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The area where Tzaneen started developing to grow into a town (these days the second big-gest in Limpopo, aft er the capital Polokwane) was surveyed and planned by land surveyor H Manaschewitz in 1919. It was in that year that a Certifi cate of Township Title was issued by the Government of the Union of South Afri-ca, providing for a township called the Town-ship of Tzaneen. Tzaneen thus celebrates its 95th birthday this year.

The origin of the name Tzaneen is unclear. There are three theories; all assuming that it is derived from the Sesotho language. One theory states that it derives from Batsaneng (meaning “People of the Small Village”), the name of a group who split away from the Bokgaga tribe. Other theories state that the name derives either from the word tsaneng, which means come together, or tsana, which means basket of hills or the basket used to seperate the wheat from the chaff .

However, there is another theory which says that the name Tzaneen came from the name Dzanani. This was the place where the vha-Venda lived many years ago; it is said that the whole area from Limpopo (Vhem-be) river to the now called Olifants river was occupied by vha-Venda, and in the East to the area known as Madzivhanombe (around Giyani). Not far from Tzaneen is Bolobedu (where some Venda-origin people are still living).

It comprises an area of approximately 3 240 km², and extends from Haenertsburg in the west to Rubbervale in the east (85 km), and just south of Modjadjiskloof in the north, to Trichardtsdal in the south (47 km).

The municipal boundaries form an irregu-lar, inverted T-Shape, which results in cer-tain developmental implications for the mu-nicipality, and more specifi cally the distance to markets, diffi culties in respect of service provision, and constraints to implementing development vision/strategy.

The area encompasses the proclaimed towns of Tzaneen, Nkowankowa, Lenyenye, Letsitele

and Haenertsburg. At least 125 rural villages are to be found in the jurisdiction of the Greater Tzaneen Municipality (GTM). Almost 80% of households reside in these rural villages.

The municipal area is further characterized by extensive and intensive farming activities (commercial timber, cash crops, tropical and citrus fruit production); mountainous, inac-cessible terrain in the west and south, and

uneven topography (gentle slopes) to the north and east — areas with exceptional natural beauty, with considerable untapped tourism potential.

According to the Census Statistics SA of 2001, the GTM had a total population of 375 588 comprising of 171 119 males and 204 469 females. Females outnumber males. This is att ributed to the migrant labour system and

the fact that females normally outlive their male counterparts. Young people between the ages of 0 and 35 constitute 74% (277 935) of the total population of the municipality.

The are mainly in their late thirties and pensioners. This demonstrates and confi rms that young people and women constitute the majority of the population within the mu-nicipality. The economic potential therefore

lies within the available younger generation of the municipality that is still strong and could be retained for local job opportunities.

However, the Statistics South Africa 2007 Community Survey put the population of the municipality at 349 086, which might be misleading. The GTM therefore relies on the 2001 census population results for their planning processes.

According to the Community Survey 2007, the Blacks constitute the majority of the population with 344 112 people, followed by Whites with 3 564, Indian/Asian with 1 176 and Coloured with 232.

In terms of languages, Sepedi was domi-nating in the GTM’s area with 199 473 and Isi-Ndebele is the lowest with 108 according to the 2001 census.

According to the 2007 survey, the mu-nicipality comprises of 89 831 households. Males constitute 47 961 of heads of house-holds whereas females constitute 41 870. This demonstrates that the area has many females who are left to take care of families. This may require the planning and budget-ing processes of the municipality to be gen-der biased, in order to respond to the cur-rent realities.

The unemployment fi gure within the Greater Tzaneen Municipality was 20% , lower than both the national and provincial averages at 23,2 % and 27,7% respectively. The municipality’s LED strategy and other related programmes should begin to be geared towards decreasing these fi gures , through the creation of decent work for the local population.

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It is believed that in the early 1900’s a small canteen of sorts (or pub) was run by a Mr Hirchfi eld and a litt le trading post run by a Mr Lloyd at what was known as the Letaba Drift . Mr Abraham Perlmann, bett er known as Perlie, is believed to have been the fi rst trader to sett le in Tzaneen.

He bought stand No 54 at an auction in 1920 where he built a shop along the Yamorna Street frontage (later to be named Danie Joubert Street), with an adjoining fl at at the back on Agatha Street. He also built two rondavels on the station side of the stand, from where he conducted a monkey

nut shelling and processing business. The huge heap of shells in the yard had the health committ ee up in arms about the plague of rats. He later concentra-ted more on real estate and bought numerous farms in the district. He moved onto the farm Oceana beyond Lushof, where he lived for many years.

Perlie leased the shop on the corner of Yamorna Street to Mr Hymie Gold who ran the popular Tzaneen stores for many years. Shops in those days looked nothing like the supermarkets we know today. Firstly, there were no large display windows and no chrome door frames installed by shopfi tt ers. The verandah roof was supported by sturdy pillars, the windows were small and the double door was made of planks. Tzaneen Stores consisted of a groceries section on the left hand side with a wooden counter stretching along its width. Behind the counter were the shelves containing the stock. You were served by assistants who weighed and measured out your sugar, rice and mielie meal, and had your empty bott le fi lled with paraffi n for your lamps and refrigerators. In the centre of the shop was the ladies department and household goods, towels and blankets. The women’s clothing was packed into boxes with a clear celluloid end panel on one side. They looked something like school suitcases On the right hand side was the gent’s department, also with its clothing boxes and shoe boxes

on the shelves, not forgett ing the overcoats hanging from the ceiling. In the far corner of the gent’s department was a connecting door that led to the hardware section.

Many people were sure that Gold never knew what was stack-ed away in that section, as it was probably never cleaned or dusted. Anything you needed Gold was sure to fi nd somewhere under bags of nails or behind a plough or the saddles. In fact, he stocked everything from the proverbial needle to an anchor.

He had a keen sense of humour and everyone was caught by the coin glued to the counter in the hardware department and wired to a car batt ery under the counter, which gave a shock to anyone trying to pick it up. He had a passion for challenging you to a game of matches, There was not a thing he bought and sometimes sold that he

didn’t off er you double or quits, be it a cabbage or a pound of nails or even his daily purchase of meat from the butcher.

In those days there was no ice-cream to be bought in Tzaneen, so Gold arranged for large green canvas containers fi lled with dry ice and ice cream, to be trailed from Pietersburg. It was a red lett er day when the train arrived with the ice-cream. The customers crowded at the varandah to buy straight from the containers, and in no time it was sold out.

— Excerpts from the book Tzaneen 75 (1919 to 1994) by Louis Changuion

An early aerial photo of Tzaneen looking down Yamorna (Danie Joubert) Street. In the foreground is the Agatha Street cross-

ing. (circa 1950)

� e business hub in the early 1920’sCommerce is the pulse of any town and to feel the pulse you have to know the heart beat. In this issue of Van toeka tot Nou, we will take you on a short tour through Tzaneen and how the town was formed, as well as who were the promi-nent pioneers and businessmen of the times.

