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Driver and passengers fl ee accident scene 7

Wednesday January 10, 2018

Life lost in head-on collisionOne person has died and three

more have been injured after the car they were travelling in collided

with a Hilux bakkie on the N4 near Schoemanskloof late Monday afternoon. The driver of the bakkie allegedly lost

control of the vehicle due to the rain and crashed into the oncoming Toyota Tazz.

“Paramedics discovered that the four men in the light vehicle had been injured, one of them critically,” said Russel Meiring, ER24 spokesman.

“They were treated and taken to hospital for further care,” he added. The critically injured man succumbed to his injuries and died on arrival at Rob Ferreira Hospital.

The driver of the bakkie escaped with no injuries. A case of culpable homicide

has been opened.Following the South African Weather

Services’ recent warning concerning extreme weather, the spokesman for community safety, security and liaison, Joseph Mabuza warned drivers to be more cautious on the road.

“We urge drivers to adjust to weather conditions when driving on our roads,” he said.

Emergency medical staff using the Jaws of Life to free a patient at the accident scene.

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Helene Eloff

ID notice a hoax, but residents urged to apply for Smart cards

Various locals have recently been at the receiving end of a notice stating that their green barcoded identity documents will no longer be valid from March 31. It states that only Smart IDs will be considered valid proof of identity.

The notice, supposedly from the Department of Home Affairs, has been circulating on the social-media platform WhatsApp since last year.

According to the department, this is a hoax. In a press release, a spokesman stated that no such announcement was made by

the department. “We wish to make it clear that the green barcoded ID remains a legal form of identifi cation and will continue to be until such time that the Live Capture

System is rolled out to all home affairs offi ces.”

This system is used to issue Smart ID cards - the size of a bank card and with chip technology.

Although the system is not yet up and running in all home affairs offi ces, it is available in the offi ce in Mbombela.

In addition to denying the veracity of the notice, the department urged residents to apply for their Smart ID cards when they are able to do so.

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Wednesday January 10More clouds than sun; shower or thunderstormWind: East-north-easterly Sunrise: 05:15Sunset: 18:52

Thursday January 11Times of cloudsand sunWind: East-north-easterly Sunrise: 05:16Sunset: 18:52

Friday January 12Clouds followed bysome sunWind: North-easterly Sunrise: 05:16Sunset: 18:52

Saturday January 13SunnyWind: North-north-easterly Sunrise: 05:17Sunset: 18:52

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Nappy theft proves to be a rash decision

The accident scene on the Cairn Road. Photo: Divergent Ops

A driver was arrested after he had an accident and attempted to fl ee the scene due to not having permission to drive the company vehicle. Clerence Ndzinisa (26) appeared in the Nelspruit Magistrate’s Court on Monday on a charge of use of motor vehicle without the owner’s consent.

According to Bossies Community Justice’s (BCJ) Albert Gryvenstein, the

accident occurred on the Cairn Road on Saturday morning.

“The driver had two passengers in the bakkie and was driving towards the N4. He lost control of the vehicle when he came around a corner and went intothe bush.”

Gryvenstein said he received a call from a witness who thought the vehicle could have been stolen as he had seen the driver and the two passengers, although visibly injured, fl ee the scene.

Divergent Ops’ Jacques Meiring said they received a call from BCJ to assist on the Cairn Road. The two passengers were taken to Rob Ferreira Hospital. “His boss was called, where we established that he was using the vehicle without permission.”

Ndzinisa was arrested.

His boss was called, where we established

that he was using the vehicle without

permission

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Tereasa Dias

Driver and passengers fl ee accident scene

Hi-Tech Security Nelspruit’s Chris Stafelberg and Mandla Nkosi next to the bakkie where stolen nappies were discovered.

Nappies that were loaded onto the back of the bakkie.

Two men were arrested in connection with stealing nappies.

According to Hi-Tech Security Nelspruit’s response manager, the incident occurred at around 13:00 on Monday.

Their two offi cers, Mandla Nkosi and Chris Stafelberg were patrolling the industrial area when they saw a truck driver loading nappies into the back of a bakkie. When they approached, the driver fl ed the scene.

They proceeded to arrest the driver of the bakkie.

“We tracked down the truck at Riverside Industrial Area and managed to apprehend that driver as well.” The suspects were taken into custody by police.

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Residents’ positive attempts nipped in the bud

Thea Rix also donated a plant. Both were stolen by Monday morning.

An attempt at #GuerillaGardening was halted before it could properly get off the ground over the weekend, when two pot plants placed on the burnt-out car in Enos Mabuza Drive were promptly stolen.

Nelspruit Post’s sister publication Lowvelder reported that the car burnt out on the side of the road in the middle of December. It is still unclear what started the fi re on December 16.

