Capital People Nov 2009

CAPITAL PEOPLE November 2009

November 2009 Volume 11 MASTERS ATHLETE SPEAKS TO CAPITAL PEOPLE .......................... 3

BREAST CANCER AWARENESS ................ 8

EMPLOYEE AWARDS WINNERS ......................... 10

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It‘s a bit difficult to find the right words to say goodbye, as I am not used to doing that from an employment perspective. I will rather dwell on something that I learned during my Coris career about ―implementing innovation‖. To start with a new business idea is a daunting prospect. You need to convince people close to you of your thinking … also those not so close … and then experience the ever present feedback of, ―How do you think you can change conventional wisdom?‖ You need heaps of self-belief and belief in the idea, to come through this phase, not to mention stubbornness and maybe a touch of

stupidity … The rewards begin to come when individuals around you start to buy into and even start believing in, the idea. This is crucial for successful implementation of innovation. At this point, the idea gives its baby steps to becoming a winner. Value starts to unlock when the idea is moulded into a world class solution, by individuals more clever than you, who start believing in it. I was blessed to have such individuals around me that moulded the initial Coris idea into a world-class business process. After this, spin-off innovation takes place … focusing on specific areas such as (in Coris‘ case) the automation of the triangle, member

service, member education and trustee empowerment, to mention but a few. Keep in mind that Coris was only 8 years old in January and started from almost nothing. Your competitors have been in business for multiples of this age and yet you are already moving to the front of the race. To further open the gap between Coris and its competitors, you need to understand that administration is one of the most important and complicated blocks in the retirement fund value chain. Only a professional, disciplined team with vision can continuously deliver on what is required. There are still many spin-off innovation opportunities that need to be explored before the real value of your offering will reach the member, who is the ultimate client. Keep up the good work! Remember, the business is built on integrity and as you know, I believe God has a plan with the business. Also remember that you are working with the life-savings of people who go to work every day to earn the right to retire one day. May the Lord bless you!

“Also remember that

you are working with

the life-savings of

people who go to

work every day to

earn the right to

retire one day.”

An innovative farewell...

CEO: Coris Capital 2001—2009

CAPITAL PEOPLE November 2009 2

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Folks, here‘s another bumper issue of Capital People for your reading pleasure. We‘d like to remind you that we‘re open to comments and suggestions from staff, this is YOUR newsletter. In this issue we talk to our Masters Athlete Michael Peacock, we give you lots of tips on how to find your mojo, show you the new Coris ba-bies and what our Employee Awards winners look like. And we say a fond farewell to Johan Potgieter. Don‘t miss all the others bits-n-pieces in between! Enjoy.

The Fireman: Chantel Batt

The Communications protector: Ohna Ehlers

The Customer caretaker: Arauna van der Watt

The Caretaker: Vuyelwa Ndevu

THE CONTRIBUTORS:

The Watcher: Wessel Swart


EDITORIAL TRIBUTE

2009 has definitely not been the year for sissies – we are not gracefully gliding into the festive period and smelling the flowers along the way, we‘re tumbling in there bottoms-up with all the clumsiness of a bull in a china shop. Most of this year has gone by in an absolute blur. I think my grey hairs have grown grey hairs. But as I said, we‘re moving into the festive period and so soon the buzz will die down to a light hum and we‘ll all be able to remember that it‘s recommended by your medical practitioner to empty your bladder at least once in 8 hours!

As is the norm in any cycle, all good things must come to an end and we are now witnessing the end of a great period in Coris‘ history and surely the beginning of another. However, in order to remember our fight back from the brink of what was a horrendous loss after the JV of 2006, I vote we dub the period between the JV and the Sanlam repurchase as the ‗Coris Revolution‘. What a mighty battle we fought. It‘s not over but I think it‘s safe to say it‘s more than halfway won. Now just to get the basics back up to scratch and with that in place, we can only go forward.

