Issue 152 - FREE
3 November
the good news paper
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Several community groups made known their statement against the horrific crime statistics, and in particular the “Farm Murders”, by wearing black on Monday. Secunda Bootcamp in Secunda organised a walk that coincided with their morning exercise to show their support for this cause. All wore black in solidarity. All over the country people have gotten together to show their support. Although the movement started mainly as support for the “Stop Farm Murders” action, some groups have now used this opportunity to highlight the high crime rates in the country.
Black Monday Local farmers and members of the community held a peaceful protest on the N17 (Trichardt) on Monday 30 October, in support of farmers being murdered in our country.
A peaceful protest was held by local farmers and public on the N17 close to the Trichardt tollgate. A little later the N17 was again closed by farmers from the Bethal area. Each day, 52 people in South Africa are murdered. This is one of the highest murder rates in the world and every person in our country knows the feeling of fearing for their life and the lives of their loved ones. Every day, seven women and children are murdered and in the last year, 74 people in rural communities have been brutally murdered. The rural safety crisis affects all who live in rural areas, both
farmers, farmworkers, their families, and other residents. “It is now time for the specialised units, which were successful at targeting specific crimes such as rural safety units and anti-drug and gang units to be re-instated. These were disabled with no effective alternative in place,” says DA Cllr Encee van Huyssteen. “Every life lost in these tragic crimes is one life too many.” “The crime rate is too high in South Africa” says FF+ Cllr Aranda NelBuitendag, “and Pres Zuma is doing nothing in curbing the spiralling crime in our country.”
According to the recently released crime stats, 954 people were murdered in Mpumalanga during the 2016/2017 financial year, meaning that nearly 3 people were murdered daily. This 11.1% increase is the highest percentage increase when compared to other provinces. The report also reveals that in Mpumalanga, there has been an increase in the following crimes; contact crimes increased by 2%, property related crimes are up by 1.5%, attempted murder is up by 19.1%, robbery with aggravating circumstances up by 11.8%, and common robbery up by 7.4%.
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Dié steenkoolmyn is ‘n paar jaar gelede 7km vanaf die beplande Witfonteinmyn oopgemaak.
Gemoedere vat vlam op mynvergadering
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Met die intrapslag op Donderdagaand se derde publieke vergadering van die beoogde Witfontein-steenkoolmyn, sowat 12 km vanaf Bethal, kon ‘n mens aanvoel hier broei moeilikheid. Die geaffekteerdes, meestal boere, sakemanne en plaaswerkers is mooibroodjies gebak oor rehabilitasie en gepaai dat nóg ‘n oopgroef- en ondergrondse steenkoolmyn nie eintlik só groot uitwerking op hulle of die omgewing gaan hê nie. Dié beplande oopgroef-gedeelte is reeds na wat verneem word, met 67% verklein weens die negatiewe en lewensgevaarlike impakte wat dit op die omgewing en nabye inwoners sal hê. In die vergadering is 85% egter genoem. Die plan:
Dié beoogde myn word op landbougrond gebou en bestaan uit 480ha (ondergronds) en 68 ha bogrond waar ‘n totaal van 100 000 ton steenkool per maand, oor die verloop van 10 jaar, uitgehaal sal word. Die steenkool word dan verwerk en gemaal op die perseel en dan per trok vervoer na ‘n sy-lyn wat by die treinspoor op plaas Holfontein beplan word. Die steenkool is vir plaaslike sowel as uitvoermarkte bestem. Wie wil myn: Littlesnipe (Pty) Ltd is die maatskappy wat aansoek gedoen het om dié myn te open en vorm deel van Canyon Coal maatskappye wat reeds sedert 2009 drie myne geopen het. Die myne is Hakhano (Middelburg, MP - 2009), Palanndwa (Delmas – Ten volle operasioneel sedert 2013) en Singani (Middelburg, MP – 2014). Witfontein-myn maak deel uit van vyf projekte wat hulle wil aanpak indien hulle die nodige lisensies bekom. Dié ander vier myne word beplan in Springs, Hendrina, Bronkhorstspruit en Vereeniging. Voordele en nadele: Die gemeenskap het eendragtig saamgestem dat die nadele die voordele só ver oorskry dat dit nie sin maak dat Littlesnipe dit nog oorweeg om met hul planne voort te gaan nie. Daar word gevrees dat rehabilitasie op ‘n ramp gaan afstuur, veral wat die water betref. Water: “Die grondwater sal minimaal geaffekteer word gedurende die konstruksie-tydperk van sowat 2 jaar en sal eers gedurende operasie geaffekteer word wanneer die grondwatertafel deurdring word. Watervlakke in sekere boorgate kan tot 69m sak,” het Shelly Seton- Rogers, ‘n omgewingswetenskaplike van EXM gesê. “Hoewel die myn in die somer met ‘n surplus water bedryf sal word, sal hierdie surplus in die winter opgebruik word en sal bykomende water benodig word. Die gemiddelde watertekort bereken volgens die gemiddelde reënval-toestande, word geraam op 470 m3/dag. Dié watertekort sal na verwagting mettertyd verminder namate die mynbou
