GREATER TZANEEN LIBRARY SERVICES

The Greater Tzaneen Library Services include the Tzaneen, Haenertsburg and Letsitele Libraries.

MISSION

We are committed to providing quality information services and relevant, well maintained library materials, leading to enhanced education and quality of life.

VISION

 We strive to provide accessible library services for all members of the community, and to enrich lives by promoting lifelong learning through reading.

 THE TZANEEN LIBRARY

The Tzaneen Library, established in 1946, is housed in an attractive, spacious building opposite the Greater Tzaneen Municipal Offices and is well stocked with a wide variety of library materials.

38 Agatha street            PO Box 24

Tzaneen                        Tzaneen

0850                            0850

Tel:                   015 307-8051

Fax:                  015 307-8052

E-mail:              christinen@tzaneen.gov.za

Ms Christine Nel                          Head of Section

Mrs Alet le Roux                          Librarian

Mrs Trudi Lingenfelder                 Librarian

Ms Alinah Baloyi                          Library Assistant

Monday – Thursday     09:00 – 17:00

Friday                          09:00 – 16:30

Saturday                       09:00 – 11:30

The Library Study Hall is available

J                 for studying during normal library hours &

J                 for meetings after library hours and on Saturdays at a charge of R150.00 per event

The Minizani Hall is available

J                 for meetings at a charge of R80-00 per event

Churches, cultural, welfare or sport organizations may use the halls free of charge.

Booking should be made by contacting the library well in advance.

THE HAENERTSBURG LIBRARY

Set in the quaint village of Haenertsburg, this small library offers top quality books and information in tranquil surroundings with a view of the Wolkberg Mountains.

7 Maré street                                    PO Box 24

Haenertsburg                                     Tzaneen

0730                                                  0850

Tel:       015 2764707/ 015 2764717

Fax:      015 2764719

E-mail:  mienied@tzaneen.gov.za

Mrs Mienie de Villiers               Librarian

Mr Samuel Makola                   Library Assistant

Monday – Friday          08:00 – 13:00 ; 14:00 – 17:30

The Turner Room seats ten and is available for meetings by arrangement with the librarian, at R50-00 per meeting.

 Church groups, cultural, welfare and sport organizations may use the hall free of charge.

 Bookings should be made by contacting the librarian well in advance.

 THE LETSITELE LIBRARY

This small, friendly library in Letsitele, the heart of the citrus-farming community, offers a well-balanced collection and bustles with activity.

61 Kort street                                                                                       PO Box 24

Letsitele                                                                                                Tzaneen

0885                                                                                                    0850

Tel:                   015 345 1911

Fax:                  015 345 1203

E-mail:              mariev@tzaneen.gov.za

Mrs Marie van der Westhuijzen            Librarian

Mrs Maid Mayimele                             Library Assistant

Mrs Maria Monareng                           Cleaner

Monday           :           08:00 – 12:00   ;           13:00 – 16:30

Tuesday           :           08:00 – 13:00   ;           14:00 – 16:30

Wednesday      :           08:00 – 12:00   ;           13:00 – 16:30

Thursday          :           08:00 – 13:00   ;           14:00 – 16:30

Friday              :           08:00 – 12:00   ;           13:00 – 16:00

 GENERAL INFORMATION

The bulk of the collections consists of books.

 ·                    Fiction, in English, Afrikaans and vernacular languages, includes:

Adult fiction

Youth fiction

Children’s storybooks

Large print fiction

Books on tape (Excluding Letsitele Library)

Literacy collection

·                    Non-Fiction, largely in English, includes:

Reference works

Books on a wide variety of topics

A very good collection of junior non-fiction

A selection from TSA (Excluding the Haenertsburg Library)

·                    At least one English and one Afrikaans newspaper, as well as one local newspaper, are delivered daily.

 ·                    Specialized popular magazines are available for perusal and loan.

 ·                    CD’s across a wide variety of musical tastes, are available at the Letsitele Library.

Membership is available to any member of the Greater Tzaneen Community.  The membership fee is payable annually and is not refundable.

Library staff perform a valuable information service to tourists and other members of the public seeking information on the Greater Tzaneen area.

Exhibitions and book displays on a wide variety of topics are held regularly. 

Creative holiday programmes for children are hosted regularly.  For details of the next programme in the library of your choice, please contact the relevant librarian.

Members of the community who wish to mount exhibitions or assist with holiday programmes, are welcome to contact the librarian in the library most convenient to them.

Each of the three libraries have a vibrant Library Committee, which support Library Services and assist with fundraising and hosting special programmes.

Members of the community who have a special interest in libraries, books and reading, are encouraged to join the Library Committee most convenient to them.

1.                  Membership is voluntary and a membership fee is payable annually which is not refundable. 

2.                  The borrowing period for library material is 2 weeks and a fine is charged for overdue material.  Books may only be renewed once telephonically.  Lost library material has to be replaced with the same title if still in print, or else, the realistic replacement value as determined by the Librarian, must be paid.

3.                  Please make use of the study room if using private study material.

4.                  No bags, briefcases, carriers or containers are allowed inside the library.

5.                  The use of cell phones is prohibited in the library.

6.                  No person shall recline, sleep or partake of refreshments in the library.

7.                  No person shall create a disturbance in the library or allow any child under his supervision to create a disturbance.

8.                  No person shall enter the library, if he is unclean of body or dress.   Adults are expected to wear shoes and not to remove them in the library.

9.                  No animals are allowed.

10.              No private photocopies are allowed.

Full details of the library by-laws are available on request.

News 2004

Iranian exhibition in Tzaneen

The CLRU and the Tzaneen Community Library in Limpopo Province recently organised a most successful exhibition of Iranian Children's books, illustrations, toys and films in the Tzaneen Library.

This exhibition followed on the Iranian Children's Festival organised in February by the CLRU and the Embassy of Iran at Unisa. The Tzaneen Library expressed interest in the exhibition as a Library Week project, but the exhibition proved to be so popular that it ran from 15 to 26 March 2004.

Children from Tzaneen busy with drawings about South African and Iranian cultural life.

The exhibition was opened by the Ambassador of Iran, His Excellency Mr. Mohammad Ali Ghanezadeh, at a mayoral function on Monday 15 March 2004. Cultural entertainment was provided by a traditional dance group of Sawmills Farm School. Throughout the two weeks school groups visited the exhibition, viewed the films and participated in arts activities. Some of the art work created depicting aspects of South African and Iranian cultural life will be sent to the Institute for the Intellectual Development of Children and Young People in Tehran, to be exhibited in that city later this year.

According to Ms Christine Nel, Head of Greater Tzaneen Library Servives, their aim in organising the exhibition and accompanying activities was to introduce visitors to the Tzaneen Library, especially children, to an interesting foreign culture. The CLRU regards this as an ideal opportunity to extend its activities to rural areas and to reach people that do not usually have the opportunity to view exhibitions of this nature.