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E F S ASTERN REE TATE TEL: 058 - 3035411 WEDNESDAY 9 APRIL 2014 WWW.EXPRESS-NEWS.CO.ZA WWW.EXPRESSPAPER.MOBI FREE } Tladi Moloi MATOWANE MPHUTHI, the chairperson of the Thabo Mofutsanyana Mining Associ- ation, has resigned. Mphuthi, who has guided the association since October last year, has resigned last week and news reaching Express Eastern Free State is that he had resigned by SMS followed by an email on Monday. He confirmed that he had jumped ship giving business commitments as the reason for his resigna- tion. “It is true that I have resigned. I needed more time to focus on my business of sandstone and building sand. I don’t want a position anymore, but I will remain a loyal member of the associa- tion,” he said. Mphuthi said he had indeed sent the members of the associa- tion an SMS informing them about his resigna- tion. The SMS was followed by emailing a formal letter to the secretary on Monday morning. He also pointed out that he would love to see the associa- tion going forward. “They depended on me at all times and that was not doing them any favours. They always had to wait for me for the meetings. If I was not around it meant there was no progress, so I think they will be able to work now that I am no longer there. Howev- er, I am still available for advice,” he said. Mphuthi said he wished the association a long life. He hoped members of the association would take it forward. “It will benefit the economy of Thabo Mofutsan- yana if they take good care of this baby. There is more money in mining,” he said. Mphuthi has, however, criticized the lack of skills among the members of the association and added that it worried him. “I organised some of the skills workshops for them during my time. They should keep on doing that to go forward. As for now, there are more problems, because some of them have never had a chance to be in a leader- ship position like me,” he said. He said one of the changes he made was insisting that members had businesses as some members in key posi- tions did not have active businesses. “Some of those people don’t have existing businesses and that makes it difficult when we talk busi- ness,” Mphuthi said. Mphuthi phoned Express EFS on Monday afternoon and said he had been asked by the association to come to the meeting to discuss his resignation. He said the members were not happy about it. Kopano Mokoena, the secretary of the association, said he was not in a position to confirm the resignation and added that they had called Mphuthi to a meeting today at 10:00 to discuss the matter. “I will report back after the meeting,” he said. Chairman opts out Members of mining association feel left in the lurch MATOWANE MPHUTHI, the chairperson of the Thabo Mofutsanyana Mining Association, who resigned. Photo: Tladi Moloi “They depended on me at all times and that was not doing them any favours. They always had to wait for me for the meetings. If I was not around it meant there was no progress, so I think they will be able to work now that I am no longer there.” – Matowane Mphuthi Find us on Facebook at ExpressEFS

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} Tladi Moloi

MATOWANE MPHUTHI, thechairperson of the ThaboMofutsanyana Mining Associ-

ation, has resigned.Mphuthi, who has

guided the associationsince October last year,has resigned last weekand news reachingExpress Eastern FreeState is that he hadresigned by SMSfollowed by an emailon Monday.

He confirmed thathe had jumped shipgiving businesscommitments as thereason for his resigna-tion. “It is true that Ihave resigned. Ineeded more time tofocus on my business ofsandstone and buildingsand. I don’t want aposition anymore, but Iwill remain a loyal

member of the associa-tion,” he said.

Mphuthi saidhe had indeedsent themembers ofthe associa-tion an SMSinformingthem abouthis resigna-tion. The SMS

was followed byemailing a formal letter to

the secretary on Mondaymorning.

He also pointed out that hewould love to see the associa-tion going forward.

“They depended on me atall times and that was notdoing them any favours. Theyalways had to wait for me forthe meetings. If I was notaround it meant there wasno progress, so I think theywill be able to work now thatI am no longer there. Howev-er, I am still available foradvice,” he said.

Mphuthi said he wished theassociation a long life. Hehoped members of theassociation would take itforward. “It will benefit theeconomy of Thabo Mofutsan-yana if they take good care ofthis baby. There is moremoney in mining,” he said.

Mphuthi has, however,criticized the lack of skillsamong the members of theassociation and added that itworried him.

“I organised some of theskills workshops for themduring my time. They shouldkeep on doing that to go

forward. As for now, thereare more problems, becausesome of them have never hada chance to be in a leader-ship position like me,” hesaid.

He said one of the changeshe made was insisting thatmembers had businesses assome members in key posi-tions did not have activebusinesses. “Some of thosepeople don’t have existingbusinesses and that makes itdifficult when we talk busi-ness,” Mphuthi said.

