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Inside this issue:

Message from our MD 1

In The Field / Health &

Safety

2

HR: New Employees 3

HR: New Employees

Cont.

4

HR: Long Service

Awards

5

HR: Long Service

Awards Cont. / Staff

Events

6

Staff Events Cont. / On

A Lighter Note….

7 &

8

Competition Time 9

1st Edition 2017 March 2017

The end of our financial year is 2 months away and whilst the days are few, the sales we need to achieve are HUGE. Why do our budgets get bigger and bigger each year, or rather, do we really need to grow sales each year, even if our economy is not growing? 1. If we are not growing, then we are

dying: competitors will be biting chunks out of us and with each chunk of flesh/sales we lose, we slow down until we eventually stop.

2. You can only do so much and then

you need to employ more people to help you: to employ means more costs and to afford these extra costs, we need to be growing.

3. We all want more money: paying

people more money means costs go up and again, if costs go up, we got to be growing to pay these increasing costs.

4. StonCor only employs proud people: proud people will always be on a winning team and if we stop growing and show no signs of being able to

grow, then the proudest people will leave. This means that the sales targets of StonCor Africa will continue to grow and we must em-brace this fact as we subscribe to the 4 points above. The starting point for growing our sales is to persuade the customers we already have, to buy more, as this is a lot easier than finding new customers. Easier because all we got to do is overwhelm them with our speed, accura-cy and excitement – all three of which are in our control.

Keep drinking Mampoer and let’s keep growing!

Grant Boonzaier

GROW, GROW, GROW

than 15 years ago "this Jo'burg is

not for us" and he replied "no, it is

for us and we like it until we go

home someday".

Ephraim has gone home and we

pray that the heart and soul of our

dear friend and colleague finds

rest.

Our sincere condolences to the

Vilakazi family.

Grant Boonzaier

It is with great sadness that we

inform you of the passing of our

employee Ephraim Nkosinathi

Vilakazi on 17 March 2017.

Ephraim joined the company as a

Filler in September 1994 and was

with StonCor Africa for 23 years

as a Senior Machine Operator.

He was a champion both in his

work and in his attitude. Ephraim

came up from Durban when we

closed our manufacturing opera-

tion in KZN and adjusted a lot

quicker to Jo'burg than I did - I

remember saying to him more

FAREWELL TO A DEAR FRIEND

Application demonstration of Semstone

5301HT

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IN THE FIELD

Sasol Training

Sasol 2 and 3 has approxi-mately 35 Coating Quality Inspectors that inspect coating applications daily on site. We thought it would be a good idea to host a StonCor Africa training day on our new corrosion protection prod-

ucts. The aim was to educate the Coating Quality Inspectors so that they can identify applications where these products can be utilized and make recommendations to the responsible plant engineers. The Carboline products that were presented are products that are normally applied in a harsh corrosive petrochemical plant environment like Sasol especially, and are pretty high tech, modern systems that can save Sasol on annual maintenance spend and improve production output. Our training consisted of product train-ing with case histories discussed in detail, as

well as the physical application of the products at our premises by Johan Cronje.

Brandon Cronje

HEALTH & SAFETY 4. Spice up our life

Certain spices help boost your metabo-lism i.e. turmeric, rosemary, oregano, garlic powder and paprika.

5. Grill, boil and steam

When preparing food, avoid frying and roasting. Also replace butter and margarine with olive oil.

6. Cut the fat in fatty meats

Trim the bigger bits of fat off the meat, as you finish browning meat use paper towel to blot the grease.

7. Feeling hungry

Don't allow yourself to get too hungry before you eat, you'll end up eating more than you would normally in a meal.

8. Licence to eat

Eat five or six smaller meals per day instead of three meals. Also, don't snack between meals.

9. Have a cup of green tea

Green tea has a positive effect on blood pressure, total cholesterol and body fat.

10. Add exercise to your daily rou-tine

♦ Gardening, weeding, mowing, loosening the ground.

