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GR!MKER @ZETTE voLl 1

982

No15

The unique Grinaker spirit by Peter Lait nking back over the years, many rsolated roa,t .rI rg o 'lrnd Difr.rF . ,d(ec In diflereni paces. However my overa/l thoughts Th n,

always seem to c€ntre on that specra feelrnglhatis the sp nt of the Grinaker oroan zat on

This sprnl comes from a Jee ing of pride in be ng pa'lola-u. e \1. lo.\r'e\s.S.(c..s nb-sr-cr. is primarily measured by econom c resu is There can be lrttle doubt thal Grinakers have produced ercelleni financial results overa long per od The success of the lMooi River. Vryheid, Southern Freeway, Shabani and Mashaba contracls of my lrrn-. wer€ greal rnorale boosters and must have

had a srqtnlficant nlluenoe on ihe growth of ihe 1t comes lronr the sp ril ol advenlure ll took great coorage to successlu iy lender for the Mooi River. to Estco!rl Freeway contract whrch a1 over R13.5 mrl ion was cons dered to be the argesl sinqle

road contracl ever awarded to a conlraclor in

Souih Afrlca and more than lour lrmes th-A va ue of any prev o!s conlracl awarded t.J the group. ll cornes from nnoval on. Concrete railway sleepers, ncrementa launchinq the f eid of eleclronics and lrom dlfferenl m(rthods of open cast mining. to name bul a few. ll comes lrom the

Peter Lait atlended the wall known l,4aritzburg Callege and iaine(l lhe Grinaker qtaup as a satls lechnician tn 1964. He becanle nanaginq dtreclor ot Ct..tdLFt .I,d..((..1 ;n t9a6 dr.t -a^aq;ng ditectot af Grinaker (Natal) tn 1979. He iscurrently chairnian ol Gtinaker l,'lining, depuly chaitman ol Gtitraker Cansttrcttan (PIy )Ltrniled and a dlrectot ol Grinaket Haldtngs Beyc)nd the afflce h,o serves on lhe execLitve of the Sauth African Fedetatian al Civil Engineerlng Canlraclors.

I don t think I will ever lorget ihai day eighleen years ago when I drove over the crest of a hilland saw Tarkasiad for the firsl time This was where I was going io ive, where my career n the constr!ction business was to comrnence and my assoc atron with the Grinaker organizatron was to beg n. The slte ollice wasnl diflicull to find. lt was the largesl b!ilding in that liltle dorp on ihe edge of the Kaffoo. The town boasied a single street which was unlarred an hotel (with a hilching rall)which was lully occupied and abool frfiy houses, none of which was vacant. We all have to start somewhere and that is where islarted

conirol systems that monitor performance on a da iy, monthly and anfual bas s lo provide the knowlodge and the incenl vlr to produce coniin ua ly rmproving resulls. It comes lrom shared authority responsibllity and the rva ry wh ch res! t€d from th€ lorrnation of the group organizalional slruclure of 1970 lt cornes from bcing tod by clients corsutants afd conlraclors of the high regard lhey have Jor Grinaker people at all levels Th(} r respect was c,oar y shown in a lelegranr senl to the company upon the award of a very arge contraci The telegram read: Roll oul ihe red carpei bring out the champagne and qei ready io start work on ihe th rd ol Jan Lrary. li conres lrom the loya ty which rnspires peop e to put n a greater effori than is expected of them. Thesc are the lh inqs thai make Gr inakers dillereni and that dlllerence is the sprril oi thl} orqanizatron It a I started at the top with the men who sei lhe

hioh standards of perlorrnarlce conduct, respons bility and respocl which crealed it lt is a

trib!ite io ihem and their eadership that lhrs sptrll exrsts n every olfice factory and srte around the coliniry. Sadly, n a lew months time a number ol them wllL retire. lt will not be qurte the same wilhout them. However. this sprni musi remain and cont nLre to grow and i is the duly of every one of !s io see lhai it does

Ellis Park is comp eted

al the finest venues af its kipd in the wotld is packe(j on opening day ''To butld is to teave a human. nent peop e have pa d visits and mark upon a landscape saict experts have rated rt as one of the group chairman Ola crinaker at most signtficant construct on the Ellis Park roof wettrno on 2 prolectsof is type yet underlaken in th ls couniry. The mark n this case ts acknowBehind the btaze of pubt citvwere edged by experts as betno one of the rnen who rea ly drcj -râ‚Ź lob the finest sports stadru;s anvTheV were basrcatty rhe sime whe,e in the wortd strnds as an team under'Van'van der Watt and impressive tribute to the crinaker Harry de BrLryn who bui t the Concrete Construction team who Shaban asbeslos mrt in Ztm bu lt t and the Transvaal RLrqby babwe which sti ranks as the l ootball Un on who had the argest c onslruclto n prolect deterrrinatton and ded cation 10 undertalPn bv the group They see the project through and the were eqLtal to the b g occasron ioresight to see that rt was While the crvll s de of the project needed lt is a andmark that photographica y dramaiic was JohannesbLlrg can be pro!d of and aitracted a great cleal of Few contracts underlaken by the attentron, the bultdrnq team Dergro!p have received so rlruch formed an exactinq lask lo a hioh publicty. The mass medra have standard The comb ned eff;rt Graup chairman Ota Grinaker kept t in lhe pub ic eye On a has produced an overalt eflect and Jannie te Roux, presjdent of more specralized leve. student whrch deserves a| the adm rat on the Transvaat Rugby Footba tours have taken place. promiUnion, at the toaf wetting One

Picture replay of the Ellis Park project

1979, the old

sla.liun b-.inq.lemalished

Excavation lat the new sta(liurn betlins

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Grandstand begins lo

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statistics Concreie :30000mr Reinforcement I 4 500t Formwork : 200 000m:

{iement (includ ng rme) plrs Brcks I 31 m lt on

450 000

AlLrminium

Windows

approxtmatety

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G azed area : 8 600m.

Crawd at the toat wetting,2 Aprit 1gB2 f-'

Roof sheeting : 9500m.

Handrails r4.tkm

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chairs : 70km Service pip ng I t2 8km Electrica conduit : 24km joinrs I I9,5km lnd v dua seats : 70000 F oor area (exct!d ng seatinq area) : 48 000m' Nla\ mum heighr frorn playrnq leld 3lm Po ysulphide

consumption 2 600kva l\,lanhours worked :3 2 rnit ion

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Harty de Bruyn hotds the ba tar Jannte Le Raux to put the first kick over the posts. lt ltnally went over.

Grinaker's own office block ER!MKER

bv Roland McNamarc

G4ZETTE The

Grrnake

schemes cost esttmates and l,.as bi ity strrdies Nrinze Steen.

Six schemes were designed and discussed

r Gazetie is

published as a house journal by Grinaker Holdrnos Llrnited V ewpornts expressed are nol necessarily shared by the pLrblishers or the editor. Edltoflal offlces, 5 Ronbex Road, Elandsfonteln, Transvaa P.O. Box 8042, Etands, tonte n 1406. Tetephone (0tj)

ef arch l-act Ior T,.chton cs in lially design-ad sx schomes and after mlrch d sclss on and ch

t--bate bel$'cof WoLrler de V iers afd lhe slructurat e ecrrica arr conditronrng and .t!afi ty s!rvey ng div sr.Jns pro d

d!cc.l the presaft design that

EDITORIAL CONSULTANTS: O W. crinaker H M. Bush

Sherwood

EDITOR:

PUBLISHING ASSISTANTI Diana Hallowes AREA CORBESPONDENTST

Peter Blofleld, Amalgamaied Reinforcing, Natal Toeks Botha, Bay Stone Sales Pau rne Coch rane Gwelo, Zirnbahwe

Grinaker Planir Fusse

Cowdrey. Harry [,4ahraj Jack Denz

Doug H!tchinson. crinet John Lucas, Durban/New Germany Nico Maa s. S.A. pited Jimmy Quail. Elandsfontein Geoff Skeen crinaker (Cape) Ma

rrio

the s te .rn/y mcasures 52nr x 53m I m rad budqct ri beaaine nocessary to t)rovide ofe

and wilrr a

IV chael Sandrock

Grinaker

Barry Wiseman Richards Bay

Frcnt Caver: Looking up the in-

lake tower at Sandile Dam, Pictute by lan Friend, site agenl (concrete) al Sandtle.

basemcnl evel parkifg lor 3,1 cars then reduce the gro!fd

The group s Bedford Cenlre com

panes wrll soon be movin!t to Grfaker's owrr offce b!i d ng Some of the lactors thal iffl!cnc,ad lhis do. sro n werc f r,. drctrons of R20.00,m for offce refta w th n the fext lhree years.

expry of exsting offce

tease

agreements and the lar!:te n{rmbcr of serv ce personnel that ar,. now cmp oyed and nee.t office space lo fLrfclion efJ c eft y

The bail staricd rol ing when Siand 9 New Doorffonlein

Johan nesburg.

was purchased The site s a mare stones throw awav from th-a new E is Park sports siadrum and has /ts rna n

efirances olf van Beck w

th two ot its

genera y acc,aptable to a l N4 nze Siecf s task was made a l the nrore d llrcult by the Jolrannesburll M!n c pa ty s reqLr ronrent for al easr rwenty por cenl of lh,. s te io be lai.lscape.l and a mifrmLrm ol 104 park ng bays to be provided As

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rail and road access. shopp ng and park n!, areas AIter lhc purchasc ol the iand. Techton cs was cal ed n to prod !ce prel rninary deslgn

