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Read about the 7 000 000 Fatality Free Shiftscelebrations on page 2 of this publication.


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South 2 emerges with a bang! On Tuesday, 20 July Modikwa initiat ed the first blast at the South 2Shaft portal excavation.While the open cast is intended merely as a survival filler aimed atputting ounces through the mill in order to reduce unit costs andimprove profitability, South 2 Shaft is intended to replace South 1Shaft which will begin with planned downscaling as from 2012,explained Mr Gary Strong, Projects Business Area Leader. Theinitiation of the South 2 Shaft Project, is however a bold step in suchtesting and uncertain economic times and its continuation will dependlargely on the extent of improved productivity levels at the currentoperations.South 2 is approximately 4km on road from South 1. Work on the newShaft is progressing fast. Workers will start with the first part of theinfrastructure to go underground within a week or two.

Modikwas safetyrecognised as the bestYou are not only the best platinum mine in South Africawhen it comes to safety, but your are the best mine in SouthAfrica with your 7 000 000 fatality free shifts, was the words

of Ms Rene Joubert of the Mine Health and Safety Council.She presented Mr Sean OConnor, Modikwas BusinessLeader with a trophy and a certificate for the minesachievement of 7 000 000 fatality free shifts in September thisyear.The function took place on Tuesday and dignitaries includedAnglo Platinum CEO, Mr Neville Nicolau and Mr AndrWilkens, CEO of African Rainbow Minerals. Other guestsincluded representatives of NUM, UASA, ARM, AngloPlatinum, DMR, Section 21 Companies, Kgoshis and familymembers of those employees who sadly passed away in mineaccidents.Before celebrating, the mine gave recognition to thoseemployees who had died in the line of duty, assuring theirfamilies that their deaths were not in vein and that thecorrective safety measures were very important to theachievement of no further loss of life. The two CEOs, MrNicolau and Mr Wilkens (photograph top left) laid a wreath atthe commemoration plaque and a minute of silence was

observed.The function continued with Mr Nicolau, Mr Wilkens, Mr

Elliot Letsoko (Limpopo Region DMR Senior InspectorMining), Ms Joubert, Mr Dick van der Westhuizen(representing the union UASA) and Mr William Mabapa

(representing NUM) and Mr OConnor each getting a turn toaddress the audience.Apart from congratulations, the speakers all encouraged theemployees to continue working safely according to the AngloAmerican Platinum Safety Strategy which is based on threesimple focus points: Zero Mindset; No Repeats and SimpleStandards. Ms Joubert warned that complacency is one of thebiggest threats to safety on the mines.Mr OConnor said that auto pilot mode was something toavoid: If we believe we have achieved superior safetyperformance, it is not from doing more of the same each day,but to see each day with its new challenges and changes as anew challenge to get through the day without an injury toanyone. This cannot be achieved in a relaxed automatic modebut in an extremely alert and continuous awareness of thepotential dangers in the process.This becomes more difficult as we lengthen the periodsbetween fatalities, we are challenged with complacency, welose our focus, and we slip into our subconscious mode too

easily! This is now our biggest challenge. Neville Nicolau saidit when he joined AngloAmerican Platinum in 2008: Safety is

our moral license to mine. We cannot allowpeople to be injured or killed while working onour mines. We believe that we are delivering onthis strong belief and desire to make our minessafe! The mine is now aiming at celebratingfive years of fatality free shifts in March 2011and if they continue their safe standards willcelebrate 8 000 000 fatality free shifts in 36weeks (June 2011).


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The purpose of the visit was to interactwith the communities and a lso to assurethe commun ity that even though they areat t he border of the district , themunicipality sti l l cares about t hem.

The mayors visited Pitjaneng Pr imarySchool, where he h and ed over 40 bicyclesto learners who walk more than 10kilometres to school.

They also visited Mapareng villagewhere a large nu mber of RDP houses wereleft unfinished by the contractor.Executive Mayor Magabe told residents h ewas impressed by the fact that somecommun ity members t ook th e init iativeand finished th e houses th emselves. It isour responsibili ty as the government t ofinish th e house, but t hey did not wait forus, they met us h alfway, that is a verygood init iative.

He concluded his visit by interactingwith th e whole commun ity at LeboengSports Ground. Members of thecommun ity came in numbers t o interactwith the Mayor.

Issu es like lack water , electricity ,roads and RDP houses were raised and theMayor made an under tak ing tha t theywould try a nd resolve the basic issues assoon as possible.

