Express QQ 17 April 2013

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} Tladi Moloi

SOUTH AFRICANS are faced with a high number of deaths due to communicable diseases and rising deaths due to no-communicable diseases.

A total of 543 856 deaths that occurred in 2010 were registered at the Department of Home Affairs, 8% of which occurred in the Free State.

PALI LEHOHLA, the statistics general, in the Thabo Mofutsan­ yana District in Phuthaditjhaba, dur­ ing the 2010 Morality and Cause of Death in South Africa Statis­ tics launch.Photo: Tladi Moloi

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About 30% of deaths in the Free State in 2010 occurred in Thabo Mofutsanyana, which had the highest proportion compared to other districts in the province.

Tuberculosis (TB) maintained its rank as the numberone leading cause of deaths in South Africa, ccounting for nearly 12% of deaths that occurred in 2010. The Free State and Limpopo were the only two provinces in the country where the leading cause of death

in 2010 was influenza and pneumonia.

The leading cause of death in other provinces was TB. Intestinal infectious diseases (mainly diarrhoea) was the third leading cause of death, accounting to 9% of deaths in the province. HIV was the ninth leading cause of death at 2%.

Pali Lehohla, the statistics general, pointed out that per 100 people in the Free State died the most, (16,1%) compared to 13,3% of KwaZulu-Natal, 9,6% of Gauteng and 13,1% of North-West.

He said: “In absolute numbers you have few deaths

because of a small population, but the intensity is high here.”

A total of 13 000 deaths occurred in Thabo Mofutsanyana in 2010 which was a decrease of 2% from the number of deaths that occurred in 2009.

“Most of the deaths that were recorded in the district took place in the Maluti-a-Phofung Municipality, where nearly half (48% of deaths in the district) occurred,” he said.

The number of deaths in the municipality shows Maluti-a-Phofung leading with 6 273 people who died in 2010.

They were followed by Dihlabeng with 2 572, Setsoto 2 078, Nketoane 769, Mantsopa 739 with Phumelela coming last with 572.

The 2010 Morality and Cause of Death in South Africa Statistics were launched in the Thabo Mofutsanyana District in Phuthaditjhaba on Thursday and according to Lehohla they selected the district because it had the highest death rate in the Free State Papi Maarohanye, the Free State Department of Health acting deputy director general: clinical health services, said they welcomed the statistics and pointed out that they were very important to them.

He said they would have to go back as the department and plan over the mentioned fatal diseases. “It is our duty to protect our people so that they can live longer. We have noted the report and promise to use it in future,” he said.

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Girl (8) raped in graveyard AN eight-year-old girl from Bohlokong in Bethlehem was raped by an unknown man in broad daylight on her way home from school.

The incident happened last Thursday. It is alleged that the girl was grabbed by an unknown man at the old Bohlokong Graveyard near Mabizela Street while she was walking home alone from school.

He pulled her into the graveyard, undressed and allegedly raped her.

The girl went home and kept quiet about the incident.

While the girl was sleeping with her mother (34) at about 21:30, the mother noticed that something was wrong with her daughter.

She woke her up and the girl started crying and told her mother about her ordeal.

Sgt Majang Skalkie, police spokesperson, said the mother went to the police station and registered a case of rape. She said the suspect has not yet been arrested.

“Perpetrators target young girls after school or on their way to school when they are walking alone.

“The police urge parents to organise transport and encourage their children to walk in groups. Open spaces and graveyards are places where perpetrators often hide and attack people,” she said.

The police appeal to the community if they have any information that may lead to the arrest of the suspect to contact the investigating officer, Detective Captain Aaron Mbele, on 082-336-7760.

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‘Missing’ UFS student found

THE whereabouts of University of the Free State (UFS) student Thabiso Moholoholo have been determined. He was found in Qwaqwa by the South African Police Service (SAPS) who used cellphone tracking to locate the “missing” student.

Thabiso “disappeared” on 9 October 2012 from the Bloemfontein campus allegedly on his way to the UFS Sasol Library. He was a second-year student following the B.Sc. Environmental Studies course and a resident of the Tswelopele Residence on the Bloemfontein campus at the time of his disappearance.

