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WEDNESDAY 28 MAY 2014
Choose right from start } Boipelo Mere
LEARNERS need to attend career exhibitions from as early as gr. 8 in an effort to prepare them for making the right career choices and choosing the right subjects. This was the opinion conveyed to Express Northern Cape during the Department of Education’s career exhibition at the Mittah Seperepere Convention Centre last week. It was evident that most of the learners flocked to the tourism, education, paramedical, South African Police Service (SAPS), South African National Defence Force (SANDF) and road safety stalls to make enquiries. The learners who had already made their career path decisions enquired about bursaries or business management training, just out of curiosity. Delegates of most of the scarce skills stalls would sit alone for some time, until a group of learners showed interest. A conversation with Tshililo Ramaswiela of the South African Environmental Observation Network (SAEON) made many aware as to how hesitant or afraid learners were of
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choosing Physical Science and Mathematics as subjects. He said this was an eye-opener for them and that intervention was needed. “Some do come once in a while. When we explain the opportunities to them, they respond: ‘Oh really, I wish I knew this before I made my subject choices’. We (SAEON) are going to make efforts to reach learners in time before they make their career choices.” According to Ramaswiela, they do outreach programmes where gr. 12 learners are informed of the available choices. “But today I realised that we are too late to convince the learners at this stage, because then they have already made their choices,” he said disappointed. Sharlotte Raadt, a learner of the Barkly West High School, has chosen a career that will make a great change in her community. Go to www.express-news and listen to the challenges that her community go through daily. ) See the photo gallery on our website at www.express-news.co.za for more pictures.
NTSHEPISENG GALEBOE and Owami Sibisi enquire about tourism from Mmapule Makadu and Kehilwe Motabogi of the Department of Economc Development.
SHARLOTTE RAADT of the Barkly West High School knows what she wants in life. Go to our website at www.expressnews.co.za to hear what she says. Photos: Boipelo Mere
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Campaign promotes paraffin safety } Boipelo Mere THIS year’s KlevaKidz Campaign kicked off on a high note at the Mankurwane Primary School in Kimberley. The campaign, which educates rural and township communities about safe handling and storage of paraffin, grows at a significant rate. The KlevaKidz production is an interactive educational stage drama that raises awareness of the dangers associated with handling and storing paraffin and how to prevent accidents from taking place. The production uses a television quiz show environment as a vehicle for relaying the message, which is combined with a jingle. The campaign is targeting areas where the household use of paraffin is widespread and paraffin-related accidents are common. Launched six years ago, the initiative had reached more than 80 000 learners in close to 250 schools nationwide. According to Tasneem SulaimanBray, Engen’s general manager: Corporate Affairs, the campaign is set to reach 90 000 learners aged eight to 13 years in 300 schools over the next two years. “Over the years of involvement we have become aware that children of this age are often the primary daytime caregivers of their younger brothers and sisters. It is with this in mind that we target them with the message of safety,” says Sulaiman-Bray. They have found edutainment to be a powerful medium to stimulate children’s imagination. “What is even more rewarding is to hear children of four years old still singing the paraffin safety jingle afterwards,” she said.
FROM the left are Martin Selaine, the Reneilwe Primary School principal, Sello Phete, the school safety coordinator of the Department of Education, with learners of the Reneilwe Primary School, Thato Moitse, Sipho Letsholo and Kegomoditswe Rapeto, with the Engen KlevaKidz actors. Photo: Supplied
IT is your choice as to which organisation you want to support on Tekkie Tax Day.
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R10 makes a difference on Tekkie Tax Day
MEMBERS of the public are encouraged to participate in the Tekkie Tax campaign on Friday by buying a sticker for R10. The campaign supports participating welfare organisations. Depending on where your heart lies, you can choose from five sectors when buying your sticker(s). The options are for animals, basic family care, children, disability or education. You may choose more than one sticker.
