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Last week marked the visit of the acting Premier of the North West Rev. J O Tselapedi, accompanied by Executive Mayor of Matlosana Mr. China Dodovu, to the site of Uranium One's Dominion Reefs Uranium Mine (DRUM), as preparations continue for the uranium production to commence next year. They received a New Order Mining Right for the DRUM project from the Department of Minerals and Energy last month. Uranium one's Executive Vice President, Bruce Jones, expressed his delight in hosting the acting Premier at DRUM when showing him the decline shafts as well as the new Uranium plant. As DRUM develops, they are expecting to boost their workforce from the current 1 300 employees to around 2 750 people of which the majority will continue to come from the local communities. Rev. Tselapedi was visiting the district to discuss the concerns of residents, and was joined by other local dignitaries at an Imbizo at Tigane. This Imbizo and DRUM visit was attended by the MEC for Economic Development and Tourism Mr. Darkey Africa, the MEC for Developmental Local Government and Housing Mr. Phanye Vilakazi, MEC for Sport, Arts and Culture Mr. Ndleleni Duma, Executive Mayor China Dodovu and Bruce Jones from Uranium One. Jones stated that they were gratified to attend the community discussions, as most of 40% of their workforce came from Tigane.
Jones was
pleased to see what a vibrant community spirit they have at Tigane,
where hundreds of our employees have their homes and families which
coincides with their choice of not having the tradional mining
accommodation system. Dodovu has been selected to participate as a trustee of the Community Trust, which Uranium One is establishing as part of its empowerment structure. With booming base metals prices, uranium is normally overlooked, but some brave investors have noticed that uranium has increased six fold in less than five years SXRUranium CEO Neal Froneman thinks there is still an upside. His prediction is for $70 a pound by the end of the year and $100 “some time next year.” The current price is about $60, up $4 this week. Cynics say the uranium story sounds too good to be true. “I think there's a lot of froth in the price of certain stocks” but this is not the opinion of Froneman who told the media recently, not offering an opinion on whether he thought this applied to SXRUranium, which has increased more than 150% this year alone. Froneman warns that the uranium investment cycle (at least for shares) is “probably entering quite a dangerous phase” with “everybody's climbing on the bandwagon”. He expressed their concern about global warming, that is thought to be caused partly by burning fossil fuels such as coal, will result in increased uranium demand as governments realize there is no commercially viable alternative to fossil fuels other than uranium. SXR expects to produce uranium at its Klerksdorp Dominion mine in the first quarter of 2007. PLATINUM JOIN NORTH WEST AND JAPAN! Edna Molewa, North West Premier was keen to express the key objective of her Japanese trip that centres around skills training of South Africans in order to be competitive in the international world. She said the North West Province has platinum and the Japanese have excellent technology and production skills and that it is important that we create good relations with the Japanese. Premier Molewa's visit focused on building mutual relationships to further the aims of the ASGI-SA programme, building relationships for skills development and capacity building through the JIPSA programme, technology transfer and partnership and not only limited to the mineral beneficiation, engineering, ICT and bio-technology and business process outsourcing. During her visit Molewa was accompanied by senior government officials and business people, and managed to meet with key people in the jewellery industry who were positive in forming a mutual partnership with the North West Provincial Government. Molewa and the Governor of Yamanashi Prefectural Government (one of the Japanese provinces) Governor