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Heritage of Faith  Ministries International || Witbank    Pastor John Bendixen Preaching at Heritage of Faith Ministries International, Witbank on.    2026-02-22- Accelerating Into Victory Part 4 - Ps John Bendixen - WTB    For more information: https://hofmi.net/ 

Heritage of Faith  Ministries International || Witbank    Pastor John Bendixen Preaching at Heritage of Faith Ministries International, Witbank on.    2026-02-15- Accelerating Into Victory Part 3 - Ps John Bendixen - WTB    For more information: https://hofmi.net/ 

Heritage of Faith  Ministries International || Witbank    Pastor John Bendixen Preaching at Heritage of Faith Ministries International, Witbank on.    2026-02-08- Accelerating Into Victory Part 2 - Ps John Bendixen - WTB    For more information: https://hofmi.net/ 

Heritage of Faith  Ministries International || Witbank    Pastor John Bendixen Preaching at Heritage of Faith Ministries International, Witbank on.    2026-02-01 - Accelerating Into Victory - Ps John Bendixen - WTB    For more information: https://hofmi.net/ 

Heritage of Faith  Ministries International || Witbank     Pastor John Bendixen Preaching at Heritage of Faith Ministries International, Witbank on.    2025-11-23 - Sunday Service - Ps John Bendixen - WTB   For more information: https://hofmi.net/ 

Heritage of Faith  Ministries International || Witbank    Pastor Craig Field Preaching at Heritage of Faith Ministries International, Witbank on.    2025-12-26 Special Evening Services - Ps Craig Field - WTB   For more information: https://hofmi.net/ 

Heritage of Faith  Ministries International || Witbank    Pastor John Bendixen Preaching at Heritage of Faith Ministries International, Witbank on.    2025-11-02 Sunday Service - Ps John Bendixen - WTB  For more information: https://hofmi.net/ 

Heritage of Faith  Ministries International || Witbank    Pastor John Bendixen Preaching at Heritage of Faith Ministries International, Witbank on.    2025-10-12 Sunday Evening Service - Ps John Bendixen - WTB   For more information: https://hofmi.net/ 

