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  • Fancy shovels with commemorative plaques have been used at sod-turning ceremonies for rehabilitation facilities, as a way of recognizing charitable benefactors.

    Do It Myself Blog – Glenda Watson Hyatt » 2010 » March 2010

  • I am also pleased to inform Members that on 16 June I will be attending a sod-turning ceremony at the Soweto campus of the University of Johannesburg.

    Speech by Naledi Pandor, MP, Minister of Education, introducing the debate on the education budget vote 2008

  • A supplier park development, which consists of aero mechanical manufacturing of parts and components that would be applied to aerospace related manufacturing, was also included in the scope of the sod-turning ceremony.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2008

  • A sod-turning ceremony for the first coal-fired power station being built in 20 years was held in Limpopo on Tuesday, said Eskom.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2007

  • The late author's family, friends and fans will gather in the city's King's Park for a lunchtime sod-turning ceremony before construction of the Carol Shields Memorial Labyrinth.

    Archive 2007-05-01 Doppelganger 2007

  • Then sod-turning for a new long-term care home in Happy Valley-Goose Bay.

    The Summer of Love, 2007: Day One Ed Hollett 2007

  • Gauteng premier Mbhazima Shilowa said at a sod-turning ceremony for the project on Thursday.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2006

  • "We are ready to commence with construction and will have a sod-turning ceremony at the end of the month," he said.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2006

  • The two officiated at sod-turning ceremonies launching water and sewage purification works in Zoar and Ladismith as part of government's Project Consolidate initiative to help municipalities in distress.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2005

  • Eskom spokesman Fani Zulu said Eskom was working towards a sod-turning in the first quarter of 2007.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2005

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