Die Suid-Kaap Oumotorklub Erfenistoer 2019

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Die Suid-Kaap Oumotorklub Erfenistoer 2019

Die Suid-Kaap Oumotorklub se jaarlikse Erfenistoer, trots ondersteun deur ReCollection Rides, vind vanjaar van 20 tot 24 September plaas. Die SKOMK sluit George, Mosselbaai en Oudtshoorn in, maar het lede en verteenwoordigers so ver as Beaufort-Wes en Victoria Wes.Vir die oumotor-entoesias is die Suid-Kaap die ideale  omgewing – ‘n ware tuiste vir die oues waaraan jy so hard gewerk het.Die SKOMK is ook die tuiste en aanbieder van die gewilde George Oumotorskou.Die toer val saam met Erfenisdag op 24 September, asook Toerismemaand en die Midlands Oumotorskou in die Oos-Kaapse dorp Graaff Reinet.

Gerhard en sy vrou Fienie Hoepfner sal die toer meemaak in hul Chevrolet.

Die groep voertuie spring Vrydag 20 September weg vanaf Halfway Toyota by die Garden Route Mall, waar hulle ook vooraf besigtig kan word.

Die roete kronkel deur die bekoorlike Karoo-dorpies Uniondale, Willowmore en Aberdeen na die historiese dorp van Graaff Reinet.

Saterdag 21 September gaan die besondere voertuie een van die hoogtepunte van die Midlands-oumotorskou gehou in samewerking met die tweejaarlikse Collector’s Fair op die Laer Volkskool sportvelde.

Die volgende dag besoek die toer die oulike dorpie Nieu-Bethesda, bekend vir die Uilhuis, Hier het die eksentrieke Helen Martins, haar huis omskep in ‘n eklektiese mengsel van mure wat met gemaalde glas gepleister is en ander fassinerende dekor versier is. Haar tuin bevat meer as 300 standbeelde, wat ondermeer uile, kamele, piramides, poue en mense insluit.

Maandag 23 September vertrek hulle na Jeffreysbaai, waar die toer op ‘n hoë noot tydens ‘n gala-geleentheid afgesluit word.

Die groep keer Dinsdag 24 September terug na George.

Die Erfenietoer is een van die hoogtepunte op die George Oumotorklub se aktiwiteitskalender. “Ons neem graag deel, want dit gee ons geleentheid om die erfenisgoed wat vir ons kosbaar is, met ander te  deel,” sê Pierre Olivier, die voorsitter van die reëlingskomitee.

Besoek die Erfenistoer-webblad op die webblad van die Suid-Kaap Oumotorskou www.SCOCC.co.za en klik op Heritage Tour.

Artikel: Mimi Finestone

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Lamborghini Klub besoek Mosselbaai

Johann van Tonder
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Lamborghini Klub besoek Mosselbaai

Die stilte van die stil kusdorpie is onlangs onderbreek deur die gebrul van 26 Bulle uit die Lamborghini stal. Die massa-rit is gereel deur die Lamborghini Klub wat by Pinnacle Point tuisgegaan het en is in voorbereiding op ‘n beplande toer van Oos London na Kaapstad in 2020. Die geleentheid, genaamd die Rogue Rally, sal sowat 50 supermotors bymekaar bring in ‘n geleentheid nog nooit van te vore in die Tuinroete gesien nie.

Die Lamborghinis het die publiek behoorlik gaande gehad, veral met die klank van die kragtige enjins. Die koste van een Lamborghini beloop etlike miljoene, met die duurste voertuig teenwoordig wat jou meer as R14milj uit die sak sal jaag.

Vir die wat die geleentheid gemis het, is alles nie verlore nie. Die Rogue Rally is beplan vir 27 Maart tot 3 April 2020.

Artikel en Fotos: Tiaan Liebenberg

Daaglikse aktiwiteite by die Landbouskou!

