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THE poetry groups INK’D and The Unseen enjoy their first Skype experience during the Writers’ Festival held last week. Read the complete story on p 2.

Photo: Boipelo Mere

Residents fume over damage } Boipelo Mere THE situation is calm following last week’s protest in Nobengula Road, Kimberley.

On Wednesday morning (25/02), residents of Tlhageng, John Daka, Kagisho and Club 2000 took to the streets protesting after their property had been damaged by floods.

That after a heavy storm in Kimberley led to the overflowing of the walls of the Kagisho Dam. This overflow led to heavy flooding of roads and houses, blockages of several sewerage pumps and electrical damage in the area surrounding the dam.

The angry protesters, who claimed they

had not slept a wink during the night, blockaded Nobengula Road with burning tyres, rubble, tree stumps and garbage.

They demanded that the Sol Plaatje mayor, David Molusi, and cllr. Nombulelo Modise come and see for themselves the damage that ensued.

The angry protesters also clashed several times with police who wanted to clear the road.

A delegation, led by the mayor, responded by carrying out an inspection of the site, including the dam.

Meanwhile, the residents are still waiting for a report on the assessment by the

municipal engineers, as to whether the municipality will demolish the dam or close it.

The protesters complained that they experienced the same ordeal during the heavy rains of 2011 and the municipality had promised it would close the dam.

The Sol Plaatje Municipality has since issued a statement regarding the flooding and storm through its communications manager, Sello Matsie. He described the situation as a cloud burst and the worst storm ever to have been recorded in the city’s history.

During the mopping up operations, the

municipality, which is in the process of repairing the damaged roads, reportedly offered residents the option of relocating.

But the residents refused.

“Both the executive mayor and municipal manager, Mangaliso Matiki, were monitoring our staff’s response during the emergency situation and would like to compliment our emergency, security, traffic and services personnel who worked tirelessly last night (Tuesday, 24/02),” Matsie said in the statement. ) See photos on p 2. Go to Express Northern Cape’s website, www.expressnews.co.za, for more pictures.

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Poetry groups trade ideas } Boipelo Mere

THEIR first experience interacting live with like-minded individuals from the other side of the globe was described as magical by a group of youths from Kimberley.

The youths, who described themselves as INK’D and The Unseen poetry groups, said interacting with their counterparts in Oakland, California, via Skype was a nice and exciting experience, as they managed to promote themselves internationally.

The conversation was part of the programme at last Friday night’s (27/02) Northern Cape Writers’ Festival that ran from 26 to 28 February in Kimberley.

The youths said there was a nice vibe between them, even though they were in different countries at the time of interacting.

Lesego Louw also rendered an item which left some of the overseas group members in tears.

It was a bit of an effort to get the two parties, who could not stop blowing kisses and displaying heart signs with their hands, away from the screen after their conversation.

The group said they prided themselves in the knowledge that Californians use a South African dance style to express their emotions.

“Although we felt nervous at first, we realised that there was no need to worry, because there was no segregation at all.

“We truly did not know what to expect. Funny enough they also thought that we, the youth in South Africa, live a different kind of lifestyle.

“They expected us to be dressed in animal skins and carrying swords,” said one of the excited youths, who kept on interrupting each other.

According to the organiser of the programme, the artist Gontse Wa-Chaane, she was enthusiastic at the progress made in introducing the youth groups to each other.

She revealed that the programme, conducted under the theme Perception, was aimed at giving the youths the opportunity to exchange perceptions, because they tend to perceive things and others differently.

She added that they were working on finding a way for the two groups to meet face-to-face in future.

“It was an hour-long interaction, a first for the festival. My mission from now on is to raise enough funds for the two groups to meet by inviting them (the Americans) to come and attend our next festival,” said Wa-Chaane.

Protesting out of frustration ON Wednesday morning (25/02), residents of Tlhageng, John Daka, Kagisho and Club 2000 took to the streets after their property had been damaged by floods. A heavy storm in Kimberley had led to the overflowing of the walls of the Kagisho Dam. The protesters took the rubble from a wall that had collapsed the previous night (left) and blockaded Nobengula Road. The road was blockaded at more than three places during the protest.

