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Rufus Botha

BLANDINA MAKATISI has become

the pride of Trompsburg.

This after she made a clean sweep at

the weekends athletics meetings in

Bloemfontein.

Blandina, an 18-year-old Trompsburg

high school learner, won first place in

the three races she took part in.

The talented Blandina scored a

distinction that not many athletes in

South Africa can write on their resume.

She lined up for the 3 000 m junior

womens event at the Free State track

and field championships on Friday.

This she won by the proverbial sea

mile.

The next morning she ran one of the

best races of her young career at the

South African 10 km road race champi-

onships which took place in Bloemfon-

tein. Here she pocketed gold in the

junior womens division with an

excellent 35:09. Makatisi left the silver

medal winner, Pamela Moyika (Western

Province, 38:46) behind by more than

three minutes.

After receiving her national gold

medal, it was back to the Mangaung

Stadium some hours later to contest the

junior womens 5 000 m at the men-

tioned Free State championships.

This lion-hearted young woman took

the race by the scruff of the neck and

won in an excellent time of 17:48:12.

In the process she lapped the silver

medalist in the race.

To think that Blandina is not only

the 10 km national junior champion but

that she actually came fourth overall is

simply mind-blowing, her coach, Anton

Mostert, says.

During the championships all athletes

run together with the juniors and seniors

as well as the males and females mixed in

one race.

Asked why she would have taken part in

so many races, Mostert said he really

wanted to test her capabilities.

We are not able to attend some events

that I know Blandina will win because of a

lack of sponsors and funding, Mostert

said.

In July and December last year, Blandi-

na was part of the Elana Meyer Endurocad

SA Endurance Academy taking place in

Cape Town.

Additional reporting Jabulani

Dlamini

Golden girl

Blandina

Wins three races within hours

BLANDINA MAKATISI Photos: Supplied

We are not able to

attend some events

that I know Blandina

will win, because of a

lack of sponsors and

funding.

AntonMostert

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Sidwell Guduka

MUZI GWEBU says he is

living in fear after he was

attacked by two white

students at the University of

the Free State (UFS) in

Bloemfontein last Monday.

The final-year B Com

Economics student alleges

that he was walking on a

pavement op campus at about

22:00 when a bakkie hit him

from behind. It sped off after

the incident.

Gwebu followed the vehicle

to the Armentum mens

residence and approached the

two occupants. Allegedly, an

argument ensued and Gwebu

was assaulted by the two

students.

He sustained an injury to

his face as a result.

When I approached those

guys, they jumped out of the

car and began to physically

assault me.

The driver of the bakkie

started hitting me with his

fists, while his friend held my

hands behind my back. Im

still shocked by their acts,

Gwebu tells Express.

I think the attack was

racially motivated. What

surprised me, was that one of

the security guards witnessed

the incident from start to

finish, but he didnt do

anything.

He just stood some metres

away as if nothing was happening. With

security guards like him, I think we are

not safe at all on campus, he says.

I finally managed to free myself from

the two guys. I went to the nearby hostel

to seek help from a friend.

He called an ambulance and I was

rushed to a hospital for medical attention,

he adds.

Gwebu is still traumatised by the

incident and he is battling to focus on his

studies.

Im struggling to get to terms with what

has happened.

I cant think straight. The whole

incident has disturbed me both mentally

and psychologically.

Im an off-campus student and every

time I go to the campus I feel uncomforta-

ble.

Im living in fear because the perpetra-

tors are still walking free. So I dont know

what will happen if I bump into them.

According to Gwebu, he reported the

incident to both Prof. Jonathan

Jansen and Rudi Buys. Jansen is

the UFSs vice-chancellor and

rector, while Buys is the dean of

Student Affairs.

Rudi was helpless. He didnt

give me any support, let alone

say sorry for what had happened

to me.

Prof. Jansen symphasised

with me.

