ISSUE 02 Q4 2015 / 2016 A NEWSLETTER FOR THE PEOPLE OF...
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MESSAGE FROM THE VP
MAXUSROLL-OUTPG2
WELLNESS CAMPAIGNPG6
LONGSERVICE AWARDSPG10
It has been a year since I joined South Deep and time has flown. 2015 had its own challenges and triumphs.
Looking back at the past 12 months, we can proudly say that we have made many improvements at our operation. We introduced Safety incident management and advocated for everyone to be responsible in his or her area of responsibility. This yielded
a positive Safety performance later in the year, when we had a full injury free calendar month in November.
If we continue to advocate accountability and take
precautions while working, I believe that we will break more Safety records this year.
The South Deep Operational Strategy was developed in 2015 to focus on key challenges impacting South Deep business performance. Amongst others, skills development was identified as a critical project for achieving sustainable business improvement. The project is phased approached, starting with artisan’s training, and followed by operator and supervisor’s training. I am committed and excited to keep you well informed on the progress of projects to be executed.
During the last two quarters of 2015, we saw an upward trend in our production; we ended 2015 on a high note by exceeding our monthly plan by 112%. It is only appropriate that I congratulate everyone on their hard work and dedication during the December production month. It was our best production month in 2015.
I hope we will continue with a positive attitude, spirit of dedication and teamwork to keep breaking records this year. Let us make South Deep a company that everyone wants to be part of. We can only do that if we continue working hard and producing gold safely.
In closing, I would like to wish all of our colleagues a safe, productive and prosperous year ahead. I am confident that South Deep will achieve strong operating performance during 2016 and develop the foundation necessary to support the company’s cash neutral aspiration (break-even).
The road ahead points the way to success. I hope you will join me on the journey with enthusiasm, energy and a can-do attitude.
Adriaan de BeerVP and Head of Operations, South Deep
Best performers Twin Shaft
Mr M Mpina, LHD operator
Mr P Mashaba, Drill rig operator
Mr R Poliso, Drill rig operator
Mr T Pheto, Loco operator
Mr R Khoza, Loco operator
South Shaft
Mr I Mokwena, Rig operator
Mr R Motha, LHD operator
Mr D Masethe, Simba operator LHSMr P Mafa, Engineering Mechanical
Mr O Seleke, Loco Operator
Johan Stoltz and best performer LHD driver Montu Mpina
Johan Stoltz and best performing drill rig operators Paul Mashaba and Radibe Poliso
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Bonus Scheme: Your thoughtsSeipone spoke to some employees about the newly implemented Bonus Scheme
The new Bonus Scheme was launched on 15 July 2015 to support South Deep’s goal of being a sustainable and successful mine. It also addressed a call from unions and employees to review the new scheme. According to this scheme, individual crews are responsible for their own success and bonus-earning potential. However, it is important to remember that we all need to work together as a team to achieve our objectives. Another fundamental change is the inclusion of all employees.
Mafora MurwaDiesel Mechanic Learner
“I am very happy with the production bonus. I am even more happy about the fact that it includes everyone, even learners. This indicates that South Deep cares about all its employees. They believe in the future employees of the mine.”
Winston MogotsiSupervisor ETD
“It’s a good thing for employees to be incentivised. This is also a good method of motivating us to work hard and be more productive.”
Princess SelloShaft Onsetter
“I am not used to getting a bonus, but for the past three months I have been very happy. This serves as a motivation for me to continue working hard and safely”
Bertus GrenfellEngineering Shaft
“The monthly bonus is a good thing but the fact that the amount is not the same is very concerning. For example, trackless people get more money. I am surface engineer and I get couple of hundred rands, while trackless people get thousands of rands. We are all working for the same mine; we are all doing important jobs on the mine.”
New Maxus rolled outat South Deep
“The new Maxus system has the ability to detect another locomotive coming in an opposite direction. As a result, our operators will be more alert and cautious when driving the new locos,” says Neo Molefe, TM3 Training HOD. “We hope that by introducing these new systems, we will prevent accidents.”
Reitumetse Pitseng, Locomotive Operator, shared his views about Maxus: “The system is user-friendly and I am happy about the fact that it uses images to communicate with the operator.”
Neo adds that the Maxus systems will be rolled out throughout the mine. He encourages operators to follow and familiarise themselves with the key control procedure for the locos and all trackless mobile machinery.
South Deep locomotives now all boast new Maxus systems. These are fully integrated locomotive safety management systems designed specifically for underground rail-bound equipment. To date, 110 locomotive drivers and 13 electricians have been trained and found competent.
