LOCKED down and stuck at home, South Africans are being encouraged to get off the couch and shine a light on their hidden talents to win their share of R10 000 in cash and R6 000 in fuel vouchers in the Caltex Eastern Cape Lockdown’s Got Talent contest which kicked off yesterday. (Subs: Weds, 22 April 2020). Be it juggling, joke-telling or gymnastics; singing, skating or Shakespeare; bizarre, funny, serious or just plain wacky - #LockdownsGotTalent will involve the public in voting for the brightest stars, and there’s a bonus in it for charity too. “We South Africans are known for our resilience, for making the best of a bad situation. We want to lift spirits amidst the crisis by sharing some laughter and entertainment and showcasing some of the amazing talent that’s out there while we are all staying safe by staying home. We’re standing together in one of the most challenging times ever to face the world, and we know that the challenge will continue long after lockdown, so we hope to shine some light in this dark tunnel,” Caltex Eastern Cape Marketer acting CEO Pat Kelly said. The public will be the judges for the winners of the top 3 cash prizes of R5 000, R3 000 and R2 000, and R500 in Caltex Eastern Cape fuel vouchers for the next 12 finalists, while a lucky draw will select one voter to nominate an Eastern Cape NGO for a R2 500 donation. Entrants of all ages and from anywhere in South Africa are invited to create a 90 to 180 second video showcasing their unique talent, which could be musical, artistic, gymnastic, comic, dramatic or anything else creative and entertaining. The video must be current and be shot inside their lockdown location. Videos must be uploaded to the entrant’s own YouTube channel and an online form completed at www.LockdownsGotTalent.co.za between 07.00 on 22 April 2020 and midnight on 30 April 2020. Contestants can submit as many videos as they wish, with a separate online entry form for each, and Caltex Eastern Cape will …
NEW HOLIDAY RUN WILL ADD TO J’BAY FESTIVITIES
Put on your takkies, it is time for the biggest 10 km road race in Jeffreys Bay! Jeffreys Bay Striders would like to welcome Caltex Wavelands and Freshstop on board as new main sponsors for our annual Holiday Run. Caltex Eastern Cape Marketer (CECM) acting CEO, Pat Kelly said that they were excited to be part of the inaugural race this year. “We believe in adding value to the communities in which we operate, not just as the fuel provider, but also by adding value in creating platforms that encourage healthy living and comradery.” Kelly said that the Caltex Wavelands Holiday Run has great potential and will bolster an already brimming events programme for the upcoming holidays. He added, “Caltex is committed to making your travels more enjoyable, safer and easy - so make sure that you pop in at one of the many Caltex service stations during your travels this festive season”. Freshstop regional business consultant Roy Price said the company, which operates its convenience stores on Caltex forecourts, welcomed the opportunity to participate in the sponsorship as supporting sport and recreation aligned with “our ethos of promoting clean, healthy living for all”. “Caltex Wavelands is very popular in this area, and Freshstop here is growing thanks to community support and so we are very happy and proud to be able to give something back,” Price said. As Kouga Municipality’s Mayor, Mr. Hendricks said: “As we near the end of another year, it gives me great pleasure to welcome all visitors to Kouga, the Events Capital of South Africa. We expect this festive season to be extra special, with more to see and do in our region than ever before.” We would like to invite all of J’bay and its’ holiday makers, serious athletes, neighbourhood joggers, walkers and doggies on leashes to participate and make the Caltex Wavelands Holiday Run the event of the year! The Caltex Wavelands Holiday Run will see runners take on the streets for a 10km road race or a 5km fun …
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Jansenville service station shows its heart
EASTERN CAPE, October 2019 – UNEMPLOYED JANSENVILLE SINGLE mother Leonie Jantjies and her severely disabled son, Ashwin, 17, had much to celebrate when the Karoo town’s fuel service station, Caltex Noorsveld, donated a brand-new wheelchair to the family recently. Ashwin suffered permanent brain damage at birth due to the negligence of hospital staff – he has cerebral palsy as a result and, as he is unable to do anything for himself, his mother had to give up her job to look after him full time. Leonie said that the bigger and more easily manageable wheelchair with greater mobility assistance was “a huge blessing” because Ashwin had outgrown his previous wheelchair and was unable to sit comfortably in the chair anymore. Caltex