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Cosatu verwelkom die regering se poging om ArcelorMittal Suid-Afrika se twee sleutel-staalfabrieke in Newcastle en Vereeniging in werking te hou. Dit volg nadat die onderneming die besluit om sy lang staalbesigheid te sluit, tot 31 Augustus uitgestel het, omdat hy 'n lening van 1,68 miljard rand van die regering se Nywerheidsontwikkelingskorporasie ontvang het. Cosatu se woordvoerder, Zanele Sabela, sê hy is bly ArcelorMittal het 'n Tydelike Werknemerverligtingskema-toelaag ontvang om te help om die werknemerkostes te help befonds:

Cosatu is bly dat die regering Arcelor Mittal Suid-Afrika help om sy langstaalaanleg in Newcastle, KwaZulu-Natal, in bedryf te hou terwyl 'n oplossing gesoek word om dit volhoubaar te maak. Die maatskappy het in Januarie aangekondig dat hy sy aanleg in Newcastle en in Vereeniging, Gauteng, gaan sluit aangesien dit nie meer lewensvatbaar is weens buitengewone hoë energie- en vervoerkoste nie. Cosatu se woordvoerder, Zanele Sabela, sê volgens die staalvervaardiger sal 3 500 regstreekse en onregstreekse werksgeleenthede geraak word:

Ron Keller, oud-ambassadeur in onder andere Oekraïne, geeft aanstaande maandag een lezing in Sociëteit Vereeniging in Haarlem, precies drie jaar na de Russische inval. In gesprek met Wessel van Opstal bespreekt hij de laatste ontwikkelingen in de besprekingen tussen Rusland en de VS, geeft hij een voorproefje van zijn lezing en deelt hij zijn visie op de toekomst van het conflict en de internationale verhoudingen. Ook gaat hij in op wat wij kunnen doen om het tij te keren.

The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) will stage a picket tomorrow at the Industrial Development Corporation's offices in Sandton, Johannesburg, in protest against looming retrenchments at ArcelorMittal South Africa. This follows the announcement by the company to shutdown its steel-making operations in Newcastle and Vereeniging which will result in 3,500 direct and indirect job losses. To discuss NUMSA's demands, Elvis Presslin spoke to the Union's National Spokesperson, Phakamile Hlubi-Majola

Ons praat met 'n ekonoom, 'n landboukenner en 'n politieke ontleder oor die staatsrede. ArcelorMittal Suid-Afrika het die sluiting van sy aanlegte in Newcastle en Vereeniging met 'n maand uitgestel. Die president van die Suid-Afrikaanse Sokkervereniging, Danny Jordaan, verskyn weer in die handelsmisdaadhof.

The ANC, Cosatu, SACP, and SANCO will today march against the potential closure of ArcelorMittal South Africa, which threatens to leave thousands of workers jobless. Despite the company's decision to delay the closure of its long steel business by a month, the unions are demanding urgent government intervention to save the operations in Newcastle and Vereeniging. For more on today's planned march Elvis Presslin spoke to Cosatu Gauteng Secretary, Louisa Modikwe

This Sunday, A very Special Guest. And then a short message entitled: Unity.Joyful! Evangelist Laverna Spain. Scriptures: 1 Tim 6:6-12.   Matt. 19:21-22 Treasure in Heaven, Also see Rev. 3:21. Job, 1:21 Nake into this world and nake going out.Matt. 17:20 Mustard Seed Faith. King James Verison Bible. Copyright 2016. By Christian Art Publishers.PO. Box 1599, Vereeniging, 1930. RSA.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/faith-of-a-mustard-seed-messages-of-faith-through-challenges--4257220/support.

The ANC Youth League will today picket outside the Minerals Council South Africa in Rosebank, Johannesburg, in protest against the retrenchment of mineworkers and other industrial job losses. The demonstration, In collaboration with the National Union of Mineworkers Youth Structure, seeks to pressure authorities to take immediate action to prevent further job losses and safeguard workers' livelihoods. The protest comes in response to ArcelorMittal's recent announcement to shut down its steel business, affecting its Newcastle and Vereeniging plants, as well as its rail and structures operation, which puts 3,500 jobs at risk. To discuss this further Elvis Presslin spoke to ANCYL President, Collen Malatji

Topic: Live a Disciplined Life! Evangelist Laverna Spain. Scriptures: King James Verison Bible. Copyright 2016. By Christian Arts Publishers.PO. Box 1599, Vereeniging, 1930, RSA.Praise The Lord listeners locally and globally! Thank you again for your much prayers and for holding me up during my grief and mourning season. Additional scriptures to aide you.Mark 12:30-31, Matthew 22:37-39 & John 13:34-35, Matthew 5:45 rain falls on just and unjust. Isaiah 40:22, Psalm 107:29, Prov. 14:12, Eccl 3, Eccl 19:23, Prov 21:6, Prov 21:7, Prov. 23:4-5, Deu. 4:23, & Deu 4:15-31.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/faith-of-a-mustard-seed-messages-of-faith-through-challenges--4257220/support.

Government is holding urgent talks with ArcelorMittal amid the company's plans to close down its operations. Labour Minister Nomakhosazana Meth is meeting the management of ArcelorMittal South Africa today. ArcelorMittal South Africa announced that it would close facilities that produce long-steel products in the towns of Newcastle and Vereeniging and a rail-fabrication facility in eMalahleni because it couldn't make them profitable. This would lead to as many as 3 500 jobs loses. To discuss the challenges facing the steel sector, Sakina Kamwendo spoke to the President of Steel and Engineering Industries Federation of South Africa SEIFSA, Elias Monage.

Steel has many uses - including in the construction of buildings, bridges; cars; and so on… The Steel Industry is part of the Manufacturing Sector AND it CONTRIBUTES about 1.5% to our GDP. The Steel industry is the heart of the economy in Newcastle, KZN. One of the biggest steel producers in South Africa is called ArcelorMittal. And it’s decided to CLOSE DOWN the Steel Business in Newcastle and Vereeniging it’s called the Longs Steel Business. They had announced the intention to close it down last year already - But made a u-turn; after opposition of the decision, by a number of Stakeholders, including Unions that have been worried about JOB LOSSES. So the company HAD SAID that - it would work on, turning the business around. But clearly - that has proven, to be an extremely difficult task. ArcelorMittal HAS FALLEN DEEPER, into a loss making position, due to these major factors: Lower global steel prices and that means less revenue. They are also paying more for electricity and logistics. And then there’s, competition from lower priced imports, particularly from China. They’ve been in talks with Government, since 2023 - to try and create policies that would create fair competition between South African made steel AND imported steel - where imports don’t CANNIBALISE our home made steel. But they’re saying that NOTHING has come out - to STRUCTURALLY CHANGE the Industry FUNDAMENTALS. Steel Imports - what is bought by South Africa from other countries - have increased by almost 50% since 2018. But the Steel Exports - what we sell to other countries - have REDUCED by 40%.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The news of the winding up of ArcelorMittal South Africa long steel business operations in Newcastle Works and Vereeniging , does not bode well for the South African industrialization agenda. This is according to Don Consultancy Group , Chief Economist , Chifi Mhango. The closure set to take effect at the end of January, will result in approximately 3,500 direct job losses, with industry experts warning of far more extensive damage to the broader economy. To unpack Bongiwe Zwane spoke to Don Consultancy Group (DCG) Chief Economist, Chifi Mhango..

The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) has expressed concern over ArcelorMittal South Africa's announcement of possible job cuts at its mills in Newcastle and Vereeniging, which could affect around 3,500 jobs. The steelmaker blames prolonged weak economic conditions, structural issues and uncompetitive conditions for its decision to close some operations. For more on this development, Elvis Presslin spoke to NUMSA's National Spokesperson, Phakamile Hlubi-Majola

Stephen Grootes speaks to mining expert Peter Major about ArcelorMittal's decision to close its Newcastle and Vereeniging long steel mills, resulting in 3,500 job losses.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

De mens is een slim kuddedier. We zijn niet geëvolueerd tot slimme eenlingen, maar tot sociale groepsdieren. Lister naar cognitiefilosoof Marc Slors van de Radboud Universiteit die uitlegt dat een kuddedier zijn, meer is dan dom een ander volgen; het is de basis van het succes van de mens als soort. Marc Slors geeft je nieuwe inzichten in je bewuste en onbewuste gedrag en laat zien dat een slim kuddedier zijn zo zijn voor- en nadelen heeft. De mens: het slimme kuddedier | Theatercollege met cognitiefilosoof Marc Slors Dinsdag 1 oktober 2024 | 20.15 – 21.45 uur | Concertgebouw De Vereeniging, Nijmegen Radboud Reflects, Stadsschouwburg en Concertgebouw de Vereeniging, Nijmegen Lees hier het verslag: https://www.ru.nl/services/sport-cultuur-en-ontspanning/radboud-reflects/nieuws/de-mens-het-slimme-kuddedier-theatercollege-met-cognitiefilosoof-marc-slors Bekijk de video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i97foFJC0fs&t=1s Like deze podcast, abonneer je op dit kanaal en mis niks. Bekijk ook de agenda voor nog meer verdiepende lezingen: www.ru.nl/radboud-reflects/agenda Wil je geen enkele verdiepende lezing missen? Schrijf je dan in voor de nieuwsbrief: www.ru.nl/rr/nieuwsbrief

