BRITS POS – BRITS - As the end of the year draws near and the festive season approaches, students and chef lecturers at Capsicum Culinary Studio and the IIE School of Hospitality & Service Management (IIE HSM) showed their skills arranging a lunch or dinner table setting that was not only fun but also environmentally friendly.
The focus was taken away from the traditional, to think out of the box, while still keeping current trends in mind.
Let your light shine
BRITS POS – BRITS - The unveiling of the GST Beacon of Hope, the tallest Christmas tree in South Africa and Africa, on Saturday, 1 December 2024, was a truly momentous occasion. Standing at an incredible height of 45m, this beacon of hope surpassed its predecessor of 2023 by 7m, symbolising progress and growth in the community.
With 6km of lights and more than 40,000 flickering LEDs, the GST Beacon of Hope shines brightly as a testament to the strength and resilience of the human spirit. Inspired by the success of the 2023 Beacon of Hope, the tree was illuminated for the first time by GST CEO Johan Ingram, in a ceremony witnessed by employees and charity foundations alike.
VLU Brits-lede sluit 2024 op feestelike noot af
BRITS POS – BRITS – Die afsluiting van Brits se Vroue Landbou-unie se jaarlikse aktiwiteite, is op 13 November in ware Kersfeesstyl by The Potter’s Tree in Pretoria gehou.
Die geleentheid, wat deur ses-en-dertig lede bygewoon is, het voorsiening gemaak vir ’n allegaartjie van kreatiwiteit, kuier en bederf.
Dapperheid word beloon
Die ses-jarige Sebastiaan Bezuidenhout van Schoemansville is vroeër die week deur die personeel van Hartbeespoort Emergency Medical Service (HEMS) vir sy dapperheid en flink optrede tydens die verwoestende brand in Kosmos in Oktober vereer. Sebastiaan het op Sondag, 20 Oktober deur sy verkyker gekyk en die rook in Kosmos opgemerk, waarna hy dadelik sy mamma in kennis gestel het en sy het HEMS se Station 21 brandweerdiens gekontak.
SONOP – ONDERHANDELING OOR KRAGAANSLUITING VF Plus lei afvaardiging
BRITS POS – SONOP - Die VF Plus in die Madibeng-plaaslike munisipaliteit (Brits, Hartbeespoort, Mooinooi) het verlede Donderdag ʼn afvaardiging van die Sonop-gemeenskap bygestaan in onderhandelings met Noordwes se departement van openbare werke en paaie om die kragtoevoer na die gebied te herstel.
“Eskom het die kragtoevoer na Sonop en die nabygeleë Khalanyoni al langer as ʼn week gelede afgesny weens ʼn dispuut oor betaling,” sê Elsa Lourens, raadslid van Bojanala Platinum Distriksraad en ook raadslid van Madibeng plaaslike munisipaleitraad.