On Tekkie Tax Day you simply wear the big sticker on your lapel and put the small one on your cell phone to stay there for the rest of the year. You can also wear your tekkies with whatever outfit you choose. You can spiff up your tekkies by getting a pair of funky shoelaces called Tekkie Tags for R30, including your sticker of choice. The campaign is endorsed by 15 of the biggest and most accountable national NGOs
in the country, representing more than 1 000 local organisations. The national beneficiaries include Epilepsy South Africa, Child Welfare South Africa, SOS Children’s Villages, the Childhood Cancer Foundation (Choc), Special Olympics South Africa, the Endangered Wildlife Trust, Hospice Palliative Care (HPCA) South Africa, Pet Welfare South Africa, Imisebeyelanga Services and Meals on Wheels.
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Premier and team sworn in } Boipelo Mere
TOP: The Northern Cape premier, Sylvia Lucas, being sworn in by Judge Cecile Williams.
Photo: Emile Photo24
THE premiership three-horse race for the Northern Cape ended in Sylvia Lucas being sworn in as the Northern Cape premier. That is after the ANC sent a list of three names to Luthuli House to choose a
premier from the list. The former acting premier, Grizelda Cjiekella-Lecholo, who is also the MEC of Education in the province, Sylvia Lucas and the speaker of the Northern Cape legislature, Kenny Mmoiemang, were the people submitted as the preferred candidates.
THE DA leader in the Northern Cape, An drew Louw, and his wife, Mariaan, were happy to smile for the camera.
GATHERING VOTES: Lizzy Stuffa, Northern Cape runnerup for the Mrs South Africa 2014 beauty pageant, and the speaker of the Northern Cape legislature, Kenny Mmoie mang.
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FROM the left are Maruping Lekwene, member of the Inter im University Coun cil, Given Petersen from the MEC’s of fice, and Tiny Cuke lwa Chotelo, MEC for Social Develop ment. Photos: Boipelo Mere
RIGHT: Grizelda CjiekellaLecholo (left), MEC for Edu cation, was one of the three preferred candidates for the premiership of the Northern Cape. Her husband, Olebo geng, and her sister Claudia Cjiekella ac companied her to the event. THE speaker of the Northern Cape legislature emphasised the impor tance of the MPL’s dress code after the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) showed up dressed in work ers’ outfits. According to Mma batho Mokause (right) she had her outfit specially designed for the oc casion because they were not al lowed to come in branded gear. “This is an indication that we are here to represent the workers, not anyone else,” she said. With her is Aubrey Baartman.
Copper lands two in trouble }Boipelo Mere TWO men, aged 53 and 17, are behind bars on charges of the possession of copper cable. The two were arrested after the Kimberley Police found them in possession of stolen copper cables, in total weighing 30 kg, to the value of R2 000. According to the police, the suspects were arrested during a routine crime prevention stop-andsearch operation around town and around the local scrapyards. The 17-year-old boy was arrested after the police had received a tip-off. This put them on the right trail by informing them about a man who was hitchhiking from Hopetown to Kimberley carrying a heavily loaded bag with copper. The other suspect, a 53-year-old man, was arrested at the nearby scrapyard.
