{"id":54208,"date":"2023-03-23T11:54:19","date_gmt":"2023-03-23T09:54:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vistanews\/vista-treur-oor-afsterwe-20230322-2\/"},"modified":"2025-03-21T00:33:31","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T22:33:31","slug":"vista-treur-oor-afsterwe-20230322-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vistanews\/vista-treur-oor-afsterwe-20230322-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Vista treur oor afsterwe"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\u2019n Bekende Goudvelder en gewese werknemer van <em>Vista<\/em>, Augnischa Van Rooyen (60), is n\u00e1 \u2019n jarelange siekte Maandag in die Mediclinic Welkom se ho\u00ebsorgeenheid aan \u2019n hartaanval oorlede. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Augnischa het in 1981 by die koerant begin werk, en met haar aftrede in 2018 was sy \u2019n senior verkoopsbestuurder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sy was baie geliefd in die Goudveld en veral onder haar kollegas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In haar jare by <span><em>Vista&nbsp;<\/em><\/span>was sy by verskeie gemeenskaps\u00adprojekte betrokke. Van haar groter projekte was: die Odensia-aandreeks, Vista-vrouenagwedloop, <span><em>Vista<\/em><\/span>Miss Goldfields, <span><em>Vista<\/em><\/span>se gholfdae en haar betrokkenheid as \u2019n Spontaan-beoordelaar. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tydens die destydse tornado en ook die Merriespruit-ramp in Welkom was sy deel van<em><span id=\"U101158052679mIG\" style=\"font-family:'Verdana';font-weight:normal;font-style:italic;\">Vista<\/span><\/em><span>se uitreikspan wat geld vir die slagoffers ingesamel het.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span> <em>Vista<\/em> <\/span>het onder haar leiding verskeie eerbewyse ontvang en tydens haar diens by <span><em>Vista&nbsp;<\/em><\/span>het sy ook eerbewyse ontvang.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Destyds het Augnischa ges\u00ea sy geniet dit om met die kli\u00ebnte en lesers op alle vlakke van die samelewing te werk. 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