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Being in jail at Cansa Jail n Bail can be fun!

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Cansa Relay for Life 2011 that was held in October, netted R 651 464,75 for Cansa, an amount the Polokwane community can be extremely proud of.

Trophies and certificates were handed over to winners and supporters of Relay 2011 at the Farmyard on Sunday.

Bertus Kirstein, convenor of the Relay 2011 comittee has ended his tenure and is succeeded by Rory Muldoon who will be leading the effort to increase the amount collected for Cansa in 2012.

 Statistics for 2011 Relay For Life:

1. 78 Survivor participants

2. 202 Teams entered

3. +- 3000 each of meals and beverages sold

4. Estimated running attendance: 4000 - 5000 

5. Cost to host the event: R40 000.00 

The results were:

1. Most funds raised overall – Mitchell House (R54 055.55) – MAIN TROPHY

2. Spirit Trophy – Hillary Construction & Polokwane Surfacing

3. Best Decorated Stand – Face to Face

4. Most funds raised per team – Mitchell House (1 team R54 055.55)

5. Most teams entered – Clover (12 teams)

6. Most funds raised:  NPO Division – Pietersburg Rotary Club 100 (R18 345.00)

7. Most funds raised:  Corporate Division – ABSA (R45 000.00)

 Cansa Relay for Life Polokwane 2012 will take place on 12 October 2012.

 Cetrificates of Appreciation were handed over to: ABSA - Sonja Randall; Lions Club of Polokwane - Juan van der Merwe; Pietersburg Rotary Club 100 - Tinus Jacobs; Capricorn Rotary Club - Sandy Rawlings; Rotary Club of Polokwane - Efiong Akpan; Mr. Ernst Neuwhoff -  Monica OBO Ernst; Clover - Dalize Venter; Eeufeeshuis - Sonja Engelbrecht; McDonalds - Efiong Akpan; G4S Cash Solutions - Danie Kritzinger; G4S Secure Solutions - Danie Kritzinger; Observer - RC Myburgh; Northern Media Group - Reabetja Mabotja; My Polokwane - Nico Prinsloo; Lamprint - Juan van der Merwe; Northern Academy - Monica; Mitchell House - Sandy Hudson; Wimpy – Show Manoko; PEMPS, Jurie Olivier, We Brand It, Little Blessings, PHS, De Wet Family Trust and Goseame.

The Cansa Polokwane Relay for Life 2012 committee.

Most funds raised overall – Mitchell House (R54 055.55) – MAIN TROPHY.

Rory Muldoon, Convenor of the 2012 Cansa Polokwane Relay for Life committee, with the bright result of the 2011 Relay.

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Elsa Coetzee from Realnet obediently paying her bail.

Looks like Maryna van der Merwe and Elsa Coetzee enjoy their prison status.

Cansa jailbirds begging to be released.

Corrinne Boshoff, Hennie van Heerden, Joanita Kuilder, Letitia Jordaan, Wilsie Oosthuizen and Ronald Kgamedi.

The 2011 Cansa Polokwane Relay For Life event will take place on the 14^th of October 2011 at the sports grounds of Pietersburg High School.

The event will start with the Survivors lap which is the first lap around the track by cancer survivors. It is an inspiring part of every Relay celebration demonstrating that we are winning the battle against cancer.

After dark, an inspirational Luminaria Ceremony takes place. Candles placed in bags line the track in memory of those who lost the fight and in honour of survivors. Throughout the night, these candles remind us why we continue to fight.

The field will be divided in camp sites. Each team will be allocated a campsite to pitch a tent or gazebo. Your campsite is the chance for your team members’ creativity to shine through, it should portray your teams theme or brand.

Throughout the night on-site activities and entertainment will be provided.

The registration fee for a team of between 10 – 15 people are R500.

To register your team, please contact the Cansa office on 015 297 1268 or relay@mweb.co.za or Harleen Idensohn on 072 438 5562 or harleen.idensohn@gmail.com.

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Friday, 3 Feb

Between 7:30 and 8:30

Opportunity for the public to sign Cansa declaration.

Parking Area, Absa Provincial Office, 76 Schoeman Street, Polokwane

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We received this message via MyPolokwane and wonder if someone can help.

Please can you give us advise of what we can do to help my brother (Gerrit Melcher) who is in the ENT section of the Johannesburg General Hospital. He has been diagnosed with throat cancer.

We are not sure if this is true because the staff in this ward refuses to give us any information on my brothers treatment. We went to visit him and could not believe that he is the same person. He has aged and is frail and very sick. He cannot speak for himself. He communicated by writing to us and he says that they are not providing him with proper care and medication. He is being left to die. He has a pipe inserted into his throat and it is filthy. The other day he sent us an SMS saying that he cannot breath and that the staff ignore his plea for health.

It seems that if you do not have a medical aid then you are treated as a pauper without any real treatment and chance of recovery. He has been in hospital for more than 60 days and in that time has had virtually no treatment.

We his family live in Evander and cannot go visit him on a regular basis because we live about 2 hours drive from the hospital

please can you help!