2010 June | Vaal Triangle Business Directory | VaalFindit
Moenie die Bybel Google
Die rekenaar-, internet- en selfoonera het baie nuwe begrippe geskep. ΓÇÿn Uitdrukking wat mens deesdae dikwels hoor, is om iets te ΓÇ£GoogleΓÇ¥. ΓÇ£Om te GoogleΓÇ¥ beteken dat jy die soekenjin Google gebruik om inligting oor byna elke saak te kry waaraan jy kan dink. Jy tik die woord waaroor jy informasie wil h├¬ in, druk ΓÇ£enterΓÇ¥ en binne oomblikke verskyn daar ΓÇÿn stortvloed inligting oor die betrokke saak. Baie Christene het die gewoonte aangeleer om die Bybel te ΓÇ£GoogleΓÇ¥.
Hiermee bedoel ek die volgende: Hulle wil alle lewensprobleme oplos deur bloot ΓÇÿn soektog in die Bybel te doen vir di├⌐ tekste waar ΓÇÿn spesifieke begrip in voorkom.
Daar is niks mee verkeerd om toepaslike tekste op te soek nie. Dit is noodsaaklik! Die probeem is egter as ons reken dat ons vir elke probleem ΓÇÿn oplossing sal kry deur Bybeltekste aan te haal met die betrokke begrip daarin.
As ons s├│ dink, dreig die volgende gevare:
(i) tekste word buite verband aangehaal en dus verdraai;
(ii) ons sien nie raak dat begrippe nie in alle tekste noodwendig dieselfde beteken nie (ΓÇ£sielΓÇ¥ het bv. verskillende betekenisse);
(iii) ons besef nie dat die Bybel nie geskryf is met die doel om kitsoplossings vir alle probleme te gee nie;
(iv) die Bybel behandel nie tipiese hedendaagse probleme nie (bv. stamselnavorsing);
(v) die Bybel bestaan nie net uit direkte voorskrifte vir spesifieke probleme nie. As die
Bybel bloot ΓÇ£ge-GoogleΓÇ¥ word, word nie een van hierdie faktore in ag geneem nie, en word God se Woord verdraai. Ons gehoorsaamheid aan God behels veel meer as net die opsoek en ops├¬ van versies.
Om die Bybel te ΓÇ£GoogleΓÇ¥, is m.i. die maklikste, maar verkeerde weg.
Nuttige wenke met opstel van testamente
ΓÇÿn Kundige en gekwalifiseerde finansi├½le adviseur kan jou help in die beplanning en opstel van jou testament.
Berrie Botha, uitvoerende hoof van Sanlam Trust, gee hier ΓÇÿn paar nuttige wenke wat jy in gedagte kan hou:
Hou jou testament op datum.┬á Hersien dit gereeld soos wat jou omstandighede verander.
Sorg dat jou testament geldig is.┬á Die Wet op Testamente stel baie spesifieke vereistes waaraan ΓÇÿn testament moet voldoen.
Hou jou testament so eenvoudig as moontlik.
As jou omstandighede egter ΓÇÿn ingewikkelde testament vereis, maak seker dat jy deskundige advies kry.
Dit is aanbeveelbaar om onder geen omstandighede jou eie testament te probeer opstel nie ΓÇô tensy jy natuurlik ΓÇÿn deskundige is.
Maak seker jou testament is prakties uitvoerbaar.┬á Dis ΓÇÿn fout om jou testament te beskou as ΓÇÿn dokument wat eers in werking tree as jy oud is.┬á Jy is dalk nie so gelukkig nie.
Maak seker dat jy die inhoud van jou testament verstaan.
Erfgename moet duidelik ge├»dentifiseer word deur hul volle name en verwantskap of ID-nommer te verstrek.┬á ΓÇÿn Pa of neefs met dieselfde voorname en van kan andersins groot probleme veroorsaak.
Die verdeling van bates behoort regverdig en billik te wees sodat erfgename nie stry nie, maar dit is in jou uitsluitlike reg en diskresie om oor jou bates te beskik.
Wees prakties met die verdeling van jou bates.┬á Dit is byvoorbeeld dalk nie altyd wenslik om jou bates gelykop tussen jou gades en kinders te verdeel nie, tensy jou boedel net uit kontant bestaan.
Waar moontlik, vermy bevelende opdragte in jou testament.┬á ΓÇÿn Opdrag dat al jou bates verkoop moet word, kan beteken dat aandele in swak markomstandighede verkoop word en groot verliese gelei gaan word.┬á Laat eerder die besluite aan jou eksekuteur oor.