He even sent his private

doctor to my residence on

Saturday to assist me medically

because I was in great pain. The

professor also bought me

medication.

In a statement released by the

UFS on Thursday, Jansen said:

I wish to thank my staff for

acting firmly as soon as this

tragic event came to our atten-

tion.

We worked through the night

to find and identify the perpetra-

tors. We traced the two students

and immediately handed them to

the police.

They were expelled. And

throughout this process we

offered counselling and support

to the victim of this violent act.

The two former students were

expelled and will now face

justice in the criminal courts.

It is hoped that in the course

of time they will come to their

senses and seek restoration and

reconciliation with the student

they so callously harmed.

They are not part of the

university community any-

more.

Capt. Chaka Marope, the police spokes-

person, said the suspects, Cobus Muller

and Charl Blom, appeared in the Bloemfon-

tein Magistrates Court on Thursday.

The suspects are charged with reckless

and negligent driving, which has been

converted to attempted murder.

They are also charged for assault and a

failure to stop after an accident.

The case was postponed to 9 April,

Marope tells Express.

Student lives in fear after attack

ASSAULTED: Damane Muzi Gwebu Photo: Sidwell Guduka

My view

DrMichael le

Corduer

Language

lecturer

THE principle that children should be

taught in their mother tongue for at least

the first six years of their schooling life is

universally acknowledged.

But sadly, 20 years on from our birth as

the rainbow nation, we have still not

resolved the issues that hamper delivery of

mother-tongue instruction to primary

school children across South Africa.

Can, and will, we ever solve this crisis?

Internationally, the 1996 Hague Recom-

mendations Regarding the Education Rights

of National Minorities proposed that in

primary school, the curriculum should

ideally be taught in the minority language

(mother tongue).

Our own Constitution unambiguously

states that our 11 official languages should

all enjoy parity of esteem and that every-

one has the right to receive education in

the official language or languages of their

choice in public educational institutions

where that education is reasonably practi-

cable.

Nearly eight years ago the former

national Education minister, Naledi Pandor,

acknowledged that study in the mother

tongue should introduce a diversity of

learning opportunities that have been

unavailable in South Africa in the past.

The policy recognises that past policy and

practice has disadvantaged millions of

children and it also promotes the effective

learning and teaching of the previously

neglected indigenous languages of South

Africa.

Why, under these circumstances, have

we made so little progress with the imple-

mentation of mother tongue education for

our children and why are the many

schools that continue to provide it under

such pressure?

At the heart of the problem is the belief

held by most black South Africans that

their home languages are of subsidiary

educational value.

In the absence of the government ade-

quately communicating the benefits of

delivering foundation skills to primary

school children in their mother tongue,

many capable children embark on primary

school learning in a language that they do

not understand and that their teachers

often cannot speak properly.

The unwitting result, despite the well-

meaning intentions of parents, is that

these young children go through the

schooling system and emerge with cognitive

development that may be seriously im-

paired.

Naturally the social problems these

children have to face become exceedingly

challenging and disadvantageous to their

future success.

Mother-tongue education at primary

school level provides an essential basis for

sound education at higher levels.

The challenge is for the government to

commit more towards engaging parents and

gaining their confidence and trust that

their children will receive a better educa-

tion if they are taught at least at primary

school in a language that they can

understand.

) Dr Michael le Cordeur is the chairper-

son of the Afrikaanse Taalraad (ATR)

and the Western Cape Language Com-

mittee. He is also a lecturer in Afri-

kaans Education at the Stellenbosch

University where he manages the BEd

Programme.

Mother-tongue schooling is key

SISI NTOMBELA, MEC

for Social Development

in the Free State, last

Tuesday handed over a

fleet of 77 new vehicles

to the South African

Social Security Agency

(Sassa) at the Mangaung

Outdoor Sports Centre in

Bloemfontein. The move

of acquiring new vehicles

will assist in enhancing

fast and adequate

service delivery in

the province.