♦ Vacuuming, window washing, mopping.

The beginning of the year bulge

Are you charging ahead to becoming a brand new person already?

I bet you are! Keep it up. You can already feel the difference and you can see the possibilities ahead.

At some point (it is different for every-one) you will feel like you're still doing all the right things, but you're not losing as much weight as you did previously.

I'm going to show you how to incorpo-rate some nuggets that will help you to lose weight and keep it off.

1. Audit your progress

If you set yourself a goal, break that goal down to monthly targets, then weekly targets, this way you can track your progress over shorter intervals and realign yourself when you veer off the program.

2. Treat yourself

Set an incentive for each milestone, set your first milestone at 2 kg and treat yourself to a healthy meal out with your family. When you lose the next 2 kg treat yourself to a day at the spa.

3. Lower the Glycaemic Index of your food

There is a little secret to lowering certain food G.I counts, take a look.....

Add a citrus fruit or grate an apple into the batter when baking.

Add barley or pearly wheat when cook-ing rice.

Add low fat yoghurt, cheese, vegeta-bles or fruit to a meal in which you have high G.I food.

Add an acid food like lemon or vinegar to your meal.

Add healthy fat to your meal (extra virgin olive oil, wheat germ oil, canola or flaxseed oil).

♦ Taking the stairs instead of the lift.

♦ Take your dog for a walk.

♦ Go dancing.

11. Chew your food well

12. Don't pick off the table

Place your food on a plate, this allows you to see how much you are eating.

13. Dilute your drinks

Drink a glass of water in between cocktails or other alcoholic drinks. Often drinking alcohol makes you eat more.

So there are your 13 nuggets to help you rev up your weight loss towards the New You!

Gerhard Smith

Jonathan Starmer was awarded the "Top Student

Award for Nace CIP Level 1" for the period June

2015 to June 2016. The award was presented to

him at the Annual CorrISA gala dinner held in Cape

Town in November 2016. Well done Jono!!

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HUMAN RESOURCES

STIFF DRINK

Like all things in life, 2016 has come to an end, giving each of us the opportunity to start anew in 2017.

Last year brought us unexpected flash floods, and this year ‘Cyclone Dineo’ came to give us a brief visit, all unexpected and unpleasant. However, it is up to us to turn the rest of the year into

something wonderful.

With Karessa gone to be with her little princess, I will be holding the fort until she re-turns. I see this year as a chance for us to make what we want of it, and to walk in the steps of people who continue to succeed.

Here is a stiff drink recipe that all successful people indulge in.

The ingredients are really simple, but the drink is extremely potent! The method can involve a lot of intensity, concentration and if by chance we miss an ingredi-ent, our cocktail will lose its potency.

2017 COCKTAIL RECIPE

Ingredients

25ml x knowledge 35ml x skills 15ml x ability 50ml x hard work Method: In a pot, pour 25mls of knowledge and slowly stir in 25mls of hard work, add 35mls skills and 15ml of ability, then pour in the remaining 25mls of hard work. Stir and heat until the desired serving temperature. If drink is not strong enough, or as desired, add an extra 50mls of hard work for the extra kick.

When done, serve and enjoy.

“May your coming year be filled with magic and dreams! May your stiff drink bring you many returns.”

Cheers to a productive 2017!

Itumeleng Mogotsi

NEW EMPLOYEES

OSCAR MAPHOSHO

NIGHT SHIFT FILLER

ALEX McDONALD

BUSINESS UNIT MANAGER:

CONCRETE REP & WP

JOHN RINUS STEYL

TECHNICAL SALES REP - FLOORING

CHLOORKOP

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NEW EMPLOYEES

“Hire the best people you can

find. Create an atmosphere

that will keep them. Then let

them do their jobs”.