vorder.” EXM is deur Littlesnipe aangestel as die onafhanklike omgewingsimpakpraktisyns. Die byna R5.4mil wat geallokkeer is vir waterrehabilitasie, wat omgekeerde osmose insluit, is een van die syfers wat die vergaderinggangers glo is uit die duim gesuig. Net soos hulle glo oor die statistieke van die padverkeer. Verkeersdruk: Volgens EXM is daar tans 36 voertuie per dag op die D450-roete na Bethal se rigting, terwyl die syfer volgens inwoners in werklikheid veel hoër is. As die myn gebeur, gaan dié grondpad ‘n totaal van 280 voertuie per dag dra, een elke 2.6 minute (voertuie sluit privaat voertuie ook in). Die trokke beweeg tussen 6 uur soggens en 10 uur saans en oornag saans op die myn. Sekuriteit en plaasveiligheid raak ‘n ernstige kwessie vir inwoners wie se huise reg oorkant die oopgroef gedeelte is, veral as dit beteken dat die trokke in die pad kan begin toustaan as hulle wag om te laai en presies die doen en late van dié inwoners kan bepaal. Die trokke is ook ‘n groot probleem vir die pad wat tans nie eers breed genoeg is vir twee trokke om veilig verby mekaar te beweeg nie. Daar word egter beplan om die pad te verbreed na 10m. Inwoners is bekommerd oor klippe wat opspat en wie die skade aan hul voertuie gaan betaal. “As myntrokke privaat voertuie beskadig, moet dit aan die myn self gerapporteer word en hulle sal ondersoek instel. Die myn sal moontlik versekering hê wat skade deur sulke insidente dek,” het EXM gesê. Die pad kan problematies vir Littlesnipe word, wie se navorsing nie mis in die oggend, trekkers en kinders van ‘n plaasskool se veiligheid in ag geneem het nie. Fauna en flora: n Vervoerband tot by Bethal is nie ‘n opsie nie omdat impak op vleilande te groot sal wees. Inwoners wou weet waarom vleilande se veiligheid bó die van mense gestel word waarop Divan van der Merwe, Direkteur van MSc Environmental Management gesê het: “As ‘n vleiland eers weg is, is hy vir altyd weg. Vervolg op bladsy 3
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Plus Divas not afraid of cold
Saturday’s freezing weather did not stop the Mpumalanga Plus Divas Club from hosting their first annual pool party at Fortis Hotel in Evander on Saturday. Plus-sized and skinny women from as far as Johannesburg and Pretoria attended the party. Even a few guys showed up to show their support. “The plans were made a long time ago and nobody expected it to be cold this time of the year, but my friends called me this morning and gave me moral
support. They said we are going to have the party regardless of the cold,” founder and blogger for Plus Divas, Gugu Zulu, said. There was music, photos, dancing and games like Twister and Chess. Plus Divas was originally only for plussized woman, but these plans changed and the club is now taking standpoint against all body shaming. The plus stands for positive body image. “I realized that not only plus-sized women get body shamed, and people
need to know that everyone’s body is perfect just as it is and they should feel comfortable in their own skin,” the 34year old Gugu, who works as a forensic police officer in Secunda, said. Plus Divas Mpumulanga started when Gugu, a plus size model, made friends with other models while doing photo shoots in the city. “My model friends and I decided to start clubs in different provinces and already has one in North West, Johannesburg and Bloemfontein,” Gugu said. She did a
local model search and she and her 10 models do fashion shows and photo shoots and are dressed by Milady’s. They are going to do another model search soon and have big plans for their club. Gugu is also a deputy chairperson of the local charity organization hash tag # 6 am, which she runs with Allen Keys (chairperson) and Mo Mile (executive member). They recently gathered sanitary pads for schools in Bethal, Leslie, eMba and Secunda and will be hosting their toy-a-kid event in December where they will gather toys for orphans.
