1. Issue No 2 - August 2009
FROM THE DESK OF OUR GM In this issue:
After more than 200 days without a lost
* Charles’ goodbye note
time injury an employee on PM4 sus-
tained a multiple fracture to his arm due to * Head Office Marketing
an unsafe action. A management brief has Visit
gone out regarding this incident and * New Time Administra-
reaffirming a zero tolerance approach to tion
unsafe behaviour. It is requirement that the * Heart Awareness
role out plan for Hazard Identification Risk
Assessments (HIRAC) continues in each
* AIDS Info article
area of our business and that there is * Beach Clean Up 2009
participation at shopfloor level. The * OHSAS 18001
OHSAS18001 external auditor indicated * Arbor Day
that HIRAC implementation is probably * Coke Awards
the best he has seen within Sappi and even within the industry. After * Adamas News
a week long audit we received certification – congratulations. The
challenge to each one of is to translate the recently acquired tools
* Casual Day / Loslit Dag
and processes into a safer work environment. * Birthdays / Anniversa-
ries
Our marketing team was at the mill on Thursday last week. A key * Sappi Vacancies
focus was identifying ideas and putting plans to develop new prod-
ucts for Adamas Mill. Ou abjective is to launch one new product
each quarter.
Thank you to Charles Stapelberg for his excellent contribution during
his short tenure at Adamas Mill.
Our condolences go out to the family and friends, on the passing of
Johny Mfecane.
SAFETY IS A STATE OF MIND THAT EVERYONE SHOULD ADOPT… A New “face” welcomes visitors and
staff as they enter the main gate here
“Looking out for each other” at Sappi Adamas.
“My actions demonstrate my commitment to safety”
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2. Charlie says cheers
Dear Adamas Personnel,
Although I have only worked here for a year, I came to know a team of
people with a unique and lovely culture of friendship and caring for each
other. A team that can show empathy to fellow workers, and then turn around
and work hard, willing to sweat and go the extra mile. I felt part of the team
and I was invited in and treated as if I have been here for years. I learned a
lot in this year while working here from different people and different teams
of people. I also had the opportunity to live my passion for paper making
and leadership and share some of my experience with you all. It was great
and together we achieved excellent results on the paper machines and f/
house in terms of Efficiencies and performance. My fondest achievement yet in Sappi was to lead the
team of people here at Adamas that managed to take Pm4’s EE from an average of 68%, to now
currently, and average of 77%. This is an excellent 13% improvement on efficiencies which deserves
an Official recognition for the team.
I want to thank Bev and the management team. A team ready for the challenges, a pro active team with
innovative spirit and a willingness to succeed. I learned a lot from you and appreciated the feedback
and correction when required. To you all I wish you the very best in future. I believe this mill will go from
strength to strength with such a dynamic and diverse team of individuals all hungry for more success.
God bless, Charles
Marketing staff visit to Adamas
The Head Office Marketing Team visited Adamas Mill on the 3rd and 4th September 2009, to hand out
hotdogs, colddrinks and t-shirts to all the Adamas employees during shifts. The Marketing Team stated that
this initiative was to show confidence and unity with Adamas Mill personnel, to recognize employees’ efforts
and show support for the Mill’s next business year. They also wanted to thank the Mill’s employees for their
daily efforts to reduce costs and keep the Mill as lean as possible. The Marketing Team believes that as a
team united and motivated towards a common goal, we will turn the business around and deliver results. Let
us join them in believing that we can all make a difference!!
Adamas staff eagerly
lined up to collect
their hotdog, an ice
cold drink and a t-
shirt served to them
by the Marketing
Team.
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3. New tool will make Sappi’s Time
Administrators super efficient
Thousands of employees working shifts clock in and out of our mills
each day. Sappi’s Time Administrators have their hands full to
process the time management messages of each and every em-
ployee. For years, there was no functionality to process shift substi-
tutions and overtime in bulk on their computers.
But all that is about to change.
Toni du Plessis and Linda Toward
Business Systems’ SAP Human Capital Management team has
been involved in a time management project since mid last year.
EPIUSE, a recognised SAP partner, introduced Sappi to a tool
called Advanced Time Process Manager (ATPM). The tool was
piloted in Saiccor Mill’s woodyard on 01 December 2008.
Benefits
Although some concerns were raised (and solved), the tool proved
to have many valuable benefits: bulk processing, improved accu-
racy, cost efficiency, user friendliness and simplicity. What’s more
is that Time Administrators will experience an incredible 30% time
saving in their daily time management activities.