Tzaneen has an interesting history and thanks to Prof Lou-is Changuion and his research, the Bulletin is able to bring you the facts as it is writt en in his book Tzaneen 75 (1919-1994).

Yamorna Street a few years later. The photograph was taken from the old Post Office with Lannie Lane of the left. The big tree on the left is in front of the hotel with Troyes Garage across

the road.

Yamorna Street in 1924. It later changed to Danie Joubert Street.

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Aft er resigning from the South African Con-stabulary he eventually arrived at the spot at the drift through the Letaba River which was to become Tzaneen. In 1907 he opened the fi rst Hotel there and later built a more impos-ing structure where the Tzaneen Karos Hotel was. He was also the mayor from 1933-1935.

George Augustus Morgan

One of the new landmarks in Tzaneen is the stylish and very conveniently situated Hotel@Tzaneen, o� ering accommodation in a number of permutations, ranging from self-catering single units to large family units.

Fase Twee van Tzaneen se Lifestyle Sentrum gaan ‘n opwindende nuwe inkopie-era vir die hele Laeveld inlui en in ‘n ekonomiese kragpunt ontwikkel, sê die ontwikkelaar Resilient se me Susan Tempel.

Dit sal saamsmelt met die bestaande struk-tuur en boustyl, sodat die gebouekompleks ‘n hegte, dog uitgebreide eenheid vorm.

Bouwerk sal binne die volgende paar maande begin, sodra Resilient sy kontrakte met verskeie ankerhuurders gefi naliseer het. Die tweede fase sal na verwagting in 2016 voltooi wees, met die vooruitsig dat die winkelruimtes groter as normaal en ‘n onbeperkte verskeidenheid items beskik-

baar sal wees.Dit sal as ‘n volwaardige winkelkompleks

die streeksentrum vir Tzaneen en omlig-gende dorpe word, met die beskikbaarheid van goedere wat kieskeurige kopers hier sal hou pleks van ‘n rit na Polokwane of Pretoria.

Tempel sê sodra samesprekings en ooreen-komste met die nuwe huurders afgehandel is, sal besonderhede en grafi ese voorstell-ings van die nuwe projek bekend gemaak kan word.

Sy sê dit gaan ‘n groot fokuspunt in die Laeveld wees, met die vooruitsigte van sterk ekonomiese groeikrag vir die streek.

Tweede fase begin eersdaags

The earliest reference to a Town Hall in the history of Tzaneen was on 5 December 1928. It was minuted that “the committ ee “ approached the Publicity Association and the Farmers Association and asked that they should join forces to build a Town Hall. It seems nothing came of that venture, because on 29 January 1935 a motion was passed by the committ ee to apply for the approval for municipal offi ces to be built at a cost of £120.

On 9 April 1935 the health committ ee re-solved to apply for a loan of £4000 to build a Town Hall. The fi nal ground fl oor plan caused a lot of dissension amongst the community, and must have caused quite a headache for the “architect”. In the build-ing was to be a library, a meeting place for the TAU (insisted on by Ida Dilly) a sup-per room for dances to be held, a stage and dressing rooms for men and women (insisted on by Mr Kriek for his amateur dramatic productions) a room for the for-estry department and of course offi ces for the health committ ee.

Messrs Coetzer and Hatt ingh were ap-pointed as the members of the building committ ee. The bricks were made and burnt in Billy Maritz’s front garden on his farm. The excavation was planned for the area to be used for a swimming pool, but was turned into a large sunken garden instead.

At long last the building was completed, much to the delight of the community. Many wonderful dances were held in the hall and many travelling theatrical com-panies performed on the stage, amongst others the famous André Hugeunet and his company. Not to be forgott on was Ms Wat-ney’s annual dancing classes concert.

On 25 August 1937, the use of the supper room as a temporary classroom was au-thorised because the school building was too small. It was found that the fl oor of the hall was not suitable or had been eaten by ants and was therefore replaced with a fl oor of sneezewood - which caused a dis-aster the fi rst time a dance was held on the newly sanded fl oor. The next week maids were brought in from all quarters to scrub the fl oor and polish it to remove the saw-dust powder. To make the fl oor more suit-able for dancing, handsfull of mielie meal were scatt ered over the fl oor.

On 30 October 1939 the school principal again applied to the committ ee for the use of the side stoep for extra classes. The town hall served in many other ways. When Tza-neen Pharmacy rebuilt their premises, the pharmacy moved into the side rooms of the town hall, as did Barclays Bank. Many functions were held in the hall. At that stage the sneezewood fl oor had been replaced by parquet fl ooring.

When the building was found to be no longer suitable, the council moved into the old premises of the roads department op-posite the police station. The “Grand old Lady” was demolished — another land- mark lost to Tzaneen. The site was sold to Rentmeester.

Grand Old Lady’s last dance

(Hotelier) 1876-1936

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The Tzaneen Hotel was the heart of the town. Everything grew and radiated from a litt le shop owned by a Mr Lloyd and a small shack or house of sorts that was referred to as a hotel and pub that was built by Mr Hirchfi eld.

Ex sgt George Morgan resigned from the SA Constabulary in 1907 and became the proud owner of the hotel, not far from the Letaba river drift . With the establishment of the Tzaneen station, improvements were made to the buildings. A single storey build-ing was built with a veranda around it and the words hotel painted on the roof. Rows of rooms and a few rondavels were built behind the main building. At the side of the main hotel building, he later built a hall in which dances and other functions were held, until he later installed a projector and per-manent seating for Tzaneen’s fi rst bioscope. The hall also had a stage where, in later days, amateur productions were staged by Mr Kriek, Ms Dilly and Mr Bevil Granville, who was considered to be an electrician of sorts.

Many a time when the lights went out Granville, dressed in his costume, had to coax the small engines back to live.

Ms Maude Meese managed the hotel. All the baking and most of the cooking was done by Mrs Smalberger at her boarding house. She also did all the laundry for the ho-tel. Morgan died in

1936. Aft er considerable negotiations and with the approval of the Supreme Court, Celia (his fi rst wife) bought the hotel from the estate. She borrowed money to renovate it and a double story and a large new dining room to the north side were added. Through hard work, the help of her second husband, Mr Peter Gregg, and fi nancial backing of her friend. Gregg made an immense success of the hotel. Its reputation spread far and wide. The hotel became the social centre of the dis-trict.

Gregg took charge of running the bar and bott le store and sgt Snyman assisted him. During the war, Peter was called up to serve in the forces leaving a heavy burden on Ce-lia, who suff ered a slight stroke which left the side of her face slightly eff ected. This made her decide to sell the hotel in 1944 for £45 000. She died in 1974.

