In ‘n brief wat begin met “Aan al ons skouvriende” is dit die week aangekondig dat vanjaar se Swartland Skou op Moorreesburg gekanselleer is.
Uit die pen van skoupresident Jacques Bester is die boodskap oorgedra dat daar te veel onsekerheid heers en dat die gemeenskap se veiligheid eerste gestel word. Daarom die besluit om die skou vanjaar te kanselleer.
“Swartland Skou het met die jare ‘n baie hoë standaard daar gestel en is trots op wat ons deur die jare vir ons borge, vertoners, uitstallers en gemeenskap daar kon stel.
“In ag genome met die derde vlaag Covid-epidemie en vlak 2-inperking, onsekerheid en veiligheid van ons gemeenskap, is daar na baie beraadslaging en alle moontlikhede in ag geneem, besluit om voorlopig nie 2021 ‘n skou aan te bied nie.
“Ons wil u egter verseker indien daar enige verligting is, ons die besluit sal heroorweeg en u op hoogte hou.
“Ons wil u hartlik bedank dat ons jaar na jaar op u samewerking kan staatmaak, want sonder u ondersteuning is dit nie vir ons moontlik om ‘n skou van so ‘n hoë gehalte aan te bied nie. Besoek ons webblad www.swartlandskou.co.za vir beoogde aktiwiteite wat beplan word.”

