Heritage

Platinum Day
celebrated

Gazette in style -
page 4

Hear the shofars, follow

the White Flag - p 3

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2 Advertorial 28 SEPTEMBER 2018

ITY
COMMUN
B OARD
NOTICE

Tubatse Ferrochrome
showcases career opportunities The annual Eastern

at Career Expo Limb HRD Career

Expo took place
at the end of July
and beginning of
August. More than
6 000 local learners
visited the expo to
receive valuable
career advice and
were able to talk to
employees in the
mining industry. Tu-
batse Ferrochrome
kept the visiting
learners engaged
with games and

In the fast lane practical show-

casing of what
happens at the
The Tubatse plant.
Ferrochorme Soapbox
Derby team took top
honours at the annual Team building with Jan Braai Sweet choral
Winterveld Festival
in August this year. Tubatse Ferrochrome’s D & E band employees
had a team building session with Jan Braai.
sounds
Competition was The Euphonic Melodies choir is
fierce, but the team The teams competed to build the ultimate
sponsored by Tubatse Ferro-
walked away hamburger, perfect sticky chicken wings and a
chrome and they made everyone
victorious. delicious banana nutella wrap as dessert. The
very proud. The choir participat-
event was held at Tubatse Chrome Club on 15
ed in the Limpopo Choral Music
August 2018.
Association’s second annual Cho-
ral Eisteddfod 2018 and achieved
two first positions - in the Gold
Category and in the Soprano
Solo Section. Below are the choir
Master and Choir Manager.

Above: The winning braai team.

Ivor delivers
an important
message
Tubatse Ferrochrome arranged
a visit from Ivor Swart, a moti-
vational speaker, to Steelpoort
Women’s Day
Academy and Katlehong High
School. He was a gangster who
celebrated
grew up without a father and
Image consultant and stylist, Trevor
spent time in jail. Upon his re-
Conn visited the ladies of Tubatse
lease he turned his life around
Ferrochrome on 8 August as they
and is now delivering the mes-
celebrated Women’s Day. The ladies
sage that crime does not pay to
received tips about dressing for
youngsters.
your body type, how to apply make-

Estralita receives
up to look your best
Site Indaba and choosing
accesso-

donation for little ones inspires and ries and a

hairstyle to
tly received a donation
encourages
compliment
The Estralita Special School recen
c scoot ers for the young children at the school. 35 you.
of plasti
Estralita caters for chil- They were
of these bicycles were donated.
dren with special needs such
as Down Syndrome and other
rtental Special School in the
teamwork also treated to
delicious cake
challenges. It is the only Depa was
area. Principal Hanlie Swanepoel
thanked Tubatse During August a Site Indaba and food dur-
During
Ferrochrome for the donation
and the treats for the held at Tubatse Ferrochrome. ing the event.
rship
children sponsored along with
the donation. this event Samancor’s Leade The band,
Team was prese nt
Moonshine
to talk about the provided live
future and state of entertainment.
the company. Em-
ployees also had the
opportunity to raise
any problems, ques-
tions and concerns
they may have.
An industrial
theatre rounded off
the event with a
message of team-
work and passion to
achieve your goals.
28 SEPTEMBER 2018 NUUS 3

White Flag March in

Burgersfort
Christians from different churches and denominations gath- They walked to the cross at the top of the hill next to the Civic
ered on Monday morning at the Morone Shopping Centre to Center. Flags with a special message was also handed to taxi
participate in the White Flag March. Faith brought people from drivers and at both the start and at the cross they prayed for the
all walks of life together for the event that saw them celebrate area and South Africa.
Heritage Day in a different
way.
The group created aware-
ness that only by returning
to God can South Africa be
turned around.

John 13:34-35 NIV

“A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you
must love one another. By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if
you love one another.”
4 NEWS 28 SEPTEMBER 2018

Provincial celebrations Heritage remembered

at Tjate Heritage Site The Maroga Women and Heritage Cele-
bration took place on Monday this week at
the Ga-Ragopala community hall.
such as a motivational speaker, traditional
dancing and live entertainment as well as a
meal prepared to focus on traditional foods
The provincial Heritage Day celebrations took The event included a variety of things enjoyed by people from the area. Things like
place at the Tjate Heritage Site in the Tubatse marog and mala
Fetakgomo Local Municipality. A massive crowd mogodo were on
gathered to hear messages from government and the menue.
to enjoy cultural performances. The statue on top The day’s theme
of the hill was also a favourite ‘selfie-site’. was “Break the
Local entrepreneurs gathered to sell food and Silence, Stop the
drinks - lining the street next to the event. Abuse”.
The local traditional
council (left) also at-
tended the event to
celebrate Heritage
Day in style.
The organisers
thanked everyone
who made the
day possible and
assisted in any way
through sponsor-
ship and participa-
tion.

Tubatse
SUPERSPAR
Tubatse SUPERSPAR
employees celebrated Her-
itage Day by dressing up in
traditional clothing.
They were a colourful rain-
bow of culture and tradition
as they were working on
the public holiday.
The change in attire also
created a special atmos-
phere in the shop for the
public holiday.