News24 investigative journalist Jeff Wicks explains findings into the whistle blower report and mistaken identity which led to the killing of a Vereeniging engineer. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dr Bongani Elias Sithole | Deputy Director General & Head of the National Disaster Management Centre   More weather warnings have been issued as the cold front intensifies and a storm surge may result in heavy rainfall and damage to coastal infrastructure. South African Weather Service meteorologist Kgolofelo Dube said residents in the interior can brace themselves for cold mornings with temperatures dropping to -1ºC in Pretoria -2ºC in Johannesburg and -4ºC in Vereeniging with maximum temperatures barely reaching 14ºC as the cold front moves through the interior. SA Weather Service's Hannelee Doubell said an intense cold front/mid-latitude cyclone would bring a significant drop in atmospheric pressure and strong winds, leading to high waves and storm surges along the west and southeast coastline between Alexander Bay and Gqeberha. A cold front/mid-latitude cyclone is expected to cause low atmospheric pressure and strong winds, resulting in large waves and storm surge in South Africa's west and south-east coasts on Monday, the South African Weather Service (Saws) said. Saws said that a storm surge is when seawater rises above the projected astronomical tides due to a storm or severe weather. Surges can be positive (storm surge) or negative (negative surge).See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Lachen toch? Waar de ene schaterend van zijn stoel rolt om de grap van een cabaretier of theatermaker, wordt de ander boos. Vooral als het onderwerp van spot een religie of een bepaalde bevolkingsgroep is. Zijn er grenzen aan de grap? En zo ja, waar liggen die? Leer van neerlandicus Ivo Nieuwenhuis en theatermakers Eran Ben-Michaël en Jonata Taal over goede, foute en bevrijdende humor. Grenzen van de grap | Lezing, toneel en gesprek met neerlandicus Ivo Nieuwenhuis en theatermakers Eran Ben-Michaël en Jonata Taal | Dinsdag 4 juni 2024 | 20.00 – 22.00 uur | Concertgebouw De Vereeniging, Nijmegen | Radboud Reflects, Stadsschouwburg Nijmegen en Concertgebouw de Vereeniging & Nederlandse Taal en Cultuur van de Radboud Universiteit Like deze podcast, abonneer je op dit kanaal en mis niks. Bekijk ook de agenda voor nog meer verdiepende lezingen: www.ru.nl/radboud-reflects/agenda Wil je geen enkele verdiepende lezing missen? Schrijf je dan in voor de nieuwsbrief: www.ru.nl/radboud-reflects/ser…ief-radboud-reflects

Ater 2 long weeks of trying to figure what the sound of the city is, Gavin from Vereeniging has finally cracked the sound of the city and won himself a WHOOPING R 19 000See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In November 1992, the Taljaard family were settling down for the night in their home in Vereeniging, but not everyone on the property was getting ready for bed. Two figures stood in the shadows, waiting for their chance, and they were about to permanently alter the course of countless lives. (24-hr trauma helpline 082-821-3447) (Support the show on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/truecrimesa) (Support the show on PayPal https://www.paypal.me/truecrimesa) Instagram · Pinterest · Facebook · YouTube · Twitter · LinkedIn

In November 1992, the Taljaard family were settling down for the night in their home in Vereeniging, but not everyone on the property was getting ready for bed. Two figures stood in the shadows, waiting for their chance, and they were about to permanently alter the course of countless lives. (24-hr trauma helpline 082-821-3447) (Support the show on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/truecrimesa) (Support the show on PayPal https://www.paypal.me/truecrimesa) Instagram · Pinterest · Facebook · YouTube · Twitter · LinkedIn

Join us as we delve into the inspiring journey of Keneilwe Raphesu, the CEO of Mogalemone Pty Ltd and KR Farming Enterprise. She took over her father's farm in 2020 and expanded their farming business in Vereeniging, Gauteng, in a way that would make father proud. Despite recent setbacks, this award-winning farmer remains resilient and shares her story of bouncing back from agricultural challenges one day at a time. She also reveals that farmers nationwide seek her agricultural advice, prompting her to establish her own consulting enterprise in the field.

Wie was Frans de Waal, en wat maakte zijn kijk op de wereld zo vernieuwend en invloedrijk? Er is geen fundamenteel verschil tussen mensen en andere dieren. Die boodschap verkondigde de onlangs overleden primatoloog Frans de Waal (1948-2024) zijn leven lang. Door zijn werk met mensapen heeft hij de manier waarop we naar dieren kijken voorgoed veranderd. Frans de Waal was een graag geziene gast bij Radboud Reflects, waar hij meerdere keren een lezing voor een uitverkochte Vereeniging gaf. Luister naar psycholoog Roos Vonk en ethicus Marcel Becker en denk verder over wat we van het gedachtegoed van Frans de Waal kunnen leren. Wie was primatoloog Frans de Waal? | Actuele Denkers met ethicus Marcel Becker en psycholoog Roos Vonk | Donderdag 4 april 2024 | 20.00 – 21.30 uur | Collegezalencomplex, Radboud Universiteit | Radboud Reflects Lees het verslag: https://www.ru.nl/radboud-reflects/nieuws/wie-was-primatoloog-frans-de-waal-actuele-denkers-met-ethicus-marcel-becker-en-psycholoog-roos-vonk Of bekijk de video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miZxgICNUQQ&t=24s Like deze video, abonneer je op dit kanaal en mis niks. Bekijk ook de agenda voor nog meer verdiepende lezingen: www.ru.nl/radboud-reflects/agenda Wil je geen enkele verdiepende lezing missen? Schrijf je dan in voor de nieuwsbrief: www.ru.nl/radboud-reflects/ser…ief-radboud-reflects

Athi Mgqibelo, pastor of Vaal Reformed Baptist Church in Vereeniging, speaks from Matthew 9:35–10:33 on six necessities for church planting in South Africa. God has called his church to the difficult task of planting churches by preaching the gospel. Faithfulness to this task will require compassion (9:35–36), prayer (9:37–38), calling and sending (10:1–6) and proclamation (10:7–15), might invite persecution (10:16–25), and can only be carried by by reliance on divine sovereignty (10:26–31).

Kobus Verster, uitvoerende hoof van ArcelorMittal gesels oor die groep se finansiële resultate vir die vorige boekjaar. Volg RSG Geldsake op Twitter

This audio is brought to you by Endress and Hauser, a leading supplier of products, solutions and services for industrial process measurement and automation. Over a five-year period, the average 1.3% a year decline in the metals and engineering sector will lead to an average 2.9% decline in employment, or 293 754 direct and indirect job losses, industry organisation Steel and Engineering Industries Federation of Southern Africa (Seifsa) COO Tafadzwa Chibanguza warns. This is based on the statistics that, between 2008 and 2023, production contracted at a rate of 1.3% a year, while employment decreased by 2.9% a year, which led the sector to lose 214 636 jobs, or 37.2%, since then. There are 362 871 people currently employed in the sector, down from the 577 507 people employed in 2008. "Employment in the sector has decreased at double the rate by which production has decreased over the same period. Given that the steel sector has an induced economic multiplier of 2.7 times, an employment multiplier of six times and a dependency ratio of between seven and ten people relying on each formal job, the sector's employment trend spells wide-scale social and economic disaster," he says. The sector is a crucial supplier of inputs into other sectors, such as agriculture, mining, the automotive sector, construction, the electricity supply industry across all its facets, logistics and water sectors. Further, the sector is export intensive, with 40% of total production being exported, raising the country's foreign exchange receipts by $20-billion a year. With the recent announcement by ArcelorMittal South Africa of the closure of its operations in Newcastle and Vereeniging, as well as ArcelorMittal Rail and Structural, the prospect of such developments materialising is a major cause of concern that will only exacerbate the downward spiral of employment in the sector, he adds. "The long products operations under consideration for closure include the country's only local mill capable of producing long steel from iron-ore, which are critical in industries such as construction, automotive, mining, electro-technical, electricity transmission, rail, wire and fasteners industry. "The reliance of these downstream industries is not a preference question but rather higher quality and safety specifications. Faced with the prospect of a lack of domestic supply, these downstream industries will have no alternative but to look to import their feedstock, which translates to the loss of much needed domestic jobs, further deepening the unemployment crisis," says Chibanguza. Of the 362 871 people employed in the sector, the downstream industries account for 90% of the employment with the balance being employed in the upstream. This number has evolved from 80% downstream and 20% upstream over the past 15 years. Additionally, although the job losses have been felt across the entire value chain, they have mostly been concentrated in the downstream industries, which have accounted for 60.2% of the losses recorded over this period. "The impact of the plant closures will mostly be felt in the downstream where the bulk of employment resides." A greater concern is that several downstream companies have started estimating the business cases of importing their final product, as opposed to semi-finished products such as billets, blooms, among others, for further processing locally. This will have even wider employment ramifications by eliminating other intermediate processes like forging, galvanising and packaging, thereby converting many existing factories into distribution warehouses, he adds. "The reasons for the AMSA plant closure are structural, namely low economic growth, anaemic gross fixed capital formation, and electricity and logistics challenges. These are factors faced by companies in the entire value chain and without urgent intervention and reform are unlikely to be resolved in the medium term. "It is conceivable, therefore, that in the absence of refor...

This audio is brought to you by Endress and Hauser, a leading supplier of products, solutions and services for industrial process measurement and automation. Over a five-year period, the average 1.3% a year decline in the metals and engineering sector will lead to an average 2.9% decline in employment, or 293 754 direct and indirect job losses, industry organisation Steel and Engineering Industries Federation of Southern Africa (Seifsa) COO Tafadzwa Chibanguza warns. This is based on the statistics that, between 2008 and 2023, production contracted at a rate of 1.3% a year, while employment decreased by 2.9% a year, which led the sector to lose 214 636 jobs, or 37.2%, since then. There are 362 871 people currently employed in the sector, down from the 577 507 people employed in 2008. "Employment in the sector has decreased at double the rate by which production has decreased over the same period. Given that the steel sector has an induced economic multiplier of 2.7 times, an employment multiplier of six times and a dependency ratio of between seven and ten people relying on each formal job, the sector's employment trend spells wide-scale social and economic disaster," he says. The sector is a crucial supplier of inputs into other sectors, such as agriculture, mining, the automotive sector, construction, the electricity supply industry across all its facets, logistics and water sectors. Further, the sector is export intensive, with 40% of total production being exported, raising the country's foreign exchange receipts by $20-billion a year. With the recent announcement by ArcelorMittal South Africa of the closure of its operations in Newcastle and Vereeniging, as well as ArcelorMittal Rail and Structural, the prospect of such developments materialising is a major cause of concern that will only exacerbate the downward spiral of employment in the sector, he adds. "The long products operations under consideration for closure include the country's only local mill capable of producing long steel from iron-ore, which are critical in industries such as construction, automotive, mining, electro-technical, electricity transmission, rail, wire and fasteners industry. "The reliance of these downstream industries is not a preference question but rather higher quality and safety specifications. Faced with the prospect of a lack of domestic supply, these downstream industries will have no alternative but to look to import their feedstock, which translates to the loss of much needed domestic jobs, further deepening the unemployment crisis," says Chibanguza. Of the 362 871 people employed in the sector, the downstream industries account for 90% of the employment with the balance being employed in the upstream. This number has evolved from 80% downstream and 20% upstream over the past 15 years. Additionally, although the job losses have been felt across the entire value chain, they have mostly been concentrated in the downstream industries, which have accounted for 60.2% of the losses recorded over this period. "The impact of the plant closures will mostly be felt in the downstream where the bulk of employment resides." A greater concern is that several downstream companies have started estimating the business cases of importing their final product, as opposed to semi-finished products such as billets, blooms, among others, for further processing locally. This will have even wider employment ramifications by eliminating other intermediate processes like forging, galvanising and packaging, thereby converting many existing factories into distribution warehouses, he adds. "The reasons for the AMSA plant closure are structural, namely low economic growth, anaemic gross fixed capital formation, and electricity and logistics challenges. These are factors faced by companies in the entire value chain and without urgent intervention and reform are unlikely to be resolved in the medium term. "It is conceivable, therefore, that in the absence of refor...