Takahiko Yamamoto met in the city of Kofu, which produces over a third of Platinum jewellery in the world. Yamamoto agreed to support the North West Government. He said a shared partnership is important and they have accepted that North West are the biggest platinum producers in the world and are ready to partner with NW to ensure that we benefit through platinum beneficiation and skill training. Amongst others, Molewa and delegates met Japan Jewellery Association members, marketers of platinum Platinum Guild Association, Uchihara group, Mayor of the City of Kofu Mayor Masanobu Miyajima, Yamanashi Federation of Crystal, Gem and Jewellery Associations/Ishitomo Company Limited, Kofu Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Institute of Gemmology and Jewellery Art Yamanashi Prefectural Government. Nicolis Louw en Juanita du Plessis in Klerksdorp Klerksdorpers gaan oor twee weke grootliks vermaak word deur twee gewilde kunstenaars wat ons kom besoek. Op 22 November “rock” ons daai lyfies saam met Nicholis Louw in die Portugese Saal, hoop my hart kan dit hou! Op 24 November kan jy na ons beminde “Skrumba meisie” kom luister as Juanita du Plessis ons aan haar lippe laat hang, hoop ons kan 'n paar nuwe liedjies van haar hoor, dit is tans beskikbaar op haar nuwe CD, Jou skaduwee. Kaartjies vir albei vertonings is nog beskikbaar by Music Addiction in Flamwood Walk. Moennie uit mis nie, sien jou daar. Oral waar jy in winkels kyk is Kersfersierings al opgehang en word te koop op die rakke aangebied. Stilfontien biblioteek bied op 9 November om 10:00 'n demonstrasie aan hoe om 'n Kerstafel te versier. Drie tafels sal ten volle gedek word en klem sal gelê word op die blomme rangskiking in die middel van die tafel. Ansie Haasbroek is die aanbieder, kostes beloop R30 en besprekings moet voor of op 8 November gedoen word. Vir meer inligting kontak Magrietha Brown by 018 484 7010/7080 of 018 484 7001. Klerksdorp honours our Sports-man and -woman of the year The award for Sportswoman and Sportsman of the year went to Susan van Staden and Noël Meyer. This was announced on 3 November at a prestigious awards evening in the civic centre. Many of our local sportsman and woman arrived to be awarded with merits for their outstanding sporting achievements throughout the year. With 46 silver awards and 42 Golden awards, much can be said about the eventful sporting year. The 10 main award winners were well deserved. Administration/Official/Coach of the Year went to Peter Czank. Honorary Colours and Blazer went to two dedicated men Isaac Taunyane Motsenyane and George “Hunter” Morebodi. The Development trophy for Ladies was awarded to Sebongile Mjekula and for Men; it was awarded to Brian Monnaemang. The Junior Sportswoman of the year: Primary schools had two very equally talented finalists, and therefore the title is shared. The Sportsman of the year Primary schools went to Jackson Mokwetla. Junior Sportswoman of the year:, Secondary schools went to Christy-Leigh Lategan and Junior Sportsman of the year Secondary schools to Jean-Pierre van der Schyff. Susan van Staden Sportswoman of the year - is currently ranked number 2 in the world for Handicapped Woman's cycling. For three years in a row, she has received Protea colours in cycling for handicapped woman, She obtained 1st position in the 500m trek item with a new track S.A record, 1st Position in the 3000m track item, 1st position in the road time test and 1st position in the road race all at the S.A Championships this year. At the World Championships n Switzerland, she Obtained 8th place in the 500m-track item, 8th in the 3000m-track item with a new S.A record, and a 7th place in the road time test.
Noël
Meyer Sportsman of the year, a student of Klekrsdorp High School,
obtained Provincial colours in athletics for javelin. Meyer won the N.W
Championships with a distance of 71.38m, Meyer won the S.A Schools
Championships with a new S.A Record of 72.36m. Obtained a 2nd Position
at the Pacific Schools Games in Australia with a distance of 74.01m. Won
the Southern Region Championship with a distance of 75.19m (new record)
