Eastplats sells Barplats

- keeps Mareesburg,
Spitzkop and Kennedys
Vale

Platinum

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Eastern Platinum Limited has announced

that it has reached a definitive agreement with Hebei Zhongheng Tianda
Platinum Co. Limited (HZT), a private
company incorporated in the Peoples
Republic of China whereby HZT will
acquire the companys South African
subsidiary, Barplats Mines Limited, which
holds the Crocodile River Mine, and
associated intercorporate investments
and loans, for US$50 million payable in
cash on closing.
The sale is subject to certain
conditions, including approvals by the
necessary regulatory bodies and governmental departments or ministries of
South Africa.
Upon closing, HZT will assume
operating responsibility for the Crocodile
River Mine and ownership of Barplats
Mines Limited. Eastplats will continue to
maintain ownership of its Eastern Limb
projects, which include the Mareesburg,
Spitzkop and Kennedys Vale projects in
the Steelpoort and area.
We are pleased that HZTs plans
to inject foreign capital and the creation of much needed jobs will stimulate
socio-economic development in areas
surrounding the CRM mine. said David
Cohen, President and CEO of Eastplats.
We will retain our large and shallow
eastern limb PGM project base. While
the PGM sector remains under pressure,
closing the transaction will leave Eastplats extremely well capitalized.
HZT has represented and warranted
to Eastplats that it is not connected with
Hebei Zhongbo Platinum Co. Ltd., the
company which had a previous arrangement to acquire all of Eastplats South
African assets. That transaction was not
completed due to ongoing shareholder
disputes within Hebei Zhongbo Platinum
Co. Ltd.

The gravel speed humps erected by residents of Kutullo

on the R555 road near Steel Bridge between Steelpoort
and De Hoop Dam, had fast turned into points of roadside trade - creating another kind of danger as seen in
the photograph.

Burgersfort, Steelpoort, Ohrigstad

1 July 2016

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to save sinners - of whom I am the worst.

Hawker stalls
stripped by thieves
Hawker stalls in Burgersfort is a sensitive
subject after these business people had their
stalls removed by the Red Ants two years
ago only to continue waiting for the municipality to finish work on the new stalls two
years later.

Mr Godfrey Mnisi is using a piece of ceiling

board to cover the holes where thieves stole
the flat steel tops of his stall.

Money has run dry and as many projects

it came to a halt - unfinished. The hawkers
with permits were however allowed to move
into some of the completed sections of the
project. Stalls with lock-up storage space,
sinks and proper working or displaying areas
are now being stripped down for scrap metal
by thieves. Sinks were stolen before the
hawkers could even taste the comfort of
running water in their stalls.
According to the hawkers they just try to
make due with what is left and improvise to
make life easier. Theyve reported the problem to the municipality but not much is being
done to prevent further damage to the stalls
as there is no security service patrolling this
area. Business is already very poor and now
we have to deal with this as well when we
try to keep to the rules of the municipality,
one complained. That is why many hawkers
simply still cook and operate anywhere they
want he added.
The hawkers are appealing to scrap metal recovering agents to not buy these stolen
metal items.

Lockers in the stalls are being broken at the

hinges to remove doors.

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Five caught for burglary

The Ohrigstad SAPS arrested four suspects for possession of stolen property on Sunday afternoon, 26 June
2016. This was after the visible policing and detectives
members attended to a burglary complaint at the farm
Strydfontein.
Information was followed up and the four were
arrested at Lydenburg town by the Lydenburg visible policing members while in possession of the items stolen
at the farm Strydfontein, Ohrigstad.
Two suspects were detained at the Lydenburg SAPS
for possession of stolen property while the other two
were taken to Ohrigstad for further investigation. This
led to the arrest of another suspect being arrested at his
home at Kgautswane. The members of the SAPS recovered some of the stolen property that included a Laptop,
small plasma Television and clothing.
The five suspects appeared before Praktiseer Mag-

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istrates Court on 29 June 2016 on charges of burglary

and they were all denied bail and were reminded in custody for further investigation until their next appearance
on 6 July 2016 at the Praktiseer Magistrate Court.
Investigations to link the five suspects with other
housebreakings and burglaries in the area is ongoing.
The arrest of the five is a clear indication that the
police are serious about preventing and reducing crime
in our area.
As the police we urge members of the community
not to buy stolen goods just because they are offered
at a cheaper price, as this contributes to crimes such
as robbery and housebreaking, and anyone found in
possession of stolen or suspected stolen property will
be arrested said Const. Phokane from the Ohrigstad
SAPS. (Information: Constable Kholofelo Phokane,
Ohrigstad SAPS)

On Thursday 23 June the SAPS Womens Network held an operation led by the
Ohrigstad Station Commander, Capt G.P Mashego at the Ohrigstad policing area.
The four stations, Ohrigstad, Leboeng, Mecklenburg, Burgersfort joined hands with
the Ohrigstad CPF to host a stop and search operation on the R36 road focusing on
stolen vehicles, transporting of illegal goods and property, illegal drugs and firearms
and undocumented persons amongst other things.
Three undocumented persons were arrested while busy hiking to Burgersfort. The
members proceeded to a farm next to Rusplaas and while conducting a search
there, they arrested a 73-year old man for selling liquor without a license and for
possession of dagga weighing 1.138g.
As the police we want to send a strong message to our communities that we will
not leave any stone unturned as far as criminal activities are concerned and we
will continue to have this kind of operations on a regular basis and any person who
commit any act of crime should remember that we will not hesitate to arrest them
said Const. Phokane.
(Information: Constable Kholofelo Phokane, Ohrigstad SAPS)

