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MAJOLA DUMEZWENI, the chairperson of the Petsana Residents Association (PRA), with his thumb in the air, leads residents during a recent march to the Nketoana District Hospital.

The PRA is now working on a march to the Union Buildings in Pretoria.

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PRA members want to march to Union Buildings over hospital } Tladi Moloi REITZ. – The Petsana Residents Association (PRA) is going to the Union Buildings in Pretoria to hand over its memorandum of demands to Aaron Motsoaledi, the minister of Health.

The march will be held on Monday, 16 March.

The members of the PRA have decided to take action in this way, hoping for positive feedback regarding the reopening of the Nketoana District Hospital.

Express Eastern Free State previously reported on the PRA’s concerns about the medical ward of the hospital closing down and

the patients being transferred to the Phekolong Hospital in Bohlokong near Bethlehem (“Petsana objects to ‘closed’ hospital”, 21 January, and “Response expected today”, 4 February).

The hospital has been integrated to form the Phekolong Nketoana District Hospital Complex.

According to Majola Dumezweni, the chairperson of the PRA, the association has been fighting for the reopening of the hospital, but has achieved no success with the Free State Department of Health.

The association submitted a memorandum of grievances to the management of the Nketoana

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Hospital late last year. Among the demands were the reopening of the hospital, as well as the recruitment of nurses and doctors.

A response to the memorandum was sent via fax on Thursday, 29 January. However, they were not happy with the response, Dumezweni says.

The members of the association went on another march on Monday, 16 February. They wanted Benny Malakoane, the MEC for Health in the Free State, to receive the memorandum, but he never showed up. They refused to hand over the memorandum to the person to whom the task had been delegated.

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“These people are taking us for a ride. We are not playing games here. We are fighting for the lives of our people. How could they decide to make the hospital a complex without consulting the community?” Dumezweni says.

According to a statement by the Free State Provincial Government, a decision was taken early in 2000 to complex the hospitals. It further states that this was intended to, among other things, improve efficiency and effectiveness, as well as to facilitate the sharing of resources.

Dumezweni says they are going to the main head of the Department of Health and promises

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“The ANC government is not happy to see people following the right channels. They only come to the party when there is blood involved. And we will follow that route if we have to. We want that hospital open.”

Dumezweni says the PRA has the support of the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) and they are hoping to join them on the day of the march.

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Free State Health under fire } Teboho Setena THE DA in the Free State is anxiously awaiting the tabling of damning reports concerning crumbling service delivery in the Free State Department of Health.

The expected reports are from the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC), the Department of Labour and the Department of Public Service and Administration. The reports about the Free State Department of Health followed a public outcry about the department’s service delivery.

Mariette Pittaway, DA member in the Provincial Legislature, says last Tuesday (03/03) they received correspondence from the SAHRC stating that it has concluded its investigation into the state of the Free State Department of Health.

“The report is said to be in the process of being finalised,” says Pittaway.

She says the DA approached the SAHRC to investigate the department in June last year after Health MEC Dr Benny Malakoane and Premier Ace Magashule allegedly failed to acknowledge that the public health services in the province are in crisis.

Pittaway says both the national Departments of Labour and Public Service and Administration have investigated the department and their respective reports are expected to be tabled in Parliament shortly. “Preliminary media reports on these investigations corroborate the findings of the DA, which has waged a difficult battle to ensure delivery of quality public health care in the province for almost two years now. The DA is anxiously awaiting the tabling of these reports. The DA in the Free State has campaigned tirelessly for MEC Malakoane to be fired.

“We trust that these reports will motivate Magashule to finally admit his failure in appointing Malakoane to his executive. We are hoping for a new start for public health in the Free State.

The people of this province deserve better,” says Pittaway.

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‘We trust that these reports will motivate Magashule to finally admit his failure in appointing Malakoane to his executive.

We are hoping for a new start for public health in the Free State. The people of this province deserve better.’ – Mariette Pittaway, DA MPL

IN THE FIRING LINE: MEC for Health Dr Benny Malakoane.