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Children ‘must follow dreams’
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Win a view on beautiful golden cliffs VISITORS have a beautiful view on the golden sandstone cliffs of Golden Gate from the Glen Reenen Rest Camp in the Golden Gate Highlands National Park. Express and SANParks’s competition in which one lucky reader stands a chance to win a weekend stay for a family of four in Glen Reenen, is coming to an end today. Visit the Express website at www.expressnews.co.za and follow the instructions to enter. You only need to answer an easy question. The winner will be announced next week. Photo: Christo van Staden
ARE you struggling to cope with the choice of subjects at school? Are you a parent who might be pressurising your child to become a doctor or a lawyer in order to satisfy your needs? Are you forcing your daughter to become a scientist only so that she can top the girl next door, who became a teacher? Do you expect your child to choose a law degree instead of entrepreneurship that he prefers, only because you invested in his education? Are you a teacher who wastes a lot of time teaching a young artist Biology? All the answers to these concerns can be found in a book titled The world of work: Challenges for South African students, written by Mokete Lebitso who resides in Kimberley. Lebitso holds a masters degree in Educational Psychology and an advanced certificate in Child Law. He once worked as a teacher in Qwaqwa, as a lecturer at a teachers training college and as a junior lecturer at the University of the North. In his book, he elaborates on some hidden and evident challenges that learners and graduates identify in relation to the world of work. Schools, including higher institutions, and libraries are highly encouraged to get a copy of this informative and motivational book. He does admit that finding a job after the many years spent at university and/or matric still remains a challenge. Parents’ course of choice Touching on the role of parents in their children’s future, the book states that parents are the ones who mostly put their children under pressure by forcing them to study their parents’ course of choice. That is all due to reasons that were never identified or still remains ignored by communities and the employment sector. In most cases, children end up making the wrong choice of subjects instead of following their dream. That usually results in the child studying subjects they cannot cope with, leading to a lack of confidence. Highlighting the importance of choosing the right career path, the book touches on the questionable quality of teachers. According to the writer, to some of the teachers, the qualifications acquired are only suitable for themselves. They are unable to share that knowledge or the teachings with
the relevant people (learners) in the classrooms. “They cannot teach.” The school curriculum is also not helping as the teachers cannot cope with it, leaving learners vulnerable. Lebitso also elaborates in the book on what he calls different windows of selfknowledge. He highlights the number of serious gaps that need to be filled, like assisting the learners in their careers. Lebitso further stresses the importance of job satisfaction. “Job satisfaction should supersede everything in the workplace as we spend most of our adult life at work, rather than at home with our families. “It is therefore very important to establish sound relationships at work so that we can be productive, effective and enjoy the type of work we have been hired to do. “This will improve employee morale as well as profit margins, service delivery and produce a thriving, successful and satisfied employee,” he adds. Elaborating on the issue of cheap labour, that is promoted by the industrial and the agricultural sector, Lebitso urges South Africans to read the book to get an idea as to where it leads to. According to the writer, his book is targeted to cut across gr. 9 to gr. 12 and tertiary students, including parents and teachers. He also revealed that since the publishing of his book in 2012, he has been doing his own marketing in an effort to ensure that it reaches the right audience. “Being my own foot soldier, I have sold over 900 copies, mostly to individuals/civilians and the Northern Cape Department of Sport, Arts and Culture. “I am struggling to get the support of schools and the Department of Education as this book would come in handy for the learning area Life Orientation.” For the sales of this book, Lebitso can be contacted on 072-341-9460 or 082-308-5868. The book is printed by SunMedia Publishers and is sold for R125 a copy. ) Look out for an article in Express on Lebitso’s second book titled Corporate lessons: managing effective organisations, published in January 2014.
MOKETE LEBITSO with his two books titled The world of work: Challenges for South African students and Corporate lessons: managing effective organisations.
Photo: Boipelo Mere
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Seat belts save lives SEAT BELTS and airbags are not only good at protecting one’s head and chest during a car crash. They also help protect the kidneys, according to a news report. Researchers found that survivors of car crashes who wore a seat belt and had a vehicle with airbags were less likely to have a serious kidney injury or to need one of their kidneys removed than people who didn’t take those precautions. A urologist at the NYU Langone Medical Centre in New York, Dr Marc Bjurlin, said: “This provides additional evidence to support the role of these protective devices in motor vehicles.” The research was presented at the 109th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Urological Association in Orlando, Florida. Seat belts are designed to spread the force of a vehicle crash across the pelvis and chest while an airbag is meant to soften the impact between the body and car. For the new study, the researchers analysed information on motor vehicle crash injuries in 2010 and 2011 from the National Trauma Data Bank. Of the 287 174 accidents there were 2 580 kidney injuries. The researchers found that when airbags and seat belts were used together, the risk of serious kidney injuries fell by about 23%. The risk of surgery to remove a kidney fell by more than half. Bjurlin said there were likely multiple reasons why using seat belts and airbags protected the kidneys. Bjurlin said: “Ironically, in some studies the seat belt has been found to be a cause of kidney injuries.” While that may be true in some cases, he said overall wearing seat belts and using airbags were beneficial. “It protects your kidneys and reduces the risk of them being taken out.”