Photos: Boipelo Mere

THE water was knee-high in Diana Kitching’s house in Lenong Street in Tlhageng.

The plugs were also damaged by the water.

THE flooding also brought about more mosquitoes, which left a six-month-old baby in this condition.

FLOYD PITSO joined the protest with his wet blankets, which he planned to show to the mayor.

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THE Galeshewe police have launched a manhunt after a 20-year-old woman pressed charges of rape.

According to Lt. Olebogeng Tawana, the victim alleges that she was raped by the suspect on 4 January at about 02:00, near a local tuck-shop between Madalane and Mathibe Street, Galeshewe. She was reportedly approached by two men who grabbed her and threw her on

the ground at knife-point.

“One suspect held her down while another suspect raped her,” stated Tawana.

The suspects fled on foot in the direction of Seleke Street.

The suspect in the identikit is reported to have a dark brown complextion. Anyone able to identify him, is requested to contact the Galeshewe police on 053-807-6161 or WO Conrad de Jongh on 082-495-4605.

A RAPE suspect wanted by the police.

Identikit: SAPS

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Trust looking for trustees FOUR PERCENT of Droogfontein Solar Power is reported to be owned by a community trust called the Letsatsi Borutho Trust that was established with the objective of carrying out public benefit activities in the local community, within a 50 km radius of the solar farm.

Tina Meier, who issued the statement on behalf of Droogfontein Solar Power and the Letsatsi Borutho Trust, explained that the sole purpose of the trust was to benefit the local community in the areas of enterprise development, education and health.

In order for the local communities in the vicinity of the solar farm to benefit from the community trust, Letsatsi Borutho is seeking to appoint two beneficiary trustees. She stated that nominations were sought from all sectors of the community in the Frances Baard District Municipality.

The purpose of the Letsatsi Borutho Community Trust is further reported to be to redress past inequities, promote social development and cohesion into the future; and assist in the development of poor and disadvantaged communities in the immediate and surrounding vicinity of the solar farm, including Kimberley, Barkly West, Ritchie and Riverton.

The 4% ownership is significantly higher than the government’s minimum threshold of 2,5% local ownership.

“The trustees, once appointed, will be required to manage the utilisation of the funds received from dividends for the benefit of the community,” explained Neville Gabriel, independent trustee of the Letsatsi Borutho Trust.

Gabriel added that the trust had secured a loan from the Development Bank of Southern Africa to finance its share of the cost of constructing the project. The loan is currently being repaid through the shareholder dividends generated by the project and once it is repaid, the trust will use its share of the dividends to benefit the local community within 50 km of the project, who derives financial profit from the solar farm. Nominations are sought from all sectors of the community such as sport, social movements, the arts, business, religion, the media, community development agencies and education and training institutions. Nominations of candidates with financial, legal, health and education, and post-matric professional qualifications and/or social dialogue skills are particularly encouraged. “Nominations of individuals who would be potential beneficiaries of the community trust should carefully consider accepting nominations as this would exclude their families from benefitting from the trust,” urged Gabriel.

THIS identikit of a suspect was released by the Kimberley police. They believe he was part of an armed robbery that took place at the farm Kareepan outside Postmasburg. According to police information, the farmer was attacked at the gate of his farm by a group of men clad in balaclavas on Saturday (28/02). The farmer’s son heard their dogs barking. He went outside and scared the men off with an air gun. One of the suspects was reportedly armed. The suspects took cash, a cellphone and a bakkie, which was later found abandoned on the main road. No arrests have been made and a case of armed robbery is being investigated. This suspect was the only attacker not wearing a balaclava.

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Hearing loss affects academic achievements MANY parents are reported to end up misjudging their children for poor performance reported by the teachers.

Yet they never actually notice that their children suffer from hearing loss.

It is a reality that every parent dreads being told that their child is not performing as he or she should be.

Tally Sherban, a client relations executive at Oticon South Africa, a leading hearing aid manufacturer, advises parents to be aware that children who experience hearing loss, often present many of the same signs as children with learning difficulties.