Photo: Mike Modiba

All for service

delivery

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Palesa Motshabi

SECURITY GUARDS at the still

unused Bloemfontein main taxi

rank say they fear for their lives.

Sello Nkgashu (31), a security

guard at the rank, says he was

bitten and stabbed while on duty

three weeks ago and all he had to

defend himself with was a

two-way radio.

Nkgashu says he reported the

matter to SA Tiger security

company owner Jerry Goeieman,

but says he was simply told to

defend himself but he should not

kill anyone.

According to the security

guards, they work under danger-

ous conditions at the taxi rank

and the company is not doing

anything to ensure their safety.

Our job is to make sure that

we guard the property (taxi rank)

and that no one is mugged around

the taxi rank. Its not safe because

thugs come at us with dangerous

weapons intimidating us and even

threatening to wait for us when

we knock off, one of the guards

told Express.

About three weeks ago, 20 odd

guards at the rank went on strike

demanding better salaries and

improved working conditions.

The guards allegedly receive

only R1 000 from their promised

R2 600 monthly salary.

Another furious security guard,

Nthabeleng Selemela (33), says:

Goeieman is a cruel man. He

pays us half of our salary and

when you dont have any money

to come to work, he rather lends

you money with interest instead

of just paying us our money.

Selemela says that it is about

time that people know about the

way Goeieman is treating his

staff.

Now my funeral insurance has

lapsed because we dont get our

full salaries, says Selemela.

The guards said they have had

enough of not getting their full

salaries while the owner of the

company allegedly lives a lavish

life. He changes cars in a short

space of time.

He has a BMW X6, the latest

range, taxis, buses and many

other cars but he can hardly pay

us our money, say the disgrun-

tled guards.

Express contacted Goeieman on

several occasions to get his side of

the story but could not reach him

as his phone just rang unan-

swered or the call was ended.

Guards fear for their lives

Sello Nkgashu, one of the security guards at the unused Bloemfontein

main taxi rank, shows his scars after he was attacked by a thug.

Photo: Palesa Motshabi

SOME of the security guards based at the unused Bloemfontein main taxi rank. Photo: Palesa Motshabi

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A re bueng

Kutwane Kareli

Social observer

BOPHELONG re na le talente tse

fapaneng, tseo ka tsona re kgonang ho

ntshetsa maphelo a rona pele.

Ba bang talente tsa bona ke ho raha

bolo, ba bang botaki, mmino, mesuwe

jwalo jwalo.

Ke tadimme ka hloko taba e

ngongorehisang maikutlo, eleng taba ea

ho etsa talente tsa batho ba bang tsa

rona.

Re qetella re iphumana re fatela

morao jwalo ka dikgoho ka lebaka la

hore re batla ho tshwana le bo mang-

mang.

Ebang o sa abelwa ntho, okeke wa

kgona ho e phethahatsa kapa ea o

phedisa jwalo ka motho a e abetsweng.

Ha re e dulele majwana; sesosa sa

taba ena ke hore re na le batho bao

eleng dithatohatsi tsa rona bophelong,

haholoholo bao re lakatsang ho tshwana

le bona.

Sena ha se bolele hore re tlamehile ho

latela seo ba se etsang.

Mohlala; ha o na le thatohatsi ea

sebapadi sa bolo ea maoto, ha ho bolele

hore le wena okaba sebapadi sa bolo ea

maoto, kapa o se o tlamehile ho latela

talente eo.

Motho eo o moo hobane papadi ea

bolo ea maoto ke talente ea hae.

O ka bona hore wena talente ea hao

ke ho ba rakgwebo, empa o phirimelledits-

we ke hore o na le thatohatsi e itseng, e

etsang ho itseng.

Bathong ba batjha, tshusumelletso eba

kgolo ho latela mokgupi oo re ikamahan-

yang le ona.

Bo mphato ba rona ba qetella ba e na le

kgahlamelo e kgolo diqetong tseo re di

nkang ho latela seo re batlang ho iphu-

mana rele sona.