Herman Pienaar
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Daaglikse aktiwiteite by die Landbouskou!
Skape/Beeste/Perde/Duiwe/Pluimvee Departemant Landbou Inligting sessies Kleinboere Melk demonstrasie Jeug Landbouskou Jersey & Holsteinkompetisie Santam Inligtingsessie in die Agrisaal Steak- en Spitbraai SA Brouery Biertent Veteraantrekker uitstallings Verskeie Industriële uitstallings Kunstenaars – daagliks DemonstrasiesTrekker “shuttle service” met trekker en waLewendige uitsendings deur RADIOCSA Oppi-stoep plaaslike kunstenaars Kindervermaak Sport Stalletjies in Grootsaal Kosstalletjies Huisvlyt – Plaaskombuis Kaas- en Wyntent Merry-go-Round Verskeie Sportaktiwiteite

Damesoggend by die skou

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Damesoggend by die skou
George landbouskou in samewerking met Soteria Gemeente hou ‘n vroue oggend op 31 Augustus om 10:00 saam met Die bekende skilder Maria Oosthuizen van House of Maria in Mosselbaai. Ons eie bekende Brigitte Deister gaan ook vir ons kom betower met haar stem…. Ligte verversings sal voorsien word vir die oggend.Kaartjies is beskikbaar by die George landbou skou kantoor (kaartjies sluit in dag pas vir die skou) En by Soteria kerk kantoor.Die jaarlikse George Landbouskou vir plaas vanaf 29 – 31 Augustus 2019

George Financially Sound – Third in SA and Second in Western Cape

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George Financially Sound – Third in SA and Second in Western Cape

George Municipality has been officially ranked third in the list of most financially healthy cities in South Africa and ranked second in the Western Cape. South Africa’s 27 municipalities with the largest budgets include the country’s eight metros and 19 secondary cities. Drakenstein Municipality is first, with Steve Tshwete Municipality (Mpumalanga) in second place, and George Municipality (Western Cape) and Emalahleni Municipality (Mpumalanga) jointly in third place overall.

In the Western Cape – the top-performing province – Drakenstein Municipality achieved first place while George Municipality claimed the second place, with the City of Cape Town and Stellenbosch Municipality sharing  third place.

This is according to The State of Local Government Finances and Financial Management as at 30 June 2018 report, just released by Treasury. This report evaluates the state of municipal finances in South Africa, using eight key measures:

1. Cash as a percentage of operating expenditure; 2. Persistence of negative cash balances; 3. Overspending of original operating budgets; 4. Underspending of original capital budgets; 5. Debtors as a percentage of own revenue; 6. Year-on-year growth in debtors; 7. Creditors as a percentage of cash and investments; and 8. Reliance on national and provincial government transfers.

Treasury has rated South Africa’s metros and secondary cities, as well as 186 local municipalities and 44 district municipalities – in total 257 municipalities – on the eight abovementioned indicators.

How to Use Facebook Groups to Grow Your Business And Encourage Prospects To Join You Faster

Herman Pienaar
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How to Use Facebook Groups to Grow Your Business And Encourage Prospects To Join You Faster
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Raising of Garden Route Dam Wall 70% completed

Herman Pienaar
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Raising of Garden Route Dam Wall 70% completed
Construction for the raising of the Garden Route Dam spillway commenced on 13 May 2019 and the Contractor is on schedule to complete the works within the 10 months contract period. To date the blinding layer comprising of 700 cubic meters of mass concrete has been completed.  The drainage channel in the basin has taken shape within this mass concrete layer. Approximately 85m of under-floor drains have also been placed. The raising of the actual dam wall is progressing steadily and is about 70% completed with the contractor having placed approximately 7 500 m3 of suitable fill material that was excavated from the dam basin on the MTO Forestry and Nelson Mandela University side of the dam.  Almost 1000 m3 of rock “rip-rap” has been placed on the upstream side of the dam wall. This rip-rap is needed to prevent erosion of the earth embankment of the dam wall and manage wave action. In the region of 60 holes have been drilled and grout will be forced in through these holes under extreme pressure to fill up any voids in the rockbed below the concrete base of the spillway.   The first batch of 27 tons of reinforcement has been delivered to site and work can commence on the base on the eastern side, as soon as the pressure grouting has been completed and the rock anchors installed. The contractor has also started erecting the concrete formwork for the eastern spillway base. The public is reminded that unauthorised access to the construction site is strictly prohibited to ensure the safety of the public. Heavy construction vehicles are operating on both the MTO/NMU and George side of the dam wall. The required signage is in place to warn the public that the area is a construction site and only authorised persons are permitted to access this area wearing the correct safety clothing.   A recent very near collision between a motor-cyclist and a heavy truck within the restricted area is regarded in a very serious light. The Municipality sincerely thanks residents for adhering to the restrictions, as this allows construction to continue without undue additional safety risks. All enquiries must please be referred to the George Municipality for comment and feedback to Gvanniekerk@george.gov.za

