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No-one seems to be takingGreytown’s water crisis reallyseriously!

In December Umzinyathi Dis-trict Municipality imposed a 10p.m. to 4 a.m. switch off to”savewater” –but it was never imple-mented . However once againthis is its solution to the loomingdisaster as per following emailreceived on Monday:

“Umzinyathi District Munici-pality is forced to implementwater restrictions because ofthe persistent drought situationin the region. All consumers arerequired to use water sparinglyas the situation is very serious.Thefirststageofrestrictionswillinvolvenowaterbeingreticulat-ed from10pm to4amonadailybasis. Should the restrictions beinadequate, further stringentreductions will be implementedby the Municipality. Please co-operate by reporting all leaksand bursts to of Umzinyathi

DepartmentofWaterandSan-itation(DWS) spokespersonstat-ed that a meeting is to be heldwith Umzinyathi ,today,Wednesday, to discuss furtherinterventions, such as penaltytariffs, pressure reduction andlimiting the largest users.

A 20% savings in the use ofwater is essential!

Nation DWS scientificmanag-er, Mr C.Ntuli, commenting onthe situation based on the 40%Lake level said a 20% reductionin abstraction from the damshouldbeimplementedimmedi-ately. “This means that the cur-rent abstraction be dropped to

3.5Ml/day to prevent the damfrom complete failure to supplywater for essential services.”

If this is not achieved the damis projected to fail at a 0.5% risklevel (1.200) inJulyanda2%riskof failure (1.50) in August.

In May 2010 the DWS under-took a study of stand alonedams. Angela Masefield of theDepartment, KZN, reports thatGreytownwas one of the criticalidentifiedschemes tobecoveredby such rules. A drought operat-ing rule can be described as ascientific tool to be used toman-age the resource in order to pro-tect it from total failure.

Using a simulation model an

analysis showed that the pre-ferred water supply operatingrule was to use the Lake’s sur-face water first when it is spill-ing.When spilling stopped thedam to be used with groundwa-ter from the six boreholes.Thisis needed as the water require-ments already exceed the yieldof the Lake.The boreholesshouldbeoperatedat theirmax-imum safe yield until an addi-tional water source secured.

DepartmentofWaterandSan-itation is assisting with fundingof the Greytown Regional Bulkwater project which will aug-ment supplies to Greytown fromCraigieburn dam. This R290

million project is expected becompleted in the next threeyears.

A drought operating rule wasdeveloped, based on the storageand levels of the dam,to give anallocation on what the systemcanstandwithout increasing therisk of the dam running dry.Al-though the operating rule of5.4Ml/day was developed itshould be noted that the dam isover allocated.

From the drought operatingrules developed for a demand of4.4Ml/day, with full boreholeuse, water restrictions shouldalready have been imposedwhen theLakewasat about90%

20% SAVING ­or Lakecould fail by July!

PHOTO: MURRAY MASONWhere have all the fishgone?

storage volume to protect it fromlong term failure.

At 40% in terms of the droughtoperating rule, a 20% saving in us­age is immediately required.

To assist in obtaining that savingof 20% some basic recommenda-tions from the DWS: prohibition ofhosepipe usage and filling swim-ming pools;prohibition of potablewater for dust control and auto-mated irrigation;report burstpipes or leaks to Umzinyath imme-diately;fix leaks – dripping tapwastes up to one litre an hour anda leaking toilet up to 30 litres anhour;teach children and employ-ees how to save water – no brush-ing teeth ,orwashingdishes in run-ningwater;use greywater towatergarden before 10a.m and after 4p.m.

On a lighter note, the Merthleykilometre swimwill take place thisSunday 25th January OrganiserGerrie Germishuizen assuresswimmers they will not have towalk –he has changed the route ofthe swim to comply with the lowlevel of the Lake.Phone 083 6551468 for details.

THE Greytown Gazette appealsto all water consumers to be awareof thecritical shortageofwaterandmake every effort to save and notwaste water>

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GREYTOWN doctors have setup a call register to ensure thatif anyone needs after hours as-sistance, and their own doctoris not available, they can con-tact thedoctorsoncall.The911Ops Centre and Arcadia willhave list which is also printedin the Greytown Gazette eachmonth.

