Exact details of what caused the accident are yet to be fully established.<\/p>\n
Mr Chauke was returning from a meeting in Nelspruit and was travelling alone when the accident occurred.<\/p>\n
Colleagues and staff at the municipality were all shocked and saddened to hear about his death. An eery and uneasy silence hung in the hallways on Monday morning.<\/p>\n
Staff members only had good things to say about Mr Chuake – who joined the municipality back in 2004 and relocated to Middelburg from Bushbuckridge.<\/p>\n
“He was a friendly, talkative person. Always joking around. He preferred to look at only the positive side of life,” one employee said.<\/p>\n
Mr Chauke also worked closely with Advocate Thobela Mekuto, Director of Corporate Services, and acted in her position whenever required.<\/p>\n
“He was a committed, hard working employee, a friend and a true gentleman,” said Ms Mekuto.<\/p>\n
“I had a lot of confidence in him. He was a proficient worker and the only person I trusted in my position when I was not in office. It’s a great loss to the municipality and he will be sorely missed”.<\/p>\n
Ms Mekuto said that the entire municipality wishes to convey their deepest sympathy and condolences to Noah’s family, his wife Emilie Chauke who is a mathematics teacher at Mthombeni Primary School in Mhluzi, and their three sons, Evidence (16), Hlulani (8) and Nsovo (6), as well as the extended Chauke family in Bushbuckridge.<\/p>\n
Mr Chauke’s funeral will take place at Tsakane Village at Bushbuckridge on Friday, 4 April. Services will begin at 06:00. For more details regarding the funeral please contact 013 249 7242.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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