‘A sad day’ as Randfontein Show organisers auction off some of their assets
It had not been possible to host the Randfontein Show for two consecutive years, and the RPA Board of Directors consequently will downsize RPA and its activities.
The Randfontein Publicity Association (RPA) held a public auction of some of its assets on Wednesday, March 2.
Items such as electricity extension cords and adaptors, signage, fences, tables and props were amongst the items that were auctioned off.
This coming weekend the RPA would have hosted the 35th Randfontein Show.
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RPA Publicity Officer, Joy Hamann said due to Covid-19 restrictions it had not been possible to host the Randfontein Show for two consecutive years, and the RPA Board of Directors consequently took the decision to downsize RPA and its activities.
We will vacate the office at the Greenhills Stadium and put the few remaining items in storage until the country’s economic climate improves. It’s hard to say what will happen in the future; only time will tell,” Joy said.
Frans le Grange, one of the first board members to focus on marketing 34 years ago, said that it was a sad day because all those years ago the Randfontein ratepayers met with the town council and it was decided to market the town and host a show. All the ratepayers cooperated to elect a show committee.
Over the years the show had grown and in 2020 approximately 42 000 people went through the gates, this including exhibitors, free entries for Pom Pom’s etc. It was a visitors’ show that was safe, and artists and exhibitors were able to make money. It was fun to go to the Randfontein Show.
