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<strong>February</strong> 7, <strong>2019</strong><br />

READ WITH PASSION: The Grade R pupils at Happy Hours Pre-primary<br />

School learnt about ‘Little Red Riding Hood’ from school principal Tracy<br />

Lloyd at the school last Friday<br />

Pictures: ROB KNOWLES<br />

BEDS AND PORRIDGE: The junior section of Happy Hours<br />

Pre-primary also read ‘Goldilocks and the Three Bears’ to<br />

teacher Claudette Brown on ‘World Read Aloud Day’ last Friday<br />

ART WITH FEELING: Isobella Coetzee, left, and Caleb<br />

Kieck showed off their textured artworks at Happy Hours<br />

last Friday morning<br />

CLASSIC NURSERY RHYMES: ‘Little Red Riding Hood’ was the book the<br />

little children at Happy Hours Pre-primary School read to teacher Malendi<br />

Coetzer, centre back, and teaching assistants Spokanzi Matela, left, and<br />

Cinzia Ncedani, right<br />

Port Alfred<br />

BUSINESSFORUM<br />

Steinbuild changes<br />

its name to The<br />

Building Company<br />

Steinhoff Doors and Building<br />

Materials (SteinBuild), a wholly<br />

owned subsidiary of Pepkor<br />

Holdings, is proud to announce its<br />

new name – The Building Company<br />

– effective January 28.<br />

The name change was approved<br />

by its board and parent company,<br />

Pepkor Holdings.<br />

The Building Company<br />

incorporates brands such as BUCO,<br />

Timbercity, Tiletoria and Brands 4<br />

Africa, among others. The new name<br />

more accurately reflects the<br />

company’s mission and purpose of<br />

sourcing, distributing and retailing<br />

general and specialized building<br />

materials and related services<br />

throughout southern Africa.<br />

Sharing the news of the name<br />

change, CEO Steve du Toit<br />

announced “today we usher in a new<br />

name, and a new era for our<br />

o r g a n i z at i o n … Let’s continue to<br />

grow the company under a new<br />

name, and a bright new future.<br />

Here’s to The Building Company!”<br />

Associated administrative changes<br />

will follow in due course and are<br />

expected to be completed by the end<br />

of <strong>February</strong> <strong>2019</strong>. Interested parties<br />

can learn more about the company<br />

by visiting<br />

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Catch up with what’s happening on the PA business front<br />

