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SWOEG, SWEET EN PRÊT BY RIO/CITY OF MATLOSANA SE FIETSWEDREN
Weereens was Sondag 17 Januarie 'n dag van prêt en wenners waar nagenoeg
400 ryers geswoeg en gesweet het tydens hul deelname aan die “Rio/City
of Matlosana” wedren.
Baie geluk aan aan die volgende wenners in die verskillende kategorieë.
Die uitslae is soos volg:
ELITE & U/23 MEN: Dusty Day (1ste), Juan van Heerden (2de) en JC Jooste
(3de)
JUNIOR MEN: JC Nel (1ste) en Willie Potgieter (2de)
ELITE & JUNIOR LADIES: Lynette Burger (1ste), Elzette Burger (2de) en
Lylani Louwrens (3de)
VETS 30 - 39 MEN: Freddie Pienaar (1ste) en Donovan Jackson (2de)
VETS 40 - 49 MEN: Jackie van Eeden (1ste) en André Taylor (2de)
VETS 50 - 59 MEN: Joe Visser in die 1ste plek
VETS 60+ MEN: Willie de Jongh in die 1ste plek
100km - OPEN
TANDEM: Jaco & Nicolene van Dyk (1ste) en Ruffus & Reinet Bekker (2de)
OPEN MEN: Paulo Contente (1ste) en Pieter Calitz (2de)
OPEN LADIES: Anee Mitchley (1ste) en Lizelle van Aardt (2de)
MOUNTAIN BIKE: Sias le Roux (1ste) en Johan Smuts (2de)
50km - OPEN
OPEN MEN: Adriaan Botes (1ste) en Charles Nienaber (2de)
OPEN LADIES: Liani Erasmus (1ste) en Danika Breet (2de)
MOUNTAIN BIKE: Michelle Meintjies (1ste) en Gideon van Zyl (2de)
10km - OPEN
OPEN MEN: Aubery Mosiapoa (1ste) en Christo Rood (2de)
OPEN LADIES: Nicolene Marais (1ste) en Simone le Roux (2de)
Die volgende borge word ook bedank met hulle bydrae wat hulle gelewer
het om die dag 'n groot sukses te maak.
• City Council of Matlosana - HOOF BORG • Rio Casino - HOOF BORG •
Matlosana Traffic Department • MMS • Ambulance Service • Keurhof School
marshalls • Transem • ABI Klerksdorp • Star FM • Rotary Ann's • Pro T
Cycles • Happy Cycles • Sportsman Warehouse • Pick ‘n Pay Supermarket
•Extreme Cycles • The Skate Shop • Ronmar • Midas
Your Profile
Name: Wayne Viljoen
Birthday: 6 May 1983
Star Sign: Taurus
Occupation: Graphic/web designer
When I look into the mirror every morning I think: : “To shave or not
to shave”.
My favourite people in the world are: My girlfriend Stacey, Stewie
Griffen, Andrew Schwaab for making the music he does.
My favourite quote is: "Egotism is the anesthetic that dulls the pain
of stupidity." --Frank Leahy
The greatest lesson life has taught me so far is: : Do what it takes
to do what you want to, and do it well.
I'll do almost anything for: A pack of speckled eggs, Playstation,
and my friends.
When I get stressed I am most likely to throw myself out the window
so I could run home.
I wouldn't mind being stuck in an elevator with: My girlfriend, and
her two friends, Kate Beckinsale and Halle Berry.
In three words I am: Wayne Jason Viljoen
If I had a million rand to spend I would: Take over the world…HAHAHA
I live in Klerksdorp because: Joburg and Cape Town won't take me.
The first thing I would save from a house fire is: My electric toe
nail clipper.
My nickname is: Beavis
I love my job because: I enjoy being creative and I love the
rewarding feeling of getting something too work.
Don't panic!
Plastic plates still permitted
Panicking over recent stories in the print media that you'll be paying
R800 for number plates? Don't - here's why...