He also undertook to take up issueswith other government departments thatare reponsible for aspects that do not fallunder t he au spices of the district and localgovernment structures.

The communities around Leboeng havebeen struggling to get the governmentsatten tion for a long time an d even resortedto public protests for which they werearrested. Cases were later withdrawn.

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G i v e n t h e n a t i o n a l t e n d e n c y w h e r eschools were experiencing low pass ra tes inmath s and science, and due to the natu re of ASA Metals an d Tenova Pyromets businessw h e r e t h e y m o s t l y e m p l o y e e t e c h n i c a lpeople, as well as the curren t shorta ge skillsin the technica l f ie ld , i t was dec ided toembark on th i s p ro jec t and to focus onimproving the level of facilitation by usingtechnology as a medium.

ASA Metals iden tified two local schoolsin the community, Gamaroga Primary andMaputla High School.

Mindset was r esponsible for the trainingof the teachers as wel l as des ign ing thef a c i l i t a t i o n m a t e r i a l a n d c o n d u c t e dprofessional development t raining for a t otalo f t w e l v e t e a c h e r s f r o m b o t h s c h o o l s .P a r t i c i p a n t s f r o m b o t h s c h o o l s w e r e

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Furt hermore, professional developmentand ICT integrat ion into their daily teachingus ing the computor, meant tha t t each ingconcepts which involve ou ts ide wor lda c t i v i t i e s w o u l d b e b r o u g h t t o t h e i rdoorsteps a s well as expand t heir horizonsby bringing information and ideas whichwould t rad i t iona l ly on ly be le f t to the i rimagina t ions . Ten computers were a l sodonated to both schools to enable pupils topractice on the computer and to enhancetheir grades.

At the end of 2009 teachers a t Maput lahigh school was ecstatic as the ma tric resultsimproved dramatically from a mere 38% in2008 to 62% in 2009. ASA Metals is pr oudto be associated with th e above inter ventionan d would like to contin uously add value t othe commun ity and decided to continue witha similar intervention where other s choolssuch as Nakgwadi Secondary School wereidentified.

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Local CSF establishedThe Limpopo departm ent of Safety, Securityand Liaison convened a meeting on Tuesdaythis week at the old municipal building inBurgersfort to establish a Community SafetyForum (CSF) for the area.

As the concept of CSFs is formed aroun dthe concept iof a multi-agency, governmen t-community partnership approach,stakeholders from various spheres of governmen t, communit y policing forums,business and other non-governmentalorganisations representing sectors of thecommunity and interests attended th emeeting.

Also present were Police represen tat ives of the Tubatse Cluster, including the clustercommander, brigadier Ledwaba and herstation commanders.

Local councillor Josias Ma hlake cha iredthe meeting. It was explained to all those

present that the aim of the national policyframework for commu nity sa fety was to promotethe development of a community wher e citizenslive in a safe and healthy environment and haveaccess to high qua lity services at local levelthrough collaboration between government andcommunities.

CSF is a way to develop and implement astructured multi-agency approach to improvefafety in the home and in the community,thereby reducing crime and criminality byaddressing tha causes of crime throughstructured par tnerships. Th emain functions of the local CSF will be to provide a local socialcrime prevent ions capacity, develop a localcrime prevention strategy and plan, facilitatelinkages with the municipal IDP and tooversee, manage an d monitor theimplementa tion of crime preventionprogramm es or projects.


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In n happy place Ons is in n happy place my Br a,n happy

place , was hoe Char lie van Beeskraa l diefees aan H ugo beskryf het voor hu lle opdie verhoog geklim het .Die Tubatse Chr ome Festival was propvolakt iwiteite vir die hele gesin. Kindervermaak, uitstall ings, kos en ander

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What will happen in the Shark tankThe ABSA Currie Cup final will take placein Durban on Saturday.The Sha rks will face Western Pr ovince(WP). Many rugby enthusiasts predict thatit will be a tough gam e with kickingplaying a ma jor role.