Please cut out and keep ac-cessible:

Cell numbers:Dr Ally: 083 786 7138Dr. Dlamini: 074 690

3368/084 819 7468Dr Hartwig: 071 676 6810

Dr Mkhize: 079 645 5964Dr Owen: 082 859 9307Dr Roodt:084 679 6300Greytown Hospital: 033 413

9400Arcadia:033 4171528Ops 911: 033 417 2911

Call dates for 21 to 31 January:Dr Roodt: 21st and 28th

Dr Owen: 22nd, 26th, 27th and29th

Hospital doctor: 23rd, 30thand31st

Dr Ally: 24 and 25th

Please note that when thehospital doctors are on call, donot go to Arcadia as the sisterswill not be able to help but godirectly to the hospital for at-tention.

Doctors calllist

THE adult centre will be open to-day,21January,atTholinhlanhlaPrimary School in Enhlalakahle.

For today and tomorrow, anyadult learners wanting to up-grade their education can regis-

ter. Also AET level results areavailable for collection.

Teaching and learning takesplace fromMonday to Thursdaysfrom 5pm to 7pm at the school.

Bonke abafisa ukufunda woza

e Tholinhlanhla onke amabangaakhona.

For further information, con-tact T Ndlovu at 082 354 4439.- Supplied by T Ndlovu: centremanager.

EnhlalakahleAdult EducationCentre

GREYTOWNS SAPS Firearm Of-fice has a number of firearm li-cense and competency certifi-cates to be collected by the indi-viduals concerned. Anyone whohas applied for either of these atthe centre is asked to phone 033413 9003 or 4139067 or visit thepolice station between 8am and4pm weekdays with their ID.

Members of the public areurged to check the expiry dates

on their competency and licensecards for renewal which are due90 days before the expiry date.

Please note that all originaldocuments must be presentedwith applications. Copies will becertified by the office. No photo-copies will be accepted as origi-nal documents.

Please take note that timeframes for the finalization of ap-plications are as follows:

At station level - four weeks af-ter being captured on the En-hanced Firearms System.

Provincial Level - two weeksand at Central Fireams Registertheapplicationsmustbe finalizedwithin six weeks after receiptfrom the provincial office.

This office is functioning on anappointment basis, so please callthe above mentioned numbers toschedule an appointment.

Firearm owners ­ please collect News from the hill

PHOTO: SUPPLIEDGreytown High School Matric class 2014 top achiever Nhlakanipo Makhobaachieved five A symbols, and an aggregate of 81% with the results of hiseight subjects as follows: life orientation 95%, mathematics 90 %, IsiZulufirst additional 83%, engineering graphics and design 82%, life sciences80%, physical science 73%, English home language 70% and Afrikaans firstadditional language 69%. We wish Nhlakanipo and all the students thevery best with their future studies.

SIMPLY Models has announcedthat it is expanding its range of ac-tivities from just modelling to in-clude acting, singing and dancing.

It will also be acting as a tempo-rary agency for anyone needingtemporary staff, babysitters, pro-motional personnel, etc. Phone083 280 9847. This is an opportu-nity for anyone between the agesof 16 and 24 to earn some extracash - please phone and register.

Classes for 2015 start today, 21January, at the Moth Hall. Regis-tration is still open - register assoon as possible so as not to missout on all the exciting things hap-pening in 2015. Email lu-zanne@simplymodels.co.za.

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Musical mother and daughter teamTrish and Celeste Maré, passed theirUnisa and Trinity exams. Celestepassed Unisa piano and theory, aswell as Trinity singing exams. Trishpassed Unisa piano and theory(97%) exams.

PHOTO: SUPPLIED

Valentine’s DaySaturday, 14 February

A special dayto say

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Greytown GazetteSpecial Valentine issue

11th February.Deadline for display adverts and

classfied, 1 pm Friday 6th February.

Christmas at Khayalami

PHOTO: SUPPLIEDTheir smiles say it all! Khayalami Children's Village says a very big thank you to everyoneinvolved in making the children's Christmas such a happy one - “May God bless you all.”

THE Deutsche Schule Hermannsburg ex-tends a warm HMB welcome to our newprincipal, Mr Martin Marx, and to our newpastor, Pastor René Risch, together withtheir respective families.

Having served as a national coach on theASA Elite Coaching Committee, MartinMarx is a household name in athletics andother sportingcircles,withmanyofhisath-leteshavingcompeted inandearnedsever-almedals at the Olympic Games, theWorldChampionships, Commonwealth Games,African Games and African Champion-ships.