Dis belangrik dat jy die gevolge van jou testament verstaan.
In die vierde artikel van die Sanlam Trust-artikelreeks gee Botha nog wenke.┬á Gesels gerus met jou finansi├½le adviseur.┬á En onthou:┬á dis belangrik om jou testament gereeld te hersien.
The things workers would say to get out of work and watch the game
The World Cup is here and with it come record highs of national pride, fake illnesses and bought doctors’ notes! Independent Research agency Freshly Ground Insights recently conducted a survey in which 950 South Africans representing a cross section of the population were interviewed. In their results they concluded that about 45% of people in SA were prepared to create a fake illness so they could watch the game instead of going to work.
Some people claimed that they would buy a doctors note while others said they would pretend to have a family emergency or even say there was a death in the family. One man, who had clearly thought out how he would avoid work, said that he would claim an iron had burnt his son.
A shocking low 13% of the people in the survey said that they would sell their tickets or give them away if they could not get out of work, while a brave 7% said they would go to the game and deal with the consequences later.
“I’m suffering from madness” and “I would say there is a fire in the house,” are some of the excuses that people gave Freshly Ground Insights while others said that they would claim to be in hospital. A staggering two-percent of people said that if their boss did not allow them time off to go to the game, they would simply quit their job.
When Mooivaal Media conducted its own survey we received “excuses-advice” such as “You have a tooth infection and have a dental appointment. The dentist advised you to take the day off work because you are on meds,” from Mr EN; Ms VW claimed she would use her mother-in-law as an excuse and Matthew Tyack said: “I would tell my boss I had to appear in court for not paying fines, or that I won R50 000 in a competition; then when asked afterwards if I’d gotten the money, I’ll just tell him it was a scam or something. Or I would tell him someone drew money out of my account and I had to go to the bank during work hours to sort it out.”
Clearly everyone is on board with the World Cup and will do anything to get behind their team and support them. * Let’s just hope that those who do lie their way out of work do not end up on TV with a vuvuzela in one hand and an ice cold beer in the other!
News source: Mooivaal Media (Vaalweekblad)
Dutch help develop soccer talent
Megan McLean and Petro-Anne Morkel, a┬á Dutch soccer club is developing young soccer talent in the Vaal Triangle.
The Philips Sport Vereniging (PSV) Eindhoven Soccer Club has sent coaches to train children and their local coaches from June 18 to June 22. This is part of an exchange programme between the Emfuleni Local Municipality (ELM) and the Eindhoven Municipality in the Netherlands.
“The future of South African soccer lies in training the youth,” said Sedibeng 2010 Task Team spokesperson Klaas Mofomme. “The current crop of players is getting old. We need to develop soccer at a grassroots level. If you teach them technical skills and know-how at a young age they improve and grow.”
The PSV coaches taught 10 local teams with 20 players each aged between nine and 15 at the COP Sports Complex in Vanderbijlpark. The teams were selected from Sharpville, Bophelong, Boiathong, Tshepiso, Vereeniging, Vanderbijlpark, Evaton, Evaton West and Sebokeng.
After the Dutch coaches leave, local coaches will still benefit from this soccer development programme. Local coaches also received training on the technical aspects of the beautiful game.
“Local coaches should now be able to take these techniques forward,” said Mofomme.
This soccer programme forms part of a larger twinning between the two municipalities, which have had a relationship since 1999. According to Yvonne Blankwater, project manager for the City of Eindhoven, this relationship came into being after a Dutch NGO approached Eindhoven Municipality for assistance with its welfare programmes in Emfuleni.
PSV Eindhoven is one of three European Cup-winning soccer clubs in the Netherlands. Many famous soccer players, for example Ronaldo Luis Naz├írio de Lima, have used this club as a launching pad for their sporting careers.
Wynroete lok besoekers van oral oor die hele land
Die Vaal Meander Wynroete lok tans besoekers vanoor die hele land. Van die besoekers kom jaarliks vanaf die Kaap en omliggende gebiede om die wynfees in die noorde te kom geniet, vertel van die aanbieders op die wynroete.
Die wynroete is:
Model Bottelstoor in Meyerton bied Distell, Winelog, Vinimark, Wine Worx, Van Loveren, NS en Boschendal.
High Stakes Restaurant bied Vriesenhof Vineyards, The Goose en Du Toitskloof Cellar.
Liquid Lounge bied wyne van Waterkloof Stellenbosch en Tulbach Winery. * Liquor City, Vanderbijlpark bied Distell, Winelog, Vinimark, Wine Worx, Napier Winery, NS en Boschendal.
