DANCE STYLES YOU WON'T IMAGINE!!

FUSING DANCE . . . . . explains it all, a merge of various dance styles under one umbrella, to create new vision and new hope for the future of Dance in our diverse South Africa.

Matlosana has been given the privilege to host the very first Fusing Dance Workshop outside the boarders of the big cities Johannesburg, Cape Town and Durban, giving us a first hand experience of the BIG TIME!

David Matamela and Tina Fraser have put together a jam packed programme for all types of pupils the Ballerina, the Jazz Dancer; the Hip Hopper and the free thinker who prefers contemporary, Afro Fusion and Funk?!? at the end of the day this workshops promises to enhance every dancers steps, educating the instructors and entertaining all that participate It is but one of the life skill you should not miss out on. Come and join in the Experience of a Dancers Lifetime . . . . get your registration in as soon as possible. Bookings for Spectators is limited and should be done prior to workshop at cost R30,00 per session. For further information contact Tina Fraser on tinam.fraser@yahoo.com or call 083 228 2821/ Lany Olivier 083 4494469.


YOURPROFILE

Name: Anél Botha
Birthday: 5 March
Star Sign: Pisces
Occupation: Fashion Designer for Anha-K

When I look into the mirror every morning I think: 'Do I look presentable for my clients today'

My favourite people in the world are: Family and friends

My favourite quote is: “My favourite colour is 'shiny'”

Unexpected Fun and Good times makes me laugh.

The greatest lesson life has taught me so far is: : 'Blood, sweat and tears = success!'

I'll do almost anything for: Shoes, shoes and more shoes!

When I get stressed I am most likely to throw MY PATIENCE (not patient) out the window.

I want my tombstone to read:
'Fashionably Late as usual'

I wouldn't mind being stuck in an elevator with: St Valentine the man behind Valentines Day

In three words I am: Stylish, outgoing and a dreamer

If I had a million rand to spend I would: Secure my family's financial situation and donate money to Animal Welfare.

I live in Klerksdorp because: This is where life finds me now!

The first thing I would save from a house fire is: My pets.

My nickname is: ANNY B

I love my job because: It's challenging; never repetitive or boring and I get to deal with different people every day.

LIFE AND TIMES WITH COLLIN

'We are all Keynesians now'

Reading through the business press recently I came across an article in which Maria Ramos, addressed a gathering of the world's leaders and business people in Davos. In her address she used the quote: 'We are all Keynesians now!' She is certainly not the originator of it. Rather it goes back to an issue of Time dated 31.12.1965. On the cover was a picture of the famous British economist John Maynard Keynes. What transpired was that Pres. Lyndon B. Johnson had, on taking office, signed a huge tax cut into law. By the end of 1965 the American economy was thriving with an annual growth in excess of 6 percent. Keynesian thought holds that government intervention can significantly improve the operation of the economy. Pres. Johnson's economic advisers were jubilant and readily embraced Keynes' philosophy.

So with all the government bailouts (intervention!) at present, Ms Ramos is probably justified in using the quote.

One of the most vexing concepts is trying to understand how economies work. If economists cant agree on the subject, how much more difficult isn't it for the ordinary lay person (like myself) to get a handle on the machinations of the economy. All is not lost however, as there are generally two schools of thought on the topic ie.
The Keynesians on the one hand and the monetarists on the other. The father of the monetarists was Milton Friedman of the University of Chicago.

I would like to explore both these economists in some detail.

Both Keynes and Friedman were creatures of their times with Keynes very conscious of the Great Depression, and Friedman a product of the boom years following World War II. As a result they both held disparate views on how to treat and repair economies.
We are of course here dealing with macroeconomics, ie those forces which drive and shape a national economy. Issues like is a recession on the cards?; or which way are interest rates heading?

In 1935 Keynes wrote: The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money. This was a seminal work that was to have a profound effect on how economies would function into the future. The cornerstone of Keynes' General Theory centered around employment. The reader should appreciate the fact that there was massive unemployment when Keynes wrote his work. Central to his argument was that free enterprise without government intervention does not cause full employment. By factoring in government expenditure there would be a smoothing effect on the economy, which, according to Keynes, would prevent violent undulations in economic cycles. The Great Depression was one such undulation, or convulsion if you will. An important ingredient is however required for this to work - The availability of adequate and accurate information to allow a government to take timeous action. This is where statisticians and economists come in. And their role should not be underestimated. These are the guys that supply the likes of Tito Mboweni with information that could make our lives comfortable or uncomfortable. A few days ago he dropped the repo rate by 1% (100 basis points) and everybody issued a sigh of relief. This, because the cost of borrowed money was now cheaper by 1%. Keynes further posited that government spending provides the stimulus for efficient economic growth.

