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Golden girl Blandina
Wins three races within hours } Rufus Botha BLANDINA MAKATISI has become the pride of Trompsburg. This after she made a clean sweep at the weekend’s athletics meetings in Bloemfontein. Blandina, an 18-year-old Trompsburg high school learner, won first place in the three races she took part in. The talented Blandina scored a distinction that not many athletes in South Africa can write on their resume. She lined up for the 3 000 m junior women’s event at the Free State track and field championships on Friday. This she won by the proverbial sea mile. The next morning she ran one of the best races of her young career at the South African 10 km road race championships which took place in Bloemfontein. Here she pocketed gold in the junior women’s division with an excellent 35:09. Makatisi left the silver medal winner, Pamela Moyika (Western Province, 38:46) behind by more than three minutes. After receiving her national gold medal, it was back to the Mangaung Stadium some hours later to contest the junior women’s 5 000 m at the mentioned Free State championships. This lion-hearted young woman took the race by the scruff of the neck and won in an excellent time of 17:48:12. In the process she lapped the silver medalist in the race. “To think that Blandina is not only the 10 km national junior champion but
‘We are not able to attend some events that I know Blandina will win, because of a lack of sponsors and funding.’ – Anton Mostert that she actually came fourth overall is simply mind-blowing,” her coach, Anton Mostert, says. During the championships all athletes run together with the juniors and seniors as well as the males and females mixed in one race. Asked why she would have taken part in so many races, Mostert said he really wanted to test her capabilities. “We are not able to attend some events that I know Blandina will win because of a lack of sponsors and funding,” Mostert said. In July and December last year, Blandina was part of the Elana Meyer Endurocad SA Endurance Academy taking place in Cape Town. Additional reporting Jabulani Dlamini
BLANDINA MAKATISI
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Mother-tongue schooling is key THE principle that children should be taught in their mother tongue for at least the first six years of their schooling life is universally acknowledged. But sadly, 20 years on from our birth as the rainbow nation, we have still not resolved the issues that hamper delivery of mother-tongue instruction to primary school children across South Africa. Can, and will, we ever solve this crisis? Internationally, the 1996 Hague Recommendations Regarding the Education Rights of National Minorities proposed that “in primary school, the curriculum should ideally be taught in the minority language (mother tongue)”. Our own Constitution unambiguously states that our 11 official languages should all enjoy parity of esteem and that “everyone has the right to receive education in the official language or languages of their choice in public educational institutions where that education is reasonably practi-
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Dr Michael le Corduer Language lecturer
cable”. Nearly eight years ago the former national Education minister, Naledi Pandor, acknowledged that “study in the mother tongue should introduce a diversity of learning opportunities that have been unavailable in South Africa in the past”. The policy recognises that past policy and practice has disadvantaged millions of children and it also promotes the effective learning and teaching of the previously neglected indigenous languages of South
Africa. Why, under these circumstances, have we made so little progress with the implementation of mother tongue education for our children – and why are the many schools that continue to provide it under such pressure? At the heart of the problem is the belief held by most black South Africans that their home languages are of subsidiary educational value. In the absence of the government adequately communicating the benefits of delivering foundation skills to primary school children in their mother tongue, many capable children embark on primary school learning in a language that they do not understand – and that their teachers often cannot speak properly. The unwitting result, despite the wellmeaning intentions of parents, is that these young children go through the schooling system and emerge with cognitive
development that may be seriously impaired. Naturally the social problems these children have to face become exceedingly challenging and disadvantageous to their future success. Mother-tongue education at primary school level provides an essential basis for sound education at higher levels. The challenge is for the government to commit more towards engaging parents and gaining their confidence and trust that their children will receive a better education if they are taught – at least at primary school – in a language that they can understand. ) Dr Michael le Cordeur is the chairperson of the Afrikaanse Taalraad (ATR) and the Western Cape Language Committee. He is also a lecturer in Afrikaans Education at the Stellenbosch University where he manages the BEd Programme.
All for service delivery SISI NTOMBELA, MEC for Social Development in the Free State, last Tuesday handed over a fleet of 77 new vehicles to the South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) at the Mangaung Outdoor Sports Centre in Bloemfontein. The move of acquiring new vehicles will assist in enhancing fast and adequate service delivery in the province.