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Gemoedere vat vlam op mynvergadering As mense betrokke is kan jy nog altyd ‘n ander voorkomende plan bedink.” Niemand op die vergadering was baie beïndruk met dié stelling nie. Daar is ‘n groot verskeidenheid dierelewe in dié omgewing waaronder duikers, tarentale, ystervarke, tierboskatte, uile en verskeie ander dier en voëlspesies. Daar is ook twee beskermde plantspesies. “Geen beskermde diere is waargeneem nie, maar hulle mag dalk daar voorkom en die beskermde plantspesies sal beskerm word,” volgens EXM Lugsoedeling: Lugbesoedeling is nog ‘n kopseer. Een van die redes hoekom die oopgroef geskuif en verklein is, is omdat die toelaatbare vlakke van PM10 en PM2.5 oorskry sou word. EXM is egter seker dat met hul nuwe plan vir die oopgroef-myn, dit nie ‘n probleem sal wees nie Geraas: EXM het ook verseker dat geraas nie ‘n probleem sal wees nie en dat die geraas op plaas Vaalkop, wat regoor die oopgroef en aangrensend van die mynskag is, gedurende mynaktiwiteite nié 45 decibels sal oorskry nie, maar dié soet beloftes klink onmoontlik. Rehabilitasie: Daar is R8 982 848.30 opsy gesit vir myn, R11 119 721.72 vir die prosessering van plante en rehabilitasie van verwante gebiede, R3 395 174.42 vir stormwater bestuur en infrastruktuur, R3 059 349.52 vir ondersteunende infrastruktuur, R1 744 854.58 vir die sy-lyn, R1 098
515.32 vir nasorg en instandhouding. “Dit is nie ekonomies uitvoerbaar nie, ek weet nie hoe die myn ‘n bestaan wil maak nie. Met al die beplande uitgawes gaan hulle bankrot wees voordat hulle begin het,” het ‘n plaaslike boer en besigheidsman gesê. Vergoeding: Daar is nog geen spesifieke bedrag opsy gesit vir geaffekteerde lede nie. “Boere sal op ‘n saak-vir-saakbasis vergoed word, afhangende van hoe hulle geraak word.” Daar is vier woonhuise sowat 850m van die skag, ‘n gastehuis word direk geraak en ‘n ander boer wou weet wie gaan betaal as hy in die toekoms nog boorgate op sy plaas wil sink en hy moet dieper boor as direkte gevolg van mynaktiwiteite. Daar is ook oor die 30 werkershuise wat ontruim moet word as daar geskiet word. As die werkers egter weier word mynaktiwiteite gestaak totdat daar tot ‘n ooreenkoms gekom kan word. Dit is wet, dieselfde wet waarop heelaand gehammer is en hoe dit almal sal beskerm vir jare wat sal kom. Maar die mense voel anders en selfs die Guptas se korrupsie is bespreek. “Die wet het ons in die steek gelaat” is laat hoor. Werk vir plaaslike gemeenskap: Een van die beloftes wat gemaak is, is dat die myn plaaslike mense voorkeur sal gee vir indiensneming. 130 Tydelike werkers sal in die konstruksie-periode van twee jaar in diens geneem word en 150 langtermyn-werkers sal in die 10 jaar baat. “Littlesnipe voldoen aan die voorgeskrewe maatstaf soos gestel deur die Departement van Minerale Hulpbronne en die Mynbou Handves.
Plaaslike diensverskaffers (wat ook BBBEE-verskaffers mag insluit) sal gebruik word,” het Clifford Hallatt, mynontwikkelings-en eksplorasiebestuurder gesê. Op die vraag hoe dit voel dat die gemeenskap hulle (hy en sy projekbestuurder, Dawid Venter) openlik kruisig, het Clifford gesê: “As ons moes luister na elke boer wat ‘n bohaai opskop as ons ‘n myn wil begin, sou Suid-Afrika nooit krag gehad het nie”. “Jy verkoop jou siel vir geld,” het ‘n pensionaris woedend gesê. Samewerking – of nie?: Hoewel daar baie beloftes gemaak is, is dit wat op papier gesien word en dit wat deur die gemeenskap geglo word twee verskillende dinge. Die verwoestende effek van steenkoolmyne, korrupsie en rehabilitasie-rampe is oral oor Suid-Afrika te sien en is veral in Mpumalanga duidelik sigbaar en niemand weet waar dit gaan ophou nie. Volgens Canyon Coal en EXM wil hulle saam met die boere en gemeenskap werk, maar die geaffekteerde partye het duidelik gemaak dat dit nie sonder ‘n geveg gaan gebeur nie. “Julle gaan die volgende vryheidsoorlog begin, julle sal my nie lewendig van my plaas af kry nie,” is woedend gesê. Hierdie berig is net ‘n klein gedeelte van die inligting wat beskikbaar is en die kommentaar wat gelewer is. Vir die volledige verslag van EXM en meer oor dié myn, besoek ons FB blad en webwerf. Hou ook die blad dop vir die volgende publieke vergadering. - Gwendie Venter
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You are my hiding place; you will protect me from trouble and surround me with songs of deliverance. Psalm 32:7
So is die lewe...
3 November 2017
From the Kitchen...