Loco drivers getting training on the Maxus
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This scheme gives our employees a chance to buy or rent decent, good quality and affordable homes close to the mine. Employees in the C upper band and below may qualify to be home owners according to the rules of the scheme. South Deep would like employees to have a place they can call ‘my home’ at the end of each shift.
The scheme will help to make this dream a reality by providing financial assistance and advice to employees. Employees may continue with their current living arrangements but are invited to take advantage of this new opportunity.
Currently, 150 houses are being built in Westonaria and are to be completed in quarter one of 2016.
This year South Deep signed a ground-breaking wage agreement with organised labour. One aspect of this wage agreement is the Tswelopele Home Ownership Scheme.
wage agreement signedGroundbreaking TS
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HOME OWNERSHIP SCHEMEMy home. My family. Our future.
During construction
After construction
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DC BEZUIDENHOUT | 1 Sep 2015Manager Engineering
MS MPORETJI | 2 Nov 2015Unit Manager Environmental
L RWODZI | 02 Nov 2015Chief Rock Engineer
JJ VAN HEERDEN | 11 Jan 2016Superintendent Engineering
MA BOOYSEN | 24 Nov 2015Unit Manager Engineering
J BERNITZ | 4 Jan 2016Unit Manager Business Optimisation
PM SESHABELA | 23 Nov 2015Superintendent Protection Services
J V. ZYL | 09 Sep 2015Superintendent Rock Engineering
DJ GONSALVES | 3 Sep 2015Manager Engineering
ME OLIVIER | 23 Nov 2015Unit Manager Engineering
J STOLTZ | 05 Oct 2015Manager Mining Optimisation
A VENTER | 30 Oct 2015Unit Manager Engineering
GR HAYWARD | 1 Dec 2015Unit Manager ETD
NT RATSHITAKA | 4 Jan 2016Superintendent Rock Engineering
RD V.D MERWE | 26 Oct 2015Mine Overseer Engineering Shafts
A ZWIEGELAAR | 15 Oct 2015Mine Overseer
New engagementsat South Deep
We would like to welcome all new employees who joinedSouth Deep from September 2015 to January 2016.
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South Deep’s Head of SHEQ, Stuart Sepetla talks to Seipone about key Safety issues in 2015 and the plans for 2016
We continue to experience improvement in our Safety performance. We ended 2015 with a fatality-free half year. Regrettably, two of our colleagues were fatally injured during the first half of 2015. As a mine, we are committed to the safety of our employees. This is evident in our reduction of total injuries from 167 in 2014 to 68 injuries in 2015.
Safety focus
The Safety culture at South Deep was always reactive. This meant that we did not do enough to identify incidents before they happened. When the new VP Adriaan de Beer started at South Deep at the beginning of 2015, he introduced fundamental principles of behaviour-based incident management. These principles are based on an incident management system. It focuses on taking proactive measures to ensure that people are aware of any risk within their workplaces and can pro-actively deal with them before they result in accidents.
This initiative can be affirmed by a significant improvement in 2015’s Safety performance with 68 total injuries compared to 167 in 2014, which represents a 60% decrease. This means that there has been a change in our people’s behaviour. To support this, we also introduced a two key Safety initiatives namely the Ukuphepha (Zulu word meaning ‘to be safe’) competition focusing on workplace conditions, as well as prevention of injuries. We also introduced the Qaphela (Xhosa / Zulu word meaning ‘watch out’) initiative, which focuses on raising Safety awareness, at work, at home and on the roads during the silly season.
The Qaphela Safety competition promotes participation from employees. Through a process of adjudication, employees stand a chance to win great prizes for good Safety performance. This campaign will run until the end of March 2016 and the winner will receive a Chevrolet Spark. These campaigns also contributed to enhanced Safety performance in 2015 and our recorded improvements. Both these initiatives encourage employees to participate, take ownership, encourage safe behaviour practice and entrench a Safety culture at South Deep.
We have also launched a quarterly wellness campaign to demonstrate that we care and are committed to the well-being of our employees.
Our focus for the new year will be to continue to be proactive in our Safety efforts and to conduct a Safety drive for the Easter holiday period. We will also work hard to improve occupational health and Safety systems to provide us with timeous information through which management and supervisors make proper decisions. Our journey towards a safe South Deep would not have been possible without the support of stakeholders such as the Department of Mineral Resources, organised labour etc. We continue to value their input in our journey. I would like to also thank the South Deep team for your continued support during 2015. I wish you a safe and healthy 2016.