We can be very, very proud of what we have achieved though, in these 3 years. Yes, 3 whole years have passed since the JV. Some chose to leave us and then return later. Others never returned, but you know why they say it looks as if the grass is greener on the other side … yip, enough said! Others had run their course with us, done what they had been meant to and moved on. That‘s also ok, we value their contribution. It was meant to be.

But the core who remained through it all – you‘re the ones who deserve the standing ovation. Because you stuck it out and you will be hear the day we break even and the day we make our first bit of profit, to feel that in-tense pride and know you were here to contribute every step of the way.

We can also be very proud that through it all, we were lead with honesty, transparency, integrity, pride and with great dignity by our CEO Johan Potgieter. He fought for Coris, for our identity, for our survival. For our jobs. Maybe we forgot that sometimes when the going got tough.

Johan will be stepping down soon and I have no doubt he will move on to fight other great battles and bring about other revolutions. But mostly, move on to inspire other people to stand up and believe that they can and may fight for what they believe in and for what they want – and that we can all become super heroes.

Johan, we dedicate this issue of Capital People to you. We thank you, we bless you and we wish you well.

LOOKING

INSIDE


Masters Athlete Michael

Peacock speaks to

Capital People Fund Acountant (South Campus) Michael Peacock turns 37 in December but doesn‘t look a day older than 30, with his boyish smile and spunky hairstyle. Even more impressive is that he placed 3rd overall (category 35 – 39 years) in the outdoor pentathlon and 2nd in the 400m final at the recent World Masters Games that took place in Sydney, Australia. Still, there isn‘t a hint of vanity in his voice as he talks about his medals from the Games. ―My best achievement at the Games was my 2nd place in the 400m final. I ran the fastest time in the heats, by some margin, so I felt unlucky not to win the final and was definitely disappointed. However, Aussie Chris Hobson (a.k.a. the gentle giant) surprised me around the final bend and hung on to win out of lane 3. I spoke to Chris after the race and the title could not have gone to a nicer man and he ran a season‘s best time to boot. I also ran the 4th leg of the 4 x 400m relay as part of an international team named Code Zero after one of our mem-bers, Canadian Nick Zero. The team was made up of myself, Zero, Italian Emiliano Raspi and my best friend at the Games, American Eric Bramwell. We were narrowly beaten into 2nd place and so I collected my 2nd silver medal of the Games. The other individual item I participated in was the 100m, placing 7th in the final. By that time I was already strug-gling with a hamstring and couldn‘t place in the final for the 200m event. My last medal was a bronze, awarded for my 3rd place overall in the pentathlon (long jump, javelin, 200m, discus and the 1 500m).‖ According to Michael, he started out as a slow developer with a great interest in watching sport, but not really in par-

taking in anything other than perhaps a bit of rugby in Pri-mary School. He had tried his hand at cricket and tennis but didn‘t seem to have much of a touch for ball sports. Grootte Schuur High School had a very small class and so all students were obliged to take part in athletics. Surpris-ing himself, Michael began to feature here and there. Ath-letics was definitely in his blaood though - his grandfather

was quite the athlete in his day, even though other family members had excelled in other sports like cycling, boxing and even weight lifting. In his standard 9 (grade 11) year, Michael‘s mom encouraged him to start training with a Coach and he decided to follow her advice. By most standards, 17 is a little on the late side to start a sports career, but Michael didn‘t let that stop him. Though some of his most outstanding achievements have been in the pentathlons and decathlons, his passion and focus has always been the 400m. Michael trained with Tessa Siebrits at UCT in 1990-1991 and then went over to Maties trainer Altus Schreuder when he started uni-

versity. He was with Altus from ‘92-‘94 and then moved over to Johan Germishuys, still at the Maties Club. It was in ‘95 that Michael ran his personal best for a 400m (47.79) at the SA Tertiary Champs. After a period of injury, Michael left for England and spent the ‘97 – ‘99 seasons with the Belgrave Harriers. By ‘97, this club had won the British League for 7 or 8 seasons in a row and Michael was privileged to represent their dominant British League team as a member of the 4 x 400m relay squad. Continue on pg 5…….