What not to do in your car ARE you alert enough for the following? ) To avoid a car swerving in front of you. ) To brake for a pedestrian suddenly stepping into your path. ) To steer safely clear of debris falling from a truck. Motorists are faced with many challenges to their concentration, including roadside activities such as accidents, outdoor advertising and construction sites. Other distractions include applying lipstick or mascara, combing or brushing hair, eating or drinking beverages looking for lost or fallen items, talking on cell phones, tuning the radio or CD player and conversing with passengers and tending to small children and infants, or smoking. Mental and emotional distractions include: ) Strong emotions of anger and grief. ) Driver tiredness or drowsiness. ) Arguments and emotional conversations may lead to distracting your attention. What can we do to avoid these distractions? ) Stay focused and alert. ) Practise short, quick glances
the dangers posed by motorists using cell phones whilst driving. An international survey among 837 drivers with cell phones found that almost half swerved or drifted into another lane, 23% had tailgated, 21% cut someone off and 18% nearly hit another vehicle while using the phone.
DRIVING while distracted can cause serious accidents. Photo: Internet and avoid prolonged staring. ) Manage your time – personal grooming should be done before and after reaching your destination. ) Make sure children and pets are properly seated and give children items to occupy themselves with. ) Pull over at a safe spot – such as a petrol station – if small children require attention that could divert your concentration
from the road. ) Do not allow passengers to interfere with your concentration. ) Avoid eating and drinking while driving – fumbling with napkins, wrappers and beverages means you are not watching the road. How should we handle cell phones when driving? There is growing concern of
The best advice is to avoid using cell phones when driving. ) If you have to communicate via a cell phone, use hands-free microphones. ) When the phone rings, let it ring. It is better to use your phone’s voicemail or even miss a call than to put yourself, your passengers or others at risk. ) If you have to make a call on a hands-free cell phone, ask a passenger to dial or answer the phone for you. ) Keep your calls brief. If you expect such a call to last longer than a few seconds – be on the lookout for a suitable spot to pull over. ) Never take notes, jot down numbers or send text messages while driving. ) When in heavy traffic, rather tell the person you will call back when it is safer. Do not allow technology to divert your concentration. – Arrive Alive
Entries for entrepreneurs close Friday } Boipelo Mere A SHARE of more than R6 million in grants is awaiting winners in the South African Breweries (SAB) Central Region KickStart Youth Entrepreneurship Competition. Business skills training, as well as various networking opportunities, will also be provided. Tsholofelo Majeng from Kuruman is one of the projects’ 22 700 success stories and 3 200 businesses started.
Majeng won R100 000 to expand and further develop her business, of which she is the sole owner. Her business, Maiktronix, in Kuruman specialises in the fabrication of structural metal products including window frames, door units, steel fencing and gates. Additionally, the company supplies and installs surveillance security and automation systems. Entrants must be 18 to 35 years old and previously disadvantaged black
South African youth. Furthermore, businesses must be 50% black owned, be in operation for less than five years and make less than R5 million in revenue. Entrants must also be able to demonstrate that they have fewer than 15 employees, have high growth potential and sustainable competitive advantage. Entries close on 30 May. Visit www.sabkickstart.net or contact Patience Selesho on 053-840-0426 or email Patience.Selesho@za.sabmiller.com.
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Southey Street Motors excited about upgrade SOUTHEY STREET MOTORS (Pty) Ltd was established in April 1953 and officially opened its doors on 25 April 1953, celebrating its 60th anniversary in 2013. It was started by four big Kimberley wholesale companies, namely Awerbuck Brown and
Company, S. Apter and Company, A. David and Company and GM Hunter and Company. In July 1955 it was awarded the full Volkswagen franchise and in 1965 expanded the dealership to include the Audi franchise. Since then, the company has never looked back; progressing year on
year and currently employs 72 staff members. The dealership recently changed their management team and is headed by Philip Maritz, dealer principal and owner of the business. Changes also include Linda van Vrede as general manager, Daniel
Odendal as financial manager, Tania van Dyk and Johan de Villiers as new and pre-owned sales managers, Neville Ridgard as service manager and Fanie Britz as parts manager. According to Southey Street Motors, they are excited about their relocation and upgrade of
their dealership to the corner of Phakamile Mabija and Ward Street (currently Pryde Motors) this year. They are positive that this will enable them to increase their level of service and accommodate all their customers in the Northern Cape.
