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Ace’s empty promise Houses not rebuilt after 3 months
} Teboho Setena THREE months have gone by with two elderly women waiting in vain to see the work to rebuild and convert their two-roomed houses commence. The two women, Sophia Rasello and Dikeledi Nombanjane, who live in Thabong, have been waiting since last year October, apparently after Free State Premier Elias “Ace” Magashule told them their houses would be rebuilt and completed before Christmas. The two women, one in her early 60s and the other her late 50s, are both unemployed. They live in communal-type houses comprising a kitchen and one bedroom with a toilet. These houses are common in every town across South Africa and are suitable for bachelors. They were built by the apartheid regime in the 1970s. The locals told Express Goldfields & NFS that these types of houses were originally built for mine labourers. Also showing poor workmanship, these houses are in a decaying state and could fall down at any time. The cracks in the walls are visible from a distance. Rasello and Nombanjane are some of the poorest of the poor living in dangerous conditions – not knowing if the walls or roof will come tumbling down on them in their sleep. They told Express Goldfields & NFS that they were due to be rescued from the devastation by a group of men and women who had volunteered to rebuild their houses free of charge. They were hopeful when Magashule stopped the process last October, apparently saying that their houses would be rebuilt and converted into four rooms. Magashule, also the provincial leader of the ruling party (ANC), apparently was on a doorto-door campaign when he pitched on 2 October at the houses of Rasello and Nombanjane. It is unclear in what capacity Magashule made the promise to rebuild the houses since he holds two centres of power. However, Rasello and Nombanjane’s high hopes have since soured. “The work to rebuild my house by the group of volunteers had already started when Premier Magashule arrived and told them to stop. The premier told us that engineers would be sent to conduct site inspections, adding that
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Local gardens nominated for awards } Teboho Setena THE concerted efforts of people running the Katleho Children’s Centre and the Ntsireletse Old Age Gardens Project have not gone unnoticed. The two community initiatives in Meloding, Virginia, have been shortlisted for this year’s coveted awards of the food security project called Re Kgaba Ka Diratswana. The Katleho Children’s Centre and Ntsireletse have been nominated for the categories of Best New and Existing School Garden and Best Innovation to Recycle. The competition has ten categories namely Best New and Existing Backyard
Garden, Best New and Existing School Garden, Best New and Existing Church or Community Garden, Best Innovation to Save Water, Best Innovation to Recycle, Best Innovation for Natural Pest and Weed Control, and Best Innovation to use Natural Compost. The winning projects will be announced at the awards ceremony at Glen College near Bloemfontein on 1 March. The categories for the competition aim to give everyone an opportunity to show off their creations, but also stretch beyond the growing of plants and vegetables. Ntsireletse is mainly run by young men aged between 22 and 27. They are being
mentored by an elderly woman, Roseline Motsumi. “I am delighted the project has been nominated. These young men are about to reap the rewards of their hard work to turn around the project after it almost died,” says Motsumi. The Katleho Children’s Centre, founded in 2010 at the Phahamisang Primary School, is run by six members, Anna Lekaota and Dineo Thibile, Joseph Mosira, Lebona Shopane, Matela Hlabathe and Mokete Tlhapi. The two projects specialise in producing carrots, beetroot, tomatoes, cabbage, spinach, potatoes, peas, onions, pumpkins and watermelons, as well as green beans. Apart from selling the fresh produce to the community and providing for immediate families, the Katleho project also provides for a children’s feeding scheme at Phahamisang. It also provides for an aftercare children’s centre and for schools such as Tikwe, Marematlou, Ikaheng, Boiketlong and Dieketseng.
All members of the project are elated for being shortlisted for prestigious awards. “We are very happy just to be nominated. This is a great motivation,” says Shopane. “Hopefully we will win and with the prize money we intend to turn around the project and make it sustainable. The water bill is a challenge and if we get cash as a prize we intend to assist the school to pay the water bill,” said Thibile. Re Kgaba Ka Diratswana is an initiative of the Free State’s Department of Agriculture and Rural Development through which communities are encouraged to curb poverty. It is run across all the five regions of the province – Mangaung, Fezile Dabi, Lejweleputswa, Thabo Mofutsanyana and Xhariep. More than 8 000 households, schools, churches and other community institutions have been involved in the project to date in competitions that took place in 18 towns across the five districts in the province. In total, over 31 000 people have benefited from the garden programme to date.