These include national athletes such asHestrie Cloete (she of twice Olympic silvermedal high-jumping fame), Hardus Pien-aar, Anika Smit, Yawu Fasu-Amoa andmany more. This top-level experience hasof course been of great benefit to countlessathletes and other sportsmen and women

at high school level, and we look forwardto reaping the benefits of his vast sportingand coaching knowledge and experience.

Mr Marx’s talents are not limited to thesports fieldandhehasawiderangeofexpe-rience when it comes to teaching and lead-ership and, as an old scholar of Wartburg,is no stranger to our area.

As a formermember of themanagementof Hoërskool Lichtenburg, he served on anumber of committees, including market-ing, sport, safety, the governing body, lead-ership development and more.

His goal for Hermannsburg?“My aim is that all stakeholders (teach-

ers, parents and scholars) take ownershipof our school, so that wherever the Deut-sche Schule Hermannsburg comes up inconversation, it will be spoken of withpride.”

We welcome Pastor René Risch back tohis alma mater! Pastor Risch was born inWindhoek, grewup in theDurbanareaandboth he and his wife Claudia (neé Bunge)attended our high school.

Their older son,Matteo (6)will be follow-ing in their footsteps, having enrolled inGradeone inourprimaryschoolat thestartof this year, and their younger son, Jona(4) will hopefully be joining our Little OaksKindergarten as soon as they’ve settled in.

Pastor Risch, too, is a man of many tal-ents and interests, having studied both ac-counting and theology, and also has a greatpassion for travel and tourism, as well assport. He spent 12 years as a tourist guideforGermancompaniesaftercompletinghisstudies, before being ordained in 2009,whereafter he served in his first congrega-tion in Wartburg. From there, he was sentby the church to serve the inner-city con-gregation of Pretoria from2010and is veryexcited to return to HMB, where he willserve as pastor for both the school and thecongregation.

We wish the Marx and Risch families asuccessful and rewarding time here - her-zlich willkommen in Hermannsburg!

PHOTO: SUPPLIEDPastor René Risch, his wife Claudia and theirsons, Jona and Matteo.

Hermannsburg welcomes itsnew leadership

PHOTO: SUPPLIEDMartin Marx, his wife Pikkie and daughers Heidi, Tonya and Imke.

More music stars

PHOTO: SUPPLIEDCongratulations to the following talented youngmusicians who passed their Unisa and Trinity musicexams (back, from left) Michaela Dutton: piano,singing and theory (88%), Kim Chaning Pearce:singing, Emma Martens: singing, Ludwig Herbst:singing, Celeste Maré: piano, singing, theory, KellyCotterrell: singing, Amoré van Rooyen: pianopre-Grade one (merit), piano Grade two,singing, theory (98%) and (front) NicolaHerbst: singing. They are private musicpupils of Lizet van der Walt.

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Angazangaukuthi angazi

Job Opportunity at Pearson Marang TrustLeadership and Management FacilitatorPermanentBased in Dundee, KZNIn order to increase our effectiveness in helping people improve their lives through learning, we arelooking for a Leadership & Management Facilitator to Develop and support the capacity of schoolmanagement teams in under-resourced and disadvantaged schools, as well as implementing the DBEleadership and management policies effectively in collaboration with district circuit managers.Key Responsibilities• District Education Department Coordination• Initiate and develop the district partnership programme in collaboration with all relevant district and

provincial officials• Provide clarity (when required) on contractual agreements with various stakeholders• Ensure that any non-standard terms or conditions negotiated with districts or schools are signed off

by appropriate authorities• Secure signed Performance Agreement Contracts from all role players before proceeding with project

workProject administration• Work within specified project budgets and keep detailed records of all expenses incurred.• Provide evidence of all expenses for monthly cell phone, Telkom ADSL, petrol card mileage log, petty

cash and master card diaries for the Director’s approval.• Ensure that company policies and procedures are followed in using Trust facilities and resources

(Electronic devices, credit card, petrol card & petty cash facilities).• Actively seek informal monthly feedback from all role players you work with; and provide them with

quarterly written update reports.Policy Management• Collaborate with district and provincial stakeholders to implement the DBE leadership and

management policies meaningfully and effectively• Develop the capacity of school management teams in collaboration with circuit managers to

implement the DBE leadership and management policy and guidelines• Mentor and assist school management teams in the planning and post-implementation processes of

the DBE management policy within their respective schoolsRequirements• The South African Education System and the Disadvantaged Contexts• The National Qualifications Framework• Learner-Centred Education• The generic implementation requirements of the BATHO PELE PRINCIPLES, PAM, WSE, CAPS, IQMS,