Street boun.lar es c pa park

bordcr ng on a m!n The New Doornfonte n area s one of Johannesb!rg s newesl minisatcl le develop eniseastof the c ty centre Tlre area s on y slart fg to be deve oped w lh the Grinaker buildifg be ng among lhe f rst io be construcied I s en vsaged that wthif a lew years New Doornfontein w lbe a pres i q ous olf ce b ock centre w th

Iloor ar-aa to accommodate the remainrn!l 70 pnrkifg bays an.j andscaplnq requlrad afd rhen cari /ever oul the upper floors to obta I opl nr!m olfrce spacc The b!rld nC .ofsrsts otir t 050nr srrr(l -a evcl basenrcft a 575m

9ro!fcl lloor arid frve typrca/ olll.e I oors ol 950dr each A

convenl oral re nforced concrete colLrmn. T-beam and s ab syslem s bcin!l employed. Howcver thc basemeni wi lhavo a raft sab which tn som,a areas excee.ts 800mm n th ckncss. Th s /s due to lhe poor so lcond lrons of lhe

srie The erierflal face of the bu ld ng w I be protected by a

'Marinoran lin sh which writ g vc ihl] effect ol a precast stone ch p fuf sh All wifdows wi bc verttca s d ng bronzed anod zed a/um niLrm The veri cal s i.li.d w rdows wcre chosen tor ease oi c ean nq at h gh eve s nternal f n shes wi i be of a conventionat lype w ih carpeted f oors p asiered and pa nted wat s vinyl clad derno!ntab/e partitiofing and acoust c type ceit nqs On,a of the leat!res of the buitd in g w ll be a centre core airium wtth a

rlts in the eveni of a power fai ure. Ail floors w ll be fire protecied by

means

ol hose reels and a

sprink er syslem. Core pressur zat on fans w ll prevenl ingress of smoke into lhe staircases if a f re

On the conlraclual s de prior to

ihe start of ihe bu ldlng, Tech ton cs prepared provisional b lls of q uantities, drawings, and specilicatrons based on the bu lding form ol contract Gflnaker Concrete Construct on

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pr ced the bil s and alter negolialions a contract sum ol just under R4000000 was tendered Th s f gure was w thin the budget estl mate and Grinaker Concreie Construction was awarded the

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The ground floor w ll be occupied by George Tempest together w th

his staff and computers

lvlinze Steen. the architect, with his

rool light over it, similar to the Beacon sland Hoiel in Pletlenburg Bay Al ihe off ce f oors wi be open to the

nd vid

alrium. i, however

companies require

their lloors to be closed ofl lrom the atr um by means ol window walling. this can be done with minimum d sru plion.

Another feat!re will be lwo SPace-age Maharani type observation glass backed lifts ihat will service al f oors and be

located in lhe centre atrium area of the building Each office floor has ris own slrongroom, recep tion area conference room. tea kltchen and toilets so that each cornpany wil have ils own

siage the decis on to opl 1or lhe cenlral syslem or rndiv dualunits has not been made. From stud es

undertaken it appears that a ceniral system cou d be the answer lor ihis parlicu ar bu iding

On the e ectrical s de, olfice ighting wrl be provded by a modular array of recessed lluore

scent lum narres recessed into the acoustic iiled ce ling. Power sk ri nq wi be nstailed a ong al per meler wa ls A stand by d ese qeneralor wil be ocated in the basement and wiil supp y

temporary power for I qhlino and

from Elandsfontein Techtonics scom prter aided dralling equ pment wl also be located on this lloor which has been spec flca ly des gned and air cond tioned to ho use comp!ter eq u ip meni Floors one toiivewi I be occupied by the siaff ol Techton cs Grinaker Eng neer ng Manage ment and Grinaker Projects, al ol whom are presently housed at Bedford Centre and STC House The vacated offices at Bedford

Cenlre will be taken over

I be lully air oned However. at ths

The buildlng w condii

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Jahn l\,'lcCormick. Grinaket Con, ctete Construclion man an stte

Grlnaker Concrete Constructron on the exp ry of their lease ai Craigha L Work starled on site in ear y L4ay this year wth competon daie being the end ol Apr I 1983

Wark starts an the new Grinaker office block

Four of the best for Transvaal

Gracious curves. the two George Goch bridges

by Howatd Jones

700 melres ot deck, have been Having taken fu ladvantage of the

exper ence gained by Alan Dawson and his Grinaker Natal

team. and using the shorl deck at George Goch as an experimental

I lour incremenlally launched br dge decks on the South Alr can Transport Services new llnk lne between George Goch and Kazerne West alotalofsome A

Clean sweep ovet the

sect on, we ach eved very salis factory progress. TheA line br dgeal George Goch

is 210 melres long comprslng seventeen 12,35 metre long seg

menls. Preter wagenaar,

site

aqent, and Denis Cowe l, genera

foreman and their team took e ghleen working weeks to cornp ete ih s deck. The advantage of

the

techniqLJe

incrementa

ng was highlight-6d ly wrlh the blue train passing tolal y unimpeded aunch

.cqeg ""

periodica

beneath ihe advanc ng slructure. The two decks over V ckers Road are lhe A5ai 192 metres long w th eleven segmenls and the 86 214

rnetres ong ccmPrising lifteen segments They were compleled n a lota of th riy leanr weeks from iwo separate aunch ng bays. Peter Brown was agent and highly experienced campaigner Darniao De Souza with his ieam buill the abulments and Piers for bollr bridges and the deck to bridqe A5 whre Jan van Dalen came rn later io construct lhe 86

ln rhe casllng area

The much debaied geomeiry of deck 86 at Vickers Road curved in both elevat on and plan, proved lo be no more diff c!ltfromaconstruclion poini of view than the other decks once ihe aunchtnq bed and iemporarV bearings had been accuraie y placed ln addit on lo the a!nched decks at V ckers Road sorie 350 metres of simp y supporied spans also lorm part oi the contract Otto Steenkamp who has now taken over as site ageni at Vickers Road, is responsible lor lh s sec

tion

ol lhe conlract with

Jan

Stelfens Abil o Ferlao and Jens Hollstein as forernan. We are on programme with bolh

n spite ol havinq carried out addiliona work and beneficial occupat on will be

Swaaping aver the tailway ltnes

contracts

to the c ieni bY 30 June 1982 lhe offic alcomp etion date.

g ven

High piers at Vl.kerc Raad

New and ald at Vickerc Road. Two modern incrementaily launched btidges and an ald steam lacomotive still used lot shunting 7

Simuma Rail Link: rugged country by Hylton Grey

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The Simuma Ra Link consisis of the construciion of fourleen ki ometres ol ra way through rugged and inaccessible terrain to the new cement cl nker plant be ong

ing to Nalal Poriland Cement at Srmuma, near Port Shepslone. Gr naker Naial has obtained two separate conlracts whrch have a

total length of 101 km

and

nclLrde some 8OO 00Om rol ealth-

works Other fealures of the con tract involve the negotaton ol four krantzes and the building oi high embankmenls on lhe Umzmkulu food plain. lt also lncludes three r ver bridqes and

'Llankev countrv, the Umzimkulu valley near Part Shepstone n u

rnerous other minor siruct!res

The contracl slarted wrth inita cross section ng and bush clearng The design was lina ized in January 1982 and the earthworks team under the watchfu eye ol Joe Danks swung inlo action Joe s ass sted by E phas Maz buko, James DLrncan (cosling and soi s), Joe Riccardi (Gab ons) and John van Heerden who s looking after all the subsdiary

works such as sde drains and The excavaiion of the iirst of the four kranlzes began n March th s year w ih Rian Smiih as b asler One of the imporlant aspects of

the kranlzes s the attenlion we have lo pay lo the env ronmenla impact our excavalrons cause lndeed, conservaiion and en vironmenlal conlrol is a key factor

to everyone

nvolved in the construclron ol lhe ent re prolect The plant on site incluies fve Vo vo 5350 dlmp trucks, a Cat 966D a Hough 65 a DgH lwo D7s. a D6, an 815 and a water cart The workshop leam rs headed by

Wl ams who with Alberlo Pinto and l\.lariin Schroeder Dolf

keeps lhe fleet on the move

Slarting simullaneously w lh the earthworks was Rowel Haigh and his concr-.ie leam whi.h consisis of Wi lie Swa11. Steve Luckin and Bob W lson ln itial y Rowell had ten cu verts to construct with a tiqhl proqramme to meet so as io te in with the earthworks One ol h s problems was obiaining access through the

on one of the fout a

Jae Rtcctardi wilh

unhappy mamba. He says he strangled it with his bare hands

harsh terrain lor materia su

ppl es.

The concrele quantittes

were

ncreased with the award ng of the second contract which in

cludes three bndges which are

under the contro ol

TonY

Caasens, with Josd Piries and Doug Ward. They have made a start on the bases of Bridge One

Survey is handled bY Brian Tom nson and Slan BraLrde who

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have had a torrid t me producing the rn t al cross secl ons ihrough

monkey country whle at ihe

same t rne trying lo keep uP w lh Joe Danks The consult ng engrneers are Rob{rrtson & Hilchins who are

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ass sted by Hawk ns. Hawkins & Osborn w th ihe br dge desiqn. The Contracts N,4anager is Deryck

te and sile agent is Peter Sproull We are ook ng lorward lo ihe successfu cornPletion ol Wh

Beating the bush. Back: Muntuye.lwa Zuma. Elphas Mazibuko, Hyllon Grey. James Duncan. Joe Danks, Dolf Williams, Marttn Schrdtlet. Ftont: Nick Hobbs Samuel l,4khize, Joe Ricciardt, Petet Spraull, Rowell Haigh, Alberto Pinta

Men fram S A Piled Foundations. Back: Amos Sibiya, Raly Ftylinck, Rad Hallett, Moses Hlaphe, Allred Hlophe Front: Walter Nangauza, Witsan Mvundla, Amon Gwala, lsaac Apleni. S. Dumani, B Malinga

Ihe Mitsubisht piting tionally known as l"lrs Bushi

One ol !he latge Volvo 535A dump t.u(hs

Bridge going up on the Sarnia artenal road

- 'jelr,!ri!*rat,1.