WP will be taking the same squad to theShar k tan k as th e one who beat th e FreeState Cheetahs 31-7 two weeks ago.In the mean time fans have started doingbattle in cyber space. Supporters areencouraged to join th e social networkingsite Twitter to try and determine whichside will have the most support. TheTwitter accounts are J ust_Sharks orJust_WP.Some of the Sh ark s followers on th is siteincludes England Test cricketer KevinPietersen, rock group J ust J injer an d FHMmodel Charne J ade Slee.The Wester n P rovince followers include:Proteas batsm an H erscelle Gibbs, golferTrevor Immelman, singer Arno Carstensand the All Blacks Official Twitter .The Kwa-Zulu Natal Rugby Union has

existed since 1890, but only played in it sfirst Currie Cup final in 1956. They thenfaced the Northern Transvaal team a ndlost the gam e 9-8.In 1984 they faced Western Province in theCurrie Cup final at Newlands, Cape Town.They lost that game 19-9. This loss wasoverturned in the 1995 final in Durbanwhen they again faced Western Province,this t ime walking away as t he champions.In 2000 the two teams played in the finalin Durban but the Shar ks lost 25-12.During the 2001 season they again faced-off, this time in Ca pe Town. WP won thegame 29-24.The last Currie Cup victory the Sharks ha dwas in the 2008 series when they beat theBulls 14-9.The 2010 game will kick-off at 17:30 on

Saturday. We asked readers who will winand wh at t he score will be.

The Absa CurrieCup 2010: Final

The Sharks vs Western ProvinceDate: Saturday 30 October, 2010

Kick-off: 5.30pmVenue: The Absa Stadium

Durban

Me. ODilhea Keulder skree vir die WP en glo die telling sal 15-12 wees. Nee, ek is nShark, s me. Celest Keulder. Sy voorspel n telling van 30-16. Me. Kasey de Fariaondersteun die Sharks en s die telling sal 20-18 wees.Mnr. Coen van Zyl en Mieke van Zyl is

groot WP ondersteuners. WP het lankgenoeg gewag vir daai beker, hy komhuis toe, Kaap toe. Telling: 18-15.

Mnr. Hendry Joubert s: WP gaan wen.Hulle het baie jare laas gewen en het nturn-around gemaak. Dis sal gaan oor dieou wat die beste kan skop en die spanmet die minste foute.

Mnr. Herbert Sinden s: WP 21 - Sharks17. WP verdien om vir n slag te wen.Hulle het goeie rugby gespeel.

Mr Vincent Mohlabe said: The Sharks isgoing to win. They are strong and theirplayers are good. Their combinations arealso very good. The score will be 30-26.

Mr Hendrik Masinga said: The Sharkswill win. They play nice rugby. I am fullysupporting the Sharks. The score will be20-8 in favour of the Sharks.

Mr John Baloyi said: WP will win. Theyhave a very good team.Score: 12-3.

Ms. Tebogo Mooi said: WP will win. Theyare the strongest, but I dont know whatthe score will be. It will be a tight game.

Regs: Angelique Loots s: Ons familie iseintlik Blou Bulle, maar vir die naweekskree ons vir die Sharks. Dit gaan nie nho telling wees nie, dis altwee sterkspanne wat speel. Freddie Viljoen skreevir die WP hierdie naweek.


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during the ABSA Currie Cup final?

Ms Nthabiseng Rantho said: The Sharkswill definitely win! They are good. Thescore will be 20-8.

Mnr. Wol Kinnear s: Die streeptruiegaan wen. Hulle is n beter gebalanseerdespan as die Sharks. Ek glo nie die Sharkssal dit maak nie. Telling: 25-13.

Ms. Florah Baloyi said: The Sharks willwin because they are strong and I believein them. Her score prediction: 36-12.

Ms Veronica Makone said: Sharks! TheSharks is the best. Score: 38-10.

Mnr. Frik Botha s: Die WP want ek iseintlik n Cheetah en hulle het ons vergewen. Hull kan dieselfde met die Sharksdoen. Telling: 21-16.

Bo: Me. Marie Lourens s:WP want dis n sterkerspan. Ek verpes die Sharks.Ons is eintlik Blou Bulle.By haar is Quinten enCorlia.

Links: Me. BronwynFouch s: Die Sharks!Hulle is net n beter span.Hulle het die beste gees.Dit sal n tight game wees,so ek weet nie wat dietelling sal wees nie.

Me. Melissa Vermeulen en me. Anne-Marie Vermeulen s: WPgaan wen. Hulle het harder gewerk. Telling: 28-17.

Below: Mr James McKinlay and Abigale McKinlay said: TheSharks will win 32-23 because we are playing in the tank, ourhomeground and because of the supporters.


