Crazy Savings For Crazy Best )-,cof Bloemfontein Winner 2015/2016 www.crazyplastics.co.za THURSDAY 25 MAY 2017 NEWS YOU CAN USE FREE Shop 16, The Showgate Centre, Curie Avenue NEWS AKTUEEL NEWS www.bloemfonteincourant.co.za The good, the bad and OFM sê totsiens If you CARE, BAG it Bloemfontein guesthouse owner the ugly about the Zoo aan ‘n groot gees for the needy of Bfn has to pay R15000 for the K-word PAGE 2 BLADSY 3 PAGE 4 Bfn strike: No end in sight PULANE CHOANE the strike, is the adjustment of workers’ disturbing things that reveal elements of salaries, just as the salaries of councillors criminal behaviour. It becomes hard to Residents of Bloemfontein can brace and other top officials have been adjusted. say with certainty if these incidents were themselves to be inconvenienced by the “If you remember, this municipality performed by our workers or opportunists current municipal strike for much longer. became a metro in 2011. Since that using our strike as a means to do their Workers of the Mangaung Metropolitan date up to now, high ranking members own thing. What I can say is that we are Municipality say they are fed up and have in the municipality had their salaries working closely with the police and have no intention of ending their strike against adjusted from ‘local government level’ requested our members not to damage the municipality until their demands are to ‘metropolitan municipality’ level. city property but rather stay within the met. Our workers are still earning the local confines of our strike, as it is a legal one.” Provincial secretary of the South African government salaries and this adjustment Finally, Tseuoa says waste collection, Municipal Workers’ Union (Samwu), was not made for them. This strike is water, and sanitation as well other Thabang Tseuoa, says while the union is about protesting against that difference, services provided by the municipality, currently in talks with the office of the among other things,” he says. will be on hold until promises of salary mayor, no satisfactory agreement has been According to Tseuoa the municipality has adjustments are made. reached. sought an interdict against the striking Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality “The more we are not in agreement, the workers so that city property is not spokesperson, Qondile Khedama, has longer this strike will continue.” While damaged during the strike. confirmed that the city management is in Municipal workers used struggle songs and Tseuoa admits that the union’s list of “We are aware that some of our members talks with Samwu but could not comment burning tyres as their protesting tools on Friday demands is a long one, one of the key are being blamed for the spillage of further on the matter. before an interdict was served on them by the issues he believes will make workers end rubbish bins all around the city and other [email protected] city’s management. PHOTO: PULANE CHOANE Sevens Champs pay ‘blitz visit’ to Grey Learners and staff members of Grey College were starstruck when the HSBC Sevens World Series champions, the Blitzboks, visited their school yesterday. Pictured with the Blitzboks are two of the three SA Schools Sevens players from Grey College. Back row: Mr Deon Scheepers and Werner Kok. Third row: Dylan Sage, Siviwe Soyiwapi, Ruhan Nell and Mr Ludwig Koekemoer. Second Row: Henk Cilliers, Neil Powell (coach), Philip Snyman (captain), Stephan Dippenaar and Rikus Pretorius. First row: Cecil Afrika, Roscko Specman, Branco du Preez, Chris Dry and Carel du Preez. Front: Selvyn Davids. Janco van Heyningen of Grey College was absent. PHOTO: MORGAN PIEK 2 COMMUNITY NEWS • GEMEENSKAPSNUUS www.bloemfonteincourant.co.za • [email protected] • 25 May 2017 If baby hippos could talk, what do you think this one would say about the Bloemfontein Zoo? The land these rhinos are standing on used to be surrounded with water, but not anymore. PHOTOS: DOMINIQUE GORDON Bloemfontein Zoo: The good, bad and ugly JERETHA OOZTHUIZEN AND PULANE children who touched our hearts here at community have expressed their Again their response to the image was that CHOANE Friends of the Zoo with their donations of dissatisfaction with explanations provided the water bowls were being cleaned. This 20 bales of feed for the animals, which we by the National Council of Society for seemed not to make any sense, however, that It