Eric Jacobs and Koosh Panday
Role players
Dawie Hattingh was also actively involved in the project and played
an instrumental part in initiating the project. Erick Jacobs was the
Project Manager and reported all activities and status to Koosh
Panday. Linda Toward and Toni du Plessis tested the functionality
and took ownership from a business point of view. They will also
train the time administrators at Saiccor. Grant Jarvis tested the
functionality in the pilot phase and gave the final go-ahead to roll it
out to the rest of Saiccor.
Roll-out
The project roll-out across all Sappi’s Southern African mills com- Grant Jarvis
menced in August and it is forseen that all Time Administrators will These employees were instru-
be trained within three months from receiving the software. Training mental in making the roll-out
at Saiccor Mill is already underway. and implementation of the
Advanced Time Process
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4. Be Heart all ages, races and genders”, Simons, Director of Nutrition
says Pamela Warrington,
Smar t Communications Officer,
and Education, HSFSA.
HSFSA, “By knowing your During September, Heart
Work with Heart is the mes- cholesterol, blood pressure and Awareness Month, the HSFSA
sage for Heart Awareness glucose levels, you have already is offering free blood pressure
Month (HAM) during Septem- limited your chances of becom- screenings country-wide - for
ber. HAM is a national aware- ing another victim of heart more details or nutritional
ness campaign co-ordinated by disease. Once you know your advice, contact the Heart Mark
the Heart and Stroke Foundation risks, you will be able to make Diet Line on 0860 223 222
SA (HSFSA) - its purpose is to the necessary changes required during office hours, or visit
create awareness of cardiovas- to live a heart healthy lifestyle.” www.heartfoundation.co.za for
cular disease (CVD) and its more information on our Corpo-
prevention. In a bid to promote health and rate Wellness Programme or
wellness as well as the preven-
In celebration of HAM, the the Healthy Hearts @ Work
tion of cardiovascular disease in Canteen Programme please
HSFSA is encouraging all South the workplace, the HSFSA offers
Africans to join the fight against contact Eshaam Mohidien, Key
a comprehensive Corporate
CVD by having their cholesterol, Accounts Manager: Health
Wellness Programme, which Screenings, on ( 021) 447 4222
blood pressure and glucose includes the newly launched
checked: these are often re- or email:
Healthy Hearts @ Work eshaam@heartfoundation.co.za
ferred to as ‘silent killers’ be- Canteen Programme. The
cause there are no visible Programme is designed to help For more FREE heart smart
symptoms when levels are employers create a heart nutritional advice from regis-
raised. Currently about 195 healthy environment at the tered dietitians, call the Heart
South Africans – or 13 minibus office. “Many of us spend a Mark Diet Line on 0860 223 222
loads – die each day from heart major part of our day at work or email
disease. Of these, heart attacks and as a result it is vital that we heart@heartfoundation.co.za
are responsible for about 33 make the environment as
deaths per day and are twice as conducive to good health as
prevalent among men as in possible. If we each make small
women, while about 60 people changes to our daily routines we
die a day due to strokes and can introduce heart health into
about 37 due to heart failure. our lives and into our work
“Heart disease affects people of place,” says Shân Biesman-

5. HIV - KNOWLEDGE IS POWER
What do ARVs do? native therapy and vitamins?
A longer, So far, other treatments Like
healthier life IS They are designed to control herbal and homeopathic rem-
or destroy the virus that edies have not yet proven to be
possible causes HIV/AIDS. effective. In fact, some treatments
interact badly with ARVs and
Twenty years have passed Should you still wear a could make them less effective,
since HIV/AIDS was first condom when using such as St John’s Wort and
recognised. And although ARVs? garlic. Multivitamins may delay
there is still no cure for the onset of AIDS in people
this disease, great ad- Absolutely. You can still be
re-infected, and possibly with infected with HIV, but they cannot
vances have been made in ‘reverse’ AIDS.
treating it. a different strain of HIV, or
even with HIV viruses that are Abbreviations and
Anti-retroviral medication resistant to the ARTs you’re
(ARVs) have given thou- using. meanings:
sands of HIV/AIDS patients a
Are there side effects HIV - Human Immuno Virus
new lease on life. Taken
correctly, ARVs not only when taking ARVs?