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11SPORT 29 O KTOBER 2010

Modikwas soccer t eam p art icipated in th e Mining News SoccerTournament hosted at Lonmin Mine.Modikwa played 4 games. Th ey played aga ins Koof (GoldFields), Amandelbult (Anglo Platinu m), Vaalrivier (GoldFields), and H arm ony (Gold Fields). Modikwa wonAmandelburg 6-0 but lost 1-0 against Vaal rivier and Harmony.

They lost 2-1 against Kloof.The overall performa nce of Modikwa soccer team at t he tournamen t was better a fterconceding 4 goals and scoring 7 goals throughout thetournamen t. Our t eam h as done well in this year s miningsoccer tournament s after obtaining 3rd posit ion a t t he AngloPlatinum soccer tournament held at Union Platinum mine aswell as their performan ce at the 2010 mining news games tha twas played at Lonmin (Rustenbur g ) as compared to previousyears said Andy Mohloke, sport organiser at Modikwa.Kgaugelo Phash a was n ominated by (PSL) Platinum Star sofficials at the tourn ament for a two weeks trial .

Modikwas team at Mining Newstournament in Rustenburg

Locals support raceT h e E a s t e r n L i m b M i n e s 2 1k m r a c e t o o k p l a c e l a s tw e e k S a t u r d a y. Th e r e w a s a l s o a 10 k m r a c e a n d5 k m f u n r u n . L o c a l c l u b s a n d f a m i l ie s a n di n d i v id u a l s s u p p o r t e d t h e e v e n t . G e t t h e r e s u l t s o np a g e 1 2.

Maatlopo United FC will represent the Sekhu khune r egion in theSAB Nedbank provindial play-offs on 30 October 2010.They advanced after beating Happy Boys 12-1 at Jane Furse on23 October 2010.The spirit in our camp is very high said Mr Jimmy Makola,spokesman of the team . The team is currently number one on th elog and is leading with 14 points gat hered in six games.On Sun day 24 October they beat City Motors 4-1 at MorokesNtwampe Stadium. This brought their total of goals for the

weekend to an u nbelievable 16 goals in two games.Supporters who would like to join the t eam at the Seshego Stadiumon Satur day can book their t ran sport in advan ce. The cost is R50per per son. Enqu iries: Sydney Mokoka, 072 869 4418 or MorganMammila, 072 235 0698 or Jimmy Makola, 082 407 6226. Thegame that was due to played on Satu rday between Maatlopo and11 Experience was postponed du e to the Nedba nk Cu p play-offs.

Maatlopo the region champs


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SPORT SPORT Platinum Gazette

The Ea stern Limb Mines MayorsMarathon t ook place last week Satu rday.The event drew athletes from near an d farwith 153 male athletes completing the21km half marathon race. Athletes fromKenia and Zimbabwe also featured in thetop finishers of the different categories.The 21km started at the entran ce toModikwa Platinum mine a nd ended withthe 10km race and 5km fun run atSteelpoort Academy.The race almost sta rted late as mu nicipal

officials and councillors insisted th at th erace be officially start ed by t he executivemayor, David Magabe of SekhukhuneDistrict Municipality. Eventually the racestar ted without the ma yors presence. Hewaited for the athletes at the finishing line.The 21 km was won by L Masunda ru nningfor Nedbank in a time of 01:26:09. T. Kgosiwas second in a t ime of 01:07:07 and J .Wirimai took the third pla ce. His time was01:07:28.

27:

For the women it was R. Nyahora whocame in first. Her time was 01:21:52. Sheran in the Nedba nk colours. Second in wasL. Leballo in a time of 01:27:16 and thirdH. Chiu ndo in 01:28:13.The 10km race was won by M. Goxo of theNedbank Club. His time was 0:37:22.Second in for the m en was J. Molepo. Thethird athlete in was T. Phaka.For the women in the 10km it was P.Phadu who took the first place. Her timewas 0:49:11. F. Makhutu was second andthird was D. Mabilu.The first prize in the 21km mens race wasR10 000.Athletics Limpopo will be hosting aMayors 15km Road Race on 11 December2010. All local a thletes are welcome toenter. The event will take place at the newPeter Mokabo Stadium. Enquiries: Eventorganiser Roelf Coetzee, 082 676 3350.(Some photographs: Modikwa Comm unicationServices).

The winners of the 21km races with Sekhukhune and Tubatse Councillors. ExecutiveMayor David Magabe is dressed in blue in the middle.

