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“HONOUR thy father and mother that thy days be long upon the land.” That is Nondzingo Simayile’s formula for living 103 years, a milestone she reached last Thursday. Gogo Nondzingo shares a birthday with the former president of South Africa, Nelson Mandela, but she is older than him. Mandela, who has been admitted to hospital due to an illness since 8 June, celebrated his 95th birthday on the same day. On Wednesday, 21 July 2010, Express
ran a story about the strong old lady - just three days after turning 100 years. “I am happy for sharing a birthday with Mandela. I wish he could also reach a century of years. I still remember vividly when Mandela was released from jail. The whole country was happy and we chanted freedom songs in the streets,” Simayile said at the time. Born and reared in the Transkei where she worked as a domestic worker, Simayile came to stay with her daughter Dina (61) at Botshabelo’s W Section; but she moved to Boksburg in early 2011. She stays with her unemployed last born, Christina (54). On Thursday, the African National Congress Women’s League (ANCWL) members in the area spent 67 minutes of their time with Simayile as part of the International Mandela Day. They organised a mini-party for her and showered her with gifts. “I really feel blessed God is still keeping me. He blessed me and He kept me from all harm. I thank Him for His blessings on me.” Simayile told Express. At 103 years old, she is as fit as a a fiddle and can still walk on her own using a stick, but she has lost her sight and cannot hear properly.
“My mother is healthy and hardly fall sick. She is still strong and can walk around on her own. But we push her on a wheelchair when she has to travel a bit distance. Her memory is not as good as it used to be. She forgets easily,” Christina said. Simayile continues to enjoy her church, her family and a good laugh. “She attributes her long life to hard work, faith in her God, trying to live right. She tells the younger generation to continue to live a Godly life, honour their parents and set goals for their lives; but most of all, to love and care for one another. “As her children we are not surprised of her longevity. Her mom Jessica Nikani passed away at 116 years in 1990. “So we are very proud our mother is still alive. She is the best mother in the whole world,” said Christina. Christina said when they had family gatherings they liked joking about some of the comments their mother used to make when they grew up. “She used to prevent us from mentioning the name of Nelson Mandela. She didn’t want us to mention his name at all. “She would say that if we dare mention the name Nelson Mandela, whites will kill us,” she said.
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A house for Mandela Day } Tladi Moloi PAULINA MADITABA MPHUTHI (67) has been living in a two-room shack for many years without getting an RDP house, but she said she never lost hope. Mphuthi, who hails from Puthaditjhaba near the Setsing Shopping Centre, now finally has a good house. The Maluti-a-Phofung Municipality has built her a house with five rooms. It was officially handed over to her on Mandela Day by Ace Magashule, the Free State premier, and Sarah Moleleki, the Maluti-a-Phofung (MAP) executive mayor. She said good things came to those who were patient and she believed that her patience had earned her a house. In addition to the house, furniture was also provided. Express Eastern Free State has also learnt that beneficiaries who receive houses would get six months medical care, three months’ worth of groceries and the children from those families would be assisted to further their studies at the FET College. “I am very happy. I have accepted the house. I want to thank Ntate Mandela, who is in hospital, because the house was officially given to me on his day,” she said. This grandmother, who is originally from Bohlokong near Bethlehem, lives with her 13-year-old grandson, Tisetso, whose parents passed away a few years ago. “I have lived in a shack since that time when there was a war in Lesotho. The Bible says there is a right time for everything and my time has come,” she said. Moleleki said she would like to thank all business people who had made it possible to build the house. She said it was evident that many of the local business owners would love to help the government. “We visited the families last year
OVER THE MOON: Paulina Maditaba Mphuthi stands between Ace Magashule, the Free State premier, and Sarah Moleleki, the MalutiaPhofung (MAP) executive mayor, during the official handover of the RDP house. Photo: Tladi Moloi and we found that the living conditions were not good, because some were sharing one room with their grandsons. The premier promised Mphuthi, when he was here last year in May, that the government would build a house for her and now we are opening it,” she said. The mayor said their aim was to make sure that all the elders in the municipality lived a good life with
dignity, because they had fought for them. “As the municipality, we will keep on looking for other elders who need houses so that they can enjoy the good life and the fruits of freedom. “We are not building houses, but we will make sure that we help where we can,” she said. She said they had built three houses, but the contractors only finished
the one which was unveiled and added that she hoped that the other two would be unveiled in three weeks or so. Ace Magashule, the premier of the Free State, said that they were happy that they had built a house for the grandmother. He pointed out, however, that the issue of building houses for people was not going the way he wanted – it had to be accelerated.
