Season’s greetings

As we say goodbye to 2019 we would like to

thank all staff members and customers for their

continuous effort and support.

Sandton Group of companies has accomplished a

lot over the past year and we are grateful to all

those who helped us achieve this.

Best wishes for a happy holiday season and our

sincere thanks for your loyalty and goodwill

throughout the year. May the year 2020 turn all

your dreams into reality and all your efforts into

great achievements.

Wishing you and your family a joyous

Christmas and a Happy New Year. !!!

LONG SERVICE AWARDS

The following employees have

been with the group for many

years and we thank them for their

dedication and loyalty:

Sandton Plant Hire:

25 years - Piet MMoyane

15 years - Richard Ede

15 years - Juley Coetzee

10 years - Christeon Botha

10 years - Khulekani Sibiya

10 years - Ronald Smit

5 years - Anita Ronge

5 years - Jackie Engelbrecht

5 years - Michelle Masondo

5 years - Sandra Pelati

5 years - Farai Muperi

5 years - Peter Henning

5 years - Otto Smit

5 years - Cobus de Beer

5 years - Emma Molokomme

5 years - Joseph Matjiu

Santa Shoebox Project shares the joys of giving, each year the Santa

Shoebox Project collects and distributes personalized gifts of essential

items and treats for underprivileged children throughout South Africa and

Namibia. The Santa Shoebox Project originated in Cape Town in 2006 with a

humble 180 shoeboxes. In 14 years it has grown tremendously, with the

number of Santa Shoeboxes donated reaching a total of 858 673.

This year Sandton Plant Hire pledged 50 shoe boxes. Each department took

on the task of creating their own shoe boxes. The boxes were packed with

the necessary items and sent to the Santa Shoebox Projects to be

distributed to the underprivileged children.

To find out more on how to pledge and pack a shoebox visit their website :

www.santashoebox.org.za

Santa shoe Box projects

Q & A with Hannes Tolmay - Site Manager at Zibulo

Opencast.

Q: How long have you been working for Zibulo?

A: Site recently opened but I have been working with SGC

for 1 year and 3 months.

Q: What are the main operations of the site you work

on?

A: Subcontracting for our mining partner Inayo and mining

coal for Anglo American on Zibulo opencast.

Q: What is your role in the company?

A: In charge of all truck and shovel operations, such as

top/sub soil stripping, overburden stripping, interburden

stripping and plant hire to Inayo mining. Managing and

overseeing all HR, safety related, time and attendance

matters for Sandton Mining employees on site.

Q: In a brief description, please explain a day in the life of your occupation on

your site?

A: Safety and shift line up meeting, level 1 production meeting (with shift Foreman)

level 2 production meeting (with Client) followed by pit inspection. Thereafter

administration and next 24hrs planning followed by pit follow up inspection.

Q: What highs and lows do you experience day-to-day on site?

A: Highs> Achieving shift targets, enjoy observing Sandton Mining being operated ef-

ficiently, safely and productively. Taking pride in knowing the client is satisfied with

the service rendered from Sandton Mining Lows> Equipment breakdowns

causing loss of production. Property damages caused by human errors and negative

attitudes towards fellow employees and life itself.

Q: Is there anything else you would like to

share with our newsletter readers?

A: From a personal view I would like to thank the

company for the kit provided and giving me the

opportunity as the site manager for Zibulo.

Thanks to Bryan Whittal for all the effort and late

nights you put in to get Zibulo equipment site

compliant and up and running.

Zibulo 2019

Left to Right: Bryan Whittal, Rodger

Mosehla, Ota Chamunorwa. Tshepo

Mafuwane and Ridgewell Ntshengele

Happy Birthday Craig!!

Craig Mottram (SPH/HQ) turned 60 on the

1st of November 2019, we would like to

thank Craig for his 13 years of service with

Sandton Plant Hire. It was an absolute

privilege for us to be able to celebrate your

60th Birthday with you. We wish you many

more happy years here with us at Sandton

Group Of Companies.

Farewell Brendon..

EXTRA NEWS...

Brendon Maree

(Almar/HQ) has said

goodbye after working

for Sandton Group of

Companies for 8 years.

Brendon and his family

will be emmigrating to

America. Thank you for

all your hard work and

dedication to this compa-

ny, we wish you the best

of luck .!!

“ No Journey is long

when dreams are big

and sky is the limit.”

Happy Birthday Richard!!

Richard Arnell (SPH/HQ) turned 60 on the

1st of August 2019, we would like to thank

Richard for his 13 years of service with

Sandton Plant Hire. It was an absolute

privilege for us to be able to celebrate your

60th Birthday with you. We wish you many

more happy years here with us at Sandton

Group Of Companies.

EXTRA NEWS (CONTINUES)

Congratulations to Laurina van der Bergh (Somkhele) and

Mike van der Bergh (Somkhele) who got Married on 26th of October

2019

Linda Patrick (S&B/HQ) has said

goodbye after working for Sandton

Group of Companies for 33 years. Linda

will be emmigrating to the UK to start a

new adventure. Thank you for all your

hard work and dedication to this

company, we wish you the best of luck .!!