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Student ‘lives in fear’ after attack } Sidwell Guduka
incident to both Prof. Jonathan Jansen and Rudi Buys. Jansen is the UFS’s vice-chancellor and rector, while Buys is the dean of Student Affairs. “Rudi was helpless. He didn’t give me any support, let alone say sorry for what had happened to me. “Prof. Jansen symphasised with me. “He even sent his private doctor to my residence on Saturday to assist me medically because I was in great pain. The professor also bought me medication.” In a statement released by the UFS on Thursday, Jansen said: “I wish to thank my staff for acting firmly as soon as this tragic event came to our attention. “We worked through the night to find and identify the perpetrators. We traced the two students and immediately handed them to the police. “They were expelled. And throughout this process we offered counselling and support to the victim of this violent act. The two former students were expelled and will now face justice in the criminal courts. “It is hoped that in the course of time they will come to their senses and seek restoration and reconciliation with the student they so callously harmed. They are not part of the university community any-
MUZI GWEBU says he is living in fear after he was attacked by two white students at the University of the Free State (UFS) in Bloemfontein last Monday. The final-year B Com Economics student alleges that he was walking on a pavement op campus at about 22:00 when a bakkie hit him from behind. It sped off after the incident. Gwebu followed the vehicle to the Armentum men’s residence and approached the two occupants. Allegedly, an argument ensued and Gwebu was assaulted by the two students. He sustained an injury to his face as a result. “When I approached those guys, they jumped out of the car and began to physically assault me. “The driver of the bakkie started hitting me with his fists, while his friend held my hands behind my back. I’m still shocked by their acts,” Gwebu tells Express. “I think the attack was racially motivated. What surprised me, was that one of the security guards witnessed the incident from start to finish, but he didn’t do ASSAULTED: Damane Muzi Gwebu Photo: Sidwell Guduka anything. “He just stood some metres away as if nothing was happening. With “I’m struggling to get to terms with what more.” security guards like him, I think we are has happened. Capt. Chaka Marope, the police spokesnot safe at all on campus,” he says. “I can’t think straight. The whole person, said the suspects, Cobus Muller “I finally managed to free myself from incident has disturbed me both mentally and Charl Blom, appeared in the Bloemfonthe two guys. I went to the nearby hostel and psychologically. tein Magistrate’s Court on Thursday. to seek help from a friend. “I’m an off-campus student and every “The suspects are charged with reckless “He called an ambulance and I was time I go to the campus I feel uncomfortaand negligent driving, which has been rushed to a hospital for medical attention,” ble. converted to attempted murder. he adds. “I’m living in fear because the perpetra“They are also charged for assault and a Gwebu is still traumatised by the tors are still walking free. So I don’t know failure to stop after an accident. incident and he is battling to focus on his what will happen if I bump into them.” “The case was postponed to 9 April,” studies. According to Gwebu, he reported the Marope tells Express.
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SOME of the security guards based at the unused Bloemfontein main taxi rank.
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Guards fear for their lives } Palesa Motshabi
Sello Nkgashu, one of the security guards at the unused Bloemfontein main taxi rank, shows his scars after he was attacked by a thug. Photo: Palesa Motshabi
SECURITY GUARDS at the still unused Bloemfontein main taxi rank say they fear for their lives. Sello Nkgashu (31), a security guard at the rank, says he was bitten and stabbed while on duty three weeks ago and all he had to defend himself with was a two-way radio. Nkgashu says he reported the matter to SA Tiger security company owner Jerry Goeieman, but says he was simply told to defend himself but he “should not kill anyone”. According to the security guards, they work under dangerous conditions at the taxi rank and the company is not doing anything to ensure their safety. “Our job is to make sure that
we guard the property (taxi rank) and that no one is mugged around the taxi rank. It’s not safe because thugs come at us with dangerous weapons intimidating us and even threatening to wait for us when we knock off,” one of the guards told Express. About three weeks ago, 20 odd guards at the rank went on strike demanding better salaries and improved working conditions. The guards allegedly receive only R1 000 from their promised R2 600 monthly salary. Another furious security guard, Nthabeleng Selemela (33), says: “Goeieman is a cruel man. He pays us half of our salary and when you don’t have any money to come to work, he rather lends you money with interest instead of just paying us our money.”
Selemela says that it is about time that people know about the way Goeieman is treating his staff. “Now my funeral insurance has lapsed because we don’t get our full salaries,” says Selemela. The guards said they have had enough of not getting their full salaries while the owner of the company allegedly lives a lavish life. He changes cars in a short space of time. “He has a BMW X6, the latest range, taxis, buses and many other cars but he can hardly pay us our money,” say the disgruntled guards. Express contacted Goeieman on several occasions to get his side of the story but could not reach him as his phone just rang unanswered or the call was ended.