Motheo does it again THE Motheo FET College has scooped the National Goal Ball Championship title for the fourth time. Dr Joe Shikhibane, who was awarded team manager of the tournament, said the tournament was hosted by the Northern Cape Province in Kimberley. Universities and other institutions competing usually end up playing finals at 00:30, but this time
it was not the case, as the final game was played at 01:40. The district manager, some representatives from the Office of the Premier and Department of Sports, Arts and Culture from the Northern Cape handled matches very well and they will be visiting the college soon specifically for goal ball. Goal ball is a sport played by the visually impaired.
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“We had a meeting in our executive council where we decided that we would have to accelerate the solution of the building issue in Qwaqwa. “We want to build houses that will represent the culture of the Sesotho people. “We will start building in September and that will also be part of the Mandela Day celebration.”
Security poor at Pelonomi Hospital } Selloane Khalane SECURITY at the Pelonomi Hospital has apparently been compromised following numerous suspensions issued by the Free State Health MEC, Benny Malakoane. The suspensions were issued after hospital personnel picketed at the Human Resource (HR) offices for late overtime payments and grievances concerning hospital management two weeks ago. Sources at Pelonomi said the hospital has been operating with a handful of security officials and is fast turning into a high-risk area. Sources said hospital staff is worried of experiencing another “2010 incident”. In 2010 a female doctor was raped and attacked by three suspects while on duty at the hospital during the night. “At the moment staff is not being escorted to the blood bank and lab which are some of the isolated areas,” said one of the sources. With limited security officials it is said personnel at the hospital enter and leave the premises without being searched. Sources alleged that poor security control has created an opportunity for personnel to steal
hospital properties, especially medication and food. “There is no security searching cars going in and out of the hospital premises,” a source said. Following the rape of the female doctor in 2010 the department promised to tighten security measures. The department had said that access as well as visiting hours to the hospital will be strictly controlled and adhered to. When Express visited the hospital there was no strict control during visiting hours and the hospital was easily accessible. The department had also said visitors would be escorted to the wards, but when Express visited the hospital no such plans had been implemented. The Free State Public Servants Association (PSA) head, Gerhard Koortz, said most of the clinics had no security. “Security is a serious problem in clinics and the union has been engaging with the Health Department on the matter,” Koortz said. The Health spokesperson, Mondli Mvambi, denied the allegations and said the department has placed contingency measures to avoid any potential risk.
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Pigeon ‘on guard’ } Marisa Fockema “COME, come, come,” Lombardt Xeyi coos to his favourite pigeon. He inclines his head and says coaxingly: “Come and settle down”. Xeyi works as a security guard at the Dr Bohler School in Bloemfontein. When he reports for his shift at night, the pigeon nestles snuggly on Xeyi’s cap. If you dare try to remove it, it puffs up its chest and starts pecking aggressively at the intruder’s fingers. The bird arrived at Xeyi’s security hut two years ago. “It was sick and cold. I took it into the hut, warmed it, fed it and cared for it for two weeks,” he said. When the bird was healthy again, he held it up and said: “Off you go”. But it wouldn’t go. It sometimes flies around during the day, but at night it always returns to the security hut where it finds a warm room and good food. Xeyi usually works the night shift and during the day the other security guards look after his favourite pigeon. The school children have christened the bird Duifie. Markus Joubert, a gr. 12 pupil, says the school children dare not go near Xeyi when the pigeon is on his head. “It’s aggressive, fights and pecks at us. We are afraid of it and rather keep away. You sometimes wonder who is doing the guarding.”