The hotel was bought by Mr Charlie Ma-lan and his wife Patsy, who ran it for a few years. The rooms on the second fl oor were divided by double hard-board, fi lled with

wood shavings. Charlie sold the hotel to Mr Pat Venables in 1955. He had the hotel de-molished and a modern three storey build-ing built in its place. When it was completed, Venables gave a lavish ball to celebrate its opening. Proceeds were donated to Ms Ida Dilly in aid of the new hospital.

Heartbreak hotel of Tzaneen

The same hotel in the 1950’s.

Farmer, saw mill owner, roller mill owner and � nally garage owner... The OK Garage was for many years one of the larger garages in Tzaneen. The OK Charity Fund was formed from money bequeathed in his estate.

Otto Klostershulte

The original Tzaneen Hotel in 1920.

The same hotel in 1935.

(Businessman, garage owner and farmer)

1885-1943

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Die koerantwese in Tzaneen het net so ‘n interes-sante geskiedenis soos die dorp en die omgewing.

Reeds sedert 15 Januarie 1959 kon Tzaneen met sy eie gratis koerant spog, die “Impala”. Dit is destyds deur mnr Ron-nie van der Berg begin en in daardie stadium was Tzaneen waar-skynlik een van die klein-ste dorpe in die land wat met sy eie koe-rant kon spog. Die Impala is in 1968 aan ‘n ander bekende inwoner van die dorp, mnr Theo Senekal, verkoop. Onder sy bestuur het die koerant van krag tot krag gegroei totdat hy in 1974 besluit het om nie meer ‘n koerant uit te gee nie.

Dieselfde jaar het die Laevelder-groep van Nelspruit, onder die bestuur van mnr Jan Cilliers, besluit om ‘n nuwe koe-rant in Tzaneen te begin. In September dieselfde jaar het die eerste uitgawe van die Letaba Laevelder op straat verskyn.

In 1976 het Senekal se hande egter begin jeuk en hy het ‘n sukkelende “Zeederberg” oorgeneem en op meer vaste voete geplaas. In 1978

het hy besluit om die besigheid te verkoop en die voortbestaan van die “Zeederberg” is kort geknip.

In die 6 November 1959-uitgawe van die Impala was ‘n getikte berig van Makoma, dogter van die ontslape Koniging Modjadji 111 wat amptelik as Opperhoof Modjadji 1V op 22 Oktober 1959 ingehuldig is.

In ‘n ander inskrywing word ‘n 1958 Chevrolet LAW, met 18 000 myl vir £750 verkoop, wat as ‘n winskoop beskou is. Per-desport, hengelnuus en forel vang was deel van die nuus. Die koerantjie is propvol in-

teressante nuus van babas se geboortes, inbrake, reënval en eksamenkoors. Dit was ook die jaar wat produksiue van Fanta-koeldrank begin het.

Die koerant is in Julie 1979 deur mnr Piet Snyman ge-koop en die naam is verander na Let-aba Herald. In 1983 het Snyman weens gesondheidsredes besluit om dit weer aan die Laevelder-groep terug te verkoop, maar in 1985 het hy weer die koerant van die Laevelder-groep

gekoop.— Uitreksel uit

die boek Tzaneen-75 (1919-1994) deur Louis Changuion.

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Die 6 Mei 1966 uitgawe van die Impala.

Die 6 November 1959 uitgawe van die Impala.

Boere van die omgewing en ander lede van die publiek het geld geskenk vir die huur van ‘n kamer vir ‘n biblioteek in die eerste dorpsraad se kantore. Die eerste biblioteek is in 1946 geopen en is georganiseer en beheer deur ‘n komitee bestaande uit Spike Barry, Gilliland, Trosky, Len Dekenah en Awie Wessels. Die persone het beurte gemaak om boeke uit te reik. Heelwat later was me Marie van der Steen en mnr Tony Laws ook betrokke by die biblioteek. Heelwat boeke is aan die biblioteek geskenk.

Die biblioteek was in ‘n aantrekkamer op die verhoog van die dorpsaal (ou Checkers — regoor Northern Ford). Die bibliotekaresse moes op die verhoog staan en boeke uitreik. Die biblioteek-ure was op ‘n Dinsdag van 10:00 tot 12:00, Donderdag van 15:00 tot 17:00 en Saterdag van 09:00 tot 12:00. Die bibliotekaresse se salaris was £3 per maand. Wessels is genader vir ‘n verhoging na £5.

Die stadsklerk, mnr Ted King, is genader om ‘n groter lokaal beskikbaar te stel. Die spens is toe gebruik as die biblioteek en die stoep as die plek waar boeke uitgereik is. Wanneer daar ‘n dans of konsert in die saal was, moes die biblioteek Saterdae sluit, aangesien die stoep as ‘n kroeg gebruik is. ‘n Paar

jaar later is daar ‘n groter kamer met meer rakke beskikbaar gestel.

Toe die beampte van binnelandse sake se kantoor geskuif het na die nuwe landdroskantoor, het die biblioteek na twee kamers aan die regterkant van die dorpsaal geskuif. Die munisipale kantore is later verskuif na die TPA -gebou regoor die huidige polisiestasie in Danie Joubertstraat. Die biblioteek was hier totdat die huidige munisipale kantore gebou is.

Volgens die koerant “Impala” is die eerste boeke in 1962 van die TPA se biblioteekdiens ontvang, danksy die mobiele boekwa. In dié tyd was mnr B Fouche die streekbibliotekaris van Noord-Transvaal. Weens swak grondpaaie en meganiese probleme het die boekwa ook nie altyd betyds aangekom nie. Boeke is ook ontvang van die vorige Van Velden Landgoed en ene mnr Berman se plaas.

Die nuwe standaardbiblioteek met ‘n vloeroppervlakte van 1 019 vierkante meter is teen ‘n koste van R1,7 miljoen gebou en is in Augustus 1990 in gebruik geneem.

Die gebou is amptelik deur die direkteur: biblioteek- en museumdiens, me BS Hansen, op 19 Oktober 1990 geopen.

Die eerste biblioteek

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The fi rst black and white silent movies in Tzaneen were shown by Mr Jan Haar. His equipment was loaded on the back of his Model T truck. It consisted of a portable projector with a Homelite petrol engine. He gave shows at the side of Tzaneen Hotel. A canvas was used for a screen. The fi rst show was “Die Voortrekker”, that brought sobs from the audiences. He also screened other well-known fi lms i.e. “Tom Mix Story” and “Dicken’s Tale of two Cities”.

In 1935, Mr George Morgan decided to install a singe 35 mm sound projector in the hall next to the hotel. Messrs Maurice and Les Gerber, with Mr Ted King, ran the shows while Ms Lizzie, Maurice’s wife, manned the ticket booth.