Deur Ds. Marius Britz Facebook en WatsApp kreun vandeesweek onder plasings ná die moord op ‘n boer van Klapmuts, naby Stellenbosch. ‘n Buurman wat die oorledene geken het, maak ‘n hartseer en emosionele video terwyl hy in sy bakkie sit, en vra dat almal hierdie Maandag swart moet dra om hulle teenkanting teen plaasmoorde te wys. Hierdie video versprei soos ‘n veldbrand. Baie tuisgemaakte video’s word gemaak en geplaas as gevolg van hierdie een. ‘n Bekende Afrikaanse sanger knip bykans sy loopbaan kort toe hy in Engels verduidelik hoekom hy nie saamstem met die dra van swart klere nie. Andere van die video’s gee mens koue rillings. Een van hulle is deur ‘n bekende sakeman wat ‘n masjiengeweer en ‘n pistool langs hom het, terwyl hy versies uit die Bybel aanhaal, totaal uit konteks, om oorlog en wraak mee te regverdig. Daar is opgekropte woede onder baie inwoners van hierdie land. Oor baie sake. Korrupsie. Misdaad. Werkloosheid. Geweld. Swak dienslewering. So word Swart Maandag die simbool van woede. Die situasie in die land is hoogs plofbaar. Dit hang soos ‘n newel om my gemoed. Somber, bekommerd, belemmerd deur al hierdie goed wat my slimfoon en gemoed besoedel, staan ek by die kettingwinkel in Langebaan se tou by die kasregister om te betaal. Voor my staan ‘n ou tannietjie met haar einde-van-die-maand-aankope: een rol toiletpapier, ‘n halwe brood, ‘n liter langlewe-melk. Ons praat oor die prys van kos. Sy sê vir my, plastieksakkie bronsmuntstukke in haar hand: Onse mense kry swaar, meneer. Toe, skielik, groet die opsigter by die kassiere iemand agter my wat ook in die ry staan, wat verjaar. En skielik begin sy sing: Happy birthday to you. En al die kassiere val in en sing saam. En die mense in die ry. En almal
WHAT’S UP 1 November. Sasol Marathon Club 3-in-1 night race. 19H00 Sasol Recreation Club. July 0828061352 3 November. @ 16:00. Spanish Tapas & Vino Feast. Augusta Club Lounge, Graceland. Tickets – R180 p/p. Whatsapp Chantel – 072 594 0513. 3 November. Kruik nagmark 16H00 - 20H00 Tel no 0176347833 4 November. Bethal Golf Club. Lots of fun and great prizes. 4 Ball – R1200. Almost full! 5 November. NG Kerk SecundaOos Kersangdiens met Jannie du toit. 18H30 - 20H00 Tel no 0176347518
in die winkel glimlag en sing. En ek, ek begin huil. En die bruin tannietjie voor my ook. En die mense om ons. Ons omhels mekaar. Wit en swart en bruin en pienk en helderbont mense. Want ek weet meteens dat daar nog soveel goedheid en menslikheid is in hierdie wye en droewe land. Ten spyte van al die duister. En die oorgrote meerderheid van mense soek net vrede. En veiligheid. En ‘n rustige bestaan. Toe ek uitstap, sien ek die spierwit strand. En die kobaltblou see. Alhoewel Dasseneiland en Schaapeneiland deur ‘n mislaag bedek is, weet ek dit sal netnou verdwyn. Dan sal dit ‘n helder, oop, dag weer wees. En ek besluit: ek gaan nie dat die huidige miswolke my uitsig op die meerderheid lieflike mense van hierdie reënboogland verberg nie. Daardie miswolke sal ook verdwyn. En Maandag dra ek swart vir Joubert en vir al die ander boere soos hy wat gesterf het in plaasmoorde. Ek dra swart vir die kind van die Kaapse Vlakte wat deur ‘n dwaalkoeël getref is agter op sy ma se rug. Ek dra swart vir nog ‘n dogtertjie wat gesterf het nadat sy ernstig deur haar stiefpa aangerand is. Vir ‘n kind wat in Soshanguve op die skoolgrond met ‘n mes gesteek word. Ek dra swart vir die kind wat met ‘n wapen skool toe gaan. Vir my oud-tuinier in eMbahlenhle wie se hele sinkhuis weggewaai het in die storm in Secunda. Vir die kind wat met geweld groot word. Wat dit dra in die letsels aan sy lyf... totdat hy niks meer voel nie. Ek dra swart vir die kind wat ‘n man word wat moor. Maandag dra ek swart.
Cheese and Garlic Crack Bread (Pull Apart Bread) WHAT YOU WILL NEED 1 crusty loaf, try our Ciabatta Loaves ¾ cup shredded Mozzarella cheese (or other melting cheese) Garlic Butter – 100 g unsalted butter, softened; 2 garlic cloves, minced; pinch of salt & 1 tbsp fresh parsley, finely chopped. METHOD Preheat the oven to 180°C. Melt butter and then mix in other Garlic Butter ingredients. Cut the bread on a diagonal into 2 cm diamonds but do not cut all the way through the bread. Use your fingers or a knife to pry open each crack and drizzle in a teaspoon of butter and stuff in a pinch of cheese. Wrap with foil and bake for 15 min until the cheese has mostly melted, then unwrap and bake for 5 min more to make the bread nice and crusty. Serve immediately.
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Sasol informs about careers Sasol hosted a day for career opportunities on Wednesday. A total of 80 Students were invited to join in this informative event. Pupils from different schools attended and had the opportunity to ask questions and get direct answers from Sasol experts. “We are creating the inspiration with students to choose mathematics and science as school subjects, because all Sasol careers, except some at the mining division, requires these two subjects. You don’t necessarily need distinctions, but you do need math and science and not math literacy. With this day we can show them what career options they have if they continue with these subjects,” Janneke Greef (communications) said. “We decided to make it open to the sons and daughters of permanent Sasol employees who are over 16 and have mathematics and science as subjects to show that we really care for our employees,” Janneke said. There will be another career day next year and we are aiming to do it annually. The pupils were taken on a plant tour, but were told beforehand about what different careers are all about and what it is like doing that specific job. “We want to show the children where their parents work”, Janneke said. 41% of pupils who attended didn’t know what they want to become one day. The rest already knew which career they want to pursue. The most popular was engineering, a medical career, actuary and law, but a geologist, pilot and artist were on the list as well. Sasol hosted their “bring a girl child to work day” in May, which was open to the community. The very popular Sasol Techno X was
Johan Badenhorst van Voetspore faam gesels oor Indië.