Mphuthi phoned Express EFSon Monday afternoon andsaid he had been asked bythe association to come tothe meeting to discuss hisresignation. He said themembers were not happyabout it.

Kopano Mokoena, thesecretary of the association,said he was not in a positionto confirm the resignationand added that they hadcalled Mphuthi to a meetingtoday at 10:00 to discuss thematter.

“I will report back after themeeting,” he said.

Chairman opts outMembers of mining association feel left in the lurch

MATOWANE MPHUTHI, the chairperson of the Thabo MofutsanyanaMining Association, who resigned. Photo: Tladi Moloi

“They depended on me at all times and that wasnot doing them any favours. They always had towait for me for the meetings. If I was not aroundit meant there was no progress, so I think theywill be able to work now that I am no longer

there.” – Matowane Mphuthi

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} Tladi Moloi

TATE MAKGOE, the Free State MEC forEducation, says his department will soongive farm school principals laptops and freeinternet connection.He says this was motivated by the

communication challenges that they had inthe past when communicating with thefarm school principals.“We want each and every principal of the

farm schools to have access to the internet.We want to communicate with them easier.If connectivity can be improved, they canfacilitate communication much better.“We understand that laptops make

everyone work overtime. It will also reducethe cost of us having to drive to all thefarm schools to deliver the letters,” he says.The MEC revealed this during a recent

interview with Express Eastern Free State atthe Tiisetsang Secondary School where hehad a meeting with the farm schoolprincipals from the Thabo MofutsanyanaDistrict Municipality.“Our big challenge is that they always

have to drive to the district office to gettheir letters. Sometimes we need themurgently and we can’t find them becausethey are busy collecting the letters. Attimes, if there is a meeting, they have toleave the schools, which means there is noschool on that day,” he says.If they all have laptops and internet they

will be able to send emails and the goodthing about an email is that they will getthe information immediately.“We also believe that you will be able to

access the common test and everything,” hesays.

Makgoe says they have already boughtsome computers and that they will soonhand them out.“We wanted to do it step by step but we

realised that with this new budget, wewould have to do it once so that everybodyhas got this access and we know that weare done,” he says.

Rural principalsreceive laptops

TATEMAKGOE, the Free StateMEC for Edu­cation. Photo: Tladi Moloi

} Tladi Moloi

RESIDENTS of the Maluti-a-PhofungLocal Municipality (MAP) have mixedfeelings about the termination of thecontroversial 25-year electricity contractbetween the power supplier RuralMaintenance and the local municipality.Rural has recently announced the

termination of the contract and now theresidents who had their electricitymeters installed by the electricitycompany are left in the dark.The company started operating in the

MAP municipal area from 1 Septemberlast year, even though the contractsigned by the former municipal manager,Madala Ntombela, was effective since3 April last year.Jacob Mabaso, Rural Maintenance

communications manager, says thecommunity should not be worried aboutthe electricity meters that they haveinstalled during their time. He says theywill not remove them, but the municipal-ity will decided if they service them orreplace them.“We are not working there any longer

and we can’t go to the houses andremove the meters,” he says.Mabaso says that they will take the

municipality to court.“They owe us R32 million and we will

take them to court to get that money,”he says.The municipality could not be reached

for a comment.

This is what people had to say onExpress Eastern Free State’s Facebookpage:Not happy at all. – Makhetha KhotsoThis is a serious problem. I think they

must just give back the electricity backto Eskom because the problem here iswith the municipality. – Stona MosikidiThis is bad because under Rural things

were always up to date. Now Rural isgone sentse owa motlakase nxa. –Innocentia Relebohile MahlabaNo! No! Not at all. – Phomolo DlaminiThe breaches that forced Rural to

cancel the contract include the munici-pality’s:) failure to pay for its own consumptionamounting to R32,6 million;) wilful interference with the implemen-tation of the contract despite beinginterdicted by the High Court in August2013 to prevent such conduct;) instructions to vendors of electricitynot to pay money owing by them toRural;) refusal to co-operate with Rural to

implement effective debt collectionmeasures resulting in material debtsbeing accrued to the detriment of thepublic; and) refusal to pay to Rural funds receivedby the municipality for electricityconsumed, which funds are required topay Eskom to prevent disconnection.– Thapelo MolebatsiThe issue of electricity at the MAP