Perfect weather, awesome stages and great rallying made the CPMCC Porterville Rally one to remember! If only for the fact that CPMCC President, Robert Marle, had celebrated his birthday leading into the event.
In fact, somehow doubt whether Owen Jones and Aden Bredenkamp will ever consider another event better as the young combination stepped up to the top of the podium on debut in their 454 CPMCC S4 Subaru Impreza WRX STi 4×4 Turbo 2.0.
They could not have picked a better event on which to shine as Maj Pule Maloka, No 2 of the SAAF Silver Falcons Team 84, opened proceedings with an impressive solo aerial display in a Pilatus PC7 MkII from Central Flying School Langebaanweg. When the Starting Order appeared the 19 strong entry had shrunk to 17 teams but they had veteran (retired) controls Lance and Rosemary Maytham releasing them from the Porterville showgrounds.
Unexpectedly the very first retirement from the event was pre-event favourites for overall victory, Llewellyn Jones and Christophé Pichon, in their CEJ Plant Hire 434 CPMCC S5 Subaru Imprza WRX STi 4×4 Turbo 2.0 when the clutch cried enough shortly after leaving the start control on Special Stage 1.
No problem as Shaun Jones and Jason Thorpe upheld family honours by leading the event in their Advanced Asphalting 424 CPMCC S5 Subaru Impreza 4×4 Turbo 2.0 with John and Weston Peiser in hot pursuit in their Speed Pro Cycling 425 CPMCC S5 Subaru Impreza GT 4×4 Turbo 2.0. Special stage one was all about commitment and the challenging 17.39km Heuningberg route certainly set the scene for a magic duel at the front of the field as just two seconds separated the Scoobies.
Paul-Hendrik Franken and Lloyd Brady an impressive third in the Franken Motorsport 125 CPMCC S5 Volkswagen Polo Vivo GT 1.0 Turbo with Seraaj and Ziyaad Amlay making their intentions clear with fourth fastest time in the Ramlay Builders 457 CCMCC S3 Volkswagen Golf MkIII GTi 2.0 8v. Keenan Sassman and Ian Thebus fifth fastest in the returning Howard Centre Motors 413 CCMCC S4 Toyota Corolla RXi 1.8i with Owen Jones and Aden Bredenkamp sixth quickest on the opening stage.
Erin Joshua and Ibraheem Amlay sadly also had to retire the “new” 462 CCMCC S3 Toyota Tazz 1.6i on the opening stage when all four bolts sheared off the reight front hub. Fortunately no serious damage but their day was done.
Middelpos presented the remaining fifteen teams with another challenging 15km of sweeping, fast and flowing instructions and thankfully all managed to complete the stage. Rupert and Pieter van Zyl however decided to park their Hollandse Motor Specialist 405 CPMCC S3 Volkwagen Polo 2.0 8v for some 25 min whilst trying to coax the fuel pump into action again.
John and Weston Peiser took the fight to their opponents by winning the stage by three seconds, moving into the overall lead by one with Keenan Sassman and Ian Thebus slotting the S4 Corolla into third overall.
A brief visit to the service park at Porterville showgrounds had team heading back to Heuningberg where Shaun clawed back seven seconds form John Peiser with Owen Jones slipping into third overall. The “Four Cousins” Seraaj and Amlay and Riyaan and Yaseen Amlay disputing fourth spot with Winston Neethling and Lyle Marais creeping closer in the sweet sounding Howard Centre Motors 428 CCMCC S5 Nissan Sentra 2.0 4×4. Winston endured failing wipers and a spin on stage one and from SS2 there was intermittend drive to the front wheels but SS3 really got his attention when the brake pedal hit the floor. Going into the second half of the event the car only had rear wheel drive.
Well, it simply had to be special stage 4 that shook up the field. Owen Jones gave his dad, Shaun, a serious wake-up call by winning the stage by six seconds whilst John and Weston Peiser extinguished an oil fire under the bonnet of their Scoobie. Seraaj amazed by still heading Riyaan in the Four Cousins Challenge but Winston was coming closer with the acciDent Guru 469 CPMCC S3 Volkswagen Golf MkI 2.0 8v of Paul van Wyk and Tania Vermaak also starting to find good rhythm.
Sakkie van Zyl and Henry Köhne retired for a second successive event when their rapid Shatterfix 477 CPMCC S2 Volkswagen Golf MkI 1.6i ran out of rear shockabsorber oil whilst the rapid Corolla of Keenand Sassman and Ian Thebus sheared the driveshaft bolts. Kevin Calvert and Brian Hoskins also forced to retire their KC Transport 436 WPMC S3 Volkswagen Golf MkI after the freshly installed 2.0 8v engine set all it’s horsepower free.
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Nie net het die begrafnisondernemer se naam na engels oorgeskakel nie, maar die kenteken-kleure het ook verander.
Hulle het ook verder uitgebrei deur nuwe voertuie tot die vloot te voeg.
Swartland Hulp- en Begrafnisdienste was die eerste in die omgewing wat die ‘verby-ry-begrafnis’ plaaslik aangebied het.
Volgens Cedric van der Westhuizen van Swartland Hulp- en Begrafnisdienste, was veranderinge broodnodig, want die onderneming se stoorfasiliteite het te klein begin raak.
By die nuwe stoorfasiliteit beskik hulle oor ruimte vir 50, in pleks van die 12 wat hulle in die vorige stoorplek kon hanteer.
“Covid-19 het ‘n groot finansiële implikasie, nie net vir die besigheid gehad nie, maar ook vir die hele land, wat onder die pandemie gebuk gegaan het. Ons as begrafnisondernemers moes uit ons begroting ‘n groot ‘hap’ vat om regulasies in plek te sit en te verseker dat ons personeel en kliënte beskerm word deur die pandemie,” vertel Van der Westhuizen.
“Ons streef om te alle tye ‘n professionele diens aan die gemeenskap en publiek te lewer en te verbeter op kwaliteit dienslewering.
“Alle eer aan die Here, want dit is net Sy genade wat vir ons oorvloedig is. Ek glo in die Bybel wat sê dis saliger om te gee as om te ontvang. Hoe meer ek gee en terugploeg in die gemeenskap, hoe meer seën die Here die besigheid.
“Groot dank aan al die geestelike leiers wat vir ons elke dag bid.
“Spesiale dank aan my vrou, kinders en familie vir hul onbaatsugtige ondersteuning. Baie dankie aan my personeel en naweek span vir hulle opoffering en bydrae.
• Besigheidsure: 8:30 tot 16:30
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Hierdie donkie staan saam met ‘n paar koei-vriende op ‘n vlakte buite Moorreesburg op ‘n koue wintersoggend. Die winter het die Swartland nou in ‘n greep, maar die temperature klim stadig maar seker vir die res van die week. Foto: Ghida Visser