Johan Badenhorst van Voetspore het Vrydagaand by ‘n geleendheid van die AP Kerk Secunda meer kom vertel van sy swerwinge in Indië. Die AP Kerk het die geleentheid gebruik om hulle boufonds te versterk. “Die doel is om ‘n kerk te bou” se Heintjie du Toit. Tydens die aand was daar verskeie items opgeveil onder andere ‘n jaggeleentheid en items van die Voetspore se Indië toer. “Die aand het baie goed verloop en ons kon ons koffers versterk” se Heintjie
hosted 31 July to 4 August. “Sasol Techno X provides a convenient, one stop-shop where learners are exposed to relevant subject matter, information on tertiary education, career guidance, bursaries and learnership opportunities,” said Gerrit Viljoen, Sasol Senior Vice President: Capital Projects at Group Technology. “During this year’s event, we hosted learners from more than 250 schools within the five districts of Mpumalanga. It is our hope that through Sasol Techno X, we will be able to open the eyes and minds of these learners to a world of possibilities in the fields of mathematics, science and technology,” he added. Learners geting to grips with a 3d presentation
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Radio Raps laat almal skater Saterdag het mense vir meer as ‘n uur lank voor Graceland Arena se deure tougestaan in die hoop om die voorste sitplekke op te raap om vir Jonathan van Radio Raps te sien te kry. Ná die lang gewag is daar aangekondig dat almal solank vir hulle drankies moet gaan kry, want die vertoning is vertraag en op ‘n stadium het ‘n man voorgestel dat iemand die troumars moet aflaai sodat die gehoor dit vir hom kan speel. Rikus de Beer (32) van Pretoria, oftewel Jonathan van die Oos-Rand, het die gehoor vermaak met sy skreeusnaakse opvoering van Dingetjies en Goetertjies, die vierde in sy reeks, en het homself gereeld onderbreek om vir iemand in die gehoor se gelag te lag. Hoewel hy en sy span Sondag Kaap toe moes vlieg vir nog ‘n opvoering, het hulle tyd gemaak vir die gehoor om hom na die tyd te ontmoet en foto’s te neem. Die reuk van verskillende parfuurms het die lug verstik, hare is gekam en grimering weer aangewend soos die vroue hulle voorberei het vir dié groot ontmoeting, maar alles tevergeefs, want Rickus trou op 25 November met Kaylee van den Berg. Hy was dodelik siek in Mei, maar in Augustus terug op die verhoog. “Ek het hart-lewer-en nierversaking
opgedoen en sommer longontsteking gratis bygekry”, het Jonathan met homself geskerts. Tans gaan dit baie beter met sy gesondheid, hoewel hy baie gewig verloor het. “Ek het net besluit ek kan nie gaan lê nie, ek moet opstaan en aangaan,” het hy gesê. Hy is in Klerksdorp gebore en het 4 jaar gelede met die idee van Radio Raps opgekom ná hy met sy vriende op Whatsapp gespot het na groot rugby-wedstryde. Sy gespottery het só ver versprei dat ‘n vreemdeling vir hom sy eie grap teruggespeel het en nie wou glo toe hy sê dis hy nie. “Ek het toe besluit om ‘n video te maak”. Sy konserwatiewe familie skaam hulle nie meer vir hom nie en vat hom selfs saam kerk toe. “Ek dink hulle verstaan nou en die publiek begin ook nou verstaan dat dit net ‘n act is. Jonathan is ‘n onpretensieuse karakter en dis sy siening oor die lewe. Dit help nie ek probeer ware kwessies aanraak as ek voorgee nie, maar daar is ‘n tyd en plek vir alles,” het hy gesê. Hierdie jaar doen hy minder optredes, maar met groter gehore. “Dit is vir my ‘n voorreg om ‘n verskil te kan maak, om mense net te laat vergeet van al die drama daar buite, al is dit net vir tien minute.” Hou hom dop, hy is tans besig om ‘n video te skiet waarin Secunda ook gewys gaan word.
Graceland hosts dress up day Kids dressed up for career day. Some were doctors, others laywers, there was even an orthodontist and a marine biologist on the Southern Highveld Community Development Trust (SHCVDT)’s annual career dressup day on Friday. SHCVDT is a BBBEE initiative of Graceland Casino and Golf Club. A total of 22 schools attended the event and the pupils dressed up in the career that they would love to pursue in the future. Each one presented the advantages and disadvantages of their chosen career and which subjects they will have to take to study that field. The judges were impressed with the quality of the presentations and the varied career choices. J.P Mlangeni, Chairman of SHCVCT also attended and Willem van Rooyen, General Manager of Graceland, handed out the prizes. Career Dress Up Day
is aimed at the Grade 7 learners in primary school and is a wonderful way of encouraging young people to start thinking about their career choice early. The learner is encouraged to research their career choice and write an essay demonstrating the importance of self-knowledge in career selection. They should also explain different forms of activities in the working world and be able to identify the key requirements for making a suitable career choice,” according to their press release. The top ten winners received a backpack with a dictionary, stationary, math set and calculator. The top three winners also received an additional bookprize. The overall winner was Ntokozo Vundla from Vukuzithathe Primary school (eMbalenhle), Asikelele Maguga from Allen Makhunga Primary (Bethal) was second and Mongezi Mayara from Mpumelelo Primary (eMbalenhle) came third.