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……...Continue from pg4 During this time, Michael also represented Middlesex County and won several races representing Belgrave in the South League Division 1, as well as in many open-graded meetings. In 2000, Michael returned to South Africa permanently and took up training with Tyger-berg Club‘s Mariaan Meyer until it was time to do his articles. Doing his articles ate into his training time and during the years between 2002 and 2004 he ran on and off for UCT, trained by James Evans. During this time he still managed to set a WP 400m record (50.61) in the cate-gory 30-34 years at the SA Masters in 2004. He re-turned to athletics full-time in 2005, taking part in the first open European Championships organised by the International Association of Ultra Multi-events in Vienna and set a new SA record, placing 11th overall out of 28 competitors.

In 2006 he moved to his current coach, Christi Engel-brecht and if you ask who his favourite coach is, he an-swers immediately ―Christi. He‘s a younger coach and runs with me.‖ Asked about the toll on his social life and his body, Mi-chael expands a little on his injuries and how he has taken the time to understand why he experiences cer-tain recurring injuries. Its hard work and sometimes painful, but as he says when I ask him how long he will still take part in Masters competitions ―This is it; this is what I do – this is my life. Nothing may get in the way

of that.‖ Well girls, if you can put up with Michael‘s training schedule, the good news is that he is very much available!

Slyly slipping in a comment about this 6-pack he sports that I‘ve heard so much about, he dips his head shyly, ―It would be nice to bring in a bit of extra money, but I just don‘t think I have the ego for stage modeling. But I would definitely consider photographic sports modeling if given the opportunity and if I had more time to focus on something other than work and training‖. A wonderful performance by a remarkable man - well done, Michael, we‘re proud of you. More on the Sydney World Masters Games: It is the world‘s largest multi-sport event and had more than 28,000 competitors from 95 countries, competing in 28 different sports at 72 venues throughout Sydney during the Games this year. More than 23,000 medals were awarded, with more than 8,500 of those gold. The Games have been five years in the making. The IMGA flag was o f f i c i a l l y handed over to the city of Turin who will stage the Games in 2013.

Masters Athlete Michael

Peacock speaks to Capital People

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INSIDE


CAPITAL GAIN

PROJECT

CAPITAL GAIN

Migration and new business stats report with regards to MIPEB - Dec 2006 - September 2009

Actual Funds Actual Members Planned Funds Planned Members

Total Fund

population

YTD Actual

Fund mi-

grations

YTD Actual

Fund migra-

tions %

Total popula-

tion of Mem-

bership

YTD actual

Membership

migrated

YTD actual

Member-

ship migra-

tions %

Migrations

planned for

remaining

of 2009

Migrations

planned

for 2010

Migrations

planned for

remaining

of 2009

Migrations

planned for

2010

Active funds on Wizard - North

7

2,848

Active funds on Wizard - South

109

221,870

-

-

-

-

116

116 100.00%

224,718

224,718 100.00%

-

-

-

-

Active P/E's on Wizard - North

118

118

11,003

11,003

Active P/E's on Wizard - South

-

-

118

118 100.00%

11,003

11,003 100.00%

-

-

-

-

Active funds on PEN - North

6

5,541

Active funds on PEN - South

38

23,198

4

31

2,162

13,606

79

44 55.70%

44,507

28,739 64.57%

4

31

2,162

13,606

Active P/E's on PEN - North

-

-

Active P/E's on PEN - South

-

-

-

-

Grand Total Migrations 313 278 88.82% 280,228 264,460 94.37% 4 31 2,162 13,606

PEN Funds targeted to move to Sanlam Umbrella -

South/North

51

39

3,798

12

49

850

4,284

New Business P/E's on Sanlam Umbrella - North

989

929 93.93%

36,939

33,939 91.88%

60

360

3,000

18,000

New Business P/E's on Sanlam Futura Umbrella - South

46

28 60.87%

2,041

541 26.51%

18

240

1,500

12,000

New business stand alone

-

3

-

1,178

-

-

-

-

1,086

999 91.99%

38,980

39,456 101.22%

90

649

5,350

34,284

Grand total - migration and new business 1,399 1,277 91.28% 319,208 303,916 95.21% 94 680 7,512 47,890