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year also been campaigning for the firing of Malakoane, who was retained as MEC when Magashule appointed his new cabinet in May last year. Magashule reasoned that the decision to retain Malakoane was to enable him to improve the state of the Department of Health after he had initially replaced deceased Fezi Ngubentombi who had died in a car accident late in 2012.

The crisis crippling the Free State Department of Health saw fed-up nurses at hospitals stage protests, some embarking on a go-slow, while at the Bongani Regional Hospital in Welkom they downed tools.

A PATIENT pictured last year at the Bongani Regional Hospital in Welkom wrapped up in a sheet instead of a nappy depicts the service delivery crisis in the Free State. Photo: Teboho Setena

Unhappy nurses lament the department’s failure to provide essential equipment to enable them to do their work.

The campaign for drastic change in the trouble-ridden department has been fuelled by doctors in Free State hospitals, who wrote devastating accounts, published on GroundUp (groundup.org.za) in February, detailing what’s happening and telling stories of what can only be described as a department in crisis. In GroudUp, Doctors warn that many hospitals are teetering on the brink of collapse, with minimal doctors and nurses Some of the best specialists in

the province have resigned – with Malakoane only taking action after 20 did so. Mondli Mvambi, spokesperson of the Free State Government, says Malakoane will give a full account to the public next week. Mvambi, says that a total of 1 170 appointments have been made in the Department of Health during the current financial year.

Appointments include eight specialists, 42 medical officers, 44 community service medical officers, 47 professional nurses, 66 nursing assistants and 82 staff nurses.

Two killed over dagga } Tladi Moloi PHUTHADITJHABA. – Majara Masilo (29) and William Mokheseng Boithatelo (28) will appear in the Tseki Magistrate’s Court again on Wednesday (11/03).

The two suspects from Lesotho are facing charges of house robbery, rape and murder. They were arrested after the murders of two family members and the rape of a woman at the Monontsha Village, Qwaqwa. A third suspect is still at large.

Sgt Mmako Mophiring, police spokesperson, says it is alleged that on Sunday, 1 March, the

three suspects went to the house of a 37-year-old woman, looking for her brother who allegedly had taken their dagga.

“They could not find him, but kicked open the door of the shack where the woman, her boyfriend (46) and her son (7) were sleeping,” Mophiring says.

“The suspects allegedly stabbed the boyfriend to death.

They forced the woman out of the shack and one of them raped her. They later came across the person whom they said had taken their dagga and allegedly stabbed him to death.”

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PHUTHADITJHABA. – The University of the Free State (UFS) believes in forging strong working relationships with its immediate community.

This was apparent when the UFS’s Qwaqwa Campus hosted a sports weekend for its students and invited the Seotlong Agricultural and Hotel School and Standard Bank to be part of the games.

“Our university exists because of our surrounding communities. And we believe that working with various institutions in our commu-

nity can only make us stronger,” Danile Zoko, head of Kovsie Sport, said.

Zoko said they had also invited a well-known former professional soccer player and now football coach, Goodman Mazibuko, to grace their event and motivate their students.

“We want our students to learn from the best and also realise that the likes of Mazibuko was once a student too and is now making a living out of sport,” Zoko said.

During his motivational address Mazibuko emphasised that self-discipline was the only secret towards success.

“Coaches can only do up to a certain level and it is up to you to do the rest.

“Remember that as an individual, you know your own personal circumstances and you must take responsibility to ensure that you train accordingly, even when the coach is not there,” said Mazibuko, Moroka Swallows’ assistant coach.

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Singer releases new gospel album } Tladi Moloi HARRISMITH. – Mary “Seponono Sa Maluti” Maaitse who hails from Tshiame B near Harrismith has released her sixth traditional gospel album.

The album titled Sa fetoha Ibola Sefate se monate was released a fortnight ago and, according to her, is selling like hot cakes.

The veteran singer says the title track is about Aids, which is killing people.

“Our people know that Aids is killing them but they are turning a blind eye to it. So I thought they might get the message if we convey it to

There are 12 songs on the album including songs like Leha mme le ntate ba nllahlile ketlasejara and Bana bare fetohetse ntate m o d i m o a n d m a ny others. them by song,” she said.