Elton Mduduzi performed at Graceland with friends on Friday Night
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Sasol Junxion celebrates 5th birthday Sasol Junxion celebrated their 5th birthday over the past weekend. The weekend was filled with a lot of action that started with the drum majorettes from Kruinpark. The crowd stood cheering as the little girls went through their paces. There were pancakes and Boerewors rolls for sale. The pancakes proved quite popular in the cold weather. There were a lot of specials that could be bought, such as “buy two loaves of Albany bread and get one free”. Saturday saw the cold weather persisting. The stalls were housed inside a tent to shield them from the cold. Elsa and Olaf from Frozen came for a visit. W/O Oosie Oosthuizen taught the kids about snakes, spiders and bearded dragons. Even some of the older people overcame their fear and held some snakes. The weekend were enjoyed by all. “it was a great success despite the weather” says Martin van Wyk, owner of Sasol Junxion.
Klein kok droom gróót met kookkursus Die naaste wat menige mense aan kook kom, is ‘n besoek aan die naaste supermark se vars voorbereidekosafdeling of die oopmaak van ‘n blikkie gebakte boontjies, maar vir plaaslike jong seuns en meisies is kook ‘n passie. “My droom is om eendag ‘n professionele sjef te word, dit is vir my lekker om kos te maak,” het die 10-jarige Sebastian Malan van Secunda gesê. Hy is een van sewe jong kinders wat by Pikanini Sjefs ingeskryf is vir ‘n basiese kookkursus. Dié Blouoog Sebastian het Dinsdag ‘n smullekker Duitse-aartappelslaai opgetower, maar is onseker of hy ‘n Kersete vir sy familie gaan voorberei. “Ek het al vir my ma gekook en is baie lief daarvoor, maar nié in Desember as daar maatjies kom kuier nie,” het hy glimlaggend gesê. Estie Smit en haar dogter Hanrie het twee weke gelede Pikanini Sjefs se eerste Secunda-tak gestig. “Ses kinders tussen die ouderdomme van 3 jaar en 11 jaar en ook ‘n hoërskool kind loop
tans die kursus by. “Ek het Estie dadelik gebel toe ek van die kursus hoor, ek dink dit is ‘n fantastiese idee,” het Sebastian se ma gesê. Maande tot Vrydae is haar gemaklike kombuis vir ‘n uur of twee gevul met ordelike passie en die kinders word geleer om self op te ruim. “Elke dag is daar ‘n ander groep en elke groep kry een keer per week die geleentheid om meer te leer,” het Estie gesê. “Ek was nog altyd lief vir kinders en dit is lekker as jy met trots na jou handewerk kan kyk en kan deel in iemand se sukses. Ek en Hanrie is self lief vir kos maak en nou kan ons ons passie met ander deel.” Vir eers word daar net gefokus op kook en elke week word ‘n ander resep op die proef gestel. Volgende jaar gaan hulle aan kompetisies begin deelneem. Dié resepte kom direk van hoofkantoor af. Eendag word plaaslike name dalk by dié lys van die wêreldberoemde Gordon Ramsay, Jamie Oliver en Reuben Riffel gevoeg.
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Hoëveld Eisteddfod reuse sukses Daar was Dinsdagaand duette, spreekkore, revue, dans, prosa en poësie by Sasol se Hoëveld Eisteddfod. Dit is by die Kruikgemeente gehou en 8 skole het deelgeneem. Die 5-jarige Johannes Coetzee het die gehoor stomgeslaan toe hy uitstap vir sy viool-solo. Al moes sy viool eers gestem word, het dit hom nie van stryk gebring nie en ná sy aankondiging het hy met alle gemak weggetrek op die wysie van Twinkle-Twinkle Little Star. Leerlinge van Marietjieskool, TP Stratten Primary School, Hoërskole Oosterland en Secunda, en Laerskole Goedehoop, Oranjegloed, Trichardt, Secunda en Kruinpark het deelgeneem. Daar was ook verskeie dansgroepe, individue en pare wat deelgeneem het. Die toekennings het gegaan aan Johannes Botha (Kleuter Victor Artium), Donovan Holder, Heindrich Strydom (albei Gr 1-3 Victor Artium), en Ava Fourie (Gr.1-3 Victrix Artium), Cabous Harmse (Gr. 4-7 Victor Artium), Chana Dunn (Gr.4-7 Victrix Artium), Ivan Botha (Gr 8-12 Victor Artium), Jantjie Harmse (Gr. 8-12 Victrix Artium) en Lana Hyman (Belowendste deelnemer).