CAPITAL GAIN

PROJECT

Note from Project Manager, George Botha This is the final report where you will see any movements from a Wiz@rd perspective. The last Wiz@rd fund has been successfully migrated during September. Hopefully next year June/July 2010 we will also be making this final comment with regards to the PEN funds

116

044 4 31 39

123

118

929

60

28 18

Wiz@rd funds migrated - Sep'09

Wiz@rd funds to migrate - 2009

PEN funds migrated - Sep'09

PEN funds to migrate - 2009

PEN funds to migrate - 2010

PEN to Umbrella - Sep'09

PEN to Umbrella target - 2009

NUB New funds - Sep'2009

SUF PE's migrated - 2007

SUF PE's impl - Sep'2009

SUF PE's impl - 2009

Futura PE's impl - Sep'2009

Futura PE's impl - 2009

Migration and new business stats report with regards to MIPEB - Dec 2006 - September

2009


Celebrate Breast Cancer

Awareness Month

Learn Your Risks, Responsibilities, and Ways to Raise Awareness By Pam Stephan, About.com Updated October 27, 2009

Breast Cancer Awareness Month (BCAM) is a great time to educate and empower yourself for the best breast health. Every October, pink ribbons appear all around – from cans of soup in the grocery store to stylish bracelets and lapel pins. But how does all that pink relate to breast health and breast cancer? The pink ribbons re-mind of our risks, responsibilities, and raising breast cancer awareness. Learn About Your Risks Anyone with breast tissue – men and women – is at risk for developing breast can-cer. But only one percent of men and one in eight women will develop breast can-cer. Knowing your risks – and what you can do to reduce your risks – is a great way to raise your personal breast cancer awareness.

Make Some Healthy Changes Take charge of some basic habits to lower your risk of breast cancer. Making these healthy changes will improve your overall health as well! Living healthier and longer is just another benefit of breast cancer awareness.

Keep Your Dates Your breast health is your responsibility. Set up regular dates to guard your breast health, and keep track of changes, screenings, and test results. Remember that early detection does save lives, and you are your own first line of defense. Being aware of your breast health is in your hands.

Support The Cause There are many ways to enjoy Breast Cancer Awareness Month. You can make a difference and support the cause while having a good time, getting some exercise, and writing a check. Choose to get involved with survivors and supporters – you'll be glad you did.

Celebrate Super Survivors So many lives have been touched by breast cancer – you probably know several people that you could celebrate. Survival rates are on the rise, as detection and treatments improve. Let's appreciate these smart, tough, super sur-vivors!

Article taken from the website About.com

LIFE

HAPPENS


LOST UR

MOJO

10 Tips for Getting Your Work/

Life in Balance by Randall S. Hansen, Ph.D. Here are 10 tips to help you achieve a better balance in your life. Take a moment to read and reflect on these tips -- and then get your life in balance!

1. Negotiate a Change with Your Current Employer. Progressive employers recog-

nise the value of good employees, and many are willing to find ways to help current employees deal with short-term or permanent changes caused by family situations. The changes can include flextime, job-sharing, telecommuting, or part-time employment. Your first step is to research your employer's policies and methods of handling previous requests. Then go to your boss armed with information and a plan that shows how you will be an even more valuable and productive employee if you can modify your current work situation.

2. Find a New Career. Some careers are simply more stressful and time-consuming than others. If you need more time for yourself or your family, now may be the time to explore careers that are less stressful and more flexible.

3. Find a New Job. Rather than a career change, perhaps you simply need to take a

less stressful job within your chosen career. This change may involve working with your current employer to identify a new position, it may involve a full job-search, or it may in-volve temping or becoming a consultant or starting a freelancing or other home-based business.

4. Slow Down. Life is simply too short, so don't let things pass you in a blur. Take steps

to stop and enjoy the things and people around you. Schedule more time between meet-ings; don't make plans for every evening or weekend, and find some ways to distance yourself from the things that are causing you the most stress.