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A CLASS in mechanical engineering.
STUDENTS practising their hairdressing.
THE wellequipped electrical workshop.
CIVIL ENGINEERING STUDENTS in training.
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College renamed THE Northern Cape Urban FET College is in the process of changing its name and will now be called the Northern Cape Urban Technical and Vocational Education and Training College. This is in accordance with the Department of Higher Education and Training’s White Paper of January. The college has in recent years experienced unprecedented growth and is bursting at the seams. There are currently two campuses in Kimberley, the City and Moremogolo campuses. Construction has already started on the development of a third campus in Kimberley. The students come from across the country, even from beyond our borders. The college is accredited as a training provider by Umalusi, is ISO 9001:2008 certified and has a four-star Nosa rating. The college has different departments including business and engineering studies, as well as an information and skills department. “Our vocational matriculation is very popular as the students have realised the importance of learning skills at school. “Our equipped workshops give students the necessary skills to qualify them for the future. “Our business administration department operates fully with various learnership projects such as early childhood development and hairdressing courses.” Another aspect of the college is the well-equipped student support centres. Full-time trained personnel who are manning these centres, provide modern and holistic support to students as the college is always focused on providing the students with the best training and skills for their future. These high standards are not negotiable. The college has delivered this service to the Northern Cape community for more than a century. “Looking back over the years the NCU TVET College has grown from strength to strength and aims to strive to always do better all the time.”
The college has in re cent years experi enced unprecedented growth and is burst ing at the seams. There are currently two campuses in Kim berley, the City and Moremogolo cam puses.
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Faith in Manamela LEBO OLYN, the spokesperson of the YCLSA in the NC:
NEWLY ELECTED: The John Taolo Gaetsewe Regional Executive Committee are Bakang Sanane, chairperson, Dimakatso Setshelenyane, deputy chairperson, Boikanyo Matlhoko, secretary, Eugene Khokhong, deputy secretary, and Sheppard Mines, treasurer. Photo: Supplied
‘Elect best of the best’ } Boipelo Mere
THE challenge of converting the ANC’s victory into a good story to tell in five years rests not only on the shoulders of those being sent to the national and provincial legislatures, but also squarely on the shoulders of the newly-elected members of the ANC’s regional executive committee. Tumelo Mpolokeng, ANC regional deputy secretary, said this during his address at the fifth ANC Youth League regional conference in Kuruman over the weekend. “We cannot abdicate our responsibility to other Mickey Mouse political parties. “We have agreed that we had achieved freedom and democracy as enshrined in our Freedom
Charter and the next step remains economic emancipation.” Mpolokeng reminded the delegates that the Youth League (YL) of the John Taolo Gaetsewe region could not be silenced if the mineral wealth beneath their soil continued to perpetuate hunger and underdevelopment, instead of escallating in a developed region with state-ofthe-art infrastructure. “We are mindful of the fact that the attainment of economic freedom requires the necessary skills, hence we deem it proper to have an FET College in this region which will produce more artisans and other engineers as well as financial skills.” He promised the delegates that the FET College plans were afoot as the study had been conducted
and the task team had been appointed. “The study that has been conducted revealed that the majority of our young people in this region does not have a matric certificate and it is just a fraction of this troop that has tertiary qualifications. “I believe that this congress will deliberate more on those matters.” He continued to elaborate that the ANCYL should and had to remain a significant body of opinion within the mass democratic movement, and not a desk which only advocated for the interests of young people. “However, the ANCYL can only remain a significant body of opinion if it elects the best of the best to sit in its leadership benches. It will only remain a
significant body of opinion if it rids itself of factionalism, disorder, hooliganism and political patronage. “The Youth League should continue to be a feeder of good-quality and capable comrades to the mother body. “We should resist the temptation of being bought into factions and leadership squabbles through political patronage. “As the ANCYL we should at all times look for the tried and tested from within our ranks to take up leadership positions within the ANC. “By so doing, we will be ensuring the continuation of the work we started with the Youth League, of advocating and championing the interest of working class young people,” he said.