My Story  Talk 28  Activities Beyond Europe Welcome to Talk 28 in our series where I'm reflecting on God's goodness to me throughout my life. Looking back on it, I suppose I travelled fairly widely during the time we were at Mattersey. Apart from the many places in Europe we visited, I found myself on the Lord's business in America, Africa, and Asia, though never, incidentally in Australia. These visits, which cover the period from 1982 to 2004, were either in connection with the Pentecostal World Conference which later became the Pentecostal World Fellowship or preaching trips The Pentecostal World Conference My reason for attending the Pentecostal World Conference in Oslo in 1992 was that, because it was being held in Europe, the PEF presidium had decided to hold a committee meeting there at the same time. Eileen and I had visited Norway for the first time two years previously where we had enjoyed a holiday there before attending the EPTA conference in Lillehammer. This time, however, I was alone. During one of the mornings, I was sitting high up at the back of the auditorium and was surprised to hear my name mentioned at the close of the session. Dr Ray Hughes was asking me to see him on the platform during the coffee break.  I couldn't imagine why but, of course, went to see him as requested. This was not quite as easy as it sounds because to get there I had to make my way through hundreds of people who were exiting the venue and all walking in the opposite direct from me. When I finally got there, he said to me, Oh David, as you know, you've been appointed to the Advisory Committee, and we'd like you to sit on the platform with us for the rest of the conference. Well, I knew nothing about this appointment. It was a complete surprise and when a year or so later I was elected to the Presidium it was an even greater honour. The 1995 conference was particularly special because it was held in Jerusalem. And this time Eileen came with me. We had never been in Israel before and we made sure that we saw as many of the biblical sites as possible. We had booked a tour with a Christian company and travelled in a small coach with a group of Brits who were attending the conference, and it was there that we met Ivor and Jan Maddison who were pastoring the church in Ollerton, not far from Mattersey.  (We got to know Jan very well when she came to live in Brixham after Ivor had died). The tour involved a visit to Tiberias on the shore of Lake Galilee from where we visited Capernaum, took a trip across the lake in a boat like those used by Jesus' disciples and from which he calmed the storm, and had a meal on the lake shore eating ‘St. Peter's fish', so called because of the occasion where he found a coin in the fish's mouth. We went to Caesarea Philippi, a beautiful place, where Peter confessed Jesus as the Christ. We visited the place in the river Jordan where Jesus is believed to have been baptised, and further south we had a brief stop in Jericho.   We travelled up from there to Jerusalem in time for the conference and of course visited Bethlehem and all the places you would expect, many of which have been spoilt by centuries of tradition and tourism. Eileen got to see Nazareth, but I missed the trip because I had to be in a presidium meeting. Highlights in Jerusalem were the Garden of Gethsemane, and the via dolorosa. But without a doubt the visit to the garden tomb was by far the most moving. It may or may not have been the actual site of Jesus' burial and resurrection, although I like to think that it was, but it was certainly a powerful reminder of the truth – Jesus is not here, he is risen! And who could forget the visit to the Upper Room and joining with other Pentecostals in speaking in tongues as the first disciples did in Acts 2? After the conference we visited Masada, floated on the Dead Sea where it's impossible to sink, and went to the cave where the Dead Sea scrolls were discovered. It was there, I think, that we paid an Arab to let us take a photo of his camel! We also visited a museum where we saw a number of ancient seals, some dating back over three thousand years, and reminding us of Paul's teaching that after we believed we were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit. So during the trip there was much to remind us of Bible times and the truth of God's word. We were glad that we went but have never had a wish to return. Eileen is now enjoying the heavenly Jerusalem and one day I will join her there. And all because of Jesus! In 1998 the conference was held in Seoul, Korea, at the vast Yoido Full Gospel Church led by David Yongghi Cho, numbering at the time some 720,000 members. We had at first thought to extend the trip and visit China and the Great Wall. Eileen had always had a great interest in China, but when it turned out that the visit was not feasible she decided not to accompany me. I had met Cho at the London world conference in 1976 when I gave him a copy of my book, Know the Truth, later to be renamed You'd Better Believe It. I was naturally interested to visit his church and to experience one of the Sunday services there. There were, I think, six services each Sunday to accommodate the vast numbers. Everything had to be organised and left little if any room for the exercise of spiritual gifts like tongues, interpretation and prophecy which we might expect in a smaller congregation. Presumably there was opportunity for such gifts to be experienced in their many home groups. The final meeting of the conference was held in the Olympic Stadium where it was estimated that over 100,000 people were in attendance. I was privileged to read from the scriptures, which I found a little difficult on this occasion as I had somehow mislaid my glasses on a visit to the Prayer Mountain and was using a pair borrowed from an English brother who was staying in the same hotel as me. During the conference it was decided to hold the next presidium meeting in Hawaii in 1999. The reasoning seemed to be that as Hawaii is in the Pacific Ocean it was not too far from either Asia or America. However, no one considered the inconvenience for anyone travelling from Europe! But as I was the only European on the presidium I could hardly object. So that is how I came to fly to Hawaii, a 24 hour journey each way, for a three-day committee meeting! The purpose was to plan for the 2001 conference which was to be held in Los Angeles. Fortunately, the meeting finished a day early and I had a day to spare before flying home. This gave me the opportunity to take a minibus tour of the island, visiting among other things Pearl Harbour and a tropical rain forest. I also experienced macadamia nuts for the first time and learnt that the name comes a Scot named Macadam who first discovered them and who also invented tarmac! Eileen was able to travel with me for the Los Angeles conference in 2001 and in the week before the conference we both enjoyed a short holiday staying with Brian and Ann Lee, old friends from Retford who had emigrated to La Verne just a few miles from L.A.  It was good to renew fellowship with them and to preach in their local AoG church. At the conference itself I had been asked to chair a theological seminar at which Roger Stronstad, a Canadian scholar whose writings I greatly admired, was to be one of the speakers. The subject was the baptism in the Holy Spirit, and at the last minute, I was asked to be the other speaker deputising for an American brother who was unable to attend. I was so grateful to the Lord for the opportunity he gave me to speak at the conference and the help he gave me to do so. The last world conference we attended was in South Africa in 2004. This conference was in many ways different from all the others. In the opening meeting the delegates were warmly welcomed by the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeke who had been deputy president under Nelson Mandela from 1994 to 1999 and served as president from '99 to 2008. Eileen felt particularly honoured as she was seated right next to him on the front row! But much more important was the fact that so many participants were from African countries, and the meetings were marked by the freedom of expression so typical of African worship and so different from the formalism we have seen elsewhere even in some Pentecostal meetings. It was something we were to see much more of in later visits to Africa in the years that followed my retirement from Mattersey, After the conference we hired a car and travelled to the Africa School of Missions founded by Paul Alexander, my newly appointed successor at Mattersey. We broke our journey at Witbank where I preached at two services on the Sunday, travelling on to ASM on the Monday where we were warmly welcomed by the staff. They asked us if we were planning to visit the Kruger National Park, and, when we said no, one of them kindly phoned a relative who worked there and arranged for us to stay for a few nights at Skukuza, one of the safari lodges in the park. Our accommodation was in an extremely comfortable one-room apartment that looked something like a traditional African hut with a thatched roof. The restaurants served excellent food which was relatively inexpensive and offered views overlooking the wonderful wildlife. We enjoyed every moment we spent at Skukuza, especially when a company of mongooses ran across the compound in single file right in front of us. But of course it was driving outside the safari park that we saw most of the wildlife. It was early spring in the southern hemisphere, and the leaves had only just begun to appear on the trees and bushes, making it easy to spot whatever animals and birds happened to be in the area. We travelled miles each day, taking care to obey the instruction never to get out of the car except in specially designated safe places. We were also glad that the car had good air-conditioning because it was often important to ensure the windows were closed. On one occasion we stopped to watch a group of baboons in the road just ahead of us and I closed the electric windows. However, I had momentarily forgotten that, unlike our car at home, our hire car had electric windows only at the front. We only realised the back ones were still open when a large baboon leapt in onto the back seat attempting to steal our lunch! I turned round and shouted in a loud voice – Eileen later told the grandchildren that Grandad roared like a lion – and thank God, the animal obeyed! Both we and our lunch were safe. After that, we never opened the back windows again for the rest of the trip. Apart from that, the remainder of our stay there was relatively uneventful. We loved it so much that when I was back at ASM a few years later I borrowed a car and went back there. Our visit was far too short but was the highlight of our trip to South Africa. We were particularly grateful that in such a short time we had managed to see the big five – lion, leopard, elephant, rhino, and buffalo, a wonderful ending to our last Pentecostal World Conference. Preaching trips But of course my travels beyond Europe were not limited to my role in the Pentecostal World Fellowship. There were preaching trips as well. At first, these centred on the USA where I combined preaching with raising funds for our building project. An American AoG pastor named Paul Curtis had a burden for Britain came to see me on one of his trips to England and said he would like to help raise funds for our new Hall of Residence. So at Paul's invitation, in February '82 I spent ten days preaching in AoG churches in North Carolina with a view to returning in mid-May for a period of four weeks. I enjoyed the trip in February, and the Lord blessed my ministry, and about £1400 was raised towards our building fund. Hopefully the trip in May-June would be more fruitful in that respect. I was looking forward to it and had bought my flights in advance as that was more economical. But only a few weeks before the trip Paul contacted me to apologise and tell me that he had been unable to arrange a suitable itinerary for me and that he felt that the time was not right. But I had already bought non-refundable tickets for flights both ways! And I had already planned the timetable at Mattersey to enable me to be away from the college throughout that period! After praying about it I contacted John and Sara Miles who were by then living in Naperville, Illinois, and asked their advice. Sara suggested that I was in a situation like Abraham's when he set off not knowing where the Lord would lead him. So I used the air tickets to fly as far as New York and paid the extra to fly on to Chicago where John and Sara collected me from O'Hare airport on May the 18th. When I arrived they told me that they had contacted Richard Dortch, the Superintendent of the Illinois AoG, and that he was arranging an itinerary for me around Illinois where I was already known through my three visits back in the seventies. I stayed with John and Sara until 6th July preaching in churches in the Chicago area on Sundays and Wednesday evenings. These included Yorkville, Palatine, Dekalb, Naperville, and Lake Villa as well as Chicago itself. I also spent a day at Wheaton College, had lunch with John, who was now a French professor there, and with Peter Kuzmic from Yugoslavia, and saw the wardrobe made famous in C.S. Lewis's The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. On Thursday the 27th I flew via Denver to San José, California, to visit Bethany Bible College. Dick Foth, who had been the pastor in Urbana where I first preached on my visit to the States in 1972, was now the President of Bethany and I had a couple of useful days with him visiting the college and comparing notes.  I had an interesting experience flying back on the Saturday. The weather was extremely hot and everyone else was dressed in shorts and T shirts. I, however, was still wearing my jacket. As I was waiting in the queue to check in, an airline official approached me and said, Excuse me, sir. I wonder if you can help me. We're overbooked in Economy Class, and as you seem to be a suitable gentleman, I wonder if you would mind travelling First Class. Would I mind! It was the first and only time I have travelled First Class and, although I could never justify the expense of doing so, I was more than happy to enjoy the experience at no extra cost to myself. On 6th June I left Naperville and flew to Urbana where I preached on the Sunday and where my old friend Jim Hall was now the pastor. The next day I flew to Springfield MO to visit two other AoG colleges, Evangel College and Central Bible College, as well as the Graduate School located in the AoG Headquarters in Boonville Avenue. When I returned to Urbana on the Friday, Jim Hall had arranged an English Evening where I talked about the spiritual state of the UK and taught the Americans how to make a proper cup of tea! On the Sunday morning, I preached in Normal, where Marvin Foulkes was the pastor. I had preached for Marvin back in '72 and '74 and was delighted to see how much the church had grown since then. In the evening, I preached in Decatur from where I flew back to Chicago ready for my return to England the next day. Looking back on it, I felt that the trip had been very worthwhile, not just because it raised about $5000 for our college, but because of the opportunity it gave me to visit and learn from other AoG colleges and expand my vision for Mattersey. I was very grateful to Richard Dortch for making it possible. A year later I met Dortch in Portugal at the opening of the new chapel in the Bible College in Fanhões, near Lisbon, and he shared with me that he was soon likely to become the Executive Vice-President at PTL, the centre of Jimmy and Tammy Bakker's ministry, and he invited me to preach for a week on their TV station. This took place in 1985 and during our stay Eileen, Jonathan, and I were treated to the luxurious accommodation of the Heritage Grand Hotel. And we came home with a significant sum of money for our building fund.  We were, of course, very grateful for their hospitality and generosity, but I confess I was not really comfortable about so much luxury. Coming to terms with the cultural differences and levels of poverty or prosperity we see around the world is by no means easy. The riches of America were in stark contrast with the poverty I was to see in India less than a year later. But I'll tell you about that next time.