The rat infested hall was not very water tight and when it rained, and it rained a lot in those days, patrons used their umbrellas. As it was only a single projector and each reel had to be rewound, the patrons would traipse out of the hall and congregate on the Hotel verandah next to the bar.

When the bell rang, they would all fi le back for the next reel. When the fi lm broke or the wrong reel was put on, the lights were switched on and you just had to wait. Once when the fi lm Jean d’Arc (Joan of Arc) starring Ingrid Bergmann was shown, only two of the tree reels arrived — so the guests had to go back the next week to see the end of the fi lm. One farmer hurled his boot at the screen in disgust. Seating was very primitive at fi rst; you had to bring you own chair or sit on planks strung between boxes. Second-hand bioscope seats were acquired at a later stage. They were not very comfortable but it was an improvement. The west side door was kept open and an old garden bench was placed at the right

angle so that the black staff could sit and watch the show.

The old Tzaneen Hotel was demolished

in 1952 and Maurice and Lizzie decided to build their own cinema in Morgan Street. They opened the new bioscope on 2 September 1952. It boasted two projectors, a sloping fl oor and curtains that mechanically opened and closed in front of the screen, and a balcony. A slide projector was used to project the “fi nger marked” advertising slides.

In 1973 the Gerber’s refurbished the litt le bioscope, adding new plush comfortable seats, velvet curtains to improve the sound and large cut-outs of the continents of the world were att ached to the side walls.Concealed lights shone through the litt le holes that marked the capitals and the borders. The Gerber’s also brought some cats to the bioscope to deal with the rat problem.

Maurice Gerber died in 1976. Lizzie felt she could no longer continue so she sold the bioscope to Mr Gordon and Ms Jean Torrance, who owned the local bott le store.

Then the drive-in came and the support and interest dwindled. Gordon decided to move out of the large bioscope building, which was demolished, to a smaller venue in Boulevard Building with forty seats. With the advent of TV there was no longer a market for a bioscope in Tzaneen, so Gordon closed it down in 1979.

Let’s go to the movies

The advert Gerber’s Cinema placed in the Impala Newspaper.

Lizzie and Maurice Gerber, owners of the cinema in Morgan Street for many years.

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AcknowledgementsJournalists: Roelien Vorster & Louis Roux

Advertising: Jacques Smuts (Concept) & Thinus van Deventer

Design: Tamryn Branch, Yvonne Ndlovu, Winfred Baloyi & David Morrison

Prof Louis Changuion Author of Tzaneen 75 (1919-1994)

Ms Shirley Potgieter Some of the old photographs

Ms Beth Keller Copies of the Impala newspaper

Die Ben Vorster Boundarystraat 1

Tzaneen 0850

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Merensky is die oudste hoërskool in die Noordelike Laeveld en met sy leuse, Labor et Conserva, oftewel ‘Werk en Spaar’ het die skool ‘n tradisie van harde werk en volharding. Die Hoërskool

Merensky is vernoem na Dr Hans Merensky wat £2 000 geskenk het om middele te koop wat nie deur die Departement van Onderwys en Opvoeding voorsien is nie. Daar is, onder meer, ‘n klavier gekoop wat steeds gebruik word.The farm originally belonged to a Mr Altenroxel who sold it to the Milner

Government. Merensky High School was originally started as training grounds for British Settlers. On the premises were a hospital, mortuary and rondavels for the � rst English students.Die plaas waarop die plaasskool opgerig is, was vroeër bekend as Tzaneen Nr 5, ‘n gedeelte van die oorspronklike plaas Tzaneen

538, wat omtrent 6 000 akker beslaan het. Die proefplaas is veral gebruik vir die verbouing van tabak. Van die ou inwoners van die distrik het op die plaas gewerk. Die Cederellabome wat agter die adjunk-hoof se huis gestaan het, is spesiaal aangeplant om as hout vir sigaretdosies te dien. Die boere van Brits het egter

vertoë gerig dat die staat met die boere op landbougebied meeding en die plaas is na die Eerste Wêreldoorlog deur die staat in hoewes verdeel en aan oudgediendes beskikbaar gestel. Twee van die hoewes is later deur twee � nansiers van Johannesburg, mnre Carliss en Donaldson, vir ‘n bedrag

van £5 000 gekoop.

Die destydse administrateur van Transvaal, mnr Simon Bekker, was baie bekommerd oor die plattelandse kinders en na oorweging het sewe skoolplase, waaronder Merensky, tot stand gekom.

Die Transvaalse Provinsiale Administrasie het dié twee hoewes, saam 318 morg groot, gedurende 1934/35 gekoop. Dit is waar die Hoërskool Merensky tans is.

The TPA bought the ground during the depression years of the 1930’s, when the inhabitants of the country districts were reduced to an existence upon the barest necessities. In those days the school catered for people who could not a� ord to send their children long distances to school, nor keep them at boarding school. The agricultural land as well as pastures, which today form such an attractive setting for the school, were once a

main source of food supplies.

Op die plaas is geboue vir verskillende doeleindes opgerig. Daar was die ou Fabrieksgebou waarin hoofsaaklik tabak verwerk is. Die plaas het ook met sy eie skool, die Estate Skool, met mnr Len Dekenah as hoof, gespog. In daardie stadium het die meeste van die leerlinge egter oorkant die spruit gewoon. Op versoek van die ouers is ‘n skool en woning daar opgerig. Daar is ook gevrees vir die leerlinge se gesondheid as gevolg van malaria. Om die siekte te bekamp is Suster Naudé, ‘n verpleegster, in 1936 aangestel. Daar het ontsettende harde werk op haar gewag — malaria het elke jaar talle slago� ers geëis. Gedurende die eerste jare na haar aankoms was die hospitaal gedurende die somermaande na ‘n vakansie en naweke gedurig vol. Soms moes selfs van die bovertrekke in die kombuis gebruik word, om al die pasiënte te huisves. Te midde van al die harde werk, is die hospitaal in ‘n brand verwoes en het Suster Naudé baie van haar persoonlike besittings verloor. Dr Siegfried Annecke, na wie die Laerskool Dr Annecke in Letsitele vernoem is, het dikwels dokters en studente na die hospitaal op Merensky gebring, om aan hulle te toon hoe die hospitaal ingerig was en watter uitstekende

behandeling malaria-pasiënte daar ontvang het.

More than 45 years ago Merensky High School became an Agricultural School. At that stage more than 500 pupils had enrolled at the school. 45 years ago, the present buildings were o� cially opened and the ceremony was conducted by the Director of Education, Mr A.J. Koen. In 1972, shortly after Mr Roets became principal, there was a celebration and each class

planted a Red Essenhout tree. In 1975 the school was o� cially christened Merensky High School.