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The recent announcement by ArcelorMittal South Africa on the potential closure of its operations in Newcastle and Vereeniging has set off warning bells. Lester Kiewit speaks Tafadzwa Chibanguza, SEIFSA COO about the collapse of the Steel Master Plan for South Africa. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The recent announcement by ArcelorMittal South Africa on the potential closure of its operations in Newcastle and Vereeniging has set off warning bells. Lester Kiewit speaks Tafadzwa Chibanguza, SEIFSA COO about the collapse of the Steel Master Plan for South Africa. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Steel and Engineering Industries Federation of Southern Africa (Seifsa) is calling on government to take urgent and decisive action to support the domestic steel sector following ArcelorMittal South Africa's (AMSA's) announcement that it intends winding down its long-products business. In a statement, Seifsa warned of potentially dire economic and employment consequences should AMSA's Newcastle, Vereeniging and Emalahleni operations close, including the loss of up to 25 000 jobs in the steel value chain. In a surprise announcement on November 28, AMSA indicated that 3 500 direct jobs were potentially at risk, including contractor jobs, should the longs operations be shut as intended. "The long-steel products that are at risk feed into construction, heavy engineering, railways, the automotive sector, fasteners manufacturing, the mining sector and the structural steel sections required for the electricity transmission sector," Seifsa highlighted. "The reach is vast, the consequences dire and the cost immeasurable." Seifsa stressed that several downstream steel companies were dependent on long-steel products produced by AMSA, and noted that the automotive sector was already warning of adverse local-content implications. "Logistics costs, including longer lead times and exchange-rate provisioning, are likely to add anything between 20% to 30% to the cost base and the domestic logistics challenges will only serve to compound onto this, rendering domestic manufacturing uncompetitive and infusing higher costs into the economy." Seifsa called for "bold reforms" at a national and localised level to prevent these scenarios from playing out. "All options, including Negotiated Price Agreements for electricity, special dispensation and dedicated rail capacity and a levelling of the playing field with regard to the uplifting of the scrap-metal ban and in the long-term exploring options for preferential pricing on iron-ore, amongst others, should be tabled and critically explored in a rational and collaborative fashion. "Not to do so, would at best be irresponsible and at worse amount to economic suicide." The federation, which represents 18 employer associations in the metals and engineering industries, with a combined membership of 1 300 companies that collectively employ about 170 000 people, said it stood ready to work with government "in averting an economic disaster of unimaginable proportions".

The Steel and Engineering Industries Federation of Southern Africa (Seifsa) is calling on government to take urgent and decisive action to support the domestic steel sector following ArcelorMittal South Africa's (AMSA's) announcement that it intends winding down its long-products business. In a statement, Seifsa warned of potentially dire economic and employment consequences should AMSA's Newcastle, Vereeniging and Emalahleni operations close, including the loss of up to 25 000 jobs in the steel value chain. In a surprise announcement on November 28, AMSA indicated that 3 500 direct jobs were potentially at risk, including contractor jobs, should the longs operations be shut as intended. "The long-steel products that are at risk feed into construction, heavy engineering, railways, the automotive sector, fasteners manufacturing, the mining sector and the structural steel sections required for the electricity transmission sector," Seifsa highlighted. "The reach is vast, the consequences dire and the cost immeasurable." Seifsa stressed that several downstream steel companies were dependent on long-steel products produced by AMSA, and noted that the automotive sector was already warning of adverse local-content implications. "Logistics costs, including longer lead times and exchange-rate provisioning, are likely to add anything between 20% to 30% to the cost base and the domestic logistics challenges will only serve to compound onto this, rendering domestic manufacturing uncompetitive and infusing higher costs into the economy." Seifsa called for "bold reforms" at a national and localised level to prevent these scenarios from playing out. "All options, including Negotiated Price Agreements for electricity, special dispensation and dedicated rail capacity and a levelling of the playing field with regard to the uplifting of the scrap-metal ban and in the long-term exploring options for preferential pricing on iron-ore, amongst others, should be tabled and critically explored in a rational and collaborative fashion. "Not to do so, would at best be irresponsible and at worse amount to economic suicide." The federation, which represents 18 employer associations in the metals and engineering industries, with a combined membership of 1 300 companies that collectively employ about 170 000 people, said it stood ready to work with government "in averting an economic disaster of unimaginable proportions".

Reacted to ArcelorMittal considering closing units in Newcastle and Vereeniging, the potential negative impact on regional and local economies, and what efforts can be made to reduce the number of jobs affected. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mamokgethi Molopyane, Mining and Labour Analyst at Econometrix Azar Jammine, reacted to ArcelorMittal considering closing units in Newcastle and Vereeniging, the potential negative impact on regional and local economies, and what efforts can be made to reduce the number of jobs affected. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

ArcelorMittal South Africa (AMSA) has indicated that it will enter discussions with buyers of its noncommodity long-steel products in an effort to limit the disruption that is set to arise because of the closure of its longs operations in Newcastle, Vereeniging and Emalahleni. Although demand for value-added products was insufficient to sustain an integrated mill such as Newcastle, where commodity products, such as rebar, make up a large portion of the one-million tons produced yearly, CEO Kobus Verster acknowledged that certain customers would face difficulties finding immediate substitute material. This was confirmed by the Steel and Engineering Industries Federation of Southern Africa (Seifsa), which noted that downstream industries were heavily reliant on the long-products that come from the three plans and that a switch-over to new suppliers would "not happen overnight". "Even where these products can be imported this will result in the exporting of jobs that are desperately needed in South Africa. Moreover, the logistics challenges facing the country raise serious questions whether port and rail infrastructure can get product to the end manufactures," Seifsa said. AMSA currently produces specific cross-ribbed flat bar, hollow-drill material, half-pipe sections, along with special profiles such as fish and tie plates, plough bars and mine-support bars, as well as a complete seamless-tube range and heavy-section material used in the rail industry. In a briefing held following the group's shock announcement that it would be winding down its long-products business - a move that has placed at risk 3 500 of the 9 942 fulltime and contract jobs at the company - Verster said talks would now be held with affected customers. Downstream producers of bright bars, springs, fasteners, agri-appliances, as well as some automotive and mining components potentially faced significant challenges in securing substitute material, particularly in the short term with South African ports being heavily congested. The discussions would focus primarily on gaining an understanding of the six-month demand profiles of affected businesses and assessing whether AMSA could adjust its wind-down processes to accommodate those firms. However, Verster again indicated that the decision to close the longs business had been based on embedded structural factors that had made the business a serial lossmaker and a drain on the bigger groups ongoing sustainability. While costly and unreliable electricity and rail services were major aggravating factors, AMSA highlighted a chronic supply/demand imbalance, partly underpinned by a government policy geared towards increasing competition from producers using scrap as an input. The imbalance was initially expected to be addressed on the back of a long-promised increase in infrastructure investment, which never materialised. Local long-products production capacity is currently estimated by AMSA at about four-million tons, but demand was currently below two-million tons. "Our longs business has only made a profit twice over the past seven years," Verster pointed out. SEIFSA CALLS FOR GOVT INTERVENTION Seifsa also attributed some of the blame for the planned closures on policy, stating that the "preferential pricing system for scrap, a 20% export duty and more recently a ban on scrap exports have all played a major role in contributing to the current state of affairs". "Seifsa has repeatedly warned that the decisions relating to the scrap metal policy and its industrial policy consequences will yield casualties. "What we are seeing unfolding at ArcelorMittal feeds directly into these warnings," the organisation said. If called for the related scrap and industrial policy issues to be urgently escalated to the Economic Cluster of Ministries, arguing that the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition "seemingly does not have the capacity, nor the grasp of the broader implications of these developments". "The matter is n...

ArcelorMittal South Africa (AMSA) has indicated that it will enter discussions with buyers of its noncommodity long-steel products in an effort to limit the disruption that is set to arise because of the closure of its longs operations in Newcastle, Vereeniging and Emalahleni. Although demand for value-added products was insufficient to sustain an integrated mill such as Newcastle, where commodity products, such as rebar, make up a large portion of the one-million tons produced yearly, CEO Kobus Verster acknowledged that certain customers would face difficulties finding immediate substitute material. This was confirmed by the Steel and Engineering Industries Federation of Southern Africa (Seifsa), which noted that downstream industries were heavily reliant on the long-products that come from the three plans and that a switch-over to new suppliers would "not happen overnight". "Even where these products can be imported this will result in the exporting of jobs that are desperately needed in South Africa. Moreover, the logistics challenges facing the country raise serious questions whether port and rail infrastructure can get product to the end manufactures," Seifsa said. AMSA currently produces specific cross-ribbed flat bar, hollow-drill material, half-pipe sections, along with special profiles such as fish and tie plates, plough bars and mine-support bars, as well as a complete seamless-tube range and heavy-section material used in the rail industry. In a briefing held following the group's shock announcement that it would be winding down its long-products business - a move that has placed at risk 3 500 of the 9 942 fulltime and contract jobs at the company - Verster said talks would now be held with affected customers. Downstream producers of bright bars, springs, fasteners, agri-appliances, as well as some automotive and mining components potentially faced significant challenges in securing substitute material, particularly in the short term with South African ports being heavily congested. The discussions would focus primarily on gaining an understanding of the six-month demand profiles of affected businesses and assessing whether AMSA could adjust its wind-down processes to accommodate those firms. However, Verster again indicated that the decision to close the longs business had been based on embedded structural factors that had made the business a serial lossmaker and a drain on the bigger groups ongoing sustainability. While costly and unreliable electricity and rail services were major aggravating factors, AMSA highlighted a chronic supply/demand imbalance, partly underpinned by a government policy geared towards increasing competition from producers using scrap as an input. The imbalance was initially expected to be addressed on the back of a long-promised increase in infrastructure investment, which never materialised. Local long-products production capacity is currently estimated by AMSA at about four-million tons, but demand was currently below two-million tons. "Our longs business has only made a profit twice over the past seven years," Verster pointed out. SEIFSA CALLS FOR GOVT INTERVENTION Seifsa also attributed some of the blame for the planned closures on policy, stating that the "preferential pricing system for scrap, a 20% export duty and more recently a ban on scrap exports have all played a major role in contributing to the current state of affairs". "Seifsa has repeatedly warned that the decisions relating to the scrap metal policy and its industrial policy consequences will yield casualties. "What we are seeing unfolding at ArcelorMittal feeds directly into these warnings," the organisation said. If called for the related scrap and industrial policy issues to be urgently escalated to the Economic Cluster of Ministries, arguing that the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition "seemingly does not have the capacity, nor the grasp of the broader implications of these developments". "The matter is n...

