Platinum Gazette 21 February 2014

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Burgersfort, Steelpoort, Ohrigstad

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Protest?- no!

Fun walk. These young people of Ga-Selala (between Burgersfort and Moroke) and surrounds partook in a 10 km

fun walk early last Saturday as part of a Youth Wellness Day organised by the Office of the Premier. The photograph

was taken just as they spotted the Platinum Gazettelens at the end of their route. More photographs on page 2.


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2 NEWS 21 FEBRUARY2014

Focus on youthLast week Saturday saw a large event

tent at Ga-Selala and vehicles from the

Premiers Office in Polokwane arriving in the

village. The event was a Healthy Lifestyle

Seminar organised by the the Office of the

Premier with the assistance of various

roleplayers, especially the Greater Tubatse

Youth Council under chairmanship of Mr

Themba Ngele (pointing to the camera in the

top left photograph). On the agenda was a

fun walk and various issues influencing the

youth, such as drugs, alcohol, teenage

pregnancy, substance abuse, crime and the

forthcoming national election. Adept

speakers enlightened the crowd about the

various issues, while entertainment was

the order of the day with cultural

performances, song, dance and drama.

Drama of another flavour was

experienced when Mr Abednico

Mashabela (Secretary of the Greater

Tubatse Youth Council) expressed his

unhappiness towards the organisers of

the event (in the Office of the Premier) for

sidelining the Youth Council in

organisisng the event and not giving the

Youth Council a

more prominent

spot on the

agenda. This fight

took place at the

back of the tent

while the

programme

continued under

the joint

directorship of Mr

Ngele and Tecious

Mahlake (from thecommunity).

Later the

newspaper was

assured that it was

just a

misunderstanding

and that everything

went ahead as

planned and that

the interests of the

participants took

top priority.


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On Thursday 13 February 2014 Tubatse Police arrested a 66 year old man in connection

with cultivating of dagga. On the day at about 13:00, the Police were busy doing crime

prevention duties around Ga- Mokgotho village when they got an information about

dagga plants at a house around the area. Police followed up information that led them

to the said homestead. Dagga trees were growing in the yard and the owner of the

house was arrested. The plants were confiscated. Abram Mahlake adimitted the charge

against him and paid a R200 admission of guilt fine. Warrant Officer Nakishi Mohlala

and Constable Simon Mamphoke pose with the dagga plants.

Hazardous medical waste. Platinum Gazette was alerted on Thursday morning by a regular

passerby of bags with medical waste next to Burgersforts main road. The bags were not

there late on Wednesday and seems to had been dumped during the night. The photographs

were taken just before going to press yesterday in the harsh sun and the red colour cast in the

photograph at the bottom, right, was digitally adjusted to make the contents more visible. At

the time of going to press the origin of the waste was not yet known.

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4 Advertorial 21 FEBRUARY2014

Success stories

Two weeks ago celebrations were in the

order of the day when one of the local

companies, Insanita PTY took possession

of equipment valued almost R20 million.

Insanita is a local ore haulage company

and they took possession of four 30 ton

Dump Trucks, two Front end Loaders, a

Grader, two TLBs and a Water Tanker.

Before they were using hired plant

equipment and productivity was

influenced due to old equipment.

Mr Strydom Makofane from Insanita is

very excited about the developments

within their company.

This has created 210 permanent jobs!

You know we would just like to grow this

company, delivery a reliable service at a

competitive price and give back to the

community, he said.

He added: We have

a message to other

mines and the

community.

Community

Companies such as

ours is here to stay.

Weve lived up to

our founding

mandate, which was

in the first place to

create jobs and in

the second place

make money for

community

development.

Through the

contract we have at

Modikwa this is

becoming a reality.

Ms Mmasaku

Mohale from

Modikwa Platinum

Mine explained that

Modikwa expects

exceptional service

from supplier

companies such as Insanita. Weve given

them a foot in the market and we expect

them to grow bigger and supply the same

service to other mines in the region.

Modikwa is committed to uplifting

entrepreneurs in the area, but we expect

quality service at a competitive price she

said. To the Insanita team - Keep up the

good work. We did not give you a fish, we

taught you how to catch a fish. What would

really make us proud is to see the company

becoming a supplier of choice, not only in

the Eastern Limb, but on the African

continent. Insanita exceeds Modikwas

Local Procurement Strategys guidelines for

local ownership. The company is 60%

owned by Motlokwa Transport and

Construction and 40% by Leahlaba

Construction. Standard Bank Burgersfort

assisted the entrepreneurs with financing

their new equipment.

