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JESSE CLEGG VISITS THE CITY OF PEOPLE AND SHOULD NOT BE MISSED!
Young upcoming singer Jesse Clegg will be entertaining the city of
people this coming Friday 25 September at Rio Casino.
Jesse was born in Johannesburg in 1988. By the time he was six months
old he was on tour with his father Johnny Clegg and between 1988 and
1994 he spent at least 5 months a year on the road. He was a classic
road kid and grew up back stage and on tour busses.
Early on, Jesse carved out an independent direction for himself in the
rock genre, very different from the world music style developed by his
father.
He strived to express himself in the most authentic way possible and
understood the importance of being able to perform live. He experimented
with a number of different instruments - which included saxophone,
clarinet, drums and piano until he settled and focused mainly on guitar.
By seventeen, songwriting was his musical focus and it was in this
period and the years to follow that he honed his writing skills and put
together the songs recorded on the first album.
Make sure not to miss this extravagant singer at Rio Casino.
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Name: Riana Papé
Birthday: 12 April
Star sign: Aries
Occupation: Theater Sister & Lions Klerksdorp President
When I look into the mirror every morning I think: Don't spend too much
time here; there is work to be done.
My favourite people in the world are: Positive thinking people who
really care about others.
My favourite quote is: Do to others what you would like them to do to
you.
Good, clean jokes and people who think they are the best thing that has
hit earth but are actually pathetic in their arrogance make me laugh.
The greatest lesson life has taught me so far is: There is always
someone who has a worse life than I have. There is always a way out,
eventually.
I'll do almost anything for: Koeksisters!
When I get stressed I am most likely to throw nightmares out a window. I
don't really throw, I sulk.
I want my tombstone to read: She LIVED THE LINE between her birth date
and her death date.
I wouldn't mind being stuck in an elevator with: A few good books and a
variety of snacks.
In three words I am: Fit, fat and friendly.
If I had a million rand to spare I would: Possibly keep ¾ and spend the
rest on service projects to the community.
I live in Klerksdorp because: I tasted the water of Klerksdorp many
moons ago and I was born here.
The first thing I would save from a house fire is: My photo albums of
the children and our wedding.
My nickname is: “Cuddles”, but only to my husband
I love my job because: Its daring, caring, scary,innovative and I often
have to improvise.
LIFE AND TIMES WITH COLLIN
Leadership
A few months ago our Rotary Club received feedback on a R.Y.L.A. camp.
R.Y.L.A. is the acronym for Rotary Youth Leadership Awards. R.Y.L.A. is
aimed at youngsters mainly in high schools. The camps are held annually,
usually over a weekend, in an environment that the attendees will find
unfamiliar. The purpose of R.Y.L.A. is to develop a sense of leadership
in students and to better equip them for future leadership roles eg.
being a prefect, a captain of a team, or a youth leader at a church.
Young Louis Philip Shahim from St Conrad's College was one of the
students that our Rotary Club sent to R.Y.L.A. this year. Part of the
deal is that we expect feedback on the camp, 'what did the participant
learn?; did the camp add value?, and do you think you are in a better
position to lead others?'
Our club has been involved with R.Y.L.A. for many years and so I
expected the usual feedback that one gets from young adults. When I say
usual, I am not being disparaging. We do not expect youngsters to come
back after a weekend away and to be able to deliver a stirring Obama-like
speech. That speech-making skill takes years to develop and hone. But we
do expect that the seeds for future leadership development be sown.
Louis Philip gave a good account of what he had learnt. But he mentioned
something about leadership that I had not heard before. I committed it
to memory and find myself thinking about it ever so often. He said,
'Leadership is about getting people to move from point A to point B.
Inspired leadership, on the other hand, is about getting people to want
to move from point A to point B by themselves'. I liked it because it
was punchy and spoke to a whole host of issues.
As a generalization I would suggest that leadership today is in a vastly
different place today that where it was in days gone by. Whether from
the podium or the pulpit, there now tends to be a message of
appeasement. Ministers and pastors tend to go soft on issues. Sin gets
sugarcoated in a way that makes it more palatable for the congregation.
Why? because if the message is too harsh or touches a nerve, the pews
will be somewhat emptier next Sunday. 'We will not be going back to that
church again, I felt as if he was talking directly to me”.
The same with politics. Politicians can't afford to be too hard-hitting
with the facts. They need votes. And people like you and me vote with
our feet.