Bruno Cuitto, foteman at Omega Batlel

KwaDabeka fteeway link is looking goad

Team at Sarnia. Back: Simon Caine, Dennis Kearney, Siman Ttadi, Absatom Gunbi, Mike du p/essrs, Jlm Ross, Jahn Higham, lianuel De Sousa, Joe Feltan, Mike t"4cCrcady. Frcnt: Doug Batha, porky van den Berg.

Doug Sowden. Tony Meyer, Kistan Naidoo 10

Llnlom.d,

v'ddut t. t a\it,q uLl arat t\F tttct

Launching nose ftan below

Umkomaas deck team. Standing: Bennie van Wyk, Mike Shepherd, Andrew Fyvie, Stanley Gavender, Paul Cillrcrs, Bill Butridge Tammy Lundy Frcnl: Lagan Pillay, Fransisca Cardosa, Manuel Lima 11

Sectian leaders on the lJmkonaas deck: Welltngtan Ngubelanga, Dtnga Nene, Geatge lvlchunu Zondo Ziaaba, welcame Radebe

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Slardjrg:8asie Schuite, Sam van der Metwe, Tom Bassett, Howard Watson, Robin Danny Moadley Vernon l\,4aiyan, Ron ald Spe nce r Etic Souchon, Morse. Ftont: Lltnkomaas valley team

Dur ng the most recent slide at Umkomaas a new record of 431 mrn per hour average was established. The time is ca c!lated from the starl of iil ing lhe box to completion oi the slide Congratulat ons to Tom Basseli Basie Schutte and the va ley team. Extra congratulalions to Basie Schutte whose wile Naom recently presenied Kaos l\4tnny and Dave Srerelon-Sll/es 12

New sleeper giant awakes

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FV type heavy duty sleepers far the coal line ta Richards Bay

South Alricas posltion as the argest user of concrete rarlway sle-.pers in the weslern world was re nforced on 23 April. The occa sion was lhe opening ofSa dan ha Precast s new sleeper faclory at

Vryheid Saldanha Precast, which s lointly owned by Grinaker Precast and

Durabon, was orig nal y formed 1973 to produce concreie s eepers for the Sishen/Saldanha iron ore lrne. The new lactory wil manufaclure and supp y heavy duiy sleepers lor the upgrad ng ol lhe coal line from Ermelo to R chards Bay. Th s upgrading

operat on, involv ng nine

hundred k lometres of track and a

total cost of sorne R550 mi lion. is the largest project of lts type yet !ndertaken in this country. The superior abil iies of the

Saldanha Precast heavy duty wil be utilzed lo lhe iull in lhe Lrpgraded iine. The trans-

sleeper

portation ol export coai along this I ne w I become the largest rail transporlalron undertakrna in the

The new faclory was opened by Dr J G H. Loubser, genera manager of S A Transporl Serv ces Other speakers at the lunc iion were Grinaker group chair-

Gr naker and Basil Crowngold chairrnan ol Durabon. An lmpressive guesl list included Basil Hersov. chairman of Anglovaal, senioroific alsfrom

man Ola

the SAR, and a Grinaker Ho dings

conlingent including lV ike Bush and Jack Sauez. Grinaker Pre cast was represenled by managing director Eugene Sadie, John S ebert, John Havinga and a strong preseniation ol seniorper ln his open ng speech Dr Loubser

lnside the new lactaty

said: This faclory complex

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erecied n the shori sPace ot i ve months between lvlay and October ast year. Product on aclua y started on 14 Ociober 1981 and full production was reached in March 1982. lmust congral!laie Saldanha Precast for the rn il ative displayed and lor their elfic ent performance in the face ol stiff cornpeiil on and The Fv{ype heavy duty sleePer produced at the factorY measures 2,2m in length and has a mass of

approximately 290 kilograms.

More than 1.5 m llron of ihern wi be reqLrired ln order to maintain the necessary rate ol Product on the fol owng quantties ol raw

materials are used monihlY:

000m' of stone, 3 000m'of salld 5001 ol cement, 2501 of stee re_ nforcing and 1000 k lo tres of

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Approximately 150 workers are employed under Ron Hogg of DLrabon and Chrs Visser of Gr naker Precast The efforts of

Dr J.G H. Laubser, general manager af SA Ira rsp orl Services

ccep is

gilt from graup chairman Ola Grinaket at the opening cetemony

this ieam are besi described bY Dr Loubsefs c osing remarks: After having seen for myse f what

Sadanha Precast is capable of ach eving I must say that lexperience a greater ease of mind. ln lacl can forsee o!r suPeT_ onq

coal lrans wnding therr way alonq the new Ermelo/Richards Bay ine quite salely. long alter

have been relieved ol the resPon

sbi ity

t Basil Cr()wngald,

Batching plant, kept busy 14

Precast loga, retains af the Grinaker 'G

Chris visser of Gtinaker Precast and Ron Hogg af Durabon (managet) tun the new factory

lmpressive new Atbany Bakety, one ol lhe larcesl des/gn and-construct tutnkey operalions yet underlaken

by Grinaket Proiects

What Grinaker Projects does 'We're on a last track' by Terry Walton

On a recent vs1 to Natal

Gr naker Natal emp oyee asked, ''What does Gr naker Prolects do?' This s the answer: Grlnaker Proiects acts as the

main contractor for the desgn and construciion of industrial and comrnercal bui dings e. iaclories workshops, baker es, warehouses etc. we emp oy s xty f ve members of staif with a high conient ol qualilied peoPle such

Eric Ho, Gtinaker Protecls archi tect for Alhany Bakery

Mal Thomas, site manager

as arch tects, quaniity surveYors and eng neers (civi , bui ding, mechanica and e ectr cal). We operale n al four Provinces, at present controlling some twenty contracts rang ng in value from R30000010R7,5 mi lonwith an ann!a tuTnover of some R30 mi lion A ot of work is repeai bLrsiness with satisled c enis

knock severa months ofl the overall period oi a conkact by stariing work wh lst the project is sti I beingdesigned Oitenwelind

and we therefore spend a great deal ot tirne identily ng ourselves w th our clieni s operat ons, understanding his needs and, where possible improv ng and innovating new ideas We are in whai is ca 1ed lhe fasi track b!sinessi we can generally

site managers in

ol,r r

des gn office

helping the architect!ral leam print the drawings and then tak ng them hot ofl the press to We operale under very tight t me

presslres but have a ot of fun ng'difficult' lime targets. We trLJst thal readers ol ihe Gazette now have an dea oi what we do and 1 anyone hears ol a achiev

possible design and construction

project, lel us know nJohannesburg. 15

work

"The Japanese delermination to win is legendarY"

nq peoPle

wth the onenla

togelher

tamr Y culture

and rel g on. Produces a shong unrty of PUrPose and aclion One cloes nol see rhe aPPalllnq waste ol human energY which is so commonPlace n EuroPean and Soulh Atr can comPanies where

people are more concerned with oersonal qa n and one-uPman <hr. lhan in worlrnq toqether for lhe good of therr busrnessand n consequence themselves This does not mean thal ihe Japanese and the Chinese are suoer-beings without oPrnlons' on the conirary, lhey are full oi ideas and indeed management stronqly e n co urages Part ci .atron rn dec sion mal'ing at al ievels so thal trre worker rs made

by John Patmee qualily contrcl dtrectar at Grinaker Eleclronics (Pty ) Limtted

to ieel Part of hs comPanY Discussions and debales

reqarding quallly, productivity, pann ng and orqanlzallon lahe olace requ al Y, al least once a wpel but once a decLson has been agreed on there is no chanqing o{ minds Everyone pulls his ot her own werght in ihe

aqreed rnanner Th s syslem has nr

odrrced new Ploducls

wrlh

incredible cost effeciiveness lt is no wonder that JaPan has estabished itsell as the ironi runner is practicallY all Product markets, withoui lhe minera resources and agrlcultural caPabi iiY which South Alrica enioYs

Late last year

a delegation

South African ndustrialists

visiled Taiwan and JaPan. This was the result of Lnvitalions from the Ch nese Socieiy for OualitY Control and the JaPanese Un on of Scientists and Engineers to the SoLrth Afr can Society of Qua ity Conirol.

lf one word could be aPPlied to the Orieni rt wou d be dedication'. The JaPanese determrnation to win s legendarY ihe Samurai Warrioas aggres-

have mellowed bul his determinatLon is sii I vlsible in trre faciorv manaqer, the banker the profeisor and amongsl the s veness mav

