Platinum Gazette 23 September 2011

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Hope for De HoopThe Department of Water Affairs hasannounced the end of the strike that hadbrought construction at the De Hoop Dam toa halt.

Representatives of the workers at theDam signed an agreement with theDepartment which effectively ended themore than a weeklong work stoppage byover a thousand workers.

In terms of the agreement, all workerswere due to return to their posts byWednesday morning as per the shiftsystem.

The Department said in a news release ateam comprising representatives from boththe Department of Water Affairs and thelabour forum will investigate the grievancesraised by the workers.

Construction of a dam in the OlifantsRiver System was first announced in 2003as one of the government’s flag shipprograms for water delivery. The Damconstruction phase of the project- phase 2 isset to cost five thousand million rand and theassociated bulk water distribution

infrastructure will supply water to ruralcommunities.

The importance of the dam is twofold;the first is to supply water to the towns,industries and poorly serviced ruralcommunities; and the dam is to supplywater to the mines that will help to unlockvast mineral deposits, mainly in the form ofplatinum group metals found in the region.

The Dam currently stands at 70%completion and the first impounding ofwater is scheduled for later this year.

The Department says it is committedto the principles of fair labour practicesand will seek to urgently resolve anyoutstanding issues raised by the workers.

In the meantime a spokesperson forthe Department, Linda Page, told PlatinumGazette that the 108 workers in the batchplant who lost their jobs by not keeping tothe terms of their contracts, were notreinstated.

Page said although not reinstated, theywill get compensated up to the end oftheir contracts.

‘We hadwater

around18 May’

“It is now eight months we do nothave water in Kutullo” says MrStanley Mqhakama (full member ofthe SACP and NUM), except for theweek during the elections around 18May this year.

Mr Isaac Ratau (full member ofthe ANC) and another bystander(also full member ANC) confirmwhat is said. Kutullo (the first villageyou encounter when travelling fromDe Hoop Dam towards Steelpoort)must source it water from a shallowwell next to the R555 road and theSteelpoort river (see photographs).The terrain is too steep and the welltoo shallow to fill large containers.Children carry water in smallercontainers up the steep inclinewhere it is poured into a largecontainer on a wheelbarrow. As far

as could be determined a belt on the waterreticulation pump has broken “and it has sucked updebris”, according to residents, rendering itunusable.

“And the water in the river is dangerous”, saysthe Deputy Principal of Malekana Primary School,Mr Benjamin Mabowa (photograph right). Just thisweek, he says, threelearners from theschool receivedtreatment from JaneFurse Hospital, whenthey became infectedwith parasites afterplaying in the river.“Something must bedone”, he says.

“GTM must speakto us” residents say.“We do not get anyreaction from them.”

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6,3 km of bliss

On 15 September the Station Commander of Leboeng Police Station, CaptainSolomon Moholane, handed certificates to local pastors. The certificates weregiven to the pastors because they adopted the Police in the area in their prayer forthe past seven years. The Police also formed a Pastors Against Crime Forum forpastors in Leboeng and Kgautswane in 2004. Pastors Kgoedi, William Moraba, AMashego, Makoena, Zachiel Marabe and M Mgwana received certificates. Theyappear with gustes and Police personnel in the photograph. (Photograph andinformation: Leboeng Police Station)

The road from Tukakgomo, via Mampuru toGa- Malekane is under normalcircumstances sheer hell, but when PlatinumGazette travelled on this road last weekSaturday, it turned to beautiful tarmac atTsakane.

Freshly tarred, this section, which linkswith the Jane Furse road 6,3 kilometresfurther at the steel bridge over theSteelpoort / Tubatse river, is a pleasure todrive, complete with sheltered pick-uppoints, rails etc (photograph right).

Construction of this piece of tarmac tooka long time after the first contractor,Realeka, made a botched job of the projectConstruction was eventually completed byKPMM Roads and Earthworks.