MyLife Dusi Canoe Marathon champion Andy Birkett has added his name to the growing list of
entries for the Berg River Canoe Marathon from 7 to 10 July as part of a new reciprocity between
the two oldest paddling events on the nationalcalendar.
The new exchange agreement with the Mylife Dusi will see the men’s and women’s winners
of the Dusi invited to race the Berg marathon, through the involvement of Kindo Covers, and
Birkett jumped at the opportunity. Birkett missed out on making the national team to the marathon world’s in Romania later in the year, and quickly set his sights on the 60th anniversary of the Berg.
“I love this river, the challenge, the grind and the constant web of channels and choices that you have to execute at speed but most of all I love the race vibe and people you meet along the way,” said Birkett.
There is a substantial interest in the Berg marathon this year, which will be run in full compliance with the prevailing lockdown rules, and the pre-Berg training Ultra Paddle has got under way with participation by paddlers around the world.
Confirming the deal with the Berg, MyLife Dusi committee chair Shane Le Breton said that, while the races were critically different, they were both pillars of the South African canoeing calendar.
“The MyLife Dusi is characterised by its portages, the KZN summer heat and the many rocky rapids on the uMsundusi and uMngeni Rivers, while the Berg takes on the Cape winter, treeblocks and long distances, so they seem to be
poles apart,” said le Breton.
“Both of them are household names in South African sport, and share a history going back more than sixty years. Both races share champions, as paddlers like Willem and Roelof van Riet, Mark Perrow, Abbey Ulansky, Robyn Kime, Alexa
Cole, Abby Solms, Hank McGregor and Andy Birkett have won both of them.
“These races are six months apart and are foundations on which South African canoeing is built. Both are bucket-list events that every paddlers wants to do, so it is exciting to be able to formalise the reciprocity agreement with the
Berg,” he added.
Under the deal, the winner of the men’s and women’s title at the 2021 MyLife will be invited to race the 2021 Berg, and the Berg champions will be offered K2 places in the 2022 Dusi.
“It will be exciting to have the Dusi champions on the start-line of the Berg and to send our champions to the next Dusi,” said Berg organiser Brandon Macleod.
“During the lockdown year of 2020 we staged the virtual Ultra Paddle, which has really fired up interest in doing the full Berg in 2021,” he said.
“We were excited to see how the MyLife Dusi was staged in full compliance with the lockdown regulations, and that has really galvanised the paddling community to focus on taking on the Berg in July.
“For some it will be a competitive outing, but for many it will be a great personal goal to set, and simply completing Berg is a feather in any paddler’s cap.
“During lockdown we have learnt to be resilient and work towards goals, and completing the 60th Berg has resonated with the paddling community,” he added.

Its that time again, time for us to visit a local institution that is filled with the most amazing goodies.
This week we visited Huiswinkels in Biccard Street.
When you enter the store you are immediately met with big smiles and the smell of freshly brewed coffee. We decided to sit on the stoep overlooking Biccard Street and the local court, with it being cloudy and overcast it was still very cozy on the stoep.
Of course we opted for Hot Chocolate due to the cold weather and then totally having our binge for the day.
Taking a walk through the rest of Huiswinkels you are totally overwhelmed by the Deli section of the store, from croissants to pancake mix in a bottle then moving on to the other amazing goods that are for sale. Beautiful leather products to kiddies goods can be seen and bought at Huiswinkels. There are also some amazing and beautiful paintings that can be purchased.
We must also not forget the freshly baked bread and pastries that are available as well.
Huiswinkels has a weekly menu that can be viewed on their Facebook page and can be ordered beforehand, there was some Curry and rice available when we were there and the smell was enough for us to want to take the whole pot and just want to jump in with a spoon.
While you are at Huiswinkels you can also visit one of the tenants that specialize in Body Alignment that can assist in restoring the body’s natural healing abilities.
We sat chatting while enjoying our hot chocolate, we then decided to order a breakfast tramezinni with chips as we would be running around for the rest of the day so we would work off the calories from our visit. Our order arrived and was made with such love, the eggs made exactly as we asked and plated with such beauty.
Of course, we enjoyed our time at Huiswinkels so much that we lost track of time and then had to make a mad dash to get to our next appointment, as we ran out to pay our bill we noticed some biscuits close to the counter and naturally we had to take some with for later, Chocolate Romany Creams, OMG – total “died and gone to heaven” moment!
Naturally, Huiswinkels scores FIVE-STARS on our scale of fabulousness.
You can visit Huiswinkels at 10 Biccard Street, Malmesbury.
Their hours are 08h00 to 18h00, Monday to Friday and 08h00 to 15h00 on a Saturday, or you can call them on 022 487 2000 or visit their website – www.huiswinkels.co.za and of course you can see all the amazing things that they are making on their Facebook page – https://www.facebook.com/Huiswinkels

Die Riebeek-Wes polisiekantoor het beslag gelê op ‘n reuse dwelmvonds. Sers Roger Arendse is tydens sy skof gekontak deur informante oor ‘n groot hoeveel dwelms by ‘n perseel op die dorp. Hulle het onmiddellik reageer en dwelms ontdek en ‘n 36-jare vrou is in hegtenis geneem. Sy verskyn weer op 25 Augustus 2021 in die Riebeek-Wes landdroshof. Foto: Samuel Walters

Munisipale bestuurder Joggie Scholtz het Donderdag in ‘n raadsvergadering bevestig dat die inenting vir persone 60 jaar en teen die Covid-19-virus op 1 Junie in die Swartland sal begin.
*Die stasies en datums is voorlopig soos volg:
•Malmesbury – Wesbank Gemeenskapsaal op 1-9 Junie
•Abbotsdale – 10 Junie
•Riverlands – 18 Junie
•Chatsworth – 10 Junie
•Kalbaskraal – 18 Junie
•Darling – 21-23 Junie
•Yzerfontein – 2-5 Julie
•Moorreesburg – 11-17 Junie
•Riebeek-Wes – 30 Junie
•Riebeek-Kasteel – 25 en 26 Junie
•Koringberg – 24 Junie
Hierdie is vir die persone wat reeds geregistreer het vir die inenting. Daar word beoog om die 12 346 persone wat wel geregistreer het, met die Pfizer-entstof in te ent. Persone wat dit ontvang, moet binne 42 dae na inenting die tweede entstof ontvang.