A recent article threw an unnecessary scare into SA drivers by saying
that new cars registered since January 1 and fitted with acrylic number
plates are "unroadworthy" and could land their owners with big fines. Or
even see their vehicles booted off the roads. It said that only embossed
aluminium number plates were now legal on new registrations and that
they would cost about R800 a pair compared to about R200 for acrylic
plates.
In fact, the regulations promulgated on May 4 2007 (see our story at the
time), and which came into effect at the beginning of 2009, state only
that from January 1, 2009 the number plates on all new registrations
must be mounted "within 20mm of the edges by means of 4mm rivets or 4mm
one-way, self-tapping screws", like those used on burglar bars.
Double-sided sticky tape or clip-in holders are no longer legal because
the number plates are too easy to steal. They also lay down minimum
sizes for number plates, which are the same as previously but now also
allow a smaller size (250 x 165mm) for motorcycles.
Nowhere do the regulations stipulate that the number plates must be made
of metal.
However, an amendment to the National Road Traffic Act, promulgated on
November 19, 2008 stipulates that "the licence number of all motor
vehicles licensed in the Province of Gauteng shall on 1 November 2013 be
displayed on a metal plate".
Embossed aluminium numbers plates cost, a platemaker said, the same as
acrylic (R175 a pair) but on some vehicles it is necessary to mount them
using a metal-reinforced frame, hence the extra cost although R300 each
for two simple, sheet-steel frames seems rather expensive.
A Cape Town number-plate provider told motoring.co.za he thought the
story had come from a manufacturer of aluminium number-plate blanks to
boost the sales of its products. – iol
Mpho is an asset to science
My message to the youth is: set your goals clearly, pursue them, take
the brave step and focus your energy op that which you want and believe
in it. Remember, everything begins with a dream. What you make of it, is
in your hands.
This inspiriting message comes from Mpho Motoboli, a young master's
degree student in chemistry at the Potchefstroom Campus of the
North-West University who could realize her own dream. As a normal child
in a township, excelled and obtained bursaries and opportunities with
her academic performances, to where she stands today.Her latest
performance is a floating trophy and the Micromeretics medal which she
obtained for the best scientific poster at the annual conference of the
Catalyst Society of South Africa (Catsa). According to the director of
the research focus area, chemical resource beneficiation, at the NWU,
Prof Manie Vosloo, it is one of the two most important prizes in the
country postgraduate students in the catalyst community can win.Mpho
says she has always been inquisitive about how things work and what
chemical substances found in food and water. This stimulated and
motivated her to go and investigate herself and improve her knowledge.
“I have always wanted to excel and the most important was to have clear
goals. I have always said that I would have another title (for instance
doctor) before I turn 30.”
“Children must not think science is difficult. If you are interested in
it, investigate for yourself and try to establish the ins and outs.”
Mpho says her primary school training was in a township school in
Sebokeng where their facilities were exceptionally scanty. She passed
her matric with exemption at the Roschnee Secondary School.
Initially, she hoped to study at the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan
University, but her parents said it was too far. She went to stay with a
family member in Mafikeng and registered for a BSc degree in physics and
chemistry at the Mafikeng Campus of the NWU.
In her second year she obtained a bursary from the National Union for
Mineworkers for her academic performances and passed her degree with
several distinctions. Mpho says she was very disappointed when she could
not obtain employment for six months after her studies. She obtained a
bursary from the national research foundation (NRF) and passed her
honours in chemistry cum laude within the minimum period. In 2007 she
reacted to an advertisement of the Department of Science and Technology
that was searching for 125 young scientists to work at Science Centres
across the country. She was placed at the Science Centre of the NWU in
Potchefstroom and her colleagues convinced her to register for her
master's degree studies this year. She speaks highly of Prof Jan Smit,
Director of the School for Science, Mathematics and Technology
Education, who took it upon himself to look after her. Mpho is a student
in the catalyst and synthesis research group of the research focus area
chemical resource beneficiation. Her promoters are Dr. Johan Jordaan and
Gerhard Lachmann. The title of her poster presentation she was rewarded
for was “Design and modelling of new salicyclideneaniline derivatives as
ligands for Grubbs-type pre-catalysts”. Mpho, one of twins form a family
of four children, says she will be handing in her dissertation next year
and is all set to proceed with her doctor's degree.