A less than active project is the roadfrom Ngwaabe to Maseven, just nearby.Scheduled to be completed by August lastyear (as had been reported in PlatinumGazette, complete with photograph ofcontractor’s representatives). Then Augustthis year came, and went. As can be seenon the photograph (right at the bottom),nothing much has happened since a yearago. This road will eventually link Ngwaabewith the R555 near the entrance to the new

De Hoop Dam, through Maseven, cutting outthe need for some traffic to use the steelbridge at Ga-Malekane.

Three other projects in full swing is thenew Penge to Mankele road (bottom), theroad from Steelpoort to Lydenburg (thesection between Steelpoort and the railwayline is now under construction) and the 10kilometres of road from the Praktiseer roadthrough Alverton to Kgautswane. On theSteelpoort road, motorists are subjected to ahefty waiting time (right), but as one motoristsaid, the rebuild will make life much easier.

The Alverton to Kgaustswane road isnow again on track after a bit of toyi-toyingby SMMEs in the area.

Meanwhile the situation at Ga-Maroganear Maandagshoek is still tense and thedirt road is still closed to heavy vehicles andtrucks. Residents blocked this roadbecause they want it tarred. A meetingbetween stakeholders did not deliver muchin terms of a solution to the problem andSmokey Hills Platinum Mine (PlatinumAustralia) suffered a brief production haltbecause of the closure. The mine is now inoperation again and using other accessroads.

Top: Nothing seems to be going on on theNgwaabe - Maseven road.

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Cultural Heritage day at MampuruGreater Tubatse Municipality hosted aCultural Heritage Day on Saturday last week.The event was off to a slow start, but by11:00 the groups started arriving at a fasterpace.A total of 8 cultural groups from the areaattended the day and entertained locals andtheir peers with special dances.The group in the top right photograph toldPlatinum Gazette that they started dancingtogether inthe 1970’s and when they are infull attendance number around 500 women.They say that their dances are traditionalfrom the area.The group below and on the left started morerecently, and love performing at specialevents. To them a big problem is funding.They need to travel and buy outfits for theirperformances.The women on the bottom right photographwork out their own dance routine and lovedressing up in their traditional beadworkaccessories.Anyone who would like to invite a culturalgroup to perform or who would like to assistwith funding can contact Ms Mavis Magooaof GTM on 013 231 1000.


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Laerskool Ohrigstad het verlede week ‘n musiekblyspelmet ‘n Franse inslag op die planke gebring. DiePoppespel Musiekblyspel vertel die verhaal van ‘n meisiewat sukkel om werk te kry en deur poppe by die poppekasgetroos word. Uiteindelik, met ‘n hele paar intriges en hulpvan die dorpenaars oorwin die liefde en kruip die meisie

diep haar poppemeester se hart.Vrydagaand is die gehoor ook op ‘n heerlike ete getrakteertydens die konsert. Die skool het almal bedank wat van dieaand ‘n sukses help maak het.


Wildevy Mannesê dankie

Die Wildevy Manne het verlede weekDonderdag ‘n Bedankingsfunksie gehou. Bydie funksie is die borge en almal wat gehelphet om die dag ‘n sukses te maak, bedank.Steelpoort Akademie, Laerskool Burgersfort(foto onder) en King Mufasa Kleuterskool hetook hul pryse vir die inkleurkompetisieontvang. ‘n Reuse R100 000 is met hierdiejaar se 4x4 Dag ingesamel. Dit word aanverskillende liefdadigheidsinstansiesuitbetaal.Die Manne nooi almal uit om hulleErfenisdag Dans op 24 September by PLMBoerdery te kom ondersteun. Hulle begin alom 16:00 met rugbykyk. Elkeen bring sy eievleis in drinkgoed. Vuur, pap, sous en lekkerdansmusiek word voorsien.Kruiskyk doen opname

in BurgersfortAnthonie Bougas vanTiener Zone wat opKruiskyk uitgesaai word,het hierdie week ‘nopname by LaerskoolBurgersfort kom doen.Elf leerlinge het aan ‘ngospel sangkompetisiedeelgeneem en een isdeur na die rondte waardaar teen ander dorpedeelgeneem word. Diegehoor het soos in ‘nwafferse studio spesiaalhande geklap en vir diekamera beweeg.