Safety InterventionBehaviour-based incident management system
Unsafe behaviours andsubstandard conditions areprecursors to accidents
Improved environmentalconditions
Improved morale
Entrenched safety culture
Lower accident rates
Improved outcomes:
Workplace physicalconditions rating
Incidentsubmissions
Determineaccountability
Remedialaction
Follow-up andKnowledge
sharing
Identify top 5agencies
Analysis ofincidents
Injury free daysmonitoring
Visible feltleadership
Safety is for everyone – everywhere!
The Festive Season is coming – keep yourself safe
WATCH OUT!Safety at South Deep
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WATCH OUT!Safety at Home
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WATCH OUT!Road Safety
!WATCH OUT!Safety at Work
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South Deep Gold Mine Every employee going home safely every day. Every employee going home safely every day.
Safety is our Number 1 Value – Make it Yours!
Be safe at work, at home, on the roads.
South Deep Gold Mine South DeepRecognising performance | Rewarding effort | Inspiring excellence
How it works
✓ Zero Injuries, Zero Fatalities ✓ 95% Physical Conditions Score✓ 110% Production Performance
between November 2015 to end-March 2016will be entered into a LUCKY DRAW
Every employee whose section achieves:
1. You need to be an employee or contractor at South Deep2. You should not have any of the following on your record for the period November
2015 to end-March 2016;• Absent Without Permission (AWOP)• Positive test for alcohol or drugs• Reckless driving on mine premises
To Qualify:
Second Prize
R15 000
Third Prize
R5 000
Grand Prize
1 2 3
Win BIG at South DeepTop performers
WATCH OUT!Safety at Work
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health and wellness campaignSouth Deep celebrates
According to Petrus Mofokeng, Unit Manager, Occupational Health: “This was a well-supported initiative. Employees came out in numbers to support this worthy cause.”
South Deep EXCO members got behind the initiative, and led by example by checking their health status. The Environmental Engineering department also came out in numbers.
Between Monday and Friday, prizes were handed out to lucky employees who participated in a health and wellness raffle. The lucky employees walked away with microwaves, portable ovens/stoves, toasters, kettles and much more.
This was an all-inclusive event, even involving the community. Participants received hampers with health-related goodies as tokens of appreciation for taking the initiative to learn about their health status.
The campaign coincided with announcement that the wellbeing programme at the clinic will be operating daily. It was emphasised that employees must visit the clinic for malaria prophylaxis before going home for the Christmas break. Prevention is always better than cure.
On 7 December 2015, South Deep launched a health and wellness campaign in partnership with various players in this arena. They included the Sizabantu non-governmental organisation (NGO), the Department of Home Affairs, CHAPS (a NGO promoting male circumcision), Kaelo for EAP (counselling on health issues) and the South African National Blood Service (SANBS).
South Deep EXCO and Environmental Engineering department outside the testing stations
Head of Human Resources Tumelo Nkisi getting testd for HIV / AIDS
Head of Metallurgy Stephen Joseph gets tested for HIV / AIDS
Liesel Withers checking her blood pressure
Head of Mining Francois Van Heerden with his blood pressure results
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CelebratingOn 8 January 2016, South Deep management held a braai for all South Deep employees in celebration of the 112% production achievement and the 60% improvement on our Safety performance.
Who can apply?
South Deep full-time employees can apply. For the first time this opportunity has also been extended to one of employees’ family members (e.g. wife, son or daughter).
Primary purpose:
To complete a development skills course aimed at providing an employee or a family member with new knowledge and skills.
The following are suggested portable skills courses were offered:
Plumbing, carpentry, bricklaying, vegetable farming, mechanical training, welding and the use of a cutting torch, broiler production (chicken farming), electrical domestic installer, dress making, home textiles and computer skills.
The latest news:
On 6 November 2015 the dressmaking group graduated from the Aranda training institution in Randfontein. The electrical domestic installer group graduated on 4 December 2015.
Speaking on behalf of the graduates, Mapedi Mojapelo said: “South Deep has given us an opportunity to better our lives and to be able to provide for our families. This training is certainly going to have a positive impact on our lives.”
South Deep offers mine employees and their extended family members an opportunity to empower and equip themselves with new knowledge and skills, so that they can move forward to the next chapter of their lives.