held in Mauritius. Obtained a 10th place at the IAAF Junior
Champion-ships held in Beijing after suffering from an injury and is
currently ranked number 6 in the world for Junior Athletes. Chantél Bensch - Miss Wesvalia 2006 On a spectacular evening to a full auditorium, 12 Wesvalia beauties set out to strut their way on the stage as the Finalists of the Miss Wesvalia pageant. The scene was alive with an assortment of colours and fine fairy dust. Nadia Jansen van Rensburg, a talented young singer started the evening off with a serenade before the audience got their first glance of the finalists - with feathers in their hair, and tight flowing outfits they set the Brazilian theme followed by a short dance interlude. The contestants' incognito as elf's and fairies livened the evening up with their version of “Lord of the Dance”. The final scene was set with the flaunting of stylish evening gowns by Denis Lloyd, which made every finalist feel like a winner. The title of Miss Photogenic was bestowed upon Mari le Roux wearing a “White Wonder” dress and Ilze Saunders in an “Organic Orange” dress walked off with the Miss Personality title. Dennis announced the three finalists - in an “Intriguing Lime Green” outfit, Ezandri Booyens was crowned 2nd Princess; Trudie Carstens in her “Daring Red” dress, was crowned 1st Princess and finally in a “Supremely Elegant” gown, Chantél Bensch was crowned, Miss Wesvalia for 2006. By - Inge Olivier. Premier condemns display of apartheid flag at school North West Premier Edna Molewa, has condemned the display of the apartheid regime's national flag at “Christelike Volks Onderwys”(CVO) School in Litchtenburg. “This amounts to an insult and disrespect to our national symbols and the strides we have made as a nation to build an inclusive society," said Ms Molewa. According to the Premier's Office, learners at the school sing the apartheid anthem “Die Stem” during morning assemblies and not South Africa's current official national anthem. The Premier has since ordered the Department of Education to investigate the matter. The school management has apparently said the old national anthem and the apartheid flag were a cultural expression. “It appears we are dealing here with a passionate hankering for the past which is masquerading as preservation of culture. The old apartheid flag was a symbol of oppression and racial divisions and had nothing to do with the culture of any group," said the Premier. The CVO is a private school that receives an annual grant from the provincial government. Bua News MATLOSANA Appoints New Assistant Manager Matlosana City Council Financing Department has recently appointed their new Assistant Manager of Consumer accounting and Debt Collecting, Mr Buks Koster.
Koster is
excited about his new position and wants to take this opportunity to
make a difference in the community. His experience of working for the
small municipality of Umlalazi in Eshowe, Northern Kwa-Zulu Natal for 8
years, to the appointment at the Matlosana Municipality, is a bigger and
greater challenge. He will focus on prioritising service deliveries,
customer care and mostly to keep the community satisfied. Koster's wife
and their 3 children will be joining him at the end of the year and even
though he remains an ardent “Sharks” supporter we hope that the people
in Matlosana will give him the support he Category: 0-3 Months: 3rd Janah-Lize Koetzee, 2nd Tristan Morgan, 1st Matthew Strauss Category: 3-6 Months: 3rd Nathan Swannepoel, 2nd Tristan Daniell, 1st Ruan Britz