5. Learn to Better Manage Your Time. Avoid Procrastination. For many people, most of the stress they feel comes from simply being disorganised -- and procrastinating. Learn to set more realistic goals and deadlines -- and then stick to them. You'll find that not only are you less stressed, but your work will be better.

6. Share the Load. Even though we may sometimes feel we're the only ones capable of doing something, it's usu-

ally not the case. Get your partner or other family members to help you with all your personal/family responsibili-ties. Taking care of the household, children, or parents should not be the responsibility of just one person.

7. Let Things Go. (Don't Sweat the Small Stuff.) It's simpler said than done, but learn to let things go once in a

while. So what if the dishes don't get washed everyday or that the house doesn't get vacuumed every week. Learn to recognise the things that don't really have much impact in your life and allow yourself to let them go -- and then not beat yourself up for doing so.

8. Explore Your Options. Get Help. If you are feeling overwhelmed with your family responsibilities, please get help if you can afford it. Find a sitter for your children, explore options for aging parents, and seek counseling for yourself. In many cases, you have options, but you need to take the time to find them.

9. Take Charge. Set Priorities. Sometimes it's easier for us to allow ourselves to feel overwhelmed rather than tak-

ing charge and developing a prioritised list of things that need to get done. You need to buck the trend. Develop a list. Set priorities. And then enjoy the satisfaction of crossing things off your list.

10. Simplify. It seems human nature for just about everyone to take on too many tasks and responsibilities, to try to

do too much, and to own too much. Find a way to simplify your life. Change your lifestyle. Learn to say no to re-quests for help. Get rid of the clutter and baggage in your house -- and your life. In the end, the key word is balance. You need to find the right balance that works for you. Celebrate your successes

and don't dwell on your failures. Life is a process, and so is striving for balance in your life.

“Learn to Better

Manage Your

Time. Avoid

Procrastination. ”


EMPLOYEE AWARDS PEOPLE

PRATTLE

Fatima Cassim - Account Manager: SUF, North Service excellence & the extra mile/Teamwork or participa-tion - Fatima believes in giving her clients uncompromisingly ex-cellent service, even though she deals with very difficult and sometimes very unreasonable brokers on a daily basis. She is always determined to sort out problems and leaves no stone unturned in her quest to do so. She is an amazing coach to her team and believes in knowl-edge sharing, sometimes flooding her team with too much information in the process! She treats her team with respect and as a result, I think she gets excellent results from us in the process. - Fatima will always walk the extra mile for her clients. She constantly takes ownership of problems and resolves them. No problem is too big or difficult to resolve. She is an abso-lute star and her clients adore her. - Fatima goes the extra mile for her team and for me as my mentor. She always helps me with my assignments and work. She makes work a lot easier for her CSS‘s and is always there to support everyone‘s needs.

Mo Sekole - Assistant Team Leader: Contributions, North

Service excellence & the extra mile/Teamwork or participa-tion

- Always willing to help Encourages team work at all times Acknowledges that we all make mistakes and motivates us to improve from them Always calm and very easy to approach Communicates well with respect and understanding Motivates us in many ways that help us not only for work but personal life as well. - Never too busy to assist anyone Goes the extra mile to see the team progressing.

Makes sure the queries are resolved on time

Jo-Anne Watt - Account Manager: Freestanding Funds, South Exceptional Process & Productivity Enhancements/Service excellence & the extra mile/Teamwork or participation - Jo-Anne is an excellent Manager who always displays the right attitude and professionalism to enhance service excellence. She always makes time to utilise her knowledge in order to increase the productivity of our section. She is always very positive and raises the staff morale of our de-partment. She equips us to provide exceptional service to clients through being proactive. She manages to make my stay at Coris Capital a pleas-ant one and she develops me as a very competent employee. She really deserves an exceptional award in order to recognise this valued em-ployee of ours and my colleagues and I are proud to be part of her team. - Jo-Anne is a real asset to the company and her qualities are not hidden to those around her. She builds trust in her client relations and her team trusts her to guide and manage them and her portfolio to the level of ex-cellence. Her wealth of experience in dealing with clients and co-workers pushes her to always go that extra mile.