“These can range from a lower academ-

ic achievement than their age, background or IQ scores would predict, or even inattention that is frequently related to frustration and fatigue,” she adds.

Inappropriate responses to questions, watching other learners to see what they are doing, articulation problems, speech difficulties, fatigue (especially at the end of the day), academic failure, poor self-concept, day-dreaming, and apparent laziness can be listed as warning signs that a child might be suffering from hearing loss.

“The first step to helping your child is to rule out hearing loss by taking your child to an audiologist who will look at

any history of hearing loss or ear infections, and perform a hearing test to establish what your child’s hearing ability is,” explains Sherban.

“If your child has hearing loss, it is vital to inform your child’s teacher(s) of the situation as they have a tremendous impact on their learners’ self-image and social adjustment,” Sherban explains.

“Working with learners who have hearing loss requires teamwork.

“Parents, teachers, speech and language therapists and audiologists work together to determine the individual needs of each learner and to develop an appropriate educational plan.”

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Famous writer inspires

TEBOGO SEHERE attending to his duties as candidate attorney at the Kimberley Magistrate’s Court.

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His disability a ‘motivator’

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IT has been 18 years since Tebogo Sehere completed his matric with an exemption at the Tetlanyo High School in Kimberley.

He was one of the school’s only four learners that year to receive an exemption. Another one was the much-loved local political activist, the late Parks Leburu.

ALL smiles as usual.

Tebogo Sehere responds to interview questions.

A passion for law Throughout his school years, Sehere set his eyes on nothing else but obtaining a law degree. Hence, in 1997 he set out for Bloemfontein to study Law, but due to financial constraints, had to come back home and start a life doing whatever he could find to do.

“It was painful to realise that poverty can destroy your dreams and render you worthless. I came back home without a law degree, but I had resolved that come what may, this setback was temporary,” said Sehere.

He spent the following years in Kimberley preparing himself for the day he would return to university.

In the interim he worked in every field possible.

“I worked as a general worker in construction, and then I became a taxi jump boy before becoming a taxi driver. At some point I worked for a year at the Department of Water Affairs cutting trees and I registered for some short courses in Community Skills Training and Child and Youth Care at Unisa,” said Sehere.

Sehere said that it had been while he was studying through Unisa that he met a Mr Van Tonder who had further stirred the fire in him to study Law. “Mr Van Tonder was overseeing my oral tests for Unisa as I was already having difficulties with my eyes and it is through our meetings that he encouraged me to apply to the Northwest and Stellenbosch Universities because they were reputed to have the best law schools in the country,” said Sehere.

Diagnosis All the while, Sehere had a problem with fading vision, but he thought it was something that would pass.

“In 2002 I joined the Red Cross as a home-based caregiver-facilitator. It was during that time that I paid attention to my eyes and I was diagnosed with glaucoma.”

Glaucoma damages the optic nerve of the eye and can result in loss of vision and blindness.

“This condition can be delayed, slowed or reversed if diagnosed at an early stage.

Mine was still at an early stage but being poor, I had no access to a proper health facility and the treatment was too expensive for me,” explained Sehere.

“I made an appointment with a public hospital here in Kimberley and they suggested an immediate operation. When I went for the operation, I met a different team of doctors who decided to laser my eyes rather than operate. They left me in more pain and hurt my nerves more.

“I was left partially blind and I resolved not to let this put me down and registered for a course in Child and Youth Care at Unisa and passed my first modules. Zakhele Mokhuane and other friends helped a lot, but it was the same Mr Van Tonder from Unisa who motivated me more because according to him, I always gave answers from a legal perspective.”

Jolted into action “In 2006 I was hit by a car and as if that was not enough, my mother passed away.

That jolted me into action and I applied to both Stellenbosch and the Northwest Universities. I was accepted at Northwest.”

Finance was a problem, but Sehere was fortunate enough to receive bursaries that covered the required R45 000 tuition. His woes, however, were not at an end.