Geskiedenis

Vandag is Hoërskool Merensky een van die toonaangewende akademiese skole in Limpopo. Uit ‘n nederige begin ontwikkel ‘n skool met die wydste moontlike vakkeuse, moderne goedversorgde

fasiliteite en internasionale erkenning op vele terreine.

Hoërskool

Merensky is die oudste hoërskool in die Noordelike Laeveld en met sy leuse, Labor et Conserva, oftewel ‘Werk en Spaar’ het die skool ‘n tradisie van harde werk en volharding. Die Hoërskool

Merensky is vernoem na Dr Hans Merensky wat £2 000 geskenk het om middele te koop wat nie deur die Departement van Onderwys en Opvoeding voorsien is nie. Daar is, onder meer, ‘n klavier gekoop wat steeds gebruik word.The farm originally belonged to a Mr Altenroxel who sold it to the Milner

Government. Merensky High School was originally started as training grounds for British Settlers. On the premises were a hospital, mortuary and rondavels for the � rst English students.Die plaas waarop die plaasskool opgerig is, was vroeër bekend as Tzaneen Nr 5, ‘n gedeelte van die oorspronklike plaas Tzaneen

538, wat omtrent 6 000 akker beslaan het. Die proefplaas is veral gebruik vir die verbouing van tabak. Van die ou inwoners van die distrik het op die plaas gewerk. Die Cederellabome wat agter die adjunk-hoof se huis gestaan het, is spesiaal aangeplant om as hout vir sigaretdosies te dien. Die boere van Brits het egter

vertoë gerig dat die staat met die boere op landbougebied meeding en die plaas is na die Eerste Wêreldoorlog deur die staat in hoewes verdeel en aan oudgediendes beskikbaar gestel. Twee van die hoewes is later deur twee � nansiers van Johannesburg, mnre Carliss en Donaldson, vir ‘n bedrag

Die destydse administrateur van Transvaal, mnr Simon Bekker, was baie bekommerd oor die plattelandse kinders en na oorweging het sewe skoolplase, waaronder Merensky, tot stand gekom.

Die Transvaalse Provinsiale Administrasie het dié twee hoewes, saam 318 morg groot, gedurende

The TPA bought the ground during the depression years of the 1930’s, when the inhabitants of the country districts were reduced to an existence upon the barest necessities. In those days the school catered for people who could not a� ord to send their children long distances to school, nor keep them at boarding school. The agricultural land as well as pastures, which today form such an attractive setting for the school, were once a

Op die plaas is geboue vir verskillende doeleindes opgerig. Daar was die ou Fabrieksgebou waarin hoofsaaklik tabak verwerk is. Die plaas het ook met sy eie skool, die Estate Skool, met mnr Len Dekenah as hoof, gespog. In daardie stadium het die meeste van die leerlinge egter oorkant die spruit gewoon. Op versoek van die ouers is ‘n skool en woning daar opgerig. Daar is ook gevrees vir die leerlinge se gesondheid as gevolg van malaria. Om die siekte te bekamp is Suster Naudé, ‘n verpleegster, in 1936 aangestel. Daar het ontsettende harde werk op haar gewag — malaria het elke jaar talle slago� ers geëis. Gedurende die eerste jare na haar aankoms was die hospitaal gedurende die somermaande na ‘n vakansie en naweke gedurig vol. Soms moes selfs van die bovertrekke in die kombuis gebruik word, om al die pasiënte te huisves. Te midde van al die harde werk, is die hospitaal in ‘n brand verwoes en het Suster Naudé baie van haar persoonlike besittings verloor. Dr Siegfried Annecke, na wie die Laerskool Dr Annecke in Letsitele vernoem is, het dikwels dokters en studente na die hospitaal op Merensky gebring, om aan hulle te toon hoe die hospitaal ingerig was en watter uitstekende

More than 45 years ago Merensky High School became an Agricultural School. At that stage more than 500 pupils had enrolled at the school. 45 years ago, the present buildings were o� cially opened and the ceremony was conducted by the Director of Education, Mr A.J. Koen. In 1972, shortly after Mr Roets became principal, there was a celebration and each class

planted a Red Essenhout tree. In 1975 the school was o� cially christened Merensky High

Geskiedenis

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In September 1996 het die langsame proses begin om ‘n li-sensie te bekom vir ‘n privaat hospitaal in Tzaneen.

Onder leiding van dr Ig van Rensburg, is die sakesektor en die publiek betrek. Na baie navorsing is ‘n amptelike

aansoek in 1997 by die departement van gesondheid inge-dien. Dit het die departement vyf jaar gevat om die aansoek sonder meer af te keur, maar dit het nie die aansoekers ont-moedig nie. In dieselfde jaar is ‘n hersieningaansoek aan die hooggeregshof gerig.

In Maart 2002 is getuienis gelewer en die uitspraak is legs ‘n week later gelewer — ‘n lisensie is deur die hof gelas en beplanning kon in alle erns begin.Dinge het fl ink gevorder en ‘n jaar nadat die aansoek aan-vaar en die lisensie toegestaan is, het MediClinic Tzaneen geopen. Die hospitaal het met 64 beddens, twee teaters en slegs ‘n paar algemene praktisyns begin. Daar was in die begin slegs besoekende spesialiste wat een of twee dae per week of een keer in twee weke Tzaneen besoek het.

Deesdae het Tzaneen ‘n dosyn of meer spesialiste. Van Rens-burg, wat van die begin af voorsitt er van die direksie is, het noue skakeling op alle vlakke verseker. Die MediClinic was nog altyd onder die toptien van 52 MediClinic-hospitale in Suider-Afri-ka.’n Ses-maandelikse gradering sluit onder meer in die gehalte van behandeling, doeltreff ende infeksiebeheer, suksesvolle in-vordering van geld, pynbeheer en pasiëntt evredenheid.

Kundigheid wat vertrou kan word

Tzaneen MediClinic.

In 1920 there was an existing hospital on Tzaneen Estate (Krabbefontein) nine kilometers away from the new Tzaneen Township. Although at the time it was not contemplated that this hospital should be moved to the new township, the then dis-trict surgeon, dr Hoare, suggested that some erven should be reserved for a future hospital, when an extention to the new township would be planned.

When in 1921 land for the fi rst extension of Tzaneen was being surveyed, the surveyor, Mr Gracy, reserved six er-ven for a future hospital and the residence of the district surgeon. When the fi rst extension was proclaimed in 1924 these seven erven were registered in the name of the Tza-neen Health Committ ee, which was the forerunner to the Tzaneen Village Council.

Researching the records of these erven, it seems the idea of establishing a hospital in Tzaneen fell by the wayside as the seven erven were sold by the health committ ee in the early 1930’s. Two were sold to the Pretoria Dioscesson Trustees (new Anglican church), one transferred to the government for a residence for the postmaster and four to other Tzaneen residents.