Municipality needs a serious interven-tion. People cannot continue to live likethis. The municipality might as well giveEskom the tender before more blackoutshappen. – Papi Pavlov MolopaNot happy; there goes the best re-

sourced company that served thecommunity with pride and they werededicated. – Law MotsatseKe mathata feela masepala wa rona wa

bora. Again they take the money that’ssupposed to help us with resources,especially electricity. Retlo teneha, thisthing is going too far aga maan.– Mokebe NyatsoAou, people. How can we be happy

while we are now struggling like this?We don’t have electricity because ofthat. And that is going to happen nexttime because I heard that Rural hadpaid all what the MAP owed to Eskom.What is happening with our municipal-ity?– Beauty Deekay Waha ShabanguI think it’s a sad thing to happen to

our beloved Qwaqwa. Another case ofincompetence by municipalities full ofpeople who only care about their ownpockets. I had a chance of interacting/dealing with Rural people during theDecember holidays, a bunch of profes-sional people, I must say.I guess sanity will prevail one day,

after all, nothing lasts forever. – Mpiya-khe KhozaI am afraid that most of the comments

are uninformed, hear-say issues and notinformative about how Rural wasbossing the municipality. How do weexplain an illegal 25-year contract? Howthe hell is Rural threatening to switchoff electricity at hospitals, schools, etc.?Mr Khosa, I don’t think you were aroundwhen the Traffic Department werewithout electricity. How about themunicipality itself? – Samson Mo-homaneSo now, Mr Samson, what do you say

about people who paid for that electricitybecause now I feel that they have beenneglected. Do they know what is going tohappen now with the so-called municipal-ity? Do they have any energy plans? –Fale Mic

Residents dividedon power contract

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A STUDENT of the Maluti FET College inQwaqwa died when the taxi they weretravelling in collided with a Mercedes-Benzand the taxi overturned.

The accident happened about 4 kmoutside Phuthaditjhaba on the R57 Roadtowards Kestell last Tuesday morning.

Libe David Mokoena (21) died on thescene while Zandile Hlongwane wastransferred to the Pelonomi Hospital in

Bloemfontein after she had sustained aneck injury.

The driver of the Mercedes-Benz,Mpho Libitsa, the principal of the Boiket-long Primary School, is recovering at theMediclinic Hoogland in Bethlehem.

The 22-seater taxi was transporting thecollege students to Sasolburg where theminister of Higher Education and Train-ing, Blade Nzimande, was launching aplacement programme.

The taxi collided head-on with the

Mercedes which was on its way to Phutha-ditjhaba.

The cause of the accident is still un-known.

There were 22 students in the taxi.The injured students were rushed to the

Mofumahadi Mmanapo Regional Hospitalfor treatment.

Makgala Moloi-Labase, the marketingmanager at the college, confirmed theaccident. She said that only one studenthad died in the accident while another had

been taken to Bloemfontein after sustain-ing a neck injury.

“Mokoena was doing her experientialtraining at Bibi Cash & Carry inQwaqwa.

“She had completed her BusinessManagement course at the Main Campuslast year,” she said.

Moloi-Labase said the other studentswere discharged on the same day andwere later dropped off at their respectivehomes.

THE fourth Annual SABFoundation Social InnovationAwards are now open forentry to entrepreneurs andbusinesses offering sustaina-ble socially innovativeproducts and processes.

These products andprocesses should directlyaddress the challenges facedby low-income women, youth,people living with disabilitiesand people living in ruralareas.

The SAB Foundation SocialInnovation Awards 2014 offera first-place grant of R1million, a second-place grantof R500 000 and a third-placegrant of R350 000. In addition,several seed grants areawarded to deserving andstand-out innovations.

The Social InnovationAwards were launched in2011 as part of the SABFoundation’s primary focusto ignite a culture of entre-preneurship in South Africa.To date, the awards haveinvested in more than 40entrepreneurs and theirinnovations at a total cost ofover R11 million.

“It is important that morepeople participate in SouthAfrica’s social and economiclife if high-impact andsustainable levels of jobcreation are to be achieved.

“More so, an innovativethread of thinking is funda-mental in providing thenecessary force to make areal dent,” says BoipeloNkadimeng, SAB head:Enterprise Development andCommunity Partnerships.

Business grant awards areprovided to help upscale andcommercialise the innovativesolution, a process which issupported by the SABFoundation over a period oftwo years or longer, asneeded.

The size of the grant isdesigned to allow for substan-tive progress to be made bythe winners.