Eyewitnesses said two men were seen on the scene, removing items from the car before abandoning it. Patrick Visser said when he drove past it at around 10:00, emergency services were present.

It is believed that one of the men was the driver. The vehicle has remained on the side of the road ever since.

Lynette Pearson-Daly fi rst made the suggestion on Facebook that the wreck should be turned into a beautiful

fl owerbed. It elicited a positive reaction. On Saturday Dave Walters led the

charge, placing a potted plant on the car. Thea Rix followed suit. However, by

Monday morning, on their way to work, it was plain for all the world to see that both had been removed.

“I hope the one who stole the plants will get a lot a joy from them,” Rix reacted in Afrikaans.

Another Facebook user, Ivan Cornelius,

Lowvelder editor De Wet Potgieter is an avid Nelspruit Post reader. Potgieter who has joined Lowveld Media last year, says he fi nds Nelspruit Post interesting, because its main focus is all about the community.“It consists of local news happening in Mbombela. There is always an interesting story that gets my attention.”Potgieter has been a journalist for over 30 years and is the author of Contraband – South Africa and the Illegal Trade in Ivory and Rhino Horn, Total Onslaught and The Eleventh Hour.

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warned that the plants would get stolen. “And they will die in the pots,” he

added in Afrikaans. A number of people is, however, still

keen to decorate it, but it has not yet been established how best to go about it, and whether permission needs to be obtained from the car owner or City of Mbombela Local Municipality.

Jacques Meiring of Divergent Ops, however, insists that the owner needs to remove the eyesore.

He added that if the owner did not remove the car, the municipality, as the owner of the land on which it stands, was within its rights to tow it away three days after putting a notice on the car that it intended to do so. Spokesman for the municipality, Joseph Ngala, did not respond to the newspaper’s request for clarity on the applicable bylaws at the time of going to press.

A number of people is, however, still keen to decorate it, but it has

not yet been established how best to go about it

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OUR FEATHERED FRIENDS

If you would like to be the next contributor to Our Feathered Friends/Ons Geveerde Vriende, please send us a brief description in English or Afrikaans and a photograph to bombeleni@lowvelder.co.za.

This photo of the African openbill stork was taken by Jonothan Hen-Boisen at the Makuleke Concession at Crook’s Corner. This is in the north-eastern part of the Kruger National Park where South Africa, Zimbabwe and Mozambique meet. This stork is found throughout sub-Saharan Africa as well as South Africa. They can be found on shallow wetlands or wherever molluscan prey is present.

The year starts off slow with regard to music gigs around the Lowveld. However, there are still a few rocking events happening in the area.

Friday January 12• The Acoustics live at The Pub. Entrance is free and the music starts at 19:30. Enquiries: The Pub on 084-897-6000.• Catch local DJ Ray D on the decks at

Legend’s Bar, Riverside Industrial. Free entrance, with pool tables available. No under 18s are allowed. Enquiries: 082-741-8999.

Sunday January 14.• Live music at Da Loose Mongoose, Plaston. From 16:00 to 19:00. Lots of space and shady trees available. Enquiries and bookings: 013-007-1402 or 083-594-1006.

Apple slows iPhones down as batteries age

The admission played into concerns that Apple was stealthily nudging iPhone users to upgrade to newer models by letting them think it was the handsets that needed replacing and not just a matter of getting new batteries.

“Our goal is to deliver the best experience for customers, which includes overall performance and prolonging the life of their devices,” an Apple spokesperson said in response to an AFP inquiry.

“Lithium-ion batteries become less capable of supplying peak current demands when in cold conditions, have a low battery charge or as they age over time, which can result in the device unexpectedly shutting down to protect its electronic components.”

Lithium-ion batteries are commonly used in mobile devices, and charging capacity

naturally wanes with use and time.Meanwhile, smartphone-operating

software is perpetually improved with updates that typically increase appetites for electricity.

Last year Apple introduced a feature to “smooth out” spikes in demand for power to prevent iPhone 6 models from shutting down due to the cold or weak batteries, according to the California-based company.

The iPhone 6 made its debut in late 2014.The feature, which slows performance

to demand less power, has been extended to iPhone 7 handsets with the latest iOS operating software and will be added to other Apple products “in the future,” the spokesperson said.

Apple releases new iPhone models annually, and sales of the handsets power its money-making engine.

People worried about performance could replace batteries, which Apple does for free for iPhones covered by warranty or for $79 if that is not the case.

Apple design of handsets makes it borderline impossible for people to change batteries themselves.

Rumors have persisted for years at tech-news websites devoted to Apple products and among fans of the company’s products that iPhone performance was being intentionally slowed, perhaps to push users to buy newer models.

The consumer electronics industry overall has routinely been accused of designing products that wear out sooner than necessary in a strategy referred to as “planned obsolescence”.