NNSSF, PMDS• Implementing the BATHO PELE PRINCIPLES, PAM, WSE, CAPS, IQMS, NNSSF, PMDS guidelines in

under-resourced and disadvantaged contexts• Support school management teams to meaningfully implement the above priority policies• Developing the capacity of circuit managers to enable school management teams to implement the

above policies in under-resourced and disadvantaged contexts meaningfully and effectively• Experience of supporting under-resourced and disadvantaged schools or district offices from within

the education system and from either an NPO or Corporate Social Responsibility perspective will be anadvantage.

• Current Microsoft Office Suite• Driver’s license Code 08• Matric + a 4-year degree. An Honors or Masters in Education (specifically leadership and

management) will be a distinct advantage.Closing date 6th February 2015Applicants should forward their CVs plus a short letter of motivation to pearsonza.hr@pearson.comRead more about us on www.pearson.co.za, www.pearson.com and www.linkedin.comIf you have not heard from us within 2 weeks of the closing date, please consider your applicationunsuccessful.

INKOSI MBONGELENI ONE STOPDEVELOPMENT CENTRE

BHAMBATHA DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEENATIONAL INTERGRATED PROGRAMME

POST:Site Facilitator (12 Months Contract)COMPONENT: HIV AND AIDSREFERENCE: BDC-2014/2015The Bhambatha Development Committee whichoperate within the scope of National IntegratedProgramme seeks to employ a Site Facilitator.Requirements:The incumbent must be in possession of aGrade 12 certificate, Diploma in Child and YouthCare Work/Community Development/ProjectManagement/ Social Work or any equivalentqualification, coupled with 2-years’ experiencein community work, knowledge of legislation andpolicies governing child and family care and HIVand AIDS as well as sound financial management,supervision skills, ability to network with relevantstakeholder is of prime importance and a validCode 8 drivers’ licence.Key ResponsibilityFacilitate programmes focusing on child care,Home Base Care community care centre, life skills,HIV and AIDS counselling and poverty alleviation,establish a monitor income general project,facilitate and monitor services rendered by childminder and community givers in liaison with theproject manager, facilitate the implementation ofthe organisation’s operation plan, provide basiccounselling services to person in need of suchservices, in liaison with local service office, link-up with relevant resources for all projects andDepartment requirements, keep and maintainrecords of all project activities, initiate andmonitor child care structures and oversee andco-ordinate the distribution of food parcels.Application must be submitted on the Z83 formaccompanied by a detailed comprehensive CVand originally certified copies.The closing date for the advertised position is the30 January 2015Applications must be addressed to: TheManager, Inkosi Mbongeleni Zondi, One StopDevelopment Centre, Bhambatha DevelopmentCommittee, Ngome Area, Greytown 3250 andbe hand delivered at: Nkosi Mbongeleni OneStop Development Centre.Any queries regarding the advertised position canbe directed to the manager, Mr S.R. Ngcobo at033 493 9010.

HERMANNSBURG Schoolwelcomed the Grade one’s of2015 with traditional Ger-man Zuckertüten, to sweet-en the first day of big school.

We are proud of the richheritage and continued sup-port from our Old Scholars,who support the school in somanyways and especially bysending their children to ourschool.

This year we extend a veryspecial HMB welcome toMatteoRisch (fourth genera-tion at Hermannsburg) andto Leo Kimble (sixth genera-tion at Hermannsburg), whoare both starting Grade one.

It is good to see the manyfamiliar faces of both schol-ars and teachers again afterawell-deservedbreak, and itis also good to see all the newfaces that will enrich ourschool this year and beyond.

We wish all our scholars,especially the new ones, asuccessful and happy time atHermannsburg

PHOTO: SUPPLIEDMrs A van Rooyen with her new Grade one class, excited tobe in big school and looking forward to opening theirZuckertüten.