Sharing skills and knowledge
Ernest Makhosane. second from left, handing certificates to recipients
2015 Engineering Skills team
our achievements
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DEPARTMENT CATEGORY
MRM
Masala Nemakundani Best Peformer Technical Services – MRM
Oliver Mampebane Best Peformer Technical Services – MRM
Johan van Rooyen Best Performer – FOG
SHEQ
Patrys Laubscher Best Peformer – Environmental Engineering
Metallurgical
Mpumelelo Mbuzeni Best Performer, Metallurgy – Operational
Michelle Benadie Best Performer, Metallurgy – Administration and Audit reporting
Jannie La Grange Best Performer, Metallurgy – Engineering
Mining – Mega Miners (3W)
Daniel Vembane Best Performing Mega Miner
Solomon Malusi Gumede Best Performing Mega Miner
Gulheme Zacarias Mussane Best Performing Mega Miner
Mega Production Supervisors
Freddie Mtembu Best Performing Mega Production Supevervisor
Frans Xerindza Best Performing Mega Production Supevervisor
Thabo Motabeng Best Performing Mega Production Supevervisor
Destress Shift bosses (90-1W)
R Dibetsoe Best Perfoming Production Foreman – Destress
P Mvuhlela Best Performing Production Supervisor – Destress
S Motloung Best Performing Production Supervisor – Destress
R Masilela Best Performing Production Supervisor – Destress
Destress Miners (90-1W)
S Sehlabaka Best Performing Miner – Destress
A Nhantumbo Best Performing Miner – Destress
C Chilenge Best Performing Miner – Destress
Destress Mine Overseer (90-1W)
T Maqhawe Best Performing Mine Overseer – Destress
Engineering TM3
Fanie Roux Best Perfoming Foreman – TM3 Engineering
Laxola Sibaca Best Performing Artisan – TM3 Engineering
Johan Joubert Best Performing Engineering Overseer – TM3 Engineering
Shafts and Infrustracture
Fankie Kwinda Best Performer – Unit Mananger, Shafts
Mzi Qiqimana Best Performer – Engineering Overseer, Shafts
Norman Harris Best Performer – Mine Overseer, Shafts
Human Resource
Busi Sithole Best Performing – HR Supervisor
Finance
Freddie Joubert Best Performer – Warehouse Section
Sustainable Development
Jowell Mpela Best Performer – Sustainable Development
Projects
Christo Oliphant Best Performer – Mine Overseer – NMD
Andreas Coetzee Best Performer – Engineering Overseer – NMD
D-E Bander
Ruaan Greeff
QUARTER 3AWARDSSAFETY&PRODUCTION
These awards recognise the top performers for each quarter. Measured against the quarterly safety and production target.
PERFORMANCE REVIEW
Safety
Production
Q3
Q3
Q4
Q4
Plan nActual n
Variance n
Plan nActual n
Variance n
Production
1 953 kg1 709 kg244 kg
2 290 kg2 119 kg171 kg
FIFR: Benchmark – 0.00 Actual 0.00
FIFR: Benchmark – 0.00 Actual 0.00
SIFR: Benchmark – 0.92 Actual 0.66
SIFR: Benchmark – 0.92 Actual 1.27
LDIFR: Benchmark – 2.52 Actual 2.19
LDIFR: Benchmark – 2.52 Actual 1.27
TRIFR: Benchmark – 4.10 Actual 3.51
TRIFR: Benchmark – 4.10 Actual 2.12
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Employees having drinks at the Quarterly awards
Fanie Roux, Best Perfromer-Foreman-TM3
Fankie Kwinda, Best Performiing Unit Manager Engineering
Patrys Laubscher, Best Performer SHEQ
Sam Sehlabaka and A Nhantumbo, Best Performer Destress Miners Oliver Mampebane, Best Performer MRM Ruaan Greeff, Best Performer D-E band employee
Freddie Mthembu, Best Performer Mega Production Supervisor
Noman Harris, Best Performer Mine Overseer Shaft
Freddie Joubert, Best Performer Finance
R Dibetsoe, P.Mvuhlela, S Motloung and R Masilela Best Performer Destress Shiftbosses T Maqhawe, Best Mine Overseer
Best Performer MRM Masala Nemakundani
Best Performer Artisan Laxola Sibaca
Mzi Qiqimana, Best Performer Shaft
Janie La Grange, Best Performer Metallurgy
Employees enjoying their meal at the Production and Safety awards
Jowell Mphela, Best Performer Sustainable Development
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Long Service Award recipients with management in a group photo
Mr and Mrs Rasentsoere walk to the stage to collect an award
Head of Mining, Francois Van Heerden presents a Long Service Award to a recipientHead of Metallurgy, Stephen Joseph with award recipients
Management presents Long Service Award to recipient
These were the words of Nico Muller, Executive Vice President for the South African Region when he delivered his address at first South Deep 25 Years Long Service Awards Ceremony.