Heritage of Faith  Ministries International || Witbank     Speaker Bill Hoor Preaching at Heritage of Faith Ministries International  Witbank on.     Created to be Greater - Br Bill Horn - WTB    For more information: https://hofmi.net/ 

Heritage of Faith  Ministries International || Witbank    Pastor Sharon Bendixen Preaching at Heritage of Faith Ministries International, Witbank on.    2025-09-14 Accelerating Into Our Future Part 34 - Ps Sharon Bendixen For more information: https://hofmi.net/ 

Heritage of Faith  Ministries International || Witbank    Pastor Sharon Bendixen Preaching at Heritage of Faith Ministries International, Witbank on.    2025-09-07 Sunday Service - Ps Sharon Bendixen - WTB  For more information: https://hofmi.net/ 

Heritage of Faith  Ministries International || Witbank    Pastor John Bendixen Preaching at Heritage of Faith Ministries International, Witbank on.    2025-08-03 Sunday Morning Services - Ps John Bendixen - WTB  For more information: https://hofmi.net/ 

Heritage of Faith  Ministries International || Witbank    Pastor John Bendixen Preaching at Heritage of Faith Ministries International, Witbank on.    2025-07-13 Sunday Service - Ps John Bendixen - WTB    For more information: https://hofmi.net/ 

Heritage of Faith  Ministries International || Witbank    Pastor John Bendixen Preaching at Heritage of Faith Ministries International, Witbank on.    2025-07-13 Sunday Afternoon Service - Ps John Bendixen - WTB  For more information: https://hofmi.net/ 

Witbank Matriculant achieves 8 distinctions, Prioritises Quran memorisation before Medical studies by Radio Islam