THE Young Communist League of South Africa (YCLSA) in the Northern Cape Province wishes to congratulate Comrade Buti Manamela, the national secretary of the YCLSA and the central committee member of the SACP, for being elected as the deputy minister in the presidency. The YCLSA in the Northern Cape is humbled by the appointment of Manamela. We have faith in his leadership capabilities and that he will perform beyond expectation. In him we have a youth leader of distinct calibre and enthusiasm, which guarantees us that within the next five years youth development, among others, will be on top of the agenda in developing and sustaining the livelihoods of young people in the country. Manamela has served as the YCLSA national secretary with distinction for the past 13 years and has served for the past five years as a steadfast MP committed to his deployment – hence we have confidence that he will perform beyond the call of duty. The YCLSA commits itself to supporting him as we continue to fight the triple crisis of inequality, unemployment and poverty among young people. We wish you well in this mammoth task, Nobhala, no doubt that indeed in you the YCLSA has produced a capable leader.
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President chops and changes cabinet } George Mutloane PRES. JACOB ZUMA was this weekend inaugurated with pomp and military ceremony. Granted that Pres. Zuma is the real commander in chief for the military, it was not surprising how the military put together such a show to the country and visitors at the inauguration in Pretoria. The Nelson Mandela Arena was filled with enthusiastic citizens totalling almost 20 000 who came to witness the inauguration by Judge President Mogoeng Mogoeng. In taking oath of office the president pledged to be faithful to the republic of South Africa and to obey, observe, uphold and maintain the Constitution and all other laws of the republic. The president promised to solemnly and sincerely promote all that will advance the republic and oppose all that may harm it. When delivering his speech the president emphasized the need for the transformation of the economy and promised that
TINA JOEMATPETTERSSON is moved from the ministry of Agri culture to Energy.
DIPUO PETERS returns to her port folio as minister of Roads and Transport. Photo: Boipelo Mere
DEPUTY MINISTER GODFREY OLI PHANT stays on as deputy minis ter for the Department of Minerals.
economic transformation will take centre stage. The structure of the economy will be transformed through industrialisation, he said. Presidents, royalties and ambassadors from different countries made the inauguration more exciting as did local invitees drawn from different backgrounds, who came dressed to the nines. As always the highlight of the
day was the military fly-past and the festival that followed the inauguration. The inauguration also provided an opportunity for African leaders to meet and discuss the security situation in Nigeria, particularly the abduction of school girls by Boko Haram. A day after the inauguration, this past Sunday, the president named Cyril Ramaphosa as his deputy and appointed his cabinet
for the fifth ANC administration in a row. The present cabinet is different from the previous one that had almost all members of the security cluster made up of men and women from his home province, KwaZulu-Natal. Furthermore, the all-important portfolio of Finance has for the first time in the history of South Africa, been filled by a black man of African origin in the person of
Nhlanhla Nene who has been a deputy in the same department in the past administration. Two other notable changes in the present cabinet are the dropping of Paul Mashatile and the adjustment of some departments. However, the cabinet remains bloated with as much as 35 ministers and 40 deputy ministers. One surprise was the naming of the former premier of Gauteng, Nomvula Mokonyane, as a cabinet minister responsible for Water and Sanitation, which can be read as a strong message to Mashatile and his supporters to watch their backs, particularly after they forced David Makhura on the Gauteng premiership prompting the eleventh-hour shifting of Ntombi Mekgwe to be the speaker of the legislature. As for the Northern Cape, the president kept the two ministers and one deputy from this province, but shifted one of them. Dipuo Peters got back her Transport portfolio, Tina JoematPettersson moved to Energy while Godfrey Oliphant remains the deputy for the Department of Minerals. ) Go to www.express-news for the list of ministers and deputy ministers.
