklaar dat hulle ’n Klante wat KwikSpar Prellerplein versprei word, asook ander inligting winkelbestuurder persoonlik kuberkrakers. “Mense moet prys gewen het sonder om eers besoek, sal ’n bordjie in die winkel rakende dié bedrogspul. Bfn’s brown water ‘no cause for concern’ PULANE CHOANE new or fresh water coming in, but FREE PARKING MELVILLE DRIVE | BRANDWAG | BLOEMFONTEIN | TEL 051 444 6914 [email protected] there is no realal risk and the water is still good to drink and use,” Botes While numerous residents in said. Bloemfontein have been complaining Botes added ittis is about brown water coming from understandablee thathatt their taps, the Mangaung Metropolitan people would thithinknk Municipality has stated that the matter that because thehe is being addressed and that there is no water is brownn cause for concern as the water can be there is somethingthing consumed. wrong with it, In an email responding to Bloemfontein however, he saidaid Courant’s questions, spokesperson for it is an annual the municipality, Qondile Khedama, problem and often said, “Just a few areas in the city are the problem is onlonlyy encountering the problem with water solved when thehe that is brown. This is largely due to the reservoir levels DA Councillor, Rossouw Botes cleaning process but the water is safe improve as it rains. PHOTO: FACEBOOK for consumption and is being cleared.” “Often, there will Meanwhile, Democratic Alliance also be suburbs Councillor in Mangaung and water or areas in the expert, Rossouw Botes, has also city that are not confi rmed that the water is safe to at all affected drink and the brown colour of the by the low water is caused by the low reservoir reservoir levels levels, the heat and a lack of oxygen. because they might be supplied by another reservoir of which the water level is still ...there is no real risk relatively high and the water is still but all water in good to drink and the city, whether brown or clear, is A bucket of water as seen from a Free State resident use... safe,” Botes said. in Parys. The same kind of water was also spotted in Speaking Bloemfontein’s Universitas, Willows and Bayswater - ROSSOUW BOTES further, Botes suburbs. PHOTO: TWITTER said, “There have found no traces of the have been no reported cases of disease in our water.” “Most of the time, this problem of health-related incidents to this and He further requested all brown water occurs in the months I understand that also, with Minister residents of the Metro to hold of December, January and February of Health, Aaron Motsoaledi’s recent tight until after February, as the when the reservoir has a limited announcement on Listeriosis people heat levels are to go down and supply of water and the oxygen in the will go into a panic but I assure you as more rain can be expected in water is also very low because of no that we test the water daily and we that time. Editor - Pieter Delport SALES STUDIO AUDIT [email protected] REPORT NEWS: Corni Fourie - 082 780 7272 The distribution of this ABC Community Specialist - Seithati Semenokane Calvin Mpuru Marelize Dunlop - 082 291 4124 newspaper is independently 082 3701 268 [email protected] Elmarie Venter audited to the professional General Manager - Christel Basson Mitzi Noome - 082 575 0571 051 5050 900 Liezl Magson standards administrated [email protected] Samantha Sauls - 073 914 1289 [email protected] by the Sales Manager - Corni Fourie Tarryn Swartz - 071 762 7535 Moloko Moholwa Audit Bureau of Central Media Park.