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Sebedisa talente ya hao BOPHELONG re na le talente tse fapaneng, tseo ka tsona re kgonang ho ntshetsa maphelo a rona pele. Ba bang talente tsa bona ke ho raha bolo, ba bang botaki, mmino, mesuwe jwalo jwalo. Ke tadimme ka hloko taba e ngongorehisang maikutlo, eleng taba ea ho etsa talente tsa batho ba bang tsa rona. Re qetella re iphumana re fatela morao jwalo ka dikgoho ka lebaka la hore re batla ho tshwana le bo mangmang. Ebang o sa abelwa ntho, okeke wa kgona ho e phethahatsa kapa ea o phedisa jwalo ka motho a e abetsweng. Ha re e dulele majwana; sesosa sa taba ena ke hore re na le batho bao eleng dithatohatsi tsa rona bophelong, haholoholo bao re lakatsang ho tshwana le bona. Sena ha se bolele hore re tlamehile ho latela seo ba se etsang. Mohlala; ha o na le thatohatsi ea sebapadi sa bolo ea maoto, ha ho bolele hore le wena okaba sebapadi sa bolo ea maoto, kapa o se o tlamehile ho latela talente eo. Motho eo o moo hobane papadi ea bolo ea maoto ke talente ea hae. O ka bona hore wena talente ea hao
A re bueng Kutwane Kareli Social observer ke ho ba rakgwebo, empa o phirimelleditswe ke hore o na le thatohatsi e itseng, e etsang ho itseng. Bathong ba batjha, tshusumelletso eba kgolo ho latela mokgupi oo re ikamahanyang le ona. Bo mphato ba rona ba qetella ba e na le kgahlamelo e kgolo diqetong tseo re di nkang ho latela seo re batlang ho iphumana rele sona. Qetellong ea letsatsi, o tla be o setse o le mong, mme o ahile serobe phiri ese e jele. O bona jwang hore na talente kapa neho ea hao ke efe? O bona ka lerato la ha ho ntho eo o ratang ho e etsa, eseng eo o lakatsang ho e etsa. Mohlala; o rata ho taka, moo oleng teng o tshwere pene le pampiri o taka ditshwantsho tse tlang ka hloohong ea hao. Sena se bolela hore botaki bo ka tloha
ele neo le bonono ba hao, empa sena se o siretse hobane o lakatsa ho ipona o bina. Ho tshwana le motho ea lakatsang hoba mosuwe, empa a itseba hore o na le letswalo la ho ema ka pele ho batho, le hore o motle haholo ka ho betla le ho tjhesa tshepe. Motho ea jwalo o sitwa ho hlokomela hore talente ea hae ke ho sebetsa ka tshepe, mme aka kgona le ho etsa dithuto tsa mosebetsi wa tsepe dikolong tse fanang ka wona, mme sena se mo tswele molemo. Mohlalefi e mong o kile are; “Bophelong ba hao ha o ka etsa ntho eo o e ratang, okeke wa hlola o sebetsa bophelo ba hao bohle”. Sena se bolela hore le ha o ka iphumana o itshebetsa kapa o sebelletsa motho, o keke wa ikutlwa eka o a sebetsa hobane otlabe o etsa seo o se ratang. Mooko wa taba ea ka ke ona; lekola
Ebang o sa abelwa ntho, okeke wa kgo na ho e phethahat sa kapa ea o phedi sa jwalo ka motho a e abetsweng. Kutwane Kareli talente kapa neho ea hao, o se iphumane o lelekisa talente tsa batho ba bang. Wa qetella o suha rapo la puleng, phalo ese e eme le lesemela, bothata ele ba kobo ea kgomo ho taboha. Ere ke di behe mohatla kgwiti mona. Ke Motaung Wa Rampai ea reng, mehoma mobung, tjhaba sa Rantsho se none. )Mang kapa mang ea a batlang ho ngola kholomong ena, a ka ikopanya le Jabulani Dlamini ho 051-404-7910 kapa ho Jabulani.Dlamini@volksblad.com )Mongodi ha ana ho lefiwa.
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Embracing God’s silence perfects your faith } Pastor Mutombo Moise WE need spiritual ears to interpret and understand God’s silence. God can express Himself in many ways, or as and how He wants. God can use His voice or even His silence to talk to His own people which you and I are part of. God’s silence over you may be saying: Wait for the right time because your blessing is too big. My son, increase in prayer first so you may be strong enough to be able to carry the blessing and maintain it and still remain in me as your God and your provider.
When you misunderstand God’s silence, you will find yourself acting and your action will be based on your emotions, and your emotions will point you the way out of the will of God where you will be in more trouble and gnashing your teeth without comfort or consolation. 1 Samuel 1 v 6. Hannah was one the people who suddenly found themselves struggling in certain areas of their lives, although she prayed, nothing seemed to be moving forward in her life. Hannah was rejected by the community. When Hannah was rejected by man; she ran
to God but God received her with a silent response. While in tears, rejection and shame; God did not say anything to her for a few years. One thing that stood out about Hannah is that she did not give up on her prayer life in the midst of people’s rejection, condemnation and God’ silence; rather she perfected her faithfulness and perseverance in her prayer towards God. As a result of not misunderstanding God’s silence the Bible says she was rewarded with a child; a great prophet called Samuel. You who are faced with so many challenges and that could be barrenness, family and friend rejection, doctors letters that say you
only have a few months to live, poverty and shame, failure in life and career, spirit of rising and falling. Do not give up because God knows every prayer you have prayed and every tear that comes out of your eyes. He knows the time to intervene for you, just keep your faith in Him and you will see that your answer will not be ordinary but one that makes everyone wondering. To hear and learn more or about healing and deliverance we invite you to attend the New Horizon Ministry at the Joe Solomon Primary School in Heidedal every Sunday from 09:00 or SMS us your prayer requests on 071-214-9404. God bless.