Thousands of jobs are at risk in the mining, metal and engineering sector as companies struggle to stay afloat. The National Union of Mineworkers, NUM estimates 10,000 job losses to the industry by January next year. While steel producer ArcelorMittal South Africa is set to shed 3 500 jobs at its Newcastle and Vereeniging operations. To examine the knock-on economic effect of retrenchments, Elvis Presslin spoke to Professor Jannie Rossouw, a visiting Professor at the Wits Business School

Steel producer ArcelorMittal South Africa (AMSA) has indicated that it may close its long-products business, which could result in the loss of 3 500 direct and contractor jobs at its Newcastle and Vereeniging operations. In a statement, the JSE-listed company said the potential wind down had been precipitated by structural issues outside of its control, including: A 20% fall in demand over the last seven years to four-million tonnes, on the back of persistently low economic growth, limited infrastructure spend and project delays; Rising transport and logistics costs, compounded by rail-service disruptions, as well as escalating energy prices; and The prevailing scrap advantage over iron-ore, precipitated by the preferential pricing system for scrap, a 20% export duty, and the recently imposed ban on scrap exports, which had given electric arc furnaces an "artificial" competitive advantage over integrated mills beneficiating iron-ore. CEO Kobus Verster said the board and management decision to consider a wind down of the long-products business was reached after "all possible options" were exhausted, had not been "taken lightly" and was being pursued in an effort to place the rest of the business on a "sustainable financial footing". The company also acknowledged the potential negative impact on the regional and local economies in which the mills were located, in particular the Newcastle Works, which was a major source of economic activity and jobs in the KwaZulu-Natal town. The company said the wind-down would exclude the coke batteries at Newcastle, which would remain operative, producing metallurgical coke for use at the Vanderbijlpark Works, and for sale of commercial market coke to the ferro-alloy industry. A consultation process in accordance with Section 189(3) of the Labour Relations Act will be initiated with unions and "every effort will be made to manage down the number of jobs affected". "The conclusion and number of affected posts will be finalised within a detailed wind down implementation plan that is being developed," the company said. UNCERTAIN CHRISTMAS Trade union Solidarity responded with shock to the announcement that three long-steel plants could be closed, noting that Arcelor Rail and Structures was also potentially affected by the wind down. It said that 3 500 employees and their families were now facing an uncertain Christmas season. The union also questioned the timing of the "drastic" move, noting that loadshedding and Transnet's high costs and unreliability were "nothing new". Solidarity argued, therefore, that a consultation process with parties affected by the decision, including trade unions, should have preceded the announcement, noting that it was still awaiting the formal restructuring notices. "After receipt of the section 189 (A) notice, Solidarity will start to meet with members and will support them during all the processes that may follow." ArcelorMittal South Africa said it also intended engaging with its customers and suppliers "to minimise the disruptions to their business, as far as reasonably possible". "The company continues to engage directly with government," the company added. AMSA slumped to a R448-million loss in the interim period to June 30, a dramatic deterioration from the comparable period of 2022 when it reported a R3-billion profit. The poor performance was attributed to intense loadshedding during the period, which not only disrupted the group's operations, because of 41 Eskom instructions during the period for a curtailment of its electricity demand, but also downstream demand, as fabricators pulled back on production shifts. The group has also been vocal about the negative impact of the collapse of the Transnet Freight Rail service, which has been particularly acutely felt at the Newcastle Works, which is located far away from its sources of raw materials. Solidarity said the ArcelorMittal South Africa announcement was a signal that government's mismanagement of Stat...

ArcelorMittal South Africa (AMSA) CEO Kobus Verster believes there is no immediate prospect of addressing the structural issues undermining the financial viability of the group's long-products business and tells Engineering News that the operations will begin ramping down during January, when they are scheduled to stop receiving steelmaking materials, such as iron-ore. Verster provided this bleak assessment in an interview following the JSE-listed company's announcement that it would be initiating consultations with unions and customers on the closure of its operations in Newcastle and Vereeniging, as well as ArcelorMittal Rail and Structural, which relies on intermediate products currently produced at Newcastle. Although the closure of certain parts of the long-products business has been mooted previously, including in 2019 and 2021, the announcement of the proposed wind down still came as a shock, even though the group swung from a R3-billion profit in the first half of 2022 to a R448-million loss during the same period this year. The loss was attributed largely to electricity load curtailment, implemented at energy-intensive firms at high stages of loadshedding, which had again been escalated to between Stage 4 and 6 when ArcelorMittal South Africa made its wind-down announcement. It also came amid increased strain between business and government, more generally. Automotive group Volkswagen issued a warning about the company's South African operations, citing loadshedding and logistics problems as key concerns, while platinum producers have indicated that job cuts are inevitable. Meanwhile, Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, who was widely condemned for suggesting that the private sector was engineering the collapse of the government when commenting on a rand manipulation-related settlement, appeared to double down in an opinion piece penned for the Business Day. Verster spoke to Engineering News after having held in-person meetings with employees at the Newcastle mill, in KwaZulu-Natal, who make up about 2 600 of the 3 500 direct employees and contractors likely to be affected by the closures. He reported that contact had also been made with the leadership of the company's two recognised unions, being the National Union of Metalworkers and Solidarity, and indicated that formal negotiations were likely to start either later this week or early next week, with Section 189 retrenchment notices expected within days. In a statement, Solidarity questioned the timing of what it described as a "drastic" move by the company and lamented the fact that 3 500 employees and their families faced an uncertain Christmas season. It also argued that some of the reasons given for the proposed wind down, including loadshedding by Eskom and Transnet's high costs and unreliability were "nothing new" and suggested that consultations should have been initiated ahead of any announcement. However, Verster argued that, while high electricity and logistics costs and the unreliability of both utilities were aggravating factors, the competitiveness of the long-products business had been eroded by weak demand and a structural over-supply. It had been further amplified by what he described as an artificial competitive advantage provided to electric-arc furnaces (EAFs) because of government's prevailing scrap policy. The company highlighted the preferential pricing system for scrap in its official statement on the wind down, arguing the policy, together with a 20% export duty and the recent scrap export ban, had made it impossible for an integrated iron-ore-based producer such as Newcastle to be price competitive. While AMSA manufactured some value-added long products, the bulk of its 900 000 t/y longs production was low-margin material that was currently uncompetitive in a market where demand stood at about 1.8-million tons against Verster's estimate of there being yearly production capacity of four-million tons. The flat-products busines...

Steel producer ArcelorMittal South Africa (AMSA) has indicated that it may close its long-products business, which could result in the loss of 3 500 direct and contractor jobs at its Newcastle and Vereeniging operations. In a statement, the JSE-listed company said the potential wind down had been precipitated by structural issues outside of its control, including: A 20% fall in demand over the last seven years to four-million tonnes, on the back of persistently low economic growth, limited infrastructure spend and project delays; Rising transport and logistics costs, compounded by rail-service disruptions, as well as escalating energy prices; and The prevailing scrap advantage over iron-ore, precipitated by the preferential pricing system for scrap, a 20% export duty, and the recently imposed ban on scrap exports, which had given electric arc furnaces an "artificial" competitive advantage over integrated mills beneficiating iron-ore. CEO Kobus Verster said the board and management decision to consider a wind down of the long-products business was reached after "all possible options" were exhausted, had not been "taken lightly" and was being pursued in an effort to place the rest of the business on a "sustainable financial footing". The company also acknowledged the potential negative impact on the regional and local economies in which the mills were located, in particular the Newcastle Works, which was a major source of economic activity and jobs in the KwaZulu-Natal town. The company said the wind-down would exclude the coke batteries at Newcastle, which would remain operative, producing metallurgical coke for use at the Vanderbijlpark Works, and for sale of commercial market coke to the ferro-alloy industry. A consultation process in accordance with Section 189(3) of the Labour Relations Act will be initiated with unions and "every effort will be made to manage down the number of jobs affected". "The conclusion and number of affected posts will be finalised within a detailed wind down implementation plan that is being developed," the company said. UNCERTAIN CHRISTMAS Trade union Solidarity responded with shock to the announcement that three long-steel plants could be closed, noting that Arcelor Rail and Structures was also potentially affected by the wind down. It said that 3 500 employees and their families were now facing an uncertain Christmas season. The union also questioned the timing of the "drastic" move, noting that loadshedding and Transnet's high costs and unreliability were "nothing new". Solidarity argued, therefore, that a consultation process with parties affected by the decision, including trade unions, should have preceded the announcement, noting that it was still awaiting the formal restructuring notices. "After receipt of the section 189 (A) notice, Solidarity will start to meet with members and will support them during all the processes that may follow." ArcelorMittal South Africa said it also intended engaging with its customers and suppliers "to minimise the disruptions to their business, as far as reasonably possible". "The company continues to engage directly with government," the company added. AMSA slumped to a R448-million loss in the interim period to June 30, a dramatic deterioration from the comparable period of 2022 when it reported a R3-billion profit. The poor performance was attributed to intense loadshedding during the period, which not only disrupted the group's operations, because of 41 Eskom instructions during the period for a curtailment of its electricity demand, but also downstream demand, as fabricators pulled back on production shifts. The group has also been vocal about the negative impact of the collapse of the Transnet Freight Rail service, which has been particularly acutely felt at the Newcastle Works, which is located far away from its sources of raw materials. Solidarity said the ArcelorMittal South Africa announcement was a signal that government's mismanagement of Stat...

