{"id":296516,"date":"2026-04-16T13:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T11:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vrystaatkroon\/?p=296516"},"modified":"2026-04-16T12:12:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T10:12:07","slug":"steynsrus-tak-van-vlu-100-jaar-oud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vrystaatkroon\/steynsrus-tak-van-vlu-100-jaar-oud\/","title":{"rendered":"Vroue vier dit wat VLU-tak deur die loop van &#8216;n eeu vermag het"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Die Steynsrus-tak van die Vrouelandbou-unie (VLU) het &#8216;n besonderse mylpaal gehaal met sy 100ste bestaansjaar, wat op die area 1-konferensie feestelik gevier is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Die tak, wat op 5 Junie 1926 gestig is, het oor &#8216;n eeu heen &#8216;n belangrike rol in die gemeenskap gespeel en het tydens die vieringe lede en gaste van oor die streek heen verwelkom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sewe takke uit die gebied \u2013 naamlik Edenville, Koppies, Parys, Sasolburg, Kroonstad, Holfontein en Steynsrus \u2013 het die geleentheid bygewoon en saam feesgevier. Voormalige ere-presidente van die Vrystaatse Vroue Landbou-unie, onder wie Frieda Zerwick, Vanda Gagiano en Gerda Pienaar, asook die huidige president, Elsab\u00e9 Kotz\u00e9, het die verrigtinge bygewoon en hul steun betoon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vrystaatkroon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/VLUSteynsrusvier100j_57695.jpg\" alt=\"Die Steynsrus-tak van die Vrouelandbou-unie (VLU) vier vanjaar met trots sy 100ste bestaansjaar. \"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Die Steynsrus-tak van die Vrouelandbou-unie (VLU) vier vanjaar met trots sy 100ste bestaansjaar. Die tak speel sedert sy stigting op 5 Junie 1926 &#8216;n eeu lank al &#8216;n belangrike rol in die gemeenskap. Van links is Elsab\u00e9 Kotz\u00e9 (president van die Vrystaatse Vrouelandbou-unie \u2013 VVLU), Lina Watson (voorsitter), Frieda Zerwick (ere-president), Elmarie Heyns, Welma Richter en Tinkels Prinsloo (voormalige voorsitters).  FOTO&#8217;S: Verskaf<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-inspirasie-vir-die-dag\">Inspirasie vir die dag<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Die tema van die organisasie vir 2026, &#8220;Hoop soek &#8216;n stukkie brandhout,&#8221; het as inspirasie vir die dag gedien en is tydens die verrigtinge beklemtoon. 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