Learn to be a manager } Prophet Godfrey Thomas THE first principile God gave Adam was management. The main assignment given to mankind is dominion over earthly resources. Dominion is the responsibility to manage resources in the physical realm. The divine role of God for us is to extend His culture of abundance, to earth, but we must do it through management. This was God’s First Commandment to humankind through Adam and Eve (Genesis 2:4-5). God can prosper you right now, but He is holding back. Why? He is looking to see if you can manage what He has given you. The only way that we are going to survive today is to understand this divine strategy of God: management through work. The word “work” is the
Greek word “ergon” which means, “to become”. God wants you to use earthly resources to add value to yourself. The more valuable you become, the more resources are attracted to you. What is management? It is the effective use and efficient application of resources. It is also the effective coordination of resources for the successful fulfilment of a predetermined goal. God does not allow growth until He sees management. God will only entrust you with what you can manage. When God sees managers who are managing effectively, He will add to their resources (Matthew 25:24-29). ) Prophet Godfrey Thomas is a writer and speaker. Enquiries: 074-210-4096 or email: ministryrht@gmail.com.
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Mandela’s walk through the FS } Brian Nakedi AS South Africans heads towards the polls on May 7, Express’ citizen journalist Brian Nakedi retraces the late Nelson Mandela’s long walk to freedom through Mangaung. THE Provincial Executive Committee of the ANC at the time (1996) was led by the chairperson, Segobelo ‘Ace’ Magashule, and included inter-alia Thabo Manyoni, Pule Makgoe and Pat Matosa. Oliver Mohapi was the presiding mayor and Mojalefa Matlole the city manager, while the writer was the chairperson of the Executive Committee of the City of Bloemfontein. This ceremony was supported by leaders such as councillors Alderman Voet du Plessis, Peter Voster and Mme MaBendile in addition to faith communities and priests led by Rev Kgosiemang Papane. During his lifetime, the only publicly known meeting that Dr Nelson Mandela had held with farmworkers in South Africa was outside Tweespruit in the Thaba Nchu district in 1993. This meeting had been organised by the ANC leadership led by its chairperson, Comrade Sekhupi Malebo, and including Gregory Nthatise, Geneva Morake and Kaizer Sebothelo. During his presidency, Madiba in recognition of critical contributions of the Barolong people and its leaders towards the empowerment of our people from across leaps and bounds of our land
Former Free State Premiers, the late Dr Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri and Patrick ‘Terror’ Lekota were both present at the occasion of awarding the freedom of Bloemfontein to the late Nelson Mandela in 1997. Photo: Supplied
during the struggle through education and training as both spear and shield; built two schools and a clinic as part of rural education and development in Thaba Nchu. Mandela would also express a direct interest in the discarded “people behind the curtain” in Botshabelo as described by Billy Cobbert and B I Nakedi in the formerly banned publication i.e. Review of African Political Economy. He particularly wanted to understand how together with the gallant community of Botshabelo in Mangaung did we manage to prevent its incorporation by the
apartheid fiat into the Qwaqwa Bantustan. On separate occasions Sekhupi Malebo in his capacity as the chairperson of ANC Southern Free State and I as a participant researcher explained in similar terms to the effect that it was primarily through community protestations, research, international exposure and narrow legal route that the Mangaung community in Botshabelo retained their deserved place outside the Bantustan framework. It is through this “long walk to freedom’’ of Mandela in Mangaung and interactions with its cadreship that the research that we
had conducted in addition to contributions from activists such as Itumeleng Kotsoane, Tsietsi Setona, Fikile Mbalula, Itumeleng Segalo, Father Mothoa and Father Tshidi Mdluli amongst others, would become invaluable to Mandela and his contemporaries, Walter Sisulu and Oliver Tambo. Prior to his release Madiba had consultation with the activists from Mangaung at the Victor Verster Prison; briefing them about negotiations and among such were Comrades Zingile Dingaan, Moss Seheri, Tony Marais, Moss Mogamise, Nape Khomo, Itumeleng Mokoena, Kaizer Sebothelo, Solomon Sefotlhelo, Mariripe Molema, Diratsagae Kganare, Sekhupi Malebo and Maseng Mahabane. It is not an exaggeration to suggest that Madiba had a special place in his revolutionary heart for the Free State and more so, Mangaung. Madiba adored the Free State probably influenced by its historical legacy of resistance struggle during the struggle years. Critical historical moments such as the formation of the ANC at the Waaihoek Township on 8 January 1912, the first Women’s Anti-Pass demonstrations in Winburg, Philippolis and Bloemfontein in 1913 were to Seaparankwe Mandela hallmarks of the South African determination to put apartheid to bed. Mandela also interacted with activists including Vincent Matsepe, Khotso Sesele and Selelo Dithebe when he visited other areas in the province such as
