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SASOLBURG. – Die reuk van Deep-heat, ywerige atlete en gewapende wagte is nie ‘n kombinasie wat gewoonlik by die DP de Villiers stadion in Sasolburg saam beleef word nie, maar op 28 Januarie het die Streeks-oortreder Atletiekkampioenskappe 2014 hier plaasgevind. Die kampioenskappe waarby alle gevangenisse in die Vrystaat/Noord-Kaap streek betrokke was, is aangebied deur die Sasolburg Gevangenis onder die Groenpunt Bestuur Area. Opgewonde oortreders van sover as Colesberg en Upington het gekom om hierdie dag saam met 310 oortreders aan die byeenkoms deel te neem. Groenpunt self het 25 fikse atlete in verskeie baan en veld items gehad op die dag. Atlete kon deelneem aan lang/kort afstande, hoogspring, verspring, spiesgooi, diskus en gewigstoot. Al die atlete wat goed gevaar het op hierdie dag sal op 20 en 21 Februarie aan die Nasionale Oortreders Atletiek Kampioenskap in Mafikeng deelneem. Bo-en-behalwe die medaljes en deelname aan die Nasionale byeenkoms, was hierdie ook ‘n heerlike uitstappie vir die oortreders. Die tema van die byeenkoms was “Rehabilitation Through Sports & Recreational Development ” en slegs oortreders wat byna hulle vonnis klaar uitgedien het en wat die rehabilitasie programme in hul gevangenisse voltooi het, kon aan hierdie kampioenskappe kom deelneem. Sekuriteit was natuurlik ook bitter goed georganiseer op die dag om seker te maak dat absoluut niks skeef loop nie. Wat dit net soveel lekkerder gemaak het is die feit dat die tronkbewaarders amper meer opgewonde was as die atlete en hul atlete met uiterste geesdrif aangepor het.
SASOLBURG. – Die berigte DF Malan-R59 kruising net buite Sasolburg wat al talle lewens geëis het, kan dalk in die toekoms ongelukvry wees danky Sasol!
Sasol, in samewerking met die Metsimaholo- en Vrystaat-regering, het begin met die opgradering van dié kruising (R59 en DF Malan).
Sedert 2008 was daar 108 voertuie betrokke in 55 ongelukke. In hierdie 55 ongelukke het 56 mense beserings opgedoen en 18 is dood.
‘n Groot bydraende faktor is die hoë verkeervolume wat daagliks deur die kruising gaan. Die totale verkeer wat deur die kruising gaan, is gemiddeld 12 815 voertuie per dag, waarvan ‘n derde swaarvoertuie is.
Sasol bou nou ‘n uitgangs-baan (slip lane), vir voertuie wat van Vereeniging se kant af op die R59 ry en in DF Malan wil afdraai. Dié baan sal dit ook makliker maak vir voertuie wat uit DF Malan op die R59 wil draai, om die aankomende verkeer te sien. Motoriste wat vanaf DF Malan links (na Parys), wil draai se uitgangs-baan sal vroeër begin sodat dit dinge nog veiliger sal maak vir die motoriste wat reguit oor die R59 wil gaan, of regs op die R59 wil draai. Verdere veranderinge is om ‘n versperring-eiland te bou tussen die uitgangs-baan en die R59 om stilstaande verkeer op DF Malan te beskerm teen aankomende trokke en voertuie op die R59. Daar sal ook ‘n ekstra baan, wat slegs vir voertuie wat regs wil draai op die Wonderfonteinpad vanaf die R59 (van Vereeniging se rigting), aangebring word met ‘n eiland-mediaan wat hulle sal beskerm terwyl hulle vir aankomende verkeer vanaf Parys wag. Die Wonderfonteinpad sal ook toegewyde uitgangs-bane hê vir voertuie wat links/regs op die R59 wil draai. Al bogenoemde veranderinge behoort ‘n groot bydrae tot veiligheid te maak.
Die Goeiehoek-kontreimark word op 8 Februarie vanaf 09:00 tot 15:00 op die plaas Bosrand in die Vereeniging-distrik gehou.
Bring die hele gesin en kom snuffel, ontspan en kuier lekker saam. Vars en gedroogde groente en vrugte, plaashoenders, biltong, konfyt, heuning en uitmuntende tuisgebak en heerlike gemmerbier is maar ‘n paar van die lekkernye wat hier te koop sal wees. Verder sal daar ook pragtige handwerk, kuns, juwele, oudhede, organiese kruie en gesondheidsprodukte te koop wees. Moet nie van die tradisionele pap en kaiings, afval en kuier- en teetuin vergeet nie. Lekker pret en vermaak sal ook vir die kleinspan aangebied word.