FRIENDS INDEED: Lombardt Xeyi, a security guard at the Dr Bohmer School in Bloemfontein, and his fa vourite pigeon. Photo: Conrad Bornman/Photo24
MEC dies in horror crash } Sidwell Guduka NKOSIPHENDULE KOLISILE, MEC for Economic Development in Gauteng, was killed in a horror car accident in Reddersburg on Saturday. At the time of the accident, Kolisile was travelling to the Eastern Cape with his protectors, Constable Tshepo Jobo and Sergeant Tebogo Motsie. The three of them died instantly. The Free State government said it was saddened by the sudden deaths of the deceased, especially Kolisile, who still had a lot to offer the government. “His (Kolisile) death was untimely, as the country still expected a lot from his enthusiastic character and his able expertise. He was entrusted with the very important responsibility of ensuring that we craft mechanisms to fight the scourge of poverty and extricate our people from the trappings of poverty and marginalisation. “Economic Development in the most important economic active region of Gauteng inevitably has positive spin-offs for all of us in the country. To lose such a brilliant mind and capability is a sad loss to all of us. We regret and are saddened by his sudden death,” Msebenzi Zwane, acting premier of the Free State, said. The families of the deceased on Sunday visited the scene of the accident on the N6 Road, about
10 km outside Reddersburg. They also went to see the car in which the three men were travelling and they identified their bodies in a government mortuary. The families were accompanied by Butana Komphela, the MEC for Police, Roads and Transport, in the Free State. “It was an emotional moment, a sad moment for the family members to see the car and finally witness that their loved ones were no more,” Komphela said. “Indeed, there will be a speedy investigation as to the cause of the accident by our joint road traffic experts and all our law enforcement officers. The N6 Road used to be one of the notorious accident zones, but for the past year and a half this situation had changed. The road has no potholes and has one of the smoothest surfaces – it is in a good condition. A speedy investigation will enable all of us to have full closure,” he added. “I, therefore, join Minister (Dipuo) Peters in calling upon all road users to cooperate in ensuring that we end the carnage on our roads. I plead with everyone to rest sufficiently before undertaking major trips, to check the condition of the vehicle and to be courteous to fellow road users,” Komphela concluded. Meanwhile, the provincial government organised a pastor, social workers and psychologists to provide counselling services to the families.
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Bohlokwa ba tjhelete KE bona mehleng ya kajeno bana ba rona ba sa elellwe molemo wa tjhelete. Na ebe phoso e batswading kapa ditlwaelong tsa bona? Re phela mehleng eo ntho enngwe le enngwe eleng theko e thata; dijo, diaparo, mafura a koloi, motlakase jwalo jwalo. Sena se re beha kotsing e sisimosang maikutlo ebang re dieha kapa hona ho se rute bana ba rona molemo wa poloko ya tjhelete. Ha se bana feela ba hlokang ho rutwa ka bohlokwa bona, empa kaha esale bona letlobo le holang, ke na le tshepo ya hore pharela ena e ka fetolwa ke bona. Malapa a mangata ha a sana mekgwa ya ho ruta bana ho boloka, jwalo ka ho ba rekela kolobe e nyane e bolokang tjhelete. Ha ofa ngwana tjhelete, o se a nahana ho e sebedisa kaofela, a sa sie kere le sente e ntsho! Ba bang bona ha ba fuwe tjhelete, motho ha a le bee hae pele e fela. Sena se thathiselletsa mohlodi polelo waka wa kajeno. Efa ngwana diranta tse hlano hona jwale otle o bone! O e ranthanya le ho e tsenkolla ka metsotso e sa feteng e mehlano.