Taiwan lke the much

weallhy Japan, is dependenl on e{port ng its manufactured Pro_

.lucts for economlc su rvlva Governmenl Po icY is to enco u rage manufaciurers to meet the strngenl quality stan

dards la d down bY the BLlreau of

lnspeciion and Quarantine, which is the regulatorY bodY srnilar to our Bureau of Slan-

dards. A comPanY ls Permitted to e^port is Products onlY when it has been aPProved lor Product qually and {or the eflecliveness

ol rts qualtY control s)/stem

Otherwise a substantial non con formance fee is imPosed The Taiwanese factor es tend io be ausiere. cramPed, somewhat

untrdv and lacl.rng rn comforls such as air condrlronrng and

offlces Modern such as electron c .omooneni check ng and auto ca rpeted mach nerY

matic loading inio prinled circuit

boards

is used, as well as lled te st

c o m p u te I -c o n t r o

Ooerators were freqLrentlY seen .hPckLno their own worL n farl lhey hav; a real Pnde in the r worl an.l insoectors are rarelY seen Oualitv control cha rls contirmed the st;lements about low rework and reiection levels and here ii was not uncommon to see lig ures of one per cent and less ln JaPan ihe fai ure rates ol Producis (electrcal n particular)are lust -

fiablv meas!red in Parts Per mil i;n. no wonder the industr a isis looked satisiied wlh therr One very imPortant Jeature of lndusiries in both JaPan and Taiwan s the high level of educaiion and ira ning Most shoP floor workers are matriculaled and thev are encouraged to attend te;hnLcal schools in their own tirne to acquire diPlomas in procl!ctron engineer ng qual t\/ .on tro and comPUler aPPl cat ons. There are no direct awards lor such studY excePt personal satisfaciion and meet ing the social norm The success oJ quality conirol circles rn mProv ng qualitY and

hence produci ! itY through worker PartrcrPat on Ln discLrssion grouPs is largelY

accoLrntable to ihe technical abi itv of the workers to ana Yze and solve qurte comPlex Product on problems. The delegates io th-a Tokvo Convention were grven oresentitons bY a number ol worker groLlps in some ol the r protects which had been carried

oIl

voluntariv wlth no

sPecra

payments. Agarn t was remark iblc how these vounq workels mostlv rn their laie teens or earlY lwPnt;es sooke w lh or de of lhe I qualtY control clrcle s ach ev me.is whrlgl slressrnq the imPor tance ol ihe members of the

group belng able to discuss and sove problems with unity of

Grinsales

To the visilor ihe Orient seems a

c!r ous m xture of conirasts The large towns, swarming with busy peope, rn many ways resemble

Western concrete monolrthic c ties with freeways, larqe shops

I I

BIG MONEY competition

and huge apartment blocks. Yet in the midst ol the traff/c notse onâ‚Ź i nds the ancienl temple with ts gaudily pa nted red and gitt gateway and feroctous dragons guarding lhe quiet lnner sanctum where many people, ma nly the elder y poor, devoutly c hant their wishes and prayers as they have done lor centuries. The Japanese are amazingty

Gr nsa es need a name. and an advertrsrng slogan. for their new grader

R100

disciplined, obeying rules and aws diligently and aways be having polile y wth apparently unending bowtng to each other

R100

Yet drunkenness abo!nds. y amongst the young

especial

exec!trve cass, which possib y explains why ihe Japanese man never takes his wife out to a

theatre

or a resta!rant

and prefers the geishas or hosiesses

lor an advertis ng slogan

Whoever wins this competition may never need to work agaln crin.uru" spoke..un

when entertaining business asso

Whereas most Japanese wear Western style clothes, the adies si ll ong ior their own k monos. But as these cosl from Ri 500 to R4000 (for an exclusive model) one can understand why the I h!sbands acl in this rnanner ln Taipe the drivers seem loobey tralfic lights and polce sgnats stricily, but once they get the 'go' sign ls a free ior all. No wonder ihal the taxi lares are so cheap. Passenqers must spend the rest

ln Hong Kong one cannot avoid noticing the enormous wealth

I J

gap. Poor iamilies virtually iveon

a bowl of r ce per day, sleeping under iron or wooden she ters n a ieyways through which run open

rains, whereas the wealthy

have problems sLtch as whether to spend lhe day at the famous race course or to have a ro!nd of golf at the exc usive R24000 per annurn club near Aberdeen As for ihe reason why Japanese oirls preler Western men to their own rnales, and thebenelitsofthe salt nassage, you willjust have to wai lor another edition oi the

The!frl s cu(enl y cated

The!nlwl I

tha crademaster. so this name witnot becorsidered the gap belween our universa graderand brg tandem molor

qradâ‚Źrs Thrs makes t appea ing lo munrc patties Oovernmenl departmenrs homeands a.d contractors The r main req!irements are econony, srmpt ciy and pertormance and rhrs s where lhe .ew un r wi I t ihe br| Loca y hanulaclured front end, cab e1c A anl s drese e.! ne de iver ng 52kw consrant mâ‚Źsh tra.sm ssion wilh e ght torward and two reverse speed; btade englh 3oagmm blade depth .144mm

Enlries to be posied 10: Grinsales, P.O. Box 1736, Kempton Park, 1620 by not later lhan l5 August The decision of the judges wit be fina

Gazette. 17

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r.a\ Compleled earthwatks in the coal Ietninal area

r1*: :14':it Culvett in lhe bay area Ne\,/

: ,.e..{*!

olltce buitdtngs for Grinaker Zululand take shape

}

,...?:'.'.', Chns Bloem. loren)an lat new

Faundatians at Richlgata ga on

The priceless gift of literacy $i;,..:l!l${sg

ar,te,acy c/asses Letl tow front to back: Moses l"|thethwa Mtshack tulakhubo' Patrick N;bane. Albetl Msane. Second t ow lrcnt ta back: Jahn l"4genge Bheki Yaka' John A4asondo Mveni lsia Eaoer studerts

T;trd rov/: EttasMbense.BetnatdNlanzt,IhomasBasi Standing:lecturet Flatence Mtembu Righthandraw:

Amos Mhlonga, Simon Zungu, Enock Mkhabela Grinaker Zululand has come for ward wilh a training innovation wh ch demonstrates a genuine concern lor the general we fare of ernployees. The programme con sists of lrteracy c asses held in the eve n in gs at Esikhawen township Workers can attend on a vo un tary basis and the lectures are

isno ackofdesireanddedication equipped wilh an overhead pro here ieclor lape recorder and all the The studenls are iorlunate to necessary instruciion aides. The

'The proiect ls

The one srna I classroom s

sl I ai pilot scheme stage," says Barry W se nran, who is controll nq the ope ration. W-o started n a smal way to test reaciion and o!r class room has been packed to capa-

have Florence lviihembu as their prob em at the moment is nol to lecturer. Her enlhus asm s extra teach the people but to accomordinary and she is one of lhose rnodate all those who want to

born teachers who have the learn Thereis ittedoubtthatthis knack of geiting lh ngs across project wi snowbal, and so t Watch ng her teach is an e evat should lt s diff cult to magine a ing experience more wo(hwh le service to

wel

employees.

Job-training completes the picture

cily'

Engl sh is the language mec|um and the classes literal y startlrom

step one in the process of com municat on. lnstruction covering the spoken and the written word is based on courses developed by an organ zat on known as Operalion Upgrade.

li is a moving sight to see m ddle aged men earning io read and write loi the lirst tlrne Long before the ecture starts they are waiting outslde the classroorn, going through their noles. There

At lhe Alton traintng school. Standing: Henry Alalefe, Rabe Khubane, David Ngwane Jaseph Goqo, Nicholas Kune ne. Joseph Boltntaba. Max Xulu (instructor). Sitling: Joseph Sokhu/r Samso/l Zungu Thokozile Naki, Handis Matywabe 19

Sand ile at

the b g hole stage

by Graham Browne

Work al Sandie Dam in m d lvlay revolved around the core trench excavat on and preparation n the river bed The bulk excavaiion was completed rn mid lvlarch and since then work has been pro gressing around the clock to

install the grout c!rtain A1 pre sent a gang oi forty rrlen and lwenly women abourers is en gaged n clearing and preparing lhe rock io receive eiiher denia

.,id.

concrete or clay core material. Al-

though lhis

is not quiie

the danc ng gir s with toothbrushes operatron, Joe Danks says, "We wrsh at times that the only b g ho e was the one ai K mberley eight hundred ki ometres away ' We are pleased to welcome a number ol new men both to South Africa and the site New faces n the workshop are Graham lvlaxwell, Jose Teles, Joaqu m Barbosa. and [,4anue Ramos and in the concrele team Manuel Ameda Three men we are very happy to see transferred to the

<t,.,,

1..4-

A big dam in the making

lob are Tony Scoit as planl agent ex Zulu and. Jorge de O iviera as general foreman concrele exZimbabwe and George Eritz as field p ani foreman ex Naial. The concrete team headed by lan Friend is staffed by Walter Glenn e, Jorge de Oliveira, David

and Tommy van R-ansl'Lrrg, Manrel Alme.la an.l V ctor

Gqirana who does the daily cosling. The earthworks men led by Graham Watermeyerare Neels Bheeder Tony I\,4akelan Peter L4ull ns, Eddy Eberhardt and Ray Phillips Senior and Jun or. Martin Reid performs a mammoth task providing survey lor the whole site but stlll somehow Jinds tirne to murder the irout at GLrb! Dam He s assisted by Ayanda Kwinana, Eric Mding, Noel Mdingi, Wel inglon Sibara and Er c Tshingana Nic Dinga contro s the costing and the sorls laboratory assisted by McDonald Gacula, Aaron Ndamane, Naphtal Makunga, M lton sopapaza, John Tyobeka and Mninawa Gezani. The clerical men are headed by Bashlield Jakeni and are Simon Zulu, Meshack Ngetu and

Michael Kup so. Benson

Mkomleni controls the baiching plant materials The men who keep the red and 20

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b t

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l"!'& I L i.