There are 12 songs on the album including songs like Leha mme le ntate ba nllahlile ketlasejara and Bana bare fetohetse ntate modimo and many others.

THREE of the members of Sthiba Mobb, a Sotho hip hop group, are from the left: Disema Mokoena, Lefa Mashiga and Pita Maxala. Patric Mofokeng is the fourth member of the group.

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Local group says thank you } Tladi Moloi QWAQWA. – Thank you is the tittle of the newly-released Sotho hip hop album by a group of four young men known as Sthiba Mobb.

The title of the album that was released in February says it all.

Disema Mokoena (21), Lefa Mashiga (22), Pita Maxala (21) and Patric Mofokeng (26) hail from Masaleng Village, Qwaqwa.

According to them, they decided to join forces after they had realised they have the same

passion.

Mokoena told Express Eastern Free State that he used to make music on his computer and after the group had spent more and more time together, they decided to focus their attention on hip hop.

“We all love hip hop. After having had a short meeting, we asked ourselves why can’t we challenge the world through music?

“We started working on the album last year. It was not easy, but we were all determined to

make it happen,” he said.

He said they named it Thank you because they wanted to thank their parents who had raised them. “We wouldn’t be here if it were not for our parents, so we thought it would be a good thing to salute them while they are still alive,” he said.

The album has ten tracks. It features songs like Equation of life, How can I and Ke yaya (I am going). The album is not in stores yet, but it is available from Mokoena (078-719-2562).

MARY “SEPONONO SA MALUTI” MAAITSE with her new traditional gospel album.

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New tanks provide clean, free water } Masetsumi Morake

THE learners and teachers of the New Horizon College in Harrismith during their recent 2015 Harvest Festival.

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PHUTHADITJHABA. – After spending about ten years without clean water, the community of Ruskamp Farm near Kestell will now be able to enjoy free water, thanks to Vusi Tshabalala, executive mayor of the Maluti-a-Phofung Local Municipality, who ordered the installation of Jojo water tanks on the farm.

In recent times, the local people had to fetch drinking water from a nearby river.

Before that, they were using water generated by a windmill.

They had to stop using this water after a while because the tank was not in a good condition.

Now they have easy access to water, thanks to the 5 000 litre Jojo tank. The mayor also promised that they would

attend to the broken tank.

Residents of the farming communities had the opportunity to raise their concerns and voice their opinions during a recent farm roadshow.

During their visit to the two farms Ruskamp and Tigerkloof, the municipality also donated 15 food parcels and blankets to local families.

The mayor was accompanied by members of his mayoral committee.

It was through these interactions that the mayor also met a young boy, Gift Mazibuko, who wants to study civil engineering.

“I am very happy that there are people like Gift who are willing to study and change the lives of their families despite the challenges and the poor family background that they come from,” Tshabalala said.

Harvest Festival gives back to those in need HARRISMITH. – The New Horizon College in Harrismith recently hosted its 21st Harvest Festival.

Diana Lombard of the school says they are celebrating the blessings they have received by giving back to those in need in the community.

She says the Maluti ChildCare Project (MCCP) is the beneficiary of the annual Harvest Festival.

In 2005, Nouwens Carpets and local businesses in the Harrismith and Qwaqwa area recognised a need for the children in the

community to be taken care of during the day.

Therefore, the MCCP was established.

The project is a feeding scheme which provides approximately 3 180 children between the ages of 0 and 15 years with one nutritional meal per day, five days a week.

Storage containers have been converted into kitchens and have been situated as follows: three in Intabazwe, three in Tsiame, and one in Makhgolokoeng.

An additional kitchen has also been provided at the Harri-

smith Secondary School in Intabazwe.

The meals are prepared by 34 volunteers.

The volunteers also provide additional support.

Special needs are identified and goods are collected and distributed to the children.

Over the past few years hundreds of children have benefitted from contributions.

“We are working on obtaining additional funds to plan a Christmas party for the children in December,” Johan Bekker, director of the MCCP, says.

VUSI TSHABALALA, the executive mayor of the Maluti-a-Phofung Local Municipality, mingles with some of the community members on a farm near Kestell.

