Oom Sakkie Mills en sy dogter, Suretha in gelukkiger tye.
POLOKWANE – Zacharias Christiaan Mills, beter bekend as Oom Sakkie, is Sondag na ‘n lang siekbed aan ‘n hartaanval dood.
Meeste inwoners het hom geken as die vriendelike karwag by die Limpopo Mediclinic wie graag raad gegee het en ‘n positiewe uitkyk op die lewe gehad het.
Vriende beskryf hom as ‘n opregte mens, altyd vriendelik en altyd bereid om te help. Sy gesegde: “Hou die blink kant bo, en die stink kant onder,” was wel-bekend onder diegene wie hom geken het.
“My hart is stukkend. Hy het my altyd eerste gesit en sy dood los ‘n groot leemte in my hart,” vertel sy dogter, Suretha Minnaar.
Hy laat sy vrou Alta, dogter Suretha en broers, Willie, Hans en Daan na.
Sy begrafnis het Vrydag vanuit die N.G. Moedergemeente plaasgevind.
Raeesa Sempe is a Caxton Award-winning Digital Editor with nine years’ experience in the industry. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Media Studies from the University of the Witwatersrand and started her journey as a community journalist for the Polokwane Review in 2015. She then became the online journalist for the Review in 2016 where she excelled in solidifying the Review’s digital footprint through Facebook lives, content creation and marketing campaigns. Raeesa then moved on to become the News Editor of the Bonus Review in 2019 and scooped up the Editorial Employee of the Year award in the same year. She is the current Digital Editor of the Polokwane Review-Observer, a position she takes pride in. Raeesa is married with one child and enjoys spending time with friends, listening to music and baking – when she has the time. “I still believe that if your aim is to change the world, journalism is a more immediate short-term weapon." – Tom Stoppard