seems the social outcry on social found to be worth around R11 000.” Smith Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (NCSPCA) was the explanation received. media this week regarding the state of said he believes that social media infl ated as well as Friends of the Zoo. Residents Earlier in April this year, the Zoo also made the Bloemfontein Zoo was a good thing. the situation at the zoo, which caused the believe that there is a contradiction between news following the dehorning of two rhinos According to Chris Smith, chairperson backlash from the public. Friends of the Zoo the pictures shared on social media, which that was done at the zoo by two Mangaung of the Friends of the Zoo, reports that the is a non-profi t organisation and sponsors and led to the outrage, and the explanations being Metro senior offi cials. The two offi cials were safety and health of the animals in the zoo mobilises causes of the Bloemfontein Zoo. provided by the Zoo’s stakeholders. suspended from their positions as it is alleged were compromised and prompted patrons in Spokesperson for Mangaung Municipality, Pictures that were taken at the zoo on Sunday they had dehorned the beasts without the city Bloemfontein to donate to the zoo. Qondile Khedama, had not yet responded showed the animals living in appalling manager, Tankiso Mea’s, permission. Police “The public’s response has been to questions on matters such as why the conditions. In one of the pictures, a baby spokesperson, Chaka Marope, stated that overwhelming. As such, we’ve received movement of animals has taken so long hippo was seen in a dried-up pool. The no rhino horns have been recovered and no over 50 bales of teff grass as well as 20 bales as well as an explanation as to where the municipality then responded by saying the arrests have yet been made. of lucerne as contributions to the animals’ animals have been moved to. pool was being cleaned. In another picture, a [email protected] feed,” Smith said. “We even had four young Meanwhile, members of the Bloemfontein water tank with dried leaves could be seen. [email protected] Op 78 steeds liggaamsbou-veteraan-wenner PIETER DELPORT gewen. Fortuin sê mans oor 50 wat nog Calvyn Fortuin (78), legendariese aan liggaamsboukompetisies liggaamsbouer van Heidedal, ryg steeds deelneem, is maar yl gesaai. die toekennings in al is hy lankal op die “Mense sê dat ’n man ouer as bejaardelys. 70 net ’n derde van sy krag Fortuin, wat amptelik die oudste oor het, maar met my jongste mededingende liggaamsbouer in die land toekenning het ek daardie is, het pas die veterane-afdeling van die stelling weer eens verkeerd Bloemskou se liggaamsboukampioenskap bewys. Boonop oefen ek steeds met die gewigte waarmee ek meer as 50 jaar gelede begin het.” Fortuin, wat steeds drie uur per dag, vyf dae ’n week oefen, gebruik sy ervaring in dié sportsoort om 20 jong seuns in Heidedal af te rig en hulle só van dwelms en drank weg te hou. Hy het onlangs ook ’n oefenprogram vir oorgewig mans en vroue begin. 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Verifi ed Distribution: 42000 copies per week. 25 May 2017 • [email protected] • www.bloemfonteincourant.co.za COMMUNITY NEWS • GEMEENSKAPSNUUS 3 OFM groet ‘n grote! JERETHA OOSTHUIZEN verklap dat hy baie lief is vir musiek en graag brug speel met ’n paar vriende. OFM, soos vandag bekend, se heel eerste Motorfi etsry is vir hom lekker, én hy gaan uitsending het uit die SAUK-gebou in graag see toe. Bloemfontein plaasgevind op Maandag 1 Sy weeklikse rubriek in Bloemfontein Julie 1985 om 18:30 die aand. Amptelik Courant – een week in Afrikaans was dit in daardie stadium nog bekend (STORIESMOUS) en die volgende week as “Die Bloemfonteinse Uitsendings van in Engels (TALES, TRUTHS & TIRADES) Radio Hoëveld”, en was dit eintlik niks – beskou hy as ’n wonderlik kreatiewe meer as ’n senderskeiding nie. uitlaatklep. Hierdie aanduitsendings uit Bloemfontein Grobbelaar het ’n vrou en ses kinders het ses maande geduur, tot einde Desember (een dogter en vyf seuns). Hulle is ’n baie 1985. Op 1 Januarie 1986 het die hegte familie wat slegs oor één kwessie “plaaslike” aandprogramme van Radio in twee kampe verdeel is: Selfone. “Ek en Hoëveld voldag-uitsendings geword en drie van my seuns is iPhone- en Apple- is die nuwe radiostasie, Radio Oranje, manne, en my vrou, ons dogter en die (vandag bekend as OFM) amptelik gebore.