AREA FOCUS
Standerton sets the standard
Senwes Grainlink now in cosmos world as well
There are leaders and followers in life, and then there are people who set the standards.
Standerton definitely falls in the latter category and is also a leader in many respects.
Approximately a year ago, Senwes moved into Mpumalanga, specifically Standerton,
where the team is already making a difference. Senwes Scenario focuses on this
Mpumalanga city and on one of our producers in the area, Edzard Biermann.
By Aubrey Kruger
Senwes Scenario Editor
T
he city of Standerton is 142
years old, since it was founded
on the farm Grootverlangen.
For historians - it was named
after Commander Adriaan H. Stander,
who was the original owner of the farm.
Standerskop, a hill close to town, which is
approximately 1 640 m above sea-level,
was also named after him. During the first
war of independence the South African sol-
diers fought the British in this area.
SENWES GRAINLINK
The Senwes Grainlink branch has been
operating in Standerton since 2018. Neil
is the regional grain marketer here, and
Joelien handles producer grain marketing
and control.
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PROGRESS
From not a single client a year ago, they
have now met almost 70% of the clients
in the area personally, updated their
information and revisited them - a number
of them have already become Senwes
clients. However, there are also other peo-
ple whom you already know.
WELL-KNOWN PEOPLE FROM THE
AREA
Many South Africans remembers our
re-entrance to international rugby and
our first world cup rugby match was
against Australia, when Pieter Hendriks
ran circles around the famous David
Campese to score his impressive try,
which confirmed our claim to the title.
He is a stalwart Standerton inhabitant.
Another Springbok, Jaco Kriel, also went
to school in Standerton and rugby stars
such as Quinton Swartz and Howard
Mnisi also drank Standerton water. We
stay with rugby with international referee
Mark Lawrence, who was the referee at
the 2003 and 2007 world cup tournaments
and who also hails from Standerton.
While Standerton inhabitants can clear-
ly stand their ground, they can also shake
their booties - Afrikaans singer Pieter
Koen, who is well-known for his song
“Skud jou Biscuit” and many other hits,
is also from Standerton. Judging by the
advertisements in the city, there are many
other Pieters in town addition to Hendriks
and Koen.
Many of us know the morning pro-
gramme Morning Live - the owner Sakina
Kamwendo, also hails from Standerton.
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