{"id":296044,"date":"2025-11-21T12:28:48","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T10:28:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/?p=296044"},"modified":"2025-11-25T14:53:24","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T12:53:24","slug":"sub-councils-hail-heroes-in-final-meetings-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/sub-councils-hail-heroes-in-final-meetings-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Subcouncils hail heroes in final meetings of the year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Mitchell&#8217;s Plain Subcouncils 12 and 17 wrapped up their final meetings of 2025 last week, with the chairpersons honouring community heroes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Elton Jansen began his chairman\u2019s address on 17 November with praise for his Subcouncil 17 manager, Goodman Rorwana, who saved the life of his counterpart from subcouncil 12, Mcebisi Fetu, after finding him unconscious at his home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said: &#8220;If it weren&#8217;t for his quick thinking we would probably have been attending a funeral. He is indeed a hero. I know it must have been a terrible ordeal to find your colleague in that state.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Subcouncil 12 chair Solomon Philander gave more details on Fetu\u2019s recovery in his chairperson\u2019s address on 20 November: \u201cHe is recovering very, very well. There&#8217;s much, much progress, so we just hope that he&#8217;ll pull through on this one, that he can join us very, very soon again, to continue the work that we have started.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-neighbourhood-watch-members-honoured\">Neighbourhood-watch members honoured<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Philander also took the opportunity to pay tribute to several Eastridge and Tafelsig neighbourhood-watch members who died this year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMany of them served or walked the night before they died,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He invited the women\u2019s respective neighbourhood-watch chairs to pay tribute to each of them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Eastridge watch chair Deirdre Petersen said: \u201cWe had a very sad 2025. Within three months we lost three members, Magdalene Miller, Elizabeth Carollus and Christine Campher. These members served for many, many years. They gave their life to the Eastridge community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cElizabeth was still patrolling the night before, Friday evening and Saturday she never woke up.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/community-safety-champion-trevor-de-kock-passes-away-at-57\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> Community safety champion Trevor De Kock passes away at 57<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stella Cornelissen, Tafelsig East Neighbourhood Watch chair, paid tribute to Dandeline Jantjies, Elizabeth Saal and Nuriman Gadija Samuels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe&#8217;re very, very sad,\u201d Cornelissen said. \u201cWe can&#8217;t actually believe it, but somehow we must move forward and try to get more communities involved in what we are doing. \u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All six women died of natural causes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Eastridge and Tafelsig ward councillor Norman Adonis, a former neighbourhood watch chair, lit a candle in honour of the women.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThey are really fallen heroes,\u201d he said. \u201cThey stood the test. They&#8217;ve done it well. They&#8217;ve walked the road with the community. They have respect of the community and that&#8217;s a valuable life lesson.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"942\" data-attachment-id=\"296050\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/sub-councils-hail-heroes-in-final-meetings-of-the-year\/nhw6_02237\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/nhw6_02237.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,1104\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"nhw6_02237\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Nuriman Gadija Samuels&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Nuriman Gadija Samuels&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/nhw6_02237-1024x942.jpg\" data-id=\"296050\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/nhw6_02237-1024x942.jpg\" alt=\"Nuriman Gadija Samuels\" class=\"wp-image-296050\" srcset=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/nhw6_02237-1024x942.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/nhw6_02237-300x276.jpg 300w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/nhw6_02237-768x707.jpg 768w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/nhw6_02237.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Nuriman Gadija Samuels<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" data-attachment-id=\"296049\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/sub-councils-hail-heroes-in-final-meetings-of-the-year\/nhw5_02175\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/nhw5_02175.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,1200\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"nhw5_02175\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Elizabeth Saal&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Elizabeth Saal&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/nhw5_02175-1024x1024.jpg\" data-id=\"296049\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/nhw5_02175-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Elizabeth Saal\" class=\"wp-image-296049\" srcset=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/nhw5_02175-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/nhw5_02175-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/nhw5_02175-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/nhw5_02175-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/nhw5_02175.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Elizabeth Saal<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"984\" height=\"1024\" data-attachment-id=\"296048\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/sub-councils-hail-heroes-in-final-meetings-of-the-year\/nhw4_02124\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/nhw4_02124.