Turning to the monetarist view under Milton Friedman, we get a different take on how an economy should function. This school believed that free markets are the way to go and that government intervention only serves to unsettle the forces at play. They feel that unemployment is a natural consequence of the cyclical movements in an economy. Remember these economists were writing this when there were boom times in America. Milton believed that the number one evil was inflation. And to control this menace one needs to control money; more specifically the supply of money within an economic system. Hence the name monetarists. Milton penned: The Quantity Theory of Money. Here, economists consider the velocity, or speed, at which money changes hands in the economy as important.

By so doing one can speed up or retard the gears of an economy. There are twin dangers with this theory price levels and inflation. One need only look at what is happening in Zimbabwe right now to grasp this. The trick is to have the monetary authorities (central banks) increase the money supply in just the right amounts to stimulate economic growth and stifle inflation. The monetarists also argue that leaving your money under the mattress serves no useful purpose as it has been removed from the economic mainstream.

The current crises that economies find themselves in right now requires liquidity in the form of cash and credit. And these items have to come from somewhere. In order to prevent full-blown depressions, governments have had to intervene with bailout packages.

So for the time being 'we are all Keynesians now'.

Talking about the times we are in right now, and I will finish on this, is the concept of 'Creative Destruction'. The phrase was coined by the Harvard economist Joseph Schumpeter in 1942. This oxymoron is very simple to understand: A market economy will consistently reinvent itself by getting rid of the old [ideas, businesses, etc] and reallocating limited resources to newer, more productive ones.

Unsettling as it may be, we are going through a phase in which there are going to be casualties. Not too unlike Darwin's Theory of Evolution where only the fittest survive.

Chat again next week.

Alumnus is sport psychologist for Brumbies

An alumnus of the Puk Campus of the North-West University has recently been appointed sport psychologist of a Super 14 team in Australia.

Dr Pieter Kruger was contracted by the Brumbies to take care of appropriate team and individual psychological assessments and interventions. During the past three years Kruger has been involved in the well-known Harlequins team in London.
The former coach of the team, Andy Friend, was recruited by his home country to coach the Brumbies. He selected his own team and asked Kruger to act as team sport psychologist for the coming season.
Due to Kruger's involvement with the Harlequins and the fact that he is an associate in a private practice in London, he could not move to Australia permanently.

Kruger has a colourful career of more than ten years with rugby teams in South Africa and England. As a student, he became involved in the u.14 and u.15 teams of Potchefstroom Gymnasium High School that both made the semi-finals for the national school trophy. He obtained his BA degree, two honours degrees in psychology and sport sciences cum laude at the NWU Puk.
After having obtained his master's degree in clinical psychology, also cum laude, at the University of the Free State and having completed his internship and community service years, he returned to Puk to obtain his doctor's degree in sport psychology. He did his research on the Super 12 teams, and in 2003/4 he acted as consulting sport psychologist for Rudy Joubert's Super 12 Bulls.

In 2004 Kruger was the sport psychologist for the NWU Puk's rugby institute and helped the first team to win the SASSU championship and the Super Sport national club championship for the first time in the existence of the NWU Puk. He was also sport psychologist for Peter de Villiers' u.12 team that played in the World cup for u.21 teams.

In 2005 he left for the Leopards rugby union that made the finals of the Vodacom Cup that year, and also played in the Currie Cup's top eight. Apart from his activities with the Leopards, he also was a lecturer in sport psychology at the NWU Puk and also managed a clinical psychology practice.

In 2006 Kruger left for the United Kingdom and soon joined the Harlequins as their sport psychologist. In London he continued his work in clinical, industrial and sport psychology and continued his study career at the Albert Ellis Institute in New York and the Beck Institute in Philadelphia in the USA. Currently he also is a senior lecturer in the department of psychology at the London Metropolitan University.

During the past three years Kruger helped the Harlequins when they played in the Guinness Premiership and became a force in the European Heineken Cup.
Kruger says, as a sport psychologist in a team sport it is of crucial importance to bring about the balance between team and individual processes. Seen from a team perspective, players must share the same vision on the field and also be capable of communicating clearly under great pressure.

Kruger is married to a Potchefstroom alumnus, Suzanne Mulder, who currently is a medical doctor in a private practice in London.

Du Pisani acknowledged as researcher of history studies

Prof Kobus du Pisani of the School of Social and Governmental Studies at the North-West University's Potchefstroom Campus has just received his C-grading as a researcher.