The university’s Protection Services, with the assistance of the SAPS, went to great lengths to search for him until he was found. The investigative work of well-known private investigator Leon Rossouw also assisted greatly in the case.

Shortly after his disappearance a message indicating that he was dead and photos of him lying face-down, covered in what seemed to be blood, were posted on his Facebook page.

This was followed with a similar SMS message to a friend.

It has now been discovered that Thabiso disappeared on his own initiative and that he made up the violent photos for his Facebook page with the help of a friend.

The senior leadership of the university and residence leadership of Tswelopele are obviously relieved that he was found and thanks everyone who worked tirelessly to find the student.

FOUND: University of the Free State (UFS) student Thabiso Moholoholo who was found after he went missing last year.

Photo: Supplied The university has spent considerable time and extended its limited financial and human resources all in an effort to find this so-called missing student; this conduct is completely unacceptable.

The stress on the family, fellow students and the university community as a whole is incalculable.

The university therefore views this staged disappearance in a very serious light and considers this act to constitute very serious student misconduct, which could result in disciplinary action and possible expulsion.

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Police crack down } Tladi Moloi SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE MEMBERS, together with Free State Gambling and Liquor Authority members, recently held a joint operation to close illegal shebeens around the Bohlokong township and the nearest farms.

The operation started at about 20:00 and ended in the early hours at around 03:00.

According to the police spokesperson, Sgt Majang Skalkie, the purpose of the joint operation was to address crime in general and educate people that selling liquor without a licence was a serious offence. Most contact crime cases that are reported are liquor related.

She said the operation started at the Utopia farm where 49,08F of beer was confiscated at one of the houses where an illegal shebeen was operated.

“A 34-year-old woman was issued with a fine of R1 500. The operation then proceeded to Bohlokong where 50F of a concoction was found at one of the houses and it was destroyed by the police,” she said.

The police, together with the Free State Gambling and Liquor Authority, appeal to the community that if they want to get into the business of selling liquor to please follow the proper channels and apply for a valid licence.

Public’s input crucial } Tladi Moloi

TJHETANE MOFOKENG, the executive mayor of the Dihlabeng Local Municipality, urged the community of Dihlabeng to come forward and pay their service accounts.

He said as the municipality they had started with the 2013-’14 budget consultation, and added that they were not a profit-making institution and pointed out that part of the revenue that sustained the municipality came from the

payment of services.

“If people want the municipality to support some of the initiatives they brought forward to the municipality, they have to play their part and pay for services,” he said.

Mofokeng said that during an exclusive interview with Express Eastern Free State after his budget consultation meeting with the youth where they had gathered in the Bethlehem Town Hall last week Tuesday.

A few youths who attended the meeting asked the municipality to consider starting a community gym for a healthy lifestyle. They also proposed a youth club which they said would make life easier for them because that would be a place to discuss issues involving them.

When asked if people who attended the event understood it, Mofokeng said: “They understood when the meeting was about to end. There were some valuable inputs received and these were noted. We also

gave them a chance to submit their views formally or electronically.”

He said they had reached their aims and objectives even though only a small number of people attended. He, however, pointed out that they still had some way to go.

“I am not quite happy with the attendance, but people were here and they participated. It was an active and engaging meeting. I am not sure what contributed to the poor attendance, but different factors contributed for sure.

We called the meeting at the Town Hall and many people who turned up where from the township,” he said.

Mofokeng said they were going to broadcast their schedules on radios and in the newspapers.

“I am confident that going forward there will be the kind of response we are looking for.

We would appreciate it if people took this seriously.

“They should come and give us their input,” he said.

Give comment TJHETANE MOFOKENG,the executive mayor of the Dihlabeng Lo­ cal Municipality.

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TB must be treated } Dr Ananya Mandal

ON STAGE: Universal Katisma entertained the people who attended the Maluti­a­Phofung Gospel Festival. Photo:

Tladi Moloi

Festival impressed crowd } Tladi Moloi HUNDREDS of people from the Free State fed their souls with the gospel music from the well-known artists who participated at the Maluti-a-Phofung Gospel Festival that was held on Saturday.

The well attended event started at 09:00 and lasted until midnight.