The ceremony was held on Wednesday, 10 December 2015 at the Westonaria Banquet hall were 138 employees were honoured for 25 year of service in Gold Fields. Mr Muller said. “It is a truly remarkable and much respected accomplishment to have achieved 25 years of service in our company! It shows loyalty, resilience and a strong sense of belonging”. Some of the recipients could not hide their excitement as they walked up the podium to collect their prizes with some of their family members celebrating with them.
Long Service AwardsSouth Deep hosts“It is a truly remarkable and much respected accomplishment to have achieved 25 years of service in our company! It shows loyalty, resilience and a strong sense of belonging”.
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Building positivecommunity relationships
South Deep recognises the importance of developing a positive relationship with the communities in which it works
The Community Relations department has been hard at work holding regular engagements and meetings with local communities to build strong community relationships. The team is working closely with these communities to identify needs and areas of concern to ensure that we reach common ground in addressing these issues.
The last meetings were conducted in the communities of Westonaria, Simunye and Bekkersdal. Community members were given and introduced to the grievance mechanism that should be used when they want to raise community grievances and concerns. The key issues that our communities are concerned about include development, their relationship with the mine, how they benefit from our operation and the accessibility of mine resources e.g. tenders.
A community member raising his concerns
Bonny Sebola, Vice President Stakeholder Engagement and Communuty Relations addressing community members
Marriet Lifferick, CEO of FSE, addressing membersof the community
South Deep, in partnership with Red Mining, gives out blankets and mattresses to Water Works and Zuuberkom communities Harmony Ntlemo, Community Relations Unit Manager, handing out blanket to a community member
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The first Westonaria Organisational Workshop (WOW) was held on the 13th of October 2015
Performance by Thusanang Group
Community members attending the Alliance launch
Strengthening the Westonaria community
Mining houses and the local municipality form an Alliance to address community development issues in Greater Westonaria
During 2014 Gold Fields and Sibanye Gold recognised the need to work together to forge a strong working relationship with the municipality and residents of Greater Westonaria to address their needs.
The Sibanye-Gold Fields Alliance was formed to share information and jointly support local development. By coming together, the two companies’ Boards of Directors hope to provide an institutional framework for community representatives, the municipality and the two mining houses to craft a shared approach to the district’s development goals and to pursue them together.
The Seriti Institute was invited to submit a proposal for a developmental intervention that would bring immediate improvements to the quality of life of the people in Westonaria. Bekkersdal and Simunye were identified to be the first communities for the pilot project which will be extended to other areas in months to come.
South Deep Mine iqhakambisa ukubaluleka kokwakha ubudlelwane obuhle nemiphakathi esebenzisana nayo.
Sizimisele ukundlondlobalisa ubudlelwane bethu nemiphakathi ngokubamba imihlangano nayo imiphakathi esakhelene nayo ukuze sithole izinkinga ababhekene nazo, sisize la esingasiza khona. iSouth Deep Mine iphinde futhi ibambisene nomnyango wezempilo wase ntshonalanga koloni (Eastern Cape) kanye ne Coega Development Agency ekwakheni umtholampilo ozobizwa nge Pilane Clinic khona e- Eastern Cape.
Lokhu kuzosiza umphakathi wase Pilane ukuthi uthole usizo lwezempilo eduze futhi ngokushesha. Umnyango wezezindlu zase mayini kanye nomaspala wendawo bangene esivumelwaneni sokubambisana ekulungisweni kwezinkinga zentuthuko yase Greater Westonaria. iSouth Deep inikeza ngoxhaso lwama learnerships, bursaries kanye nama internships kwizakhamuzi zemiphakathi.