HARVESTING: Four of the six members of the vegetable project of the Katleho Children Centre are from the left Lebona Shopane, Dineo Thibile, Joseph Mosira and Matela Hlabathe. Photo: Teboho Setena
REAPING THE REWARDS: Members of the Ntsireletse Old-Age Garden Project are from the left, front: Moleleki Chaka, Mutsi Dinka, Lefa Sebati and Kotoana Matlole; back: Sidwell Mangoejane, Monde Semenyane and Roseline Motsumi.
Project inspires, gives hope THE saying “Go back to your roots” has taken on a new meaning with the Re Kgaba Ka Diratswana initiative that is currently running in the Free State. Thousands of households are returning to the time-honoured tradition of living off the land. The Free State Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, led by Mamiki Qabathe, the MEC, is eager for citizens to once again become self-sufficient, as was the case in the past, and increase food security in the province. “Our grandmothers and some of our mothers produced food in their own backyards for the family to eat, but somehow this became ‘uncool’ and the art has died out,” says Qabathe. “We fell into the trap of food dependency when in reality each member of the community has the skills and resources within them to create a sustainable and healthy lifestyle. That is one of the messages of Re Kgaba Ka Diratswana. “People realise that producing their own vegetables can be a great source of income. That is extremely empowering
for these families. It gives them new hope,” says Qabathe. One of the major elements of the programme was a province-wide competition across 18 towns, five districts and ten categories to find the best the Free State has to offer in each discipline. “The provincial awards of the Re Kgaba Ka Diratswana competition is important for a number of reasons. “The first is to recognize and reward participants for the enormous effort they have put into their gardens. “The second is to motivate people to take part and we have seen remarkable results from that. “The number of entrants has far exceeded our expectations and is a sign of how the initiative has captured the imagination of the public and their desire to make a difference in their own lives,” says Qabathe. “Finally, we wanted to expose participants to everything there is to know about gardens, their upkeep, water conservation, recycling and so on. I believe we have done this.”
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Garden honours Boer War victims } Palesa Motshabi THE first phase of the Garden of Remembrance – to honour the thousands of women and children who perished in concentration camps during the Anglo-Boer War – is already under construction at the War Museum in Bloemfontein. The R4,5 million garden will be complemented by the R10,5 million Sol Plaatje Hall where images of artefacts from the era will be displayed. The Anglo-Boer War took place between 1899 and 1902. At the sodturning ceremony held on Friday, Free State Sports, Arts and Culture MEC Dan Khothule emphasised the role played by women, both black and white, during the war. “Today we are embracing those women and children, black and white, who suffered in the concentration camps. We are acknowledging their collective suffering,” he said. Khothule said these women and children who had perished, represented the domination of one by another, discrimination, humiliation and even torture. “It is our duty as the current generation to fully reflect on the journey we have travelled as South Africans, even though parts of this journey may be painful.”
AN artist’s impression of the Sol Plaatje Hall. Photo: Supplied
According to Tokkie Pretorius, chief executive officer of the museum, the Sol Plaatje Hall will be opened on 9 August, while the garden is due to be completed in October. “Women will be laying wreaths to honour those who perished and also to celebrate the day as it is Women’s Day,” said Pretorius. Amongst the guests at the event were the acting premier of the Free State and Economic Development and Tourism MEC, Mosebenzi Zwane, Councillor Papiki Moeng on behalf of the Mangaung Municipality, and the director-general of the Department of Women and Children and People with Disabilities, Veliswa Baduza. Aria Motlolometsi, an 89-year-old ANC veteran who also attended the event, told Express her late husband, Sakia Motlolometsi, had also been part of the Smuts War that had taken place in 1939. “I am happy to witness this event because we can see from the DVD we just watched what had really happened during the war. We also saw the history of the women and children who had been in the concentration camps in our country,” said Motlolometsi. ) Visit www.express-news.co.za for more photos of the event, as well as other artists’ impressions.