That Duiwelskloof in 1922 had opened an eight-bed hos-pital could have been the reason not to proceed with one in

Tzaneen. It was nearly forty years later that Tzaneen pos-sessed its own hospital — the Van Velden Memorial Hos-pital.

At present there is litt le known about Van Velden and his wife. Both were born in Holland, his full name and title was colonel Dirk Overgauw van Velden. He was employed in the legal department of the Netherlands government in Batavia in the then Dutch East Indies. Aft er his resignation, he and his wife immigrated to South Africa where he worked for a while in the legal department in the Smuts government. He also became the chairman of the central land board.

Aft er his retirement he bought a piece of the farm Broederstroom Drift near Tzaneen (what is Lushof today) where he started farming. Both he and his wife loved Tzaneen and wanted to do something for the district. The couple, being childless, drew up a will to the eff ect that on the last spouse’s death everything must be sold and the proceeds (or part of it) must go to the establishment of a

hospital in Tzaneen.Aft er Ms Van Velden’s death a large auc-

tion was held on the farm which became the sale of the year. First the farm was sold, which was considered valuable due to its proximity to Tzaneen. It could also be sub-divided and sold as plots, as it eventually

turned out. Aft er that the furniture was sold, including val-uable antiques. The sale went on all day and it is still talked about to this day.

At that time hospitals were controlled and administered by the Transvaal Provincial Administration. Mr Rob Ferreira in Nelspruit was the MPC of hospitals. Mr Claude Wheatley, was then Tzaneen’s mayor and he was also a member of the board of Shiluvane Hospital. He thus knew the workings of the administration and he went to see Ferreira to try to get the hospital built. Wheatley left that meeting with the notion that the building of a hospital in Tzaneen was not going to be such an easy matt er as he thought and events proved him right.

Province kept stalling and excuses kept coming, the last one was that they had no staff for a new hospital. But at last the hospital was built and on 14 February 1964 the Van Velden Hospital was offi cially opened by the administrator of the Transvaal, Mr FH Odendaal.

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According to Mrs Beth Keller, the fi rst ga-rage in Tzaneen was in Yamorna Street in the 1920’s. It was a rather shabby building, with a big corrugated iron door in front. It was owned by Mr Maurice Gerber.

During the 1930’s, the era of the “Tin Liz-zies” and the “Chevy”, two garages opened in Yamorna Street. In 1939 Max Cowan of Pietersburg obtained the General Motors franchise and opened a fi lling station and workshop in Tzaneen on the site where Northern Ford was. One year later, Mr Ott o

Klostershulte of Werne Estate, bought the garage, and thereaft er it was referred to as OK Garage. Mr Klostershulte died in 1943 and the business became a trust. Mr Allan Duff us was the managing director from 1939 to 1972.

Another prominent garage was Troye’s Garage. The company was registered in 1930, the shareholders being Mr Arthur

Troye, Mr GW Kemsley and Mr MC Kems-ley. Four years later it became the author-ised Ford dealer for the Letaba district. In 1937 Mr Troye sold his interest to Mr TA Lawrie of Johannesburg. Captain Edwards was the manager from 1934 to 1947, when the business was sold to Mr Albert Keller.

In 1953 the company bought land from the Tzaneen Village Council for the building of new premises on the outskirts of the town. By 1954 electric fuel pumps were installed and BP petrol was sold. The company was

sold to Eastvaal Ford in 1969 who subse-quently sold the shares to Northern Ford. In 1972 Mr Keller and his son Douglas estab-lished Merkel Motors in Peace Street, which became a Trek fi lling station.

Messrs George Taylor and Phil du Toit stepped into the motor industry when they started with the Datsun agency in 1963. The fi rst Datsun bakkie sold for R1 230.

The garage closed in 1974 when the Danie Joubert Street exit to Pietersburg was changed. In 1975 Tza-neen Toyota opened in Agatha Street. Tay-lor later took over a second outlet, being Du Toit’s Shell fi ll-ing station in Morgan Street. The latt er was closed in 1993 and replaced by a bigger and bett er premises in Agatha Street, op-posite Lannie Motors.

Lannie Motors, with the Volswagen and Audi franchise, is owned by Mr Phil du Toit’s son Paul. Lannie opened in 1964 and was named aft er Lan-nie Lane (which was named aft er a Mr Lancefi eld, an early pioneer).

Garages in Tza-neen have come and gone and changed hands over the years, but the trade will al-ways be an integral part of the econo-my.

Let your wheels take you places

Troye’s Garage in Yamorna Street opposite the hotel.

Two photographs of the OK Garage in Yamorna Street.

- Excerpts from the book Tzaneen-75 (1919-1994) by Louis Changuion.

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Unicorn began its life as Tzaneen English Primary, an English-medium government school which opened its doors in 1971. Mr GJ Malan was the first appointed acting Headmaster, with 9 staff members and a pupil enrolment of 209. The first school committee was elected in 1971 with Mr. Robert Mosse as Chairman.

On 24 March 1972 the new name of the school was announced - Unicorn Primary School and the motto, “Integrity” was officially adopted. The school was named after a mythical beast known as the Unicorn, which appears in the folklore of countries across the world, including our own Khoi and Khoi-san peoples. Ancient legends depict the Unicorn as a mythical beast devoid of evil and always ready to protect the meek and innocent, a fitting name for a school dedicated to developing the lives of young children.

In the early nineties, the parent body of Unicorn voted to become a Model C school. This was followed by becoming a totally independent school on 1 January 1994. Many of the current parents as well as several staff members were pupils at Unicorn in the early days, thus perpetuating a sense of identity and family.

In 2014, Unicorn has 355 pupils shepherded by 32 teaching and office staff; as well as 12 ground staff keeping the school terrain looking beautiful. Unicorn celebrates 20 years as a private school this year, above and beyond the 43 years it has been educating and nurturing young minds from throughout the Letaba area. 2014 is all set to be yet another fantastic year for the school who’s motto is ‘Integrity’, under the theme: ‘Gratitude is the right attitude.’

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Mr Gerhard Jacobus Maritz, bett er known as Oom Billy Maritz, was the fi rst att orney in the Letaba district. He was not only a brilliant att orney but also a compassionate and caring young man who was respected and loved by all.

He was born in Pretoria on 25 December 1899, a direct descendent of the Voorstrek-ker leader Gerrit Maritz. His mother Sophie was an elder sister of General Christiaan Beyers. Aft er he completed school at Preto-ria Boys High, he enrolled in the Medical School of the University of Pretoria, but was stricken down with rheumatic fever which left him with a weak heart. He was therefore compelled to change his course, aft er trying veterinary science he decided to study law instead. He graduated as an att orney on 12 November 1924.

On the advice of friends in legal circles, who knew that the village of Tzaneen in the Lowveld was being proclaimed as a town on 16 April 1924, he packed his bags and moved here in February 1925. He found ac-commodation in the home of Tannie Smal-berger in Agatha Street.