“My university life was a nightmare as the university did not have facilities for the blind. I should say that I was a challenge to the university, but through the leadership of Prof. Dan Kgwadi, who is currently the vice-chancellor of the university, the challenges were won and systems were put in place to benefit future students.”

Sehere said his course took him longer to complete, because he failed some modules and had to repeat them.

Helping hands “There are so many people that I want to mention, who helped me a lot to achieve

my goals, either financially or otherwise.

“They are Lester Mpolokeng, Dan Kgwadi, Lebogang Ndebele, Clive Roberts, Wayne Erasmus, Moranako Mkhuoane, Robert Edward, Bisto Buthelezi, Lucia Sithole, my fellow students, Vida Mmutlaneng, Kabelo Mothowane, my younger sister Palesa and most importantly my mother and family.”

When asked who gave him his educational foundation, he mentioned the names of various teachers including Galerekwe Semau, Ernest Riet, and David Plaatjie, and Mclean Bosman, who was his principal.

“They made an everlasting impression on me. They are still in the education system.”

Living the dream “Today, when people meet me in court as a lawyer, they are surprised. They are more surprised that I am blind, but a lot of them are happy for me as most know that I am living my dream.

“I can only tell the youth to go to school, to university and FET colleges.

“They must ignore the fact that they have no money. Much as they say that money makes the world go round, patience and passion make money.

“To those who are disabled, I say disability should not be an inability but rather a motivator.”

Sehera is currently working as a candidate attorney in Kimberley.

A word from his teacher Sehere’s former teacher Semau, expressed pride and joy over what Sehere has accomplished in spite of the challenges he faced. Semau described him as an ambitious and keen learner who displayed extraordinary skills during his school days.

He said he was shocked to learn that Sehere had become partially blind, as he knew him to be a learner who always took the initiative in participating in the school’s activities and to see to it that they had a successful outcome.

“Then came the year 2013 when he invited me to his graduation ceremony. I was pleasantly surprised,” said Semau.

“He is a living example of how the human spirit can triumph against all odds. Knowing that he was just a normal person makes his life story all the more remarkable.”

DIANA FERRUS, world-renowned writer, poet and storyteller, had local Radio Teemaneng’s (RTS FM) listeners eating out of her hand during her recent interview on The Mighty Zee Factor Show.

She recited her A Poem for Sarah Baartman on air, which resulted in lines buzzing off the hook with comments and excitement on DIANA FERRUS Tuesday night, 24 with Zandisile LupFebruary. hahla who presents Ferrus was among The Mighty Zee Fac­ the well-known tor Show. guests and poets Photo: Boipelo Mere who attended this year’s Northern Cape Writers Festival in Kimberley which ran from 26 to 28 February.

Other authors associated with the festival this year, were Prof. Pitika Ntuli, Dr Don Materra, James Matthews, Sabata Mpho-Mokae, Marita van der Vyver, Tina Schouw, Ipeleng Tlhankana, Rickey Groenewald, Mark Kotze and many others.

A Poem for Sarah Baartman put Ferrus on the map in 1998 while she was an exchange student in the Department of Gender Studies at the Utrecht University in the Netherlands.

According to reports, the popularity of this poem is widely believed to be responsible for the return of Baartman’s remains to South Africa after she was taken to Europe in the 19th century where she was paraded as an oddity. She died in Paris, France in 1815.

Hearing her read the poem on air, clearly evoked emotions and reminded local listeners of Baartman in a special way.

“She was taken away from her people at an early age. Her body was repatriated back centuries after.

“She was honoured even though she is no more. The poem has made me to want to celebrate her life each day,” said one listener.

Ferrus told the story of how she penned the poem and how it landed on a French lawmaker’s desk and eventually led to the repatriation of Sarah Baartman’s remains back to South Africa.

“Every time I tell the story, it is like I am telling the story for the first time. It is still new in my mind,” said Ferrus.

Emphasising how she strongly believes that each and everyone has a purpose in life, Ferrus said it was her purpose in life to bring Baartman home.

“We are chosen to do something that will impact the world positively,” she said.