Hermannsburg happenings

SIR,The Matimatolo Concerned Residents associ-ation is appealing that the ward committeeelection held on 12 January be declared nulland void in terms of the Constitution, Munici-pal Systems Act andMunicipal Structure Act,which requires a diversity of interests in theward to be represented (Section 73)No formal notice of the meeting was given toward residents - just a loud hailer announce-ment the day before.There is no point in theward committee serv-ing as a communication channel for the win-ningpartyasthecouncillorandsupportstruc-tures do that already.Former Councillor Mavundla introduced thetwonamespickedby therulingpartyasnomi-nees on the ward committee.Therewasno identificationof interestgroups,

key performance areas, women’s groups andrural areas.It is submitted that theelectionwasnotdemo-cratic and not free and fair. There should bean equitable spread of residents from the vil-lages and clusters of farms.Only voters registered in thewardarepermit-ted to vote, but therewas no verification fromthe Voters Roll.Itwould therefore be in the interest of all resi-dents if the election held on 12 January wasdeclarednull and void and that anewelectiontoensure that thewardcommittee is fully rep-resentative be held

Mr V.D. NzuzaChairperson: Matimatolo Concerned

Resident Forum.Editor’ note: This letter has been

shortened

Ward 12 ward committeeelection null and void?

SIR,Tomy friends - it’s hard to say goodbye

to so many wonderful friends after 55years. I ammoving to Pretoria to be closeto my two daughters.

Thankyou for your friendshipand love- I will miss you.

May God bless and keep you till wemeet again.

Liewe vriende -dis niemaklik om totsi-ens te sê na 55 jaar in hierdie pragtigedorpie en omgewing nie.

Ongelukkingkanekniealmalpersoon-lik groet nie,

Mag God julle seënMet liefde

Betsie Wessels

A goodbye after55 years

BENGINGATSHELWA ngethembe lok-uthi engikwaziyo kuyikho,

Bafikilebangibonisakephaangibon-anga obekumele ngikubone,

Namhlanje ngisele ngibalabalisakepha bashodile abanozwelo,

Ngiyasikhumbula isikhathi ebengi-yalwa ngaso kepha nginqabile,

Angazanga ukuthi angazi ngobangingazi ukuthi angazi kunabaziyo.

Inqola yomthwalo wosizi isingisindangingasenakusindiswakwabasindayo,

Laph’ukhona mama ungincengeleintethelelo kubaba,

Bengihlezinolwazi lokuthiubabauy-ababa ebumnandini bami,

Namhla sengiyaqonda ukuthi ubabawayebabela indlela yami,

Uzungincengele mama angazangaukuthi angazi kunabanolwanzi kuna-mi.

Mama sengikhalela ukubutha iziny-embezi zakhoozichitheukhalelamina,

Zingebalwe izidwedwe engingasulangazo izinyembezi zakho ulilela mina,

Kepha ubudwedwe bami bunqabileukwesulwa kweyami ingqondo,

Ubumnandi bami bungijikele sengif-ana nolahliweyo engesenakucoshwa,

Uzihlanzile izandla zakho mntano-muntu, angazanga ukuthi angazi.

By: Nkosie Mchunu

SIR,It is totally unacceptable that Greytown

Municipality has to cut grass on a Sundaymorning using very noisy brush-cutters,especially whilst church services are tak-ing place.

Asidefromtheintrusivenoisewhichwastobeheardprior to thechurchservice,andcontinuedwithout abating throughout the9am service at St. James’, thewage bill forthe labor being employed on a Sundaydoesn’t bear thinking about.

Surely this sort of routine maintenancecan be done during the normal workingweek from Monday to Friday at a far lesscost than overtime rates over the week-ends, especially Sundays.

Come on Umvoti Municipality - look toyour laurels.

You have a responsibility to the resi-dents and rate payers. And please respectSundays which are a time of worship.

Sue Swan

Brushcutterson a Sunday

READERS WRITECorrespondence - Names and addresses of correspondents must in all cases, accompany the com-munications, not necessarily for publication, but as a guarantee of good faith. A free interchange ofmatters of public interest will be encouraged but we are not held responsible as endorsing theopinions of our correspondents.

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IN response to a request from theGreytown Gazette for comment onthe Greytown water crisis, UmvotiSpeaker, Councillor M.S Yengwareplied:

“It is indeedahugeconcern toseeLake Merthley in this state. Unlessthere is amiracle to change this sit-uation there will be a disaster. Youwill recall that during my term asUmzinyathi District Mayor, we ap-pointed the consultants who weregoing to look for a water solutionin Greytown, since the town isgrowingand thecurrent leadershipled by His Worship the Mayor RevJMthethwasupported the initiativethat we started.