ArcelorMittal South Africa (AMSA) CEO Kobus Verster believes there is no immediate prospect of addressing the structural issues undermining the financial viability of the group's long-products business and tells Engineering News that the operations will begin ramping down during January, when they are scheduled to stop receiving steelmaking materials, such as iron-ore. Verster provided this bleak assessment in an interview following the JSE-listed company's announcement that it would be initiating consultations with unions and customers on the closure of its operations in Newcastle and Vereeniging, as well as ArcelorMittal Rail and Structural, which relies on intermediate products currently produced at Newcastle. Although the closure of certain parts of the long-products business has been mooted previously, including in 2019 and 2021, the announcement of the proposed wind down still came as a shock, even though the group swung from a R3-billion profit in the first half of 2022 to a R448-million loss during the same period this year. The loss was attributed largely to electricity load curtailment, implemented at energy-intensive firms at high stages of loadshedding, which had again been escalated to between Stage 4 and 6 when ArcelorMittal South Africa made its wind-down announcement. It also came amid increased strain between business and government, more generally. Automotive group Volkswagen issued a warning about the company's South African operations, citing loadshedding and logistics problems as key concerns, while platinum producers have indicated that job cuts are inevitable. Meanwhile, Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, who was widely condemned for suggesting that the private sector was engineering the collapse of the government when commenting on a rand manipulation-related settlement, appeared to double down in an opinion piece penned for the Business Day. Verster spoke to Engineering News after having held in-person meetings with employees at the Newcastle mill, in KwaZulu-Natal, who make up about 2 600 of the 3 500 direct employees and contractors likely to be affected by the closures. He reported that contact had also been made with the leadership of the company's two recognised unions, being the National Union of Metalworkers and Solidarity, and indicated that formal negotiations were likely to start either later this week or early next week, with Section 189 retrenchment notices expected within days. In a statement, Solidarity questioned the timing of what it described as a "drastic" move by the company and lamented the fact that 3 500 employees and their families faced an uncertain Christmas season. It also argued that some of the reasons given for the proposed wind down, including loadshedding by Eskom and Transnet's high costs and unreliability were "nothing new" and suggested that consultations should have been initiated ahead of any announcement. However, Verster argued that, while high electricity and logistics costs and the unreliability of both utilities were aggravating factors, the competitiveness of the long-products business had been eroded by weak demand and a structural over-supply. It had been further amplified by what he described as an artificial competitive advantage provided to electric-arc furnaces (EAFs) because of government's prevailing scrap policy. The company highlighted the preferential pricing system for scrap in its official statement on the wind down, arguing the policy, together with a 20% export duty and the recent scrap export ban, had made it impossible for an integrated iron-ore-based producer such as Newcastle to be price competitive. While AMSA manufactured some value-added long products, the bulk of its 900 000 t/y longs production was low-margin material that was currently uncompetitive in a market where demand stood at about 1.8-million tons against Verster's estimate of there being yearly production capacity of four-million tons. The flat-products busines...

While the fight against avian flu continues, the rabbit population in Gauteng is under threat from the Rabbit Haemorrhagic Disease (HRD) Virus. Both wild and domestic rabbit populations are at risk from theh virus. So far, affected areas include Meyerton, Vereeniging, Valley Settlements, Henley on Klip, De Deur and Apple Orchards. The Gauteng Agriculture and Rural  Development Department is warning pet and zoo keepers to be alert and take caution. At the same time the Gauteng Rabbit Breeder's Association says while the have made contact with state veterinary services to assist, access to medicines to fight the virus remains a challenge. Gauteng Rabbit Breeder's Association chairman, Gavin Grgurin joins us on the line......

The Health and Allied Workers Indaba Trade Union says the alleged suicide of a young pregnant mother-to-be at Kopanong Hospital, could have been prevented. 26 year old Refilwe Thamae allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself inside a bathroom at Kopanong Hospital in Vereeniging. Thamae was reportedly suffering from a mental illness and was displaying abnormal behaviour. For more on this Elvis Presslin spoke to Health and Allied Workers Indaba Trade Union President, Rich Sicini

In this dialogue, Prof Christo Doherty, the Chair of Research in the Wits School of Arts, speaks to Doris Bloom, a multidisciplinary South African artist who has been based in Denmark since 1976. She currently has a major exhibition called Bird Bone Whistler at the Origins Centre Museum in Johannesburg until 02 July 2023. Doris was born on a farm outside Vereeniging and her deep imaginative engagement with the African landscape has powerfully informed her work over the last 46 years. She began her career by studying ceramics at the Johannesburg College of Art and then a Masters in contemporary art at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Art in Copenhagen. She is best known as a painter and printmaker as well as a performance artist, often performing in front of her finished works or, as she did at the opening of her Origins Centre exhibition, creating an artwork in front of her audience. Doris has received numerous awards and public commissions and has exhibited internationally. In this discussion we talk about the path she followed to become an artist, and explore her movement into performance in 2003 and the way that she has mapped a visceral discourse of body, language and memory. We also examine the ways in which her work engages with the sciences of palaeontology and archeology and the significance of visual technologies such as VR for her practice as an artist working in collaborative performance. The online catalogue for Bird Bone Whistler is available at https://www.birdbonewhistler.com/ Catalogue - Bird Bone Whistler · Information about the Origins Centre Exhibition of Bird Bone Whistler

Why are police cars always idling in America? George does a deep dive into solving this mystery. He also breaks down the warning on car mirrors… and have you ever heard of a bicycle with square wheels? AutoTrader

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The peace negotiations between the governments of the South African Republic and the Orange Free State, and the representatives of the British government, which terminated in the peace concluded at Vereeniging on the 31st May, 1902

12.11.2022 - Vandag gesels ek met Frik Roets, ATKV-takvoorsitter van Vereeniging. In kort die volgende oor Frik, hy is eerstens ʼn gelowige man vir sy vrou, pa vir sy kinders, boer en besigheidsman en verantwoordelike burger van die mooi land van ons. Hy dien op verskeie uiteenlopende komitees en glo dat ons ʼn toekoms in die land het.

12.11.2022 - Vandag gesels ek met Frik Roets, ATKV-takvoorsitter van Vereeniging. In kort die volgende oor Frik, hy is eerstens ʼn gelowige man vir sy vrou, pa vir sy kinders, boer en besigheidsman en verantwoordelike burger van die mooi land van ons. Hy dien op verskeie uiteenlopende komitees en glo dat ons ʼn toekoms in die land het.

The School Governing Body of Phoenix High School in Vereeniging says the Gauteng Education Department is paying R180 000 a month to rent a school it sold for R600 000. The school governing body has taken the matter to Afriforum who say by the end of the lease in 2026 the taxpayer will have forked out R32 Million. For more on this, Elvis Presslin spoke to the Spokesperson for Afriforum's Private Prosecution Unit, Barry Bateman

As Rand Water increases its abstraction of water beyond its licence, it is pleading with consumers to use water wisely as the water it is currently over abstracting from dams needs to last multiple seasons and not just one. The water trading entity, on average, supplies 4 642-million litres of water a day to municipalities, with a capacity to peak at 5 036-million litres a day, which is beyond its abstraction licence, to ensure 17.9-million consumers across four provinces are provided with water. The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) temporarily increased Rand Water's bulk water allocation as an emergency measure to address water shortages in South Africa's economic hub. The self-funded bulk water trading entity, with more than a 3 000 km interconnected network, has, year-on-year produced more water than has been budgeted for as it delivers bulk water supply to 18 municipalities, which accounts for 80% of water use as it reticulates and distributes to consumers. In recent weeks, consumer water demand, particularly across Gauteng, has surged, reaching as high as 300 litres per person a day, with higher non-drinking water use, well above the worldwide average of 173 litres and South Africa's average of 233 litres a day. Just in the first quarter of 2023, water use climbed 5.2%. This high demand amid a heat wave with late rainfall, in addition to excessively high nonrevenue water and leaks, with a loss of up to 40% in the distribution system, is placing strain on Rand Water's ability to keep apace and ensure a buffer at its reservoirs. “Every suburb has water,” says Rand Water CEO Sipho Mosai. However, he notes that, with low-lying areas using excess water for non-drinking purposes, high-lying areas face shortages, owing to an inability to pressurise water supply upwards as reservoirs are depleted. Further, he says that should the country experience a drought, there needs to be enough water in the dams to feed the reservoirs during any potential dry period. At the rate water is being consumed, there will be no buffer for next season, despite the dams currently being full. “The water we have will not last until next season,” he tells media during a briefing at the entity's headquarters on Friday, noting that the current high water requirements and over abstraction is just not sustainable. “We have provided and we have planned for the demand; however, we need to use what we have responsibility,” he says, citing a drop in water use during the rainfall this week as there was no need to use drinking water for irrigation. “The easiest way out is to use less water or build more infrastructure now and pay more money for water.” Rand Water has a significant pipeline of infrastructure projects designed in line with predicted demand; however, the current demand requires unplanned additional infrastructure should it continue. This will cause the price of water to surge, an extra cost already cash-strapped consumers will not be able to shoulder. The reservoirs are also required to be at a safe zone in case of power outages, which is also causing significant concern for the water trading entity, as following a power outage, it takes about four to five days for a reservoir to recover. He cites the recent power outages that left many Johannesburg suburbs without water. On September 23, a power failure at Rand Water's Vereeniging water works resulted in a 50% reduction in bulk water supply to the Eikenhof pump station, impacting the high-lying areas of the Crosby, Brixton and Hurst Hill Supply zones. Before the system could recover fully, Rand Water's Vereeniging works experienced a total power failure on September 25 just after midnight, following which, on September 29, Rand Water experienced a pump trip at their Eikenhof system for about three hours, reducing the pump station capacity by 40%. Further, Rand Water had a power supply issue on September 30 at their Zuikerbosh purification works, which again had a 60% impact on the supply...

Marie Jeannette de Lange was voorzitter van de Vereeniging voor Verbetering van Vrouwenkleding. Deze vereniging verschafte vrouwen aan het einde van de 19de eeuw letterlijk én figuurlijk meer bewegingsvrijheid. Het portret van Marie Jeannette, geschilderd door Jan Toorop, belichaamt de onvermoeibare zucht van vrouwen naar gelijke rechten. Presentator Jörgen Raymann bespreekt het met senior conservator schilderkunst Jenny Reynaerts.Bekijk dit schilderij op: https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/nl/collectie/SK-A-4989In het Rijksmuseum is powered by ING.

As the country reels from the implementation of Stage 6 load shedding, a Gauteng family is in mourning as it claims an unscheduled power cut led to the death of one of their loved ones. Sakina Kamwendo spoke to reporter Chriselda Lewis who visited Vereeniging where the Munting family is their son passed away when his ventilator went off due to load shedding.

The whole of the West of Johannesburg will this Friday and parts of Saturday experience water shut down due to maintenance at water reservoirs. The connection of a new pipeline and maintenance of the Water Treatment Plant in Vereeniging. Consumers are urged to use water sparingly and only for essential purposes. For more on this, Elvis Presslin spoke to Johannesburg Water General Manager for Operations, Etienne Hugo.