“When Ferrus recited the poem, tears filled my eyes, I was really taken aback, thanks, Diana,” said another listener.

The 61-year-old Ferrus said because of her age she could not write as much new material as she had before.

“I also will be resigning from my day job as an administrator at the University of the Western Cape,” she said on air.

She added that in future she would focus on story-telling, especially to the youth and children, in an effort to teach them where they came from as a nation.

Ferrus leads writing workshops in Cape Town, where she is a founder of Bush Poets, and Women in Xchains.

She has also published and co-edited a collection of stories about fathers and daughters.

She is hoping to release a new book soon, based on the life of her father.

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FIREFIGHTERS walk towards a fire line during training.

WORKING ON FIRE firefighters during their intensive training.

Firefighting teams declared fit HAVING just completed an intensive three-day training camp in Dewetsdorp, the Eastern Free State Working on Fire (Wof) teams were declared emotionally and physically fit for the upcoming fire season.

To mark their readiness, the teams received their yellow cards (licence to fire line) on Friday (27/02).

The Harrismith, Memel and Vrede teams are some of the teams that fought the most fires in the province in the past.

Manase Mpholoane, Wof ground operations manager in the Free State and Northern Cape, says the teams were now ready to put out more fires after they proved that they are capable.

“The aim of the training camp is to get firefighters ready for the fire season and ensure they are fit to attack wild and veld fires,” he says.

The training camp is attended annually ahead of the fire season which starts on, June 1, to check their readiness and to verify the capacity on the ground. Firefighters are also checked to see if they are physically and mentally ready to fight fires. “This is to check our readiness and to ensure we have the right equipment as per our standards. We want to know our capacity on the ground and see if we will be able to mobilize firefighters in case of an emergency,” he says.

More than 600 firefighters across the provinces will eventually attend the three day training camps.

The training camp is held at Wof’s Training Academy at Jimmy Roos School in Dewetsdorp and will continue until, March 13 .Last year saw some of the worst fires in seven years in the Free State.

“Working on Fire firefighters in the Free State experienced one of the busiest fire seasons last year.

They had attended and suppressed 345 fires from May till end of October when the fire season ended. Our aircraft flew a total of 72 hours assisting the ground team, which were most of the time dealing with deadly flames that went on for a few days.

“During the 2012 fire season, 154 fires were suppressed which destroyed 120 889 hectares of fields,” Limakatso Khalianyane, Wof communications officer for the Free State and Northern Cape, said.

WOF is a government-funded Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) aimed at alleviating poverty, restoring dignity, saving lives and protecting the environment. Under the programme, young people from disadvantaged areas are recruited and trained as veld and forest firefighters. They are then placed.

WORKING ON FIRE firefighters receive training in Vrede.

FIRE HAZARD: Part of the training involves dealing with actual fires.

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Mayor sworn in } Boipelo Mere A NEW mayor, Robert Tsikwe, was sworn in at the Phokwane Municipality during a special council sitting last week Friday (27/02).

Council’s resolution to appoint Tsikwe follows the resignation of the former mayor, Vuyisile Khen, and the municipal manager, Moeketsi Dichaba, who were reportedly forced to resign due to a conflicting working relationship earlier this year.

An acting mayor, Dibueg Maza, was appointed early in February by the MEC for Cooperative Governance, Human Settlements and Traditional Affairs (Coghsta), Alvin Botes.

Through Kgalalelo Letshabo, the communication officer at the Phokwane Municipality, the municipality also praised Tsikwe for bringing with him a wealth of knowledge.

Letshabo said this knowledge would be critical in advancing the core principals of administration, thereby ensuring that Phokwane delivered services to its communities.

The newly-appointed mayor pledged that he would not be blinded by the municipality’s achievements and that he would not fail to identify the probable challenges.

“Our community is very much concerned about the challenges of insufficient energy in our country,” he said.

“The challenges of racism, especially in schools and other institutions, the practices of initiation schools, the use and abuse of drugs by the young generation, the refuse that litter many Phokwane areas and the corruption practices where people access resources in order to disperse patronage X these are all part of the legacy of doing things wrong.”