The crowd was entertained by Sfice Ncwane, Teboho Moloi, Hlengiwe Mhlaba, Solly Mahlangu, Rebecca Malope, Universal Katisma and many others.

According to Tseko Mthamaha, the local economic development director in Maluti-a-Phofung, many people who had attended the event have requested them to host it annually.

He said that they would love to make it an annual event and the municipality added that they would have to consult before they make a final decision.

“We were happy with the attendance and we have achieved our mission.

Small businesses benefited from the festival and it has boosted our economy in Qwaqwa,” he said.

No compromise for constable } Express EFS Reporter CONSTABLE MOTSHABI NDABA of the Phuthaditjhaba Crime Prevention Unit is very friendly and always smiling, but when she is at work, she doesn’t compromise.

The no-nonsense constable never had second thoughts nor any mercy when she arrested a former classmate who was wanted for alleged livestock theft.

The suspect, who was also a friend of Ndaba, could be linked to other stock theft cases in the Qwaqwa area.

Ndaba was recently on duty at the Setsing Shopping Complex in Phuthaditjhaba, Qwaqwa, where she was on foot patrol.

While walking around she spotted a long-time friend with whom she grew up with at the Kudumane village.

The suspect was with his wife and Ndaba knew that he was wanted for a stock theft case logged in January.

The police spokesperson, Sgt. Mmako Mophiring, said it was alleged that during that time the police found two

CONSTABLE MOTSHABI NDABA of the Phuthaditjhaba Crime Prevention Unit.

Photo: Tladi Moloi

stolen sheep and three carcasses at a certain tavern at Beirut, Phuthaditjhaba.

The suspect saw the police and fled.

Since then he was nowhere to be found.

When she spotted the suspect, Ndaba confronted him and told his wife that she wanted to speak to him. She bravely took the suspect with her colleague to Phuthaditjhaba.

He has been charged with possession of suspected stolen livestock.

The suspect will appear before the Phuthaditjhaba Magistrate’s Court facing charges of stock theft soon.

“The theft of livestock and cross-border crimes of livestock are major problems in Qwaqwa.

“This is an example of women in blue who don’t shy away or ignore criminals knowing that they are wanted for certain crimes.

“No person must commit crime in your presence and just be ignored.

“I want to thank the member for the excellent work she does and let her continue and be blessed,” commended the provincial commissioner of the Free State, Lieutenant General Khehla Sitole.

TUBERCULOSIS (TB) is a dreaded bacterial infection. It has been known to mankind since ancient ages. It was commonly called consumption at the turn of the century because of the way the disease seemed to consume the individual it affected.

Causes and spread of the infection The bacteria causing tuberculosis is called Mycobacterium tuberculosis. It is spread through inhaling tiny droplets from the coughs or sneezes of an infected person. The spread of tuberculosis is facilitated by several factors like overcrowding, living in close quarters like in orphanages and prisons and in the presence of other medical problems.

Other medical problems that raise the risk of getting tuberculosis include malnutrition, alcoholism and the presence of other infections like HIV that suppresses the immune system. Babies and the elderly are at a greater risk due to their ill-developed and declining immune system respectively.

As an obligate aerobic organism M. tuberculosis can only survive in an environment containing oxygen. This bacterium ranges in length between 2 to 4 microns, and a width between 0.2 to 0.5 microns.

Symptoms and types of tuberculosis Tuberculosis mainly affects the lungs where it is called pulmonary tuberculosis. It can affect any part of the body including bones, brain, womb or the uterus, skin or the lymph nodes and can spread widely to other organs as seen in miliary tuberculosis and disseminated tuberculosis.

Typical symptoms of pulmonary tuberculosis ) Continued or a persistent cough of more than three weeks that brings up phlegm. ) Presence of streaks or drops of blood in the coughed up phlegm or sputum. ) Weight loss and fatigue and loss of appetite. ) Fever for a long duration that is not explained by any other cause. ) Night sweats.

Diagnosis of tuberculosis Tuberculosis is diagnosed using several laboratory techniques that test samples of blood and sputum. The bacteria can be found on staining and microscopic examination of the sputum.

More rapid and sophisticated blood tests are also available to test for tuberculosis. A chest X-ray is used to visualise the tubercular lesions in the lungs. CT scan and MRI images may also be used for diagnosis.