Jaap Sluis ontvangt vrijdag 8 april tijdens het Innovatiecafé in de Sociëteit Vereeniging in Haarlem vier vernieuwers uit het regionale bedrijfsleven. ‘'Ik wil niet om de tafel met consultants. Ik ben vooral benieuwd naar de ondernemer, de mensen die er écht in de praktijk mee bezig zijn en merk dat de bezoekers van het innovatiecafé die gedrevenheid heel erg herkennen.'', vertelt Sluis in Haarlem Vandaag.

Send in a voice message with your feedback regarding this episode and you could be featured on the next episode as our young student/professional: https://anchor.fm/tebello-motshwane/message ••• Jabu Chanza is an advocate and former Constitutional Court Law Clerk to Justice Jafta and acting Justice Rogers. She has worked in the legal field for the past 7 years in both practising and non-practising roles. She is originally from the small town of Vereeniging where she completed her primary school education. She thereafter completed her high school education at the National school of the Arts, followed by the University of the Witwatersrand where she completed her Bachelor of Laws Degree. After graduating, she pursued her articles and became an admitted attorney. She was then called to the bar in 2018 where she successfully completed her pupillage, became an admitted advocate and registered with the Johannesburg Society of Advocates. She is passionate about the law in all its various forms she practices mainly in the fields of general and commercial litigation as well as public interest law. You can follow and get in touch with Jabu on Instagram @jabu_chanza Summary: LLB Degree from the University of the Witwatersrand Post graduate certificate in Access to Information and Privacy law (POPI Act) Former admitted attorney Current admitted practicing advocate Member of the Johannesburg Society of Advocates Just completed 12 month term as a Constitutional Court law researcher to Justice Jafta and acting Justice Rogers ••• On today's episode our young student/professional is Letlhogonolo Nthodi. Letlhogonolo holds BA Law and LLB degrees from the University of the Witswatersrand. She is currently serving articles at one of the top five law firms in South Africa. She holds membership in the Golden Key Honors Society and served as a committee member for the period 2018-2019. During her tenure as the Professional Development director, she organised a number of events including a thinkers symposium aimed at discussing youth despondency towards voting. This discussion caught the attention of Y. FM where herself and a few of her committee members held an on-air debate. Letlhogonolo hopes to cultivate her expertise in Public Procurement and Banking and Finance. She has a keen interest in lecturing, which she hopes to pursue once she is a specialist in her chosen field ••• Don't forget to tag us on Instagram @sister_in_law_ and to leave a review on Apple podcast. Share this podcast with as many family and friends as possible and don't forget to email your season 3 guest suggestions to advice@sisterinlaw.co.za I love hearing from you so please leave any reviews and other suggestions on the same email. Thank you for taking this journey with me. I hope season 3 continues to be a great platform of learning and spreading awareness of not only what happens in the legal industry, but in society and the globe as a whole. Visit our website on: www.sisterinlaw.co.za   --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tebello-motshwane/message

The largest meteorite impact crater in the world lies just South of Johannesburg, the Vredefort Dome. In this episode we explore Parys on the edge of the dome, go through the surprising towns of Vereeniging and Vanderbijlpark, and skirt around Johannesburg and Pretoria.  Once we cross the line of the Magaliesberg, we are on the "Springbok Flats" - a magnificently fertile farming area, entwined with the history of the Voortrekkers and the early days of the Zuid Afrikaansche Republiek. The Road Trip SA app is available for downloadDo you want to visit and explore South Africa? Touch Africa SafarisThis is a recording of a radio show - Radio Ecohealth

The largest meteorite impact crater in the world lies just South of Johannesburg, the Vredefort Dome. In this episode we explore Parys on the edge of the dome, go through the surprising towns of Vereeniging and Vanderbijlpark, and skirt around Johannesburg and Pretoria.  Once we cross the line of the Magaliesberg, we are on the "Springbok Flats" - a magnificently fertile farming area, entwined with the history of the Voortrekkers and the early days of the Zuid Afrikaansche Republiek. The Road Trip SA app is available for downloadDo you want to visit and explore South Africa? Touch Africa SafarisThis is a recording of a radio show - Radio Ecohealth

DE SCHATKAMER werd uitgezonden in 2009 en telt 12 afleveringen. Elke aflevering behandelt een bijzonder boek of document. Aanleiding was het 150 jarig bestaan van de wetenschappelijke bibliotheek in Middelburg. De toenmalig beheerder van de oude collectie/conservator, Ronald Rijkse richtte daarvoor een grote tentoonstelling in. Vitrines overal in de bibliotheek lieten de rijke collectie in 12 thema's zien. In deze aflevering bespreekt Ronald met programmamaker Theo Rietveld de Middelburgse 19e eeuwse schrijver P C Boutens. Boutens: Een grote zoon van Middelburg In 2020 is het 150 jaar geleden dat de dichter P.C. Boutens in Middelburg werd geboren. Begonnen als leraar en vanaf 1904 wonend in Den Haag, waar hij in zijn levensonderhoud voorzag door privélessen en financiële steun van zijn vrienden. Komt er een grote overzichtstentoonstelling zoals in maart 1968, straks vijftig jaar geleden? Of wordt er een straat, laan of plein naar hem vernoemd? Pieter Cornelis Boutens was de derde zoon uit het gezin van een pottenbakker/winkelier en Wilhelmina de Veij. Over zijn persoonlijke leven is weinig bekend. Biograaf Marco Goud legt momenteel de laatste hand aan een biografie over zijn leven. De dromerige Boutens bezocht vanaf 1884 het Middelburgse gymnasium. Pieter keerde zich tegen het streng protestants middenstandsmilieu wat resulteerde in de wens van zijn vader dat hij alleen een studie theologie wilde betalen. De 20-jarige Boutens schreef zich in als student klassieke letteren in Utrecht en laagde drie jaar later. Hij was lid van het studentencorps en bracht vele avonden door met zijn Zeeuwse studiegenoten. Grieks en filosofie kregen zijn interesse, evenals de poëzie van de Tachtigers. Zijn levensstijl bracht hem in geldzorgen. In 1894 werd hij leraar klassieke talen aan de in Voorschoten, wat hij combineerde met zijn studie. Twee jaar later deed hij examen en promoveerde cum laude tot doctor in de letteren. Het leraarschap hield hij vol tot 1904. Daarna gaf hij privélessen werd financieel ondersteund door vrienden. Inmiddels publiceerde hij vele dichtbundels. De Katwijkse timmerman Cornelis van Duyvenvoorde kwam in 1908 als huisbediende bij hem inwonen. Openlijk homosexueel was Boutens niet. Na WO1 werd hij voorzitter van de Vereeniging van Letterkundigen: een Ondersteuningsfonds voor letterkundigen en maakte het tot een groot succes. Voor het toneelstuk 'Middelburg's Overgang', ter herdenking van de overgave van Middelburg aan Willem van Oranje in 1574, schrijf hij in 1925 de teksten. Naar aanleiding van zijn 25ste sterfdag krijgt Boutens in maart 1968 een grote tentoonstelling in de Vleeshal. De werkgroep Poëzie van de Stichting Kunst- en cultuurroute bracht tussen 1999 en 2003 vijf Kaaischriften uit met elk een thema. De laatste kreeg een zin van Boutens uit één van zijn gedichten: Hier komt de stilte nooit tot rust. Twaalf dichters maakten daarmee een eigen gedicht. Later werd in het kader van het poëzieproject Sprekende Gevels, een gedicht van Boutens aan de zijkant van een woning in de Bleek aangebracht.

A general is captured at Tweebosch, a "glorious" charge at Rooiwal, and peace negotiations are taken up again. 1) To read the article about the British Women's Emigration Association before it goes behind a paywall, go to this link: https://forgottenwarspodcast.com/blog/ 2) Learn more about the day, the year that blacks finally got the vote in South Africa: https://apnews.com/article/114b08c396d444f7b1de900b481ea059 3) Send me your share screen shots and your show questions using this link: https://forgottenwarspodcast.com/contact/ 4) Support the show here: https://forgottenwarspodcast.com/donate/ OR here: https://forgottenwarspodcast.com/merch/ 5) Visit our Patreon page to vote on a bonus episode topic: https://www.patreon.com/forgottenwars 6) Learn more about South Africa's history after the Anglo-Boer War in these episodes from the Africa Past & Present Podcast. Episode 87: http://afripod.aodl.org/2014/12/afripod-87/ Episode 102: http://afripod.aodl.org/2016/06/afripod-102/ Episode 112: http://afripod.aodl.org/page/2/ Episode 117: http://afripod.aodl.org/2018/05/afripod-117/

On this week's episode, we have Yulander Phumla Matloha. She is a qualified Medical technician and founder of The Serenity Bar, a Nails, Makeup & Spa based in Vereeniging, Gauteng. She recently switched careers and went into entrepreneurship and shares with us the dynamics of how her previous job led her to this new venture.

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Knights fast bowler Migael Pretorius and I explore his journey from Vereeniging to the proteas and everything in-between.

Sekilas tentang organisasi politik yang dijalankan oleh para mahasiswa bumiputera di Belanda. Paham nasionalis yang mereka usung terbawa hingga ke tanah air.

Residents of Roshnee and Dadaville near Vereeniging say water has been restored to the suburb. The area has experienced exacerbated water shortages for almost two weeks following a reduction of supply to the Emfuleni Local Municipality by Rand Water. In a statement, spokesperson for the residents Yusuf Sater says the Emfuleni Local Municipality is under administration and the water cut was part of Rand Water Boards credit management process, at the detriment to the local community that have been severely penalized for ELMs non-payments

Hindsight, they say, is 20/20 vision. This year, being 2020, it turned out to be truer than ever before. For investors, and all of us really, there was so much about this year that was unpredictable, surprising and shocking. As we use this time to reflect on the impact of Covid 19 on South Africa this year, the aftershocks are still reverberating through the manufacturing sector. The sector was on its knees before Covid struck due to a range of factors from loadshedding to steel input costs, disagreements on how to pursue localisation, issues around competitiveness and dealing with leaky customs…one just has to drive through the former industrial belts of the East Rand and Vereeniging to see where we’ve gone from conveyor belt to rust belt. But the manufacturing sector is high on the government’s agenda for the economic rebuild, and the contribution it could make towards creating sustainable jobs is at least appreciated. Whether we can all agree on how to achieve that remains to be seen. Michael Avery hosts Philippa Rodseth, Executive Director of the Manufacturing Circle, Gerhard Papenfus, Chief Executive of the National Employers Association of South Africa & Nicolette Skjoldhammer, Managing Director of Betterect, about the year that was and the outlook for the local manufacturing sector.

