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We are looking forward as we enter 2023 with lots of excitement as we have a lot to look forward to. As a reminder of our achievements of 2022, you are invited to view a video below that we created and showed at the banquet last year.
The branches are busy distributing our 2023 SANIRE diaries, please try and get yours.
We have planned a Council tour this year to all the branches. Please look out for the communication on this.
All the best for 2023!
From the SANIRE Council
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Sharing Your Grief & Remembering with you
Vernon Baptiste was the father of two lovely children, Brosnan and Rume’ and loving husband to Roeleen Baptiste. He has passed away on the 15th December 2022 whilst sleeping peacefully at his home in Randfontein.
Vernon attended Danie Theron Primary School where he initially met his future Wife, Roeleen. He attended High school at Wonderfontein and thereafter Carletonville. He was very popular amongst his friends and enjoyed playing rugby at school.
Vernon joined the M and J Mining team in March 2011 and always displayed honour, friendliness and a professional approach in every job position he held. He was instrumental in the development of the blast on mesh product as aerial support in the mining industry and held the position of mesh development champion for the past 2 years.
Vernon achieved a great deal in his dedicated work within M and J Mining. From starting off as an underground instructor, he worked his way up to product champion for blast on mesh. His focus and ideals have gone a long way to helping save lives whilst remarkedly improving the safety statistics in the mines he dealt with. His legacy shall live well into the future and will benefit many mine workers in the years ahead. He will be sorely missed by the M and J team.
Vernon also served SANIRE as the Supplier Representative of the Gauteng branch committee and his contribution to SANIRE will not be forgotten.
Vernon had 2 sayings “regret always comes too late” and “Live your life to the fullest.” Which Vernon did, he enjoyed life until the very end.
Rest in Peace Vernon.
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Dear SANIRE member,
What a year! Thank you for being part and in full support of SANIRE in 2022. I am truly humbled by having the opportunity to lead such an inspiring institute.
I hope you have had the opportunity to be a part of something memorable this year with SANIRE, whether you attended a branch meeting, a technical event, dialed in for a webinar, accessed information through our website, participated in the exams or photo competitions, or simply received our newsletter.
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The SANIRE Coalfields Branch Committee would like to extend an invitation to all its members for the Coalfields Branch year-end function.
Please find attached invite for the 2nd of December 2022 at the Witbank Golf Club.
Please RSVP to: Yogendran Arunachellan (yogendran.arunachellan@seritiza.com) by 30 November 2022.
The SANIRE coal branch would like to invite you to their Year end function to be held on the following date:
Date: 02 December 2022
Time: 08h30 for 09h00
Venue: Witbank Golf club
THEME “ SMART CASUAL WITH A TOUCH OF UMGODI”
Get your grills on and let’s put your rock engineering knowledge to the test through mind boggling board games.
Members are urged to RSVP by contacting: Yogendran Arunachellan (yogendran.arunachellan@seritiza.com) by 30 November 2022.
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THE SANIRE GAUTENG BRANCH WOULD LIKE TO INVITE YOU TO THEIR YEAR-END FUNCTION TO BE HELD ON
3RD OF DECEMBER 2022
AT KLOOFENDAL NATURE RESERVE
Join SANIRE Gauteng and Steve Spottiswoode for a walk in Kloofer dal Nature Reserve to explore the geology of the reserve, how the intersection of two major geological faults (Rietfontein and Witpoortjie faults) created geological complexity that brought gold, ultimately leading to the establishment of Johannesburg.
Participants will be taken back to the 1880s and the characters who found gold here changed the history of South Africa. participants will also go into the Gold Mine at Kloofendal. Date: Saturday the 3rd of December 2022 Time: 8:30am for 9:00am (until 12pm), walking tour to start at 9:00am Venue: Kloofendal Nature Reserve, Veronica St, Kloofendal, Roodepoort, 1709 Put on your walking shoes, bring a hat and sunscreen. Family are welcome at the event. Food and drinks will be provided.
Please RSVP before the 30th November 2022 by e-mail to Thato Mathole at thatomathole40@gmail.com
Friends of Kloofendal Website - https://kloofendalfriends.org.za
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The SANIRE Council is proud to invite you to the SANIRE 2022 Banquet
VENUE: Misty Hills, Muldersdrift
TIME: 18h00 for 18h30
DRESS: Black Tie
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25 November 2022
Location: Mankele (On the R539, 85 km South-East from Lydenburg)
Time: 08h00 for 08h30
RSVP: 22 November 2022 to Benjamin.smit@norplats.co.za and kindly indicate which activities you would like to partake in.
Details: Day entry fee paid for first 40 arrivals Braai packs will be provided
Activities: Free Obstacle course, Volleyball, Fishing, Swimming pool, Hiking
Optional, Geckoing, Paintball, Foofie slide, Archery
Accommodation: Accommodation is available for those who want to stay over.
Arrangements can be made with the venue directly at: shane@mankele.co.za or 078 801 0453
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21 October 2022
Location: Liefdeskraal(On the R36, 21km North from Lydenburg)
Time: 08h00 for 08h30
RSVP:19 October 2022to Benjamin.smit@norplats.co.za
Please indicate if and how many attendees will stay for lunch
Sponsors: Groundwork
More sponsors for the event will be highly appreciated, please contact Chris Brink at chris@mjmining.co.za
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Notice is hereby given that the SANIRE COALFIELDS Annual General Meeting of members will be held at Sasol Recreation Club, Secunda on Friday, 14 October 2022. Kindly forward your confirmation of attendance by return mail to Melusi Shongwe at Melusi.Shongwe@sibanyestillwater.com) or Mbali Buthelezi at mbalenhleb@mpas.org.za 12 October 2022 to confirm attendance.