MSEBENZI ZWANE, MEC for Economic Development, turns the sod. In the background is an advertisement of the Sol Plaatje Exhibition Hall. Zwane was the acting premier during the event. Photo’s: Palesa Motshabi
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ATTENDED WORKSHOP: The Boitelo Victim Empowerment organisation in Theunissen conducted a one-day workshop for women at the library hall last Wednesday. In attendance are from the left, front: Selina Mqwebedu and Tsietsi Maphisa; back: Sarah Mokone, Paulina Phalatsi, Mamiki Muhulatsi, Mary Magwa and Ntswaki Zingithwa. Photo: Supplied
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School for the deaf needs helper } Marti Will THE Vincenzo School for the Deaf has finally been established in Welkom. The Scarcellas, whose son Vincenzo (10) was born deaf, have never given up to have their child schooled in Welkom. Nicky and Tiekie Scarcella battled for eight years to establish the school – an uphill battle to realise their dream. The school is situated at the Catholic Church in Jan Hofmeyr Road. There are currently three learners, including Vincenzo, registered at the school. Tiekie says negotiations with the Department of Education are being held to receive assistance and recognition.
‘There are about 200 000 deaf people in Lejwel eputswa who no one seems to know about.’ – Tiekie Scarcella “There are about 200 000 deaf people in Lejweleputswa who no one seems to know about,” says Tiekie. She says she desperately needs a volunteer to help out at the school. The person must be able to work with deaf children and assist with their education.
The school is an English-medium school. “A special needs educator will be ideal,” says Tiekie. Parents must understand that it is much easier for deaf people if they communicate in only one language,” says Tiekie. For more information call Tiekie on 082-430-3328.
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Community must utilise facilities IT is always great seeing developments happen in the area in which one lives. Recently I learnt from the Express Golfields & Northern Free State newspaper about millions worth of renovations to sporting facilities around Matjhabeng. But it is up to the community to protect and utilize such amenities. Zuka Baloyi and the Thabong stadiums, as well as the swimming pool at the Kopano Indoor Sports Centre, are under construction. But what is the use of the authorities making such wonderful facilities available if they are going to turn into white elephants? We used to watch magnificent soccer matches at the old Thabong Stadium with
My view Moeti Molelekoa the board sold-out rose up. Then we had two professional football clubs, namely the Hungry Lions and Real Hearts. There was always an air of passion during those days. But that is water under the bridge. We need to start building amateur football clubs both at school and local level. Tourists must not go and pose for pictures because of the structure of the facilities, but because it is the home of sports. We must not wait for us to have a football club in the highest league before we can flock
to the stadiums. Besides Kaizer Chiefs, Bloemfontein Celtic is the most supported team in the country today. But their support did not start when they were promoted to the elite league. Their supporters have been standing with them in the lower division through thick and thin. A swimming pool that was previously vandalized, is being renovated. There are qualified swimming instructors around who can be employed to open academies for swimming. In South Africa it is only Chiefs, Orlando Pirates, Celtic and Mamelodi Sundowns that can make you feel it is the soccer season. In regard to rugby and cricket, you feel the vibe at both high school and university level and from Newlands to Loftus.
THREE deaf children have been enrolled at the Vincenzo School for the Deaf. From the left are Vincenzo Scarcella, Ahlumile Nono and Katleho Charles. Photo: Marti Will
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21ST CELEBRATION: Pupils of the Golden Park Primary School in Bronville were treated to a day of fun at the school’s 21st birthday celebration last Friday.
PERFECTING SKILLS: A mixed hockey team of boys and girls of Goudveld High School in Welkom during last Thursday’s intensive training session aimed at improving their passing game and ball control skills. Photo: Teboho Setena
RECOGNISED: Tseko Mosia (right), the Dinonyana development u.17 boys’ and girls’ team coach, received a certificate of recognition for performance of duties towards the team from Nthuseng Motaung of the Nanabolela Secondary School at the club’s awards event held last Saturday.
DIVERSITY: Matshediso Hlaole (left), the Dinonyana Ladies soccer team’s manager, and Edwin Mosia (middle), the president, with Lorraine Blom who was the guest speaker at the club’s awards function held in Welkom last week Saturday. Photo: Teboho Setena
GOING HOME: These four learners of the Phahamisanang Primary School in Meloding, Virginia, were seen on their way home last week Wednesday after a day of learning.