Sometimes you come across restaurants in a small town that are so good that you wish they can open in every other city.  What store do you wish was a franchise, but it's just in Kimberly, or Witbank... or another small town?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Police Minister Bheki Cele has been ordered to pay an insurance group R93 million in damages. The Pretoria High Court found Minister Cele personally liable to underwriter, Lloyd's of London over a 2014 cash heist executed by a gang of criminals and two police officials. The gang stole R100 million from a security company's vault in eMalahleni (formerly Witbank). Lloyd's paid SBV what it lost, and the insurance group filed for damages against the Minister. For more on this Elvis Presslin spoke to Legal expert Nthabiseng Dubaza from Dubazana Attorneys

In this companion podcast series to the Showmax Original Catch Me A Killer, True Crime South Africa host and creator, Nicole Engelbrecht, delves into the details of the cases presenting in the series. In this episode (the companion to episode 3) we look at the cases of the Cleveland Serial Killer and the Witbank series. Instagram · Pinterest · Facebook · YouTube · Twitter · LinkedIn

In this companion podcast series to the Showmax Original Catch Me A Killer, True Crime South Africa host and creator, Nicole Engelbrecht, delves into the details of the cases presenting in the series. In this episode (the companion to episode 3) we look at the cases of the Cleveland Serial Killer and the Witbank series. Instagram · Pinterest · Facebook · YouTube · Twitter · LinkedIn

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Dodai Dorothy of Witbank, South Africa, made a special guest appearance and shared her journey, which involved an alcoholic parent, abandonment, unforgiveness, anger, illness, kidnapping, and how God turned it all around through her fervent prayer altar. Today, Dodai Dorothy's a life coach, minister, intercessor, and a very successful businesswoman in the corporate world. This one is POWERFUL!

08.06.23 Pt 2 - Imagine not having access to water for 10 days! Leeto Nthoba joins the show and provides the team with an update on the water crisis in Witbank, leading to a discussion about water rights. Should the country be listening to Bantu Holomisa, or do we need new voices? www.cliffcentral.com

Leeto Nthoba updates the team on Witbank's water struggle, triggering a debate on water rights in South Africa, and the need for new voices in the political space. Plus, as we ponder the future of universities, Leeto shares some powerful words: "We are the surgical knives that cut out the cancer." The Burning Platform The Burning Platform The Burning Platform

Leeto Nthoba updates the team on Witbank's water struggle, triggering a debate on water rights in South Africa, and the need for new voices in the political space. Plus, as we ponder the future of universities, Leeto shares some powerful words: "We are the surgical knives that cut out the cancer." The Burning Platform The Burning Platform

Leeto Nthoba updates the team on Witbank's water struggle, triggering a debate on water rights in South Africa, and the need for new voices in the political space. Plus, as we ponder the future of universities, Leeto shares some powerful words: "We are the surgical knives that cut out the cancer." The Burning Platform

#TheDojo is back for Episode 11 since #TheExperienceParty. Thank you to everybody who came through. We get straight into it discussing the Pretoria High Court ruling that public facilities like schools and hospitals should not have load shedding. We touch on the Witbank protests with the community having stoned the mayor for comments she made to them. We ponder if SA should arrest Russian president. We briefly touch on the broken drivers license producing machine and length of the validity of drivers licenses. We look at the Texas mall shooting and the reason emanating as to why the shooter went on the killing spree, It is said he was sex starved.