*..:;....::.::jil At Sandile. Back: Manuel Almeida, Gftham Brawne. Tammy van Rensburg. WAlter Glennie Ayanda Kwinana (AK47), l\,4artin Reid, lan Friend, Glen Hewlett, Detyck Howatd, Alvina Rawusana, Jorge D Oltvtera Ftant:

Welcome Ncambo, Wellington gbara. Nael l\,4dtngi, Jahn Tyobeka, McDonald Gacula. Napthal Makhunga, Eric Tshingana Eric L4dngi. Benson Mkanieni, Bashfield Jakent, Shepherd Gezanl, Nichon Dinga. Victat Gqirana, Ventet Ndamana

are theplanlcerk amsiteagentand told ater at the reception by Tony Scott Happy Chappy Geoil Skeen is contracts jubiant ocasthatthesacriflceof yellow vehicles on the go

Bernhard Schafer, George Britz, manager. Peler [,4 ichley, Christy de Klerk, Waller Glennie and Renee Turner Stompre Verrnaak, Graham were married on l0 Apri at the Maxwell Joaquim Barbosa, Jos6 Turnefs larm, We lington Grove, Teles, Viclor da Slva Manuel borderng on the Karroo Five Rarnos, Er c Mach , Norman rn nutes after the ceremony, i\,4x ki, Ernest l,4oorosi, S]mon copious rains began to fal break Sikhosana and Sam l\,4somiwh^ i" "^ " r^"^ .lro!qht. and we were

. -.

iional y had thal eflect on the e]emenls. We wsh the Glennies everything oi the best and feel sure that their rnarriage wll continue n the ausp c ous manner in wh ch i a Turner maiden trad

starled

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-,i

Sandile earthworks leam. Back: Peter Mullins. Neels Rheeder. Ray Phillips Jnt., Teis Ntantiso Tany Makalane. Gigi Mase. Esau Semase, Swarlbooi l,4keti, Jackson Soyivo, Gtaham watetmeyer, l'laketile Mkhize. Eddrc Eberhardt. Ftont: Petros (Tsesh) Mbambo, Phineas Kubheka, Antany Buthelezi, Stakkies Matvwatywa, James Tyobe ka 21

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Phakam

townsh p by Bernd Wottmann Phakam sa TownshiP situated on Will am's ntofourstages uP s split Town

the outskirts of King

at Sandile Back: Victar Da Stlva Bernard Schafet Tony Scoll, George Brttz, Christy de Kletk. Josb Ieles Frcnt: Joaqulm Ptant men

Barbarcsa. Manuel Ramos, Stompie Vermaak Graham Maxwell, Eric

Ma.ht Christtaan

Sekasana

We are constructing Phase lll consist ng oi roads and services to the value oi R1.6 mill on Resident eng neer on this Prolecl

[,4

ke Sanzin of Bosel

Assoc ates At the controls n the fle d we have Andrb Laten and h s

merry men who nclude W llam Hans, V nceni Nciniiwa, John l\,4asi and Rchard Siyoko. RaY Ph lips is our man ior all blasiing act vities and Frans Four e jo ned us temPorari Y for test ng PLlr poses The survey team consists

utu

Kevin Atkinson and M ke Besler. Peter Marlin is oLrr engrneer 1n charge ol the measurement and costing

)

sect on and our Plant Prob ems are controlled by Tony Sacks and

Saral/r

Qolwe

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s'* 19 sR

u$x EUX

:-t

anctele team Bac k: Freddy Ngetu. William l\'4alinge, Walter Giadstane Kwelet,a, lan Ftiend, Jotge DAliviera, Sibonga Ftont: Nathaniel Mabemba, Abtaham Steerrka.rp. Johras a. l\,4ntLtnzina Blek twe Wamela Mbuza. l\.4anuel Aimelda

M.nr$&#* ffiff

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The Phakamisa team have set uP their own staff quarters in King Wil iams Town where there is absolute y no shortage of rnLlsic and musrcal eq!ipmeni. ln the stalf quarters you wlll find Pele, [,4ike, Kevin and myself. Although

everyth ng seems to r!n smoothly we do have a small

domestlc problern in so much as that ai 6a.rr one can hear four

radlo alarms starting

oll

I ke

crows, the worst being that lheY are a I on drfferent stat ons

New con tract at Bisho

SE-:J

Grinaker Conslr!ciion Ciskei has

Bisho reticulation team. Back: Mike Nicolay Dermot A Sulli\/an Frant' Timothy Kaba, Willie Ngxekeza. Elliot Ben Getmand Ngentu

R410000 sewer and water reticL.rat on conlract in Bisho near King Wi iam s Town The projecl consists of approx matelY sixteen kilometres of p pe work and s programmed to be comPleted within five months. Ivlike Nico ay is the ageni, Dermot O'Su1l van the loreman and Timothy Koba the sile clerk.

:i, -_{

s$o

from

Chatlie Backlund recent

y been awarded

Twenty megalitre Cutting Rese rvo i r by

Tawnship team at Phakamtsa. Standing: Backlund, Peter Matlin, Ftans Fout!e, l"4tke Bester, Betnd Sittina: Peter Mitchley, Kevin Atkinson

ffi

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Construct on of the lwenty mega itre Cutlrng Beservoir. named after a d sused railway cutlinq which skirls the site. is wel r hand and on programme thanks to an experenced crew of men who are c!rrent y bui ding the I lh rd reservoir on the trot The

reservoir s sltuated

Phakantsa men. Back: Vincent Ncinitwa Piet l"lakriba. Hotnat N\dbdta/d Rt.hmatn tulda, \d Da.-J U. t t'a.,: Jahn Mani. Lawtence Mazwt. William Hans Wlllian Frans ^J

at Mdantsane, aboui twenty live k ornelres from East London and has a price lag of Rl.4 mi ion Site foreman is Tickey Ro!sso!w, who spenl his second successive Chrstmas in the Ausirian Aips, Lrnforlunately thls tinre mainly w lh his eg in plaster. He and lhe

ope parled company

momentarlly only to be relo ned furlher downhi withoui quile the same gTace as he had eft it. Sub ageni Larry van den Heuwel, having overcome the padmakers nherent fear of concrete is now comp/eley at ease when such terrns as cerfent/waler rat o and 'th rty megapascals'are band ed

Seedwel Cobo rs olr man ol sieel. while Charles l,4atthewson and Rob de Vos see lo the shutiers Simon Mkh 7-6 Slmon S kepe and Neison Nduna among others form the backbone ol a Trenchina in hard grcund

pictures overleaf 23

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'b{r

lt'xd

.r. J!q;

& men at

cut

Lunqile Matshoba, Iickie Rossouw. Stman Mkize,

External inslailation

lnslde the tesctvoit

.'.;lQ!fi?*,rs b

ffi :**t: The Dutchlnan s Paol Dam near Kwekwe (previausly Que Que) in Zimbabwe was completed by the graup in /953 ai a cosl ol 31AOA paunds steriinS. fhe engineer was Jahan Larsen and genercl foreman was Jae 24

caravan. At the moment we wanl la buy a hame of our awn, she says, and that's an expensive item. We will wait unlil we f ind the righl ane provtded that we dan t have to look far ever.

Group slalistics P ant Accident Frequency Rate

ending June 1977 1978 1979 1980

22,3 12,4 11,9

3,42 1,62 1,53

I3,1

0,59

To date (30 April 1982)

10,56

1,05

NaIe: Lost nan-haur tate

l.t lhe consttL.tian todustry as a

Safety Progress

The banks of ihp Sprne wi I

by Jimmy Quail On the subject of safety, group chairman Ola Grinaker himseli plays a most meaningful part and en co u rages the

conlinually

efforts ol his safety oflicers. To illustrale the progress made, Grinaker Transvaal has had a most successful salely campaiqn over the last few years. For the period July 1977 to June 1978 the

losl time lrequency raie was 9,23. From July 1978 io July 1979 it was 1,72 and itom July 1979 to June 1980 it was 4,81 From July 1980 to June 1981 the rale was 5.53 and up to the end of April 1982 it came down 10 3,93. ln recognition of these eflorts the National Occupational Safety Association has awarded the cornpany its Company Honour Betterment awards 10r the years 1980 and 1981. But from a purely iinancial angle the Workmen's Compensation Commissioner has made a maximum lifty per cent merit rebate for ihe years 1977, 1978 and 1979. Also, when

req !ested lor consideration under Section 71 of the Work, rfen s Compensaiion Act, he agreed to a twenty-f ve per cent reduction /n the assessment rale. These savings amount to con siderable sums ol money and represenl the practical aspect of accident prevention.

These successes are on possible with complete

unsate

y learn

elforl trom the chairrnan through to the labourer on site. The construction indusiry can be a safe

soon e^penence a rard whrch wil remind the locals of rhe o .l days when Vik ng lonqships used to come nosino up the r ver The invaders will be Gr naker personalrtres atlend nq the Eroomat nternal ona public works and bulld na equipmenl e (hrb lion The plL,nder-party consrsts of Roy Bennett, Howard Jones. Joe de Klerh Franh Tennant,

lan Decker Nigel

Charlie

Bach

Nien lund and Douq

Josd de Amorim from lrlazambi qqe ioined Gtinaker Plant in 1975

as a mechanic. He ts cutrcntly workshap foreman at the Alton base wotkshops in Zululand. He is mar ed with two children, and eniays laotball and lishing. l haven l caught any big ones lately, he savs, and I also like music but, please, Portuguese music. not South Aftican. He is fand ofliving in Zululand. lfeelat home here, he says. because the mosquitoes are exaclly the same as lhe ores we always had

Staff briefs

Saphia Strydom totned Gtinaker Cape last year as a recepttonisti

telephonist. The phones here dtive me ctazy sometimes, she says, but l enloy the iob She is recently married and prefers watching sport ta playing it. I like reading and caoking tao, she says, and baking is my speciality but don t give me gardening She and hu husband want to tavel arouncl South Afrtca and are laoking latwatd to trying a

Lawrcnce Mktze, known as the 'Wild bull ol the Pampas by his colleagues, was ariginally a soil testet with Grinaker Constructian. ln 1975 he wastranslerred to Grinaker Ptecasl in Brakpan where he worked in the labora tory until 1979 when he was pro moted lo praduction supervisot in the long-line sleeper factory. He was matric.J towar.ls thc cnd of last year and is an atdent iazz fan. "My lavourite philosophy, ,e says, "is that the skys the 25