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Eskom’s current woes more political SOUTH AFRICA’s power utility company, Eskom, was established in 1923 to provide power to the country. Eskom is the world’s seventh-largest power-generating company.

As early as 1999, Eskom advanced a requisition to government for building additional power generation plants. Back then, government was toying around with an idea of privatising Eskom and, therefore did not avail money, so the move to build additional plants was deferred.

For a new government to prioritise the building of new houses, health-care centres and roads was understandable.

Minister Jeff Radebe said: “In 1994, five million households were added to the national power grid and by 2004, this number had escalated to 12 million.

Additions to the national grid were made despite new plants not being built.”

In 2007 Eskom started showing signs of power-generating problems. In the same year former president Thabo Mbeki admitted that it was an error of judgement on government’s side not to heed the call to build more power-generating plants.

Given Mbeki’s admission, one can deduce that Eskom’s current woes are more political than capacity-related.

My view Lehlohonolo Nyetanyane Social observer Eskom started serious load shedding in 2008 with rolling blackouts throughout South Africa.

The reason given for the blackouts was that there was an unprecedented load on the national grid and load shedding was necessary to prevent the system from total collapse. The situation ameliorated when major mines shut down towards the end of 2008 and early 2009.

In 2014 the same painful reality resurfaced more intense than ever before. Eskom re-introduced rolling blackouts with stages 1, 2 and 3 throughout the country leaving millions of South African households in the dark and causing major business entities to register low profit margins.

This time around, load shedding was activated despite billions being spent to build ther Medupi and Kusile power generation plants in Limpopo and Mpumalanga respectively. The building of Medupi is already behind schedule by three years

The current management team at Eskom cannot be blamed for current load shedding as it inherited an ailing infrastructure that was poorly maintained. In addition, municipalities (political entities) owe Eskom billions in unsettled bills. Government must soon realise that ordinary electricity consumers like me buy electricity on a pre-paid basis and, therefore, deserve to obtain the services they pay for. due to labour unrest coupled with poor decision-making. Again, this proves that the problem at Megawatt Park is more political than anything else.

The current management team at Eskom cannot be blamed for current load shedding as it inherited an ailing infrastructure that was poorly maintained. In addition, municipalities (political entities) owe Eskom billions in unsettled bills. Government must soon realise that ordinary electricity consumers like me buy electricity on a pre-paid basis and, therefore, deserve to obtain the services they pay for.

Government must be brutally honest with what led to this electricity crisis and stop making excuses about coal and diesel

shortages. Eskom is the only company that is encouraging its loyal consumers not to use its product.

The “War room” established in December 2014 by cabinet to provide technical and political intervention must come forward and let us know what their contingency plan is, for the next three years the grid will be overwhelmed with demand.

My clarion call to government is to sell Eskom’s 49% stake to private companies and break the power-generation monopoly. ) To contribute to this column send your piece (no more than 500 words) to Jabulani.Dlamini@volksblad.com

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Healthy living key in campaign } Nkareng Moloi PHUTHADITJHABA. – The Maluti Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) College students have been supplied with information on screening for TB, testing for HIV and counselling. This was during a recent two-day First things, first campaign which was conducted by the Foundation for Professional Development (FPD).

Smakaleng Mabasa, a professional nurse for FPD, told Express Eastern Free State that this campaign is about getting people to screen for TB, get tested for HIV and get counselling.

“We want to make sure that all the willing students know their status and that they know how to lead a healthy lifestyle. College is the place where the future of the students is being shaped, but also where the future can be doomed due to wrong choices.

“Only one mistake can change a life and destroy the hope of our country. That is why we are working on helping students take good care of their lives.

However, we didn’t push anyone to do anything that they were not comfortable with. Only those who were willing, were tested,” she said.

“We are very happy with the response.

It’s a very good sign that the students know why they are here. For example, on the first day of the campaign we helped about 165 students. They posed many questions to us and that was an indication of people who were willing to know more,” she concluded.

Ntsoaki Monareng, a college staff member, was happy with the initiative.

“It was very important for the college to host people from FPD. This will encourage students to lead healthy lifestyles.”