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Nellies vaar weer die beste in Mpumalanga

Hoërskool Nelspruit se Zané Maritz is Vrydag as een van die provinsie se 10 beste leerlinge aangewys. Sy het agt onderskeidings behaal.

Sy gaan vanjaar BsC agric-veekunde aan die Universiteit van Stellenbosch studeer.

Sy geniet perdry (sy het op provinsiale vlak gery) en is dol oor die buitelewe. “Ek geniet dit om te lees, kitaar te speel en op die plaas te wees. My belangstellings behels enigiets met vier bene en ‘n stert,” sê sy.

NHS spog weer eens met ‘n 100%-slaagsyfer. Die skool is ook weer as die beste in die provinsie aangewys.

Altesaam 243 leerlinge het die eksamen geskryf. Die gemiddelde persentasie per leerder was 65,3% en 69,4% van die kandidate het met universiteitsvrystelling geslaag, die hoogste syfer vir ‘n skool in Mpumalanga.

NHS se leerlinge het saam 296 onder-skeidings behaal. Mia Erasmus, Ziska van Dyk en Cecelia van Zyl het elk sewe onderskeidings gehaal.

Melandi Lourens, Mianca Minnaar, Emile Pëtersen, Chiron Roe, Duvan van Duyker,

Taillard van Zyl, André Vosloo en Simoné Vosloo spog elk met ses A’s.

Laura Buitendag, Anika Lemmens, Naas Marais, SP Muller, Ivanke Swart, Pierre Taljaard, Nicole Theron, Melvin van Rooyen, Theo van Rooyen en Dawid Wille het elk vyf gekry.

Hoërskool Bergvlam se 197 gr. 12- kandidate het ‘n 99%-slaagsyfer behaal. Kobus de Jager en Sally Etsebeth het elk sewe onderskeidings gekry.

Sally is ook aangewys as die leerder met die hoogste punte in wiskundige geletterdheid in Mpumalanga. Minette van Rooyen, Christelle Vermeulen en Karen Chikwanha het elk vyf onderskeidings gehaal.

Lowveld High School het ‘n 96%-slaagsyfer waarvan 60% met universiteitstoelating geslaag het. Die skool het ‘n totaal van 83 onderskeidings gehaal.

Wakhile Mhlungu het ses onderskeidings. Siphosinhle Maphanga en Siphesihle Dlamini het elk vier.

Theo van Rooyen, Lourens Holtzhausen, Mianca Minnaar en Kayla Neethling.

Ruben Buitendag, René Bekker en Dylan Soderlund.

Zané Maritz. Mia Erasmus.

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Lots of thunder, but no strike in league match

SuperSport’s Dean Furman tries to score in the second half. Hendrik Eikstein and Siyabonga Nhlapo.

Amakahosi supporters. SuperSport’s Teboho Mokoena.

George Maluleka and Dean Furman.

SuperSport’s Morgan Gould stops Willard Katsande’s efforts to attack.

Football supporters packed Mbombela Stadium of Saturday evening for the SuperSport United and Kaizer Chiefs Premier Soccer League match.

The thrilling but goalless match saw both teams walk away with a point each.

Amakhosi’s Yusuf Bunting wasted a narrow but stray shot away from the goal post in the fi rst few minutes of the match.

The shot set an electrifying atmosphere at the stadium as supporters started to cheer on.

Amatsatsantsa remained consistent with the ball possession after Bunting’s stray

shot which put pressure on the Tshwane-based team. However,

that did not stop both teams from attacking both ends. Former Chiefs players Morgan Gould and Reneilwe Letsolonyane did not shy away from their former teammates.

Willard ‘Salt’ Katsande and Reneilwe “Yeye” Letsolonyane were at loggerheads when they tackled each other in the 23rd minute of the game.

Soweto giant’s defenders Teenage Hadebe, Siyabonga Ngezana and Daniel Cardoso tackled the men in blue strikers’ ambitions to put the ball behind the post to remain nothing but a dream.

The teams were both strong and had competent players who gave the fans an exciting match. SuperSport almost escaped with three points when striker Jeremy Brockie put the ball behind the net.

Unfortunately, Brockie was shown the offside fl ag.

This was the sixth league match in a row without SuperSport registering a victory.

Amakhosi are gradually climbing up the log. They are stuck in position four with 23 points. Meanwhile, the Tshwane boys are in position 12 with 17 points.

Chiefs have been busy in the transfer market. The team recently signed Leonardo Castro from Mamelodi Sundowns, Kabelo Mahlasela from Bloemfontein Celtic, as well as Siphelele Ntshangase from Baroka FC.

All three new signings understandably failed to make the match-day squad as they only joined a few days ago.

Recently signed midfi elder Mahlasela was also expected to be thrown into the deep end, but suffered an unfortunate injury during his fi rst training session with Amakhosi on Thursday.

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