Emphasising the need for unity within the municipality, Tsikwe mentioned that it was the solid bedrock from where to tackle inequality, unemployment and poverty.

Referring to the power challenges, Tsikwe said it was very important that Eskom explored other methods of saving energy rather than depending on load shedding alone.

“The municipality has to partner with Eskom and identify other methods before we are confronted by a challenge of not speedily achieving radical economic transformation and before the SMMEs and co-operatives are negatively affected,” said the newly-appointed mayor.

THE new mayor of the Phokwane Municipality, Clr Robert Tsikwe, is being sworn in by Magistrate Vincent Jameson.

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FEDERICO ADDIECHI, Fifa’s head of corporate social responsibility, and Grace Matlhape, loveLife chief executive officer, with youths at the launch of the loveLife Mobile Youth Centre.

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Centre offers hope

LOVELIFE prides itself on the recent official launch of its Football for Hope loveLife Y-Centre in Roodepan, Kimberley.

Launched at the Pescodia Primary School grounds, the centre is reported to be one of the 20 Football for Hope Centres built throughout Africa, one of loveLife’s 22 Y-Centres across South Africa, and the second centre that Football for Hope and loveLife have partnered in.

According to Thandi McCloy of loveLife, the centre works in close collaboration with a number of other stakeholders such as the community, Yingli Green Energy, Streetfootballworld and local construction companies.

She further said that loveLife, who had helped build the centre, would also be in charge of operating it.

She highlighted that the objective of Fifa’s 20 Centres for 2010 Campaign had been to build 20 Football for Hope Centres across Africa to provide infrastructure to local organisations using football as a tool for social development and to leave a lasting legacy after the 2010 World Cup. “Each centre consists of a building with rooms to provide informal education, public health services, office space, common space for community gatherings and a smallsized artificial turf pitch,” explained McCloy in a statement.

She pointed out that the Football for Hope Centres did not only afford an excellent opportunity for youth to play soccer, but also offered education and public health services, so improving the life prospects and overall health of communities. The centres are created as facilities from which local best-practice organisations, such as loveLife, can reach out to the local young people and their communities.

Sports stars nominated ARE you motivating or training others to be good at sport? Are you 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 among the youth to get more active in sport. With this in mind, SuperSport and Let’s Play, in association with Express Northern Cape, want to recognise learners in either primary or high school 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 six to 18. You can nominate yourself or be nominated by a friend, a teacher, lecturer or coach at your school or place of education or even a friend or family member.

A winner is chosen from all the nominations received for that month. The monthly winner will receive a Let’s Play hamper filled with goodies.

At the end of the year one player from all

McCloy added that the Y-Centre would put extra effort into tackling social challenges that were particularly rife in the area, including substance abuse, teen pregnancy and gangsterism.

Speaking at the launch in Kimberley, Federico Addiechi, Fifa’s head of Corporate Social Responsibility, expressed his pride in witnessing the opening of the Football for Hope Centre in the area.

“We have always believed that hosting the first Fifa World Cup in Africa was about far more than organising a football tournament and made a firm commitment to leave a tangible social legacy for the African continent and its people.”

Addiechi highlighted the excitement during the journey of building the centres for everyone who had been involved.

“We have seen some fantastic results thanks to the great work of organisations such as these dedicated to this legacy. It is about empowering young people not only by playing football, but also by helping them to tackle the important choices in life.”

Emphasising the importance of every community to have a Y-Centre, loveLife CEO, Grace Matlhape, said it was a very successful model for loveLife in facilitating access to healthy living and skills development for young people.

“The collaboration with Fifa on the Football for Hope Centres has helped enable this access and introduce much-needed and ever popular state-of-the-art soccer facilities for young people,” she said.

“The centre will be injected with loveLife’s empowering mix of healthy sexuality, positive lifestyle and skills development programmes.

“These life-changing programmes are geared towards developing young people’s sense of self-worth, identity,

the Star of the Month winners during the year will be chosen as the SuperSport Let’s Play Star of the Year.