We, because of our human nature, and no doubt because of the times we
live in, want to hear things that are agreeable to us. As soon as an
issue is controversial we tend to want to walk away from it or pretend
that it is not there do the ostrich thing, so to speak. Or better still,
let someone else deal with it. 'It's not my problem.'
Have we not in a way, because of our attitude, betrayed our sense of
community and social capital?
Social capital is a term I use to describe our collective well-being or
human brand. Each time we do something positive for our social capital,
we enhance the brand. And each time we harm our social capital, we
detract from the brand and make ourselves that much weaker and poorer
off.
Here I am speaking, not of leadership in the broader sense of the word,
where for example generals are expected to lead armies in times of war.
Rather I am speaking about the leadership quality that is within each
one of us. Where we take ownership of and for our community and lead by
example. If each one of us just made sure that we did not litter the
place plastic containers being thrown out of cars; refuse left on the
side of the road, would that not add to our social capital? It's not the
function of the local municipality to go around picking up after us.
Their job, and we pay for it, is to collect our refuse bags on a weekly
basis, outside our homes. The wanton spoiling of our neighbourhoods is
our doing and speaks to what psychologists and sociologists call our
lack of emotional intelligence.
Perhaps one of the best pieces of political advice (challenge), to my
mind comes from the late Pres. J.F. Kennedy. In literary terms it is
referred to as chiasmus. During a televised address he said: 'Ask not
what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country'.
Other than sovereign borders, we (the people) are the country. We
together with government, whether local or at a national level are
responsible for effective and efficient societal functioning. To expect
otherwise is like the toe saying to the eye, 'because you don't walk, I
have no need of you'. A short while later the broken toe has a re-think.
The eye winks at the toe there is, at once, an understanding of what
cooperation is. The irony is that most of us know and realize that what
we do is possibly harmful to others. But because we know that we won't
get caught, it's okay to perpetuate our reprobate behaviour. We are safe
in the realization that no finger of wrath is going to burst forth from
heaven and strike us down when a cigarette butt is thrown from a car.
Nor, I suppose is anything going to happen because of the rubber
byproducts left lying around after a steamy 'last night'. (Now that I am
jogging quite a bit, I tend to see quite a bit.)
In the end I guess it's about the quality of the legacy we leave behind.
The majority of us are not going to leave a 'I have a dream' type legacy
behind. But as individuals we can make a difference to those who come
after us. By showing respect to each other today, are we not ensuring a
better and brighter tomorrow for others? By showing respect to each
other, will people not be willing to move from point A to point B
because they want to?
Chat again next week.
Unique laboratory opened for research on frogs
A special laboratory for doing research on endangered frog species,
amongst others from Madagascar, has just been opened on the
Potchefstroom Campus of the North-West University.
Dr. Ché Weldon, senior lecturer at the NWU Puk and member of the Africa
Amphibian Conservation Research Group (AACRG), says the bio-secure wet
laboratory is built to focus on several endangered species identified
last year in May during a specie priority workshop.
He says they are currently busy exposing frogs from Madagascar to a
deadly fungus that is threatening species from across the world. They
test the frogs' susceptibility to the disease. “Madagascar has 400 frog
species of which all except one occur nowhere else in the world.”
Weldon says it is essential to establish what danger the fungus holds
for these frogs to then introduce conservation measures that can prevent
and control the outbreak of the disease.“Research objectives and
methodology is being designed to study uncertainties regarding the
biology and ecology of endangered frogs as well as to attempt combat
threats.”
In sketching the background, Weldon said four years ago the
International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) recommended that
the breeding and captivity of amphibians outside their natural habitat
(ex situ) forms part of the action plan for conserving amphibians.
An important outcome of a workshop held in 2006 on the ex situ
conservation of amphibians was that amphibians in captivity can be
divided into three categories, namely education, conservation research
and conservation breeding programmes. Amphibian Ark was established in
2007 by the IUCN, which amongst other things, provide expert advice on
designing and install laboratories for ex situ research on amphibians.
Weldon says AACRG has decided to establish a captivity facility on the
Campus that complies with the necessary bio-security and with the
standards for animal captivity for conservation research.
The laboratory was built with the help of the NWU Puk and is equipped
with temperature, humidity and light control, as well as a variety of
borehole, filtered or municipal water.
Weldon says other measures are a double-door system, light filters,
sterilisation baths for human traffic, sterilisation of all waste water
and solids.
DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE NOW CALLED PROVINCIAL TREASURY
Following the resolution taken by the North West Executive Council (EXCO)
on reconfiguration of departments, the department of Finance will
henceforth be called the Provincial Treasury.