FROM THE LEFT: Lyidia Matlala (professional counsellor), Smakaleng Mabasa (professional nurse), Maphuti Maila (professional counsellor), Ditaba wa Malangeni (professional counsellor ) and Joe Semenya (professional counsellor) during their recent First things, first campaign which was held at the Maluti Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) College.

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‘Zuma has failed the country’ MOSIUA LEKOTA, Cope president: THE primary responsibility of a president is to uphold the Constitution and educate the people about it, by word and example.

Madiba esteemed the Constitution and was therefore esteemed so highly as a leader.

A few weeks ago we drew the attention of Pres. Jacob Zuma to the contradiction between the National Constitution and sections 4, 5 and 11 of the Powers and Privileges Act. He should have immediately sent the act back to parliament to expunge those sections.

Instead, the president said nothing about it. He was comfortable that the act allowed power vested in him to be usurped by the presiding officers. This was a blatant violation of his responsibility to ensure the separation of power is maintained. The executive and the legislature cannot transgress the jurisdiction of the other.

While 24 May 1994 was a day of glory, 12 February 2015 was a day of great reversal and deep shame for our nation.

The Zuma administration is rapidly eroding our constitutional values, as well as the National Treasury. We are becoming politically and economically bankrupt.

Cope urges the people to demand the direct election of a president who will not be mollycoddled by parliament, but held accountable by it.

As the government fails in delivering services and to grow the economy it is becoming increasingly authoritarian.

The glorious struggle we were all engaged in, lay dormant for 21 years. Now it is surfacing again. Inside parliament and outside it too, people are demanding

enlightened, principled and dynamic leadership.

Many in the unions want to cut free to better represent workers. The United Front is campaigning to improve the lot of the poor. Taxpayers are also beginning to demand a halt to direct and indirect tax increases.

Cope agrees with other parties that Zuma must go because he has: 1. Compromised the Constitution and the criminal justice system and in particular undermining the judiciary as was blatantly clear in the Hlaudi Motsoeneng case; 2. Failed to achieve any real economic growth and job creation; 3. Increased national debt to a staggering 47% of GDP; 4. Allowed government to consume resources that should have gone to service delivery; 5. Allowed corruption to become rampant and embedded; 6. Failed to honour the legacy of Nelson Mandela; and 7. Weakened the institutions of the state, stifled accountability and hindered transparency.

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South African team aims high SUPERSPORT, the Channel of Champions, is broadcasting live matches of South Africa’s u.20 team in their quest for continental glory and a World Cup qualification.

Amajita, as South Africa’s u.20 men’s national team is affectionately known, will look to emulate their compatriots, the u.17 boys’ national team, by also qualifying for the 2015 Fifa World Cup edition which is set to be staged in New Zealand.

The u.17 side, Amajimbos, secured their spot at the 2015 Fifa U17 World Cup in Chile after finishing as runners-up at the Caf u.17 Youth Championships (AYC).

Led by coach Molefi Ntseki, the South Africa young lads lost 2-0 to Mali in the final played on 1 March in Niamey, Niger.

The South Africa men’s u.20 national team made history in Russia early in January when they won the Commonwealth Cup, after having chalked up some really impressive performances along the way.

They beat Finland 2-1 in a grueling final played at St Petersburg in Russia.

They now hope to complement their achievement by conquering this year’s African u.20 championship that is underway in Senegal.

Played under the auspices of the Confederation of African Football (Caf), the tournament features eight nations.

Contesting the continental crown and Caf’s four spots at the World Cup are hosts Senegal, Congo, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Mali, Nigeria, Zambia and South Africa.

The South Africa u.20’s journey to the

u.20 World Cup takes a similar route to that of the u.17s, an eight-team u.20 AYC doubling up as a qualifying campaign for the World Cup in New Zealand.

SuperSport is broadcasting live and in HD all 16 matches of the eight nations.

The tournament got underway on Sunday (8/03), and will culminate in the final on (22/03). The four nations that progress beyond the group stages will qualify for the Fifa u.20 World Cup showpiece scheduled to be staged from 30 May to 20 June in New Zealand.