At Monster Project Kitchen in Soweto, South Africa, the staff prepare daily for the power to go off, switching off the music and lights and readying the gas stoves.“Load-shedding affects us very badly,” said Fana Khumalo, who runs the restaurant, along with a number of other businesses in Orlando East, a part of South Africa's biggest township, Soweto.The lights may be off, but crisis mode is definitely switched on in South Africa. Despite a national state of disaster and a new minister of electricity, scheduled power outages — known as load-shedding — are heavily impacting ordinary citizens. Businessman Fana Khumalo stands in front of Monster Project Kitchen and talks with staff in Orlando East, Soweto, Johannesburg.   Credit: Elna Shütz/The World The average American might experience about 7 hours without electricity a year, mostly due to major weather events like hurricanes and snowstorms. But for South Africans, who have endured daily blackouts for the last four years, this is the norm.Power gets switched off according to a particular area on a scheduled basis, in stages. For instance, at stage six, 6,000 megawatts are taken from the national grid, meaning lights out for about 9 hours a day. The government implemented load-shedding for about 43% of last year.In mid-February, President Cyril Ramaphosa declared a national state of disaster to respond to the electricity crisis, granting the government broader powers, like exempting critical infrastructure from load-shedding. It also allowed for new electricity producers to skip through environmental regulations and unlock extra finances. Employees of Monster Project Kitchen prepare cow's heart and other traditional South African foods over gas during scheduled power cuts. Credit:  Elna Schutz/The World They also established a new transitory Ministry of Electricity, led by Kgosientsho “Sputla'' Ramokgopa, the new minister, who has a background in civil engineering. He hopes to end load-shedding, he said, but cautioned South Africans to be patient.'We serve our people'People like Khumalo feel the pressure on a daily basis. The kitchen is tucked off a busy road and serves food to up to 100 people a day. “With traditional food, you need to prepare it in the morning, because you have to cook it for long hours,” he said.One of their main dishes is cow heart, served alongside a stiff, staple maize porridge pap, usually shared and eaten by hand.“Pap and mogodo, pap and heart, liver, and cow head. That's what we do. We cook here, we serve our people, we have a sit in, or you can do a takeaway.” Employees of Monster Project Kitchen prepare cow's heart and other traditional South African foods over gas during scheduled power cuts.   Credit: Elna Shütz/The World Khumalo said they have become used to working on a schedule and will get by — but it's been hard.“You lose customers, because sometimes when they come in, there is no gas as a backup,” he said. “So, we lose money in that way.”His businesses have also had to let go of staff and deal with excess stock. “We eat the food, what can we do? Or we give it to the orphans in the neighborhood or we share it with our friends.” Businessman Fana Khumalo stands in front of Monster Project Kitchen in Orlando East, Soweto, Johannesburg.  Credit: Elna Shütz/The World He feels that the government is failing ordinary South Africans and small businesses. Khumalo said he worries about corruption and that too many people in power are making decisions that only serve their interests.“You are working on a break-even point just to keep the business going, just to think that maybe things will be better, the load-shedding will be over, so that we can go back to business normally, and give people the service that we've always given them.” An eatery next door to Monster Kitchen Project in Soweto, South Africa. Credit: Elna Shütz/The World Of course, these problems didn't happen overnight. Since 2007, there have been increasing bouts of load-shedding for a few months at a time, often because of compromised or failing infrastructure.Independent energy analyst Clyde Mallinson said that a few decades ago, the country had a surplus of coal-powered electricity, based in part on Apartheid-era sanctions.“So, what's actually happened is the coal fleet has deteriorated faster than they thought it would and we haven't put a new generation in place at a rate that can take over the job of what the coal fleet has been doing.”He said that the current working capacity of about 100 coal-fired power production units is closer to about 40 units.  A coal truck, right, passes the coal-powered Duvha power station, near Emalahleni (formerly Witbank) east of Johannesburg, Thursday, Nov. 17, 2022. South Africa's ever-worsening power crisis, in which homes and businesses go without electricity for up to 10 hours per day, is strangling Africa's most developed economy.  Credit: Denis Farrell/AP/File “So, we really, really are in big trouble at the moment, we've run out of time,” Mallinson said. He warns that there's looming electricity inequality ahead. “The economic engine of the country is in small-to-medium-sized business operations in all of the towns and cities. And it's those that are bleeding at the moment, by virtue of not being able to have electricity or have money to backup,” he said, adding that the rest of the population has to pick up the load of “very expensive, very dirty electricity coming from a gasping, dying utility.”The government's current Energy Action Plan includes new, renewable energy, more imported power and improved existing power plants. The different scenarios place the end of load-shedding anywhere between a few months to a few years.For now, load-shedding continues, and with it, the resilience of South Africans to adapt.

Today's story is a first for us. This is the first story we've been sent from overseas, and it's the first Mothman story we've been sent from another country. The couple who witnessed the creature are from Witbank, South Africa. One sighting occurred in October of 2022 and the other right before the Christmas Holiday on December 23rd, 2022. This first sighting occurred around 9:00 PM at night, back in October. The gentleman was alone sitting in the street waiting for his wife. He said that he started to feel uneasy, he looked up and there was a figure standing in the darkness down the street from him. He looked away for a second and then it was gone when he looked back. After this he decided to stand up to go see what it was, and that's when two dogs came charging towards him looking like they were going to attack him.When the dogs got about two meters away the dogs stopped in their tracks, then turned and ran the other way as if something scared them off. That's when he saw the thing standing directly in front of him. It opened its wings up and took off into the sky. It looked like a cross between a bird and a man, it looked dark brown colored. The second sighting took place on December 23rd 2022. This one was sent over by the gentleman's wife. They were walking over to a shop near their house at about 8:00PM to buy a few things when a truck with two people in the back of it stopped. They noticed that the two in the truck were looking up at something. The lady said she began to feel a feeling of dread and looked up, that's when she noticed what she described as a creature looking like what her husband had described to her previously. A large bird-like man, with a giant wingspan. It was in the air flying in circles above them.At this point they decided to turn around and head home. Along the way they looked back a few times and noticed it was still flying in the same spot.. They swore to each other that they would not be going back outside under any circumstances for the rest of the night.This pair of sightings is obviously different in some ways than our usual encounters. They saw one of our Mothman stories on our new “Mothman Sightings” Facebook group and thought it sounded like what they saw and decided to reach out to me. Even though this story isn't exactly Appalachian, Mothman encounters are always welcome!I thought it was interesting that the gentleman thought the creature felt like it was a protector, and his wife in the second case reported that she felt a feeling of dread and that it felt evil.I'm really excited to get our first Mothman sighting in from another country and our first submission from that part of the world! I hope we get more in the future. Thank you both for sending in these sightings! Remember if you've had a paranormal encounter be sure to email us and tell your story. We may end up featuring it. You can email us at webmaster@spookyappalachia.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

An alleged kingpin linked to Transnet fuel theft is expected to appear in the Witbank magistrate's court today. The 35-year-old suspect was arrested yesterday during a joint operation between the Hawks and Bidvest Protea Coin for his alleged involvement in a syndicate linked to the theft of fuel from the Transnet pipeline and damages to essential infrastructure. Elvis Presslin spoke to Hawks spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Philani Nkwalase...

MCVP 043-C (Guest Mix) - Bozza-LaA mix from one of the dope spinners in Witbank, laying it cool and smooth with local tunes!New music, new vibes and a new month! Here's to #MCVP043  and fun times. #PlayItLouder

Dodai Dorothy of Witbank, South Africa, made a special guest appearance and shared her journey, which involved an alcoholic parent, abandonment, unforgiveness, anger, illness, kidnapping, and how God turned it all around through her fervent prayer altar. Today, Dodai Dorothy's a life coach, minister, intercessor, and a very successful businesswoman in the corporate world. This one is POWERFUL!