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Ba bang ba ka bulela bana bukana tsa poloko bankeng kapa posong, ebe bonyane hang ka kgwedi motswadi o nka ngwana o ya le ena moo, ba ilo boloka tjhelete. Ena etlaba tlwaelo eo ngwana a holang ka yona, e tlang hoba molemo haholo ho yena bakeng sa ho ikemela bophelong le ho tseba molemo wa tjhelete. Re hlola re bona eka bana ba batho ba basweu bana le tjhelete, le hore ekare ba phela ha monate. Diphehisano dikaba ngata ntlheng eo, empa kaofela ha tsona di re lebisa ntlheng ele nngwe, batswadi ba bona ba ba rutile ho boloka tjhelete. Ke a dumela hore maemo a moruo le mmuso wa pele di ba file monyetla wa ho etsa sena, empa ke hanana le hore sena se
Ba bang ba ka bulela bana bukana tsa poloko bankeng kapa posong, ebe bonyane hang ka kgwedi motswadi o nka ngwana o ya le ena moo, ba ilo bo loka tjhelete. Ena etlaba tlwaelo eo ngwana a holang ka yona, e tlang hoba molemo haholo ho yena bakeng sa ho ikemela bophelong le ho tseba molemo wa tjhelete. ka re thibela ho etsa se tshwanang, mohlala; ebang ngwana wa motho a mosweu a kgona ho boloka makgolo a mabedi hoya ka maemo a ka lapeng la habo, le wa motho e motsho a ka boloka bonyane mashome a mabedi a diranta, leteng re ntse re tadimme maemo a bophelo hobane bantse ba le teng bana ba batho ba batsho ba ka kgonang ho boloka jwalo ka ba basweu. Moelelo tabeng ena ke ho
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Zuma, Kunene – striking resemblance IF indeed birds of a feather flock together, Kenny Kunene and Jacob Zuma are undoubtedly species of the same plumage. Or they at least have more in common than either man would be inclined to admit. Apart from the obvious resemblances – designer suits, a taste for the proverbial finer things in life and the “women” thingie – they are, behaviouraly, more alike than they are different. Both occupy the pinnacles of their respective vocations. Kunene, the country’s flamboyant socialite, and JZ the seemingly untouchable head of state. Controversial, arrogant, immoral – these are just some of the adjectives writers use interchangeably with these two. But it does not end there. The one has inadvertently inspired a bizarre culture of township youths who burn expensive clothes, while the other made careless statements that have given a simple shower medicinal properties. So Kunene decides, in the form of an open letter, to give the president a piece of his mind. Jackson Mthembu and company rally in defense of Zuma, launching a verbal assault against the businessman. Guptagate clearly has not taught these guys the lesson that to mix private business and politics is to sleep with the devil. It is an inherently incompatible relationship that typically finds sustainance through kick-backs and favours – euphemisms for pure, unadulterated “corruption”. After all, private business tends to rely almost exclusively on bottom-line economics whilst politics is guided by the finer policies of serving, integ-
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rity and social responsibility. Nonetheless, there is nothing in Kunene’s letter that has not been said before. I mean, I doubt there is a logical-thinking person in South Africa who buys it that the renovation on Nkandla is purely for security reasons. Furthermore, one doubts that those who ardently defend the renovation before the media are able to maintain that delusion behind closed doors. But we know that if there is one thing the ANC cannot stand, apart from a full-figured opposition member, is a super-rich businessman taking his funds and facilities elsewhere kind-of-oppositionmember. And that is precisely what Kunene has done. And as the Edward Snowden saga has shown, politicians are left only to fume and make hostile statements against men they can do nothing about. It is an open secret that the post-Polokwane ANC is an organisation marred by factionalism, back-stabbing and breakaways – Kunene is just another casualty. But he is the kind that once afforded the cadre’s exclusive single malt beverages, smooth Cuban cigars and quite likely a scantily-clad model from whose belly they could savour his favourite delicacy, sushi. However, inasmuch as Zuma is laden with controversy, Kunene is none more honourable.