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Dinonyana’s hard work pays off } Teboho Setena
READY TO FLY: Dinonyana Ladies football team players with the trophies and certificates they received for a job well done. Photo: Teboho Setena
The search is on for young sports stars SUPERSPORT’S LET’S PLAY and Express Goldfields & NFS are searching for youths in the region who excel at sport. Are you good at sport or is someone in your school or place of education good at sport? Are you a young coach who is coaching future stars? Are you getting people active at your school, community or gym? We want to hear from you. SuperSport’s Let’s Play identified the need amongst the youth to get more sports active. With this in mind SuperSport and Let’s Play, in association with Express Goldfields & NFS, have launched a special initiative for 2014. We want to find and give recognition to learners at either primary or high school level who excel in sport or who are helping others to be more active. SuperSport’s Let’s Play Sports Star of the Month is a competition for anyone aged 6 to 18. You can nominate yourself or be nominated by a friend, any teacher or coach at your place of education. You can even be nominated by a family member or friend who knows how good you are. The winner is chosen from all the nominations received for that month. The monthly winner will receive a Let’s Play hamper filled with goodies. From all the entries received each month,
FROM the depths of despair to the heights of joy of promotion to the senior football league, Dinonyana Ladies Football Club look to ride the crest of the wave. After six seasons in the lower division, youthful coach Tseko Mosia helped the side to achieve its dream. The team will start life in the Sasol Women’s League. During the said period in the lower division, the players gained valuable experience that the team manager, Matshediso Hlaole, believes will enable them to stand the test of time in the senior rank. “Now is the time to soldier on and compete in the Sasol League. We doubt that the players will disappoint,” she says. The experience the players gained was not only through participation in league fixtures but also nationally. A few of the players were selected for
national teams. In 2009 Nthabiseng Meya, Nthabiseng Mosia and Noxolo Magudu were included in the u.14 national team. Meya’s football talent saw her enlisted with the High Performance Centre in Pretoria in 2010. Consistent performance earned Meya the call-up to the national u.17 team. Hlaole reckons the seasons spent in the lower division enabled them to lay a solid foundation for the team’s progression to greater heights. “They started as the laughing stock but now there is no doubt that they are right there in the top ranks.” Hlaole attributes the team’s achievement to hard work, resilience, commitment and loyalty. “I spoke of loyalty because most of the players have been here since 2009 when the team was founded. They have experienced the hardships and joyous moments. They were never shaken in their belief that one day things will get better.”
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GRADUATES: Three of the 28 Professional Health Care Assistant graduates of the South African Academy of Health are from the left Motshidisi Leopa, Manini Kololo and Zanele Mbelwa.
Graduates’ future bright THE South African Academy of Health prides itself in producing quality graduates. Since opening its doors in Welkom in June 2009, it has trained approximately 700 professional health-care assistants. For the year 2014 a total of 80 students has enrolled at the academy and these students are expected to graduate. A three-month, full-time course is being presented, consisting of five weeks of theoretical and practical training and two months of experiential training. The course
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Win a romantic dinner } Teboho Setena THE biggest coward is a man who awakens a woman’s love with no intention of loving her. – Bob Marley Marley’s sentiment about love fits well with Saint Valentine’s Day, also known as Valentine’s Day or the Feast of Saint Valentine that is observed on 14 February each year. It is celebrated in many countries around the world. Generally the month of February is characterised by romantic events during which men and women go to the extreme to show their love and affection to their loved ones. The day was first associated with romantic love in the circle of Geoffrey Chaucer in the High Middle Ages, when the tradition of courtly love flourished. In 18th century England, it evolved into an occasion on which lovers expressed their love for each other by presenting flowers, offering confectionery and sending greeting cards known as valentines.
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EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY 12 FEBRUARY 2014 CHARGING ON: Harmony’s anchor midfielder Thamsanqa Mnazana is to spearhead his team against Dinonyana in Saturday’s derby.