He started his practice in the one corner of Mr Heimie Gold’s Tzaneen Stores. He hired

premises from the National Bank whose building was being used only as an agen-cy. When the bank reopened its branch in Tzaneen, he moved into a litt le offi ce that later became the doctor’s consulting rooms and the then Tzaneen Pharmacy.

In 1937 he moved to the opposite side of the street, the former site of Gerber’s Garage, next to John Smith’s Lowveld Butchery where he practiced for many years. He married Ms Mavis Cowie of Pretoria and set up home in a house oppo-site the Tzaneen Hotel, where the Tzaneng Mall now is. They then moved out of town to a litt le house near the tobacco factory on a site which is now part of Merensky High School’s premises.

On 17 July 1929 Billy Maritz was appointed as deputy sheriff of the Letaba District, a post he held till his death in 1949. He had a heart att ack at the age of 49 and died in his sleep.

Respected and loved by all

Billy Maritz in front of his office in the little building he shared with the first Bank agency.

Gerhardus Jacobus (Billy) Maritz.

Billy Maritz se destydse huis

Mr Harry Crown was one of several Jewish traders and he owned 22 trading shops throughout the district. He eventually became a prominent shopkeeper in Tzaneen as well. He was widely known as Masokis. Other traders were Messrs Hymie Gold, Rakusen, Jer-ry Jacobson, Fred Ingram and later Len Dekenah and Thys Marais.

Harry Crown (Businessman) 1893-1964

Claude Wheatley (Pharmacist,

Farmer) 1914-1979

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Wyle Mnr Danie Jou-bert het in 1929 ‘n praktyk in Tzaneen geopen en vir dertig

jaar tot en met sy dood in 1959 was hy alombekend as ‘n briljante kriminele en watersake prokureur. Saam met mnr Jack Du� us het hy tydens ‘n visvangekspedisie in Mosambiek verdrink. Sy bydrae tot Tzaneen se vooruitgang is erken toe die dorp se hoofstraat na hom vernoem is. Hy was burgemeester van Tzaneen van 1936 tot 1940 en weer van 1949 tot 1950.

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Die voorganger en stigter van die fi rma Jou-bert en May, wyle mnr DJM (Danie) Jou-bert, het in 1929 hier kom praktiseer, nadat hy sy leerklerktermyn by wyle senator Tom Naude se fi rma in Pieterburg voltooi het.

Die fi rma Joubert en May het vervolgens in 1935 tot stand gekom, toe mnr Frank Barry May hom by Joubert aangesluit het — nadat

hy as prokureur op 5 Maart 1935 toegelaat is. May is in 1942 dood, toe hy in die Tweede Wêreldoorlog oor die woestyn afgeskiet is.

Daarna het mnr Eric Oescher in 1952 ‘n vennoot geword en daarna het mnr Frik van der Vyver, wat sy leerklerkskap by Sellick en McIntyre in Uitenhage voltooi het, en wyle Mnr Amie Theron in 1954 vennote geword.

Dit het gebeur nadat mnr Eric Oescher na Barkley-Oos verhuis het.

Joubert het in 1959 tydens ‘n visvangeks-pedisie aan die Mosambiekse kus gesterf. In dieselfde ongeval is mnr Jack Duff us, broer van mnr Allan Duff us, ook dood.

Die ander insitt endes van die boot, dr Pat Albertyn en mnr Hennie Schoeman, he daarin geslaag om veiligheid te bereik en die ongeluk te oorleef.

Mnr Hein Kruger, die latere LPR, LUK, presidentraadslid en kommissaris-generaal van Lebowa-tuisland, het daarna ‘n vennoot geword.

Theron het die fi rma in 1971 verlaat, om sy eie praktyk te bedryf. Mnr Ras Brits, wat leerklerk by Borman, Snyman en Barnard in Potgietersrus was, het toe by die fi rma as ‘n vennoot aangesluit.

Nadat Kruger aktief die politiek betree en later LUK geword het, het mnr Aldo Rech — wat sy regsopleiding aan Wits voltooi en sy leerklerkskap by Dreyer en Nieuwoudt in Johannesburg deurloop het — in 1986 by die fi rma aangesluit en ook ‘n vennoot geword.

Sedert 1935 het die fi rma se naam onveran-derd gebly as Joubert en May, ongeag wie die vennote was. Die praktyk is eers bedryf in Danie Joubertstraat maar in 1972, na die voltooing van die Rentmeestergebou, het die kantore daarheen verskuif.

Die vennote is deesdae mnre Rech, Johan Jacobsz en Renée van Aswegen.

Danie Joubert (laywer) 1959Joubert nog steeds ‘n

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‘n Lugfoto van Tzaneen met die kruising van Danie Joubertstraat en Morganstraat net regs van die middel van die foto en Peacestraat wat na regs afloop.

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Geen dorp kan sonder mediese praktyke en apteke wees nie, dus het apteke ook van die

vroegste tye in Tzaneen geopen.Die eerste eienaar van die Tzaneen

Apteek was mnr André Ingram. Hy het van Johannesburg gekom en het in 1926 as apteker geregistreer. Hy open die apteek op 1 Januarie 1936. Die apteek is vandag nog op dieselfde plek.

In 1939 het mnr Claude Wheatley die apteek gekoop. Wheatley het aansienlike uitbreiding aangebring. Hy het die bestaan-de apteekgeboutjie tot op die grond laat afb reek en die eerste dubbelverdieping-gebou in the Laeveld opgerig.

Tzaneen Apteek het beslis nie toevallig deur die jare bly voortbestaan nie. Die sukses van hierdie apteek en die oorlewing deur dikwels moeilike ekonomiese toestande landwyd, is toe te skryf aan die goeie sakesin en ondernemingsgees van die verskillende eienaars deur die jare.

Gedurende 1952 het mnr Ronnie van den

Berg die apteek by Wheatley gekoop. Van den Berg lei in die tyd wat hy die apteek besit het, twee kwekelinge op, naamlik mnre John Warmenhoven en Jannie Kapp. Warmenhoven begin sy vakleerlingskap op 2 Januarie 1952 en op 1 Julie 1960 tree hy in vennootskap met Van den Berg. Op 1 Maart

1966 het hy al die aandele van Van den Berg oorgeneem en die alleeneienaar van die Tzaneen Apteek geword.

Tzaneen Apteek is die oudste besigheid in Tzaneen wat nog op sy oorspronklike standplaas sake doen. Inderdaad ‘n merkwaardigheid.

Die oudste apteek in die dorp

For many years, Dr Albert Patt erson Adams (1881-1971) was the only medical doctor in Tzaneen and the surrounding areas. He was a well-know and much loved district surgeon in the early thirties and forties.