Damiao De Souza - foreman cause it s curved both in Plan and in elevation Souza s unrnoved bY these comP erltles 'li mal'es no d fference he says we w Islill linish on tlme." lle is a master of

fanv Mn(hell CAISAt and B

Camm ttam Wtls lJntvetsttY lttsl

iained the gtouP in 1968 Heleftto

the d irect aPProach When revewlng lhe march of tech-

ao tnla banhtng and came ba'h ioa,n t, t97't He has held a

noloqy cl!ring hrs twentY iour years wlh the group he comm-.nts When the newway maFes the tob eas er t rs beller when il .annot morove the lob lt s no good' One oi h s main tasks at the moment is irarnlng Black workers. TheY are good ' be says. "on the Vickers Boad job

nlnher ot

aanies He currentll halds a senrcr linancial Position at the hcad aflice in Btaamfontein He is

nanied. with four childten l L/sed to be active in rugbv and squash he saYs. "bul now I da a

bn ol hee7tng ttl tn lhe qYm and

qo cycltng wtth mY Atd<

they have done near lY everYthrnq There is a b g future for thern rn

constructron if

Dam ao De Souza, known slmPlY as Souza is alert. frend Y and

touoh A lifeiime on construction site--s

has made h

ke that.

ln Portugal n 1920' 'Then I came lo the o d Northern Rhodes a (now zarnbra) n re)r he says. and iorned G' indIer a5 a carpenler rn 1958 I worled with Chr s Bloern and Sl.n Go dsleln under w ke Bush ' He lras born

He beqan to establ sh himse { as s team leader n the Zambia daYS

and was made foreman al Phala-

borwa when he was transferred down to Sollth Alrica ln 1964 He iloes not mlnce his words Al

construction jobs are mY soec alrtv he says,'lcan do ihem all and lhave burlt more

bridqes

lor Grinaker ihan

bLg

anY-

bodv else. Southern Freeway,

Hei'delberq lnterchange,

Geldenhuis lnterchange and now

One

of the two

incrementaLlY

launched bridges at Vickers Boad

posed Pafticular Problems be26

rheY have the nqhl trarn ng On the quesl on of voung peoPle corning nto lhe .onslructron Jreld hrs viewpornt Ls strarqhtlor\0ard and loaded with the wtsdom oi etPenence lilheY are not real y inierested in the job thev shou cl l.eep away because tha; wrll never earn rl ProPer Y lf the; are interested iheY w lL lrke Lt be;ause theY w ll lind il easy Souza s actuallY Past reiiring age bLri has been kepi on because of his ab ities. He ranks among the best loremen Produced bY the Grlnaker orqanizaiion, a rare distrnction in t grouP renowned lor Droduc no great loremen I am sti I stronq and healthY ior mY

work. he says, why must

entavs classrcal music and has a

wid; ranaeolhobbles t have ttve quns, he saYs, for range shaat ino nal !ot hunltng And lwant to tt; sheet shaottnq as well Then I cotlecl slamPs and coins These thines arc all thete. tt s a question

ol finding the time ta keeq lhem

He married his wile Teresa ln Portuoal in 1942 We have f ve child;n, so far, he saYS, 'and three qrandchi dren ' On ihe comp er quesllon ol what he will

do on evenlua retLremenl he saYs bluntly, Bead ihe newspaper " ' But maybe not he adds L want to work on the hoLrse I buil mY self. do qarden n9, go fishing and heep !p my lrade of carpentry I musl keep dorng ih ngs and rrgnl now vou must Please e,(c use me I have 10 ao and Poul concrete

se(!etatYshtPs wnh

the Gtrnaker organization and is a directat af sevetal grauq com-

l\,4argaret Harvev comes from

dear atd Danegal in the RePublic ol lrcland She ioined Grinaker

Naia/ as a typisl in 1978 anll is naw secretary lo Peter Lail, chair man ol Gtinaket Mining. She ts a Aualttted publtc telaltons ollicer and hat a rematkable ranqe al hobbies and inlerests. I ve done a spat af horce riding, she says which means that she actuallY tan a ridtng schoal in England She has bred and ltained dogs and is

wildly enthustaslic abaut hot air ballaoning. lts fun in Natal be cause af lhe mountaiDs and air cutrents, she says. she /s uttnarried. ltkes classical mustc and

laves the thealrc. l rea.l like a tnaniac. she says, abaut three baoks al a ti|']e, but Itavelling has been the grcatest influence in nY life. Ive been lo most places except tn the East. Het travels have tncluded a spell tn the Kalahati where she cantracted cerebral nalaria I recoveted fran) thal, she says, and I still wanl ta see places I went skting in the USA lasl year and with luck lll hc spending this Chtistnas tn Zanzrbar "

1976. He is currently chief tawnships forentan lat Gtinaker Cape. He ls mattle.1. 'irtth na

children. But I have t||a

A/sal/ans. he says "/ a/so ,ke lennis, gall and nelalwotk an.1 I ve butlt my awn tt aller lar use on &

holidays. He likes Cauntry

Wesle/n rrus/c and is an expetl

.lan.er "l alsa &11-Dct ald rifles. he says, "ard my favautite is a liartlnt Henn ltam way back tn the 1880s lt sl/// shools dcad

stratghl

sone af lhe guys an

site shoDl.l rem-.')ber that.

where he became chief sutveYor.

Then the camputer bug bit htn and he now rurs Naia/s cotl puter departmenl He is narrie.l

tuith three chiklten. atld has became a g tandfathet three

t)rr,es He used ta PlaY rugbY but na langer takes an acltre part tn sporl 1 gatden and I read a lat. tnainly technlcal baaks and cor]]' putet jautnals he saYs. When l was a surveyar Isla e.l using srnall hand held camPute ts Then I gol haoked an the btg ones Ihe canpuler ts the

s'Itarlest labourer we have

daes exactly what Yau lell tt no tnare na less. and it doesnl nake misiakes of its awn accord lf what yau pul in is carrcct. lts riqht every ttne.

'..:

Etic Petros Ned malriculaled al

Bulwer and joined Grinaker Plant in 1966 as a wages clerk. He is naw the buyer lor Grinaket Plant in Zululand. He is married. wtlh four children, and spends long nights studying accauntancy by carrespondence. He /s ass/start manager af the Gtinaker Gol.len PiGt.s sa.ccr tcam tn ZDluland ''I donl play nyself because I lractured my leg, hesays. but I think tt s tt|,e that Grinaker Plant had its own team in the gtoup soccer lournament. lt will take Plant men to take lhe shield fram Grinel.

ana nalriculated

Uitlata and iolned Gtinaket Cape /, 1916 as a wages clerk an stta He ts now an accaunls clerk at Gtinaker Capcs head ottice in East Landon. He is marrled and has ro /ess than.;even childten ''ltn a gtandfather a lcw tir,es. he says. and weve managed I uscd to play cricket but now I n a saccet lan and it s Kaiset Chlels allthe way. He ts land ol readttt!) gardentng and hat iazz t guess

that ny ntarn habby has be-"n bnnging up k tls. he reflects ''but we havc a snallfatn tao and tnl builtlrng tl rp Well rerre thete and

getttng tt ready for

Peler du Preez. specialist Cater

pillat diesel mechanic, t()tned Grinaket Piant in 1972 He cur rently halds cansiderable responsibtlity as plant agent lat the Zulu land area. He is matried, with no

/ess lha, s/x children. Ihats whal g/ves me grey hairs, he says. He likes fishng when theres time ard asslsls h/s btolher in collecting mtlnaty at police badgesandfIashes. "/1's a, interesltng habby. he says, and we have trunks lull of them ham all over the warld. leniay garden ing tao, es?eciallY now that Ive

handed the upkeep aver Garde, Servi ces.

& tlennle Kloppet has a back ground ln nining sutreY He Andre Laten ialned G,naker Pte cast at Saldanha Bay in 1974 and we

nt aver to

lh e c on slr ucl

slaried as a sLlrveYor wtth Gr)naker Zututand ln 1974 and latet naved ta Grinaker Natal

....4-

Ii Prem Davunathan ioined Gtlnaker Plant in Natal back tn

1964. "/ slarled as a labauter on thirteen cenls an haur, he says. 'Then I became a workshap clerk and now ldo records, accounts and wages at lhe Plant head olfice in New Germany. lm well laoked .ftcr hcre He is nartied. with lour children. an.l is a keen saccer lan. The Gtinaket Natal team needs more coaching, he says, that s the onIY waY they can beal Gtinel. He likes travelltng, reading and gardentng, "And Im well into dancing. Then. when evet I can gel same ftiends logether, I like ta go fishing. But nat in tivers. Im aut ol luck whh rivers. ll I want lo catch anylhing I have to do it from the sutf.

zana and umkomaas viaducts ta his credit. He is married. with two children. and is an atdent tennis fan. We have aur awn coutt at hame,' he says, "anci we play a lat. My son may get ta wimbledan

but I dant think Ill make it. l,,lodel engineering is his nain hobby lhauoh he also enjovs teading and classical music. ''We ve baught a rambling old house in Klaof he says, and I spend a lot ol time on that, llike workina with mv hands. Then

theres this thing about shutter design. /l saves a goad deal of labaur and money il you do it

grandfather twice sa fat. l used to be fand ol athlelics and tugby and I towed lar Rhodes Univetsily," he says, 'but lhese days I m besl at lying down and it takes a Grinaker Sports Day to get me off my back. He is an expert woodworket wilh an exlensive work shop and is alsa an accomplished musician.'l used to play the violin tn the Rhades Philharnonic. he says, 'and lcan play mosl btass instruments except the Ftench hatn. I like lishing loo, but strictiy fram lhe tocks. No sma// boats, / dont 90 ta sea in anything smaller than a luxury liner.'