And the Winners are…..

Mo Sekole

Fatima Cassim


Cari Rose-Innes - Senior Consultant: Fund Rules, South Service excellence & the extra mile/Teamwork or participation As a result of the challenges with regard to changes in the industry due to new legislation and a more sophisticated cli-ent, the updating of master rules and drafting of rules and rule amendments have become a very difficult and compli-cated job. Cari, as Senior Consultant in the Fund Rules department, charged with keeping our fund rules compliant with all relevant legislation, has to stay abreast of developments in the industry in order to ensure that the changes made to rules within the department are legal and in keeping with trends in the industry. He has a huge role to play in Coris Legal (South) in continuous consulting his team mates, as well as in the business in recognising risks and also in supporting other Coris staff who consult him. He is often requested to sort out problems admin staff are having with the FSB and SARS. Our clients are also very appreciative of his knowledge and expertise and important brokerages such as Jacques Malan Consultants & Actuaries, Simeka Consultants & Actuaries and Fifth Quadrant Consultants & Actuar-ies regularly turn to him for advice and for work on their various funds. Recently Ant Lester from Fifth Quadrant commented that although the ad-ministration of Retail Provident Fund has been taken away from Sanlam, he still wants Cari Rose-Innes to be responsible for the drafting of the rules of that Fund. An important part of Cari‘s success lies in his personality. He is an ex-tremely helpful and supportive person and goes out of his way to help anyone with a problem. He is always friendly and I have never ever seen him angry despite the pressure he has to work under. He is truly indispen-sable to the Coris Legal (South) staff and in actual fact to the business as a whole. As one of the Fund Rules girls dubbed him: ―He is our own personal fund rules guru!!!‖ We love him to bits!!

EMPLOYEE AWARDS

Lorna Loubser - Client Service Specialist: Freestanding Funds, South Service Excellence & Extra mile - Lorna is not only a role model to her team but sets an example of ex-emplary work ethics to all staff. She takes ownership of all her work and manages the biggest portfolio, our current blueprint being 7 500 per CSS but Lorna tips the scales at 15 170. Knowing this is not easy she puts in a huge amount of extra hours worked,

just in past four months she had tipped the scales with a whopping 95h15, this is an extra twelve and a half days work, more than half a month. All this while being mother to little Zoe and wife to James and can you believe still finding time to run marathons in her spare time. Lorna has more than 15 years experience in the Em-ployee Benefits industry and shares her sound knowledge with all her team members always being willing to assist others. Her passion of providing excellent client service at all times ensures that her clients are always happy with the service and leaves no room for complaints, in fact quite the contrary it has enabled us to write additional business on her most prized SAB provident fund.

We at Coris Capital would like to thank Lorna for her efforts and com-mend her for her excellent service and for always going the extra mile.

Annemarie Johnson, Jo-Ann Watt, Cari Rose-Innes, Johan Prinsloo

(Absent: Lorna Loubser)

PEOPLE

PRATTLE


South Africa, being a nation of many cultures and races, has 11 official languages. From these, South Africans coined terms that are commonly used by everyone from the business executive to the man in the street. Here is an example of a few words: Ag Shame - I feel sorry for you (often sarcastically used) Biltong - beef jerky Braai - barbeque Howzit - Hello Ja-nee - Yes, no - Yes, I understand you/hear you, and no, I disagree Jozi (pronounced: ‗Joe-zee‘) - Johannesburg, also Joburg Just now - soon Lekker - awesome, cool Now now - soon Orraait - all right Plakkies (pronounced: ‗pluck-keys‘) – flip-flops Rock up - to arrive, to turn up somewhere. Vasbyt - Hang in there Madala – Elderly man Mampoer – Homemade brandy Mchana- friend Moja – fine Msawawa- Johannesburg My brah/broer- friend Zaka/ Nyoko- money Oke – guy/man Daai dang - that thing Ta- thanks