Four young local entrepreneurs carve a niche in the generalconstruction business, thanks to Two Rivers Platinum’s (TRP)innovative, focussed and ground-breaking community empowermentstrategy.In an attempt to rehabilitate its mining environment TRP saw a businessopportunity which could benefit its core communities by recycling itswaste reef. And in the process 23 new sustainable employmentopportunities is created.“When Two Rivers first spoke about this opportunity, we thought itwas a joke, as we thought only those who have the money are capableof securing construction tenders in the mining industry. We were mostlyunemployed and had no hope being able to secure any jobs in thenear future. But our fears were finally allayed when they took us throughtheir internal safety training and induction processes,” said Ms Vinoliahone of Shemeng Construction’s directors.Shemeng Construction CC, which was duly appointed after a closedtender, was mandated to construct a unique surface training centreusing gabions for the Mine instead of conventional brick and mortarmethod. We used the mine reef on site. This is part of the Mine’sphilosophy of caring for the environment. The project is run by fouryoung and ambitious local entrepreneurs drawn from the Mine’s threecore communities, namely Steelpoort Park, Kalkfontein andBuffelshoek. They in turn, recruited their support staff from the localcommunities and currently they employ 21 general employees.TRP facilitated the appointment of a coach and mentor who was wellexperienced enough in gabion construction.“We have a vision for the Company and with the skills already acquired,nothing will stop us now, thanks to Two Rivers’ pioneering spirit.” saidMr. Nicodimus Tsehla.The project forms part of the Mine’s unique Social and Labour Planprojects and its Business Leader, Mr Adriaan de Beer was excitedabout the initiative. “To us this is just another way of demonstratingour unequivocal commitment to the communities in which we operate.We are determined to meet and exceed our obligations not onlybecause we want to protect our license to operate but because it isaligned to Corporate Values and it is just, moral and ethical to do so.To our knowledge, our operating model has proved to be the mostcost-effective in the industry. We hope to transfer some of our skillsand we therefore know-how to our SMMEs”, said Mr de Beer, theBusiness Leader at Two Rivers Platinum.

TRP develop skills and empower locals

Article & Photograph: Bethrum Dzonzi


Samancor Eastern ChromeMines (ECM) showed theircommitment to Arbor Month byplanting indigenous trees attheir respective sites; Lannex,Tweefontein and Doornbosch,as well as at MakgekantsheSchool and Dithamaga School.(Photographs & Information:Davida van der Walt)

ECMcelebrates

Arbor Month

Tubatse Ferrochrome plant treesTubatse Ferrochrome visited four local schools as part of theirArbor Month celebrations.At the schools and at Eerstegeluk Clinic, Khomanani HIV/AIDS centre and the new library, they planted indigenoustrees to help with greening of the area.The communities were also given fruit trees to help withcreating an awareness of sustainable farming and living.With every visit the Tubatse employees explained theimportance of trees and looking after the environment.They will also go back to the schools, clinic and other venuesto monitor the growth of the trees. It is hoped that through theCompany’s encouragement, especiallythe children will become aware of theirenvironment and how important it is totake care of it.(Information and photographs:Tubatse Ferrochrome).

Trees were donated tofour local schools inthe Eerstegeluk area,

the EerstegelukClinic, the new libraryand the Khomanani

HIV/AIDS centre.

“The best timeto plant a tree

was twentyyears ago.

The secondbest time is

now”- Anonymous

Cross countryrunners in

regional team

Ettolia Mabanna, Charity Ruzvidzo, KamogeloTshehla and Kabelo Mabanna (absent onphotograph) were recently chosen as par tof theEhlanzeni regional cross country team. Sadly theydid not qualify to go to the SA Championships.