Rugby is ‘n wêreld op sy eie. ‘n Plek waar wedstryde van jare gelede gereeld steeds in die geestesoog afspeel…
By die Joernaal is ons rugby-liefhebbers, maar onlangs het Willem du Preez en Henfré Brand Snr ons oë oopgemaak tot die magdom geskiedenis wat in rugby opgesluit lê.
Willem du Preez van Pretoria is een van die grootste versamelaars van rugby-memorabilia in Suid-Afrika.
Hy is na oorlewering met ‘n rugbybal in sy hande gebore en van kleins af het hy rugby geslaap, geëet en gespeel. Weens ‘n akute nekbesering kon hy nooit die sport professioneel beoefen nie, maar dit het hom geensins teruggehou.
Die Laeveld is waar hy aktief sy liefde vir rugby uitgeleef het en Willem het tot op 53-jarige ouderdom vir die span ‘Die Gryskatte’ gespeel.
Dit was egter in 1999 by ‘n Puma-afsluitingfunksie op Witbank dat die versamelaarsgogga hom amptelik gebyt het.
‘n Geselsie met Grant Bartle en ‘n getekende trui later, het die spreekwoordelike ‘wiele’ aan die rol gesit.
Sy versameling sluit ‘n magdom items in… Van truie, stewels, baadjies en boeke, alles behalwe die spelers se onderbroeke.
Dit is dus glad nie verbasend dat hy al op die aktuele geselsprogram ‘Kwêla’ verskyn het nie.
‘n Knop in die keel ontwikkel toe Willem noem dat hy ook Joost van der Westhuizen se laaste vyf truie besit wat hy geruil het met die 5-nasie span.
Die geskiedenis wat in hierdie versameling lê, is onmeetbaar en Willem se visie is om eendag ‘n museum oop te maak. Met die hoop dat hy die voorreg sal hê om dit self te bestuur.
Dit is juis die passie vir rugby, asook die gemeenskaplike liefde vir die geskiedenis van dié sport, wat hom en Henfré Brand Snr se paadjies laat kruis het.
Henfré, is ‘n bekende inwoner van Malmesbury en ook rugbykringe. Weens sy jarelange verbintenis aan Boland-rugby, is dit vanselfsprekend dat hy self ook ‘n groot versamelaar is.
Henfré en Willem het aanvanklik op ‘Facebook’ ontmoet. Dit wil voorkom asof hy meer vir Willem ‘gestalk’ het.
Toe Henfré besef wie Willem regtig is, het hy besluit om dadelik ‘n ontmoeting te reël.
Met ‘n belofte om truie te ruil, maar dat Willem dit self moet kom haal, was die spreekwoordelike ‘koeël’ deur die kerk en so het Willem op Malmesbury beland. ‘n Ander trekpleister was natuurlik die geleentheid om rugby-staaltjies met mekaar te deel.
Ons was bevoorreg om saam met dié twee rugby-fundi’s koffie te drink en die taal was rugby. Die atmosfeer gevul met entoesiasme en die liefde wat hulle vir rugby deel.
Willem is van nuuts af opgewonde, aangesien Henfré hom nou aan Boland-rugby bekendgestel het. Hy noem dat hy nooit besef het dat rugby so groot en so geliefd is aan hierdie kant van die wêreld nie.
Willem beoog nou om elke klub na te slaan wat deel uitmaak van die Boland Rugby-unie.
Op hede is daar 213 klubs, maar dit behoort seker nie te moeilik te wees om 213 klubs se truie en sakwapens te bekom nie.
Veral nie as jy iemand soos Henfré Brand ken, wat vir baie jare die stadium bestuurder van Boland-rugby was, en dus nog baie kontakte in daardie kringe het nie.
‘n Band van vriendskap is duidelik gesmee. Bykans onmoontlik om te glo dat hierdie twee mense slegs twee dae gelede ontmoet het.
En dat dit alles begin het deur ‘n gemeenskaplike liefde vir rugby, asook om die geskiedenis van die sport vas te vang, sodat dit vir altyd behoue kan bly.

Die span van die Tiere-rugbyspan op Moorreesburg het Saterdag teen De Doorns gespeel en met 70-6 gewen. Foto: Ghida Visser