“According to the last census re-port the population is 27282 andthat tells you that therewill be a bigwater demand.Consultantsmadeafew recommendations, with the

most appropriate recommendationbeing that of Craigieburn dam. Asof now, contractors have been ap-pointed to start construction of thebulk water pipeline and I am alsoaware that negotiations are goingon with the farmers for servituderights - these negotiations seem tobe positive as we are aware thatthere only six boreholes that supplywater in Greytown and the lake isat 40% or less as of now. I urgeGreytonians to save water to avoidthis crisis of water restrictions.”

Umvoti Municpality Administra-tor, Martin Sithole, commented: “Itook some time togo to theLake lastnight (Thursday). I was shocked tosee the state of the Lake. There areclaims that this started after the in-stallation of the new pipeline toGreytown. As crazy as that may be,I think it would be criti-

cal for the district to conduct a leaktest on the pipeline as one of the at-tempts of finding a solution. In des-perate situations like these, nostone must be left unturned.”

Umvoti DA Councillor P.Buss re-sponded: “I informed the UmvotiManagement in September, withregular reminders, that urgent ac-tionneeds tobe taken toavert awa-ter crisis for Umvoti residents.Eventually, in the Gazette dated 17December,anoticeofwaterrestric-tions, which have not been en-forced,waspublished.This lateandineffective action has left residentswith a major crisis, which couldhave been averted if prompt, effec-tive actionwas takenwhenmy con-cerns were initially raised.

Decisive and drastic action nowneeds to be taken.”

Comment on water crisis

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125 Garden Cottage/Flatlet to Let

SINGLE accomodation onfarm available. Tel: 082291 1308

126 Houses to Let

2 room house to let. Tel:033 413 2393

3/4 bedroom 1 ensuitebathroom, 1 bathroom,double garage and car-ports. R6500 excl waterand lights. Please phoneCorne 072 565 9150

HOUSE for rent R3950excl lights and water@72 Durban Street. Prefera family. Contact VashRobson 073 170 5655/Barlie 082 784 7396

OPEN plan bachelor flatR1950-00 inc. Contact:083 415 3243

129 Outbuildings

OUTBUILDING to rentcontact: 072 433 8996

SECURE building for rent.1 bedroom. R2500 inclw&l. 079 986 4313

132 Wanted to Rent

WANTED: One bedroomhouse urgently. ContactRavi@ tnr Projects. 081405 8448

164 Used Cars

JETTA 2 CLX for saleR22000.00. 074 5185940.

OPEL Rekcord 2.00 (I) Ra-diator for sale R1000.00.Car amp for R650-00.074 518 5940

TOYOTA Corolla 140,2007 model, manual, air-con and leather seats.Tel: 072 666 3666.R65,000.00

173 GeneralEmployment

GREYTOWN Children’sHome is in need of aqualified full time SeniorSocial Worker. Only ap-plicants with a minimumof years 7 years experi-ence should apply. CV’smust be dropped off atGreytown Children’sHome- 177 DurbanStreet. Closing date forapplications will be 28January 2015. If you donot hear from us your ap-plications was unsuc-cessful.

RECEPTION/ Sales. Ad-min position available inGreytown. Please emailyour CV to info@cyfer-fontein.co.za

WORKSHOP MANAGERWANTED. Experiencedworkshop Manager, withsober habits, required forengineering company inDalton, KZN Midlands.Must have extensiveknowledge of trailer bodybuilding and fabrication.Will be required to man-age large staff contin-gent. Knowledge of Zululanguage would be anadvantage. Please sub-mit a detailed CV withtraceable references toreids@ edelnet.co.za

178 Work Wanted:Commercial

BONGISIWE seeks em-ployment, computer liter-ate. Contact: 076 1254665

179 Work Wanted:Domestic

MUKELISIWE seeks do-mestic work. Tel: 076 8917839

NOMPILO seeks domesticwork. Contact: 082 7962531

January month is also known as:•National Bath Safety Month•National Blood Donor Month•National Braille Literacy Month•National Hobby Month•Hot Tea Month•National Oatmeal Month•National Soup MonthDuring the month bizarre andwacky days :2 Run up the Flagpole and See ifAnyone Salutes Day3 Festival of Sleep Day3 Fruitcake Toss Day4 Trivia Day5 National Bird Day6 Bean Day6 Cuddle Up Day7 Old Rock Day8 Bubble Bath Day