Die eerste apteek van mnr Andre Ingram in Yamornastraat in 1936.

Tzaneen Apteek is nog steeds op dieselfde perseel in Danie Joubertstraat.

The department of correctional services in Tzaneen started with a R280 million state-of-the-art new prison two years ago.

The new facility will be able to accommo-date 500 prisoners, compared to the 67 the old building can host. The new prison will have a laundry with automatic washing machines, and fi ve classrooms where am-bitious off enders can improve their know-

ledge and further their studies. There is also a workshop for those who will show an in-terest in woodwork, plumbing, brick-laying, welding, panel beating and upholstery.

The skills training in the workshop wil em-power inmates to be abel to fi nd a job when theyr are released from prison.

The security for the new facility is extreme-ly tight with cameras almost everywhere.

The project created job opportunities to more than 400 local people, while a group of forty young people were placed with the contractor to gain practical construction skills as part of the National Youth Service.

The new facility will also be based on smaller prisoner cells which can accommo-date a maximum of eight inmates. It will also boast an electronic monitoring system.

The regional coordinator of the depart-ment, Mr Moses Makhubela, said the old prison was meant as a temporary facility. It is a corrugated iron construction, which will be used for storage when the new facility is completed. The regional commissioner of the department of correctional services in Limpopo, Mpumalanga and North West, Mr Alfred Tsetsane, said the main aim of the new facility it to only accommodate off end-ers with a maximum sentence of up to ten years.

He said the facility off ers rehabilitation opportunities to off enders, by educating them through learning and developing their skills.

State-of-the-art prison

The new prison cellsThe old prison cells

‘n Hoogtepunt in die ontwikkeling van Tzaneen, wat die dorp ook nuwe status gegee het, was die bou van die Sybrand en Marietjie van Niekerk-brûe oor die Letaba-rivier/Tzaneendam; in die volksmond bekend as die Tweelingbrug. Sybrand van Niekerk was toe die administrateur van die Transvaal. Die brug is in 1973 voltooi en ingewy. In die voorgrond is die spoorlyn en deel van die treinbrug.

Dr Albert Patterson Adams

(1881-1971)

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Een van Tzaneen se bekendste sakemanne en entrepreneurs, mnr Jan Ferreira, se nalatenskap leef vandag nog voort deur sy kinders, veral sy oudste dogter — me Liesl van Heyningen — wat tans in beheer is van die Ferreira Property Group. Hoewel die ander twee kinders, Carla en Ett iene, nog deel is van die trust, word die sakebelange deur Van Heyningen bestuur.

Ferreira se geskiedenis in dié dorp begin toe hy en sy gesin in 1974 in Tzaneen gevestig het. Op 24 Mei 1976 het hy as verkoopsbestuurder by die destydse Northern Motors begin werk, teen ‘n basiese salaris van R500 per maand.

Na agt maande het hy sy sakebelange sodanig opgebou dat hy Boulevard Druk-kers op die been kon bring. Benewens sy lidmaatskap van die Afrikaanse Sakekamer se Tzaneen-tak is Ferreira ook in 1987 as die eerste Sakeman van die Jaar aangewys.

Sy drukkery het gespesialiseer in die druk van troukaartjies, briefh oofde en ander algemene drukwerk. Nadat hy die drukkery in 1988 verkoop het, tree hy vir drie jaar uit die sakewêreld. Hy besluit egter om in 1990 die uitdaging te aanvaar en koop die Aïda-agentskap wat eiendomme in die

Letaba-distrik, Gravelott e, Magoebaskloof en Haenertsburg bemark het.

In 1992 het Aïda na ‘n nuwe perseel — die Aïdahuis in Agathastraat, wat een van die oudste huise in Tzaneen was — getrek. Dit is later gerestoureer na ‘n meer moderne kantoor. In 2000 het Liezl by die besigheid aangesluit en sy het stadig maar seker die bestuur van die onderneming oorgeneem. Die besigheid was aanvanklik bekend as

die JB Ferreira Trust, maar Van Heyningen sê die naam is later na die Ferreira Property Group verander.

Ferreira het in Augustus 2004 toestemming van die stadsraad verkry om die middedorp se aansig te verbeter. Die informele han-delsgebied op die hoek van Sapekoe-rylaan en Peacestraat moes plek maak vir die uitbreiding van die Tzaneen Crossing-winkelsentrum. Verskeie ou geboue moes

plek maak vir die sowat R40m-projek. Daar is destyds berig dat die herontwik-

keling goeie nuus is vir die inwoners van die dorp, want benewens die fi nansiële inspuit-ing, is die seeroog waar die taxi-staanplek was, ook uitgevee. Die hoekontwikkeling het aangesluit by die toe reeds bestaande Crossing-sentrum, om die dorp ‘n tweede maksi-winkelsentrum te gee.

Een van die eerste ontwikkelings waarby wyle Jan Ferreira betrokke was, was die Gracia-gebou. Die ou stasie is destyds afge-breek en Ferreira het ‘n kommersiële gebou daar opgerig.

Ferreira het op 29 November 2006 erge brandwonde opgedoen, nadat ‘n kragop-wekker by sy huis se brandstoft enk ontplof het. Hy het op 31 Januarie 2007 aan sy wonde beswyk.

Hy sal onthou word as ‘n onverskrokke man wat wyd gereis en veral ook in Afrika getoer het.

Die Ferreira Property Group het onlangs die industriële eiendomsmark betree. Hulle is reeds geruimte tyd in die kommersiële en residensiële mark aktief bedrywig.

Inligting: Liezl van Heyningen

Diep spore deur die dorp getrap

Die destydse Boulevard Drukkery se kantore.

Hier is die personeel van FPG. Voor is mnr Louis Machimana, mee Salomé Mahayi, Maria Raburabu, mnr Jimmy Mkhari, mee Nkensani Malubane en Cathy Letsoalo. In die middel: mnr Class Mojela, mee Elize Theunissen, Liezl van Heyningen en Rosie de Souza. Agter is mnre Manie de Villiers en Cor van

Heyningen. Afwesig: mnr Terrance Mokgamola, me Sinah Malatji en mnr Dawid Rapatsa.

Die eerste ontwikkeling waarby mnr Jan Ferreira betrokke was, was die Gracia-gebou.

Die ou stasie is afgebreek en ‘n handelsentrum is daar opgerig.

Die Aïda-huis soos dit jare gelede gelyk het. Die ou Aïda-huis is gestroop en die moderne gebou is in die plek opgerig.

Die perseel op die hoek van Sapekoe-ry-laan en Peacestraat was ‘n nes, voordat die Tzaneen Crossing-winkelsentrum daar

gebou is.

Hier ontvang mnr Jan Ferreira Tzaneen se Sakeman van die Jaar-toekenning in 1987. Sy trotse vrou Elize staan hier by hom.

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