Con.traiu alions oo to the lollowing senior personnel whose ap po ntmenis became eifective from 1 April this year:

New alternate direclors Pat Roberts joined Gtinaket Plant

Garalh Lawrence has a B,Com. degree from the University ol Pretatia and iained Gtinaker Precast in Brakpan as petsonneland training oflicer in Septembet 1981. He is maffied, enjoys play ing squash and lennis and is cur-

tently trying ta break the

120

baffiet fat eighteen holes ol 991f. ''Even my awn lather (who is a lout handicapper) has given up trying to coach me, he says. But my golfing cronies seem ta find my aftempts intetesling, anci they

Natal in 197a. I slarted as an invoice clerk in the accounts de parlment, she says, and now I am secretary/typist to Amadeu Nunes, which is a majar responsibility to say the /easa" She ls matried. with two children and enjoys gardening and cooking. I also like trying oul new tecipes," she says, bul the trouble is that I m tunning out of valunteers, I also love music, not too heavy and not too light, but I really wanl lo go overseas again one day and take my husband with me this

Graham Erowne Grinaker Cape John Jackson Gr naker Natal Dave Maree Grinaker Zululand Vincenl Falck Grinaker Prolects

Tony Bowen Techlonics Minze Sleen Techtonics Jan Haltingh Gr naker North Rob Campbell Grinaker Trans Brian Haywood Grinaker L4ining Les Knoesen Gr naker Precasl Nala Tony Cooke-Tonnesen Grinaker

cordon Badlolf Grinaker Zim-

From alternate director lo tull director

Eddy Cliflatd jotned Gtinaket Nalal as a sentat estimator an lhe concrete side tn 198A. He is naw

alsa chiel designer with

the

shutler designs for the Umhlatu 28

Stan Allen is actually an expert on

industtial law but he joined

Gnnaker Cape in 1980 as a buyer. He is married and has become a

Jan Engelbrecht Grinaker Con crete Construct on Rob Newberry Gr naker Concrete Conslruction Gerald Speichert Grinaker Planl Joe de Klerk Grinaker Transvaa Pal Slewarl Gr naker Transvaal Deryck White Grlnaker Natal Angus Maclean Gr naker Minlng Terry Wallon Grinaker Projects Leo Schdeder Grinaker Projects

R10 crossword No 13

Solution to Crossword No 12

ease sâ‚Źnd enlr es ro Crossword Po Box 3042 Elandsio.te n 1406 P

The lucky winner was Jimmy Cunningham af SA Piled Faunda

Roger Dawson chtistens a new soctal facility al Elandslantein

1 This

showpiece will allow many a p ayer to have a ba | (5,4) 6 lniilaily ii's South Afr can Airways (3) 7 The main game payed at l across (5) 8 lnstructor is a bad cheater (7) 10 Player in the fronl row can t hit the ball straight (6) 12Yel ow lrom the start shout loudly (4) 14 Does lhrs 7 across player hold the key to success (4) 16 Take a chance (4) i7 Lilt e Diana goes to the noriheast io have a meal (4) 18 The tal y stwenty(5) 22f ghl q loose, it s where the forwards flght for possess on (s)

This player s completely

behind (8) Down I The p anei we lve on labours to give protective fort lications

2 3 4 5 8 I

(10)

Fal behind lhe conv ct (3) Pig s lodgings causes inilarn mat on of the eyelid (3) Spiky plant frorn buffalo ears 14)

were of prrme importance. Chief cQok and botte washer Stoffel Groenewa d kept the crew sLlpplied with lasly morsels cooked on an enclosed braa

Gr naker-bullt sporting

Mary gets the right to wed (5) Attempt to score (3) Narned the one who came visit ng (6) T 1 The one who atternpts to convert I down (6) 13 Leave the south side ol the broken slope and run ofi logether (5) 15 ln general outline is opposed lo the tr p (7) 19 Egg shaped cricket ground (4) 20 Bear out ihe heads of the East Band Admin stration Board (4) 21 lnquire in a Dallas kitchen (3)

insta

The rnuch awaited rafl event of lhe year got off to a splash with chaot c compet tors Push ng for pole position The Tugela was disappointing y low for April but ihis d dn't dampen lhe sp rits of

some 250 entrants who had ir)rned out for what must be Mandinl's event ol the year. Credit of course must go to the organizers who ran the event with the m n mum ol mishap, and who enterlained the crowds at both ends ol the race w lh surprising

Had the Falklands been any to ihe Tugela moulh the

c osâ‚Źr

Royai Navy would never have had to set sai . Formidab e armaments in the lorrn of catapults and 75mnr

cannons mounted on the rafts were capable of mak ng the Battle

of Tralalgar look lke a Sunday

ouling on Zoo Lake. Once the Gr naker ensign had beon ho sted and Rear Admiral 'Skonkwane' Meyers had taken the helm, there was no stopping us The Crew all proudly bearinq co ours in lhe form of Grinaker T shiris took 10 the task of conquering the Tugela with great gusto. Anticipatlng five hours

ailoal, iood and

refreshrnents

led n the stern

Refresh

ments were taken at random to supply lhe ever-hungry gunner, Peier Kelly, with ample ammunrtion to maintain supremacy over any woLrld be invaders. (The gun on this Gr naker craft lires empty beer cans) Captain Fill-up Marais handed out commands 10 hls able bodied

raltsrnen and kept them

course ordering his men al wil to enter the water to overcome suc h obsiacles as sandbanks and sub

merged rocks. Enihusiasm was greatly appreciated owing to the surprisingly hot weather and lhe need to supply the ever increasng demand from our bow crew operating the cannon They did a sterl ng job of clearing the waters for a hundred metres ahead SAS GRINAKER d dn't roar down ihe Tugela but our whereabouts were heard long before we hit the lndian Ocean Credit again must go to able hic. unable raltsmen Adlem Jauncey Erasmus, Odendaal. Holt and others lor steering us off the banks and holding !s back to take lasl place Disembarkmeni oificer Vaughn McConville was there a1 the end. having missed the race by ten minutes, to pull !s out the water and march us ofl to the Red Cross teni. Suffice it lo say that a good tirne was had by all and tha n ks go to the G ,4R contingenl who sup ported us. We issue a cha lengeto Grrnaker Nata employees to ioin us, or better us next year. 29

Com rades Before the event by Kelth Kuhn, Com rcdes si lve t med

al I i st

know Ask a number ol runners and you w i probably gel rnafy dillercnl answers There s one th ng n com.non though we al

and mosi

Standifg at lhe s1a( at 5.59am Max Tr mborn w ll give h s lrad t ona cock s crow belore the gLrn s fred. The ninety kllometres

apprec ated. At around the sixiy kilometre mark t s a case ol 'bite on ihe bul et or 'vasbyt As Malco nr Ba I (who has won four go d meda s) renrarked on a ira fing r!n. Everyone rs hurlrng and sLrlfering equal y at th s siage and the one who can end!rl] the pa n besl noi neccssari y thc

has

ahead seoms imposs b e but the atrnosphere s eectrc and any negal ve thoughis are q ! ckly dis-

sal sfying ach eve ments of hrs sport ng career Th,o emotion and exh laration durinq the race and al the Ilfrsh

Banq! We re on o!r way and the human mass rnoves forward The exc tement afd memor es of ihat moment w ll inller on for many years As Peier Po lock (a regular Comratles runner) wrote. his firs1 Comrades was one of the grealest

to be experienced to

better runner

be in fronl

Whether yor're try ng for a go d. si ver or bronze mcda .ro lor t

and iinish. You can do it afd t w ll be a goal woll achreved that you can cher sh for ihe rest of

How they ran in 1982 Days. weeks and months of smel y T shlris and many kilo metres have gone by since train ing began Anylh ng from I000to 2500 kilometres in lra n ng rufs and rac ng in preparaiion for ihe Comrades are now a th ng of the pasl Wlth only a couple of weeks to go. Comrades run ners become d ffic!li io ve wiih Some of the id osync rasres lhey develop rnc ude keep ng away from wives and sn ve ing k ds for fear of catchinal a cod. Traning be conres an obsession and Ihe sliqhlesl twinge in an ankle spel s

'Wha1l Are we gong oul for dinn-"r on Saturday n qht? You must be rnad. w fe. How the he wrll I be ab e 1(] do my forty m ler at 4am on Sunday? About a week belore the Conr rades train nq stops To b!ild !p energy most runners then start the r carbohydraie loading diet Bas ca ly this rneans eat ng

Position T me hours mins secs

'Keiih Kuhn (Zululand) ' /ervyn Bosworth-Smith (Zululand) 'Colin Fowles (Natal) Tony Berks (Transvaa ) Bean Bornheimer (Natal) John Turton (North) Des Wearne (Cape) Dirk Liversage (Techtonics) Eric Wrighi (Precasi Brakpan) Barry Penrose (Projects) Chris Jennings (Projects) Vincent Falck (GEM) Ray Rausch (Grinel) Helen Falck (GEM)

131

362 602 768 854 1101 't141

1300 1413 1117 2369 2396 3200

4425

6 51 71644 729 74747 75426 41223 I t5 42401 83008 8464a 9 17 9T850 95000 10 34

We have t ned ta ensu te lhat lh B hst B cample te Haweve t a n yane tuha has been accidentally lell out shoLld let Ls knaw and we wtll mentrcn n tn the next Cazelte

[c rinaker wins at Anglovaal golf

proteins for three days. one day in lhe rnidde wth no food (water

only), and then three days of as much carbohydrates as yo! can eat Th s diet was developed by lhe Swedes who. thro!gh experi mentrng. drscovered lhat once an eth eie has drained his body ol energy t uli zes body fat which has been bu it up to a maxim!m

bythsdei

Nlany a person has asked why we run theComrades We don l rea ly 30

Triumphant Gnnaker team scared 137 to win by 5 potnts. Bill Snyman, Wtllte l\,4cGahan, Malcaln Wyndhan, Bastl Hersov (chatrman of Angta

Mean machine on the Umkomaas

Great day for Cape Grinaker Cape and Transkei he d

lheir annLral sporls day at East London on 1 May T982 We are lo d that the cholce of May Day for the eveni had noth ng to do wth the ann!a parade rn lvloscow s Red Square Go 1 t-annis and bow s were catered for E ghly peop e entered lhe events and seventy-

undergo ng high-pressure

March 20 th

The reason was the Round Table

Umkomaas

Rall Race.