Qetellong ea letsatsi, o tla be o setse o le

mong, mme o ahile serobe phiri ese e jele.

O bona jwang hore na talente kapa neho

ea hao ke efe?

O bona ka lerato la ha ho ntho eo o

ratang ho e etsa, eseng eo o lakatsang ho e

etsa.

Mohlala; o rata ho taka, moo oleng teng

o tshwere pene le pampiri o taka dit-

shwantsho tse tlang ka hloohong ea hao.

Sena se bolela hore botaki bo ka tloha

ele neo le bonono ba hao, empa sena se o

siretse hobane o lakatsa ho ipona o bina.

Ho tshwana le motho ea lakatsang hoba

mosuwe, empa a itseba hore o na le

letswalo la ho ema ka pele ho batho, le

hore o motle haholo ka ho betla le ho

tjhesa tshepe.

Motho ea jwalo o sitwa ho hlokomela

hore talente ea hae ke ho sebetsa ka

tshepe, mme aka kgona le ho etsa dithuto

tsa mosebetsi wa tsepe dikolong tse fanang

ka wona, mme sena se mo tswele molemo.

Mohlalefi e mong o kile are; Bophe-

long ba hao ha o ka etsa ntho eo o e

ratang, okeke wa hlola o sebetsa bophelo

ba hao bohle.

Sena se bolela hore le ha o ka iphumana

o itshebetsa kapa o sebelletsa motho, o

keke wa ikutlwa eka o a sebetsa hobane

otlabe o etsa seo o se ratang.

Mooko wa taba ea ka ke ona; lekola

talente kapa neho ea hao, o se iphu-

mane o lelekisa talente tsa batho ba

bang.

Wa qetella o suha rapo la puleng,

phalo ese e eme le lesemela, bothata ele

ba kobo ea kgomo ho taboha.

Ere ke di behe mohatla kgwiti mona.

Ke Motaung Wa Rampai ea reng,

mehoma mobung, tjhaba sa Rantsho se

none.

)Mang kapa mang ea a batlang ho

ngola kholomong ena, a ka ikopanya

le Jabulani Dlamini ho 051-404-7910

kapa ho Jabulani.Dlamini@volks-

blad.com

)Mongodi ha ana ho lefiwa.

Sebedisa talente ya hao

Ebang o sa abelwa

ntho, okeke wa kgo

na ho e phethahat

sa kapa ea o phedi

sa jwalo ka motho a

e abetsweng.

Kutwane Kareli

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Pastor Mutombo Moise

WE need spiritual ears to

interpret and understand

Gods silence. God can

express Himself in many

ways, or as and how He wants.

God can use His voice or even His silence

to talk to His own people which you and I

are part of. Gods silence over you may be

saying: Wait for the right time because your

blessing is too big.

My son, increase in prayer first so you

may be strong enough to be able to carry the

blessing and maintain it and still remain in

me as your God and your provider.

When you misunderstand

Gods silence, you will find

yourself acting and your

action will be based on your

emotions, and your emotions

will point you the way out of

the will of God where you will be in more

trouble and gnashing your teeth without

comfort or consolation.

1 Samuel 1 v 6. Hannah was one the people

who suddenly found themselves struggling in

certain areas of their lives, although she

prayed, nothing seemed to be moving

forward in her life.

Hannah was rejected by the community.

When Hannah was rejected by man; she ran

to God but God received her with a silent

response. While in tears, rejection and

shame; God did not say anything to her for a

few years.

One thing that stood out about Hannah is

that she did not give up on her prayer life in

the midst of peoples rejection, condemnation

and God silence; rather she perfected her

faithfulness and perseverance in her prayer

towards God.

As a result of not misunderstanding Gods

silence the Bible says she was rewarded with

a child; a great prophet called Samuel.