Let’s Play is an initiative to enhance recreation and development at schools through play and sport.

Nominations received before the 20th of every month will be included in that month’s selection. Nominations received after the 20th 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

purpose and belonging so they can grow as young leaders, realise their potential and better protect themselves from teenage pregnancy, HIV and other sexually-transmitted infections.”

Leslie Abrams, loveLife’s Northern Cape senior manager, revealed that their plan was to also work with young parolees who have been in detention centres.

“Many of them are juvenile gangsters with low levels of education so they struggle to get jobs,” he explained.

“We want to find ways to accommodate them so they are not lost to the system. Left unattended, their lives could spiral out of control and they could resort to a life of gangsterism, violence and crime,” added Abrams.

As part of tackling substance abuse, loveLife’s play4LIFE campaign to reduce underaged drinking among the youth will be implemented at the centre.

“Basketball, netball and volleyball are also on offer so young people can engage in positive, rather than negative activities such as drinking.

“Through loveLife’s Cyber Ys Programme, the youth will learn basic computer skills, so increasing their chances of employment.

“I hope the centre encourages young people to step outside the psychological and physical boundaries they have set for themselves and believe that they can realise their dreams, whatever they may be.

“We are committed to building complete young leaders in every possible way.”

Thousands of youngsters will benefit from the Kimberley Football for Hope loveLife Y-Centre, so expressing the power of soccer in developing lives, futures and communities.

supersport@zpr.co.za or fax to 086-552-4922.

For more information call Lynne Landman on 051-522-9574.

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‘To win this match, we just need to be focused on the game. If we can win this one, it will lift us enough to even win three matches in a row.’

– Francois Uys

ON TARGET: The Toyota Cheetahs’ flyhalf Joe Pietersen scored a last-minute penalty to help his side to a hard-fought victory over the Blues in Bloemfontein last Friday (27/02).

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Cheetahs want 3 in a row } Sidwell Guduka

THE Toyota Cheetahs racked up a second successive Vodacom Super Rugby win by defeating the Auckland Blues by 25-24 in a tightly-contested affair in Bloemfontein last Friday (27/02).

One of the only two unbeaten teams after three rounds of the current rugby campaign, the Cheetahs know how significant it is to continue their winning streak when they clash with the Vodacom Bulls at the Free State Stadium this Saturday.

The much-anticipated match, which has all the ingredients of a humdinger, kicks off at 17:05.

“We are confident going into

Saturday’s match, especially after winning our last two matches.

“We want to win the next game to consolidate out position on the log.

As players we know we should win all our home games, that is non-negotiable,” Francois Uys, the Cheetahs captain, said.

“Matches between us and the Bulls are very competitive. But I think we’ll do well. To win this match, we just need to be focused on the game.

If we can win this one, it will lift us enough to even win three matches in a row,” Uys added.

The Cheetahs are sitting second on the South African conference log with nine points after two matches.

They trail log leaders, the DHL Stormers, who have played three

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matches, by three points.

In a combined log – South African conference, New Zealand conference and Australian conference – the Cheetahs are placed fifth on the table.

Saturday’s fixture is going to be an emotional occasion for Adriaan Strauss, Trevor Nyakane and Lappies Labuschagne.

The trio will be going to a place where they played for a couple of years before they joined the Bulls last year.

Prior to their move to Pretoria, these gentlemen had worn the Cheetahs jersey with distinction.

Strauss was even a captain for the Bloemfontein side.

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emotions and concentrate on what they can control. But it is going to be difficult for them to face their former teammates.

The home side will rely heavily on Joe Pietersen, Cornal Hendricks, Boom Prinsloo and Sarel Pretorius for tries – while the visitors will pin their hopes on Francois Hougaard, Deon Stegmann, Pierre Spies and Jan Serfontein.

In a corresponding fixture between the sides last season, Naka Drotské’s men claimed their first ever victory over the Bulls when they won 15-9 in Bloemfontein on 22 February 2014.

But the Pretoria outfit registered a 26-21 victory over the Free Staters in an entertaining return match played at Loftus Versfelt on 2 May last year.

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