Jumping from a ship he alleges to be captained by a tyrant to one commandeered by a demagogue appears nothing short of desperate political opportunism. To this end, neither man can claim moral high-ground. In fact, in established democracies, I am almost certain; Zuma’s “brains trust” would have long recommended that “the president tender his immediate resignation”. One could even speculate that his sudden shuffling of cabinet was aimed at avoiding such an eventuality. He is obviously looking out for Number 1. Pun intended. As for Kunene, he should take note of my earlier pronouncement – never to mix politics with business. I mean, why would a country already annoyed by a president with three wives deem it necessary to entrust their vote with a man who has an astounding 15 girlfriends? He is a hustler, a self-millionaire whose life reads like the script of a Hollywood gangster movie, but to fantasize that South Africans are so naïve as to endorse his political ambitions, is as overly unrealistic as the exaggerated scenes which make up such movies. As a species, Kunene’s natural habitat is behind the wheel of a luxury Italian convertible, in a pair of Gucci shades as opposed to a suit-and-tie, behind a podium at the National Assembly.
Although everybody claims to love athletics and is standing up for the rights of the athletes, allow me to say that I cannot even remember how many letters I wrote to the Free State Sport MEC and how many meetings I have attended at the offices of the Free State Sport Confederation and School Sports. These people promised me and my athlete, Blandina Makatisi, that they were going to sponsor her and help her to achieve her dream of being one of the best in the Free State and hopefully in South Africa. Oh boy, what a struggle it is to deal with these officials. They are always open to making promises; then you email them, SMS them, phone them, but you get no response. Given all these things, it is not easy to stay positive, be motivated and keep focused as a coach, never mind as an athletes. In the president’s voice in the road to Rio 2016 magazine: “We are appealing, even at this early stage, to parents, coaches and agents to buy into plans for Rio 2016 now, instead of throwing bricks at Sascoc and labelling the or-
ganisation as bully boys – let us take a serious look at our sport and how we want to be serious players where it matters most at international level. “We have it in ourselves as a country to work together and achieve more. “But once again we will, as in the past, do a magical stretching act in order to give our athletes the best support available with the means at our disposal. “Meanwhile, in June we were due to launch the national training centre along with the Free State provincial government and national defence force. “In pooling all our resources in this manner we hope to support more deserving athletes and despite all the boardroom shenanigans in athletics. I am very heartened to see our track and field athletes concentrating on their own performances ahead of the world champs in Moscow.” I can go on and on. Mr President (of Sascoc) and Mr CEO, very nice words from you on paper – you almost brought me to tears, but these are empty words full of promises for me as a coach and my athletes’ dreams. So please get your act together and stand up for our upcoming athletes in South Africa. We just want to do what is best for athletics in South Africa, for the love of the sport and to help upcoming talent.
Open letter to Sascoc, ASA
} ANTON MOSTERT, Trompsburg: PLEASE allow me, as a person who is trying my level best to help children and athletes in poor rural communities doing athletics, track and field, crosscountry and road running, to open my heart and use my freedom of speech in the rainbow nation, a democratic new South Africa. How sad it is to see negative stories about sport in South Africa and about the South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (Sascoc) and Athletics South Africa (ASA), and how athletes are suffering because of these people who are so busy with politics and demonstrating their power. As a coach, one of my athletes is ranked number one on the ASA list for 2013 and has even qualified for the Junior Africa Championships. All this fighting going on within ASA and Sascoc is demotivating when people like myself have to prepare top young athletes for the ASA cross-country season. These squabbles are shattering her hopes and dreams for next year’s World Junior Championships and the big one – the 2016 Olympics. Viva, the new South Africa, Viva, democracy. My hope is that there will be a democratic union body that will stand up for the rights of South African athletes.