Frank C Sullivan

STEPHANUS “BOELIE”VAN DER WESTHUYSEN

INVENTORY MANAGER

GODFREY HOPANE

IN-SERVICE TRAINEE - CHLOORKOP

AKHONA MANGENA

NIGHT SHIFT WEIGHER

NOMPUMELELO ZAMA

ASSISTANT ACCOUNTANT

THOLOANA THABO

CREDIT COTROLLER

THABISO MBATHA

TINTER - CHLOORKOP

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LONG SERVICE AWARDS

MARIA MOHALE

10 YEARS

PATRICIA TUNCE

10 YEARS

LIAM KRUGER

10 YEARS

MATHIAS MOKHARANYANA

5 YEARS

BENSON MCHUNU

5 YEARS

CLEMENT BUTHELEZI

5 YEARS

EMMANUEL NDEBELE

5 YEARS

SIBUSISO MTHEMBU

5 YEARS

PHILLIP RAMATAGE

5 YEARS

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LONG SERVICE AWARDS

GODFREY MOKGOSI

5 YEARS

DANIEL NKHUMANE

5 YEARS

NOLWANDLE GONGXEKA

5 YEARS

STAFF EVENTS

Baby Hannah was born on

10/03/2017 to proud parents

Karessa and Alois Burgharts-

weiser. Congratulations!

JR & Natalie van Wyk wel-

comed baby Emily on 15 Dec

2016. Congratulations!

Congratulations Rethabile

Seahlodi on the birth of baby

Arabile, born 19/01/2017

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STAFF EVENTS CONT..

Midmar

Mile

The Midmar Mile started in 1974 with humble beginnings of 153 entrants and in 2011 the event, in which 13 755 competitors finished the race, was recognised by the Guinness Book of World Records as the world's largest open water swimming event.

The event gains its name from the location of the swim at Midmar Dam and the distance being roughly one mile or 1.6km.

Jonathan Starmer swam his first Mid-mar Mile at the age of 15 in 1992 and swam every year (except for 2000 when he was working for Genrec Engineering in Mozambique), resulting in him being included into the relatively short list of "Midmar Greats" on completion of his 25th year at the event this past February.

Congratulations to JP & Sa-

mantha-Leigh Cilliers ,who

tied the knot on 09 Decem-

ber 2016 at Tres Jolie.

Pogiso Marumo & Nompumelelo Lekhuleni got

engaged on 14 February 2017.

Congratulations!

Nompumelelo & Nkululeko

Ngcongo were wed on 01

April 2017. Congratulations!

The Bhubezi GIFE foundation (God is for everyone) was created by Bhu-bezi Projects to raise money through events such as their annual golf day to support charities of their choice. This year the sponsorship was award-ed to the Maria's, an organization that provide needy school kids with essential items such as books, clothing, shoes etc. With the help of their sponsors (including us here at StonCor), an amount of R100 000 was raised.

Well done to the Bhubezi team, lead by Mr. Jaco vd Berg and Mr. Chris du Randt, we salute you here from StonCor Africa, and are proud to be one of your supply partners.

Armand Labuschagne

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STAFF EVENTS

STONCOR AFRICA BIDS FARE-

WELL TO

ON A LIGHTER NOTE……..

COMPETITION WINNER!

We had no winner in our Stoncha�er Compe��on — 4th Edi�on 2016

Questions: 1. How many litres of water does the fish pond behind them hold?

2. How many bricks are there in 1m² of single skin wall?

Answers:

1. 34 000 litres

2. 52 bricks

COMPETITIONTIME

COMPETITION: DOUBLE UP!!!!

Ques#on: Who is this Santa Clause imposter?

Prize: Two cases of beer or cooldrink

COMPETITION RULES

1. Only StonCor Africa staff may participate.

2. One entry per staff member.

3. Only official entry forms will be accepted.

4. Entries to be placed in the marked entry box outside Michelle Schell’s office (branches via priority mail marked for attention Michelle S).

5. Competition ends close of business on 28 April 2017. First correct entry drawn wins. Winner will be notified on 02 May 2017.

ENTRY FORM

NAME & SURNAME: _____________________________ DEPARTMENT: _________________________________

ANSWER: ________________________________________________