The National Research Foundation (NRF) has acknowledged Du Pisani as an established researcher with a consistent record of productivity in the field of history studies. He links up closely with 100 other graded researchers at the NWU and 49 other researchers in the country in the broad field of history studies.

The grading awarded was based on Du Pisani's research on genealogical history with the focus on studies concerning the male Afrikaner and environmental history, especially on the evolution of the concept sustainable development.

Du Pisani recently completed a book on the community of Lekubu on the farm Braklaagte north of Zeerust, titled The last frontier war: Braklaagte and the battle for land before, during and after apartheid, which was published in Amsterdam. Currently he is working on a biography of B.J. Vorster, the South African Prime Minister between 1966 and 1978.

Du Pisani's fellows see him as a researcher who has made a continuous quality contribution and who has always proven that he has the ability.

“CITY ON A HILL CHURCH INTERNATIONAL” - A CHURCH FOR THE UN-CHURCHED

On 1 February this new church was launched when just under a 100 people got together to celebrate the start of this vibrant and life giving church. People came from Harare (Zimbabwe), Johannesburg, Secunda, Mafikeng and Welkom to be part of this event. Bruce Mc Alpine Part of NCMI (New Covenent Ministries International) Apostolic Team, preached and represented NCMI as they set this church in place.

Mark & Marié Bailey and Bertus & Séan Vd Westhuisen relocated to Klerksdorp from Johannesburg to make a difference in this city.
Their heart is to bring hope and peace to every person who needs it! This is not an Independent church; they are Supported and kept Accountable by New Covenant Ministries International which is a group of churches that work into about 80 countries of the world.

This church believes in loving Klerksdorp and Transforming Klerksdorp, so they don't just want to have church services, but also be the church by getting involved in the community! At the moment they have Services at 10am every Sunday on the corner of Moolman and Johannesburg rd (Classic Stays Guesthouse).

For more info, you can phone Mark at 0842020210 or Bertus at 0763115838

Praying for peaceful elections

The city's Auditorium hall was packed to rafters during the 3rd Annual Mayoral Prayer Day last week Thursday. This year, the theme of the prayer was based on peaceful elections and praying for the leadership. Acclaimed pastor, Aggrippa Khathide, gave the sermon for the day. He said South Africa would be a better, peaceful nation if all other municipalities could emulate the example set by Matlosana municipality. “South Africa needs prayer because a nation born in prayer must be sustained by prayer,” he said.
Khathide also threw a gauntlet at other church leaders, accusing them of being silent while people are dying of HIV and AIDS.
“You must openly talk about this disease and don't be happy that you are burying people. Our problem is that we speak late when people are already infected,” he said. Shifting his focus to the forthcoming national elections, Khathide urged people to vote and warned against things going wrong. “Yes, things can go wrong. Whoever thought that Zimbabwe will be in this situation today?”
In his message, the Executive Mayor of the City of Matlosana, China Dodovu, said the people of Matlosana must pray very hard and never forget where they come from.
“Pray for us as your leaders locally, provincially and nationally. This is your democracy. You fought for it and you must defend it,” said Dodovu.
He said that it is important for all South Africans to take part in the elections for the sake of the future generations.

NGAKA MODIRI MOLEMA INVESTIGATION TARGETED FOR COMPLETION BY END MARCH

The investigation of allegations of fraud, corruptions and financial irregularities related to the contract entered by Ngaka Modiri Molema District Municipality with a Brazilian Soccer Academy for the training of youngsters over 18 months will be completed by the end of March 2009, North West MEC for Developmental Local Government and Housing, Howard Yawa assured councillors of the municipality at a special council meeting held on Tuesday.
MEC Yawa appealed to all stakeholders within the municipality to give the team of experts from National Treasury and the Office of the Auditor General and other state agencies appointed to conduct the investigation the necessary cooperation in order to expedite the process. He urged parties within the municipality to make use of labour forums within the institution to speedily resolve the labour dispute that has entered its fourth week and resulted in the lockout and suspension of 165 municipal employees affiliated to the South African Municipal Workers Union (SAMWU).
"My department is anxious of the extend to which the impasse might compromise service delivery and appeal for leadership to prevail for the benefit of our communities" says Yawa.