The branch will, during this meeting, vote in a new branch committee, and we therefore call for nominations for the following portfolios:
• Chairperson
• Deputy Chairperson
• Treasurer
• Secretary
• Deputy Secretary
• Organizer/Technical Event Coordinator
• Young Member
• Education, Research and Development Officer
• Supplier’s Representative
Members are urged to RSVP by contacting: Melusi Shongwe (Melusi.Shongwe@sibanyestillwater.com) or Mbalenhle Buthelezi (mbalenhleb@mpas.org.za) by 12 October 2022.
The venue and agenda for the day will be communicated in due course.
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Dear SANIRE Member,
The SANIRE Council is proud to invite you to the SANIRE 2022 Banquet
DATE: 5 November 2022
VENUE: Misty Hills, Muldersdrift
TIME: 18h00 for 18h30
DRESS: Black Tie
COST: R14 000 per table or R1 500 per person
RSVP: Mbalenhle (mbalenhleb@mpas.org.za)
Please find attached the booking and book your table.
We look forward to receiving your booking and networking at the banquet.
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27 SEPTEMBER 2022
The Coal Branch will be hosting an exam preparatory ses-sion/workshop for RMC Paper 2.
Candidates who would like to participate must contact: Melusi Shongwe (Melusi.Shongwe@sibanyestillwater.com)
or Mbalenhle Buthelezi (mbalenhleb@mpas.org.za) by 22 September 2022.
This invitation is also extended to Senior Rock Engineers within the branch who would like to help candidates during the session.
Venue: Witbank Golf Club
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Download the notice for more details...
In preparation for the upcoming SANIRE Banquet the SANIRE Council would appreciate your input and nominations for the following awards:
- Honorary Fellowship
- Honorary Membership
- Practitioner of the year
- Rockstar of the year
- Dick Stacey
- Lelanie Prinsloo Technological Innovation
Please submit your nominations and motivations to info@sanire.co.za |Mbalenhle Buthelezi mbalehleb@mpas.org.za
Closing date for submissions is Friday 30th September 2022.
Refer to the criteria below or visit the SANIRE website for more information https://www.sanire.co.za/sanire-awards
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Course details:
MINN7018A Design of Support Systems for Underground Mine Workings
Date: 12-16 September 2022
This short course is to equip students with the necessary skills to design support systems for different configurations of underground mine workings based on sound scientific principles.
Apply on https://wits-enterprise.co.za/
Contact Eunice Sediti
PostGrad Administrator – School of Mining Engineering
0117177408 or eunice.sediti@wits.ac.za
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Dear SANIRE Member
Kindly contribute any articles towards the next SANIRE Newsletter issue.
Please find attached:
- Call for papers -Open invitation for articles
- Rock Star – Nominations
- Advertisement – Availability Newsletter
Please forward a neatly formatted word document to info@sanire.co.za or mbalenhleb@mpas.org.za by the 09 September 2022.
We look forward to receiving your contributions and nomination for the next Rock Talk Issue.
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Are you writing the Rock Engineering exams?
This webinar is aimed to provide candidates with general exam writing tips
Gerrit Kotze, Senior Consulting Geotechnical Engineer, Director: OHMS Botswana
WHEN: Thursday 15 September 2022
TIME: 14h00 – 15h00
RSVP: 9 September 2022
For further queries or registration:
MBALENHLE BUTHELEZI
Tel: (+27) 11 568 2054
email: mbalenhleb@mpas.org.za
www.sanire.co.za
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THE PRESENTATION
pdf DOWNLOAD THE SANIRE AGM 2022 PRESENTATION
PHOTOS FROM THE AGM
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05 August 2022
To : All Members, Candidates and Committee Members
South African National Institute of Rock Engineering (SANIRE)
From: Minerals Council of South Africa
Skills Development Department
CC : Chairperson of RMC Committee, Head of Skills Development.
Dear Members
Migration from old system to new system and data glitches identified.
Minerals Councils South Africa has migrated to a new administrative system that manages and control the uploading, updating, and publishing of all examination results conducted by the council.
The first time that examination results was being used to upload to the new system was for the results of the May 2022 examinations. Unfortunately, we picked up a system “glitch/error” on Friday, 29th July, for the results that were uploaded. All the results that were uploaded on the 29th July were thus incorrect.
After detecting this “glitch/error” on the evening of 29th July 2022 corrective measures were taken and correct results were uploaded before end of day, 30 July 2022.
The Minerals Council must apologize for these inconveniences / errors that had arisen in switching over to our new CoMCert system. We are confident that such incidence will not take place in the future.
Yours sincerely
OGODISENG SENYE
SENIOR POLICY ANALYST
Tel: 072 3924561
Cell: 011 498 7178
Email: osenye@mineralscouncil.org.za
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There has been a lot of interest with regard to the SCO practical training. Due to the nature of training and some practical constraints, only a limited amount of candidates will be selected to attend the above mentioned training. Selected candidates will receive an E-mail confirmation during this week.
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The SANIRE GAUTENG BRANCH WOULD LIKE TO INVITE YOU TO THEIR TECHNICAL EVENT TO BE HELD ON
4 AUGUST 2022 @ CSIR MININGTEK
RSVP to phumzabanjwa@gmail.com by 1st August 2022. Please indicate which session(s) you will be joining.
DOWNLOAD THE FULL INVITATION WITH THE AGENDA AND MAP...
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Dear SANIRE member, When I write the President’s corner, I generally reflect on where I am at the time of writing, and this time I have reached my mid-term. With only a year left in my term as president, it has been an incredible pleasant journey for me, and I am extremely proud of SANIRE’s accomplishments. During my recent business trip to Australia, it has enabled me to connect with the universities.
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