8 Male Watcher’s Day9 Play God Day10 Houseplant Appreciation Day10 Peculiar People Day11Step inaPuddleandSplashYourFriend’s Day12 Feast of FabulousWildMen Day13 International Skeptics Day13 Make Your Dream Come TrueDay14 Dress Up Your Pet Day15 National Hat Day16 Appreciate a Dragon Day16 National Nothing Day17 Ditch New Years ResolutionsDay18 Thesaurus Day18 Winnie the Pooh Day19 Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday19 National Popcorn Day

20 National Buttercrunch Day20 Penguin Awareness Day21 National Hugging Day21 Squirrel Appreciation Day22 National Blonde Brownie Day23 National Pie Day23 Measure Your Feet Day24 Beer Can Appreciation Day24 Compliment Day25 Opposite Day26 Spouse’s Day27 Chocolate Cake Day28 Fun at Work Day29 National Puzzle Day30 National Inane Answering Mes-sage Day31 Backward Day31 Inspire Your Heart with Art Day

January Bizarre Days

In the Shower•Put a bucket in the shower whileyou’re waiting for the water towarm up, and use the water youcatch for watering plants, flush-ing the toilet or cleaning.•Install a low-flow showerhead.It may cost you some money upfront, but yourwater conserva-tion efforts will save you mon-ey..and water. Conventionalshowerheads flow at 19 litresper minute or more, whereaslow-flow showerheads typicallyflow at half that (or less!).•Spend less time in the shower. Ifyou lose track of time, bring a radiointothebathroomandtimeyourselfby how many songs play whileyou’re in there. Try to get yourshower time down to a single song(epic rock ballads like Freebirddon’t count!).•Turn off the water if you shave orbrush your teeth in the shower tosave time.

In the Bathtub

•Think of baths as an occasionaltreat and stick to showers. The av-erage bath uses up to 190l water,whereas a 10-minute shower witha low-flow showerhead only uses95l.

At the Sink•Turnoff thewaterwhile youbrushyour teeth and shave.*Fix those leaky faucets. That con-stant drip is more than just annoy-ing, it’s also a huge waste of water.You can lose more than 76l watera day from a single drippy faucet!Toilets•Get a low-flow toilet. Flushing isthe biggest water hog in the house.Older, conventional toilets can use19l per flush, but low-flow modelsuseas littleas6l .Sincetheaverageperson flushes five times a day,the litres can really add up.•If you can’t replace your highervolume toilet, put a plastic bottlefilled with water in your toilettank toreduce theamountofwa-ter used per flush.•Tocheck fora toilet leak,putdyeor food coloring into the tank. Ifcolor appears in the bowl withoutflushing, there’s a leak that shouldbe repaired.•“If it’s yellow, let it mellow.” Thesaying may be cliché, but it’s goodadvice. If you’re grossed out by the“yellow,” justput the toilet liddown.•Don’t flush things down the toiletto dispose of them. Throw tissuesand other bathroom waste in thegarbage can, and not the toilet.

Water savingtips in thebathroom

21 January2015Greytown GazettePage 8

SPORT NEWSFOR the past few years, mem-bers of the Greytown DisabledSports Association have beenmaking theirmarkat theannualwheelchair sports and fun walkheld in George in the Cape.

Despite their wheelchairs notbeing up to par, the group havealways committed themselves

well.Greytown Disabled sports as-

sociationwas formed in 2008 bythe Umvoti People with Disabli-ties group.

Wheelchair racingandwheel-chair basketball was introducedthroughtheassistanceof theDe-partment of Sports and Recre-

ation.Because of their good record,

thegrouphasbeen invitedagainto attend this annual event andare appealing for assistance.

Twenty three disabled ath-letes with seven helpers willtravel by bus to George on 19February and return on 23 Feb-

ruary.Anappeal is beingmade to as-

sist with donations for the groupof 30 to obtain accommodationand food while travelling and inGeorge. Hopefully some of Um-voti’s abled bodyied sportsper-sons will respond to this appeal.

Donations can be left at theGreytown Gazette office or con-tact chairperson Bongani Mkh-ize at 081 867 6208.

Disabled sports people appeal

THEdrawnpairs finalswas finallyand finely played last Saturday.Jack Drew and Geoff Basel cameoutof theblocks firingagainstBry-an Paul and Chris Fischer, andgainedsixpointsbeforeBryanandChris could score.But after a battle royal, it was ahigh scoringmatch which eventu-ally went the way of Bryan andChris 29 - 25.