“I see myself as a researcher and will most decidedly never stop being
one. I will gladly disclose science to other children in future, because
it is my passion.”
Mpho said, apart from her hard work and perseverance, she owes the NUM,
Department of Science and Technology, the NRF, her promoters and her
parents a great debt of gratitude for their support.
Giving a Moebius
syndrome sufferer a smile
The day before her operation, Kelebogile, who turned 12 on 19 January,
wrote a letter to her surgeon.
"Dear doctor, would you be very careful and be sure that I will be fine.
I believe in you doctor. Please ask God to help you and His hands will
help you to do the job.”
Kelebogile, who lives in Potchefstroom, North West, has Moebius
syndrome, a rare genetic disorder characterised by facial paralysis.
People with Moebius syndrome can't smile or frown.
She was diagnosed at age 3, and had to wait a further nine years before
her mother Suzan heard about the doctor who could give Kelebogile her
smile.
Professor George Psaras is the medical director and co-founder of the
Smile Foundation, an organisation that helps children with facial
disfigurements to receive the reconstructive surgery.
Nelson Mandela initiated the idea nine years ago when he made a request
for the first child, Thando, to have an operation.
Thando had Moebius syndrome, and wrote to Madiba to ask him to help.
During the Vodacom Facial Reanimation Smile Week, from January 19 to 23,
four children aged 7 to 12 with facial paralysis will receive surgery
free of charge.
Facial paralysis causes a lot of psychological trauma for children.
"They go through life as if they're wearing a mask. A lot of people
think they have mental problems, not just physical problems," said
Psaras.
Kelebogile wrote in her diary: "Sometimes in my life I was very sad and
angry because they do not want to talk to me because I am different and
I can't talk nicely. I was sometimes crying and I remember someone
saying that God has a special plan for me.”
On the day of her operation, she wrote: "Today I am a little scared and
sad. I hope it will be a great operation.”
During the procedure, the surgical team harvests a section of muscle
from the inner thigh and transfers it to the cheek, where the facial
nerve is sutured to the nerve from the muscle.
The critical part is to get the muscle to survive, and to ensure that
nerve impulses are able to travel from the brain to the muscle.
A few months after surgery, the children begin to smile.
"It's fantastic, it's hard to explain in words. When you see these kids
smile after two or three months, it's the best gift," said Psaras, who
has performed the procedure 17 times.
One side of Kelebogile's face was operated in May 2007, and by August
she had a half-smile.
On 16 January, she underwent her second procedure, and now it's only a
matter of time before her smile is complete.
Suzan dressed her in a beautiful floral dress so that she wouldn't feel
like she was in hospital.
Some Super 14 rugby players were at the hospital as part of Vodacom's
Tries for Smiles campaign. – iol
South
African Heritage Site The Vredefort Dome
Some 2 billion years ago a meteorite 10 kilometres in diameter hit the
earth about 100km southwest of Johannesburg, creating an enormous impact
crate. This area, near the town of Vredefort in the Free State, is known
as the Vredefort Dome. It is a natural heritage site, inscribed in 2005,
situated in the Free State and North West.
Vrederfort Dome, approximately 120km south west of Johannesburg, is a
representative part of a larger meteorite impact structure, or
astrobleme.
Dating back 2, 023 million years, it is the oldest astrobleme found on
earth so far. With a radius of 190km, it is also the largest and the
most deeply eroded. Vredefort Dome bears witness to the world's greatest
known single energy release ever, which caused devastating global
change, including, according to some scientists, major evolutionary
changes. It provides critical evidence of the earth's geological history
and is crucial to our understanding of the evolution of the planet.