Johan se storie

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Johan se storie
Ek is eintlik ‘n Kalahari-kind daar van Upington se wêreld. Ek het in 1986 Griekwaland-wes kleure in karate verwerf. In 1989 het ek Matriek geskryf en in 1990 is ek na Pantserskool vir my Diensplig. Op 13 Oktober van daardie jaar, terwyl ons op pas was, was ek en nog 3 vriende in ‘n siviele motorongeluk. Morné is opslag dood, Victor en Robert het net skok opgedoen en ek het my brein so ernstig beseer dat ek vir 2 en ‘n half maande in ñ koma in 1 Millitêre Hospitaal  gelê het. 8 maande se rehabillitasie het gevolg waartydens ek van vooraf moes leer loop, praat en skryf. Ek praat nou nie eens van die warboel van psigiese probleme wat traumatiese breinbeserings meebring nie. Hulle het eers gesê dat ek nooit weer uit 1 Mil sal stap nie. 11 maande later het ek met ‘n kierie en ‘n linkerarm wat optrek, daar uit gestap. My sussie, Sarette, en haar kêrel, Anton, was my enigste vriende. 3 jaar na my ongeluk, op 22 November 1993, is Anton en Sarette dood in nog ‘n motorongeluk. Daai dag toe hulle kiste in die grond in sak, kon ek sweer ek is vir die tweede keer dood. My pa het verwese gestaan en toekyk, my ma het die kis probeer vashou. Ek het vir 10 jaar probeer om ‘n vrou te kry, maar na 2 kinders, ‘n seun in 2001 en nog een in 2004, het ons huweliksbootjie in 2010 gesink. In 2016 het my eerste boek, “Gesloopte Lugkastele” verskyn. In 2017 ontmoet ek my huidige vrou hier op George en ons is gelukkige Georgiete. Hierdie klipperige pad stap ek al amper 29 jaar, maar met die krag en wysheid van ons Here Jesus hou ek nog elke dag aan. Ek weet nie elke dag wat my doel in hierdie lewe is nie, maar ek weet ek sal dit nooit uitvind as ek nou gaan boedel oorgee nie.Johan Smith

Warm hart vir ‘n wintersdag

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Warm hart vir ‘n wintersdag
Pragtige storie uit BurgersdorpOns reis na Burgersdorp vir sport. Dis koud, -9 se koud. Die veld is hard en die wind is skraal. Eugene Marais het so gedig geskryf, maar ek kan nie die woorde onthou nie, want dis te koud om te dink. Die 1ste netbalspan verloor 20-21, en die meisies se arms en bene is pienk en hulle neusies loop van die koue. Die 1ste hokkiespan speel met hulle sweetpakke aan, en wen 3-0. Die 1ste rugbyspan se wedstryd begin, en dit gaan sleg vir die besoekers. Burgersdorp se agtsteman is telkens aan die voorpunt van die vyand se aanslag. Die knaap is ‘n stoomroller, ‘n lokomotief, ‘n buffel, die reinkarnasie van Os (toe Os kwaad was vir George Gregan, nie toe Os met aartappels geboer het nie). Mammaplotter se blue-eyed boytjie en die stoomroller is telkens heel onder in die hopie lywe en tokse. Mammaplotter se oogappeltjie en die lokomotief tref mekaar keer op keer met ‘n geluid wat klink soos die dag toe die prefek van die blinde skool in die lee swembad geduik het. Mammaplotter se nerwes hang aan ‘n flentertjie, en sy wil weet waar sy die spelers se geboortesertifikate kan besigtig. Pappaplotter loer benoud of die mediese fonds se kaart saam gereis het, en hy google of Burgersdorp ‘n privaat hospitaal het. Die wedstryd eindig, en dit is ‘n groot oorwinning in die guns van die buffel en sy spanmaats. Na die wedstryd sien ek hoe die stoomroller die oogappeltjie uitsoek in die geroesmoes. As dit ‘n ander sport was sou hy seker die arme boytjie getart het of gekoggel het. Maar dis rugby. Twee tieners wat mekaar nog nooit ontmoet het nie, wat ‘n uur lank probeer het om mekaar fisiese leed te besorg, skud blad. Die oorwinnaar vertel vir die verloorder dat hy nie moet sleg voel nie, dat hy ‘n goeie game gehad het en tot die einde hard baklei het. ‘n Sot van die tuisskool word nader geroep om ‘n foto te neem met die oorwinnaar se smartphone om die vriendskap en respek vas te vang. Nommers word uitgeruil en die foto arriveer later die aand per Whatsapp op Komani (voorheen Queenstown) se koue plotte.O koud is die windjie en skraal. En blink in die dof-lig en kaal, so wyd as die Heer se genade, le die velde in sterlig en skade En hoog in die rande, versprei in die brande, is die grassaad aan roere soos winkende hande.O treurig die wysie op die ooswind se maat, soos die lied van ‘n meisie in haar liefde verlaat. In elk’ grashalm se vou blink ‘n druppel van dou, en vinnig verbleek dit tot ryp in die kou.Winternag Eugene Marais
 — with Samuel Fryer.