Product innovations cover

goods and services which canbe divided into “new” or“improved”. A new productmay use advanced technologyand knowledge, or a combi-nation of the two, while animproved product is one thatalready exists, and itsperformance has beenenhanced.

Process innovations involveadapting and creativelyimproving ways of deliveringa product or service. Thiscould come from changes inknowledge, perception and/orunderstanding. The innova-tion solution must haveprogressed past an idea andmust have proof of concept.This means that applicantsmust be able to showevidence that prior toentering the competition theyhave invested time and/orcapital developing theinnovation. The social impactof the innovation is a strongselection criterion.

An open competition putsinnovator applicants andtheir innovation through arigorous, phased adjudicationprocess. In the end, invest-ments are made in thoseinnovations which areinnovative, scalable and canbe commercialised.

The winners are an-nounced during an awardsceremony later this year.

An in-depth needs analysisof each finalist’s business isundertaken and this deter-mines the design of abusiness developmentstrategy, grant funding andcustomised mentorship.

Entries into the competi-tion close at midnight on 30May and SAB will invitesuccessful candidates to aselection interview.

To enter SAB KickStart,access one of the followingchannels:

Website: www.sabkick-start.net

Tel: 011-881-8493Email: [email protected]

miller.com.

FET student dies in accident

Awards openfor entries

THE Bethlehem Magistrate’sCourt has ordered PieterPelser of Riemland Hidrouliesto pay his former employee,Jan Christoffel Goodchild allthe outstanding monies due tohim and he was also finedR500.

Pelser, the owner of awelding company in the area,appeared before the court afterrefusing to comply with thelabour inspector’s instruction

to pay an amount of R3 325,44owed to Goodchild in over-time payments for theperiod of April to 22 July lastyear.

Pelser was expected toappear in court again yester-day with proof of payment forboth the worker’s wages aswell as the fine to the court.

At the time of print theoutcome of this court case wasnot known.

Owner ordered to pay

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} Christo van Staden

AT the turn of the century in 1800,the plains around Golden Gateteemed with game. In 1836 it wasnoted by Major Sir WilliamCornwallis Harris, well-knownEnglish military engineer, artistand hunter, that it sometimesseemed as if the whole landscapewas one moving mass of antelopewhich included thousands ofblesbok, zebra and black wilde-beest.

A weekend in one of the 24chalets, built to resemble an 18thcentury Basotho village, at theBasotho Cultural Village in theGolden Gate Highlands NationalPark, leaves you with the sameimpression: plains teeming withgame.

While you sit on the stoep ofyour chalet, the antelope come andgo, visiting the brooks next to thecamp and grazing, especially earlyin the morning. The herds of elandand zebra seem to prefer movingtogether, whilst the blesbok andred hartebeest also keep together.Springbok and black wildebeestalso roam the area.

Apart from the animal sightings,a weekend at the Cultural Villageleaves your soul peaceful andrested with the images in yourmind of the golden sunrises andsunsets on the beautiful sandstonecliffs in the area and the play ofdifferent colours on the grassveldduring the day.

The chalets are luxurious andcomfortable, with everything youmight need. And you will need anice afternoon nap, because youneed to rise with the first goldensunrays to watch the spectacularnatural scenery surrounding you.

You should also take theopportunity to take a guided tour

of the Cultural Village Museum,which is also on the premises.Meet the chief and his first wife.Learn some of the interesting factsabout the Basotho culture. Did youknow that the community selectsthe chief’s first wife, that sheselects his second wife and thatthe chief only has a choice in theselection of his third wife?

The changes in building stylesthrough the decades can also beseen in the houses that wereerected as part of the museum.

The museum, as well as arestaurant and tea garden,conference facilities and a curioshop, are all managed by the FreeState Department of Sport, Artsand Culture.

But be warned: You might be sofascinated by the scenes from youstoep that you will refuse to movean inch!

For more information on theCultural Village, go to www.san-parks.co.za, or phone the nationalpark on 058-255-1000.) Express and SANParks run acompetition in which one luckyreader who enters before the endof April stands a chance to win aweekend stay for a family of fourin the Basotho Cultural Village.All you need to do, is to visit theExpress mobisite (www.expresspa-per.mobi), login and enter.If you have not registered before,now is you opportunity. Toregister, go to the mobisite byopening your phone’s internetbrowser, type www.expresspa-per.mobi and enter. Follow theinstructions to register. Directionson how to enter the competitionwill be on the site. The winnerswill be announced in the edition of7 May.