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Giants go head-to-head } Sidwell Guduka SOUTH AFRICA’S soccer giants Orlando Pirates and Kaizer Chiefs will go head-to-head in the 2013 Carling Black Label Cup on Saturday at 15:30. The Carling Black Label Cup is now in its third year and champion coaches from both sides will lead their teams at the FNB Stadium. Tickets for the match are officially sold out – in fact, the “Sold out” signs went up three weeks ahead of the much-anticipated showpiece. “We are delighted about the sold-out
status of the Carling Cup. This is indicative of the power of this campaign and how champion coaches desire to see their starting line-ups. “We are excited and looking forward to the encounter on Saturday,” Vijay Govindsamy, Carling Black Label’s general manager, said. “We would like to thank our consumers for the support they have shown to this initiative for the past two seasons. “It certainly appears to have fulfilled their aspirations,” Govindsamy concluded. Pirates proved to be the kings of this
popular event by winning two previous editions. They will go into the game as favourites to defend their title. However, Chiefs will also be motivated going into this fixture, after lifting the Gauteng Cup after defeating Bloemfontein Celtic 4-1 at Loftus Versfeld on Sunday. Once again, this competition gave fans an opportunity to select their desired starting line-ups for both sides. The SMS competition line closed last night and the line-ups will be revealed today.
WHO WILL LIFT THE TROPHY? Lucky Lekgwathi (left), Orlando Pirates skipper, and Itumeleng Khune, Kaizer Chiefs captain. Photo: Barry Aldworth/Backpagepix
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CUT to support students THE Central University of Technology (CUT), Free State, is making strides in support of government’s commitment to close the shortage of skills in engineering fields. The merSETA delegation led by its CEO, Dr Raymond Patel, visited the CUT to finalise the R10 million project initiative of establishing a merSETA Chair in Engineering Development at the CUT from 2014 to 2016. “The CUT was a perfect choice as a university of technology to take the chairpersonship of Engineering De-
velopment; especially in FET Sector and Technology Education Colleges in the Free Sate and Northern Cape Provinces. We have a shared vision of what the field of engineering in education can become with the correct support and development.” said Patel. merSETA is one of South Africa’s 21 Sector Education and Training Authorities (Seta) whose mandate is to promote skills development in various industry sectors including metal and engineering, auto manufacturing, motor retail and component man-
ufacturing, tyre manufacturing and the plastics industries. “The CUT regards this partnership as longterm and important for us to contribute to the development of more engineers; especially our young people who should be equipped with skills for business,” said Prof. Henk de Jager, deputy vice chancellor: Academic. Some of the technical training of FET lecturing staff will be done in collaboration with the HAMK University of Applied Sciences, Finland.
KAGISHO WOLF, technical assistant, calibrates machinery in one of CUT’s hightech laboratories. Photo: Supplied
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New tennis launched } Tladi Moloi AT least five disabled players have been identified by the Wheelchair Tennis South Africa national development officer, Patric Selepe, to kickstart wheelchair tennis in Qwaqwa. These five players were from different schools in Qwaqwa. Many disabled children had attended the launch of the wheelchair tennis which was held at the Robala Lodge in Qwaqwa on Friday and Saturday. Selepe, who was not happy with the turn-up, said five was better than nothing. He said they had a few people attending, but others could not play. “We could have had many players if the message was communicated clear from the start. Yes, the disabled people were invited to the venue, but not all of them could play wheelchair tennis. We needed physically disabled people and they should have been in a position to push a wheelchair,” he said. Selepe said they came to Qwaqwa after they were invited by the Thabo Mofutsanyana Education Department to conduct the wheelchair tennis training to the disabled community. He said that was after they saw some of their programme. “We felt very humbled to come here and offer the training and most importantly was we had managed to identify some of the future players. However, we only got five players out of the number that turned up for the two-day training, but that was better than nothing,” he said. However, Selepe was adamant they
EYES on the ball: Motseki Letuka (18), a gr. 9 learner at the Mafube In termediate School, playing tennis. Photo: Tladi Moloi
would get more players out of the few that they have selected. He said they would leave the training equipment for those who had been scouted. He added that they would receive one training session per week until they became good players. “Some will join when they see them training. We have also trained a couple of teachers from the area so that they could help them. However, we would also come back to check on the process after some
time,” he said. Selepe said he was happy with the department’s decision to take wheelchair tennis in consideration because they have started with the schools Olympics and they would be hoping to see some schools from Qwaqwa competing there. Betty Dlamini, the senior education specialist in the Thabo Mofutsanyana Education Department, said she had invited them after she had been given a mandate to promote tennis within the district.