AIDS - Acquired Immune Defi-
improve your health, but also Many ARVs have temporary ciency Syndrome
prolongs your life. side effects like nausea, ARV - Anti Retro Viral
Things you should know vomiting, etc. Your health
about ARVs: care worker will talk to you CD4 cell (count) - is a specialised
about them. It is very impor- cell that works with your immune
Who uses it? tant not to stop taking the system to protect your body from
medicine unless the health viruses and infections
Sappi provides free anti- care worker advises you to HOMEOPATHIC - is a form of
retroviral treatment (ART) to do so. alternative medicine
patients with a CD4 count of
300 or less. Can I use some- HERBAL - traditional
one else’s ARVs? medicinal or folk medi-
What can you expect cine
when you’re on the Sappi No. The combina-
treatment programme? tion of ARV drugs VIGS afrikaans) -
would have been Verworwe immuniteits-
Once registered, a health planned according
care worker will counsel you, gebreksindroom
to that person’s
work out the correct treat- particular needs and
ment for your needs and lifestyle.
lifestyle, and will provide you
with ongoing support. What about alter-

6. Cleaning up the coast!!
Beach Clean-up will be taking place on Saturday 19th September.
This year Sappi has been allocated Pollock beach and we will get together in the old ‘Something Good’
car park.
Refuse bags will be
distributed from 9h30 am.
Last year an estimated 20 tons of litter was
collected off our beaches!
The NMMM Conservation Department’s
have noted that beaches are cleaner than
previous years due to continued clean-up
efforts
We urge Sappi Adamas mill employees
and your families to once again make a
difference when we get together with our
Bayworld friends and children from disad-
vantaged areas to clean our beaches. See
you there!
Above: Some of the wonderful “volun-
teers” from last years effort. Right:
Pollock Beach at it’s best.
Let’s all get together and make
a conserted effort to conserve
this beautiful part of our coast-
line for future generations. Let’s
see all our TRUE BLUES
there!!!

7. Every year Sappi Adamas is an eager contributor / participant in the
fundraising effort known as “Casual Day / Loslit Dag”. Although this day
is meant for people to come out and show their öther side” us here at
Adamas don’t usually need to be invited twice to show that we are not
scared to stand out from the rest. Here are a few photo’s of some of the
guys / girls who did it for charity! (the aim was to dress up as a fan of
Bev as a your favourite sport / team)
BAFANA Fan!
Danie, not quite sure if
he’s a Bokkie or a
Shark.
Mike Oelofse dresses as a Sappi
Hooker (first team) and Ray Lund (well)
dressed as a Liverpool fool fan.
OHSAS 18001
As you are aware an OHSAS 18001 audit was conducted at Adamas Mill during the week 31/8 to 4/9.
The Adamas family was faced with a real challenge during the last three months to ensure compliance
with this new standard.
True to the Adamas family, everybody took up the challenge with enthusiasm and dedication resulting in
Adamas Mill being certified OSHAS 18001: 2007 compliant.
Thank you team for your support in ensuring a safe and healthy working environment and making this
audit a success. Let us continue on this road of continuous improvement and ensuring a safe working
environment for all.

8. ARBOR DAY - ARBOR WEEK
National Arbor Week serves to promote awareness for
the need to plant and maintain indigenous trees through-
out South Africa, especially for the many disadvantaged
communities who often live in barren areas.
A combination of educational and environmental aware-
ness formed the basis of Sappi’s celebrations of Arbor
Week this year. Sappi will donate paper to various previ-
ously disadvantaged schools where trees are being
planted by the Conservation Dept.
Throughout the country at our mills we will be planting
indigenous trees.
Pictured here doing the honours by planting the tree
are from left to right, Mike Burns, Daniel Njikelana,
Gladstone Mageda and Bev Sukhdeo
ANNIVERSARIES
Gladstone Mageda - 30 yrs
Dickson Koliwe - 28 yrs
Anwar Neethling 5/9, Mxolisi Ngoqo 5/9, Gill Humphreys - 24 yrs
Siyabonga Nomanyama 5/9, Witness Andrew Leo - 22 yrs
Mkosana 6/9, Louw Esterhuizen 8/9, Mario Raymond le Roux - 19 yrs
de Doncker 10/9, Mpumelelo Mahomana 15/ Mncedisi Kula - 16 yrs
9, Daniel Njikelana 15/9, Desmond Koloki 16/ Dugmore Ntlabati - 15 years
9, Nimrod Mpoyisa 16/9, Xolani Noketshe 20/ Johnny Strydom - 15 yrs
9, Preggie Pillay 21/9, Louis Geyer 23/9, Xolani Noketshe - 10 yrs
Richard Mali 23/9, Scott Randall 23/9, Xolani Yekelo - 10 yrs
Thozamile Maqoma 24/9, Bryant Matomela Luthando Kolisi - 5 yrs
25/9, Malungisa Mrubata 25/9, Luthando Neren Anumuthoo - 4 yrs
Kolisi 26/9, Mxolisi Mbophane 27/9, Loleta Dalton - 4 yrs
Mhlanguli Sonyabashe 29/9 Yolande Mattheus - 3 yrs
Onyx Ngesi - 3 yrs
We wish all our employees cel- Claudius Coetzee - 2 yrs
ebrating this month a very happy
birthday and many more healthy Thanks to all these employees for their
hard work and effort toward making Sappi
happy Sappi years ahead. Adamas the best employer to work for.