A VIEW of the chalets at the Basotho Cultural Village. The chalets imitate the style of an 18th century Basotho village. Photos: Christo van Staden

ZEBRAS drinking water in a brook close to the Cultural Village.

A HOUSE depicting the building style of earlier in the previous century. Photo: Kobus van StadenTHE chalets are luxurious and comfortable.

Win a Basotho experience

APPLICATIONS for special votesin this year’s national andprovincial elections opened onMonday and will continue untilThursday, 17 April, between09:00 and 17:00 at local IECoffices.

Special votes will be cast onMonday, 5 May, and Tuesday, 6May. There are two categories ofspecial votes:1. Home visits: Election

officials will visit voters whohave successfully applied for ahome visit due to physical

infirmity, disability or pregnan-cy. These home visits will beconducted on Monday, 5 May,and on Tuesday, 6 May.2. Special voting at your

registered voting station: Anyvoter who will be absent fromthe voting district where theyare registered on Election Daymay cast their vote early.

It will take place at the votingstation where the voter isregistered on Monday, 5 May,and Tuesday, 6 May, between09:00 and 17:00.

Applications for both catego-ries must be made by completinga VEC 1 form (available onwww.elections.org.za or at localoffices of the IEC) and must besubmitted by hand to the localIEC office in the municipalityresponsible for the voting districtwhere the special vote is to becast.

The forms will not be acceptedat national or provincial officesand cannot be faxed, emailed orposted.

Special-vote applicants may use

a proxy to deliver the VEC 1form to the local IEC office inthe municipality where theyintend to vote, but the form itselfmust be signed by the votersthemselves.

Unlike previous national andprovincial elections, applicationsfor special votes will no longerbe accepted at voting stations onspecial voting days.

Only voters who have pre-ap-proved applications submittedduring the window period of 7 to17 April will be able to cast a

special vote.Having submitted the VEC 1

application form, voters willbe informed of the outcome oftheir application via SMS oremail.

They can also check theirstatus on the website (www.elec-tions.org.za).

A list of local IEC officeaddresses is available on the IECwebsite (http://www.elec-tions.org.za/content/About-Us/Contact-Us/) or voters can call0800-11-8000.

Voters can now apply for special votes

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} Tladi Moloi

DLA2 FC and the Free StateStars Development Academy havewon the Safa Thabo Mofutsanya-na and SAB Regional Leaguesrespectively.

The two teams are top in theirrespective streams. Dla2, a teamfrom Qwaqwa, have won streamA while Stars claimed first spotin the B stream.

Dla2 finished top with 43points in 18 games with Dikwe-na FC coming second with 42points after the same number ofgames.

United Wanderers FC finishedthird with 36 points in 18 gamesin that stream.

Mighty Wits FC, who are thedefending champions, have failedto do it again as they finished

third in the B stream. They couldonly watch Stars going away withthe league while FK FC, a teamfrom Senekal, secured a secondspot.

Stars have won the stream with39 points in 18 games.

FK, who are second, will playtheir last game against CityRamblers from Clarens onSaturday at the KgubetsoanaSports Grounds in Clarens.

Kick-off is at 15:00. FK willfinish on 38 points should theywin the game.

However, the two teams knowthat the season is not yet overas they still have to playagainst each other to decidethe overall champions of theregion.

The winner of the two willrepresent the region in theprovincial promotional play-offsagainst other teams from Lejwe-leputswa, Mangaung Metro, FezileDabi and Xhariep.

The date and venue for theplay-offs are yet to be con-firmed.

Two teams top in their streams

FREE STATE STARS players in red against City Ramblers of Cla­rens. Photo: Tladi Moloi

The winner of the twowill represent the re-gion in the provincialpromotional play-offsagainst other teamsfrom Lejweleputswa,Mangaung Metro, Fe-zile Dabi and Xhariep.

} Tladi MoloI

A RELEGATION BATTLE continues forFree State Stars as they welcome SuperSportUnited in a league encounter today at theCharles Mopeli Stadium in Qwaqwa.

Kick-off is scheduled for 18:00.The struggling Ea Lla Koto come to this

encounter sitting second last on the log tablewith 21 points in 24 games while United aresitting on position 6 with 37 points after thesame number of games. Stars suffered a 2-1defeat to Amazulu on Saturday at the MosesMabhida Stadium in Durban. United aremotivated after they narrowly beat OrlandoPirates by 1-0 on Saturday and will hope tocontinue their winning streak.