For tuberculosis affecting lymph nodes and skin the local lesion may be biopsied to detect tuberculosis bacteria.

Treatment of TB With treatment, a TB infection can usually be cured. Treatment involves a course of antibiotics, usually for six months. More than one antibiotic is used to prevent emergence of resistance of the bacteria to the antibiotics.

Those infected with a drug resistant form of tuberculosis may be prescribed a longer course of antibiotics. – News Medicals

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Keep it up, Warriors The Editor’s Desk

LET me first congratulate the National First Division (NFD) side African Warriors from Qwaqwa with reaching the quarterfinals of the Nedbank Cup for the first time ever. Well done.

I also say “salute” to the supporters who paid to support the team in NorthWest. I am also thankful for the experience of accompanying the team on their journey.

I, however, believe that they should have won the game even though they lost 3-2. One can say they were very close, but let me share some thoughts with you.

If Warriors stuck to their normal game, they would have won the game, but instead they opted to play the kind of football they had never played.

United frustrated them by playing short passes and they also wanted to play short passes in the first half and mounted three strikes that to me looked useless to stand on the front line with no supply.

I thought the coach should have at least dropped one strike into the mid field. What drove them to the quarter-finals was the fact that they frustrated

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Maluti FET College with the long balls to Price Aka who was always on the run.

Aka was nowhere to be seen on Sunday because they were not looping the balls to him and I could not understand why the coach kept him in the field for 90 minutes while he was limping.

Ok, let’s see. The coach said they would now focus on the league. The big question is: Can they win it?

After having watched some of their games, yes, they can, but only if they take every game seriously and keep their style.

What will happen on Saturday? They are playing the same United who ditched them out of the cup. Let’s wait and see if they will fight to the top of the league.

My advice to the coach and the players: Always stick to your plan and style of football.

Never let your opponents tempt you.

We’ll never judge you by the kind of game you played but by the points collected.

You don’t need to play fancy football to win games in a promotional league.

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Workers must be treated with dignity MAKWELE NELSON SELLO, senior candidate attorney, Qwaqwa: SECTION 23(1) of the final Constitution states that “everyone has the right to fair labour practice”. In the case of Kylie v CCMA 2010 (4) SA 383 (LAC) the appellant was a sex worker who had been unfairly dismissed from her parlour work where she was performing various sexual services for a reward, she was involved in prostitution, which was illegal in terms of the Sexual Offences Act 23 of 1957.

Without giving her a hearing her employer dismissed her. As a result she referred the matter to the CCMA which held that she was not suited as she was involved. Sex workers should not be stripped of the right to be treated with dignity. The Constitution protecs the dignity of those in an employment relationship.

It is important when we deal with these matters to argue intelligently and unemotionally to reach a sui generis (special of its own kind) decision and to show that the final Constitution is the supreme law of our country.

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Women kick off soccer league } Tladi Moloi THE Dihlabeng Women’s League was recently launched at the Mautse township in Rosendal, part of the Dihlabeng Municipality.

The Mautse Stadium was packed to capacity with football lovers coming in numbers to witness the launch of the league.

In total, five towns of the Dihlabeng Municipality namely, Bethlehem, Clarens, Paul Roux, Fouriesburg and the host, Rosendal, locked horns in the first matches of the league.

Paul Roux was the only team that played two games after they had lost to Bethlehem. On the launch day, all teams received new sets of soccer kit from Safa’s Thabo Mofutsanyana region.

The supportive municipality of the Dihlabeng had covered travelling cost for all the teams who took part in the launch.

Abie Lethoba, the president of the Safa Thabo Mofutsanyana region, and his presidential entourage attended the event.

Maseru Mphati, the chairperson of the Safa Dihlabeng Local Football Association, said the games would be played in all the towns of the Dihlabeng Municipality.

He said the launch was aimed at resuscitating women’s football in these areas.

THE Thabo Mofutsanyana regional administration personnel pose with players of the different teams.

Readers on FS Stars WHAT do you think the problem is in the Free State Stars camp? They have played SIX games without a win thus far.

