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Dit is met 'n mengelmoes van emosies dat ek aankondig dat hierdie einste koerant van 27 Februarie 2025 wat jy nou in jou hande vashou, die heel laaste papieruitgawe van Graaff-Reinet Advertiser sal wees. Maar, hier is die goeie nuus: dit is geensins...
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Noodsaaklike paaie uiteindelik voltooi
Raadslid Ricardo Smith se deursettingsvermoë het na jare se geswoeg en gesweet 'n sleutelrol gespeel in die voltooiing van twee groot padprojekte in Nieu-Bethesda. Die grootste projek was die opgradering en asfaltering van die MR605 wat NieuBethesda...
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PRINCIPAL up for rape
A school principal in the area is currently in custody on a charge of sexual grooming and rape. Warrant Officer Majola Nkohli, spokesperson for SAPS in the Sarah Baartman district, said according to police records, the man was arrested on Monday 10...
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Galada opens fraud case against muni
A fraud case was opened on Tuesday 6 February against the Dr Beyers Naudé Municipality, relating to the eight security tenders advertised by the municipality in August last year. According to Councillor Xolile Galada, he and Councillor Nathan Jacobs...
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Boer soek nie só ‘n vrou
Die boervrou van Aliwal-Noord, wat glo 'n komplot gesmee het om haar man te laat vermoor, is Vrydag 17 Januarie onder streng voorwaardes borgtog van R2 000 toegestaan. Anelle de Bruin (46) se inhegtenisneming het landwyd opspraak verwek omdat sy glo...
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Name changes definitely not approved
The National Assembly has confirmed that the applications to change the names of certain towns within the Dr Beyers Naudé Local Municipality, have definitely not been approved. This finally brings to an end the speculation about the proposed name...
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Botsing eis 5 uit een Grade 1s eagerly start Success on Union familie their journey High’s pitch You’re simply the best!
The Eastern Cape matriculants of the Class of 2024 will forever be remembered for their record-breaking 84,98% matric pass rate, the province’s best result since 1994. The Eastern Cape's pass rate has been rising steadily for the past four...
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CWP workers of 55 and older sacked
Community Works Programme (CWP) participants aged 55 and older were taken aback by a notice issued on 24 December by Mbulelo Tshangana, Director-General of the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, informing them that their...
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Onsekerheid oor sekuriteit
Sekuriteitsdienste in die Dr Beyers Naudé munisipaliteit is al vir lank ‘n omstrede kwessie. Sedert die aanstelling van die vorige sekuriteitsmaatskappy in Junie 2018 was daar kommer oor die plundering van munisipale eiendomme in Graaff-Reinet, terwyl...
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Dit snor in die Karoo
Johan Vermaak van Hofmeyr het op 29 Oktober 'n versoek op die Hofmeyrboerevereniging se WhatsApp-groep gestuur om belangstelling in 'n Movember-uitdaging te toets. Die Movember-uitdaging word elke November ten bate van die stryd teen prostaatkanker...
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The DA’s Shadow MEC for Sport, Recreation, Arts and Culture (DSRAC), Heinrich Müller, recently called for a thorough investigation into the contract awarded to Rudcor Engineering for renovations at the Collie Koeberg Stadium
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Weegbrug weeg nog niks ná ‘n jaar
Die Middelburg-weegbrugprojek is nou vir reeds meer as 'n jaar vertraag, terwyl werkers onbetaald bly, en niemand aanvaar aanspreeklikheid nie. So sê LP Heinrich Muller, die DA se Oos-Kaapse Midlandse Kiesafdelingsleier, wat in Middelburg...
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OPERASIE OPRUIM: Aberdeners doen dit weer self!
Terwyl die plaaslike munisipaliteit se dienslewering oënskynlik verstrengel bly in die rompslomp van prosedure en verskonings, groei rommel daagliks in Aberdeen. Die dorp se woongebiede lyk toenemend soos 'n stortingsterrein, maar verlede week, van 4...
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In die K OL Community works for common good DA se Ruiters verf sy pad oop in hof
Die saak wat teen DA-raadslid, Eldridge Ruiters van Aberdeen, aanhangig gemaak is omdat hy en sy DA-span sonder toestemming onduidelike padtekens en parkeerstrepe op teerpaaie in die dorp oorgeverf het, is Dinsdag 5 November, tydens sy eerste...
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ABERDEEN skougronde ‘n skande
Die sekretaris van die Aberdeen Rugbyklub, Bezil Coetzee, is hande in die hare oor die toestand van die plaaslike munisipale skouterrein - die enigste beskikbare sportveld en pawiljoen. Elke poging misluk Coetzee verduidelik dat die klub geaffilieer...
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160ste LANDBOUSKOU in Cradock gehou
Die Cradock-landbougenootskap kyk met verwondering terug na die 160ste landbouskou wat die afgelope naweek, 18 tot 19 Oktober, op die skouterrein, langs die Groot Visrivier, aangebied is. Die skou was die grootste wat ooit op die terrein aangebied is...
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Bucks spent on loos get boos
The number of tenders awarded to the Gqeberha-based company, Platinum Construction in the Dr Beyers Naudé Local Municipality's area, is of concern to Councillor Eldrige Ruiters. The tenders to retrofit indigent household toilets with new waterwise...