There has also been a proclamation made to this effect at national.
The name change aims to align the department with structures of the
National Treasury and other Provincial Treasuries in the country.
MEC Louisa Mabe said name change will make it possible for the new
department to do proper oversight role over provincial and local
governments.
“The name change will re-position the department to better discharge its
mandate to all its stakeholders and ensure sound, effective and
efficient management of public finances in line with the prescripts of
the Public Finance Management Act, PFMA,” said MEC Mabe.
Meanwhile members of the public are hereby informed that Centralised
Creditor Payment (CCP) has relocated from Industrial Site to Garona
building, Mmabatho.
Should you have any queries relating to payments please contact the
staff on the following numbers: 018 388 2580/1/2 or 018 388 2619/2681
MEC
YAWA PRIORITISES POTCHEFSTROOM WEIGHBRIDGE ISSUES
North West MEC for Public Safety, Howard Yawa has on Monday commissioned
for a report on the tender awarded by the former Provincial Department
of Transport, Road and Community Safety on the operation of
Potchefstroom Weighbridge.
The comprehensive report which is expected to be completed in the next
two weeks is among other expected to provide the MEC with clarity
pertaining to the following:
• Tender advertisement, evaluation and adjudication criterion followed
towards awarding of the tender.
• Set up costs paid
• Functionality of the weighbridge
• Infrastructure maintenance and upgrading
• How much the department has been spend on the contract to date and
what value was derived from the expenditure
Upon receiving the report, the MEC will brief the Premier, Executive
Council, Portfolio Committee on Public Safety in the North West
Provincial Legislature and the Media on his recommendations, proposed
action to redress the situation and the need for any further
investigations.
The process is expected to be completed within the next 14 days.
Though the MEC Yawa views allegations of fruitful and wasteful
expenditure in a serious light, he appeals for the process to be given
an opportunity to unfold without aspersions being cast on the integrity
of the tender process. Yawa has vowed that should there be any wrong
doing on the part of anyone, decisive action will need to be taken in
the interest of clean governance.
CITY OF MATLOSANA - A NATIONAL HUB FOR ASPIRING SCIENTISTS IN SEPTEMBER
One hundred learners from all over South Africa will be gathering in the
City of Matlosana (Klerksdorp) in the North West province during the
public school holidays for the annual Global Science, Engineering and
Technology Summit (GSS).
Pioneered by the Stuart Ntlathi Science, Engineering and Technology
Institute (SNSETinstitute), almost 3000 learners nationwide competed in
a science essay competition, and 100 finalists were selected to attend a
week-long summit at the Rio Hotel from 23 to 29 September.
The learners ranging from Grades 8 to 12 will be participating in an
intense programme in the fields of science, engineering and technology.
A fun and offbeat approach by young people for young people in an effort
to showcase how science can be applied to our everyday lives will be the
focal point, aligning the broad themes to the general school curriculum.
An overall winner will be chosen at the end of the summit and will go
home with various sponsored prizes, including an overseas trip to the
National Taiwan Science Education Centre.
The founder of SNSETinstitute and the GSS, Stuart Ntlathi says the
summit seeks to make science, engineering and technology interesting for
learners. “The seven day event is packed with fun interactive activities
for the learners that are aimed at breaking down the complexities of
science into uncomplicated bte-sized chunks,” says Ntlathi. “The content
will mainly be presented by young people from SNSETinstitute in an
engaging manner so that learners feel free to interact and ask questions
with people they perceive as peers.”
In addition, various academics and professionals various fields such as
experts from the National Roads Agency, will be giving presentations
ranging from topics of road science and the environment, to cancer and
new energy alternatives, and information technology and its effects,
such as Facebook and Twitter.
Ntlathi further elaborated that, “The outcome of the summit is expected
to make science, engineering and technology as exciting, inclusive and
accessible as possible among all stakeholders and bridge the gap between
young people and already qualified experts.”
SNSETinstitute was established eight years ago when at the age of 13,
Ntlathi started a study group to help fellow learners in his area
understand mathematics and science. He has grown SNSETinstitute into an
organization that hosts an annual competition entered by learners
throughout South Africa with the help of anchor sponsors such as the Dr
Kaunda District Municipality, City of Matlosana and Old Mutual .This
year further support has been provided by more sponsors including the
Peermont Hotel group, Senwes and ABSA.
Excellent results for LE DANZE
The past week was an enduring but totally rewarding one for the Le Danze
Dance School as Inge's dedicated and hard working dancers did their
yearly Association of International Dance Teachers (AIDT) examination
before the appointed examiner Ms Paula Cameron-Smith.