“ The journey of a thousand miles

begins with a single step.”

FAREWELL LInDA

SECRET SANTA Secret Santa is a Western Christmas tradition in which members of a group or community are randomly assigned a person to

whom they give a gift. The identity of the gift giver is to remain a secret and should not be revealed until after the gift is

opened. SPH Head office celebrated this tradition on the 12th of December, thank you to everyone for taking part , hope you

like your gifts and had a good time.

SUPERBRU 2019

First of all we would like to thank you all for taking part in this year’s Rugby World Cup Superbru predictor.

A very BIG congratulations to all the winners and thank you for submitting your picks every week!

Below is the finishing scoreboard for our top 10 participants:

1.Hennie van Zyl (Almar)

2.Chane van der Merwe (Almar)

3.Vernon Forster (SPH)

4.Basie Potgieter (Almar)

5.Christeon Botha (SPH)

6.Rikus Jooste (Almar)

7.Clinton Venter (Almar)

8.Wessel Jordaan (Almar)

9.JP Joubert (Somkhele)

10.Danie (Jnr) Erasmus (Almar)

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South Africans are still celebrating after the Springboks were crowned 2019 Rugby World Cup champions in

Japan on Saturday 3rd of November 2019. As South Africa's triumphant players return back home to a heroes'

welcome, they do so in the knowledge that they are not only world champions but also top of the World Rugby

men's Rankings for the first time since 16 November, 2009.

Saturday's 32-12 victory over England in the final of Rugby World Cup 2019 saw them awarded 3.48 rating points

to go from third to first, having briefly been overtaken by New Zealand after their 40-17 defeat of Wales in the

bronze final.

The Springboks third Rugby World Cup victory has boosted their score to 94.19 points – their highest ever and

6.85 points more than when their campaign began with the side back in fourth place in the rankings, while New

Zealand finished the tournament as they were at the start, in second place, but with an improved rating of 92.11

points.

This year the Boks brought home the Webb Ellis Cup and the Boks & Supporters couldn't be more proud.

Congratulations on the win Springboks we hope to see future wins.

The 2023 Rugby World Cup, to be hosted by France, is scheduled to be the tenth men's Rugby World Cup, taking

place in the year of the 200th anniversary of the 'invention' of the sport by William Webb Ellis from 8 September

to 21 October.

RugBy world cup 2019 (japan)

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DISCOVERy 947 RIDE JOBURG cycle Challenge

Thousands of cyclists took part in the Discovery 947 Ride Joburg cycle challenge on Sunday the

17th of November 2019.

A few of Sandton Group employees took part in this 95km cycle challenge in order to raise funds for

the Smile Foundation. All the riders did extremely well and we would like to congratulate them on

their achievement:

Corrie Victor (SPH/HQ) Race Time (03:10:24)

Gail Arnell (SOMK) Race Time (03:58:27)

David Westraat (SPH/HQ) Race Time (04:17:35)

Hugo Conradie (SPH/HQ) Race Time (05:28:50)

Phillip Schutte (ALMAR) Race Time (05:49:43)

On the 10th of November 2019 Corrie Victor (SPH/HQ) also took part in the Discovery 947 Mountain

Bike Ride (55km) finishing in (02:54:24). Hugo Conradie (SPH/HQ) and David Westraat (SPH/HQ)

took part in spinning for the Smile foundation. Well done to all the riders and thank you to everyone

who made contributions towards the Smile Foundation...

EXTRA NEWS (CONTINUES)

Kiddies Day at SPH H/Q) 13th December 2019

We would like to congratulate the

following employees who recently

became parents:

SPH Head Office:

Mahlatse Boshego (Admin

Clerk) & George

Tshukudu , parents to

baby girl Amohelang born

on the 7th of December

2019.

We would like to congratulate

Kokkie Joubert who recently became a

great grandfather to his grandson’s son.

SPH Mafube:

Meet baby boy

Amedee, born on the

27th of November 2019.

YEAR END FUNCTION 2019

On the 29th of November 2019 Sandton Group of Companies hosted our Year End

Function at the Accolades Boutique Venue in Midrand. Awards were handed out and we

enjoyed a lovely 3 course meal together. Below are photo’s taken of the event.

YEAR END FUNCTION 2019 continues

YEAR END workshop Braai 2019

On the 13th of December 2019, SPH head office hosted a workshop braai for all workshop

employees. See below images of the event.

Left : Walter Scrooby(Artisan of the year 2nd), Frikkie Britz

(Innovation Creativity), Gerhard Maritz (Artisan of the year

1st), Sello Kgatla (Assistant of the year), Douglas Alexander

(Most Improvement), Andries Engelbrecht (Leadership),

Sydney Kgatla (Excellence) & Kyle Stirk (Safety).