A good match and well done toGeoff Basel who played very well.

Sunday saw eight Greytownbowlers competing in the NIBApairs first round. Jacques Min-naarandHerbertBalzerwontheirsection and Francois van Rooyenand Andre Roberts also won theirsection to go through to the knockout section.

There has also been a good re-sponse to the second running oftheNIBA Specsavers PRO10 pairsto be played on 22 January and 1March. Greytown has so far en-tered 14 players - entries close on1 February so if you have not en-tered yet - look sharp.

From theditch

REMINDER to all our members-membership feeswill bepaya-ble as from 1 February for thisyear.Thank you to all for your sup-port and contributions - with-out you, theclubwill notbeableto flourish and grow. Please en-courage all your friends to alsojoin the country club family.

Bridget Holmeswalked awaywith themoneyonFridaynight.Congratulationsandenjoy yourwinnings. The next attendance

draw will be on Friday withR100upforgrabs.Behere from6.30pm and you could be thelucky winner.

The big draw of prizes withthe value of up to R4500 will beon Friday, 30 January. Ticketsat R50 are available at the bar.Combined with the sevensbirthday bash and the happyhour, we promise it will be anevent to remember. There willbe a pig on the spit with musicand drinks galore!

The “Sunday 9@9” entry feeis R40 to play nine holes. Rich-ard Chiazzari is sponsoring achicken that will be up for thewinning on Sunday mornings.Owen Naidoo won with 19points.

Dates to diarizeWednesday - Happy Hockey

specialSunday, 25 January - Jen’s

JugFriday,30January -Bigdraw

spit.

Greytown Country Club news

MATIMATOLO Stars start theirABC Motsepe league fixturesthis Saturday when then theyplay Thuthuka at King Edwardpark at 3pm.

This will be the team’s sixthgame of the season duringwhich they have won two,drawn one and lost two.

The players are looking for-ward to bouncing back afterending 2014 without gettingany points in the last gameagainst Milford FC.

The team is prepared to fightto keep its position on the logsince it is its first seasonpartici-pating in the SAFA (South Afri-

8642), urges uMvoti residentsto come out and support theirlocal team,withrisingyoung lo-cal players like Andiswa (AkaKerison)Ndawonde,Cebo (Car-rot) Mlambo also Thami (Mgiji-mi) Madondo and senior play-ers likecaptainBongani (Chick-en) Nzuza, Phiwa (Njemba)Gcabashe and Vuyani (Mavish)Khumalo.

The club is also requestingbusinesses to support it in itshistory making playing in thesemi-professional league ofSouth Africa and we thank youall for your support. - Suppliedby Linda Nzuza.

Matimatolo Stars in 2nd division

ALITTLErainduringthelastweekwasmostwelcome.Theroughwasgetting sticky and dry...now it willjust be sticky.

The fairways grew as normaland thegreensweregettinga littlehard.

The verti-cuttingwill be repeat-ed this week as there has been athatch build up.

The bass dam, as well as thetrout dam, have showed no recov-ery from the little shower...it nowis possible to play out of the waterhazard, where previously yourball would have been lost in thehazard, but don't ground yourclub.

This comingSaturday is the firstFarmers Agri-Care monthly mug,but the second one for the 2014/2015 membership year.

To enter is easy, phone to bookand select to playmedal or stable-ford or both.

However to win the FarmersAgri-Care monthly mug you musthave completed 18 holes of medalplay.

For those of you who watchedthe cricket between the Proteasand theWest Indies and seen AB'smagnificent score of 149 runs offvery few balls, you would not liketoget that score inamedal compe-tition - unlike cricket, in golf lessis more.

Reminder that the changes inrules proposed at the AGM to-wards the endof last yearwill nowbe implemented, although thenew green is not yet in play andshould be 100% ready for the Ar-cadia Golf day to be played overtwo days at two courses - St Cath-ryn’s and Greytown. This fund-raiser is in aid of Arcadia old agehome...something for all of us to

StCathryn’snews

consider becauseone day we allcould be residentsof an old agehome.

This Friday, 23January, the clubwillbeopenandwewill sms what’s fordinner to the gar-den club members- please phone tofind out and/orbook for dinner.

Please phone Pi-et at 083 269 1661.

can Foot-ball Associ-ation) 2nddivision.

Matimto-lo Stars di-rector, Lin-da Nzuza(072 520

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