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3 November 2017
Dancing nine to five
Nicolette Brooks School of Dancing recently held the gala-concert at the Johannes Stegmann Theatre and it was a huge success. It was called “Working 9 to 5, What a way to make a living�. All the proceeds of the three concerts were donated to charity. Half were donated to Marietjie School and the other half were donated to Laerskool Trichardt to alleviate the need of some of the children in the hostels.
The curtain was raised to beautiful dancing by all that was involved. The concert depicted songs about work, as well as all the dances. The school fielded 140 students from all ages in the show. The smallest dancer that danced was only 2 and a half years old and the oldest dancer is 65. The school is known for its discipline and high standards and is very popular under the younger children.
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Ettiene Fourie het verlede Vrydagaand met Privaatskool Hoëveldrif se Dux-leerlingprys weggestap. Sy jaargemiddeld was bo 80% en hy was die beste presteerder in wiskunde, fisiese wetenskap, Engels, Christelike lewensvaardigheid, lewenswetenskap, rekeningkunde en Afrikaans. Hy het ook goue sertifikate ontvang vir atletiek, buitekurrikulêre deelname aan Gr.7musiek en buitekurrikulêre deelaname aan Simfonia Juventi Altviool – 2017. Hy het ook ‘n brons sertifikaat gekry vir gevorderde wiskunde en deelname aan Bybelkennis. Hy het volle erekleure vir Akademie, halwe erekleure vir atletiek en die boekprys vir beste presteerder in Gr.12 ontvang, asook ‘n beker vir Nasionale deename – Literêre werk waarvoor hy 100% gekry het.
Nicolien Janse van Rensburg van Hoërskool Secunda is opgeneem in die Mpumalanga o.19Ameisieskrieketspan en die Titans Mpumalanga se senior-vrouespan. Laerskool Secunda se Landsdiens-leerlinge het op Woensdag klere en ‘n boekrak vol boeke aan die Kosmos-Kinderhuis op Kriel oorhandig. Hulle is Danïelle Erasmus, Ettiene Barnard, Lie-Chan Muller, Marishelle van Staden, Cayleigh Uys, Quintin Grundlingh, Kendrè Toxopeus en Jayden de Nobrega.
Privaatskool Hoëveldrif (Bethal) se 2018-leiers is verlede Vrydagaand tydens hul prysuitdeling aangewys. Hier is Euan Scholtz (Senior leier), Marna Ernst (hoofmeisie) en Christiaan Ernst (Junior leier).
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Koorfees bring vreugde Suiwer kinderstemme het Woensdagaand deur die lug gesweef en is met entoesiastiese applous ontmoet. Ouers se uitroepe van vreugde het elke einde van ‘n lied begroet. Kort-kort het ‘n kindergesigie weg gekyk of ma en pa nie net iewers gesien kan word nie, net om vrolik voort te sing. Die Hoëveldgroep-koorfees het Woensdag 18 Oktober plaasgevind. Dit was aangebied deur Laerskool Goedehoop. Kore van vyf skole het deelgeneem. Die aand was opgedeel in ‘n junior koor-gedeelte en senior koor-gedeelte. Elke skool het twee kore laat deelneem, naamlik junior en senior koor. Die kore was mooi afgerig en oor die algemeen goed afgerond. Elke koor het hulle woorde goed geken wat ‘n taamlike groot prestasie is. Elke koor was mooi eenvormig met mooi uniforms wat netjies vertoon het en hulle bewegings was goed ingeoefen. Die kore het elkeen drie liedjies gesing wat gewissel het van geestelike liedjies tot meer tradisionele liedere. Uit die oproepe vanuit die gehoor is dit duidelik dat die gehoor dit terdeë geniet het. Die kinders het dit ook geniet en vrolik aan die optredes deelgeneem.