Mr Makofane said: We are appealing to

the kgoshis and communities surrounding

Modikwa to support projects in the area.

Dont barricade roads or be destructive.

The jobs created at the mine overflows into

people being economically active and being

able to support shops in the area, pay taxi

fare or engage in other economic activities.

One job touches many lives. Thank you to

Modikwa Platinum Mine, thank you to the

SED department and Standard Bank for the

support and trust.

We are looking forward to start doing

work at other mines in the area such as

Dilokong, Twickenham and Glencore. We

are showing we have the ability and we

encourage other companies to follow in

Modikwas footsteps with projects like this.

It is all about empowerment.

Entrepreneurs in the area are welcome to

contact the Modikwa Business

Development Officer, Mr Phineas Makuwa

on 013 230 2000 during office hours to

enquire about opportunities at the mine.Mr Strydom Makofane from Insanita

PTY is very excited about the new

Plant equipment theyve recently

bought.

His special message of encourage-

ment to other entrepreneurs in the

area is to use the right channels,

deliver a reliable and competitive

service. Never give up!

Receiving the vehicles from Doosan were Mr Solomon Thobejane (Motlokwa), Section 21 Company Chairman

Mr Edwin Chiloane, Mr Francois de Wet and Mr Gys van Rooyen (Doosan), Mr Strydom Makofane, Ms Nomsa

Nkosi, Ms Evlin Nkadimeng and Mr Caiphus Magabane.

Empowering to grow business


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Hey! Where did it go?Mr Arrie Heyl from

Steelpoortsubmitted thisphotograph after

he stopped atruck while losingits wheels.According to MrHeyl, the driverwanted to know

from him wherethe tyres, rims

and brake drumswent. Apparentlythe driver did notnotice anythingwrong with hisvehicle.

Studying pays at

Joshua GenerationJoshua Generations top academicachievers who are placed on the

Principals Honour Roll enjoyed a funfilled weekend at Badplaas last week.

As an incentive to study and work hardthe top achievers were treated to this

special outing.

Photographs and information: JoshuaGeneration.


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Mr Roy Kmutekwa said: There are somechanges because of global warming. Normalpeople dont impact on global warming but

the mines in this area have an impact. Theyare however trying to stop global warming.Our mines care.

Mnr. Pieter Oosthuizen en Mnr. Chris Boshoff s: Maatskappye wat besoedel het n invloed,maar individue nie regtig nie. Ons dink nie global warming bestaan regtig nie want partyplekke raak kouer in plaas van warmer.

Mr Forster Maloka said: I believe there isglobal warming. Industries and emissionscause it. It affects a certain layer of our

atmosphere, the ozone layer. Payingemission taxes etc. will not help. We need tobe more cautious. We need to recycle etc.

Mr Thomas Rich Baloyi said: I think it isgetting hotter because of air pollution. Wemust prevent it. It is good to have taxes

related to global warming.

Mr Jan Hlungwane said: I think global

warming is a scheme. They just wastemoney or rather someone is making money

through this.

Mr Vince Mohlala said: It might be because

of mining processes that we have globalwarming. Nobody knows what the methanethat builds up underground where mines are

abandoned can do to global warming. Iactually think they are just making moneythrough this global warming issue.

Mr Nelson Mashego said: I believe there isglobal warming, but I dont think we have animpact on it.

Mnr. Johan van Dyk s: Die mensdom hetnatuurlik n invloed. Global Warmingbestaanwel as jy kyk na hoe erg die seisoene

verander. Global Warmingis n beskrywingvan verandering. Dis nie net vir n warmerklimaat nie. Daar moet geld spandeer word

om gasse te beperk soos Samancor hier byons doen met hul prosesse. Ons as mensemoet ook maar elkeen sy deel doen soos kyk

na die emissiegasse van ons voertuie. Saamis ons baie mense so ons het n invloed,maar fabrieke het die grootste impak.

Global warming seems to be the new buzz

word when it comes to climate and climatechange.