Despite their importance to the planet's history, geological activity on
the earth's surface has led to the disappearance of evidence from most
impact sites and Vrederfort is the only example on earth to provide a
full geological profile of an astrobleme below the crater floor.
The meteorite, larger than Table Mountain, caused a thousand-megaton
blast of energy. The impact would have vaporised about 70 cubic
kilometres or rock - and may have increased the earth's oxygen levels to
a degree that made the development of multicellular life possible. The
world has about 130 crater structures of possible impact origin.The
Vredefort Dome is among the top three, and is the oldest and largest
clearly visible meteorite site in the world. The original crater, now
eroded away, was probably 250 to 300 kilometres in diameter. It was
larger than the Sudbury impact structure in Canada, about 200km in
diameter.
At 2 billion years old, Vredefort is far older than the Chixculub
structure in Mexico which, with an age of 65 million years, is the site
of the impact that led to the extinction of dinosaurs.
Vredefort's original impact scar measures 380km across and consists of
three concentric circles of uplifted rock. They were created by the
rebound of rock below the impact site when the asteroid hit. Most of
these structures have eroded away ad are no longer clearly visible. The
inner circle, measuring 180km, is still visible and can be seen in the
beautiful range of hills near Parys and Vredefort. It is this area that
was named a World Heritage Site.
Vredefort Dome is the oldest, largest, and most deeply eroded complex
meteorite impact structure in the world. It is the site of the world's
greatest single, known energy release event. It contains high quality
and accessible geological (outcrop) sites which demonstrate a range of
geological evidences of a complex meteorite impact structure. The rural
and natural landscapes of the serial property help portray the magnitude
of the ring structures resulting from the impact. The serial nomination
is considered to be a representative sample of a complex meteorite
impact structure. A comprehensive comparative analysis with other
complex meteorite impact structures demonstrated that it is the only
example on earth providing a full geological profile of an astrobleme
below the crater floor, thereby enabling research into the genesis and
development of an astrobleme immediately post impact.
Many activities can be enjoyed in the area. From river rafting, river
tubing, abseiling, horse riding, mountain biking, archery or walking.
Read more interesting facts about the Vredefort Dome in next weeks
issue.
Wessie-“sole” nou “WARE”
WESSIES
Hoërskool Wesvalia se nuwe Gr 8's of beter bekend as die Wessie-“sole”
het die afgelope naweek vanaf 16 Januarie tot 18 Januarie op hul Gr 8
rivierberaad na Serubi SA Phakwe gegaan en dit was 'n fees.
Die doel van hierdie jaarlikse kamp is eerstens dat die Gr 8'ies mekaar,
die VLR en die onderwysers beter kan leer ken en tweedens om te verseker
dat die nuwe Gr 8's kan funksioneer in die raamwerk van Hoërskool
Wesvalia se visie en waardes. Om dit te verseker het die Gr8's aan
verskeie aktiwiteite deelgeneem soos bv. avontuurbane, opleidings- en
motiveringsessies en spanbou aktiwiteite.
Vanjaar se Gr 8 groep is volgens Dr. Frik Steenkamp, skoolhoof, 'n
skitterende groep wat die Wessies nog baie trots gaan maak. Hy is ook
baie trots op die manier waarop hulle die oriënteringsprogram hanteer.
GR 8 KHS’ERS POMP
BLOU BLOED NA VLR-KAMP
Op 16 Januarie het Hoërskool Klerksdorp se graad agt-kamp talle nuwe
leerlinge propvol energie gehad en die VLR-lede is net so opgewonde. Die
kamp, vanaf Vrydagmiddag tot Saterdagoggend, het aan alle graad agt-leerders
die geleentheid gegee om in die skoolsaal te slaap en die program het
gesorg vir meer as genoeg pret.