Maokeng/Kroonstad, Matshabeng/ Welkom and Phuthaditjhaba/ Qwaqwa. Madiba took to heart women emancipation and this was confirmed by his consideration for the appointment of Dr Ivy Matsepe-Cassaburi as the first woman premier in South Africa for the province of the Free State. The Mandela Foundation had as its first chief executive officer, an erudite education veteran, social justice activist and leader John Samuel, who is also a resident of Mangaung. It can be argued that John Samuel is one of the living memories of Mandela’s legacy. He continues to prevail over Mandela’s legacy in pursuance of reconciliation and social justice at the University of the Free State (UFS). The accomplished writer and scholarly political commentator Allister Sparks suggests that it was from Majwemasweu just outside Brandfort in the Bloemfontein district that the origin of a negotiated settlement for a peaceful transition from apartheid to democracy emanated. The Mother of the Nation, Winnie Mandela, was harassed by the security branch when the aforementioned white local attorney Mr Piet de Waal intervened. ) Brian Nakedi is an insolvency practitioner, political economist, ANC member and Bloemfontein native. ) This is the third article of a four part series. The last article in this series will be published next week.
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More jobs a good sign
WILLIAM BULWANE, ANC Free State spokesperson: THE ANC in the Free State warmly welcomes the statistics released by Statistics South Africa on 11 February which shows that the unemployment rate for the Free
State declined from 33,7% in the second quarter to 33,0% in the last quarter in 2013. According to the Quarterly Labour Force Survey, the total number of people who are employed in the province increased from 737 000 in the second quarter to 746 000 in the third quarter. This means that the Free State economy created 9 000 jobs between October and December last year. The ANC is further pleased that amongst those sectors of the economy that created jobs, agriculture, mining, trade, finance and community and social services feature quite prominently. It pleases the ANC that, despite the negative global economic conditions, as well as the ever-increasing price of fuel, the economy still manages to create jobs. The decline in the unemployment rate for the province is an illustration that indeed
the lives of the people have vastly improved and South Africa is a much better place than it was before 1994. It is the product of the sound and solid policies of the ANC as implemented by its government. More of our people have been lifted out of extreme poverty, we have created more jobs than before, expanded social grant, housing and basic services, housing and basic services to our people, and further improved access to better education and health care. The ANC leadership in the province shall continue working vigorously with business, labour, civil society and other role players to advance the gains of our democracy. We shall leave no stone unturned in our quest to ensure socio-economic freedom for all. It is only through working together that we can achieve economic emancipation in our lifetime.
Pres. Zuma should fire Magashule
JOHANN ABRIE, Cope’s national spokesperson: IN light of the transgressions exposed in the Treasury Report on the collapse of accountability in the Free State government, action against Ace Magashule is now unavoidable. The report exposes a number of irregularities concerning the construction of a website which has cost taxpayers tens of millions of rands. The Congress of the People (Cope) is calling for a Treasury investigation into the Letlaka Group, and the R580 million that has been misspent on the Estina Dairy Farm, which belongs to President Jacob Zuma’s friends, the Gupta trio, who are also the employers of Magashule’s son. Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan disclosed in a written reply in the National Council of Provinces on 15 November 2013: The National Treasury [had] concluded the said investigation in February 2013. That is a year ago now, and it is time for action to be taken. Cope demands a high-level police investigation into the above contracts, as well as an independent forensic investigation regarding all contracts signed off by the Free State government in the last five years. Zuma is duty-bound to fire Magashule as the Free State premier. He must do so notwithstanding his obligation to Magashule for his support at the Mangaung Conference. Any prevarication on his part will demonstrate an inability or unwillingness to tackle corruption and a condoning of the abuse of state resources. Zuma must also explain to corruption-weary South Africa why he turns a deaf ear to the Auditor General year after year. He must explain why the strict provisions of the Public and Municipal Finance Management Acts are routinely circumvented in 70% to 80% of all procurements without any consequence to the transgressors. Cope is calling on the voters in the Free State to support its efforts to dismantle the Magashule regime and to replace it with a government that is accountable to the people and will manage resources ethically and honestly. The people of the Free State should benefit from tax-money, not the friends of Magashule. For them to continue to vote for the ruling party is to vote against their own interests.