Drie grafiese studente genooi om aan Nampak Packaging Design-Uitdaagkompetisie deel te neem

Drie grafiese ontwerp-studente van die NWU-Puk is gekies Nampak Packaging Design-uitdaagkompetisie deel te neem.
Carien Roberts, Adele Jonker en Nadia Roodt, is drie van slegs vyf studente in die land wat gekies is. Toegang tot die studentekategorie in hierdie kompetisie is alleenlik moontlik op uitnodiging.
Die voorafkeuring van studente is gebaseer op individuele prestasies in die Institute of Packaging's (IPSA) Student Gold Pack Awards. Dit is by die Student Gold Pack Awards van 2008 dat Carien Roberts die algehele wenner was van die Propack Gold in die ontwerpkategorie-toekenning. Sy het ook die toekenning vir die beste verpakking in die kategorie vir tandsorg ontvang. Adele Jonker was die algehele wenner van die Propack Bronze in Design-toekenning asook van die Nando's-verpakkingskategorie, met Nadia Roodt wat ʼn merietetoekenning in dié kategorie ontvang het.

Die finale uitstalling van die Nampak Packaging Design-Uitdaagkompetisie se wenontwerpe sal van 27 Februarie tot 1 Maart by die Ontwerp-indaba Expo plaasvind, en dit sal ook in die tydskrif Design Indaba ten toon gestel word.
Studente wat genooi is om deel te neem staan ʼn kans om verdere kennis te maak met die interessante wêreld van verpakkingsontwerp en dit as ʼn beroep los te slaan. Hulle kry ook die geleentheid om hulle werk as ʼn belangrike sigbare voorbeeld van hulle vaardighede tot hul portefeuljes toe te voeg.

MATLOSANA CITY COUNCIL REWARD SIX DANCERS

It has been a busy two weeks for the organizers of the Fusing Dance Workshop especially with the auditions for local dancers to earn a City of Matlosana sponsored 'Fusing Dance Workshop” entry.
It was inspiring to see the many people interested in the chance of a lifetime to dance with the best South Africa has to offer and the task of making the final choice was very difficult for the team of selectors.
The team of selectors visited three Community centers over the past weeks to make sure that the opportunity was available to all.
Entries to the Fusing Dance Workshop have been extended to the end of the week, so if there are any aspiring dancers still wishing to enter, please contact Tina Fraser - 083 228 2821 or Lany Olivier at 083 4494469 (018 4683916)

For more information on the auditions visit www.klerksdorp.org
Friday 13th February Klerksdorp, Jaap Steyn Hall, Sandy Botha presented all dancers with their certificates on behalf of the Council. The Marimba Instructor was also nominated for a Fusing Dance entry.
Masego Phonela - Jouberton
Keamogetswe Mongake - Ellaton
Christopher Zimemo - Khuma
Kamohelo Thamae - Khuma
Tau Bonolo - Alabama
Tebogo Mosala - Jouberton
Matlosana Marimba Instructor - Tebogo Itumeleng - Jouberton

Parkies ontvang hul bussie

Laerskool Meiringspark het op Maandag 16 Februarie hul spoggerige nuwe bussie ontvang vanaf Toyota. Die skool het die bussie self gekoop en is baie trots op hul byvoeging tot die wen span. Die skool wil al die ouers en Toyota bedank vir hul bydrae tot die bussie se “signage”.

SIMFONIA JUVENTI

Kobus Dippenaar (fagot) en Trudie Kritzinger (viool I) is gekies om hierdie jaar in Simfonia Juventi Jeugorkes te speel. Albei leerders is in Hoërskool Klerksdorp. Simfonia Juventi is 'n Jeug simfonie-orkes wat in die April vakansie vir 'n week by Pro Arte in Pretoria oefen. Hulle het optredes in Ermelo, Nylstroom en in Pretoria by die ZK Matthews saal.

'n Baie interessante program van die variasie word voorberei en uitvoerings van hoë standaard word elke jaar bereik.

KHS BESTE IN DIE NOORDWESTE

Soos verlede jaar het KHS weer die beste van al die Noordwes skole gevaar by die bekende Noordheuwel Top Tien byeenkoms wat Woensdag 11 Februarie by die Roodepoort Stadion gehou is.
Van die 34 skole wat deelgeneem het, het KHS sewende geëindig met Gimmies in die elfde plek en Lichtenburg op nommer 22, Rustenburg Hoër op 23 en Brits 27ste.

Die kompetisie is deur Kemptonpark gewen met Waterkloof as naaswenners. Tazmin Brits (spiesgooi sy het ook in dié nommer vir KHS se hoogste punt gesorg), Marion-Ann Duvenhage (hekkies sy het vir KHS se meeste punte verdien in haar toegelate 2 nommers), Andrea Strauss (hekkies) en Steyn Kriel (spiesgooi) het almal hul nommers gewen en vir KHS baie punte ingebring.

KHS is veral trots op die feit dat hy afgereken het met skole soos Menlopark, Garsfontein, Dr. E.G. Jansen, Nelspruit en Marais Viljoen.