COMMON SOUTH AFRICAN SLANG

CULTURE

CLUB


NORTH CAMPUS Name Position Johanna Nkuna Client Service Specialist Lebo Mamatshele Treasury Officer Theunetta Campbell Assistant Team Leader

SOUTH CAMPUS Contract (South Campus) Name Position Carmen Michaels Fund Administrator Audrey Coetzee Client Services Specialist Melanie Gordon Relief Worker Priscilla Bowers Relief Worker Daniel Friesacher Web Developer

PEOPLE

PRATTLE

NEW APPOINTMENTS

NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK

Baby Mogamat Uzayr, born to Zubeiga Hig-gins from Client Services and Hubby Moga-mat Higgins.

Baby Ameer, born to father Ghalieb (Client Services) and Mother Iep-tishaan Miller .

Estelle Heyns became a grandmother - Zanica was born on the 2nd of October was 47cm long and weighed 2.9kg. Congratulations Ouma … ―speel lekker pop‖.

Guess which couple has put in a delivery with the stork … Congratulations to Cornelis and Jackie Smal (both from the South Campus) who are expecting their first baby. Cornelis is a Fund Accountant (Financial Reporting - old platform) and Jackie is the Implementations Manager. Cornelis, remember to spoil Mommy!


September

North Kgomotso Ngoatje 02-Nov Natasha Raman 05-Nov Braam Pool 06-Nov Edith Mampuru 06-Nov Andre Momberg 08-Nov Lynette Schoeman 09-Nov Braam Le Roux 15-Nov Sandile Ngwenya 15-Nov Lulu Mokona 16-Nov Thea Le Roux 16-Nov Arthur Verhage 23-Nov Maryna Stappelberg 25-Nov Neels De Jager 25-Nov Zandile Rulumete 25-Nov

South Farirai B Mpewa 01-Nov Najaah Brinkhuis 01-Nov Chrizette Bayman 02-Nov Steve Miller 02-Nov Nuraan Omar 03-Nov Wyona De Bruin 04-Nov Mcnwabisi Naza 05-Nov Mariam Toffey 06-Nov Riana Thom 06-Nov Ezelda Walters 07-Nov Sameul Inglis 07-Nov Wendy Smidt 08-Nov Jackie Smal 12-Nov Nicole Bosman 13-Nov Sharon van Aarde 14-Nov Yvette Fourie 14-Nov Imrie Estebeth 15-Nov Jawaad Schippers 15-Nov

Marlene Lucas 15-Nov Neil Vercuiel 15-Nov Susan Human 15-Nov Lubabalo Mxhasa 17-Nov Adele Smith 19-Nov Elodie v/d Merwe 21-Nov Ilizima de Kock 21-Nov Lo-Anne Laing 21-Nov Danie Richter 22-Nov Janus Engelbrecht 23-Nov Amelia La Grange 24-Nov Karen Meyer 24-Nov Aziza Jonathan 25-Nov Cecile Snyman 25-Nov Lita Watney 25-Nov Gerohanda de le Fontaine 28-Nov Johene Taljaard 28-Nov Annemie Swanepoel 29-Nov Frikkie Rossouw 29-Nov

To all employees who celebrated a Birthday in September – please, please accept our sincere apologies for not congratulating you in our last issue!! And a special thank you to Johan Prinsloo for bringing this to our attention – hope you forgive us now? Hope you all had a great day and that your new year will be filled with good times!!

North Louwria de Jager 01-Sep Trent Fenner 02-Sep Arrie Schoeman 06-Sep Thomas Bokaba 03-Sep Freddy Anzulani 06-Sep Elzabe Lochner 07-Sep Grace Manoa 09-Sep Jana de Wet 09-Sep Theressa Beukes 09-Sep Karen Dethioux 11-Sep Trudie Jordaan 11-Sep Jacklynne Jaftha 12-Sep Philisiwe Sllangwe 12-Sep Nadine van Rooyen 15-Sep Tina Van Dyk 16-Sep Lize Cordes 17-Sep Karin Visser 18-Sep Simone Bouwer 18-Sep ChistineKriel 22-Sep Daleen Smit 22-Sep Kgali Letsholo 23-Sep Precious Changule 23-Sep Mariaan O' Connel 26-Sep Linda Zietsman 30-Sep