Neem die R42 Vereeniging/Heidelberg-pad. Draai rigting Goeiehoek by Meyerton/Goeiehoek-kruising. Na vier kilometer, draai regs in die syaansluiting, rigting Goeiehoek. Bosrand is dan die eerste plaas op linkerhand na die syaansluiting. Die GPS-koördinate is S26*38!58.1”E28*06”50.0”. Daar is ‘n teerpad tot by die plaas se ingang.
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SASOLBURG. – Sasol and General Electric (GE: NYSE)’s GE Power and Water have together developed new water technology that will clean waste water, while also providing biogas as a by-product for power generation. This new technology, known as Anaerobic Membrane Bioreactor technology (AnMBR), will be further developed at a new demonstration plant at Sasol’s R&D Campus at its Sasol One Site in Sasolburg.
“This is another exciting technological innovation that will further entrench our position as a world-leader in gas-to-liquids (GTL) technology and synthetic fuels production. While sophisticated water treatment technologies are already employed at Sasol’s major operations, this particular development will enhance our efficiency even further,” said Ernst Obersholster, Sasol Group Executive for International Energy, New Business Development and Technology.
“GE is excited to be partnering with Sasol on this initiative that further outlines our commitment to supporting the sustainable development of South Africa with advanced infrastructure technologies, services and solutions. This partnership demonstrates what the private sector can achieve by working together for the benefit of growing the economy and making the economy competitive,” said Tim Schweikert President and CEO for GE South Africa.
AnMBR involves anaerobic micro-organisms that can live in environments devoid of oxygen, such as sediment layers on floors of lakes, dams and the ocean. These organisms are almost ubiquitous – found in the human digestive system, under the earth’s surface, deserts and mountain peaks, to name a few. Sasol currently uses aerobic microbes to treat GTL and coal-to-liquid (CTL) effluents in ORYX GTL, Qatar and Synfuels, Secunda facilities.
One of the by-products from the Fischer-Tropsch (FT) process is an effluent stream rich in organic acids and alcohols. Traditional (aerobic) treatment technologies treat this effluent by converting the organics to carbon dioxide. The benefit of the AnMBR is that the micro-organisms convert these organics into a methane rich bio-gas which can then be used for power generation. This then results in an overall efficiency improvement in the GTL process. By converting the effluents to a valuable product (power) there is a resulting improvement in the GTL value proposition. Another benefit of the AnMBR is that it produces almost 80% less waste biosolids than the previous generation process. The treatment of GTL-derived effluents is complex and challenging. Sasol pioneered the treatment of effluents from the GTL process in Ras Laffan, Qatar, where effluents are treated and recycled for use as irrigation water in the city of Ras Laffan. Sasol’s second generation offering, which is currently being designed for the US GTL facility, is the aerobic Membrane Bioreactor (MBR). The AnMBR helps maintain Sasol’s leadership position in this field by converting wastes into value-adding products. Micro-organisms break down complex organics, such as proteins and carbohydrates, through a process called hydrolysis, to simpler building blocks, such as sugars that provide food for the micro-organisms. The waste produced is bio-gas, which can be used as feedstock to generate power.
“The organics in wastewater generated from our operations have proven to be the ideal food, or substrate, for Anaerobic micro-organisms,” said Thulani Dlamini, Executive Manager Research and Development at Sasol Technology. “We will now continue to explore and develop this technology further with the potential for commercial application to our future GTL facilities.”
Sasol has been developing the technology for a number of years with promising results. The partnership with GE is aimed at leveraging GE’s ecomagination-qualified ZeeWeed 500 membrane and decades of membrane bioreactor experience, and Sasol’s expertise in biological treatment of FT derived effluents. “The new AnMBR is one of the many solutions that can be developed in the Petrochemical and Refining environment to benefit all other industries” says Daniele Scenarelli, GE Account Executive for Sasol. “This strategic partnership, which was signed in 2010, symbolises a new way of doing business between customers and suppliers. It is a collaborative approach and a mutual commitment to technology development and innovation aimed to accelerate the commercialisation of this new technology.” Bench scale test work has been on-going for the past year with promising results and with the construction of a pilot plant at Sasol’s R&D facilities this improves the potential for commercialisation of this technology.