Congratulations ladies and gents.

9. Coke
Awards
Coke award to Louw Esterhuizen, Christo Willemse, Charles
Daniels and Buyile Mputhamputha for recovering a quantity of
roughly 600kg of old and damaged reels of wrapper for the Typek
tint grades.
The Production MDT has
nominated Johan Thyunsma Louw took the initiative to recover this wrapper which was unusable
for a coke award for discover- and lying in the store but he needed a special core insert to enable
ing paper that started smoul- him to use the severely damaged reels. Christo Willemse re-
dering in the 2nd section PM4 sponded promptly and once the insert made it was up to the Will
today, September 4th. His Cutter Operators Charles and Buyile to use this wrapper. Which they
quick thinking and action saved did eagerly.
possible damaged to the
machine. All the damaged reels have thus been used, the value of the wrap-
per that was recovered through this action being roughly R46 800.
Very well done guys, excellent work!
Beyond the purpose of this award I would like to acknowledge the
team spirit that exists between production and engineering person-
nel in the Fin.House and so I want to thank my colleagues for their
devoted and loyal support. It is highly valued
Our best
wishes go
to Allison
Farrett,
who had an
operation
and is
recovering
It is with sadness that we report the
at home.
passing of our fellow employee,
He is due
Johny Mfecane. He had been with
back at
Sappi for 30 years, he leaves behind
work in A heartfelt welcome to Daalia, his wife, Cynthia, 3 sons and a
September. All here at Adamas Zakira’s new baby girl. We wish daughter.
wish him a speady recovery. Zakira and her family lots of love Our sympathies go out to his family,
with their new bundle of joy! friends and all who knew him.

10. QUARTERLY REVIEW Bronze award winners:
sappi
Here are the names of the Gill Humphreys, Sanet
recipients of The Bronze Erasmus, Sonja Farndon,
Neren Anumuthoo, Muriel
vacancies
Awards, SHE Awards and BBS Fitter - Engineering (Liquor
Winners Herselman, Yolande Mattheus,
Hannelie Meiring Plant & S02 Recovery)
Saiccor
SHE award winners: Closing date: 18 September
Contact Leslie Jones (Sappi
1st Richard de Doncker, 2nd Recruitment)
Onyx Ngesi, 3rd Paddy 011 407 4097
Padayachy leslie.jones@sappi.com
BBS award winners:
Fitter - Engineering Pulp
1st Nimrod Mpoyisa, 2nd Siviwe Finishing (Bleaching)
Tyatyaza, 3rd Vuyani Bodo Saiccor
Bronze Award winners: Muriel SHE Award Winner Richard de Closing date: 18 September
Herselman (above) and Sanet Doncker being handed his award by Contact Leslie Jones (Sappi
Erasmus (below) being handed Bev Sukhdeo Recruitment)
their awards by Bev Sukhdeo 011 407 4097
leslie.jones@sappi.com
Area Controller
Sappi Export Services Durban
Closing date: 18 September
Contact Cheryl King (Sappi
Recruitment)
011 407 8502
cheryl.king@sappi.com
IT Helpdesk Technician Process Engineer KLB
Product Development Man-
Enstra Mill Ngodwana Mill
ager
Closing date: 18 September Closing date: 18 September Fine Paper Marketing
Contact Zelmah van Zyl (Sappi Contact Zelmah van Zyl (Sappi Braamfontein
Recruitment) Recruitment) Closing date: 18 September
011 407 4057 011 407 4057 Contact Cheryl King (Sappi
zelmah.vanzyl@sappi.com zelmah.vanzyl@sappi.com Recruitment)
011 407 8502
cheryl.king@sappi.com
Also try the Sappi Career Website or Facebook via the intranet
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