Athletes take tothe road


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3WRAPPER 29 O KTOBER 2010

Modikwa Platinum Mine has beencelebrat ing Womens Da y in st yle since2006. This years th eme was Durba n

Probably the biggest career ehibition everin the area took place at the end of Junethis year.This exhibition was hosted at ModikwaPlatinum Mine, but included theneighbouring mines, Marula PlatinumMine, Twickenham Platinum Mine, ASA

Metals (Dilokong Chrome Mine an dSmelter) to h elp give high school childrenthe opportun ity to get an overview of allthe various careers in the miningindustry.Pupils from schools in the ar ea werebused to the venue where all theirquestions regar ding careers, not only inmining, but other related fields as well,were answered. At the same time theywere informed about wh at qu alifications

Women at the mineappreciated and pampered

The youth, our futurethey should as pire to achieve in variousfields.The mines stated how it is the ideal i twas to invest locally in education as th eexpertise can be drawn from local humanresources which will further contibut e tothe economic upliftment in the area.

The mines plan to present th e EasternLimb Human Resources DevelopmentCareer E xhibition anua lly from now on.It is estimated that just more than 3000learner s (who attended in ba tches of 200)over three days attended this first jointexhibition.It was not all work and no play.Refreshements were served to each andevery one after they ha ve gone th roughthe exhibition.

Modikwa Platinum Mine did a 25000t open castsample blast at the beginning of July this year.Blasting this specific area was done to

determine the feasibility of future open castmining at the mine. The results of this will onlybe known after the sample has been processed.To open the one hectare sized pit, 400 holes

were drilled and blasted with 60 tons of explosives. The pit will end up having an 18mhigh wall. Approximately 30 people arepresently working on the project.Situated on the Eastern Limb of the BushveldIgneous Complex, Modikwa Platinum Mineexploits the chromitite seam known as the UpperGroup 2 (UG2) reef.The north/ northwesterly-tending ore body isapproximately 28 km on strike, outcropping on

Blastinginto thefuture

the surface, and extends to an unknown depth.The mine currently extends over an area of 14278 ha, and holds the mineral lease over fivefarms: Driekop, Maandagshoek, Hendrikplaatz,Onverwacht and Winterveldt.The mine area contains up to 48.4 million tonnesof mineral reserves, while measured andindicated resources are estimated at between115.2 and 145.7 million tonnes. Both the UG2and Merensky reef are found within the minearea. At present only the UG2 is being mined,though some trial mining has been done on theMerensky Reef Horizon. The UG2 reef ispresent as a chromitite layer of an averagethickness of nearly 60cm, which undulatesacross the mine area at an amplitude of less than2m.


Blasting thisspecific area wasdone to determine

the feasibility offuture open cast

mining at themine.

Ju ly in August.The ladies went all out and were dressedto kill. There was even a jockey, ready

for t he big ra ce.Robin Ban ks, amotivational speakerhelped the women tolearn more aboutdifferent personalitiesand how to have effectivecommunication andsustainable relationshipsat work and h ome. Hisfun and en gaging way of communicating with hisaudience kept the womenglued to their seats.Food, lucky dra ws,

poetry and song roundedthe day off.

Modikwa Platinum Mine road constructionprogressing well in MandagshoekThe construction of the Maandagshoek roadfrom the Driekop T-junction to the HC Boshoff Hospital is one of the Mine Community SocialInvestment project. The project commenced inFebruary this year and is due for completion byearly 2011. The construction company hasexperienced many challenges with the project todate, one of these is the theft of leveling poles,and this undermines progress of the progress.Both the contractor and the Community LiaisonOfficer approached the Kgoshis in the area torequest help regarding this problem. Anotherproblem is that there is no proper indication on

where waterpipes are running. During thecourse of construction some pipes weredamaged, however these have been repaired.This also resulted in the GTM Water Departmentrelocating some stretches of pipe to where itwill be out of the way of future constructionwork. Telkom and Eskom poles were alsoremoved and relocated in certain areas. As thesafety of not only the construction workers onsite, but also the community at large is veryimportant, speed humps were erected at schoolsand areas where there is a high pedestrianvolume. The engineers working on the project

has requested thecommunity to adhere to theentire road signs as well asto keep off the half-constructed road. Driversshould keep off theunfinished new road whenthe base course is beingconstructed. Driving on theunfinished road will affectthe eventual riding qualityof the road.The project totals aninvestment amount of R 63720 099. (Photograph:Modikwa CommunicationServices)

Woman of the SeasonYvonne Makua (front right on the photograph)was nominated as Woman of the Season inModikwa.This nomination and vote is done by the

women of Modikwa.Yvonne can always be seen helping,organising and motivating. Her leadershipskills within her peer group has made her avaluable asset to the company.Congratulations Yvonne!