‘We will not tolerate it’
DR BLADE NZIMANDE, minister of Higher Education and Training:
I AM deeply disturbed by the reported racist attack on Dumane Gwebu, a student at the University of Free State (UFS). Gwebu is reported to have been driven over while walking on the pavement and later assaulted by Cobus Muller and Charles Blom, students at the same institution. This led to Gwebu’s hospitalisation. This follows an earlier incident where an attempt to drive over three female black students was made by the same culprits on the same day. An altercation ensued; “kaffir” and other derogatory, racist remarks were hurled. The suspects briefly appeared in court (last week) on charges of attempted murder and assault. The case will now be heard on 9 April at the Bloemfontein Magistrate’s Court. We are strongly opposed to any form of racism and violent initiation practices that continue unabated in some of our institutions of higher learning. If these reports are indeed true, we are sending out a strong message that such behaviour will not be tolerated. Higher education institutions should demonstrate a resolve to tackle these and accelerate the implementation of the recommendations of the report of the Ministerial Committee on transformation and social cohesion and the elimination of discrimination in public higher education institutions. We have written to the university to be furnished with a detailed account of what transpired, the action taken by the university and intended corrective measures.
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The sound of music
DRESSED UP: Moipone Serutle, Ivy Keenusa, Thandi Rampaku and Thembi Marosha of Groenpunt Choir attended the Correctional Services Choral Music Festival held in the Free State capital recently.
ON A HIGH NOTE: Kholeka Meule, Zimkhitha Manzi and Noloyiso Sindelo also attended the Correctional Services Choral Music Festival held in Bloemfontein recently. Photos: Sidwell Guduka
HAPPY FAMILY: The New Damasco Jerusalem Church in Zion had an flag uplifting ceremony at their Phase 4 branch in Bloemfontein this past weekend.
ALL SMILES: The MEC for Education in the Free State, Tate Makgoe, with the Oranje Girls’ High School choir singing together at the Well-done awards ceremony that was hosted by the Department of Education last Thursday. The beneficiaries of the awards were the teachers who worked hard to help the province achieve the best matric results nationally in 2013. Photo: Palesa Motshabi
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Navalsig: Flat to let. Spacious 3-bedr with 1 bathr. An emerging construction R3 750 p.m. Elmarie 051 company is looking for the following people: 522 9028 Rawson.
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INVITATION TO PANEL OF CONVEYANCERS Bid No: K7/3/6/3(CLCC-10)13/14: The Department of Rural Development and Land Reform would like to invite service provider(s) for accreditation of the Panel of Admitted Conveyancers to attend to the registration and transfer of land awarded to claimants in terms of the Restitution of Land Rights Act, 1994 for a period of 36 months
NB: There will be no briefing session for the above project. Prospective bidders who wish to claim points should attach their B-BBEE Status Level of Contribution Certificate(s) or certified copies thereof in order to qualify for points claimed. In the case of bidders who qualify as Exempted Micro Enterprises, in terms of the B-BBEE Act, a certificate issued by an Accounting Officer as contemplated in the Close Corporation Act or Verification Agency accredited by SANAS or Registered Auditor must be submitted. Kindly note that mandatory requirements are as follows: • Certificate of appointment as a Conveyancer • Letter of good standing from Law Society • Original Company or Close Corporation resolution authorising a particular person to sign the bid documents • Original Tax Clearance Certificate. NB: Failure to submit the abovementioned mandatory requirements will invalidate your bid. Kindly also note that in bids where Consortia/Joint Ventures/Sub-contractors are involved, each party must submit a separate valid, original Tax Clearance Certificate. Failure to comply with this requirement will invalidate your offer. Closing date: 24 March 2014 at 11:00 Interested service providers can obtain a full bid document with the evaluation criteria from the Ground Floor, South Block, 184 Jeff Masemola Street, Pretoria or it can be downloaded from the Department’s website at www.ruraldevelopment.gov.za Completed bid documents MUST be submitted to Head Office: Department of Rural Development and Land Reform, Old Building, 184 Jeff Masemola Street, Pretoria 0001. Technical enquiries: Mr IZ Peter, tel. (012) 312-9362 or e-mail: IZPeter@ruraldevelopment.gov.za Bid-related enquiries: Mr TM Makhuto, tel. (012) 312-8140/9774 or e-mail: TMMakhuto@ruraldevelopment.gov.za Kone Solutions K22244
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Furniture City is a contemporary furniture, appliance and home entertainment retailer offering an extensive range of quality, stylish products to a knowledgeable and discerning customer.
An exceptional opportunity exists at our BLOEMFONTEIN store:
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Preference will be given to EE candidates in line with the Employment Equity Plan for Furniture City. Should you not have been contacted within 4 weeks of the closing date, please assume your application unsuccessful.
If you pride yourself on your strong trading instincts and subsequent track record of profit achievement (preferably in fashion retail), then Furniture City could be your new home. So, if you recognise the value of customers, know how to develop people and can solve problems and make plans - at all times being driven and innovative - get ready for a real career boost in a large, multi-department store!