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Municipality in the spotlight
The deadline for tenders was 21 July but by the end of August another service provider had still not been contracted. Not promoting local economic development Concern relating to the tender specifications of this particular tender was also raised as...
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Swembadplakkers en misdadigers se dae amper getel
'n Berugte broeiplek van misdaad in Graaff-Reinet, die ou swembadperseel in Cradock- en Queenstrate, is uiteindelik verkoop. 'n Bron het Dinsdag 1 Oktober aan GraaffReinet Advertiser bevestig dat die Cacadu Development Agency dit vir R1,6 miljoen by...
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Power to the people
The Alternative Load Reduction Programme that the Dr Beyers Naudé Local Municipality (DBNLM) had embarked on since February 2023, was officially launched on Monday 23 September. It was a proud moment when national Deputy Minister of Electricity and...
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STAYCATION “Lekker Supplement FREE Inside! STAY HOME & EXPLORE Oos-Kaapse skeerders knip rekord kort
Twee Oos-Kaapse skeerders, Tienie du Plessis en Marius Klopper, het korte mette gemaak van die Suid-Afrikaanse rekord in skaapskeer. Die rekordpoging het deel gevorm van die Merino Makietie die afgelope naweek by Karel Theron Laerskool in Middelburg en...
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Gravel Burn Cocktail party guests Manne trap 114km scoop get sneak preview om op te warm Park opsoek na ‘n ‘tender’-hart
Graaff-Reinet Advertiser het onlangs berig oor die algehele verval en uiteindelike sluiting van Urquhart Park - eens op ‘n tyd die agtste beste karavaanpark in die land. Die park is gesluit nadat Bennie Roman, die voormalige huurder en bestuurder, die...
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Fossil world unites in Graaff-Reinet
Thirty-nine international delegates from 10 different countries are coming to the Gem of the Karoo to present papers at the 22nd conference of the Palaeontological Society of Southern Africa (PSSA) from 8 to 13 September. The 2024 PSSA Conference, the...
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In die K OL Piet Retief
Inwoners van Murraysburg en die ganse Karoo is verslae nadat die sagmoedige eienaar van die enigste slaghuis in die dorp Sondagoggend, 25 Augustus, vermoor is. Sy huis en slaghuis is ook deur die aanvallers aan die brand gesteek en heeltemal...
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Die beste van die beste!
Graaff-Reinet Advertiser maak vandag met groot trots die wenners van ons heel eerste ‘Best of GraaffReinet’-veldtog bekend! Die Advertiser se lesers het vir hul gunsteling ondernemings en instansies gestem en die 2024-wenners word vandag in die ‘Best...
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Kan park gered word?
Die totale verval as gevolg van die stelselmatige agteruitgang van die Urquhart-karavaanpark, is al vir baie lank ‘n teer saak vir die gemeenskap van Graaff-Reinet. Die gemoedere het opnuut opgevlam nadat foto’s van die huidige toestand daarvan...
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Waardasies ‘n bitter pil
Die Dr Beyers Naudémunisipaliteit se algemene waardasierol vir die tydperk 2024 tot 2029, het vroeër vanjaar ‘n groot opskudding veroorsaak oor die drastiese verhoging in die geraamde waardes van eiendomme. Veral huiseienaars in Graaff-Reinet,...
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Graaff-Reinet here to stay!
Most residents of the Karoo are jubilant about the decision of the South African Council for Geographical Names to reject the proposed name changes of GraaffReinet and three more towns in the Dr Beyers Naudé municipal area. Newly appointed Minister of...
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INTERSCHOOLS
The dilapidated state of the Collie Koeberg Sport Stadium in GraaffReinet has been a cause of great concern for many years. The GraaffReinet Advertiser previously reported that the buildings were vandalised, windows were shattered, doors were hanging...
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Asherville VS Spandau FEATURE INSIDE Insurance killers guilty as charged
Nomphelo Maloyi and Lwazi Kay, known as the insurance killers, were found guilty as charged in the Makhanda High Court on Friday 12 July. Murder mastermind, Maloyi and her accomplice, Kay, were convicted of the premeditated murder of Maloyi’s...
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Sprokieswêreld ná koue
Alhoewel die winter hierdie jaar effe later in Graaff-Reinet en omgewing begin het, het ‘n ysige Karookoue die afgelope naweek op dié wêreld toegeslaan. Vanuit alle windrigtings het inligting en foto’s van ys, sneeu, kapok en stormsterk winde...
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Bek-en-klouseer Graaff-Reinet Boer War book Lexie neem deel nie launch well aan provinsiale veilig nie attended ponie-uitdaag Ma eis miljoene van muni ná seun seerkry by keermuur in Hopestraat
Die ma van ‘n 8-jarige seuntjie eis na bewering skadevergoeding van R5 miljoen van die Dr. Beyers Naudé-munisipaliteit, nadat hy glo op 20 November 2022 van ‘n 3-meter hoë keermuur voor hulle huis in Hopestraat, Graaff-Reinet geval het. Sy vertel dat...
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