GAME ON: Dinonyana’s defender Sefantshi Mofokeng is poised to lead his side against Harmony in Saturday’s derby. Photos: Teboho Setena
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THE Goldfields derby fever will see two rival football outfits, Harmony and Dinonyana, face off in a league fixture in the Masimong Sports Complex this Saturday. Kick-off is scheduled for 15:00. The event is not only set to intensify their rivalry, but is also expected to raise the profile of the two sides campaigning in the South African Football Association (Safa) second tier league. Both come into this important derby with mixed fortunes that followed defeats at the hands of fellow rivals Sibanyane Gold Stars in separate league derbies. The derbies which Harmony and Dinonyana lost were played in January and earlier, at the start of the league, in November. A week ago the Dinonyana men’s side lost their second derby 1-2 to Welkom United. Last Saturday Harmony also lost 0-1 to United in another derby played at the Unitas Sports Grounds in Welkom. The defeats meant Dinonyana and Harmony are yet to win a derby match. The derby between Dinonyana and the
struggling Real Hearts did not take place a week ago. This was after Hearts apparently failed to pitch at the venue. The derby was scheduled for the Bronville Stadium in Welkom. Since August the stadium has been closed by the Matjhabeng Municipality for renovations. Stars are still leading the race to claim the bragging rights of the Goldfields derbies. They have won three of the five derbies that involve the five football clubs in the Goldfields region. Harmony and Dinonyana are tied on 8 points on the second division log table. They will be fighting to claim the stakes of the Goldfields derbies when they square off in Saturday’s potentially fierce battle. Both Dinonyana and Harmony are under pressure to ascend the log table and claim a creditable spot in the top half. Last week Saturday Dinonyana secured a point when they drew 1 all with rookies Central University of Technology, Free State, side in a fixture played in Welkom.
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THE amateur Free State Boxing Organisation (FSBO) is in a shambles. This is after the national federation, the South African National Boxing Organisation (Sanabo), indefinitely suspended the provincial structure from all activities. The suspension followed infighting that led to the provincial body’s failure to elect a new leadership at its annual general meeting (AGM) last week Saturday in Bloemfontein. The AGM had been postponed on two occasions after members were deadlocked at a meeting held in Welkom in November and late December. The national mother body issued a statement about the suspension on 3 February saying: “After three failed
meetings to get the FSBO’s internal conflict resolved amicably, Sanabo was left with no other choice but to provisionally suspend the province. During the period of provisional suspension all of the FSBO’s rights are suspended.” The national federation further stated that no officials, boxers or coaches would participate in any Sanabo activities at any level. “You are therefore not expected to enter in any dealings with other provinces until further notice.” The three elective meetings failed to materialise because of alleged irregularities and procedures on which the meeting was being conducted. The meeting had from its start been overshadowed by a series of controversies, prompting postponements on two occasions. The first meeting was held last November, but failed to produce the desired
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result leading to a postponement to December. Express Goldfields & NFS reliably learnt that members have supported a motion to dissolve the current structure and the appointment of an interim leadership to run affairs of amateur boxing. The Free State’s suspension means that no local boxer will be selected for any forthcoming national and international tournament. Adoption of the constitution, audited financial statements, unread minutes of the previous meeting and nomination forms remain a bone of contention. The five regions have deadlocked, demanding answers to the issues of concern. The five regions are the Mangaung Metro, Xhariep, Thabo Mofutsanyana, Fezile Dabi and Lejweleputswa.
Griffons to host opening fixture THE Vodacom Cup fixtures for 2014 have been announced and this will see the Griffons play two of their opening matches away. Although the Griffons will play host in the opening fixture on 8 March, the match will be played in Bultfontein instead of in their backyard in Welkom. The match is scheduled to start at 15:00. The opening fixture will gauge the Griffons’ readiness to live up to their ambitions to challenge for honours this season. The rugby outfit led by their coach, Oersond Gorgonzola, have been preparing for the new season in which they hope to turn around their fortunes
and compete for the championship. The Griffons are hoping to start positively to put behind them last year’s poor form which saw them win only three of the seven matches played. The local boys finished third from the bottom of the table on 13 points. The full fixtures: 15 March: GWK Griquas vs Griffons – Kimberley Stadium 21 March: Griffons vs Pumas – Griffons Stadium in Welkom 29 March: Lions vs Griffons – Ellis Park 4 April: Griffons vs Leopards – Griffons Stadium in Welkom 26 April: Valke vs Griffons – Kempton Park