Le Danze Dance School in their fifth year of examinations has produced
the highest marks ever, with no dancer under 80%. Well done to all the
dancers results are as follows:
Tlamelo Masudubele, Lara Baeta, Anica Visser and Annike Bogenhofer
passing their very first AIDT Modern Ballet Pre Grade examination.
Stepping Stones Examination: Merit awarded to Délita Sousa, Shannon
Schutte, Kayla Cerejo, and Erithdene Schoonwinkel: Merit Plus awarded to
Lesedi Mnisi, Rosemary Herbst, Lilica Burger and Melissa Fourie.
Primary Examination: Highly Commended (80%) awarded to Elrica Pretorius,
Jade Ratzlaff, Honours (85%)awarded to Jessica Terblanche, Jade Penney
and Neo Mnisi, Honours with Distinction (90%) awarded to Boinelo Pitse
and Clara Jansen van Rensburg.
Junior Lower: Ashley Ferreira achieved a Highly Commended (80%)
Preparatory: Masego Phonela achieved Honours with Distinction (90%)
White Medal: Lourie Jacobs and Chané Maritz both achieved Honours (85%)
Bronze Medal: Mecé Olivier achieved Honours (85%)
Hip Hop Pre-Level Green Medal: Melissa Fourie and Julia de Abreu got
'Fly' (80-89%)
Hip Hop Junior 1- Red Medal: Thapelo Dlavane, Mecé Olivier, Chamoné van
der Walt, Simoné Snyman passed with 'Fly' (80-89%) and Bindo Leepile got
'Da Bomb' (90-100%)
Hip Hop Junior 2 Purple Medal: Nadia Cripps got 'Fly' (80-89%) and Chané
Maritz got 'Da Bomb' (90-100%)
Hip Hop Intermediate 2 White Medal: Bianca Twilley got top marks with 'Da
Bomb' (90-100%)
Tap Yellow Star: Mecé Olivier achieved Honours (85%)
Tap Bronze Lower: Inge Olivier Highly Commended (80%)
The next examinations for most of these dancers will be on the 31
October when they take to the stage for their American Performance
Awards examination and on 20 & 21 November, Le Danze will play host to
the 3rd Annual Rio-Matlosana Youth Dance Festival entries are now open.
For more information go to www.ledanze.webs.com .
2010 SCAM RIFE IN MATLOSANA WATCH OUT FOR TSOTSIES
The City of Matlosana in particular the Office of The Executive Mayor
and the 2010 Legacy Desk would like to alert all business men and women
of the city to watch out for 2010 scams which are prominent in the city.
The scam is very believable and can easily rip you off of thousands of
rand worth of hard earned money before your have even realized that you
are being conned.
It starts with a personal call from the Executive mayor himself (the
Executive Mayor of this city is not in the business of setting up sales
pitches) the person on the line urges the business owner to give his
“friends” two minute of your time for an incredible opportunity to
profile your company for 2010. The con artists move in and within five
minutes they have sold your business and bogus advertising board at
Oppenheimer Stadium. They are using 2010 as a sales pitch and are very
adamant that your business will be advertised and profiles for games at
Oppenheimer for 2010.
Do not pay any money over to these two men and contact the Klerksdorp
Fraud until the minute they try to con you! The men are using the name
“Amalgamated Communities Project” the advertising agreement is carrying
our countries National Coat of Arms and a bogus Arrive Alive campaign
logo. The following bank account is being used Redumetse Trading
Enterprise CC, ABSA BANK Account Number 9171078628 Branch Code 632005.
One of the con artists goes by the name of Reverend Phetheni Emmanuel.
“We are very close to apprehending these dishonest men and would like to
thank all business people in the city who have assisted with the
investigation” Botha said. “Please just be vigilant and know that NO
2010 business will come from the Office of the Executive Mayor. All 2010
communiqué will come from the Marketing Division of the City of
Matlosana this is the only point of contact for the 2010 LOC”
For more information please do not hesitate to contact Sandy Botha on
018 487 8176
CLEAN YOUR CITY, BECOME A MATLOSANA DUST BUSTER!
City of Matlosana and Rotary Club of Klerksdorp are taking action during
International Tourism Month and even beyond, in an effort to promote
pride in the city and for this dust buster campaign to become a way of
life for our youth in the city of people ON THE MOVE!