Na 'n middag se baljaar in die swembad moes die jong slange koppe
bymekaarsit om 'n perdekar te bou. 'n Skattejag het elkeen ook meer
geleer oor kHS se trotse geskiedenis, waarna daar ook 'n slangtoets
afgelê is. Die talentaand het dan VLR-lede ure se vermaak verskaf. Na
dié suksesvolle naweek pomp daar blou bloed deur elke graad agt leerder
se ware en word hul elkeen verwelkom as deel van die blou golf!
2010 tickets on sale in 21
days
South Africans will be queueing and hogging the Internet when tickets
for the 2010 Soccer World Cup go on sale in three weeks. Soccer-mad
locals starved for international matches on home soil are expected to
flock to branches of First National Bank and to Fifa's website.An
estimated three million tickets will be made available to everyone, but
only locals will be allowed to buy the cheaper category four tickets -
which constitute 15 percent of the total. The price for these ranges
from $20 (R186) for a group stage match to $150 (R1 395) for the final.
Local Organising Committee media manager Jermaine Craig said they
expected a dash for tickets when they went on sale.Craig said World Cup
tickets would be sold only on the official Fifa website (www.fifa.com)
and at FNB.
Soccer enthusiasts will be limited to 12 tickets a match to prevent
block bookings ending up in scalpers' hands. While tickets for the
public will go on sale in three weeks, hospitality packages have been
selling "way beyond expectation".
Match Hospitality's head of marketing, Peter Csanadi, said there had
been a lot of interest from local and multinational companies.
"South Africans had the first option before sales were opened to the
rest of the world," Csanadi said.The packages aimed at companies
entertaining clients in private suites. Csanadi's advice to South
Africans was to enjoy it. – iol
Hoërskool
Stilfontein spog met 'n 100% slagsyfer
Charlene Jerling het 4 onderskeidings behaal.
Die volgende leerlinge het elk twee onderskeidings behaal.
Achnuska Bruning, Angelique Daniell, Vanessa Immelman, Zeldine Strauss,
Jana Viviers
Die volgende leerlinge het elk een onderskeiding behaal.
CJ Arderne, PJ Boardman, Dirk Boshoff, Rocco Boyce, Etteinne de Bruyn,
George Delport, Michelle du Toit, Tanja Fourie, Cindy Greeve, Dean
Kingsley, Lené-mari Kriel, JP Lundie, Shannon Miladinovic, Neil
Molletnze, Christi Scheepers, Alitia Zeilhofer, Hafesa Morris, Leandri
Naude
Wessie-krieketspeler verteenwoordig Noordwes
Vier van Hoërskool Wesvalia se krieketspelers het tydens die afgelope
Desember vakansie die Noordwes in verskeie areas verteenwoordig. Anton
Potgieter en Logun Abdool het in Oudtshoorn tydens die P.G. Bison week
in die o/15 span toernooi gespeel. Anton het 50 geslaan vs. Kwazulu
Natal op die derde dag van die toernooi.Ethan Gilbert het in
Pietermaritzburg tydens die MTN week in die o/17 span toernooi gespeel.
Ethan het 7/28 in 9 beurte geneem vs. die Oostelike Provinsie op die
laaste dag van die toernooi. Die bekende Sean Silver het in Oos-Londen
tydens die Coke-week in die o/19 toernooi gespeel waar hy die Noordwes
ook soos gewoonlik puik verteenswoordig het. Wesvalia se krieket is tops
danksy hul uitstekende krieketakademie. U kan die Wessies gerus in 2009
dophou, want hulle is gereed vir groot aksie.
THS LEARNER TOP IN
MATLOSANA AREA
Gordon Rabey, matric learner at THS in 2009, was awarded a Certificate
of Academic Achievement by Dr Mvula and Mr Motora of the Department of
Education in the North West at a special function held on Saturday, in
Potchefstroom. Gordon achieved an average of 92 % in Mathematics and was
the top learner in this subject in the Matlosana Area (Tswelelopele
Circuit).
Gordon received a bursary from Anglo Platinum and will be studying Rock
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