Interested? Forward your CV (max 4 pages), clearly indicating the position and location you are applying for, to e-mail: Juan.Bernard@ellerines.co.za Closing date: 7 March 2014.
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THE stories of hope that the Re Kgaba Ka Diratswana initiative has brought to ordinary South Africans show the remarkable power of the programme to change lives. This is the view of Keke Moabi, co-ordinator for Re Kgaba Ka Diratswana in the Free State district of Fezile Dabi, who has seen first-hand how the young and the old in the province have benefitted from this groundbreaking initiative of the Free State Department of Agriculture and Rural Development. “I have seen it all,” Moabi tells Express. “I have seen orphans finally getting a stable source of food. I have seen elderly people feeding the younger members of their family through their vegetable gardens. I have seen people who had nothing suddenly beam with pride. “If you have a vegetable garden, you can eat every day, which is something that we tell people daily. There are schools that are using the Re Kgaba Ka Diratswana project to grow their own vegetables and supplement their feeding schemes,” she says. “In Koppies there are 15 churches in one street and they are part of the programme. They grow vegetables in their gardens to give to the most needy who can go home with spinach or cabbage and cook a meal for their families. “That is the gift of Re Kgaba Ka Diratswana,” she adds. Moabi also believes the Re Kgaba Ka Diratswana project has the ability to stretch far beyond the Free State and become a national initiative. The best of the Free State will be honoured at the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development’s Re Kgaba Ka Diratswana Provincial Awards that will be held at the Glen Agricultural College on Saturday. The event will celebrate the achievement of all those nominated in the ten award categories, but also to showcase the province’s rich heritage and skills in the field of agriculture and traditional arts.
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I BELIEVE I CAN FLY: Bloemfontein Celtic players celebrating a goal against Milano FC in their Nedbank Cup match at the Free State Stadium last year. Photo: Gerhard Steenkamp/Backpagepix
Never a dull game in soccer } Sidwell Guduka
THE University of Stellenbosch (US) will be uncharted territory for Bloemfontein Celtic in today’s Nedbank Cup last-32 fixture at the Coetzenburg Stadium. On paper, the Absa Premiership’s team should not have a problem beating the Maties who are campaigning in the lower divisions. The minnows will be out to perform a giant-killing act against Ernst Middendorp’s trophy-hungry Phunya-Sele-Sele in Cape Town. This competition, which gives amateur and semi-professional sides an opportunity to test their mettle against more established sides, has produced a number of major upsets in its 26-year existence. This past Sunday, Witbank Spurs humbled Free State Stars 1-0 at the Charles Mopeli Stadium. Last year, the little-known Maluti FET College surprised all and sundry when they beat Orlando Pirates 4-1 en route to the last 16-stage of the tournament. There have been some shocking and unexpected results over the last four decades since the tournament was established: ) 1971: Pimville Champions beat Lamontville Golden Arrows, one of the founder members of the NPSL, 6-2 in their Life Challenge Cup quarter-final after the two teams had drawn their first encounter 1-1 after extra time, but then refused to hold a penalty shoot-out, preferring to replay the match instead. This is still a record loss for a top league side against lower league opposition.
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) 1978: A hat-trick from Johannes Simelane helped Alexandria Blackpool beat Arcadia 4-3 in the quarter-final of the Mainstay Cup series to become the first side from lower leagues to reach the semi-final of the major cup competition in the multi-racial era. Blackpool lost to Chiefs in the semi-final, who in turn lost to Wits in the final. ) 1980 1980: Highlands Park were the league champions in 1980, but they fell in the first round of the Mainstay Cup series to Mamelodi United, who scored the winning goal in extra-time through Jan Msiza, to win 3-2 at Mamelodi. They later won promotion to the top flight as well. ) 1991 1991: Zola Young Stars beat Orlando Pirates 5-3 on post-match penalties after a thrilling 3-3 draw in the first round of the Bob Save Super Bowl competition. The Bucs team that day included Bernard Lushozi, Johnny Masegela, Aubrey Lekwane, Lawrence Maake and current Maritzburg coach, Ian Palmer. ) 1996: Hellenic finished in the top six in the league, but lost in the first round of the Super Bowl 0-1 to Park United on the night the PSL was officially launched. It was the second successive season the amateurs had taken a top-flight scalp. Hellenic lost to Mannenberg Dolphins in the first round the next year as well. ) 1997:: Gavin Hunt took First Division Seven Stars all the way to the Super Bowl semi-final as they beat Umtata Bush Bucks 3-1 in the last eight, but then lost on penalties to Sundowns in the semi-finals. Some 5 000 spectators packed into the Nyanga Stadium which could only hold 2 000 for the win over