Summary of the community article translated in IsiZulu
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South Deep offers learnerships, bursaries and internship opportunities to employees and youth from local communities, as well as labour-sending communities:
Learnership
The total number of employees and
community members currently on a South
Deep Bursary scheme
Bursaries Internships
for local communitiesSouth Deep creates opportunities
99The number of interns
from communities currently on the South
Deep programme
88 Learners in the Engineering field
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Pilane Clinic construction in progress in the Eastern Cape
Contractors responsible for building the Pilane Clinic
Health services for an Eastern Cape communityThe Pilane community, 150km from Umthata, will benefit from a clinic constructed with South Deep’s support
Work is well underway for the construction of a clinic in Pilane Village in the Eastern Cape. The project, undertaken by South Deep, aims to assist the OR Tambo District Municipality with service delivery providing regular reliable primary health care services at Pilane Village. The project will increase access to health services for Pilane community members, as well as members of neighbouring communities and farms. The project pools resources from South Deep, the Eastern Cape Department of Health, as well as the Coega Development Agency.
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SPORTS
Our team also participated at the annual South African Mining Sports Association (SAMSA) meeting held in March at Beatrix Gold Mine in Welkom. Meshack Motla won first place in the master’s category and France Mola won in the senior’s category.
At the 2015 Comrades Marathon our athletics team brought back 1 silver medal and 1 Billyrowen medal.
SOUTH DEEP EMPLOYEES PARTICIPATE IN ALL TYPES OF SPORT
Our athletics team participated in various marathon meetings in 2015. At the Comrades Marathon held in June, Frans Molla made South Deep proud and finished in position 65 out 16 993 runners.
Athletics
South Deep Women's Volley Ball Team at SAMSA South Deep Men's Volley Ball Team at SAMSA Volleyball
Recently in October 2015, the team participated in the Jacaranda City Marathon held in Pretoria. Mncedisi Nono and Benjamin Moeng finished in the top ten in the 10km race. Khutso Mogotlane and Zimkitha Dyantyi finished the 21km race in less than 2 hours. Nelson Komani, Siviwe Komani, Meshack Motla and Frans Mola took part in the 42km race and finished the race in less than 4 hours.
Volley Ball 2015 SAMSA Games South Deep Gold Mine’s Volleyball Team put on a good performance at the 2015 SAMSA tournament hosted in Potchefstroom in April. This came after both women’s and men’s teams won four of their matches and qualified for the finals.
Both our teams lost in the finals against Sibanye Gold and brought home two silver trophies respectively.
South Deep Volleyball teams have joined the Westonaria Volleyball league. The league kicked off in October 2015. The men’s team was defeated by Mohlakeng Volleyball team by 2-1. The women’s team was also defeated by Kagiso Volleyball team by 2-1. Both teams have vowed to improve their performance while the league is still in its early stages.
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SPORTS
Soccer
Body building
Netball
Red Mining Soccer Team
Newrack Soccer Team
Musa Mihlo and Daniel Khumbsdane at the SAMSA Bodybuilding tournamentSouth Deep Netball Team with their SAMSA medals
Noluthando and Dineo
The inaugural inter-departmental soccer league, which kicked off in January 2015 is came to an end in November, and Newrak Mining won it (the inter-departmental league). The league consisted of two streams with seven teams in each stream.
Stream A is led by South Shaft Engineering and Stream B is led by Newrak Mining. The South Deep Mine Soccer team has started with preparations for the SAMSA tournament which will be held later this year. The team recently registered to participate in the SAFA Westonaria Local Football Association (LFA).
The body building team performed well at the SAMSA tournament in July 2015. The team also participated at the West wits Tautona mine in Carletonville at the end of October 2015. The team is preparing hard to achieve great results in this tournament.
South Deep netball team showed great improvement at this year’s SAMSA Netball games.
The South Deep Netball Team participated in numerous games throughout the year. Our ladies performed very well at the July SAMSA held in Brits were they were beaten by Harmony Gold and brought home silver medals.
The South Deep Netball Team has also joined the Westonaria Netball league which was launched in September 2015. So far the ladies have played four matches, won three and lost one. Currently the team is preparing for the SAMSA tournament which will be played in the near future.
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Under the theme, Sports Against Drug Abuse, the two-day sports tournament included soccer and netball teams from South Deep hosting communities. The initial final was between Thusanang’s arch-rivals seven stars and Phalaphala soccer team.
On the day Phalaphala soccer team, who came into the tournament as underdogs, defeated seven stars behind their own backyard and in front of their own-crowed 3-1.
Supervisor Community Relations, Khuliso Theswane elaborated: “Having a good relationship with our communities is very important to us, so this is part of our ways of engaging with them and making sure we build a sustainable relationship with them.”
Sports against drug abuseSPORTS
South Deep Gold Mine sponsored a two-day sports tournament in Thusanang community on 6 December 2015.
Phalaphala players
Phalaphala Team celebrating with their trophy
Some action during the matchSupportes who came to the tournament