Over the past few weeks the weather andclimate in general came under the spotlightagain. In South Africa heatwaves batteredthe Western Cape with temperatures soaring

to to the mid-thirties. Drought conditionspersist in some areas with heavy rainfall in

others. According to statistics this is however

something that happens every few years.In the rest of the world snow and rain arepart of this years unusual weather.The United Kingdom is receiving morerainfall than theyve recorded in 250 years.Many towns and villages are flooded,

threatening the recovery of their fragileeconomy.In the United States of America they are

receiving unusual amounts of snow. It evenfell in states that are usually sunny and notknown for heavy snowfall such as Atlanta,

Georgia and Florida. This while they areentering early spring.The lack of snow at the Winter Olympics inthe Russian town of Sochi also caused

debate, with one athlete even starting acampaign to call for action against climate

change. In reality Sochi is one of Russiaswarmest cities and the Russians have beencollecting and stockpiling snow high up in themountains to ensure they will be able to hostthe Winter Olympics in an area where thetemperatures do not go below zero.Expanding Arctic sea ice and the fact that an

US Icebreaker had to free a Russian ship ona Scientific tour to Antarctica over December

last year are easily talked over whensceptics of global warming start askingquestions.One of the main points scientists make is

that weather is not the same as climate. Youcould experience odd weather without it trulybeing a change in climate.There are many theories in the world and

one of those sometimes applied to climatechange is that of Karl Popper. He said: One

of the oldest dreams of mankind - the dreamof prophecy, the idea that we know what thefuture has in store for us, and that we canprofit from such knowledge by adjusting ourpolicy to it. This is often used to play downinitiatives that raise money to combat global

warming as tricks to simply fill some unknowperson or corporations pocket.

For many the change in climate is not anurgent issue, but rather some backgroundevent.Platinum Gazetteasked readers what theythink about global warming and whether they

they believe that initiatives to stop climatechange are necessary or of any trueassistance.

What do you think about global


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Bo: Me. Liza Cruse en me. Jessica Hurters: Ons dink dit gebeur. Die seisoene wat

so deurmekaar is. Ons kry nooit hierdie tyd

van die jaar ren nie en dan skielik kry onswel ren. As almal saamwerk kan ons nverskil aan global warmingmaak. Dit is nodigom die fabrieke te reguleer maar individuehet nie n groot impak nie.

Regs: Mnr. John van Niekerk s: Ja, daar isdefinitief iets soos global warmingas n menskyk na al die snaakse dinge wat met ons

gebeur. As jy mooi in die Bybel gaan lees saljy sien dit is tekens dat alles einde se kanttoe staan Nee, dit is glad nie die moeite werd

om geld te spandeer om global warmingteprobeer bekamp nie.

Mr William Manzini said: Yes, there is globalwarming, but in South Africa how do youstop it? People here only want water andelectricity. First give them that and then

worry about global warming.

Mr Jim Ngwana said: It might be a schemethis global warming. In South Africa there isno rain so it is hotter, but I think they mayonly be trying to create jobs through the

taxes for global warming.

Ms Malebo Lingwati said: Yes, there is

global warming. It is because of the things

we dont recycle. I dont think the money forthings like emission tax is going to the rightplace.

Mr Forward Mabaso said: I think it issomething that is happening. We do have animpact on global warming. All the moneythey get to stop global warming is a waste. It

is mostly a natural thing you cannot stop.

Left: Mr Moses

Nkaelang said:There is globalwarming. It is

becoming too hotwith less rain. No,I dont think wehave an impact -only the smeltersand other

factories. It is not

fair to payemission tax forvehicles. Withhim is Tshenolo.

Mr Frans Mmoyane said: I think there isglobal warming because of the heat and no

rain. At night it is so hot you cannot sleep!This is a natural thing. Perhaps it ispunishment from God, we dont know. They

are just running a business to get moneythrough this global warming. That money isgoing nowhere good.

Regs: Mnr Given

Ndebele s: Ja,daar is globalwarmingwant onsvra nie die Heremooi vir alles nie.Mense word

doodgemaak ens.Nou word dit warmas ons straf.

warming and climate change?


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Calvin College students on the run

Calvin Collegehosted their annualathletics last week

Thursday. Theschools teams, the

Lions and Tigers,

participated invarious items.Bison Falls Spur alsosponsored them amid-morning mealand balloon.

(Photograph far left).

Some of the officials taking a break as theBison Falls Spur delivers the childrens food.

TubatseChromeFestival

2014 in thepipeline

The Tubatse Chrome Festival 2014 will

be taking place on 26 and 27September this year.

The Club recently hosted a thank you

function at which the sponsors of lastyears event were thanked for theircontributions towards making itpossible.The Festival Committee is currently inthe planning stages and will soon

announce which artists will this year begracing the stage at the Club.In the mean time they appeal to the

business community to support theevent and become involved assponsors.