The

pressrng prob ems on site fad-"d rnlo ins gnif cance as oLrr sta wari raft crew app ied themse ves 10

the construction of a mach ne'. Various rnode

rnean were

io w nd lunnel lests and a iinal PrototYPe was sublected

developed on the day before the

I know whether to kick the bal or roll it Th s year he sk pped d dn

Primary buoyancy was provided by six Pozzol th drums, clever y nlegrated wilh ihe ma n slructure

llre w nning rink to victory

which consisted of SA pine, untreated and rough as the part c pants were to discover

Hockey forecast g roLr p

s year saw much

healed act viiyonthe banksoflhe LJm kornaas.

p ayed bowls for the fi rst time and

The next

coated lechnicians swarmed over the vesse makng last rninute checks lor drifFlacior, wobble factor, quantity ol beer etc Being the largesl craft in the race (three

metres by four metres) ii took considerable efiort to push i ihrough the mud to the waler's edge but the crew who had been

n ne of lhem won prizes. Anyone with a lalenl for menia ar thmet c wi I deduce lrom these fg!res that one UnloriLrnate person failed to rece/ve a prize There is an ron curtain of sience aroLrnd ihe name of th s hap ess soul He is probab y do ng detent on duty somewhere on lhe Sandile site An exce lent day was had by all (except one) and lhe event pro duced a classcal rags to riches siory t concerns lhe lndomitable Bernhard Schaler lrom Grinaker

Pant. At last years event

just belore the race As ihe raft was careluly tipped off the back of Ronnie Naidoo's lruck white-

by Andrcw Fyvie

hockey lourna-

later.

ment is to be held in midAlg!s1. Of interesl is the fact

Exc

that the Transvaal team has a

lement reached fever Pitch

training lor the past month, iook it al in their str de Al lasl the tens on was shartered by ihe starlels g un, and am dsi a forest ol flail ng armsancl padclles ihe thirty eight rafis took to the

s\rollen river The qoinq

was

good cJesp le the crew having to push ihe crafl off sandbanks now and then. By the t me we reached the br dge s te, the Juel was runn ing low. Eventual y Arlur Conde could contaln his thirsl no onger and was seen to leap from the vessel and swirn ashore to secure an additiona case of beer. Considering the I erce competiton the crew did we to come twenty f rst. With much grunting and groaning the splendid vessel was eventua ly dragged from th-" r ver and disnantled in less than five m n(rtes afier wh ch the ex harsied .rew fell inlo the ser ous bLrsiness of relaxat on.

ready posed for a winn ng team'photograph. Oblections to th s ouirageous pres!mpt on should be odged in dup icate with ihe organ zerin-ch ef Rob Campbe I, at the Brakpan tra ning centre. Alternatively, complainis can be settled on the f eld. Rob says that th s can be arranged.

Become a

t, tL' .r*,

swing er Join the Grinakel pool Jock Rilchie 813-2340

Mean men. Back: Rabin ltlarse, Bill Burridge, Andtew Fyvte, Tom Basselt. Fronl: Raymond Gadfrey, Dave Stiles, Artur Cande, Phillip Cancelmo (visitat)

by Brian Stobbart

This yeafs lournamenl was held

al the

Eerslerus Stadium in

Pretorla, and a special vole of thanks must go to Paul van Dyk and his assisiants at Grinel for their hard work and organi zalona abillly in arranging the tournamenl. We would also I ke to thank the comm unily oi Eersterus for allowing us to use iheir stadium for the rnatches. the creche for accommodat on and the civic centre as a d ning room.

All the teams had arrived

Preloria by 11 30 pm on Friday 5 March except Precast OFS whose b!s had broken down. After a very hearty breakfasl on the followirig

morning (all catering was proJessionaily handled by the Boulevard Hotel) the p ayers moved io lhe sta.iirm where the teams were

divided inlo three sections. On Saturday 6 March lhe resu ls were: North 4 Cape 0, Natal 4 Transvaal 0. Grinel 7 Concrete Construction 1, Zuiuland 5 Cape 0, Precasi Brakpan 4 Transvaa 0, Concrele Construct on 1 Precast OFS 0. North 1 Zululand 1, Nata 2 Precast Brakpan 2, Grine 8 Precast oFS 0. On Sunday T lvarch the three teams that were knocked out, Cape, Transvaal and Precasl OFS, played consolation games and al three games ended n draws The six winning teams were then drawn inlo two sect ons so lhai section one con sisted ol Grinel, Precast Brakpan and North while Nalal. Zululand and Concrete Construciion were in sectron iwo. The scores were: Grinel 6 North 1. Natai2 Concrete Conslruction T Grinel 3 Precast Brakpan 2, Natal l Zululand 1, North 1 Precast Brakpan 0, Zu u and 2 Concrete Construciion 2 The match of the day was definitely the one beiween Gr nel and Precasl Brakpan, with Grlnel just not being able to come to terms w th Precasi's style ol play bu1 nevertheless emerging as winners. 11 was a pity thal Precast then lost theirgame against North as this knocked them out of the next round. Concrete ConstrUction too feli by lhe wayside Th s was followed on Monday by a final round beiween Gr nel and Natal, the winners of the lwo sections, and between North and Zululand who had laken third and fourth places. Sages from Norlh had pred cted that Zulu and would be alfected bytheall tude,

as indeed they were. However they still proceeded to thrash

North 4 0. [,4r Roger Stonehouse (National Professio na Soccer League referee of some repute) blew the whislle to starl the final. Natal put up a tine display but were unable to get the better of Grine thefinal score being Grinel 4 Naial 1. The f nal resu is were that Grinel was awarded the sh e d, a trophy 1or having won lhe shied three

i rnes in a row and gold medallions for each p ayer Natal rece ved a trophy and s iver

medallions and Zululand. bronze medallions Al in all it was a thoroughly enjoyable week-end, incidenl free both on and off the lield. The players are to be commended by all on the orderly manner ln whlch they conducled themselves, and thanks go 1o Gino Parmeggiani for handling the technical side of

the draw and the games them-

We thank ihe following manage-

ment representatives who

r leams and made Pau 's job and my own task so much eas er: Gr nel Stefan Shrives Norlh Reggie W nkler, Zululand Koos e Grange, Natal Dennis Brown. Concrele Conslruciion Arnold Olivier Precasl accompanied the

Brakpan John Cairns, Precast OFS Brian Whitlingham, Cape Glen Hewleit, Transvaa John

Gallagher Next yeals final wi I probably be he d at the same venue hosted by

Norih and here's hoptng that sh ield from Grinels very competent leam.

sorneone can take the

Grirel's super team, winners three years running. Back: Stepha, Sh/iyes (Managet), Mjchaet Mjnaat, Thomas Smith, Howard Bergman, Colin Hunter, Mahammed Hendticks, Chartes Dick, Walter Gotiath,

Kenneth Dhlamini, Etnest Watkins. Front: Gregory Lucas, Ernest Wittiams, Ftank Louw, Raymond de Ruiter (Captain ), Leon Dicksan, Pattick Dhlamini, Vincent Juties, (Vincent s son), Raymond Mei, Anthony Arendse 32

Runners up, Gtinaker Natal Back: Willie Mnxekeza (manager), Emnanuel Sibiya, Abran Mkhize Obed Ntshangane, Khadani Mthimkhulu, Peter Mohapi, Alfred Gumede, John Kast, Enc Mdtngi, Elitah Ndlovu, Andtias Skhosana, Mlaniseni Nkosi, Walter Masuku, Roseman Sheze, Ephrian Shabalala, Silisa Maphumula John Zwane, llatco Gumede, Dennis Brawn. Centre right bending fotward Bheki Mthembu. Front: Dodge Gumede, Cryptus Ngwenya, Phineas Dladla, Andrrcs Masaane, Hawick Nene, Clement l\,1butha, Jabulani A,4khize, Veni Sangweni, Sirlon Dladi (ttainet)

In third place, Zululand. Back: Koos le Grange, Thau Zungu, Elphas t\,4dletshe. Tenldn Khubeka (hall hidden), Ben Khoza, Thembinkasi Manquele, Waka-waka Ntombela, Justice Dlamini, Carmichael Caluza, Sipho Ndunakazi, Biza Dlamini, Ace Jula, Ephtaim Ndaba. Front: Tiger Shezi, Makhanda Dube, Phumelela Mthetwa, Teenage Masonde, Amon Buthelezi, Muza Gumede, Erasmus Khanyile, Jacob Zulu

I 4

|&,t Raymond de Ruiter, captain ol Grtnel. recetves the shield from gtoup chairnan Ola Grinaker. ln the centre backgraund ate Paul van Dykand Tienie Steyn ol Grinel

The machine to beat Grinel? Wa d s ltrst goal dozer

S4.ZETTE