The much publicized cleanup campaign has started gaining momentum. To
date we now have 18 schools participating and more still submitting
applications. Every school that enters will receive FREE DUST BUSTER T
SHIRTS FOR THEIR DUST BUSTER TEAM NO MORE THAN 20 T SHIRTS PER SCHOOL .
The deadline had been extended so that more schools can get into action
and stand a chance to win R 25 000.00 worth of needed equipment for
their school. “The response has been slow and poor if you consider the
large sum of money up for grabs and the extensive publicity campaign
that has been put behind the clean up drive. I sometimes wonder how
desperate these school REALLY are” Botha said when commenting on the
poor response. “ There are, however, many eager future Dust Busters out
there and the campaign will become a huge success once the rest of
Matlosana catch up with the proactive bunch who always support and
respond to positive initiative from government.” Interesting fact is
that a number of the schools have chose some of our graveyards as a
cleanup project.
Tourism is such a vital economic contributor for our country. It is the
perfect sector to stimulate the economy. With 2010 around the corner it
is THE one sector we still all have a chance to tap into. The City
Matlosana have aggressively marketed ourselves to the world for 2010.
Let's tap into that as residents and business people of the city.
But, we must first clean it up! We cannot profile our beautiful tourism
gems until they are polished. Hence, the Dust Buster Campaign in schools
encouraging the youth to be proud of their heritage. This campaign will
be an ongoing campaign in an effort to instill pride and responsibility
in the youth of Matlosana!
Watch this space for more joint recycling, cleanup and environmental
initiative from The City of Matlosana and The Rotary Club of Klerksdorp.
For more information please do not hesitate to contact the city's
Tourism Division on 018 487 8170/018 464 2229 or Sandy Botha on 082 886
9076.
Little Dancers first Exam
Training to be a dancer starts at a very early age, with slow and
careful focusing of perfecting simple steps that gradually progress to
more complicated movements and combinations of steps in dance routines.
In the beginners class, dancers learn technique, basic movements at the
barre, jumps and traveling steps which assists in the developing of
flexibility, strengthening of muscles and the bones, as well as
confidence and a good sense of group participation.
The littlest dancers of the Le Danze studio ages 4/5, did their first
modern ballet 'Primo-Pointé Evaluation' this week with excellent
results. Karabo Maphenduka and Caylen Burger achieved merit plus (80%+)
and Lesego Araujo and Chanel Schutte achieved 'merit' (65 80%).
DIE CURRIEBEKER KUIER BY SHS
Hier by Schoonie-land baklei die Adjunkhoof, Marius Briers (links) en
die Skoolhoof (Dries de Beer) om die beker, net soos al die spanne
meeding om die Curriebeker te verower.
Die beker is na die skool gebring sodat die leerders die glorie kon voel
in hulle hande. “Dit is werklik 'n voorreg om die beker vas te hou” was
die woorde van 'n paar leerders.
KHS WENNERS VAN NETBAL AANDREEKS
KHS se O/16-netbalspan het naam gemaak deur in die SHS-aandreeks te wen.
Die span het teen verskeie O/19-spanne gespeel om bo-uit te kom.
Die O/16- en O/17-spanne van KHS speel albei in die finaal en die O/16's
is die wenners terwyl die O/17's dus die senior afdeling wen.
Die twee spanne het vanjaar in die O/15- en O/16-liga gespeel.
KHS OPEDAG VETPRET
KHS het hierdie jaar weereens 'n baie suksesvolle opedag aangebied.
Met 'n rekordgetal gr7-leerders wat opgedaag het, was daar net pret en
plesier wat voorgelê het. Na 'n toespraak van mnr. Bateman (KHS
Skoolhoof) het spele begin.
Die gr7-leerders is opgedeel in verskeie spanne en het deelgeneem aan
verskeie speletjies wat saamwerk en spanwerk behels het.
Later die aand was dit die ouers se beurt om te luister wat die
skoolhoof te sê gehad het. Belangstellende ouers is meer as welkom om
met die skool te skakel vir meer inligting i.v.m. inskrywings vir 2010.
SHS Graad 11's hou 'n oggendtee
Die Graad 11's van Schoonspruit Hoërskool het Saterdag 12 September 'n
oggendtee gehou as 'n voorgeskrewe werkstuk.
Die gaste het dit baie geniet en water-tand lekkernye is bedien. Die
klanke van ons twee "local" sangeresse, Chantelle van Rooyen en Moneque
Bester kon gehoor word tussen elke happie. Die gaste is weg met
glimlagte en vol mae en sien uit na volgende jaar se tee.