South

Yulene Weits 03-Sep Thabiso Makhafola 04-Sep Janalton Cloete 06-Sep Elmar America 07-Sep Lize-Marie Smit 07-Sep Durin Roberts 08-Sep Le-Chandre Gouws 08-Sep Melanie Dennis 09-Sep Alisa Schlechter 10-Sep Charmain Van Dyk 10-Sep Juanita Theunissen 10-Sep Helena Bothma 11-Sep Mardieya De Klerk 11-Sep Elrike Jasson 12-Sep Shelton Jacobs 12-Sep Nomakhaya Mati 13-Sep Karlien Claassen 14-Sep Ncebakazi Luzipho 14-Sep Pieter Duvenhage 14-Sep Tatjana Hough 14-Sep Micheal Peacock 15-Sep Thuso Molefe 15-Sep Esther Conradie 16-Sep Victorina Kapmann 16-Sep Johan Prinsloo 17-Sep Sasanda Sagoni 17-Sep

Asanda Nkala 18-Sep Deniel Kinnear 18-Sep

Jack Meyer 18-Sep Janine Thyse 18-Sep Michelle Mert 18-Sep Abre Stipp 19-Sep Liezle Marais 19-Sep Neville Smith 19-Sep Jacqueline Dicks 20-Sep Gillian Hendriks 21-Sep Natasha Diedricks 21-Sep Shanaaz Dallie 21-Sep Zubeiga Higgins 21-Sep Deon Smit 22-Sep Brinda Mulder 25-Sep Keshia Philander 25-Sep Lynette Thiart 25-Sep Dawn Thomas 26-Sep Nadine Koegelenberg 27-Sep Morne Taylor 28-Sep Pricilla Buys 28-Sep Lauren Fry 29-Sep

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How safe is boiling water in

your MICROWAVE A 26-year old guy decided to have a cup of coffee. He took a cup of water and put it in the microwave to heat it up (something that he had done numerous times before). I am not sure how long he set the timer for, but he told me he wanted to bring the water to a boil. When the timer shut the oven off, he removed the cup from the oven. As he looked into the cup, he noted that the water was not boiling, but instantly the water in the cup 'blew-up' into his face. The cup remained intact until he threw it out of his hand but all the water had flown out into his face due to the build up of energy. His whole face is blistered and he has 1st and 2nd degree burns to his face, which may leave scarring. He also may have lost partial sight in his left eye. While at the hospital, the doctor who was attending to him stated that this is fairly common occurrence and water (alone) should never be heated in a microwave oven. If water is heated in this manner, something should be placed in the cup to diffuse the energy such as: a wooden stir stick, tea bag, etc. It is however a much safer choice to boil the water in a teakettle. General Electric’s (GE) response: Thanks for contacting us. I will be happy to assist you. The e-mail that you received is correct. Micro-waved water and other liquids do not always bubble when they reach the boiling point. They can actually get su-perheated and not bubble at all. The superheated liquid will bubble up out of the cup when it is moved or when something like a spoon or teabag is put into it. To prevent this from happening and causing injury, do not heat any liquid for more than two minutes per cup. After heating, let the cup stand in the microwave for thirty seconds before moving it or adding anything into it.

If you could fit the entire population of the world into a vil-lage consisting of 100 people, maintaining the proportion of all the people living in Earth, that village would consist of: 57 Asians 21 Europeans 14 American (North, Central and South) 8 Africans There would be: 52 Women and 48 Men 30 Caucasians and 70 non-Caucasians

30 Christians and 70 non-Christians 89 Heterosexuals and 11 homosexuals 6 people will possess 59% of the wealth and they would all come from the USA 80 would live in poverty 70 would be illiterate 50 would suffer from hunger and malnutrition 1 would be dying 1 would be being born 1 would own a computer 1 (yes, only 1!) would have a university degree

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