Volume 10, Issue 08 Oct/Nov 2014

LAC was proud and delighted to receive the

“Newsmaker of the Year” award during the annual Phalaborwa Chamber of Business awards ceremony

held on 21 November 2014.

The Chamber’s end-of-year function was a well-

organised event held at Kambaku on the edge of the Olifants river. Regrettably the weather did not play

along and a torrential downpour of rain put paid to

hours of work on decorating the outside tables. But

Phalaborwa businessmen are a hardy bunch and

before long the evening was back on course under-

cover. LAC were honoured to be recognised along with other award winners such as Patricia Chikaka

as ‘Entrepreneur of the Year’ and Eddie Ysselstein as

a hugely popular choice for ‘Business Person of the

Year’.

The Home Affairs office was recognised for excellent

service delivery whilst Andrew Lumbe of SANParks

received due recognition for his dedication in fighting

rhino poaching. JP van der Merwe received an

award for business growth and the SPCA for their

dedicated work for animal welfare; whilst Foskor’s Priscilla Botha was named ‘Secretary of the Year’.

We congratulate all the business people whose hard

work throughout 2014 resulted in these and the other

awards on the night, as well as all the others striving to grow our town and surrounding areas through sound

business practices. LAC looks forward to continuing to

be a leading member of Phalaborwa’s vibrant business

community in 2015 and beyond.

CRUSH!CRUSH!CRUSH!CRUSH! LAC: NEWSMAKER OF 2014!

Managing Director Bill Smith with GM Louise de Jongh

and Chamber of Business President Manie Kriel.

Picture: Roan van Eeden

Right: Making the news by leading from the front - Managing

Director Bill Smith with LAC’s Board Chairman Isaac Masekwameng

CRUSH!CRUSH!CRUSH!CRUSH! Page 2

LAC was delighted to host its first annual Charity Golf Day at the Hans Merensky golf course on 18 October 2014. 24 teams

headed out on the course on a beautiful breezy Saturday and enjoyed a robust round of golf, characterised by good-natured

competition and much laughter.

LAC INAUGURAL CHARITY

GOLF DAY A HUGE HIT!

Short holes manned by LAC, Gasarc, NTT, FNB,

Nungu Tyres and Hitachi ensured that golfers

were refreshed throughout their round. LAC’s hole

6 was manned by a hugely enthusiastic group of

volunteers led by Operations Director Bryan Smith,

whose strategies ensured that an incredible R 4860

was raised from golfers there alone. And who knew

Henry was such an accomplished wicket keeper?

Page 3 CRUSH!CRUSH!CRUSH!CRUSH!

LAC: GOLFING FOR THE COMMUNITY All profits from the golf day are being

channelled into a project to benefit all five of the tribal areas surrounding Ba-Phalaborwa. Every

opportunity was taken to increase that donation during the evening prize-giving function - held at

the stunning Hat & Creek restaurant in Phalaborwa. The winning team on the day was Ilanga Con-

struction, who were able to choose from the wide array of incredible prizes donated by sponsors of

this event. Most teams collected prizes with the addition of lucky draws and novelty prizes, and MC

Dave Millar kept everyone on course. Auctions were well-supported and followed by the incredible

live band “Uncovered,” who kept some guests entertained until 2am the next morning.

MD Bill Smith presented GM Wikus Erasmus

with a set of water wings in recognition of his

‘skill’ at landing in every water obstacle on the

course! Kobus Swanepoel bagged himself 50kg

of mealie meal at auction!

Left:

Ilanga’s

winning

team

Page 4 CRUSH!CRUSH!CRUSH!CRUSH!

LAC’s PARTNERS IN GOLF AND DEVELOPMENT

Funds raised through the Charity Golf Day were in excess of R120,000 and will be distributed evenly between an

identified project in each of the five tribal authority areas in the Ba-Phalaborwa area. This has only been possible

through the incredible generosity of over 40 companies and individuals who whole-heartedly supported this

community initiative from the outset.

LAC plans to work with its partners to make this event even bigger next year, in order to increase the charity

funds raised. We look forward to seeing many of you there.

LA Crushers would like to thank each of the following

valued sponsors for their generous support of this

fundraising initiative:

Bearing Man

Bell Equipment

Bilnor Engineering

Bill & Bryan Smith

Bodgies Sports

Burgers

CAT ER

Centrax

Dougall Equipment

Firematic

First National Bank

Foskor

Francks Engineering

Gasarc

Glasfit/Qualito

Hat & Creek

Heqlen Mica

Hitachi

Ilanga Construction

Johndre Plant

KBH Group

LA Crushers

Long Island Trading

Mafika Engineering

Martins Refrigeration

MCC

MIS

Mike Doumanis

MJM Electrical

NTT Toyota

Ngulube Lodge

Nungu Tyres

Palmach

Phalaborwa Auto Electrical

Phalaborwa Brake & Clutch

PNS

SMB Plant

Spar

Trentyre

Turbofix

Two Mountains

Vandlovu

LTI-FREE HOURS AND THE SILLY SEASON

It’s that time of year again when

thoughts inevitably turn to the festive

season, gifts and celebrations. It’s

been a long year and though we

understand the temptation to relax

a little as December arrives, it is of

course crucial that we only do this in

our free time. LAC is a 24 hours a day, 7 days a week,

365 days a year operation - 24/7/365. And being safe

cannot take even one minute off in that time.

LAC’s unwavering safety ethos is there to ensure that

everyone on our sites can return home uninjured to their

loving family and friends each and every day. Targets

are a secondary objective, though we are perilously

close to achieving a magical three million injury-free

hours - so close that we can almost taste it with the

Christmas cake. We look forward to celebrating this

milestone with you all, but just as a stepping stone to the

next milestone, and the one after that.

LONG SERVICE

AWARDS

Congratulations and

thank you to the follow-

ing employees for their

years of service to LAC:

15 years

Johnson Mabokwane

Thomas Mathebula

5 years

Masokela Mangena

Esther Ntimbane

Frederick Cloete

Morris Qhibi

Thomas Raholane

Phetole Malatji

Peter Monyela

Thabiso Mgiba

Page 5 CRUSH!CRUSH!CRUSH!CRUSH!

IN SYMPATHY: We would like to extend heart-felt sympathy from

all at LAC to all employees and friends who have

lost loved ones recently, which includes:

♦ Frank Mkhabele, Thomas Mkhatshwa, Gloria

Makofane and Tebogo Makofane who all had

their mother pass away;

♦ Frank Mashele, Andrew Mndhlovu and Fannie

Mhangane, who each had a brother pass away.

♦ Walter Ngobeni and Makhubele Ally, who lost

their fathers. Our thoughts are with you all.

“To me, the thing that is worse than

death is betrayal. You see, I could

conceive death, but I could not conceive

betrayal”. Malcolm X

CONGRATULATIONS!

To Delson

Mkansi

and

Golden

Maake

who have

both been blessed

with baby girls!

Festive Celebration Donation

Management was pleased to advise all employees that they will receive a discretionary R 100 cash payment in lieu of management-organised Christmas functions. The R 100 for each employee will be collected by Supervisors and distributed on sites on 04 and 05 December 2014. It is down to each department and shift to decide whether they would like to pool their

resources and organise a site braai or get-together, o r whe th e r e ach employee would prefer to take their cash home. Either way enjoy your celebration!

These holidays These holidays These holidays These holidays ---- dance like the whole company is dance like the whole company is dance like the whole company is dance like the whole company is

watching and have a joyful festive season! watching and have a joyful festive season! watching and have a joyful festive season! watching and have a joyful festive season!