Nethiboy Wa Lebhakaniya Monethi: Players. Even though most are new to this team, I don’t think they give 100% on the pitch.

Motlatsi Mokoena: Players are demotivated after Celtic game in the Nedbank cup.

Thite Titi: Incompetency in all departments.

Obakeng Tlhone: They are not focused, in competency yes, combinations are not well connected.

I say don’t give up boys train hard.

Molahlehi Mdz Tsotetsi: Poor management.

Mavuso Kambule: Stars have become very predictable going forward.

They play short passes most of the time but their combinations don’t work.

They play more long balls to their flanks.

Thabo Thizabloking Mokoena: This rumour of Nomandela and the Coach going to other teams made them lose their focus. That’s why they lose. Sefiso Wander: Goalkeeper and the defenders are not communicating with each other well. They are not well organised, that is the problem.

Andries Ramos Mokoena: The biggest downfall to Stars is their players are using the team as a stepping stone to greener pastures whereby giving their all in the early stages of the season and when they’ve been earmarked by top clubs they pull back with the fear of being injured and jeopardizing their big-money moves. Also Mike Mokoena’s stinginess doesn’t inspire/ motivate them to see Stars as a permanent home.

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Maluti, Eagles on the warpath } Tladi Moloi

SPARKS will fly when the two Free State Vodacom League campaigners, Maluti FET College and Super Eagles, lock horns in the league encounter on Saturday afternoon.

The Eastern Free State derby is set to take place in the Bohlokong Sta- dium in Bethlehem. Kick-off is at 15:00.

Maluti go into this contest sitting second on the league with 38 points after 18 games while Eagles remain third with the same number of points after 20 games.

The two teams which are separated by a goal difference, are just two points behind the log leaders, Welkom United FC. The coaches of the two teams know what is at stake for them and they will be both be planning each other’s downfall.

Mgababa Manchu, the Eagles mentor, said they were expecting a tough contest against Maluti and added that the game would not be a walk in the park considering the fact that they were both targeting a promotion.

“We did not play well in our last three games where we failed to score goals and we are hoping to do this at Maluti’s expense,” he said.

He said the players were ready for the game and added that they would give it their all to make sure that they were victorious.

In their last league games Eagles beat Dinonyana FC 1-0 in the game that took place in the Zuka Baloyi Stadium.

Maluti hammered the struggling Clarens Galaxy FC with 9-0 at the Bluegumbusch Stadium in Qwaqwa.

Judging from the previous results, the stats give the free-scoring Maluti an upper hand but they will have to know their story to penetrate the stubborn Eagles defence who conceded 11 goals in their league games.

Morena Ramorebudi, the Maluti head coach, said: “The opponents have played very well in their last games.

“I went through their records

ON THE WAR PATH: Cliff Mzangwa, the Super Eagles player in the white jersey, on the ball with the Maluti FET College player chasing him.

Photo: Tladi Moloi and it shows that they have the potential to collect points home and away.”

Ramorebudi said they were aiming to collect three points in

each and every game. He said last year this time they had been first on the log and dropped when it mattered the most.

“We started very well this

season because we are now second and we’re taking it step by step. It is easy to be top of the log, but it is difficult to maintain it,” he said.

Masehe promises a win } Tladi Moloi THE Free State Stars vice-captain, Paulos Masehe, has promised that they will win today’s game against the Absa Premier League defending champions, Orlando Pirates, during the battle for the much-needed three points in the Charles Mopeli Stadium in Qwaqwa.

Kick-off is scheduled for 19:30. Both Ea Lla Koto and Up the Bucks have struggled to win games regardless of Pirates chasing the league title. Both the Bethlehem- and Sowetobased teams have gone six games without a win. Stars last tasted victory when they won by 1-0 to Maritzburg United on 20 February while Pirates won by the same margin against Platinum Stars on the same date.

Masehe said there would be no favours for Pirates, because they needed to secure a spot in the top eight. He said they had worked hard in converting the chance during a Nedbank Cup break.

“We have been playing good and entertaining football, but finding the back of the net was a nightmare. We are now knocking the ball around unlike before when we used to run all around the field with no plan,” he said.

He said a game against Pirates wouldn’t be easy, but pointed out that he believed that they were still frustrated.