Aloe Spar
Aloe Spar was ready for
Heritage Day on Monday
this week. Employees also
dressed in traditional attire
and customers to the shop
enjoyed the friendly boost
of culture and tradition for
the day.
Many customers were also
dressed in their traditional
clothes and appreciated
the gesture to keep cultural
heritage and diversity alive.
28 SEPTEMBER 2018 NUUS 5

Blocked
Siince last week many roads in the area had been blocked and
community members intimidated to not go to work.
Pitching in to fix the roads
Local businesses and volunteers
pitched in to fix some of the terrible
potholes on the road turning off from
and Penge. The initiative was called
‘DIY Drive Free Project’ and took place
on 24 September 2018.
would like to become involved with
projects improving the community can
contact Seja on 071 555 0805. They
Buses and trucks were also stopped, sometimes by armed the R36 towards Praktiseer, Alverton The volunteers would like to thank the will continue giving back and all assis-
people demanding the keys to use the trucks as a means to following sponsors who made their tance and contributions are welcome.
block roads to local mines. This impacted very negative on the efforts possible: Sada, Sithanda Labo- The public can also bring possible
local economy and even things such as schools. This week ratory, Tubatse SUPERSPAR, Road- new projects to their attention.
Steelpoort Academy held its concert and many children were Freight - Allen Diplall, Dets Holding (Information and photographs: Seja).
not able to participate due to the ongoing unrest. and other
The photographs were taken at Kalkfontein on Friday last week community
as Platinum Gazette were delivering newspapers. members.
The road is
in a terrible
state for an
extended
time and
if vehicles
cannot use
it, it adds to
congestion
on the R37.
People who

Colourful chaos
Steelpoort Academy held a ‘Colour powdered paint at each other.
Run’ at the school on Friday
last week. Learners enjoyed
running around and getting
all colourful as they threw

A community meeting was in progress next to the semi-blocked

road while policemen were sitting at the local shop next to the
road. Some community members took a quick break from their
meeting to read the newspaper first.

Just married

Ngwaketsi Tshehla and Modipadi Mabilo tied the knot on 23

September 2018. The ceremony took place in the Moroke
area. (Photograph and information: Jenny Mogolane Phala)
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Even though the emphasis is strongly on empowering local entrepreneurs, just being local and repre-
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be required to manufacture 200 casings per month: application. Short-listed candidates will be required to authenticate
information provided in their CVs. Correspondence will be entered into * Supa Quick
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28 SEPTEMBER 2018 NUUS 7

Vat so katvis!
Die BOLS (Burgersfort Ohrigstad Lydenburg
& Steelpoort) Hengelklub het Sondag 23
September ‘n Baber Kompetisie op ‘n plaas
net buite Burgersfort aangebied.
Gesinne het lekker saam gekuier terwyl die
stokke reggestaan het om daardie grote te
vang. Daar was ook ‘n glybaan vir die kinders
om af te koel in die hitte.
In die junior afdeling het Mia Broodryk die
swaarste baber uitgehaal. Tweede was Anni-
ka Blignaut en derde Matthew Swanson.
In die senior afdeling was Johan Prinsloo die
wenner. Tomie van Deventer was tweede en
Pietie de Jager was derde.
Die kleinste baber van die dag is deur Mat-
thew Swanson gevang.
(Inligting: BOLS Hengelklub).
 8 28 SEPTEMBER 2018

Platinum Gazette
SPORT
Melize hooked the big one
The Tubatse Angling Club participated in the R10 000.
Klaserie 48 Hour Carp Competition over the The Tubatse Angling Club thanked Samancor
long weekend. It was the first time the Club and Tubatse Ferrochrome for the support. A
entered into this competition. special thank you also went to Mark Doyer for
Anglers camped next to Klaserie Dam while his effort and involvement.
settling in with their rods in the water, ready for (Information: Herman Botes, Photographs: Tu-
the big one. Many of the local anglers caught batse Ferrochrome)
fish that bettered their personal best, but the
highlight of the weekend was when local 19-
year old Melize Botes pulled the winning fish
from the water.
It was at about 21:15 in the evening on Satur-
day that she pulled out the 15,58kg Carp. The
competition ended at 12:00 on Sunday and
Melize’s big catch landed her a first prize of

Left: Melize Botes from the Tubatse Angling Club

walked away as the winning angler at last week-
end’s competition. She received a trophy and a
cash prize of R10 000.

Many of the an-

Burgersfort Masters on a roll glers caught fish

that bettered their
personal best ever
caught. Fishing
The Burgersfort Masters and Taung Masters
went through the
played a friendly game of soccer over the week-
night and many
end. Burgersfort Masters won 1 - 0.
got little sleep
On Saturday the Burgersfort Masters played
waiting for the big
against Mati-Majaji and lost 3-2.
one to bite.
Sunday another game against Green Aces took
The winning fish
place at Ga-Madiseng village. Burgersfort Masters
was also caught
won 2-0.
during Saturday
(Information and photographs: Burgersfort Mas-
evening.
ters)