Hoërskool Stilfontein VLR
2010
GR 12 - VLR 2010
Agter Links na regs:
Renier Koekemoer, Hendry Landman, Danie van Rensburg, Donovan Craucamp
Voor links na regs:
Suanette van Staden, Hilda Labuschagne, Zonique de Villier, Zunice
Wessels, Nelia Jansen
Belinda Venter – afwesig
GR 11 - VLR 2010
Agter:
Hein van Aswegen
Voor:
Chantelle Harmse, Carmelle Friedenthal,
Christa Pothumus
GR 10 - VLR 2010
Links na regs:
André Bester, Brandon Guba, Maralize Barnard, Milandri du Toit
GR 9 VLR 2010
Agter links na regs :
Zander Friedenthal, Nicus Prinsloo, FC du Preez,
Lesedi Khama
Voor links na regs:
Nonkululeko Jali, Pene Nyabonda, Zoliswe Mnguni
Yolandi Roets - afwesig
KHS TOERISME DOEN DIT WEER!
Vir die derde agtereen-
volgende jaar is KHS se Toerisme leerlinge bekroon as wenners of
naaswenners van die landwye Toerisme Skolekompetisie.
Vanjaar is Esmé J van Vuren en Lesley-Lin Kapp naaswenners nadat Pearl
Pheza en Melissa Meyer (vanjaar in gr 12) verlede jaar eers die
nasionale kompetisie gewen het en toe internasionaal as wenners gekroon
is in Nice, Frankryk.
In 2007 was Dirk van Staden en Michelle Pieterse van KHS ook naaswenners.
Lesley-Lin en Esmé, wat vanjaar in gr 11 is, asook hul onderwyseres mev.
Yolande Heymans is genooi om die Nasionale Toerisme-ekspo dié week in
Durban by te woon (17 tot 19 September)
New headmaster For THS
Mr Stephen Pitts is at the helm of THS. Mr Pitts has a BA HED and is
currently busy with his B.Ed Honours degree.
He taught English at Vaal Reefs Technical High School from 1989, in 1990
became Head of Department of English and Afrikaans and was appointed
Deputy Principal in 2000. He is currently the Chief Marker for English
First Additional Language. Mr Pitts is also the North West Drum
Majorette Chairperson and Line judge and has been a serious photographer
since 1986.
His vision for THS is to create opportunities for every enrolled learner
at THS to actively take part in all activities and so doing, develop
into the best person possible. He hopes that each learner that leaves
THS at the end of their school career will proudly say “I come from THS”.
Mr Pitts would furthermore like to enable educators to live out the
dreams they had when they decided to become teachers. In addition to
this, he would like to fall in with the existing vision and mission of
the school namely to serve the community Klerksdorp in effectively of
educating its youth.
THS welcomes Mr Pitts and looks forward to the new chapter he will be
writing for the school.
Mr R. Miles and Ms Jeanine van Tonder have been appointed as new deputy
headmasters of THS.
TOP UNIVERSITY CHOIRS SING IN POTCHEFSTROOM
The public Gala-concert of Kuesta University Choir Festival will take
place on Saturday 26 September 2009, at 19:00 in the Sanlam Auditorium
of the North-West University's Potchefstroom Campus.
It is well known that university choirs are some of the best choirs in
South Africa. Every two years the Kuesta University Choir Festival
gathers 'n few of the top university choirs in order to sing to one
another, as well as to present a concert to the public.
The festival takes place on a different campus every time, and this year
it is a privilege for the NWU-Puk to host this event, and to present the
Potchefstroom community with wonderful choral singing.
The choirs that will be participating in the festival this year include
the University of Pretoria, the University of Johannesburg, Nelson
Mandela Metropolitan University (Port-Elizabeth), and the Puk-Choir as
well as the Puk-Serenaders from the NWU-Puk.
The Kuesta Choir Festival has been running for twenty years now and has
proven to be very popular. Time and again it showcases the power of
music to draw people together and unite them in something that inspires
people across the world.
To attend the Kuesta event is to be part of something a cut above the
rest of everyday life, and which strengthens our hope and belief in our
youth!
Tickets for this unique event is available at the Puk Arts and Culture
Department in the Heimat Building, Protea Bookshop, and Horst Doedens
Tobacconists (Mooirivier Mall).
For those interested, and living outside Potchefstroom phone (018) 299
2844 for bookings.
Photo Right : Awie van Wyk, conductor of the Puk-Choir of the North West
University's Potchefstroom campus, among some of his choir members of
2008.
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