Inwoners van Drie Riviere in Vereeniging is al 20 dae lank sonder elektrisiteit. Aktiviste teen geweld teen vroue en kinders is keelvol vir geykte slagspreuke wat op niks uitloop nie. Die tenderbedrogsaak teen voormalige Korrektiewe Dienste- en Bosasa-amptenare is tot 2021 uitgestel. 'n Kenner sê tegnologiese ontwikkeling, veral in die banksektor, sal Suid-Afrikaners help om hulleself te verryk.

Residents of Arcon Park near Vereeniging, seven kilometres from Roshnee are angry following electricity woes that leaves the area without power almost twenty days a month. The residents say they are fed up and don’t know who to turn to as officials from the Emfuleni Municipality have allegedly turned a blind eye to their pleas of having a stable electricity supply.

ALOHA! Today is NATIONAL PODCAST DAY! and because of that I wanted to do something special. I am releasing this episode that wasn't due to be released for another 2 weeks, but God was calling me to do it in the same week and low and behold its national podcast day, the perfect occasion to do that! so here you are I hope you enjoy this very special release to help us in our prayer life! Key Verse: Colossians 4:2: Devote yourselves to prayer with an alert mind and a thankful heartOlelo Noeau :#325: E kuhikuhi Pono I na au iki a me na au nui o ka ‘ike. Translation: instruct well in the little and the large currents of knowledge. Meaning: in teaching do it well; the small details are as important as the large ones. Other Verses in this episodeMatthew 6:7: "and when you pray, do not heap up empty phrases as the gentiles do, for they think that they will be heard for their many words." Matthew 26:41: Watch and pray that you may not enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.Matthew 6:9-13: this, then is how you should pray: "Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. and forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. Books that I mentionLife Lists for Women, 101 inspirational thoughts for Women of Faith Published by Christian Art Publishers PO Box 1599, Vereeniging, 1930, RSA My Prayer Journal 120 days of prayer, reflection and praise. Published by Christian Art Publishers PO Box 1599, Vereeniging, 1930, RSA *Both books were distributed by Choice Books, 10100 Piper Lane Bristow, VA 20136Choice books do not have an online store, you can find their books in most general stores such as CVS, Wallgreens, Walmart, Costco and Barns and Nobles. P.R.A.Y: Way to pray (as mentioned in the episode)P: Praise God for who He is and what he has done. (our Father in heaven, hallowed be your nameR: Repent of sins I have committed. (and forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors)A: Ask for the needs of others and for my needs. (Give us today our daily bread. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one)Y: Yield my will to Gods will. (Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven) Connect with me:Facebook: facebook.com/uikumuhoneInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/UikumuhoneEmail: uilanikumuhone@gmail.com

Sibusiso Matshaya has been sentenced to five life terms and an additional 25 years for raping raping four school girls and two women in and around Vereeniging in the Vaal. Matshaya who is dubbed the Vereeniging serial rapist appeared in the High Court sitting in Palm Ridge east of Johannesburg. The court also ordered that Matshaya's name be added to the sexual offenders' register. Between 2016 and 2019, Matshaya waited in the open veld where he targeted women and young girls walking alone. He accosted them, threaten them with a firearm or a knife and dragged them into the bush before raping them. Horisani Sithole reports ...

Episode 139 is full of peace and a smattering of love as the Boers gather in Vereeniging to discuss the British terms of surrender. As you can well imagine, the moment is bitter sweet. Men who have not seen their children for years are reunited on May 15th, while further afield, in the prisoner-of-war camps, the news is greeted with both joy and sorrow. So here we are, in Vereeniging on May 15th 1902. It's a settlement our narrator Deneys Reitz passed on his way back from the Natal front “This is a small mining village on the banks of the Vaal River, where nearly two years before, I had watched the Irishmen burning the railway stores during the retreat from the south” he writes. Remember he's riding with Jan Smuts and the other representatives chosen by Boers in the Eastern Transvaal. There will be representatives from the Free State who will be housed in an array of British army tents along with the Transvaal emissaries, each region with its own section. The British had prepared this tented camp with precision. It was laid out in a square, with the delegates meeting in a large central marquees, mess tent on one side, toilets were long drops as they're known in South Africa – pit latrines. But where was the stern General Christiaan de Wet ? Also missing were a handful of the Free State Delegates. Eventually on the morning of the 15th May, the day of the meeting, de Wet and a few hardliners arrived – fashionably late. The other senior political and military leadership were already in Vereeniging, along with Commandant General Louis Botha and de la Rey, Vice President Burgher of the Transvaal, members of the two government and of course, Jan Smuts. Reitz senior was also present, with JB Krogh, LJ Meijer, LJ Jacobs. Each Boer Republic was represented by 30 delegates. For the Free State Judge Hertzog was present, along with Secretary of State WJB Brebner, commander in chief de Wet and CH Olivier. Missing was his the man who'd survived so many incidents and battles on the veld – President Steyn.

We're up to episode 138 and it's a week to go before the all-important Boer Conference in Vereeniging starting May 15th 1902. Lord Kitchener has ordered his men in all intents and purposes to stop chasing the Boers, stop the burning of farms and to wait for the Boers conference. We have heard how Jan Smuts and Louis Botha met in the Eastern Transvaal, chose their representatives and now were making their way to the South Eastern border down on the banks of the Vaal River. That was on the 4th May 1902. The western Transvaal Boers were doing the same, selecting 30 representatives who would debate the future of their people, so too were Free State's president Steyn and diehard General Christiaan de Wet – except for the outcome. They wanted the Boer conference to reject surrender and to push on to oblivion. Which is what awaited the hawks I'm afraid. Lord Milner the British High Commissioner also wanted the Boers to fight until they were totally crushed so that he could flood South Africa with English loyalists. In military terms, you know you're in trouble when your most hated adversary thinks your strategy should be to fight to an inevitable death. That's what the loyalists through South African wanted, the English speaking hard-core British iumperialists. Yes, they were shouting, keep it up Mr Boer until your terms of surrender at unconditional then you'll be all but extinct and we can just take over everything you've built. The most vocal jingos of the day were actually despised the professional British officer corps in South Africa. The war needed to end so that they could get on with their careers. Winston Churchill was one of those who found what were known as loyalists as deeply concerning. He'd survived a Boer prisoner of war camp and many close calls and respected his former captors, there was very little rancor. While the Boers and the British were framing their views and devising their negotiation strategies, an incident in Natal on May 6th was to sharpen everybody's minds. Some historians have suggested that what became known as the Holkrantz incident gave further impetus to the Peace Process and strengthened the hand of the moderate Boers like Smuts and Botha who wanted to end the war immediately. Steyn and de Wet on the other hand took the opposing view – fight on was their rallying call. Watching all of this closely was black South Africa. The massacre at Holkrantz shocked most Boers into accepting that the longer this war continued and the more unlawful the landscape would become.

First we join General Jan Smuts who has been waiting in Cape Town for the British to lay on a a train to take him inland where he will join the Boer political and military leaders at Vereeniging for a conference starting on May 15th. They gathered in order to discuss the British terms of surrender. Smuts was mostly silent while he waited with his brother in law Krige and Deneys Reitz our narrator. They were placed aboard the warship HMS Monarch in Simonstown. Just to set the record straight, I said last week this was an Orion class battleship but of course it was just a normal warship as her namesake was only launched in 1910. My apologies, but a quick description about both is in order. The Monarch was placed as Guardship in Simonstown port in 1900. This was one of the older vessels in Britain's navy having been launched in 1868. It was also a symbolic vessel for Smuts, Reitz and Krige to find themselves. The design has been neither modern nor old. Built in the 1860s when sail was giving way to steam, wooden hulls were being replaced by iron, smoothbore artillery firing round-shot had been overtaken by rifled shell-firing cannon, heavy armour was being mounted on the sides. Mounted gun turrets were being mooted by the Navy top brass as well, but others more conservative opposed the upgrade. So she was a compromise and therefore pleased no-one. When it was built the Navy said steam engines were still not reliable enough so HMS Monarch was fitted with both engine, sails and even a forecastle. That prohibited the gun turrets from being able to fire forward – so in all intents and purposes she remained a man-o-war like the old wooden battleships of the 18th Century. After her renaming in 1902 as the HMS Simoon, the Royal Navy launched its new Orion Class dreadnoughts and the more modern HMS Monarch appeared in 1910. AS an aside, Monarch fought in the Battle of Jutland in 1916 and her shells damaged the German Dreadnought, SMS Koenig. Back in Simonstown Deneys Reitz, his general and the General's brother in law waited for their train. They were hurried through the suburbs of Cape Town in the dead of night so that no-one would catch sight of the famous General Smuts, then switched trains at the main line at Salt River. The next day they awoke in Matjesfontein in the Karoo. It's also time to rejoin Boer Spy Johanna van Warmelo one more time. She asked and was given permission to visit Irene concentration Camp outside Pretoria. If you remember she had worked there as a nurse months before, when women and children were dying at a rate of up to a dozen a day. At the end of April 1902 Johanna was finally allowed to visit Irene and dreaded what was awaiting her there.

We're back in the Northern Cape with General Jan Smuts. He's been waiting in vain for more than two weeks for the British to send a relief force after he laid siege to the well defended town of O'Kiep having already seized Springbok and Concordia. Meanwhile, the first round of peace talks have already ended in Pretoria with the Boers undertaking to select representatives to appear at follow up talks set to take place at Vereeniging starting on May 15th 1902. Smuts has no idea that this meeting has already been agreed. As far as he's concerned, the British will send a relief column by ship from Cape Town to Port Nolloth, and entrain from there to O'Kiep – which is a copper producing town of some significance. Compared to Kimberley and Johannesburg, hardly strategic, but important nonetheless. And with him is our young narrator Deneys Reitz, fighting on with the other bitter enders. “On the surface things looked prosperous..” he writes in his book Commando. “Five months ago we had come into this western country hunted like outlaws, and today we practically held the whole area from the Olifants to the Orange River four hundred miles away…” Except of course for a few garrison towns which had held out against Smuts. These were now hunkered down and the British inside the towns were unable to travel freely while the Boers roamed this vast territory at will. The success of Smuts' commando were gratifying for the Volk back home in the Free State and Transvaal, as well as sympathisers in the Cape. Their spirits had been raised as reports circulated about General Smuts' incredible attacks using hand grenades and trench type warfare at Springbok and Concordia. “Unfortunately while matters stood thus well with us, the situation in the two Republics up north was far otherwise..” Lord Kitchener's drives and policy of scorched earth had worked in the end. Smuts had been out of touch from his own leaders since the previous September. That was almost nine months of no direct messages. Even guerrilla leaders must be in communication at some point or the entire idea of command and control evaporates in a mist of local delusion. “We had been out of touch with them for so long that we did not realise the desperate straits to which they had come..” Reitz along with Smuts had been trying to motivate the men while at the same time, realised that this war could not continue in the same vein. Something had to give. So towards the end of April, Smuts and his men were living in the town of Concordia which lies around four miles from O'Kiep. The British there were dug in and their defensive positions were too difficult to overrun. Smuts had assumed that eventually the relief force would arrive, and it would be large. This he believed, would mean the southern region of the Cape would have been weakened and then he could make a direct dash south and perhaps catch the British off-guard. Reitz presumed the dash included a possible attack on the outskirts of Cape Town.