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12-18 Months: 3rd Jacques Lock, 2nd Kaylin Morgan Category: 18-24 Months: 3rd Michayla Lessing, 2nd Keischa-Lee Sacks On 2 November, Mecé Olivier from the Le Danze Dance School photo right achieved a 75% pass (Commended) for the Modern Ballet Exam - Preliminary Junior Examiner was Shelly Turner from Johannesburg. 22km from Klerksdorp, little Liesbeth Masigo a 14-year-old, gr. 7 pupil of Bosworth, smiles as she tells us of her weekend in Mpumalanga where she won R40 000 for her school. Liesbeth entered her English essay in the Children's Rights and Responsibilities “Age of Hope” competition on behalf of North West at Nationals Children's' day this year. The Presidency of Escom and the Office on the Rights of the Child awarded her school this prize for having the best essay in the country. She also received an engraved personalised Oxford Dictionary, a bilingual dictionary and a Woolworth's voucher for herself. Baie dankie vir Yourcity dat ek hierdie berig kon plaas, want ek is al raadop. Ek is so bevoorreg om weer gister te kon verjaar, maar ontvang so deur die jare geen gelukwense nie, aangesien ek nie regtig vriende het nie, daarom wil ek sommer van die geleentheid gebruik maak om vriende te maak. Ek hou van visvang, kaart speel en ry soms met my bromponie rond. Verder is ek ook mal oor volkspele. As daar mense is wat my kan en wil skakel met my verjaarsdag is hulle baie welkom en sal ek dit waardeer. My naam is Frans Prins. Die familie noem my “Buffeltjie”, omdat ek altyd my sussie geboelie het. My kontak nommer is 083 388 1571. Baie dankie! District Governor and Rotary visit Unie School District Governor Ethne Papenfus (left) and President Anne Botha (right) of the Orkney Rotary Club visited a community computer centre started by the Club at Unie Primary School. They are seen here with Mrs. Annalize van Eden (centre) Teacher and learners from Unie School. Die 46 Toerisme-leerlinge van KHS wat op 20 en 21 Oktober gaan kyk het hoe werk Afrika-toerisme in Noordwes, kan getuig: óns provinsie is 'n eersteklas toeristebestemming! Die groep en mev. Yolandé Heymans is eers na die Rustenburg-omgewing waar hulle die “Animal and Snake Park” by Hartbeespoortdam besoek het. Daar kon hulle van nader kennis maak met 'n paar “sagmoedige” slange. By die “Elephant Sanctuary” kon hulle olifante voer en het party selfs gevoel hoe dit voel om deur 'n olifant gesoen te word en was dit 'n modderige storie! Die groep het ook die wêrelderfenisgebied, die Wieg van die Mensdom, besoek waar hulle veral die Maropeng Inligtingsentrum besonder interessant gevind het. 'n Besoek aan die Sterkfontein-grotte was nog 'n hoogtepunt. En vir die werklike avontuurlustiges was 'n sessie “riverrafting” op die Krokodilrivier egter dié beste!
Dedicated
5 students from Klerksdorp Damelin College - Conference, Exhibition and
Event Management faculties with the support of the Klerksdorp Rotarians,
held a Golf Day on 4 October at the Orkney Golf course. Their aim was
to raise funds for the Tshepong Burn Unit. An estimated R4300, 00 was
raised at the Golf event in addition to many other sponsors, they were
able to purchase a few televisions, dvd players, gifts, toys, tables and
chairs for the Burn Unit to use at their facility. Sister Alina Phamodi
expressed her great appreciation on behalf of the staff and the
patients, for Damelin and Klerksdorp Rotary's efforts and gestures. Op 6 November het al wat kleuter en peuter is van Smurfieland kleuterskool die hele familie vermaak met hulle gebak en brou op die verhoog. Van klein boet se handjie klap koekies bak tot ou sus se pannekoek bak kon deur die hele gesin gadeslaan word. Niks is lekkerder as om te sien hoe jou kroos hulle gate uitgeniet en ander vermaak nie. Rehearsal for “Séance le Fantaisie” Photo above: Dancers from Le Danze School of dance after their lst full rehearsal for the “Séance le Fantaisie” later this month. These modern ballet, hip hop, tap and senior students travel from as far a field as Makwassie, Wolmaransstad, Leeudoringstad and Klerksdorp to practice. Alet Terblanche van Klerksdorp Ouetehuis het op 3 November 'n tjek van Mnr. Bateman, hoof van Hoërskool Klerksdorp ontvang ten bate van die Klerksdorp Ouetehuis. Dit is geld wat ingesamel is tydens die KHS Revue, en is deel van hulle uitreik na die plaaslike gemeenskap. WIEHAHN EN BêREND RUGBYSTERRE! KHS se twee spog-rugbyspelers, Wiehahn Herbst en Bêrend Botha, doen dit weer! Nadat dié twee vroeër vanjaar vir die Cravenweek gespeel het, is albei ingesluit in die Suid-Afrikaanse B-span wat wedstryde teen Italië gespeel het. Daar het hulle die oog van die 0/19 