House of Curries bied proesessie aan in wyne insluitende Altydgedacht, Whalehaven en Bernheim.
Mon Ami bied Murati en Stellenrust.
Riverside Hotel bied wyne vanaf LΓÇÖavernir en Warwick.
Stonehaven on Vaal bied De Krans, Spier, Krone en Diemersfontein.
The River Palace bied wyne van Riebeeck Cellars en Roberson.
Waterfront Country Lodge bied Le Riche, Boschendal, Newton Johnson, Painted Wolf en Reyneke Organic.
The Shakespeare Inn bied wyne van Mt Vernon, Savanah en Oranjerivier.
Die Vaal Meander Wynroete word elke Saterdag en Sondag van 12:00 tot 18:00 aangebied. Besoek die webtuiste www.vaalwineroute.co.za of skakel (016) 933 4821 vir meer besonderhede oor spesiale aanbiedings wat oor die volgende agt weke aangebied word. Neem ook deel aan Vaalweekblad en Ster se weeklikse SMS-kompetisie en staan ‘n kans om wyn-geskenkpakke te wen!
Nuusbron: Mooivaal Media Vaalweekblad
Swiss Football team practice in Vaal
Below are some images, courtesy of Topshare where we can see the Swiss Football team as they practice at the Izak Steyl Stadium in Vanderbijlpark. The team will be playing Spain on the 16th of June in Durban at 16:00!
New Nandos Ad – Hillarious!
The Swiss team arrives
(Reuters) – “Vuvuzela” trumpets blasted and flags flew proudly across South Africa on the eve of the continent’s first World Cup which Africans hope will transform negative global perceptions of them forever.
In hotels and training grounds across the vast and beautiful nation, players and coaches of the 32 competing nations had their eyes set on an equally lofty goal — lifting the globe’s most coveted sporting prize on July 11.
South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma unrealistically urged the local “Bafana Bafana” (The Boys) team to bring him the trophy. But the more likely benefit for the hosts is a lasting legacy of tourism, investment and greater social unity.
South Africa do, though, go into Friday’s opener against Mexico brimming with confidence after a 12-match unbeaten run.
Pundits expect an exciting match from two sides better at going forward than defending. Uruguay face France in the second match of the 64-game tournament’s opening day.
Just reaching the second round — and not becoming the first host nation of a World Cup to go out at the start — would probably be triumph enough for lowly-ranked South Africa.
SPAIN, BRAZIL FIRM FAVOURITES
Former political prisoner and president, Nelson Mandela, 91, firmly intends to make an appearance at Friday’s opening match, hoping to inspire the nation as he did for the Rugby World Cup in 1995 that South Africa won.
The FIFA World Cup, he said in a statement, “symbolizes the power of football to bring people together from all over the world, regardless of language, the color of one’s skin, political or religious persuasion.”
World Cup chief Danny Jordaan told reporters the decision on whether Mandela would appear at Soccer City for South Africa’s encounter with Mexico, would depend on his health on the day.
“He intends to be there,” Jordaan said. “Whether he comes for five minutes or the whole match is not our decision.
“As things stand now there is a very good chance that he will be with us because he wants to be there.”
The party was to officially start on Thursday night with a concert in South Africa’s biggest township Soweto. Shakira, the Black Eyed Peas and Alicia Keys were in the lineup alongside a host of Africa’s best musicians.
Fed up with being associated endlessly with hunger, AIDS and crime, Africans are praying the month-long tournament will counter what they see as old caricatures in world media that fail to grasp the continent’s modern and changing face.
Some robberies against foreign journalists, though, have soured the atmosphere and sent a reminder of local crime levels worse than almost anywhere outside a war-zone.
In the latest incident, Chinese journalists were robbed in their car, embassy officials said on Thursday. That followed a pre-dawn raid on some Spanish and Portuguese journalists while they were sleeping in their hotel.
In another negative for the tournament, an extraordinary injury list keeps getting longer with huge names in global football from David Beckham to Nani missing out.
The latest injury worry was Switzerland captain Alex Frei, who is doubtful for their opener against Spain next week after hurting an ankle in training.
In the camp of little-fancied Slovakia, it was a family affair as coach Vladimir Weiss sought to avoid any accusations of favoritism toward his son and player of the same name.
“I am very strict with him, much stricter with him than other players,” the coach told Reuters on the training pitch in Pretoria. Grandfather Weiss, who also played for the national side and has the same name, enjoys the easiest job now.
“He is sitting at home waiting to watch the matches on television,” the coach said.