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Celtic adds new sponsors } Sidwell Guduka
Search on for stars ARE you good at sport – or is someone in your school or place of education good at sport? Are you motivating or training others to be good at sport? Are you a young coach who is coaching future stars? Are you getting people active at your school, community or gym? Express Northern Cape wants to hear from you. SuperSport and Let’s Play, in association with Express Northern Cape, has launched a special initiative. Express Northern Cape wants 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. The SuperSport 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 or any teacher, lecturer or coach at your school or place of education. You can even be nominated by a family member or friend who knows how good you are. From all the entries received each month, one will be chosen as the SuperSport Let’s Play Star of the Month. The monthly winner will receive a Let’s Play hamper filled with goodies. At the end of the year one entry from all the monthly winners will be chosen as the SuperSport Let’s Play Sports Star of the Year. Send your nomination today. Nominations received before the 20th of every month will be included in that month’s selection. Nominations received after the 20th of every month will be carried over to the next month’s selection. Your nomination must include your name, age and a short paragraph (less than 200 words) on what you have achieved, as well as your contact details. ) You can email your nomination to supersport@zpr.co.za or send a fax to 086-552-4922. ) For more information, call Lynne or Juanré at Z PR on 051-522-9574.
BLOEMFONTEIN CELTIC has revealed the club’s new sponsor after signing a three-year deal with sportswear manufacturer Kappa. The Free State outfit also entered into a three-year marriage with the insurance company B3 Funerals and Insurance, who will be the club’s sleeve sponsor from next season. The announcement was made at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Rosebank, Johannesburg, on Monday. Phunya Sele Sele parted ways with Reebok at the end of last season, while they lost their sleeve sponsor, Supreme Chicken, a few years ago. Kappa and B3 Funerals and Insurance now joins mobile telecommunications company MTN as one of Celtic’s three major sponsors. “Kappa is one of the most well-known football brands worldwide and they are very creative and experienced at their game, so we know we are in good hands,” Khumbulani Konco, the CEO of Bloemfontein Celtic, said. “B3 is a perfect fit for the bulk of our incredible supporters and we know that they are an ambitious, well-known brand, with incredible passion. Our new Kappa kit will look amazing with our new sleeve sponsor,” he added. “I would just like to take this opportunity to welcome our new family members to the Siwelele family – Hela Yalo!” Ricky Joseph, the brand manager of Kappa, said his company had a rich heritage in football around the world, and a passion unparalleled for the game. “Signing this new partnership with such a renowned team like Bloemfontein Celtic is another huge step in the continuous growth of the Kappa Brand in South Africa. “We couldn’t be happier to be associated with such a well-supported and well-established team. We look forward to witnessing the future success of these two brands at each other’s side,” Joseph said.
CHEERS: Ricky Joseph (left), the brand manager of Kappa, with Ikie Augousti (middle), Bloemfontein Celtic’s managing director, and Matthews Mogafe, B3 Group’s chairman. Photo: Supplied
Mathews Mogafe, the chairman of the B3 Group, said they had long viewed Celtic supporters as the most passionate and loyal in the country – and that was why they wanted to be identified with such an iconic team. “We are really looking forward to this partnership and as a company feel both honoured and humbled by the opportunity. We feel this relationship can push both brand names even more into the national consciousness,” he said. “The B3 Group is a funeral undertaking business that deals with not only bereave-
ment and helping out the bereaved financially, but also by encouraging people to live life to the fullest and that is what we want to bring to Bloemfontein Celtic. “Celtic is a national icon as far as soccer is concerned and that is why we believe that through our investment, both parties will continue to serve our communities with our utmost best intent,” he added. The value of the two deals has not been disclosed, but the partnership will see Kappa and B3 Funerals and Insurance’s involvement with the club run until at least 2018.
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