In this week's episode, we talk to Isaac Masilela, the founder of Mziwethu. He was born on a farm in Mpumalanga, where his father was rendering his services for a place to stay. Watching his parents build houses with mud and farming to sell food, shaped him to be the entrepreneur he is today.   When he went to Secondary School, he went to live with his uncle who had structured houses; he decided then that he would build his parents a house. He became interested in housing and building houses.   In 1999, he had an opportunity to rent a 3 bedroom apartment to rent with friends, because he couldn't afford to pay for the house and his new car. This taught him that he could collaborate with people.    He bought his house in 2000, a few years after working for 3 years and took an R120,000 bond and invited his friends to stay with him and charged them rent so he ended up staying for free.   This sparked his interest in property and he decided to buy another property, which he rented out to someone. By 2004 he had 6 properties in his own name.   He then decided to buy a half complete house. He completed it and flipped it. He had no experience in building a house and had to register as a builder. He made a profit of about R300,000 on that house in 2 months. This motivated him to keep going in building houses and selling them.   In 2005, some guys approached him to start building some properties together and do property development and they ended up building 20 upmarket houses in Witbank. By the time they completed the development, the recession hit in 2008, so they ended up with R30 million in properties.   Because it was a recession, people were not qualifying for home loans, which encouraged him to pivot to lower-income housing and social housing, because people were qualifying for lower-priced properties.   His company, Mziwethu, focuses on the Gap Market, where people get grants from the government and housing subsidies from their employers. Fast forward to now where his company builds hundreds of houses per annum for the low-income market.   This is how Mziwethu ended up partnering with Sakhisizwe and Property Magicians Stokvel, which have invested a total of R3 million into their project in Secunda so far; we are now discussing how to work with Isaac to help his company generate R1 billion in revenue per month.   This is another incredible episode.   Tune in!

A potential food crisis may be brewing in South Africa as domestic coal consumers face increasing difficulty in securing coal supplies at a fair price to fire their processing plants, says commodity insights and marketplace company African Source Markets CEO Bevan Jones. He tells Mining Weekly that, currently, South African producers of high-quality coal are increasingly neglecting the domestic industrial sector as a result of high US Dollar export coal prices. Coal started its rally in late 2020 amid a failure of European Union renewable power to generate sufficiently; natural gas shortages; and as demand for electricity surged, following the easing of Covid-19 restrictions. However, coal prices showed signs of easing this year, until Russia's invasion of Ukraine served to massively boost demand for coal, especially in Europe, after many energy consumers there sought to reactivate their coal plants as natural gas prices soared. Once sanctions were imposed on Russian coal, European buyers had to scramble to source alternative supplies of coal, with a sudden and huge demand for South African coal. Other factors driving up demand and prices for coal include an industrial revitalisation after Covid-19 restrictions were lifted, global coal logistics issues, lower exports out of Indonesia, flooding in Australia that impacted on coal supply from mines and a significant heatwave in India that is resulting in coal shortages as electricity demand spikes. Coal prices reached an all-time high of $400/t in March and averaged $330/t through the month, according to commodity insights company Standard & Poors Global. Newswire Bloomberg reports that, in the US, the burning of coal is in the midst of its biggest revival in a decade, while China is reopening shuttered mines and planning new ones. Back on home soil, many coal-burning industries, barring coal-fired power stations, are increasingly finding it difficult to secure domestically produced coal at an affordable price, says Jones. “I am increasingly concerned about the lack of coal supply to domestic coal users, especially food processors. “I am sounding the warning on this quite early and it's likely that several of the larger food producers might have adequate supplies and stocks for now. But I know several who do not, and are literally operating hand-to-mouth right now,” he tells Mining Weekly. “Every man and his dog is currently trying to target the coal export market, especially the Mozambique-based Matola coal terminal. Transnet is having difficulties providing enough rail, while the number of trucks being requested for coal export is simply staggering. “The amount of noise and over-promising in the market right now, driven by pure greed at achieving around R3 000/t free-on-truck (FOT) from Witbank, has reached pandemic proportions,” states Jones. He explains that South African coal miners are primarily targeting the export market at over R3 000/t FOT from Witbank, while domestic users – who typically burn A-grade peas – cannot afford more than R1 500/t. Increasingly, Jones says, local coal users are faced with plant closures as a result of unfeasible coal prices and an inability to efficiently run operations as a result. “Their only option is to look at closing down plants, which means food shortages in products such as sugar and potentially maize meal and other basic foodstuffs.” There is also the risk that some hospitals and prisons may not receive their coal deliveries, although most are supplied under long-term government contracts. Several have the option to use gas-fired boilers instead, although gas prices are also high. State-owned power utility Eskom is not facing coal price concerns, “not yet anyway,” as a result of it requiring lower-quality coal, secured also on long-term supply contracts at predetermined prices, he says. But, for other domestic coal burners, such as the food processing industry, Jones says it is “insane” to be faced with potentially having to shutt...