Broadcast details: 11 March: Nigeria vs Congo: 18:15 SuperSport Nine 11 March: Ivory Coast vs Senegal: 21:15 SuperSport Nine 12 March: South Africa vs Mali: 18:15 SuperSport Four HD/ Nine 12 March: Zambia vs Ghana: 21:15 SuperSport Nine 14 March: Nigeria vs Ivory Coast: 18:45 SuperSport Nine 14 March: Senegal vs Congo: 18:45 Supersport Select 15 March: South Africa vs Zambia: 18:45 SuperSport Four HD/Nine 15 March: Ghana vs Mali: 18:45 SuperSport Select 18 March: semifinal 1: 1A vs 2B: 18:45 Supersport Select 19 March: semifinal 2: 1B vs 2A 18:45 SuperSport Nine 22 March: 3rd - 4th place playoff: 18:15 SuperSport Nine 22 March: Final 21:15 SuperSport four HD/nine

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Entrepreneurs to gain SOUTH AFRICAN ENTREPRENEURS rarely receive the acknowledgement they deserve and should be praised for the role they play in the creation of jobs and for economic development in the country. This is according to Nazeem Martin, managing director of Business Partners Limited, who was speaking in the wake of the recent 2015 Sanlam/Business Partners Entrepreneur of the Year® competition launch, which took place in Johannesburg earlier this year.

Now in its 27th year, the pre-eminent entrepreneurial platform continues to pay tribute to the fearless entrepreneurs who remain dedicated to not only fostering a culture of entrepreneurship in the country, but also to their businesses and their staff.

Martin says considering South Africa’s unemployment rate is at 25% and that South Africa will have the eighth highest unemployment rate globally in 2015, as was recently announced, the role that entrepreneurs play in aiding job creation is evident.

“The six 2014 Entrepreneur of the Year® competition winners collectively created over 400 jobs, while our overall 2013 Entrepreneur of the Year® winner generated over 800 jobs in the rural area of Qwaqwa.

“By embracing local entrepreneurship, the competition provides entrepreneurs with an opportunity to showcase their achievements and elevate the profiles of their enterprises.”

The competition provides entrepreneurs with the chance to win prizes up to the value of R2 million, including cash prizes to the value of R350 000. Competition winners will also receive valuable mentorship support, networking opportunities and national media exposure.

Martin says apart from the prizes offered, a key take-away for past finalists is the opportunity to take a step back and analyse their business, both by themselves and by an independent panel of judges.

“Often, entrepreneurs don’t fully comprehend how far their business has developed

and grown over the years, and the networking opportunities with other entrepreneurs and judges allow these individuals to fully appreciate their achievements and the hard work and dedication that have gone into building their businesses.”

The competition also provides finalists and winners the opportunity to obtain valuable regional and national publicity.

“This exposure should not be underestimated as it has the potential to attract new customers, as well as increase a business’s reputation amongst existing clients.”

One such example is Dudu and Leema Mofokeng, joint owners of Legaci Dry Cleaners and Laundry Services, and winners of the Judges Prize in the 2014 Sanlam/Business Partners Entrepreneur of the Year® competition.

“The exposure gained from the competition has raised the profile of my company significantly. I have noted a marked increase in business enquiries received from customers, as well as prospective investors wanting to open a franchise,” says Dudu Mofokeng.

Keynote speaker at the event, Farah Fortune, director of African Star Communications and Event Management, who received the 2014 Women in Leadership Award from the Women’s World Congress, says that awards, such as the Sanlam/Business Partners Entrepreneur of the Year® platform, are essential not just for the recognition of South Africa’s entrepreneurs, but also to boost morale within their industry.

Entrepreneurs interested in entering the competition can download entry forms online at www.eoy.co.za as well as interact with fellow entrepreneurs and entrants on the Sanlam/Business Partners Entrepreneur of the Year® Competition social media platforms www.twitter.com/@EOY_SA and www.facebook.com/EOY.SA. The closing date for the competition is 16 June.

Chance for design students ALL South African interior design and architecture faculties are invited to participate in the annual Caesarstone Student Designer 2015 competition.

With South Africa’s top architects and interior designers judging the competition, and amazing prizes, the competition enables students to design for a realistic client brief. Participation is aimed at second-year and third-year students.