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Modikwa Platinum Marathon Club runners performed very well at thisyears Comrades Marathon. They finished with 2 gold medals as theirstar athletes ended in position 9 and 10.This was the 85th running of the ultimate human race fromPietermaritzburg to Durban, a distance of 89.28km.Peter Molapo, a Modikwa employee, running in the colours of Nedbank was the mines top athlete this year and finished in 9th position with atime of 5:46:19. Leboka Noto (also from Modikwa, but running for theMr Price International Team) showed that his experience still countedand finished in the 10th position in a time of 5:48:45 just behindMolapo.Modikwa Marathon Club achieved 9 Medals: 4 Silver (between 6 and7.5 hours) and 5 Bill Rowan (sub 9 hours).Silver: Stephen Moeng 06:13:06 position 48 Latudi Makofane06:29:38 position 81 Ernest Mokoo 06:45:07 position 149 Nicholas Ngele 06:46:07 position 158. Bill Rowan medal: SoniaMakuoa 07:30:40 - position 638 Albert Twala 07:54:39 position 956 Joseph Letebele 08:11:00 - position 1249 Victor Maroga 08:14:35

position 1313 JusticePhokane 08:49:18 position2402. (Photographs: WillemMontgomery)

Comrades Marathonrunners to be proud of Modikwa Platinum Mine hosted a 2010 inter-departmental tournament duringApril and May. The tournament was consisted of 16 teams from different

departments and kicked-off on 27 April. The tournament covered soccer andnetball and was one of the most interesting and successful events hosted byModikwa Platinum Mine as part of team building and improving the relationshipbetween Modikwa management and employees, said Modikwa sport organizer

and the tournament Co-ordinatorAndy Mohloke. The finals of the tournament took place atMontrose sports ground wherepeople had fun through-out theday. Finalists for the finalrepresenting two shafts on theMine were Engineering NorthShaft wearing green shirts andStoping South Shaft in yellow.Stoping South Shaft won thegame by 6 goals to 2 to becomethe tournament champions.

A fishing team from Modikwa Platinum Mines North Shaft, went on 09July 2010 to Doorndraai dam. It was the first time that a team fromModikwa entered the competition.The competing 5 anglers were part of 87 anglers at the competition. Due tothe cold weather only 4 fish were caught in 3 days, but the anglers willreturn next year.The anglers that represented the team were: JJ Smit, Leon Bona, Burnie

Gates, Mike Liebenberg and Gideon Kotze.The plan is to continue representing the Mine in such competitions andshare the experience with other employees where possible.The team thanked the Mine and their other sponsors for the opportunity tocompete.

Albert Twala was Modikwas firstveteran to cross the finish.

Sonia Makoua missed hissilver medal with 40seconds.

Peter Molapo (above) and Leboka Noto(below) were Modikwas gold medalists.


Anglers notscared of the cold

Carp angling at Doorndraai dam due to becomean anual event.

The Modikwa Netball team participated in the anual Mining News NetballTournament at Beatrix Gold mines in Welkom. Twenty teams from themining industry participated in the tournament. Modikwa played threegames and won one of the three. This was unfortunately not good enoughfor them to proceed to the next round. They beat Kumba Resources butlost to Rand Uranium and Driefontein Goldmines. The aim of thetournament was to strengthen the relationships between the differentmining industries and to give their employees the opportunity to takepart in something that is good for body and mind. Modikwa PlatinumMine like to encourage their employees to participate in sports activities,said Mr Andy Mohloke of the mine.Photograph: Andy Mohloke

Women play netball in Welkom

Getting the WorldCup feeling

Trio represent Modikwa atgolf tournament

Edgar Letsitsa Tumi Molapo Sipho Mbethe

Sipho Mbethe, Tumi Molapoand Edgar Letsitsa represented

Modikwa at a golf tournamenton 16 October. The tournament

took place at Tubatse ChromeClub where the three are also

members andregular players.The days play wentfairly well with theteam managing toget three birdies.The competitionwas in Better Ballformat. Weactually did well.You know golf isinpredictable, butwe are satisfied,said Sipho Mbete.(Photographs: ModikwaCommunication Services).

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