JSE- and LSE-listed thermal coal miner Thungela Resources recorded a 601% year-on-year increase in revenue to R26.28-billion in 2021, pushing it to a profit of R6.94-billion, from a loss of R362-million in the prior year. The miner posted headline earnings a share of R66.57 for 2021, compared with a headline loss a share of R5.31 in 2020. It has declared a maiden cash dividend of R18 a share, payable in May. Adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation increased by 3 389%, from R286-million in 2020 to R9.98-billion in 2021, while adjusted free operating cash flow increased to R3.92-billion in 2021, from a loss of R249-million in 2020. As such, Thungela held R8.66-billion in net cash at the end of 2021, compared with debt of R388-million in 2020. The improvement in its financial performance came on the back of Thungela being buoyed by the benchmark thermal coal price, which strengthened by 90% to $124/t, although the stronger rand offset some of the gains. In addition, the discount to benchmark prices narrowed substantially from 26% in 2020, to 16% in 2021, resulting in higher realised coal prices of $104/t in 2021, up from the $48/t achieved in 2020. Being primarily an exporter, Thungela's revenue was positively impacted on by increased demand for high-quality South African coal. Developing economies in India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Vietnam are on a path of recovery, post-Covid-19, and are experiencing an increased demand for energy, prompting those countries to source more coal. Thungela did, however, record a 16% decrease in export sales to 15-million tonnes in 2021, as a result of disruptions on Transnet Freight Rail's (TFR's) operations. CEO July Ndlovu says Thungela is, nevertheless, committed to working with TFR, the government and the industry to resolve the transport issues experienced in 2021 and at the start of this year. “We believe the challenges are transient and have planned our operational performance on a gradual, rather than an immediate recovery in rail performance. This is of national concern given that coal exports constitute one of the primary sources of foreign currency generation for South Africa,” he adds. In terms of health and safety, the miner improved its total recordable case frequency rate to 1.35 in 2021, down from the 1.51 of 2020. However, Thungela recorded a fatality at its Goedehoop operation in June 2021. Meanwhile, the miner's Khwezela colliery suffered a spill of mine-contaminated water into a nearby river system on February 14 as a result of an overflow from a disused shaft, which led into the mouth of the Loskop dam, a distance of about 60 km. “The impact on the ecology was significant; however there were no livelihoods at risk,” says Ndlovu. “We took immediate actions . . . ma[king] water in the river system safe for use as we speak. We are now in the process of developing a longer-term plan to mitigate the impacts on the ecology and return the . . . river system to what it was before this incident,” he says. Once Thungela was alerted to the spill, it immediately implemented an operation to stop the flow and started work with the parks board and Department of Water and Sanitation on rehabilitation procedures. This required Thungela, at its own cost, to release water from the Bronkhorstspruit dam into the Wilge river and the Witbank dam. “We continued to monitor the quality of the water and, within 24 hours of us releasing the water, the quality had [returned] to being safe. “There is aquatic life that is beginning to show itself in the river systems; however, we are conscious of the fact that once [acid water is spilled] aquatic life [is destroyed] in a significant way,” says Ndlovu. Subsequently, Thungela has hired experts to help it develop a plan to bring the natural water system back to its natural form in the future. OUTLOOK For the remainder of this year, Thungela expects a gradual rather than immediate recovery in TFR's performance. It, therefore, p...

Audio Picasso, A young up and coming Hip Hop Artist from Witbank(eMalahleni) has voices in his head that leads him his music success.

I KNEW FROM AN EARLY AGE THAT I WAS BORN TO BE A LEADER I'm Thami Nkambule, a father of two and happily married. I grew up in Middelburg at Mathaileni and I know all the roughs and tumble of it. When I was a boy I had great mentorship, the man called Thoro also known as Man Super he used to be a boxer, Golfer, soccer fanatic he was Best in everything. Another lady who offered solid mentorship was from Ntuli's, Pastor Adam Ntuli who took me and taught me politics and leadership. It always was my dream to become a leader in all spheres of life. That's why I stuck with teaching, when I was a kid I could pretend to be a teacher. My supportive mother bought me a chalkboard, and I could invite my friends to come. They could sit down and listen to me teaching. I grew up with that spirit then become a Sunday school teacher in Nazarene at an early age. I started attending school at Manyano primary and then went to Sozama High School. In the supervision of the Following Doctor's: Mqinisile, Dube, Lenkwane, Elias Mabuza, the late Somthuli Kubheka. Are the ones who mold a better me that you see today. Back then it was very much interesting, I couldn't forget this one incident in 1985. Where the was this thing called "phuma comrade, phuma ezindlini".The struggle was so rive between the police and young people. Lot of strikes took place in Mhluzi. Many of my friends were already partaking. So one day on my way to church, here they were people I grew up with wanted to force me on embarking on the strike. I had to hide, we called it "cover" then. All they wanted us to do was to go and destroy elderly groceries and other stuff there at the entry point of police station. I was against it, I took a cover in another random house. I could hear them outside claiming by saying “we saw Thami, he's around here “and they pass through (laughing). The wise decision that I've made was through the church. Besides that I grew up under the mentorship of Sanca Ntuli, the late Raymond Ntuli Cowen Ntuli, and Ogara Mahlangu. They taught me the skills and techniques on how to address people. In high school I started showing off my leading skills. Excelled in ACM and became a leader in debates. Amongst my close friends the former mayor Mike Masina and other leaders who are still currently leading. Danny Khesa who owns Everest, Former headmaster Themba Mthombeni at Kwazini Primary, and lastly Sipho Masemula is a school principal in Witbank. Those guys were with me in the process of building up my leadership journey. I went to Ndebele College, then after I completed my studies. I then started to work at Mphanama Comprehensive High school that was in 1987 to 1997. I think it was for ten years if I recall very well then Became a HOD and a Deputy headmaster. From there I ended up at Gert Sibande at Education where I was a curriculum implementer. In my life as an Educator I was also doing motivational talks amongst young people from different congregations. I still remember initiating the Mhluzi Christian fellowship. I was the first president of it and it felt so good to share a platform telling young minds that Jesus is able. I lead by an Example knowing that Jesus can truly save a boy or a girl. It's been good to look up to me because I also practice what I preached. One of the challenges was peer pressure from drinking, it was a little bit scary for some of us who had never done it before. The other one was smoking. I wouldn't call this one peer pressure where boys fall in love with girls at high school. "The dating business”, all of these were peer pressure of then not now. You Conquer all these things by standing to what you believe in. My Believe was that I am a Child of God. I may not be found doing funny things that will embarrass my grandmother and the profession I am into. I become born again at the early age of 15 years while I was in Sozama High school.