Is a lower speed limit the answer?

Me. Lezill Smith en me. MarietjieWolmarans sê: “Dit gaan oor die operatoren oor mense wat 140km of 160km peruur ry, nie 120km nie. Meeste van die tydspeel drank ook ‘n rol”.

Mr Mmusho Serage said: “That is not thesolution. The people must respect thespeed limit. Most people buy theirlicenses so they don’t know the rules ofthe road. That is our problem”.

Mnr. Keith Henriques sê: “Ek glo mensemoet ander mense begin respect. As jyander respect sal speeding nie ‘n issuewees nie. It is about respecting lives. Ekglo ook dat as almal die Here ken, salhulle respek vir ander hê en sal ons paaiea heaven’s path to travel on wees metbaie minder ongelukke. The love of Christmust be seen on the road”.

Mnr. Ernst Steyn sê: “Nee, dit sal nie helpnie. Mense se attitude op die pad is dieeintlike probleem. Ek ry baie en sien ditop die pad. Mense hou nie by die reëlsnie. Om stadiger te ry sal nie die probleemoplos nie. Mense sal net geïrriteerd weesen dit sal alles erger maak”.

Ms Thembi Tebele said: “To reduce the speed limit is a good idea, but they must alsodo something about the potholes. It is killing our people. We also need more trafficofficers to help enforce the law. People should stop drinking and driving”. With her areZodwa and Petunia Sekopa.

Me. Chantelle McDonald en me. Mari-Louise van Tonder sê: “Dit gaan nie ‘n verskilmaak nie. Daar is reeds ongelukke op paaie wat 100km/h gemerk is”.

Mnr. Piet Dreyer sê: “Nee, kry die busse en taxi’s om 100km/h te ry soos hulle moet.Pas die wet toe. Kyk hoe ry hulle! Meeste ongelukke waar baie mense doodgaan het ‘nbus of taxi betrokke. Kyk net daai een taxi wat hulle gevang het met 55 skoolkinders in!Dit terwyl daar 16 of 22 sitplekke was. Daar word fout gesoek by die verkeerde mense.Baie taxi’s is ook onpadwaardig, kyk net hoe lyk dit hier in die dorp. Baie bestuurdersse lisensies is nie wettig nie.” By hom is Johann.

Me. Tina Botha en mnr. Vaughan Craffert sê: “Taxi’s is die probleem. Kyk hoe ry hulle.Minder taxi’s = minder ongelukke. 100km/h gaan in seker opsigte wel ‘n verskil maak,maar dit gaan nie 100% werk nie”.

Above: Mr Kleintjie Mametja and Mr Given Moraba said: “The real problem is drinkingand driving and not following the road rules. The solution is that traffic cops shouldstart enforcing the law”.

Right: Mr Masingita Lambane and Mr Sedikanelo Senoge said: “No, people should getproper driving licenses. The clamp-down should be before people take to the road.With 100km/h there will be more carnage. The problem is not speeding, but drinkingand driving, cars that are not roadworthy and the state of our roads as well as animalson the roads”.

This week Minister of Transport, SibusisoNdebele said that he will ask the Cabinet toreview the 120km/h speed limit on nationalroads, possibly bringing it down to 100km/h.He said this after visiting an accident scene inKwaZulu-Natal involving a minibus taxi. 10People were killed. 126 people had been killedin the past two months in public transportaccidents.Mr Gary Ronald, spokesman for the AutomobileAssociation (AA) said that public transport suchas buses and taxis are already limited to100km/h in terms of the law. He feels that theonly way to effectively enforce speed limits areby “average speed monitoring”.“We find it hard to believe that the ministerhas given this enough thought,” said the SA

Transport & Allied Workers Union (Satawu) ina statement.“Even when two vehicles were both travellingjust 60km/h, a head-on crash was devastating,Justice Project SA (JPSA) chairman HowardDembovsky said in a statement. He added that

South Africa cannot be compared to countriessuch as Australia as they have highlyprofessional and effective law enforcementagencies. At a local tavern on Wednesdayafternoon, the issue was also a hot topic. Asone of the crowd explained: “We may not have

cars, but do you know how hot it becomes in ataxi?” They were not keen on spending moretime travelling if the law requires a slower pace.We asked readers what they think about theissue and if 100km/h will be the solution to thehigh accident death toll?