Noorsveld customer service attendants (CSAs) were quick to give Leonie a hand to move Ashwin to his new wheelchair. Thanking Caltex Noorsveld’s ‘Tannie Bettie’ van Wyk and the team, Leonie said the gift was something she had never expected to happen to them as a family and she was grateful for the assistance of Caltex Eastern Cape Marketer (CECM) for joining with Noorsveld Auto to make the donation possible. “When I woke up this morning and looked at the date, I told myself maybe this is just a dream,” said the shy mother. “But look at him now – he is sitting all comfortably in his new chair, wearing his new warm Caltex jacket with pride. He is even keeping his beanie on and he normally hates wearing a hat,” she laughed. Leonie explained that she was unable to work full time as Ashwin needed 24-hour care and since winning the court case against the hospital earlier this year, she needed to make regular trips with him to Johannesburg to see the various medical specialists involved in his care. Caltex Noorsveld Auto’s Louis Nel, Bettie van Wyk and Andries Oelofsen were present at the handover. “We want to thank the residents of Jansenville and all the motorists whose support made it possible for us to help this family. …
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Women’s Day dance showcase highlights the power of women
PORT ELIZABETH - WOMEN as warriors, mothers, heroines and queens take centre stage in ‘RUN’, the Walmer School of Dance production featuring ballet, jazz and contemporary dance that fittingly opens on Women’s Day, 9 August. Lovers of dance are in for a treat encompassing diverse dance styles and powerful choreography in the show celebrating dance teacher Troy Coffey’s 10th anniversary as principal owner of Walmer School of Dance on Friday 9 and Saturday 10 August, at 19:00, at the PE Opera House. The show takes its name from the mini-ballet ‘Run’ which opens the programme, telling the story of a group of refugees who have been forced to flee their country because of persecution and war. Louise Daniel portrays a young mother who loses her child (played by Emma Price) in the conflict and finds love and solace with a soldier played by Neil Brand. “It’s a very powerful and beautiful piece which highlights the plight of refugees – a topical issue for South Africa and globally,” Coffey said. She said many of the other pieces in the show also highlight the power of women and their role in society, “from mothers to warriors to queens”, with Daniel and Brand portraying the White Queen and Black King fighting to the death in the striking “Checkmate” duet. The show is also the first time that Coffey’s daughter Ella Coffey, 14, will demonstrate her choreography skills, in a fun, jazzy group for the juniors with a hippie theme to the song “Feel it Still” by Portugal The Man. The programme features a range of classical ballet, sassy jazz and contemporary dance pieces, including the sweetie-themed colourful group dance “Liquorice All Sorts”, and junior pupils as adorable Winnie the Pooh’s and a bevy of little Swans. Elegant group dances “Spring tide” and “Air” round out the show, which also showcases the costume design talents of Ronel Reid and Little Cherub Dancewear. Bookings for “Run” open on 22 July at Computicket. The show takes place at the PE Opera …
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Local service station serves community with soccer sponsorship
PORT ELIZABETH – THE SOCCER-LOVING YOUTH of Kuyga on the outskirts of Nelson Mandela Bay have a fresh injection of competitive energy with a new local football league and R80,000 sponsorship by the Caltex Greenbushes service station launched Tuesday, 2 July 2019. The “beautiful game” has proved the secret weapon in reducing crime, and drug and alcohol abuse by young people, in the Greenbushes, St Albans, Seaview, Theescombe and Rocklands areas that fall under Kuyga (Ward 40), said Kuyga Football Association (KUYGAFA) president Thekiso Mntwana. Caltex Greenbushes owner Jurie Snyman said the R80,000 sponsorship, in partnership with master franchisor Caltex Eastern Cape Marketer (CECM) and convenience retailer Freshstop, was an acknowledgement of the success of the KUYGAFA in making a positive impact on youth in the community. Mntwana said that community leaders had seen a significant drop in social ills in the area since establishment in 2011 of the KUYGAFA, which now administers 12 clubs with more than 800 players. “Discipline and dedication have improved among our youth. Interest in taking part in sport has increased and that means more children and youth on the playing fields and less in the streets,” he said. Mntwana said the new sponsorship by Greenbushes Caltex this year had already led to increased interest and participation in soccer in the area, with the incentive of trophies, medals and cash prizes spurring “people to take it more seriously and teams being more competitive than ever before”. Mntwana said the 12 clubs were currently fielding under-13 and under-15 boys’ teams and senior men’s sides and anticipated that next season (2020) would see growth in the number of clubs and teams as well as increasing participation by girls. Snyman said the one-year sponsorship, renewable for a further two years, extended long-standing support for the annual Caltex Greenbushes Freshstop Youth Day Soccer Tournament into a year-long commitment. “The …