This year’s competition brief was conceptualised by lauded South African architect Stefan Antoni who calls it A Space for the Soul, A Place for the Senses.

Students must design a space that gives its occupants a place to unwind and find inner restoration as a response to the fast-paced world we live in.

Antoni offers advice to student designers.

“We’re trying to get everybody to slow down. Don’t over-clutter things, try to really delve deep in your mind and come up with something that’s very special,” Antoni says.

The winning student and their design mentor (lecturer) will win a trip to an overseas design fair of their choice worth

R80 000. The second-place winner will win R10 000 and the third-place winner R5 000.

Top South African interior design guru and competition judge Dorothy van’t Riet also has a word of advice.

“It’s going to give you the opportunity to dig deep within your creativity, right within yourself, where you never thought you had it, but you actually do,” says Van’t Riet.

The award ceremony will be held in Johannesburg in October. The nine competition finalists will have the opportunity to meet the judging panel and engage with guests regarding their design concepts.

“We love hosting this competition every year, because it provides exceptional opportunities to up-and-coming interior designers and architects, who get to expose their work to the industry’s top designers,” says Trevor King, Caesarstone marketing director.

Winners of the competition are often offered jobs on the evening of the awards, or as a direct result of winning first place. ) Download the brief from www.caesarstone.co.za.

Notice in respect of a licence application in terms of the Petroleum Products Act, 1977 (Act No 120 of 1977).

This notice serves to inform parties that may be interested or affected that Black Ginger 129 (Pty) Ltd, hereinafter referred to as ‘the applicant’, has submitted an application for a site licence, application number C/2015/01/29/0004.

Erf 2455, district Bethlehem, Vrystaat 5 Muller Street Bethlehem The purpose of the application is for the applicant to be granted a licence to undertake petroleum retailing activities as detailed in the application. Arrangement for viewing the application documentation can be made by contacting the Controller of Petroleum Products at: * Tel. 057 391 1300 * Fax: 057 352 2673 * E-mail: Pini.Machogo@energy.gov.za Any objections to the issuing of a licence in respect of this application, which must clearly quote the application number above, must be lodged with the Controller of Petroleum Products within a period of twenty (20) working days from the date of publication of this notice. Such objections must be lodged at the following physical or postal address: Physical address The Controller of Petroleum Products Department of Energy The Strip Building, 314 State Way Welkom 9460

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Stadium eagerly awaited

THE new-look Seisa Ramabodu Stadium will be completed soon. } Sidwell Guduka THE Seisa Ramabodu Stadium is on track for completion by the end of the year.

This is according to Premier Ace Magashule in his State of the Province Address (Sopa) at the University of the Free State’s Vista Campus on Tuesday, 24 February.

The stadium, which is situated in Rocklands, Bloemfontein, was closed in early 2012 to allow for renovations to take place.

The original structure was demolished to make way for a bigger, more aestheticallyappealing facility.

“Once construction has been completed,

the Seisa Ramabodu Stadium is going to become the second biggest stadium to be built in a township in South Africa after the Orlando Stadium in Soweto,” said Magashule.

Seisa Ramabodu has been home to the local Premier Soccer League (PSL) side Bloemfontein Celtic, who have moved their home matches to the Free State Stadium and Kaizer Sebothelo Stadium, which is situated about 55 km away from the City of Roses.

Phunya Sele Sele used to attract big crowds when they played at Seisa Ramabodu, but attendance figures have somewhat

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dwindled for the Mangaung-based team partly due to the fact that fans have to travel a long distance to watch their beloved club in action.

Therefore, fans are eagerly awaiting their club’s return to its “slaughter house” sooner rather than later.

“As supporters of the club we are happy that construction at Seisa Ramabodu is nearing completion.

“We can’t wait for the official re-opening of the venue. We really miss the atmosphere we used to create there,” said Botha Msila, the most recognisable Celtic fan.

“We are hoping that all our supporters will return to the stadium in their numbers when our stadium has been completed.

“Most of our supporters are unemployed and they cannot afford to travel to town or Botshabelo to watch the team.

