Victoria Mokoena remembers some of the songs and artists that performed back in 1987 when she was a child.
It’s #ThrowbackThursday and the Herald went back in time to 30 October 1987 to see what was in the news.
In the entertainment section of that edition, the Herald reported on Ricardo and Friends who entertained the crowd at the Lion Lager Festival held in Mohlakeng in 1987.
We have since caught up with Victoria Mokoena, who remembered the occasion. She was a child back then.
She said, “Most of the songs played back then brings back memories of my childhood”.
Other interesting news that made headlines in that edition:
Die Herald het berig dat die erf wat die Stadsraad van Randfontein geskenk het, ten bate van die Natal Vloedrampfonds by die HF Verwoerdstadion opgeveil sal word.
Daar word ‘n beroep op die inwoners van Randfontein gedoen om die Rampfons erf-veiling te ondersteun.
Mev Johanna Hendrika (Joey) Pieterse is op Dinsdag 20 Oktober in die HF Verwoerd Hospitaal na ‘n lang siekbed oorlede.
Karateka van oral in die Wesrand het aan die kampioenskapstoernooi in Westonaria deelgeneem.
Westonaria het sy 50e verjaarsdag gevier.
The annual MOTH raffle winners for 1987 announced.
Westonaria Checkers held a baby competition with mothers coming out in numbers to show off their children.
Genis is op 19 en 20 November in die Eeufeessaal in Krugersdorp met ‘n splinternuwe Koöperasiestorie vir die verhoog: “Genis! Genis!”.
Die Herald het berig oor ‘n musiekkursus wat in Pretoria aangebied is.
Ricardo and Friends entertained the crowd at the Lion Lager Festival held in Mohlakeng in 1987.
Die Tegniese Kollege Randfontein het klein begin in 1938 en gegroei tot ‘n integrale deel van die dorp en sy mense.
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For more than 4 and a half years, Clinton Botha was a journalist at Roodepoort Record. His articles were regularly published in the Northside Chronicle now known as the Roodepoort Northsider. Clinton is also the editor of Randfontein Herald since July 2020. As a sports fanatic he wormed his way into various "beats - as the media would know it - and admits openly that his big love always have something to do with a scoreboard, crowds and usually a ball that hops.