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Caltex Eastern Cape Shows Their Support For The 2019 City Surf Series™
PORT ELIZABETH, South Africa – Caltex Eastern Cape (CECM) has shown their support for development and education in the sport of surfing in South Africa by partnering with the City Surf Series™ in 2019. After an outstanding first half of the professional surfing series already concluded, Caltex EC commended the team at Accelerate Sport; the event organisers and owners of the City Surf Series™ With the next City Surf Series event taking place at Pollok Beach, Summerstrand from this coming Thursday 13th June until Monday 17th June, the local community surfing programs are in for a treat at the Volkswagen SA Open of Surfing presented by Hurley thanks to the enthusiasm and support from Caltex EC. The partnership helps to fund the Surfing South Africa (SSA) Learn to Surf Programs that have become an integral part of the City Surf Series™. These programs provide underprivileged youth in the coastal communities the opportunity to be part of an International event. The boys and girls, from surrounding surf outreach programs take part in a day of activities with accredited SSA coaches and program leaders as well as a community beach cleanup with members of the public, athlete’s and event staff. Dedicated to uplifting and growing surf communities in all event locations, the City Surf Series™ gives back to the local surf community by working alongside the national controlling body of the sport – Surfing South Africa (SSA) and incorporating SSA Learn to Surf Initiatives which are designed to foster and encourage surfing among young people, regardless of their background. Following on the highly successful City Surf Series hosted over the Easter weekend in Port Elizabeth and Port Alfred, CSI Partner, Caltex Eastern Cape (CECM) is full of praise of both the event organisers, participating teams from the various surf outreach programmes and the innovative environmental awareness drives that form part of the overall programme. “We were impressed by the enthusiasm …
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Friendly City Dance Festival brings world of dance to city
The brand-new Friendly City Dance Festival takes to the PE Opera House stage om 20 to 25 August with over 650 dancers participating in over 1000 dance items. The festival aims to showcase all dance genres and foster a love of dance for performers and audience alike, as well as to afford students the opportunity to perform and compete on stage in friendly competition and have their dance ability adjudicated in a constructive manner by professionals in the dance field. Dance genres featured in the festival include national dance, ballet, contemporary, modern, hip-hop and tap, as well as two new festival dance categories: rhythmic dance and show-dance. Dance studios from Port Elizabeth, Uitenhage, Despatch, Kirkwood, Jeffrey’s Bay and as far afield as Knysna have entered our inaugural festival. These include: Kareen’s School of Dance, Walmer School of Dance, Susan Zerbst School of Ballet, Debbie Ralph Ballet School, Dance Dynamics, The Ballet Conservatory, The Ballet Studio (Uitenhage), Portia Appolis Dance School, Totally Tap & Modern Dance Studio, Hosking Academy of Dance (Kirkwood), Sidwell Roman’s Ballet School (Knysna); Elvinia’s School of Dance (Knysna), La Vo Dance Company, Natasha Tait Dance School, Ibhayi Rhythmic Gymnastics, Allstarz Dance Academy; and Robyn D’Arcy School of Dance (Jeffrey’s Bay). Well-known dance personalities Karen Jooste, a former professional CAPAB ballet dancer who runs her own dance studio in Cape Town, and Sean Bovim, professional dancer and founder/director of BOVIM Ballet, will adjudicate at the festival. After 5 days of dance competition, the festival will culminate in a GALA CONCERT on Saturday 25th August 2018 at 18h30. Our adjudicators will select Champions in each dance discipline, as well as ‘Adjudicator’s Choice’ items to dance at this concert and guest artists from the McWilliams Dance academy, the vocalist Skye Phillips and other ‘surprise’ items will perform at the gala concert. This festival was …
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Ready, Steady Donate!!!!!