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,1249\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"nhw4_02124\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Dandeline Jantjies&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Dandeline Jantjies&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/nhw4_02124-984x1024.jpg\" data-id=\"296048\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/nhw4_02124-984x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Dandeline Jantjies\" class=\"wp-image-296048\" srcset=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/nhw4_02124-984x1024.jpg 984w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/nhw4_02124-288x300.jpg 288w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/nhw4_02124-768x799.jpg 768w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/nhw4_02124.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 984px) 100vw, 984px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Dandeline Jantjies<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"994\" data-attachment-id=\"296047\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/sub-councils-hail-heroes-in-final-meetings-of-the-year\/nhw3_02115\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/nhw3_02115.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,1165\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"nhw3_02115\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Magdalene Miller&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Magdalene Miller&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/nhw3_02115-1024x994.jpg\" data-id=\"296047\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/nhw3_02115-1024x994.jpg\" alt=\"Magdalene Miller\" class=\"wp-image-296047\" srcset=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/nhw3_02115-1024x994.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/nhw3_02115-300x291.jpg 300w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/nhw3_02115-768x746.jpg 768w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/nhw3_02115.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Magdalene Miller<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1013\" data-attachment-id=\"296046\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/sub-councils-hail-heroes-in-final-meetings-of-the-year\/nhw2_02167\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/nhw2_02167.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,1187\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"nhw2_02167\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Elizabeth Carolus&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Elizabeth Carolus&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/nhw2_02167-1024x1013.jpg\" data-id=\"296046\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/nhw2_02167-1024x1013.jpg\" alt=\"Elizabeth Carolus\" class=\"wp-image-296046\" srcset=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/nhw2_02167-1024x1013.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/nhw2_02167-300x297.jpg 300w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/nhw2_02167-768x760.jpg 768w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/nhw2_02167.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Elizabeth Carolus<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"867\" data-attachment-id=\"296045\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/sub-councils-hail-heroes-in-final-meetings-of-the-year\/nhw1_02134\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/nhw1_02134.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,1016\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"nhw1_02134\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Christine Campher with Deirdre Petersen.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Christine Campher with Deirdre Petersen.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/nhw1_02134-1024x867.jpg\" data-id=\"296045\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/nhw1_02134-1024x867.jpg\" alt=\"Christine Campher with Deirdre Petersen.\" class=\"wp-image-296045\" srcset=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/nhw1_02134-1024x867.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/nhw1_02134-300x254.jpg 300w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/nhw1_02134-768x650.jpg 768w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/nhw1_02134.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Christine Campher with Deirdre Petersen.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-more-heroes\">More heroes<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Woodlands ward councillor Joan Woodman also took the opportunity during the Subcouncil 17 meeting to praise traffic officers who had rushed to the aid of a woman in the area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She said she had witnessed the chaos caused by the scene, during the school rush.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI saw this shuffling of traffic officers and a female running with a baby in her arm, jumping into a vehicle.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Woodman guessed from the circumstances that some sort of emergency was afoot, but she and onlookers were confused. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI stood there and I was wondering, is this an abduction? Is a law enforcement chasing after them? How am I going to find out?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/pedestrian-dies-in-multi-vehicle-crash-in-lentegeur\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>IN OTHER NEWS:<\/strong> Pedestrian dies in multi-vehicle crash in Lentegeur<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The answer came to her without any effort though. Woodman said that later that day she received a voicenote from a resident which gave the details of the emergency. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She played the voicenote to the meeting. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;One of our neighbour&#8217;s children was blue in the face and blood was coming from her nose,\u201d the voicenote said. \u201cThese officers, I flagged them down while driving and they got into our car and drove it for us.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the voicenote the officers immediately took control of the situation and drove the family directly to hospital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The child would have not made it if they hadn&#8217;t done so,&#8221; the relieved resident added in her message.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Woodman confirmed the officers had been traced and would receive awards for their life-saving actions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Subcouncil chairperson Elton Jansen praised the officers for going beyond the call of duty.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mitchell&#8217;s 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