Delving into the past
Friends and family who had gathered to witness the wedding didn't appear bothered by the unusual circumstances.
This week we look back at the Advertiser’s September 3, 1993, edition.
• Married in a funeral parlour
When Estra Funeral Parlour employee Annetjie van Rooyen (44) decided to marry, she didn’t think hard for a location.
And what better place than the funeral parlour, the place she spends every day of her life.
So on Saturday Annetjie and husband-to-be, Hennie gathered in a small chapel inside the premises and pledged their devotion to each other.
There was even a bride’s car waiting outside.
Slick, long and black, Estra owners Japie and Martie Pieterse willingly let them use the hearse.
Friends and family who had gathered to witness the wedding didn’t appear bothered by the unusual circumstances.
They unwittingly proclaimed that the couple were meant for each other.
Annetjie works as a receptionist and also helps Martie with the preparation of bodies.
“When we decided to marry I immediately thought that this would be the ideal location.
“I love my work and I am not shy to show everyone what I do here,” said Annetjie.
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• Council wins case
The Rand Supreme Council ruled in favour of the Springs Town Council on Tuesday in the legal wrangle between the Council and 800 municipal employees.
Justice Plewman found the workers’ failure to return to work on the specified date, as agreed to with the Council, amounted to a repudiation of their employment contracts.
“The applicants were the authors of their own misfortune,” Plewman said, dismissing the workers’ application that the council review it’s decision to ‘accept their repudiation’.
In a comprehensive ruling, he found that, on the basis of the facts presented to him, the Council had acted correctly and had given the workers a hearing all along.
He ordered the workers to bear all legal costs of the application, including the two attorneys retained by the Council.
Mediated negotiations for the appointment of an agreed-to number of workers were scheduled to continue today (Friday).
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• Birds of prey course
In March 1992 the Springs/Nigel Centre of the Wildlife Society ran a bird identification course for beginners.
This course was very successful and there were many requests for follow-up courses, especially on the Raptors of Southern Africa.
The course will again be run by Stan Madden, with Rose and Ernie Buric whose photographs really are of the very highest quality, notes will also be made available at the course.
If you want to learn more about the magnificent raptors of Southern Africa, this is the course for you.
Bird-watching is one the most popular hobbies in the country and is one of the easiest to follow, it is also much more fun when one can identify the birds that one sees, so this course can be a great benefit to those who spend their leisure hours in watching birds.
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