nasionale keurders gevang en het in September vanjaar deelgeneem aan die eerste rondte proewe vir die 0/19 SA Span. Wiehahn en Bêrend het pas van die SA Rugby-unie verneem dat hulle deurgedring het na die tweede rondte proewe en oefenkamp wat van 2 tot 8 Desember in Saldanah plaasvind. Wiehahn speel volgende jaar sy rugby in KwaZulu Natal vir die Sharks waar nog 'n KHS'er, Casper Labuschagne ook aansluit by die Sharks Rugby-akademie. Bêrend het 'n kontrak met die Blou Bulle geteken en vestig homself in Pretoria. As in ag geneem word hoe min skole-spelers die geleentheid kry om hul talente uiteindelik direk na skool by 'n vooraan-staande rugbyunie verder te ontwikkel, is vanjaar werklik 'n trotse tydperk vir KHS en rugby-afrigters Japie van Rooyen en Piet van Deventer, volgende jaar se 0/14-rugby-afrigters by KHS. Staan opsy Madonna en Nelly Fertado, hier kom ons eie pop sterre. Op 3 en 4 November het Hoërskool Schoonspruit hulle Sterre 2006 aangebied, baie pop sterre het na voregekom en die gehoor was aangenaam verras met al die talent in hulle eie midde. Madonna het skoonskip gemaak onder die plaaslike pop sterre. Northwest Musicon's Annual Prize-giving At the annual Musicon Prize giving ceremony held at the Musicon, THS Klerksdorp, Willie Prinsloo was named Best Achiever in Music Theory (Grade 5), Best Achiever in Piano (Grade 8), and Best Overall Achiever in Gr 7 and 8. Calvin Nel was named Best Senior Achiever in Strings (Violin Grade 4) and Best Overall Achiever in Gr 3 and 4. SKOLE NUUS / SCHOOL NEWS THS started the month of November in a very special way, by hosting their annual Mr. & Miss THS in a sold out school hall. These THS Musicon learners played the Royal Schools Music Exams in September this year. Willie Prinsloo passed his Gr 8 Piano exam with distinction. Calvin Nel passed his Gr 5 Tenor Saxophone with merit as well as Gr 4 Violin with merit. Ryan van Bosch passed Gr 5 Tuba with merit, and Marécia Malherbe, Gr 4 Violin with merit. Photo left fltr: Willie Prinsloo, Calvin Nel, Ryan van Bosch and Marécia Malherbe. Talented Kobus Dippenaar, a Grade 9 pupil at Klerksdorp High school, has successfully played the First Concert Certificate in Violin, as well as the Grade 7 Piano exam, of the Trinity College of London. Last year Kobus also played the First Concert certificate in Piano. THS's First Cricket Team managed to win all their matches in the schools Pro-20 Cricket series, defeating KHS in the Finals. Dwaine Fielding is the captain of this team (helmeted). KHS-MEISIESKRIEKET WEN NOORDWES FINAAL! KHS Meisieskrieket het op 30 Oktober teen Orkney Hoërskool aan die Noordwes Finaal B-liga deelgeneem en as die Noordwes-wenners uit die stryd getree. KHS het met 9 paaltjies gewen en Nikita Minnie het as bouler uitgeblink, en Tazmin Brits en Schani Moore het uitstekend gekolf Laerskool Saamtrek Kampioenne. Saamtrek se krieketspanne het in die semi-finale van die Noordwes Laerskoleliga teen Rustenburgsirkel te staan gekom en is dit die O/11A-span wat deurdring na die finaal teen L/S Mooirivier. In die semi-finale speel die O/11A-span van mnr. Stephan Senekal teen Laerskool Rustenburg en dring dan na die Noordwes finaal deur. In die finaal teen Laerskool Mooirivier is dit Laerskool Saamtrek wat eerste kolf en is vroeg in die moeilikheid met hul telling op 68/6. Johan Labuschagne (48 n.u.n.) en Anton van Tonder (46 n.u.n.) kom egter in `n 7de paaltjie vennootskap bymekaar en teken 119 lopies aan om Saamtrek op 187/6 na 35 beurte te staan te bring. Laerskool Mooirivier se kolwers knak onder aanhoudende goeie boulwerk en is almal uit vir 91 lopies met Johan Labuschagne wat ook goed met die bal (3/16) vertoon. SUPER NIGHT LEAGUE ON 25 OCTOBER Victory Park Orkney: The result of the Super Night League between Vaal Reefs and Merafong City are as follows: Vaal Reefs won by 9 wickets. Runs were scored by Jean le Roux (74, not out) for Vaal Reefs and Pieter de Voltsz (84) for Merafong City. Wickets were taken by Petri Coetzee (4/33) for Vaal Reefsand Pieter Comerma (1/29) for Merafong City.
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