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} Tladi Moloi

ZEBRA FORCE FC continues to dominatethe Dihlabeng Mayoral League while SuperSport suffered a setback. Force is sitting topon the log table with 66 points in 27 gameswith Karolo and Super Sport coming secondand third respectively. They are six andeight points behind the log leaders with

seven games remaining. Weekend results:) Zebra Force 4 vs Economas Eagles 0.) Tshuks 3 vs Slabberts Ajax 5)Mighty Wits 6 vs Tower United 1) Uprising 2 vs Pappilion 3)AC Milan 2 vs Golden Eagles 1) Denma Super Eagles 5 vs Super Sport 3)Karolo 6 vs Cafu 1) Real Madrid 2 vs Mighty Gunners 2

Zebra Force still on top

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} Tladi Moloi

THE stage is set at the CharlesMopeli Stadium in Qwaqwa forthe much anticipated NedbankCup quarter-final clash betweenAfrican Warriors and MaritzburgUnited.

The contest, which is regardedas a David against Goliathbattle, is set for Saturday.Kick-off is scheduled for 15:00.

This game will surely not onlybe a fight for a place in thesemi-finals but it is also a matterof pride, eventhough the teamsplay in different leagues. Itbrings the coach, Steve Komphe-la, head to head against hisformer assistant, David Vilakazi.And now the question is, whowill win it or who wants victory

the most?Komphela has worked with

Vilakazi at Platinum Stars andFree State Stars.

During an interview withExpress Eastern Free State afterMaihlome Ihlasele qualified forthe quarter-finals of the competi-tion, Vilakazi pointed out that hewould not like to play United butrather one of the big three,Orlando Pirates, Kaizer Chiefs orMamelodi Sundowns.

“I would prefer not to playagainst United because Komphe-la is my blood brother. However,the fixtures are out and I haveto plan for his downfall. Thefixtures were made in heaven.Only God knows what theoutcome of the game will be,” hesays.

Vilakazi warned United thatthey would give them troubleshould they take them lightly.“The game is not about how wellwe know each other as coachesbecause it is going to be elevenmen against eleven men in thefield. The only thing that willcount is who wants it more andwe know that one team will winthe game at the end of the day.”

Vilakazi says they will beworking hard to prepare theboys mentally after they havesuffered a 1-0 defeat to Santos ontheir home turf on Sunday.“This is a cup game. We areplaying a premier league teamand surely the boys will bemotivated by that.”

The Warriors advanced to thisstage of the competition after

eliminating Milano United AFCby 1-0 while United beat Plati-num Stars by 3-1 on penaltiesafter the match had ended in a1-1 draw in extra time.

Both teams know that thegame will have to be decided ona lottery of penalties should itend in a draw at the end of 120minutes. However, the Qwaqwa-based side would not like thegame to go into penaltiesbecause shoot-outs have been anightmare for them.

They missed three penalties intheir last three games. Theymissed a penalty when theywent down 3-2 against theNational First Division rookiesof Baroka FC, missed again intheir goalless draw againstWitbank Spurs before missing

the last one on Sunday whenthey lost 1-0 to Santos.

The game promises to havegoals as the in-form Unitedscored goals in their past threeleague games. United have foundthe back of the net on fiveoccasions in the last three gamescompared to the one goal of theWarriors. They have bothconceded three goals.

The two teams are strangers toeach other as they have neverplayed in a competition nor afriendly game. This will be theirfirst official encounter. Judgingfrom the previous encounters,United has the upper handcoming to the contest and theyare the hot favourites toprogress to the semi-finals of thecompetition.

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EXPERIENCE: RobynJohannes, the Mar­itzburg United de­fender, will be hop­ing for a clean sheetwhen his side meetsAfrican Warriors inthe quarter­finals ofthe Nedbank Cup onSaturday at theCharles Mopeli Sta­dium. Photos: Tladi Moloi

MOTIVATED: MuziwandileKhwela, African Warriorsplayer, will be gunning toguide his team to defeatMaritzburg United who arethe hot favourites to ad­vance to the semi­finals of

It’s Komphela vs. Vilakazi

E F SASTERN REE TATEMOTIVATED: MuziwandileKhwela, African Warriorsplayer, will be gunning toguide his team to defeatMaritzburg United who arethe hot favourites to ad­vance to the semi­finals ofthe Nedbank Cup.

It’s Komphela vs. Vilakazi

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