Cash for Christmas: Read here to stand a chance to win

Stand a chance to win R 500 for your Christmas shopping. All you need to do is to read the article below and answer the easy question at the end.

Send an email with your Name, Surname, Town, contact number and answer to

 to stand a chance to be the lucky winner. This week’s competition closes on 25 November at 12:00. The winner will be announced on 26 November.    

Mooivaal Media boasts with some of the oldest publications in community press history within its stable.

These newspapers have, have been serving their respective communities for decades. The Vaalweekblad has become synonymous with interesting, hard hitting, and entertaining news in the Vaal Triangle. It comes out on Wednesdays and is sold all around the Vaal. The Vaalweekblad caters to both Afrikaans and English language readers.

The North Ster focuses on news from Meyerton and Vereeniging, as a free publication 32 800 copies are distributed on Tuesdays within Meyerton and Vereeniging.

The South Ster has all the news from Vanderbijlpark and Sasolburg in one place. 41 500 copies of this newspaper is distributed on Tuesdays.

Potchefstroom Herald is one of the oldest community newspapers still in print. The first edition was published in 1908. Until recently the Herald was a sold publication but is now delivered to 17 000 homes throughout the Potchefstroom area.    Residents look forward to Thursday mornings to read all about what is going on in their town.

Sedibeng Ster is one of the newest additions to the Mooivaal Media family, servicing the areas of Sharpville/Tshepiso, Bedworthpark, Bophelong, Boipatong, Evaton, Sebokeng, Orange Farms and Ironside. Sedibeng Ster was born from a merger between Vaal Weekly and Vaal Vision in 2011. 90 980 copies of the Sedibeng Ster is distributed every week.

The Carletonville and Fochville Herald distributes 12 000 copies every Thursday in the area. Since 1963 it has been the publication of choice for residents, to stay informed about their area. Whether service delivery issues or community events the Carletonville and Fochville Herald has it all.

The Parys Gazette is a community newspaper covering all community news, events, and information. In its more than 30-year existence it has gained a reputation in Parys as the one place to get local news that you can’t get anywhere else. Before the Covid-19 pandemic it was not strange to see a que of residents in front of the Parys Gazette’s offices on a Thursday morning waiting to get their weekly dose of local news. The Gazette distributes 7 500 copies each week.  

Mooivaal Media also boasts five different websites which work in conjunction with the various publications to get the most pressing news and events out as they happen. More than 5 million people visited the various websites in 2020.  

Question time, when was the first issue of the Potchefstroom Herald published?    

Email your Name, Surname, Town, contact number and answer to 54b378af.media24.onmicrosoft.com@za.teams.ms to stand a chance to be the lucky winner of R500 in the Mooivaal Cash for Christmas competition.