Wessies maak naam by Groot Vyf Tennis-toernooi

Hoërskool Wesvalia se tennis spelers het die afgelope naweek vanaf 13 tot 15 Februarie aan die Groot Vyf Tennis-toernooi in Nelspruit gaan deelneem en die Wessies het briljant gevaar.

Wesvalia se dogterspan naamlik Carien Labuschagné, Surrae Hanekom, Lianda Rautenbach, Elzette Wilken, Shané Lang en Mabea Jooste, het vir 'n opskudding gesorg deur tweede te eindig uit 8 skole. Hulle het teen Waterkloof en Uplands College gewen wat hierdie tweede plek vir hulle beteken het. Hierdie span ontvang ook verder 'n trofee vir die span met die beste sportmangees. Carien Labuschagné het ook die trofee ontvang vir die dogter met die beste sportmangees.
Die seunspan naamlik Christo Scholtz, Du Toit Niemand, Michael Joubert, Rinaldo Kritzinger, Wouter Ras en Handré Bester, het net so goed gevaar en eindig vyfde uit die agt skole. Hulle het teen Middelburg en Uplands College gewen.

Die tennis was van 'n baie hoë standaard, veral teen Affies, wat op die ou einde ook die kompetisie gewen het.

KHS VALENTYNSFEES - ROMANSE IN DIE SKOOL

Romanties, elegant, stylvol, feestelik, “great” dit is woorde waarmee KHS se Valentynsbal vanjaar beskryf word.

Die graad 11's het uitgehang met 'n markiestent langs die skoolsaal vir meer dansplek en die tafelversierings en kos was uit die boonste rakke.

“Beter as 'n matriekafskeid” was een van die gaste se mening.

Meneer en Mej. Valentyn wat met groot pryse weggeloop het, is Garry Ollewagen en Elandi Styger. Daar is verskeie pryse en trekkings aan gelukkige paartjies oorhandig van etebewyse tot Skoonheidsgeskenkbewyse.

Wesvalia atletiek is tops

Hoërskool Wesvalia se atlete het verlede Vrydag 6 Februarie in Vanderbijlpark aan 'n Transvalia atletiekbyeenkoms deelgeneem en die Wessie-atlete het soos gewoonlik skitterend gevaar.

Die Wessies behaal in totaal 40 eerste plekke, 36 tweede plekke en 36 derde plekke. Hoërskool Wesvalia het ook in totaal 6 rekords gebreek.

Annique Burger verbeter die 3000m rekord vir dogters o/15. Lecia van Rooyen breek die stap rekord vir dogters o/15. Chandré Kasselman breek die 3000m vir dogters o/19. Molliere Daffue breek twee rekords in die seuns o/15 afdeling vir 100m en 300m hekkies. Pierre van der Schyff verbeter ook die stap rekord vir seuns o/19.

Anja Schlebusch behaal 3 eerste plekke vir die 400m, 800m en 1500m. Annique Burger behaal ook 3 eerste plekke vir die 800m, 1500m en 3000m. Liezel Hechter behaal 'n eerste plek vir die 100m, Lecia van Rooyen vir stap, Elzette Wilken vir spiesgooi, Salomé van Heerden vir hoogspring en 400m, Anja Hagen vir 1500m, Lizanne Potgieter vir spiesgooi, Chandré Kasselman vir 3000m, Suhanri Loubser vir 400m, Willem Cloete vir 100m, Peter Mong vir 1500m, Jaco Olivier vir 400m en 800m, Reon Buck vir 800m en 1500m, Molliere Daffue vir 100m, 100m hekkies en 300m hekkies, Christo Krause vir hoogspring en verspring, Jaco Gouws vir 800m en 1500m, Pieter Strydom vir spiesgooi, Petrus Coetzee vir 100m, 200m en 400m, Juan Goosen vir spiesgooi, Michael Joubert vir 1500m, Britz Niemand vir skyfwerp, Wimpie du Toit vir spiesgooi, Kobus Minnaar vir 3000m, Izak Potgieter vir 800m en 1500m en Pierre van der Schyff vir stap.

Die volgende leerders het ook uitstekende punte op die ASA-tabel behaal. Anja Schlebusch vir 400m (823), 800m (930) en 1500m (871). Annique Burger vir 1500m (876), Liezl Hechter vir 100m (885), Salomé van Heerden vir hoogspring (854), Willem Cloete vir 100m (876), Molliere Daffue vir 100m (928), 100m hekkies (928) en 300m hekkies (855), Christo Krause vir hoogspring (865), Petrus Coetzee vir 200m (908) en 400m (841).

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