Spesial thanks to Reuters: (Reporting by Reuters reporters across South Africa, Editing by Ossian Shine)
In South Africa, ΓÇ¿soccer dreams do come true
The Dreamfields project provides soccer equipment and playing fields to poor school children to celebrate the World Cup South African boys are given new soccer cleats and outfits, provided by the Dreamfields Project, and take part in a tournament in Vanderbijlpark, South Africa. Dreamfields is also building soccer fields in poor areas.
The boys come from townships and rural schools where there is hardly enough money to pay for books, let alone sports equipment. But by the time the morning is done, each boy will have had his moment on the soccer pitch, sharing one little bit of the excitement that has overtaken this country as the 2010 FIFA World Cup games begin.
Organized by a local charity called the Dreamfields Project, the tournament is part of an effort to create a level playing field ΓÇô as it were ΓÇô for sports in a sports-mad country where, unfortunately, there is not equal access to something as simple as playtime. Backed by 50 large companies and 100 small companies, the Dreamfields Project has organized hundreds of similar soccer tournaments around the country, handing out some 20,000 soccer uniforms and pairs of shoes, and giving children a reason to hope that they can excel at sports.
ΓÇ£ItΓÇÖs about dreaming; not every day is going to be just like the day before,ΓÇ¥ says John Perlman, founder and director of the Dreamfields Project, watching two teams compete for their chance at a trophy.
ΓÇ£If children get positive recognition, they have to go in search of more, and so this thing will continue,ΓÇ¥ Mr. Perlman adds. ΓÇ£Children in Vanderbijlpark have a right to play sports; they have a right to a day ΓÇ¿like this.ΓÇ¥
News source:┬á http://www.csmonitor.com/World/2010/0608/In-South-Africa-soccer-dreams-do-come-true
Posted on 08 June 2010.
Duimsuig ‘n natuurlike aanwendsel
Rykdom is nie ΓÇÿn salaristjek nie
Hernieude ekonomiese groei en werkskepping moet verwelkom word as ΓÇÿn teken dat SA die resessie die hoof bied, maar al hoe meer Suid-Afrikaners begin besef dat ΓÇÿn salaristjek nie welvaart verteenwoordig nie. ΓÇ£En hulle wend hulle toenemend na die eiendomsmark vir antwoorde,ΓÇ¥ s├¬ Hano Jacobs, uitvoerende hoof van die Realty 1 International-eiendomsgroep.
ΓÇ£Groot getalle Suid-Afrikaners soek nou verder as die ooglopende bates wat ΓÇÿn gereelde salaristjek kan koop ΓÇô soos klerasie, motors en vakansies ΓÇô en probeer om minstens ΓÇÿn deel van hulle inkomste aan te wend vir besparing of bates wat in waarde gaan toeneem en hulle in die toekoms gaan baat.
ΓÇ£En navorsing toon dat die top beleggingskeuse vir die meeste van hulle ΓÇÿn huis van hulle eie is ΓÇô en dis een rede waarom die nuwe verbandwaarborgfonds wat pas deur die Department van Menslike Vestiging aangekondig is so belangrik is.ΓÇ¥
Die waarborgfonds ter waarde van R1-miljard is daarop gemik om voornemende huiseienaars wat tussen R3500 en R9000 per maand verdien te help om verbandlenings by banke te bekom, verduidelik hy.
ΓÇ£Di├⌐ verbruikers was jare lank in ΓÇÿn dilemma vasgevang ΓÇô hulle het te veel verdien om vir HOP-huise te kwalifiseer, maar te min om huislenings in die formele mark te bekom. Die nuwe fonds kan die situasie aanspreek en ons verwag dat duisende salaristrekkers soos byvoorbeeld onderwysers, verpleegsters en polisiemanne in die nabye toekoms huiseienaars gaan word.ΓÇ¥
Die toename in behuisingsvraag in die opkomende middelklas, s├¬ Jacobs, blyk uit die jongste statistiek van Eerste Nasionale Bank wat daarop wys dat swart kopers nou 34% of net meer as ΓÇÿn derde van alle aankope van wooneiendom verteenwoordig in vergelyking met 28% slegs ΓÇÿn paar maande gelede.
ΓÇ£Di├⌐ koopkrag behoort selfs verder toe te neem danksy die nuwe waarborgfonds en dit is goeie nuus vir ΓÇÿn gesonde uitbreiding van ons eiendomsmark oor die volgende paar jaar ΓÇô asook vir welvaartskepping, wat die wese van ekonomiese bemagtiging is.ΓÇ¥