25 July 2018 – THE COMMUNITY CHEST Winter Woolly Drive is doing their annual Intersection Collection this Friday, 27 July 2018. The public are invited to open their hearts and support this great initiative by donating at three major intersection in the Metro. A team from Round Table PE West and Caltex Centenary will be collecting at the corner of Willow Road and Circular Drive (Lorraine), Caltex EC Marketer, Community Chest and Med 24 will be joined by Mr. PE Ubermann and his team at the corner of Cape Road and William Moffett (Newton Park), Atlas will be doing their collection at the corner of M4 and Walmer Boulevard (Summerstrand) and the Caltex Toby’s Motors team will be at the 8th Avenue and Main Road intersection in Walmer from 06:30 till 08:30. The Community Chest Winter Woolly Drive and their partners have already reached out to a number of individuals and community partners during the last few weeks, says Community Chest EC PRO, Colette Theron.” Caltex Eastern Cape Marketer (CECM), who has been fuelling this project for more than 6 years also provides easily accessible and safe drop off point at all their participating Caltex Service Station throughout the Eastern Cape. “We are pleased to be able to add a smile to a young child or bring warmth and sustenance to the many less fortunate people in the Eastern Cape. The CECM philosophy is to add value not only as the local fuel provider, but to support, uplift and care about the Eastern Cape communities around us. We support projects that aim to produce well-rounded people who will contribute to the local economy and are very proud to be part of this incredible initiative.” said CECM CEO Clive Berlyn. The public are reminded that they can still drop off warm clothing and blankets at participating Caltex Service Stations till the end of August. Donations can also be delivered to the Community Chest offices, at 126 2nd Ave, Newton Park or collection can be arranged by calling Colette on 041 …
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Eastern Cape in Global Retailing Spotlight – Mthatha Service Station in Line for International Award
July 2018 - MTHATHA CONVENIENCE STORE FreshStop at Caltex Fort Gale has been short-listed for the title of “best convenience store in the world” by a global association of fuel retailers and convenience stores – the only entrant from Africa in a line-up of 14 finalists from Australia, India and Europe. After just a year in operation, the Caltex Fort Gale FreshStop store – which has brought several “new to market” facilities and food offerings to Mthatha – made the cut for the International Convenience Retailer of the Year award presented by NACS, the US-based international association for the convenience and fuel retail industry. With 277 stores countrywide, FreshStop-at-Caltex leads the market for convenience stores on service station forecourts in South Africa, according to market researchers Nielsen, and is at the forefront of a growing consumer preference for small, local stores which now accounts for more than a quarter of the global grocery market. The Fort Gale store is one of 33 FreshStops sited at service stations under the umbrella of Caltex Eastern Cape Marketer (CECM), and one of six local award-winners that saw the province sweep the boards at the recent FreshStop national Retailer of the Year awards. The top three places in FreshStop’s 2018 national awards went to the Eastern Cape, for the stores at Caltex sites in Gonubie, Fort Gale and Beacon Bay, while Cookhouse and Northcrest Mthatha made the runners-up list. Caltex Hobie Beach in Port Elizabeth was a runner-up in the Best Coffee category, for its Seattle Coffee outlet, while CECM managing director Clive Berlyn was recognised as one of FreshStop’s “Top Brand Ambassadors” at the awards event. The placing of the Fort Gale Caltex FreshStop in the running for the international award was announced at the same event, with the results now awaited from the NACS international convention and awards taking place in Las Vegas later this year. “We are very proud to see the Eastern Cape …
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Caltex Border Masters Half Marathon – ready, set go!
08 February 2018 – MORE than 800 runners are expected to compete in the annual Caltex Border Masters Half Marathon taking place this Sunday, 11 February 2018. Now in its 41st year, the race promises to be highly contested in all five categories. “The course is fast, and we expect much excitement in all categories – especially the younger category where the winning title is up for grabs in the absence of Lusapho April who take the honours in 2016 and 2017” said Border Masters Athletics Association’s John Oatley. Caltex Eastern Cape Marketer is once again sponsoring the Border Masters Half Marathon, open to runners age 35 years and older, which starts from Winterstrand winding through the harbour, along the esplanade - ending at the Buffalo Club, East London. CECM chief executive Clive Berlyn, himself an avid runner and previous participant, said the company was proud of its long-standing association with the event. “We came on board as naming sponsors 3 years ago and must commend Border Masters Athletics Association on their professionalism and dedication – it is no easy task growing event entries with 10 to 15% year on year especially in this tough economic climate” Berlyn noted. Into the 35-39 age group for the first time are Andrea Ranger (Old Boys) and Hanlie Botha (Born2run) both of whom regularly show many a younger runner, including the men, a clean pair of heels. In the other women’s age groups those to watch include Karen Davis (40-44), Debbie Gee and a resurgent Sharon Wood both in the 50-54 category Much is also expected from the 2017 Border Masters awardees Makhaya Masumpa (50-54) and Pastor Madlavana (40-44) both out of the Born2run stable. Pastor has posted two excellent overall race 2nd places in recent outings but should still look over his shoulder for the determined Nedbank AC stalwart Doran Fritz. In the 45-49 group perhaps Desmond Witbooi (Born2run) 6th overall at the recent Gonubie Coastal Challenge is a podium contender, …