Raising of Garden Route Dam spillway on track for completion

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Raising of Garden Route Dam spillway on track for completion
Issued George Municipality, 12th July @ 09h10Construction on the raising of the Garden Route Dam spillway commenced on 13 May 2019 and is on track to be completed within the 10 months construction program. The old concrete spillway has been demolished and the new drainage channel excavated. This drainage channel will also provide drainage during the construction period in the event that the site is flooded.
The excavation for the spillway has been completed and the placing of the first basic concrete layer has started.
The raising of the dam wall is progressing steadily with the placing of the approximately 6500 m3 of suitable fill material extracted from the dam basin on the MTO Forestry / Nelson Mandela University side of the dam and the material excavated to accommodate the new spillway.
Heavy construction vehicles are operating on both the MTO/NMMU and George side of the dam wall.
The excavation for the spillway has been completed and the placing of the first basic concrete layer has started. More than 500 rock anchors have been installed into the bedrock. These rock anchors will effectively tie/secure the new concrete structure above to the bedrock below. Access prohibited The public is reminded that unauthorised access to the construction site is strictly prohibited to ensure the safety of the public. Heavy construction vehicles are operating on both the MTO/NMMU and George side of the dam wall. The required signage is in place to warn the public that the area is a construction site and only authorised persons are permitted to access this area wearing the correct safety clothing.  We continue to appeal to all hikers, cyclists and other outdoor enthusiasts to stay clear of all plantation and forest terrain, tracks and roads south of the train tracks above the dam. The work site is much larger than just the area directly adjacent to the dam and is potentially extremely dangerous for people who are not meant to be there.Affected terrain All terrain above the dam that is south of the train tracks, as well as all terrain east of Meyer Street at the Garden Route Dam entrance including MTO property and area west of NMU campus.Primary affected roads Heavy vehicle activity on the public roads directly adjacent to the site, including the Meyer Street entrance to the dam and Madiba Drive between Meyer Street and a plantation access road in Madiba Drive (about halfway between Meyer and Nelson Mandela University George Campus). All road users are requested to take extreme care, to not speed or overtake in blind areas.Secondary affected roads Heavy vehicles will be delivering materials to the site, which will have an impact on Knysna Road, Madiba Drive, Mission and Industrial Roads. Please do not be tempted to ignore signage because it looks like a site is not active. There is a lot that will be happening in areas that may not be obvious and visible, and areas where work is underway may be unstable and should not be entered just because workers or equipment do not seem to be around or are not visible.A special appeal is being made to cyclists to please find routes outside this area and to not take any chances. Heavy vehicles will be using almost all the plantation and forest roads that cyclists frequent. Cyclists speeding down mountain paths run the risk of encountering large vehicles on winding plantation roads and they may not be able to stop or get out of the way in time if they come upon a truck. The area is always considered a high-risk site 24 hours, seven days a week. Ongoing safety risk reviews will be carried out and areas will be opened to public access only if it is considered safe for general access.Signage at has been erected at as many points of access as possible, however it must be noted that the area is not fenced, and the municipality will rely on citizens to help spread the word and to warn and discourage people from accessing the area. Ongoing messaging on several municipal communication channels will also take place.Project details The completed raised dam wall and spillway will increase the storage capacity of the Garden Route Dam by about 25% to 12.5 million cubic metres, providing an overall increase of almost 11% to George’s total available raw water resources. The construction activity period is expected to be ten months from time of commencement, which was in May 2018.The Municipality sincerely thanks the residents for adhering to the restrictions as this allows construction to continue without undue interruption and additional safety risks.All enquiries must please be referred to the Municipality for comment and feedback gvanniekerk@george.gov.za
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