“The Seisa Ramabodu Stadium is walking distance for most of us,” said Botha.

Celtic travel to the Bidvest Stadium in Johannesburg’s Milpark to face Wits in an Absa Premiership encounter on Friday (06/03) at 20:00. ) Read more about the Sopa on the Express website www.express-news.co.za.

ARE YOU A MEMBER OF A SPORT/RECREATIONAL CLUB IN DIHLABENG?

YOU ARE INVITED! All the members of the Federations from different Sporting Codes, Sport Clubs and Organizations that represents sport (at least three members from each sporting code) are invited to the Bethlehem Sport and Recreation Council meeting. The meeting will take place:

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17 March 2015 Bohlokong New Community Hall 17:00

The purpose of the meeting is to elect the new Bethlehem Sport and Recreation Council.

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SUPPORTERS INVITED: The Orlando Pirates branch in the Thabo Mofutsanyana Region will host the 2015 reopening event on Saturday, 14 March, at the Phekolong Park near the hospital at 10:00. Braaivleis will be served for R30. Supporters are urged to bring their own drinks. For more information, call Excellent Hlalele, regional organiser, on 073-318-9967.

Maluti resist relegation } Tladi Moloi PHUTHADITJHABA. – Jonny Mafereka, the Maluti FET College mentor, is adamant that his struggling outfit will survive relegation – regardless of having given away points to Cape Town All Stars on their home turf on Thursday (05/03) afternoon.

The college boys have failed to collect at least one point of a possible six within three days.

They lost 0-2 to All Stars before they were hammered 0-5

by Highlands Park on Sunday (08/03) at the Makhulong Stadium.

Maluti are rooted at the bottom of the National First Division (NFD) log with 11 points in 21 league games.

The Qwaqwa-based team needs at least five consecutive wins out of only nine remaining fixtures to survive relegation.

They are just two points behind Garankuwa United in 15th place.

Mafereka said they would survive.

“We have more games to play and we know in soccer it’s not over until it’s over,” Mafereka

said.

“We just need to change some things and start winning games.

“The home games are very important and that is where we should at least get maximum points.”

This team is no stranger to the position it finds itself in.

Its players also had to hang on for dear life last season under the mentorship of Morena Ramorebudi.

It was thanks to Roses United’s and Blackburn Rovers’ poor runs that the team survived.

It remains to be seen if the Maluti FET College will be able to produce miracles and avoid the relegation zone with the tika-teka fancy type of football they are playing.

“I am not happy with the way the team is playing.

“We need to score goals and stop giving away ball possession.

“My players should start to take responsibility when on the field.

“We always knock the ball, but the problem is that in the end we lose while playing a charming kind of football,” Mafereka said.

STRUGGLING: Temelo Mokwa of the Maluti FET College in action.

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Free State Stars out to hunt the Birds } Tladi Moloi BETHLEHEM. – The grass will surely suffer when the two teams fighting for freedom from relegation in the Absa Premier League, Free State Stars and Moroka Swallows, lock horns on Wednesday (11/03) at the Dobsonville Stadium.

Kick-off is at 19:30.

Both teams come into this encounter with open wounds after suffering losses

during the weekend’s encounters.

Ea Lla Koto suffered a 0-2 loss to the league’s defending champions, Mamelodi Sundowns, while the Dube Birds lost 0-1 away to Platinum Stars.

The Bethlehem boys will be hoping to use their knobkierie to hit the Birds hard in their mission to get the three much-needed points that could see them moving up at least one place on the log.

They are in 13th position with 22

points in 22 league games, while Swallows are second from the bottom with 19 points in 21 games.

Swallows will have to play in the promotional play-offs, should they finish in the same spot – that means Amazulu, who are rooted at the bottom of the table, will be relegated automatically.

However, the Stars mentor, Kinnah Phiri, believes that his boys are capable of winning.

In their previous games, they played to five draws and lost one.

“We just need luck,” Phiri says.

“The players are fighting and they know what they want.

“We still have a few games to play and we will keep on fighting.”

Phiri says they know that playing against Swallows will not be an easy task.

“They will come out with guns blazing, because they are fighting for their lives.”

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