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VACANCY - SHIFT SUPERVISOR C5Work Description

The Shift Supervisor has the Legal accountability with a 2.15.1 appointment in termsof the Minerals Act and Regulations and is responsible to ensure compliance to Legalrequirements and Management specifics, and the completion of records pertaining tohis/her area of responsibility, as stipulated by the regulations.

Minimum Requirements

Grade 10. Valid Blasting Certificate. Completed Operation Shift Supervisor course. First Aid Certificate. Three years experience as a stopping Miner /Crew Captain.

Key Responsibilities

The control of production operations within a designated area. Inspection of all production activities in his/her area of responsibilities and

the recording of the findings of such inspections. The inspections of all machinery and equipment in his/her area of

responsibilities and the recording of the findings of such inspections. The continuous evaluation and monitoring of work performances and the

taking of adequate measures to ensure workers are competent to performtheir duties.

Co-ordination of logistics and the administration of resources within thedesignated area.

To ensure all work outputs are quality and quantity driven. Responsible to ensure that rules/regulations and management specifics

pertaining to daily tasks are complied with, and to deal with/report anybreaching thereof.

The completion of all reports. Evaluation of daily operations to ensure safety performance.

VACANCY - SECTION ENGINEERWork Description

The Section Engineer is a 2.13.1/2.13.3.1 appointment in terms of the MHS Act and isresponsible to provide operational service to the appointed 3.1(a) Manager, with

a 1-year planning horizon. The role ensures effective and safe movement of men,ore and material in the shaft/plant and the associated maintenance andconstruction linked to the Operational Area of responsibility.

Minimum Requirements

Engineering related qualification – BSC Degree / National Diploma. Government Certificate of Competency Mines and Works electrical or

mechanical. Five years post engineering qualification experience, Two years of

which to be on an operational Mine. Computer literacy in Microsoft Office suite. Proficiency in English.

Key Responsibilities

Carrying legal appointment (2.13.1/2.13.3.1) for Operational Area ofresponsibility.

Ensure legal compliance. Ensure maintenance to standards. Knowledge of SAP PM will be an advantage. Experience with Trackless mining machinery will be an advantage. Ensure the operational movement of personnel, material and ore. Ensure construction to standard. Provide technical advice and backup for Operational Area of

responsibility.

Interested persons can forward their applications to the Recruitment Office by faxingto 015 418 3204 or E-mail to [email protected] closing date 30 September2011. Please specify the position you are applying for.

“Bokoni Platinum” shall apply the affirmative action principles as set out in thecompany’s employment equity policy. In the event that you do not hear from theCompany within a period of 21 days after the closing date of applications, yourapplication shall be deemed to be unsuccessful. The CV’s of unsuccessful applicant’sshall not be returned.

As the first Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) Company with two North Americanlisting as well as a South African listing, we are the choice employer in the field. Thefollowing vacancy now exists at the Bokoni Platinum Mine in the Limpopo Province:

Betrekkings/VacanciesSeven volunteers from Germany will be doingcommunity service for the next 12 months oftheir stay in Kgautswane Thusong ServiceCentre.The German’s visits coincided with the nationalcelebration of heritage and tourism month.“Auf eine gute Zusammenarbeit, translated to,we are here for a good cause’ said HannesWeibecker, one of the visitors.The youngsters including Julia Hausmann,Frederike Suckert, Amelie Vester, ManuelGoetz, Vera Augusiak, and MaximilianMoosbuehler arrived at Kgautswane onSeptember 16 and a e expected to be thereuntil the end of August 2012.They will be assisting at Primary andSecondary Schools, Creches , Elderly Clubsand at the Kgautswane Thusong ServiceCentre according to Julia Hausmann who isone of the volunteers. The volunteers’ agesranges from 18 to 24.All the volunteers will be staying at the centreuntil the end of August 2012. Julia said thatlife in Kgautswane is very different fromGermany. “We are used to warm water, anautomatic dishwasher and Internet to keep incontact with our friends and family, but here itis not like that.