Women raped
after visit to
tavern
A 29-year old man was arrested by the Tubatse SAPS on 26
June 2016 in connection with two rape cases.
The arrest follows after the crime which occurred in Praktiseer
on Friday 24 June at about 02H00 in the morning.
Two women aged 23 and 26 years old were allegedly raped
by two unknown men. The two women claim that they were coming from a liquor outlet and when they arrived at their rooms, two
unknown men came and dragged them to the nearby bushes and
raped them.
The matter was reported in Tubatse police and cases of Rape
were opened for further investigation. On Sunday 26 June one of
the victims identified one of the alleged suspects and she called
the police. The police made follow ups and managed to arrest
the suspect.
The police would like to warn women to stop going to taverns
during the nights. Most of our rape victims are coming from the
liquor outlets during the nights. The police would once again ask
children to report sexual offences to someone they can trust like a
teacher, a nurse, a friend or the police. Make sure that it is reported to someone that can make it stop, no matter if the perpetrator
is related to you.
(Information: Const. Mvundlela S.J, Tubatse SAPS).

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1 JULY 2016

Working!
On Friday 24 June
the Greater Tubatse Municipalitys
traffic officers were
all working hard.
They managed to
relief congestion in
the central business area by acting
as pointsmen and
women.
They had also
clearly been practising the skill as
traffic was directed
in this manner
at three different
intersections. Unsincronised actions
could have led to
chaos. Instead,
traffic flowed at a
reasonable pace
and officers not controlling traffic had an
eye open for offenders not obeying the law.
Imagine month-end with this intervention!

Problems in Aloe Ridge West

Residents from Aloe Ridge West in Burgersfort complained to the newspaper about the
state of their neighbourhood which is filled with street lights that are not working, leaking
water supplies and the occasional cattle pass through over which there is no control.
These photographs were taken on Wednesday this week.

The water leak is in Ficus Street and is doubling up as a drinking hole for wandering
cattle in the area.

1 JULY 2016

NEWS

NG Kerk hou basaar op Ohrigstad

Die NG Kerk op Ohrigstad het verlede week
Saterdag hul jaarlikse basaar gehou.
Hierdie jaarlikse makiete het padverkope Vry-

dagmiddag en n heerlike kuier geleentheid

en veiling Saterdag ingesluit. Basaar verkeers-

Gemeentelede het voorskote en klere gemaak wat ook

op die basaar verkoop is.

manne en vroue het motoriste voorgekeer

en sommer vinnig iets aan hulle verkoop.
Daar was n verskeidenheid van eetgoed
beskikbaar. Van
heerlike gebraaide sosaties, koeke,
terte, pannekoek, Jantjies
en selfs pap en
lewertjies.
Die kleingoed
was mal oor
die lekkergoedtafel waar n
verskeidenheid
snoepgoed te
koop was.
Oud en jonk
het ook aan
die skyfskietkompetisie
deelgeneem en
die kunstenaars
wat gesigte
geverf het, was
baie besig.
Vleis wat deur
die boere

geskenk is, is ook verkoop. n Tradisionele

basaar soos hierdie wat sy sout werd is, het
n wit olifant tafel met oud-vergete skatte.
n Prettige veiling is ook gehou waar daar
enige iets van varke tot oudhede opgeveil is.

n Paar varke is opgeveil en was n snaaksheid vir die

kinders.
Teen Saterdagoggend net na 10:00
is meer 900 pannekoeke reeds
gebak.

Die skyfskietkompetisie het groot aftrek gekry.

Plante, groente en vrugte is ook verkoop.

Die manne het Vrydag boerewors gebraai en Saterdag sosaties.

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SPORT
Tubatse Masters score big
Tubatse Masters vs Apel Masters
On Saturday 25 June 2016, Tubatse Masters soccer
team visited Apel village for a friendly soccer match
against Apel Masters.
Tubatse Masters dominated the ball possession from
the start and kept the hosts defence very busy. Lollipop Motswiane opened the scoring of the match with
a powerful shot from outside the box and put Tubatse
Masters 1-0 ahead. Tubatse Masters continued creating
opportunities and their dominance paid off when Lollipop
scored another two goals to make the score 3-0. Lekgotla
Motswiane also put his name on the scoresheet when he

netted the fourth goal for Tubatse Masters to make half

time score 4-0. In the second half Tubatse Masters continued their dominance and Lekgotla Motswiane scored
his second goal just few minutes from the restart to make
the score 5-0. The hosts managed to score their consolation goal to make the scoreline 5-1. Themba Mohubedu
and Phillip Kgapane also registered their names on the
scoresheet for Tubatse Masters. Final score: Tubatse
Masters 7 - Apel Masters 1
(Information: Jerial Mvundlela, Photographs: Derrick
Phokane)