This event is one of the highlights onthe Steelpoort social calendar andprovides something for everyone.Sponsorships are important to keep

the costs for entrance to a minimumand provide the only the best

entertainment and fun for the wholefamily.Anyone interested in finding out moreabout this years festival can contactEmbrich Cilliers on 084 240 0546 orMaureen Knoetze on 076 061 6615.

Athletics

in the

heat


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word of gefaks word na: 086 597 9792. A complete CV with traceable references can behanded in at Burgersfort Supa Quick or faxed to: 086 597 9792.Sluitingsdatum/Closing date: 28 Februarie/February 2014Indien jy binne 21 dae nie van die maatskappy gehoor het nie was u aansoek onsuksesvol. If youhave not heard from the company within 21 days from the closing date, please accept that yourapplication was unsuccessful.

Vereistes/Requirements: Moet matriek h/Must have matric. Moet n geldige bestuurderslisensie h./Must be in possession of a valid drivers

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ACTING MUNICIPAL MANAGER

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The successful service provider will enter into a Two year Contract to operate the

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The proposals marked Bid to operate Municipal Canteen should be deposited in theTender box at the Municipal building First floor on or before 28thFebruary 2014,12h00.

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Sekhukhune District Executive MayorMogobo David Magabe continued his tour to

inspect water infrastructure projects withinthe district.

At Moutse East and West the bulk water

supply, construction of pump stations,pipeline and a reservoir in progress wasinspected.This includes a reservoir at Lusaka, Deniltonand the construction of a 12km, 600mm

diameter ductile iron pumping fromMzimadala junction to the new Lusakareservoir as well as a 60km, 400mm

diameter gravity line from Lusaka to theSpitspunt reservoir.

A pump station is also being constructedoutside Groblersdal on the Marble Hall road.

The pipeline from Groblersdal to the reservoir

is 35% complete and the revised completiondate is 28 October 2014. 30km of pipe havebeen installed so far. This project affectedtwo families who had to be relocated to newhomes.

The project is affected by ground wateraround the structures being build, hard rockas well as the weather.

Water project

tour continues


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Die besoekers aanOhrigstad het glad nienodig gehad omhonger deel te neem

nie. Bo is Mnr. PietSteyn, een van diedorp so bobaas panne-

koekbakkers in aksie.

Vriendskaplike atletiek

by Laerskool OhrigstadVerlede weekWoensdag het skolein die area by

Laerskool Ohrigstadaan n vriendskaplikeatletiekbyeenkomsdeelgeneem.Die dag is deurLaerskool Ohrigstad

aangebied en deurLaerskool

Lydenburg,Laerskool Atokia,LaerskoolBurgersfort,Steelpoort Akademieen Laerskool

Mariepskop

bygewoon. Diekinders het aanverskillende baan envelditems

deelgeneem en aldie dag se aksie hetin n goeie geesplaasgevind.


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On Saturday last week the Tubatse Mastersplayed a friendly soccer game against a localteam from Mangabane Village. The game was

played at the Mangabane Soccer field. The twoteams played good football by creating scoringopportunities and managed to score six goalsin the first half.Tubatse Masters was the first to score. AubreyMalindisa from Tubatse Masters took this

honour. The hosts scored next. By half time

the score was 3-3.

In the second half the Tubatse Mastersintroduced some fresh legs and dominated thegame from there on. They scored four moregoals. The hosts scored only one additional

goal in the second half. The other goals forTubatse Masters were scored by MbesumaMabaso (02) and Andrew Skosana (03).A second game was played between

Socialising FC from Ga Magongoa Village justoutside Mokopane and Mangabane FC.The visitors dominated teh game from the first

whistle and they managed to score three goalsto make the half time score 3-0. Thepo Lamolascored a brace, first goal and third goal whileAndries Mafifi scored the second goal for thevisitors. In the second half the visi tors continued

to dominate and created a few scoring

opportunities. They however failed to increasetheir tally.

Late in the second half the Mangabane Mastersput in extra effort to dominate again, but onlymanaged to score one consolation goal. Thefinal score was 3-1 in favour of the Mokopane

soccer team.(Photographs and information: Jerial

Mvundlela)

Tubatse Masters Team: Mbesuma Mabaso, Lekgotla Motswiane, Mashudu Netshilidzi,Forward Mabaso, Tomas Lubisi and Mpho Mokgohloa Kumfu Selahle, Doctor Klaaste,Jimmy Maganyane, Aubrey Malindisa and Andrew Skosana.

Soccer galore

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