Julia Hausmann, Frederike Suckert, Hannes Weisbecker, Amelie Vester, ManuelGoetz, Vera Augusiak, Maximilian Moosbuehler with them is Clara Masinga thekgautswane Thusong Service Centre Manager.

But what is interesting is that the area is verypeaceful and quiet, compared to Germany.So far we learned some basics in Sepedi suchas “Dumela, agee, o kae, ke gona, shalagabotse”. We also learned some African songsand also a dance.We are here on the mission to know the Africanway of life and rural life style. We are happy tobe here and willing to exchange information.We would like to have full support from thecommunity of Kgautswane. We are lookingforward to make a lot of friends in South Africaand be part of the community of Kgautswane”she concluded.The Kgautswane Thusong Service CentreManager Clara Masinga said she is happy toget assistance from the German Governmentand said the volunteers came at the right placeand right time. “We are going to benefit a lotfrom their experience and they will also learna lot from us. I hope they will enjoy their staywith us and have fun.” I hope our youth willlearn that they can benefit from doing voluntarywork rather than doing nothing at all,” she said.She said the German’s were enthusiastic inlearning Sepedi and Afrikaans whilst the localswere learning the German language.(Article and photograph: Doc Marebane).

Volunteering for a good cause

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Laerskool Burgersfort bied op 24 September 2011 hulle golfdagaan. Dit vind by Tubatse Chroom Klub plaas en afslaantyd is08:30. Persone wat ‘n bof wil borg kan dit teen R1200 per bofdoen - halfweghuis ingesluit. Kontak die skoolkantoor by 013 2317606 vir enige navrae.

Laerskool Burgersfort Golfdag

Modikwa Marathon Club runners participatedin the City to City Marathon on 18September.It is a 50km race from Pretoria toJohannesburg.Their results were: Leboka Noto - 03:11,Surprise Makofane - 03:27, Ernest Mokoo -3:29, Peter Molapo - 03: 36, CedrickMbuyane - 03:40 and Solomon Masedi -03:47.There was also a 21km event. Athletes whoparticipated in this are: Sonia Makoua - 01:34and Justice Phokane - 01:35.The mine management congratulated theathletes on their performance and wishesthem the best of luck for the SowetoMarathon in November. It will be the last longdistance race for the year, after that they willstart focusing on the Comrades Marathon in2012.(Article: Willem Montgomery).

RunningCity to City

Fighting for a place in the finalMototolo 1 will be taking on Dullstroomfor a spot in the final of theMototolo Inter-mines cricket competition.This game will take place on 29 September and everyone is invited to

attend. Games are played at Rooikat Park, Lydenburg and start at18:00.Below are the current log standings.

Fun at Samancorbusiness unit

soccer dayDifferent businessunits fromSamancor tookeach other on insoccer atWiinterveld lastweek Saturday. Theday was wellsupported.Get the results andmore photographson page 12 of thisweek’s issue.

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Samancor Eastern Chrome Mines (ECM) hosted asoccer tournament between some of the SamancorChrome business units at the Winterveld Club on 17September2011. The participating teams representedTubatse Ferrochrome, Eastern Chrome Mines,

Middelburg Ferrochrome and Ferrometals. Theytook each other head on. Ferrometals was theoverall winner with a score of 3-0. SamancorEastern Chrome Mines took the second place.(Information: Davida van der Walt)

Samancor goes for the goal

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