Bucks. ) 1998: Bloemfontein Young Tigers had two easy rounds, but then beat Santos 2-0 in the quarter-final before Chiefs were knocked out in the last four. It was after that game that the Cape side bought Abram Raselemane, who went on to play for Bafana Bafana, from Tigers. ) 2003: Surprise Moriri and Koeketso Mmotong were unknowns from the Second Division when they scored the goals that beat Pirates 2-0 in the second round of the Absa Cup series. Owen da Gama’s Stars were then beaten by Jomo Cosmos in the quarterfinals, but won promotion the same season. ) 2008: Mpumalanga Black Aces became the first lower league side since Florida Albion in the old whites-only league in 1973 to reach the final of the major South African knockout competition. But they played three lower league sides before upsetting Free State Stars in the semi-final. ) 2009: The University of Pretoria (UP) became the first lower league side since Seshego Stonebreakers in the late 1970s to beat Chiefs in a cup tie, winning a thrilling 4-3 triumph in the second round with the decisive goal netted by Phenyo Mongala. AmaTuks then upset Celtic and Ajax Cape Town to reach the final. ) 2010: Puk Tawana started a run of upsets with a triumph over Platinum Stars in the first round and FC Cape Town. They then beat Chiefs at Botshabelo in the second round with a stunning goal from teenager Lyle Lakay. ) 2011: Part-timers Baroka FC beat Swallows and then Chiefs on their way to the semi-finals. They defeat both sides 2-1, Swallows in the second round and Chiefs in the quarterfinals. They remain the only two instances of a third-tier side beating top-flight opposition in the history of the domestic game. ) 2013: The Qwaqwa-based Maluti FET College, which was then campaigning in the Second Division, hammered Orlando Pirates 4-1 in the last-32 stage of the Nedbank Cup series.
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Strauss: Team deserves credit } Sidwell Guduka THE Toyota Cheetahs captain, Adriaan Strauss, says the whole team deserves full credit for their hard-fought win over the Vodacom Blue Bulls in Bloemfontein this past weekend. Naka Drotské’s men defeated the Bulls 15-9 in a tightly contested affair played in a very wet and slippery Free State Stadium on Friday night. It was a historic win for the home side as they had never beaten the Bulls in Super Rugby in eight long years. “It was not the prettiest of games, but I’m glad we won it. I’m very proud of the guys. They are probably the gutsiest bunch of guys I’d ever played with. I’m very proud of them. I’m actually a bit speechless. I must give credit to the whole team,” Strauss says. “We are already looking towards the next game. We are going to keep our feet on the ground. We are going to stay level-headed and continue working hard,” he continues. Strauss further says their historic triumph over the Bulls would not have been possible without the support from their fans. “When it started raining I thought there was going to be no-one on the stands. We are grateful to our fans who came to support us despite rainy weather conditions. Those people could have chosen to watch the match in the comfort of their homes instead of coming to the stadium. Thanks to everyone who supported us on Friday. They carried us through to the last minute of the game,” says the captain. The Cheetahs on Saturday left Bloemfontein for their overseas Super Rugby tour where they will face the Rebels, Reds,
Hurricanes and Blues before returning home after four weeks. “This is actually the first time that we start off the tour with a win. Last year, we lost against the Sharks. The year before last we lost against the Bulls and the Sharks as well. So it is the first time we get on a plane with a win behind us,” Drotské says. “I’m really looking forward to the tour. I think we’ve got the balance right. We had great success last year and the year before. There is pressure on us to perform on tour. “We’ll take it week by week. What we have experienced in the past is the way we attack, worked well against the New Zealand teams. Obviously they tend to put more pressure on the breakdown, so we have to be more physical at break-down time,” he adds. The Cheetahs first match on tour will be against the Melbourne Rebels at AAMI Park in Melbourne on Friday at 10:40. Other matches: ) vs the Reds in Brisbane (7 March, 10:40). ) vs. the Hurricanes in Wellington (15 March, 05:35). ) vs. the Blues in Eden Park, Auckland (22 March, 08:35). Cheetahs touring squad for Australia: Forwards: Philip van der Walt, Lappies Labuschagné, Boom Prinsloo, Jean Cook, Francois Uys, Lood de Jager, Ligtoring Landman, Andries Ferreira, Coenie Oosthuizen, Caylib Oosthuizen, Trevor Nyakane, Maks van Dyk, Adriaan Strauss (captain), Ryno Barnes, Hercu Liebenberg. Backs: Willie le Roux, Hennie Daniller, Cornal Hendricks, Raymond Rhule, Rayno Benjamin, Johann Sadie, Francois Venter, Howard Mnisi, Johan Goosen, Elgar Watts, Shaun Venter, Sarel Pretorius.
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“When it started raining, I thought there was going to be no-one on the s t a n d s .” – Adriaan Strauss
HISTORIC: The Toyota Cheetahs recorded their first ever win over the Vodacom Blue Bulls in their Super Rugby game on Friday. Photo: Charl Devenish/Sport24