She said promoting certain sporting codes were not something new to her as she had done it with many others. Dlamini said she would make sure that the standard of the wheelchair tennis grew ever year. She said she would first start in Qwaqwa before she would invite other municipalities in the district. Motseki Letuka (18), a gr. 9 learner at the Mafube Intermediate School in Phuthaditjhaba, Qwaqwa, said he was happy to be part of the
players who have been identified. He said he had been looking for a sporting code that would keep him busy but no one would consider them then. “I used to play chess, but I honestly did not like it. However, I am now going to make sure that I train hard so that I can be one of the best players in the next years,” he said. He said he would love to represent South Africa in the Olympics one day and added that it was possible through hard work.
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Game over for Cheetahs } Sidwell Guduka THE fairy tale is over for the Toyota Cheetahs after going down 13-15 to a resilient Brumbies in their Super Rugby play-off encounter at the Canberra Stadium in Australia on Sunday. The Naka Drotské team almost forced a match into extra time, but flyhalf Riaan Smit’s touchline conversion of Ryno Benjamin’s 80th-minute try sailed just wide of the goal post and the Brumbies progressed. Despite being outscored by two tries to nil, the Brumbies’ nail-biting victory means they now have to travel to Pretoria to take on the Vodacom Bulls in the Super Rugby semi-final clash at Loftus Versfeld on Saturday (17:05). The other semi-final is an all-New Zealand affair in Hamilton between the defending champions Chiefs and the seven-time champions Crusaders, who were much too strong for the Reds in their one-sided qualifier on Saturday morning; winning 38-9. Kick-off at the Waikato Stadium is scheduled for 09:35. This was the Toyota Cheetahs’ first defeat to an Australian team this season, their best campaign since their Cats partnership with the MTN Lions came to an end after the 2005 season. Although the Cheetahs are bundled out of the Super Rugby Series, 2013 was a monumental year for them. ) They finished second in the South African conference and reached the play-offs for the first time. ) The three wins on their Australian tour was their best ever. ) For the first time, they scored more tries than they conceded – scored 40 and conceded 32 (in 2011 they scored 44, but conceded 49). ) The 32 tries they conceded in 17 matches is the least ever (their previous best was 37 in 13 matches in 2007).
Fixtures known } Sidwell Guduka THE Premier Soccer League (PSL) released the fixtures for the 2013-’14 Absa Premiership season on Friday, despite the ongoing arbitration process involving National First Division (NFD) teams. Although the arbitration matter, which will decide which clubs will
RAYMOND RHULE of the Toyota Cheetahs runs away from the Hurricanes’ players during their Super Rugby match in Bloemfontein in May. ) Their average score of 23-22 in 2013 is the first time they had a “winning” average score (next best was 27-27 in 2011). ) It was the first time they won more matches than they lost – P17, W10, L7 (previous best was in 2010 – P13, W5, L7, D1). ) Their ten victories in one season is twice as many as their previous best of five (achieved in 2006, 2010, 2011 and 2012).
be the NFD winners and playoff winners, has not yet been completed, the rest of the fixtures were confirmed. The first fixtures are: Friday, 2 August Playoff winner vs Kaizer Chiefs Saturday, 3 August SuperSport United vs Free State Stars Golden Arrows vs Ajax Cape Town Moroka Swallows vs University of Pre toria, Maritzburg United vs NFD winner Sunday, 4 August Bloemfontein Celtic vs Mamelodi Sun downs, Platinum Stars vs Wits
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