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Oosterland is baie trots op ons atlete wat deurgaan na die Mpumalanga Kampioenskappe op 7 Maart 2020. Die volgende atlete is opgeneem in die Gert Sibande span.
Andy Krause, silwer medalje vir verspring, Sibeko Nhlanhla, Silwer medalje vir 400m hekkies seuns 0/17, Lunga Mhlungu, goue medalje 110m hekkies 0/19 seuns, Ompha Mutshinyali,goue medalje 100m seuns onder 19.
Van die ander atlete het ook plekke verwerf, baie geluk aan elkeen wat tydens die atletiek goed presteer het!

Foto: Mpumi Sibanyoni het ‘n goue medale gewen vir die Seuns 0/15 Driesprong item.

Graceland, with the support of the Southern Highveld Community Development Trust, built two Hydroponic Tunnels for Marietjieschool, including the drilling of a borehole and construction of a proper trench.
Manger Care Centre for Social and Entrepreneurial development, based in Johannesburg as well as Lorum Construction, based locally, handled the construction side of things.

Marietjieschool accommodates children from various ages with special physical and mental needs. The school acquired extra land for further development of their children, implementing additional attempts to educate them to become self-sustainable adults upon reaching an age where they are required to leave the school.
The project is already running full steam, with many children growing their own crops. The food that will be produced in the tunnels will help to feed the children of Marietjie who rely on donations and their own
yearly fund-raising initiatives. The new agricultural subject has raised a lot of exciting prospects for the children and with more involvement outside of the classroom, the children have just a little bit extra to look forward to each day.
The official handover was attended by teachers and children from Marietjieschool with The Bulletin invited to cover the event. Graceland did the catering and Johan van Zyl, Head Chef at Graceland, presented mouth-watering platters.

Pieter de Villiers spoke to the dignitaries and said that he knows that the learners at Marietjieschool loves three things: “They love music, they love to be loved and they love to work with their hands and that is why we will continue supporting them as long as Graceland is here.”
The tunnels are neat and shows the love that goes into growing things, especially if it is for consumption. Mariane Ueckermann, Marietjieschool principal, expressed the school’s appreciation towards Graceland’s involvement.
The tunnels are surely going to help the school with their needs.
Thank you to Graceland for a wonderful project!

Part 1
Nu-metal, a subgenre of alternative metal with elements from heavy metal, thrash metal, grunge and industrial metal as well as hip-hop.
Characterised by its fast, repetitive guitar riffs that will melt your face off, along with a certain type of aesthetic, almost “sloppy” drums, overlaid by screams, growls, psychotic-sounding clean vocals, whispers and of course clean singing. Despite its similarities to thrash metal and heavy metal, within the genre guitar solos are very seldom, for its more focused on the riffs and vocals. DJ’s were also featured in some of the bands, introducing a fresh new sound, that included catchy hip hop lines and turntable scratching with heavy metal, something truly unique. 
My term of “New wave of South African metal” is derived from the movement between 1990’s stretching across the mid 2000’s. Some bands started as early as late 80’s and is still categorised within the movement called “New wave of American heavy metal” (or NWOAHM) and the term itself is borrowed from a movement in 1979 called “new wave of British heavy metal.”

“Although the term is used by the media with increasing frequency, the definition has not been finished completely. This is due in part to the growing addition of bands that assimilate to common styles in NWOAHM (as defined above), yet have not differentiated greatly enough as to garner a new genre moniker. One description by long time metal author Garry Sharpe-Young helps classify the NWOAHM as a “marriage of European-style riffing and throaty vocals.”
Several of the bands within the NWOAHM are credited with bringing heavy metal back into the mainstream.”
Two bands that really stood out and made an impact in the South African metal community within the time frame mentioned above was RhutZ and Boargazm, brilliant musicians and brilliant people I’ve had the pleasure of meeting in the past.
Rhutz formed a unity of musical genius which they used to write and play the best in their creative and physical capabilities.
In the mid to late 2000’s, RhütZ had made a bold statement in the underground SA music scene, in my personal opinion they are still a massive influence to musicians everywhere. They released two albums but has been quite dormant for the last couple of years. 
Rhutz, please make a come-back. Your music is incredible and I hope there will be more of your glory in the future.
Boargazm, the intergalactic space pigs. The most amazing and in-your-face band to ravage your earholes to date!
Do you like brutal chaotic madness, pig squeals and crushing guitar riffs but also smashing hard rock solos? Then I definitely urge you to go check them out! They have 3 albums and a tribute album to date. Recently the members have scattered, will we ever witness the overtaking of the space pigs once more? Or has the band forever seized? – Henco