Highveld Ridge Primary took part in the Astro Quiz in October at the National Zoological Gardens. They were crowned as the Mpumalanga winners and came 4th in SA. Ashlin Budharam, Lesego Dibakwane, Me. GW Raath, Phindo Malinga, Masindi Nekubvi took part in the Astro Quiz 2017
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3 November 2017
Lake Umuzi awards soccer kids On Thursday, 26 October, the prizegiving ceremony of the Lake Umuzi Soccer Challenge was held at the AquaZone Waterpark. This tournament is a Lake Umuzi community project that strives to give children in the Govan Mbeki municipal area a tournament where they can develop their soccer skills, as well as life skills. The organisers educate the children about HIV, AIDS, domestic abuse and other social issues the children might face. Organizer Jacob Mtakwenpe is passionate about children and teaching the children about the discipline soccer requires from you and then applying the skills to everyday life. He also invites more teams to participate in next year’s tournament. The 2017 tournament consisted of 14 teams and the 4 teams that competed in the semi-final had the
opportunity to be at the prize-giving at AquaZone Waterpark, where the teams could enjoy an afternoon of fun at the waterpark. These teams where the Zone 2, Young Starts, Royal Force and Home Boys. They received T-shirts, medals and a meal sponsored by Lake Umuzi. A&E donated a pair of soccer shoes to the best goal scorer of the tournament. 2017’s tournament winners were Zone 2, with last year’s winners, Home Boys, in second place. In third place was Young Stars and forth was Royal Force. The next tournament will start after school exams at the end of November. The Bulletin wants to congratulate Zone 2 for being this year winners and encourage other teams to strive to be the winners next year. For more information about how teams can become a part of this tournament please contact The Bulletin
First place winners - Zone 2
Second place winners - Home Boys
Third place winners - Young Stars
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Ernst verteenwoordig SA Die atmosfeer was oorweldigend toe Ernst Belingan (36) onlangs die arena binnegestap het om opponente op die stoeimat te ontmoet. Dis hier in Plovdiv (Bulgarye) waar Ernst, ‘n besigheidsbestuurder van Sanlam in Secunda, vanaf 10 tot 15 Oktober Suid-Afrika in die wêreldkampioenskappe verteenwoordig het. Stoeiers van Turkye, Iran, Rusland, Amerika, Japan, ens.was onder sy opponente voordat hy in die eindstryd vir 3de/4de plek moes uitstoei. Ernst het in Divisie A (3540-jarige ouderdom) in die o/70kg-kategorie deelgeneem. Donderdag het hy in die eindstryd in Grieks-Romeinsestyl teen die Rus, Ruslan Shogenov, vir die 3de/4de plek gestoei. “Dié styl is baie soos Judo, want jy werk met jou bolyf en mag glad nie jou bene gebruik nie. Ná ‘n uitputtende stryd het sy opponent hom egter 4-3 geklop. Sondag was dit Vrystyl teen nog ‘n Rus,Konstantin Obukhov, waarteen hy ook vir die 3de/4de plek gestoei het. “In vrystyl word jy toegelaat om jou bene
te gebruik,” vertel Ernst. In dié wedstryd het hy en sy opponent gelykop gestoei 2-2, maar die Rus is as wenner gekroon omdat hy laaste punte aangeteken het. Sy belangstelling in dié besonderse sport het as 6-jarige seuntjie begin en op 19-jarige ouderdom het Ernst vir die eerste keer sy senior Springbokkleure in beide style verwerf. Met dié kleure het hy die land op internasionale vlak verteenwoordig en het verskeie medaljes op die Afrika-kampioenskappe en ander internationale toernooie verwerf. In sy laat twintigs het hy ‘n blaaskans van kompetisies geneem, maar was steeds betrokke by stoei, om sodoende eers op sy loopbaan en gesinslewe te konsentreer, maar na sowat 6 jaar was hy terug en reg om weer aan kompetisies deel te neem.“Ek gaan volgende jaar wéér deelneem,”het hy gesê. Vroeg volgende jaar begin die voorbereidings vir die volgende wêreldkampioenskap wat tussen 27 – 30 September in Masedonië gehou word, maar vir die res van die jaar is dit eers rustyd.
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Shooters brace the cold The annual ARMS/Slingervel Head Shot Competition were held on Saturday. There were more than 100 participants. A marker was thrown and the shooting line was where it landed. The targets were antelope heads and were shot at from about 220m. There was a 120 sec time limit and two shots had to be shot at each target within this time limit. A sighting shot could also be shot in this time. Any calibre rifle between .204 and .375 were allowed. The wind made the shooting difficult and the cold weather didn’t help at all. It did however, help to level the playing fields. A total of 105 shooters participated in the competition and they shot at 240 targets. A minimum of 1440 shots were fired. The participants varied from very young to very old. At noon everybody gathered for a prayer session to ask God for help and guidance regarding the farm murders. A number of the participants
were farmers and the issue is close to their hearts. The crime statistics in Mpumalanga is of great concern. A factor that makes the competition so unique is that only five prizes are awarded for achievement and the other prizes are given as lucky draws. The 1st prize in the lucky draw was in the same price range as the prize for the best shot. The prizes amounted to more than R50 000. Arno Theron placed first with a score of 28/30 and 22/30, Carl Buitendag came second with a score of 28/30 and 14/30, Neil Venter came third, Celest Baily won the women’s title and Armand Mahne was crowned junior winner. The Main sponsors were ARMS (Pretoria) and Slingervel (Secunda). Graceland Hotel, Casino and Country Club sponsored a sausage roll to all the shooters, as well as the women’s prize. Pinnacle Auto BMW also sponsored a prize and displayed their motorcycles at the range.
“Without the range officers of the Houtkapper branch, nothing would have been possible” says Mark Kruger
of Slingervel, “they handled the shooting range and I especially thank them for making the day a success.”
1st place was taken by Arno Theron. Mark Kruger from Slingervel (Main Sponsor) hands Arno (left) his prize
2nd place was won by Carl Buitendach (right). Pieta Engels (Chairman SAJWV-Houtkapper branch) hands him his prize.
Neil Venter (right) achieved 3rd spot. His prize is handed over by Chad Gillie from ARMS (one of the main sponsors).
Lydia Fourie of Graceland (left) hands Celeste Bailey, women’s winner her prize.