Te midde van die Korona-virus, herinner ons dat dit vandag Menseregtedag is... Dis vandag presies SESTIG jaar gelede dat 'n skare swart Suid-Afrikaners by Sharpeville se plaaslike polisie stasie naby Vereeniging saamgetrek het om teen die paswette te betoog. DIE vreedsame betoging het tot n bloedbad gelei toe die polisie nege-en-sestig mense dood geskiet het. Wilna Matthee het in 2004 'n spesiale verslag saamgestel om die Sharpeville gebeure binne die politieke konteks van die onstuimige sestiger jare te plaas:

Esther Milanzi (Ubuntu) is a creative writer, educator, traveler, wife to her husband Angelo and someone who radiates bread-crumbs for other creatives. She is the co-founder of the Surat Warrior Writers group in Thailand, she conducts weekly creative writing workshops and writer’s groups here in Bali, she is passionate about building a community of creatives and cultivating alternative ways for people to connect (other than just partying). Esther is currently a superstar educator at the globally recognised Green School, Bali. She is a black South African and half Caucasian American who has spent most of her life in America with her mother and two sisters. Esther was estranged from her biological father who was deported from the USA when she was three years old. The opportunity to visit the birthplace of humanity (Africa) arrived after she finished graduate school from Florida State University with a degree in International Education Development. Esther was then awarded a Fulbright grant to teach leadership and literacy skills at a FET college in Vereeniging, South Africa, an Afrikaans town forty minutes south of Johannesburg. Esther’s traveling experiences (and blogging while doing so), became an unintentional journal of her healing journey, it has helped her to develop a deeper understanding of the post-apartheid racial climate, and it has given her a sense of closure after visiting her father’s gravesite (twenty-three years later). Esther’s travel journey of self-realisation also led her to meeting her paternal family (including a younger brother and sister). It was with this connection that she received, from her cousin, her South African name Ubuntu; meaning humanity. In this week’s episode, Esther is with me to share her experiences, challenges, strength, and hopes for the future.Support the show (https://terriblehappytalks.teemill.com)

Dit is de lezing die Francis Fukuyama op 10 maart 2019, hield in Concertgebouw de Vereeniging in Nijmegen. Deze socioloog, politicoloog en filosoof, verbonden aan de Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore was te gast van Radboud Reflects van de Radboud Universiteit in Nijmegen. Hij sprak over zijn nieuwe boek Identiteit. Hier hoor je alleen Fukuyama's lezing. Maar het hele programma met het interview door Fleur Jongepier kun je vinden op TXTradio. En alles in het Engels dus.  

Deze week een gesprek tussen Eveline van Rijswijk en schrijver Alies Pegtel, die het boek ‘Buitengewone vrouwen: In de voetsporen van Aletta Jacobs’ schreef. Zij portretteert in haar boek vijftien bijzondere vrouwen, waaronder natuurlijk Aletta Jacobs, maar ook Marga Klompé, Angela Maas en Els Borst. Ze waren allemaal lid van de ‘Vereeniging voor vrouwen met een academische opleiding’, de VVAO.

ʼn Rede uit die Verlede-episodeMet die stigting van die Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek (ook bekend as Transvaal) in 1852, het nuwe staatkundige instellings die lig gesien wat die eenheidstrewe van die Transvaalse burgery moes sentraliseer. Ten opsigte van die burgery se geestelike bearbeiding, moes daar ʼn “Staatkerk” wees wat na hulle geestelike ontwikkeling kon omsien; ʼn kerk wat nie deur die Murray-predikante uit Kaapland beïnvloed was nie. Die antwoord vir die Transvalers was die Nederduitsch Hervormde Kerk.In sommige kringe het dit bekend gestaan as die “Voortrekkerkerk”Die geskiedenis van hierdie kerk, oor die laaste 160 jaar, is besonder interessant, omdat baie invloede en moontlikhede die geskiedkundige roete van hierdie kerk se ontwikkeling bepaal het. Struwelinge tussen spesifieke predikante en gemeentes, die diens van die kerk gedurende Volksraadsvergaderings en die ligging van gemeentes is maar net ʼn paar kwessies wat kerkrade en predikante moes hanteer. Dalk die belangrikste gebeurtenis wat die geskiedenis van hierdie kerk bepaal het, was die begeerte om saam te werk met ander Calvinistiese kerke en dan weer later in individuele strome voort te beweeg.Met die einde van ʼn hartverskeurende oorlog in 1902 moes hierdie einste kerk begin help bou aan die lewens van hul gemeentelede. Hoe het hulle dit reggekry? Wat het hulle alles bemagtig na die Vrede van Vereeniging? 'n Mens kort ʼn kerkhistorikus om die antwoorde netjies en verstaanbaar uit te lê. Ds. Carel-Johann du Bruin is net die regte persoon vir hierdie taak. Hy het met Eensgesind gesels en ons is seker u sal saamstem dat hy sy veld goed ken. Noudat Hemelvaartdag in Mei gevier word, het ons dit goed gedink om hierdie opname nou vry te stel. Gelowig of nie, die geskiedenis van die Hervormde kerk is interessant en laat 'n mens baie dink oor die ou dae in Transvaal. Luister graag saam. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Gauteng Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi says he will be meeting with all stakeholders this week in order to address the violence that took place outside Hoerskool Overvaal in Vereeniging this past week and at other schools in Soweto. Members of the ANC and the EFF protested outside Hoerskool Overvaal following the Afrikaans medium school's court victory against the department which sought to have 55 English speaking learners placed at the school. The court said the department did not follow due process and also highlighted that there were places available for the learners at nearby English medium schools. At the same time, thousands of learners are yet to be placed. Our presenter Elvis Presslin spoke to MEC Panyaza Lesufi.

Police have made a number of arrests outside Hoerskool Overvaal in Vereeniging after a petrol bomb was thrown at a police vehicle. Violent clashes between parents of learners at the school and protesters has escalated on the second day of the protests. The school has been at the center of racial tensions after it refused to accept 55 English-speaking pupils. Tsepiso Makwetla spoke to our reporter Ditaba Tsotetsi

Chaos erupted at Overvaal Hoerskool in Vereeniging on the Vaal on the first day of school today. Police were forced to fire stun-grenades to defuse a stand-off between protesters and by-standers. Three people have been injured. Dozens of ANC and EFF members protested outside the school following a high court ruling setting aside the Gauteng Education Department's decision to place 55 English speaking learners at the Afrikaans medium school. Tsepiso Makwetla spoke to our reporter Angela Bolowana

An Afrikaans school in Vereeniging has won its case in the Pretoria High Court against the Gauteng education department. Hoërskool Overvaal approached the courts to overturn the Gauteng Department of Education's decision to admit 55 English speaking learners to the Afrikaans-medium school. Tsepiso Makwetla spoke to Gauteng MEC for Education Panyaza Lesufi

'n Gedeelte van die NG Kerk is in rep en roer oor wat hulle 'n Oscar vir dominees noem. Dit volg na Coram Deo Gemeente in Risiville, Vereeniging, besluit het om predikante te beloon vir hul prediking. Vir talle lidmate is dit onvanpas. Izak du Plessis berig.

In May of 1902 the Peace of Vereeniging was signed between Boer forces and the British (putting an end to a set of wars between the two sides).  After a few years, the former Boer republics joined with the British territories and, in May of 1910, they formed the Union of South Africa.   The African National Congress was then created, just two years later, in 1912 to respond to the white-run government.  Ironically, eight years after this formation, in 1918, Nelson Mandela was also born. The government began to, immediately, codify its suppression of black South Africans.   In 1913 the Natives Land Act was passed which set aside about 13% of South Africa's land for the "Native population."  It prohibited blacks from buying, renting, or using land anywhere outside of the areas that were set aside for them.

Gauteng police will investigate if the taxi involved in a crash where 19 people died on the R-28 between Westonaria and Vereeniging was overloaded. The cause of the crash is not yet clear, but it's believed the the taxi had a tyre burst before colliding with a truck, and caught fire. Horisani Sithole reports ..

Labour and business want government to reassess policies which they say, are leading to job losses in the steel industry. Representatives of the sector and government met this past weekend to discuss possible ways of avoiding major job cuts. The trade union NUMSA says at least 30-thousand workers in the steel industry face retrenchments in the next two months. Arcelor Mittal is considering closing its Vereeniging plant, while other major companies such as Evraz Highveld Steel in Mpumalanga and Scaw Metals intend retrenching thousands of workers. Sakina Kamwendo spoke to Numsa's general-secretary, Irvin Jim...

More than 14-thousand illegal firearms have been destroyed in Vereeniging in the Vaal Triangle. It's the second time a stash of guns has been destroyed by police this year. The initiative is aimed at making South Africa safer. Sashin Naidoo reports

Often when consumers want service providers to do a speedy but proper job they will pay the full amount upfront. But this can sometimes lead to problems where the company or service provider disappears before fulfilling their part of the agreement, as was the case between Katy Majoro from Phuthaditjhaba in the Free State and PG Gates based in Vereeniging.

'n Familie van Vereeniging is in rou gedompel ná die dood van hulle seun by sy werkplek en dring aan op antwoorde oor wat tot sy dood gelei het. Die 26-jarige Armand Visagie is twee weke gelede deur gifgas oorval nadat 'n pyp by die onderneming waar hy gewerk het, vermoedelik gelek het. Hy is Vrydag begrawe. Sy familie sê dit is moeilik om sy dood te verwerk omdat daar steeds te veel onbeantwoorde vrae oor sy dood is.