It is anticipated that the technology will be commercially ready early in 2015. Sasol will have exclusive rights to apply this technology to FT-based plants whilst GE will have the right to market the technology for other industrial uses.
This Boeing 737 is a landmark in Midvaal and can be seen when travelling on the R59.
It’s a marketing strategy to attract clients by using the remains of an old Boeing 737 – complete with cockpit.
Motorists travelling on the R59 at night say they cannot miss the lights inside the cockpit and on the side of the plane – giving them the impression that a plane has just landed there.
Sheldon Mandy, director of the company, said this is just the beginning of great things to come. “We want to make the area look like a first class, five-star business,” he says.
Motorists will have to wait to see the beauty of the buildings once they are finished with the construction in December. Sheldon said he got the idea from his father, Neville Mandy founder of ‘Natures’s Choice’ that started in Heidelberg in 1987.
For a long term project, said Mandy, they want to invite learners from local schools to enjoy lunch in the plane.
“When you sit inside the plane, you can feel the vibration of the engines mounted on the wings.
“The seats inside the plane were changed and a table brought in to make it look like a boardroom.
“We bought the complete Boieng 737 from the airport. It took hours transporting the Boeing to our facility. The green and red lights have been donated by a local electric company,” concludes Mandy.
Nature’s Choice is presently Africa’s largest and South Africa’s leading health food distributor, with over 500 outlets and stockists throughout the country, Africa, and a growing number of trading partners overseas.
VANDERBIJLPARK. – Wie het ooit gedink dat ‘n oud-leerling uit ons geweste soveel talent kan oplewer dat hy tans die land se beste sanger is en aangewys is as ons land se nuwe “SA’s Got Talent”-wenner met ‘n prysgeld van R250 000.
Juan Appelgrein (16), oud-leerling van die Laerskool Emfulenipark, is op 17 Oktober aangewys as die “SA Got Talent” se landwye wenner.
Juan, of soos hy op televisie verskyn het onder die naam Johnny Apple, het skoonskip gemaak onder die duisende inskrywings.
SA’s Got Talent is die eerste nasionale kompetisie waaraan hy deelgeneem het.
Die eerste oudisies en uitdunne het Junie begin. Hy het in Johannesburg by die Alexander-teater sy eerste oudisie gedoen.
Sowat 6 000 deelnemers het daaraan deelgeneem.
Juan is ‘n graad 10-leerling aan die Kingsley privaat skool in George, waarheen hulle verhuis het.
Volgens Juan is hy huidiglik kontraktueel verbind aan die platemaatskappy Sony met sy oorwinning in SA’s Got Talent.
Hy het baie goeie blootstelling ontvang en gevolglik wil verskeie maatskappye met hom onderhandel rakende sy toekomsplanne. Juan het sy ma R100000 van sy R250 000 wengeld belowe, en sê hy gaan die belofte eerste nakom. Hy gaan ook ‘n gedeelte aan klere bestee maar die meeste van die geld gebruik of belê om sy toekomstige musiek-loopbaan verder te vat. Juan sê sy groot droom was nog altyd om baie mense te kan vermaak en met die blootstelling wat hy kry, is dit moontlik gemaak en voel dit of hy sy droom begin leef.
Leerlinge en onderwysers van die HS Driehoek het vanjaar ‘n projek geloods om geld in te samel vir Cansa en die tjek vir R4 000 is onlangs aan ‘n verteenwoordiger van Cansa oorhandig.
VANDERBIJLPARK. – Die Hoërskool Driehoek het reeds vroeg hierdie jaar met ‘n fondsinsameling vir CANSA begin en op ‘n hoë noot afgesluit.
In Maart het die hare gewaai vir die jaarlikse CANSA Shaveathon. Leerlinge en onderwysers se hare was in volle reënboogkleure, terwyl sommige koppe sommer heeltemal geskeer is.
Op 7 Augustus is ‘n muntlegging gehou en ‘n stewige bedrag is ingesamel. Die CANSA- verteenwoordiger het op 19 Augustus die tjek in ontvangs geneem.
Baie huisgesinne word deur kanker geraak en daarom het die Hoekies hul harte en beursies oopgemaak om ‘n verskil in die gemeenskap te maak.
Die skool bedank al die leerlinge, hul ouers en onderwysers wat bygedra het tot die sukses van die projek.