Are your eggs safe to eat?<br />

Feathers Farm, a local egg producer<br />

in the Southwell district with more<br />

than 70 years in the business has a<br />

dedicated food safety team that<br />

implements an intensive Food Safety<br />

Management System (FSMS).<br />

The FSMS prepares all year round for<br />

an annual audit that takes place to<br />

ensure that Feathers Farm complies to a<br />

variety of national and international<br />

legislation and standard. To date,<br />

Feathers Farm has never scored less<br />

than 95% for an audit which means that<br />

customers buying Scratch Patch free<br />

range as well as local house brands and<br />

Top Lay eggs can rest assured that their<br />

eggs are of the highest quality.<br />

About 40 policies and procedures<br />

covering every area of production, from<br />

the initial well-being of the hens right<br />

through to how the eggs are delivered<br />

to customers are implemented daily.<br />

Every step of production is monitored<br />

and recorded. More than 20 quality<br />

checks are conducted in areas such as<br />

hygiene, process control, quality<br />

control, maintenance control and finally<br />

system management.<br />

Laboratory tests of the product/water<br />

and surface swabs are outsourced to<br />

SANAS-accredited labs and done as per<br />

a detailed testing matrix. All equipment<br />

and machinery used in the process<br />

undergo stringent calibration and<br />

maintenance plans.<br />

All Feathers Farm suppliers are<br />

IT’S JUST RIGHT: Learning to read out loud on ’Read Aloud Day’<br />

last Friday, the children at Happy Hours Pre-primary School<br />

with teacher Bea Klopper read from the classical story of<br />

‘Goldilocks and the Three Bears’<br />

FOOD SAFETY COMES FIRST at<br />

Feathers Farm where more eggs are<br />

collected, graded and candled, a<br />

process of shining a light through<br />

them to detect any irregularities,<br />

every day before being packed and<br />

sent to market<br />

pre-approved and have to comply to<br />

legislation, from the farm’s water<br />

source right through to the packaging<br />

used to pack the eggs. All cleaning<br />

materials and chemicals are food grade<br />

and comply to legislation.<br />

Process flow and staff management<br />

are also part of a disciplined and<br />

regulated plan at Feathers Farm and<br />

undergo annual training.<br />

The FSMS validates and verifies the<br />

entire system regularly. Any<br />

non-compliances are addressed<br />

immediately and the traceability of<br />

every egg is upheld and accurate.<br />

There are no short cuts when it<br />

comes to food safety. Major retailers,<br />

including Feathers Farm customers<br />

SECOND PLACE SWIMMERS: Port Alfred High School<br />

grade 4 pupils, from left, Ruan van der Merwe, Reece<br />

Coetzer, Kelly Legg, Lou Coetzee and Laura Averbach<br />

secured second place in the Rotary Swim-A-Thon to end<br />

Polio U13 years category held on Saturday in the school<br />

pool. They scored 78 laps while the winners El Shaddai<br />

Christian Academy scored 87<br />

Picture: SUPPLIED<br />

SPAR, Pick n Pay, Shoprite/Checkers,<br />

Food Lovers Market and Game. only<br />

allow accredited egg “pack stations” to<br />

supply their stores. The government has<br />

also been a driving force with regards<br />

to the legislation to ensure that all<br />

retailers, general dealers and small<br />

businesses practice Good Food<br />

Manufacturing and Supply standards to<br />

protect the consumer.<br />

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People bring soul to the home<br />

Over the last couple of<br />

years I have spoken about<br />

the garden, the furniture<br />

that not only has a function<br />

but also tells me a story,<br />

pictures on the wall that<br />

remind me of friends and<br />

special occasions and<br />

many more. All add to the<br />

special feeling one has when<br />

one returns home or is just<br />

enjoying the space.<br />

On Wednesday morning, I<br />

got up early and walked<br />

around the garden. It was a<br />

special time; there had been<br />

rain during the night and as<br />

the sun came up, the rays<br />

sparkled on the leaves of the<br />

trees, the sky was clear and<br />

there was a gentle breeze<br />

blowing. As I sat in one of my<br />

favourite places I felt that life<br />

couldn’t get much better.<br />

As one does, when one sits<br />

and looks out over paradise, I<br />

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started thinking how lucky I<br />

am to be living where I do, and<br />

how much I love my home.<br />

I thought it couldn’t get<br />

much better, when I saw Judy<br />

caressing a warm cup of tea<br />

and offering to make one for<br />

me. It was then that I realised<br />

that it is the people who pass<br />

through our home that makes<br />

it so special. The people who<br />

work there, the visitors who<br />

come from far and wide and<br />

bring many and varied topics<br />

to our conversations, the<br />

friends and, most especially,<br />

J u d y.<br />

I have shared my life with<br />

her for more than 40 years and<br />

as I have told many<br />

newlyweds who visit us,<br />

as time goes by the<br />

relationship gets better<br />

and better.<br />

I attribute this not only<br />

to making a wonderful<br />

choice all those years ago,<br />

but more importantly, learning<br />

fairly early on in our marriage<br />

that the more you put into it<br />

the more you get out. Judy’s<br />

mom used to say “Cast your<br />

crumbs onto the water ... and<br />

they come back sandwiches.”<br />

I don’t mind telling you that I<br />

have a Dagwood sandwich!<br />

I would love to hear your<br />

stories about special people<br />

who have positively influenced<br />

your life and made your home<br />

a special place to return to.<br />

You can contact me on<br />

simon.oliver@seeff.com or<br />

082-653-5643. I look forward<br />

to hearing from you.

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