Depression - A mental health disorder characterised by persistently depressed mood or loss of interest in activities, causing significant impairment in daily life. Depression can also be associated with thoughts of suicide Anxiety - Intense, excessive and persistent worry and fear about everyday situations. Fast heart rate, rapid breathing, sweating and feeling tired may occur. Anxiety is only an indicator of underlying disease when feelings become excessive, all-consuming and interfere with daily living. Nomfundo has always known since her younger days that something was amiss with her, she didn't know what it was or if there was a word for it. "When covid happened and the country was on lockdown, this baker from Witbank in Mpumalanga saw her life going from 100 to 0. She lost her job and her depression and anxiety was at it peak". On this episode Nomfundo speaks about her journey with coming to terms with her mental health issues and how she copes with her everyday ups and downs. Follow Nomfundo on the following social media accounts Twitter - @I2_meleng_fufy Instagram - @i2_meleng --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/queer-talk-podcast/message

Kamogelo Mosoane aka Kamosoul is an electronic and deep house music producer born and bred in Witbank, Emalahleni. An avid lover of deep house and underground music, his journey started in 2015 when he fell in love with disc jockeying, leading him to venture into making his own sounds in 2016. It wasn't until 2019 when he started releasing his own music. Since then, he has released under various local and international labels, the likes of : Nite Grooves , Deep Clicks, AfroMove Music, to name a few. Here he delivers some of his latest and forthcoming material, alongside songs from other dope artists. EnjoyHappiness, Courage & MusicTrack Selection:1. Kamosoul - Got Di Remi(unreleased) 2. Hypaphophik - 5th Quadrant 3. Zito Mowa - SBWL Ma55age 4. Synth-O-Ven - Phases 5. Pozzi - Origins 6. Sheriff Dj - Blakklansmen & The Ku Klux Klan 7. Kamosoul - Sincinaty(unreleased)8. Kamosoul - Call(unreleased)9. Kamosoul - Twilight 10. Kamosoul - Dream(unreleased)

During this podcast I am chatting with Henk Pretorius, a multi-award-winning and commercially celebrated South African-born film-maker. Nominated by the Mail & Guardian as one of the Top 200 Young South Africans (2013), Henk Pretorius won the Golden Space Needle Award (2013) at the Seattle International Film Festival. We chatted about his latest movie, a spooky horror, 'The Unfamiliar' which is currently streaming on Amazon Prime. After seeing it twice, I would suggest not watching it ALONE in the dark! Unless you are a hardcore horror movie fan and aren't easily frightened. I found Henk to be a delightful young man, who also spent some of the interview time listening to me reminiscing about my time spent in the 'old country', beautiful South Africa.  #henkpretorius #theunfamiliar #Llewelynn Greeff #witbank #kemptonpark #southafrica #JenniferNicoleStang #BarendKruger #JemimaWest #ChristopherDane #darkmatterstudios #starburstpromotions #annawolf #horror #horrormovie #scary #halloweenviewing #halloween #podcast #martinamercerunshakenunstirred #martinamercer

Hoekom het perde sulke groot oë? Is dit moontlik dat daar dalk al 'n meteoriet in die Witbank-omgewing in die Noord-Kaap geval het? Wat is die storie van die periodieke reënbuie aan die Tuinroete? En, is daar 'n verklaring vir die verandering in daglengtes?

MCVP 030-E (August Rush) - Cassie_Luu A special dedication to God's Master Piece - Women. This episode is dedicated to all the women around the world. MCVP is celebrating women's month in the best way possible by featuring the amazing female spinner: Cassie_Luu from Kriel, Mpumalanga. A well known young woman in the surrounding areas of Kriel and Witbank. Please do enjoy her mix. TRACKLIST: 01. Betoko - Raining Again 02. Davil - Illusion 03. Vayu - Kora 04. Rodriguez - Evidence 05. Bob'Ezy - China Town 06. De Spelle - Time Train 07. Who Da Warrior - Jungle Ship

Johann Els gesels met Henno Botha oor sy nuwe enkelsnit - Jesus Revolusie. Hierdie is 'n produktiewe man! Hy boer naby Carolina, hy't 'n besigheid naby Witbank en is ook 'n musikant met 'n wonderlike bekeringsverhaal en 'n profetiese bediening (Reveal Ministries) saam met sy vrou

MZIGIC is founder of South African based GenerationZee and co-founder of Kids Of Africa (K.O.A) based in Witbank. His mixes can be heard on the House Me Up YouTube channel, Podomatic and EUROBEAT RADIO, and more recently BBOTV and House Tunes Radio too. Check out the track listing on the UM site: www.untitledmusic.org/mzigic-mix-2.html

Masaajid of the suburbs Episode 11: Witbank by Radio Islam

Police have arrested several of their colleagues accused of breaking the law during the lockdown. So far, over one hundred police officers are behind bars for alleged corruption during the national lockdown. Police Minister Bheki Cele says all implicated officers must be axed from the service if they are found guilty. Meanwhile, the Gauteng Department of Community Safety and the Provincial Police have condemned allegations of corruption levelled against six members belonging to the South African Police Service. The officers were arrested for allegedly stealing an amount of thirty seven thousand rand from a car passing through a Covid-19 lockdown operation on the old Bronkhorstspruit and Witbank road in Pretoria. For more Jon Gericke spoke to POPCRU spokesperson, Richard Mamabolo.....