You who are faced with so many challeng-

es and that could be barrenness, family and

friend rejection, doctors letters that say you

only have a few months to live, poverty and

shame, failure in life and career, spirit of

rising and falling. Do not give up because

God knows every prayer you have prayed

and every tear that comes out of your eyes.

He knows the time to intervene for you, just

keep your faith in Him and you will see that

your answer will not be ordinary but one

that makes everyone wondering.

To hear and learn more or about

healing and deliverance we invite you to

attend the New Horizon Ministry at the

Joe Solomon Primary School in Heidedal

every Sunday from 09:00 or SMS us your

prayer requests on 071-214-9404. God

bless.

Embracing Gods silence perfects your faith

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Prophet Godfrey Thomas

THE first principile God gave

Adam was management. The

main assignment given to

mankind is dominion over

earthly resources. Dominion is

the responsibility to manage

resources in the physical realm.

The divine role of God for us

is to extend His culture of

abundance, to earth, but we

must do it through management.

This was Gods First Command-

ment to humankind through

Adam and Eve (Genesis 2:4-5).

God can prosper you right

now, but He is holding back.

Why? He is looking to see if you

can manage what He has given

you. The only way that we are

going to survive today is to

understand this divine strategy

of God: management through

work. The word work is the

Greek word ergon which

means, to become.

God wants you to use earthly

resources to add value to

yourself. The more valuable you

become, the more resources are

attracted to you.

What is management? It is the

effective use and efficient

application of resources. It is

also the effective coordination of

resources for the successful

fulfilment of a predetermined

goal. God does not allow growth

until He sees management.

God will only entrust you with

what you can manage. When

God sees managers who are

managing effectively, He will add

to their resources (Matthew

25:24-29).

) Prophet Godfrey Thomas is

a writer and speaker. Enquir-

ies: 074-210-4096 or email:

[email protected].

Learn to be amanager


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Brian Nakedi

AS South Africans heads

towards the polls on May 7,

Express citizen journalist Brian

Nakedi retraces the late Nelson

Mandelas long walk to freedom

through Mangaung.

THE Provincial Executive

Committee of the ANC at the time

(1996) was led by the chairperson,

Segobelo Ace Magashule, and

included inter-alia Thabo Manyo-

ni, Pule Makgoe and Pat Matosa.

Oliver Mohapi was the presiding

mayor and Mojalefa Matlole the

city manager, while the writer

was the chairperson of the

Executive Committee of the City

of Bloemfontein.

This ceremony was supported

by leaders such as councillors

Alderman Voet du Plessis, Peter

Voster and Mme MaBendile in

addition to faith communities and

priests led by Rev Kgosiemang

Papane.

During his lifetime, the only

publicly known meeting that Dr

Nelson Mandela had held with

farmworkers in South Africa was

outside Tweespruit in the Thaba

Nchu district in 1993.

This meeting had been organ-

ised by the ANC leadership led by

its chairperson, Comrade Sekhupi

Malebo, and including Gregory

Nthatise, Geneva Morake and

Kaizer Sebothelo.

During his presidency, Madiba

in recognition of critical contribu-

tions of the Barolong people and

its leaders towards the empower-

ment of our people from across

leaps and bounds of our land

during the struggle through

education and training as both

spear and shield; built two schools

and a clinic as part of rural

education and development in

Thaba Nchu.

Mandela would also express a

direct interest in the discarded

people behind the curtain in

Botshabelo as described by Billy

Cobbert and B I Nakedi in the

formerly banned publication i.e.

Review of African Political Econo-

my.

He particularly wanted to

understand how together with the

gallant community of Botshabelo

in Mangaung did we manage to

prevent its incorporation by the

apartheid fiat into the Qwaqwa

Bantustan.

On separate occasions Sekhupi

Malebo in his capacity as the

chairperson of ANC Southern Free

State and I as a participant

researcher explained in similar

terms to the effect that it was

primarily through community

protestations, research, interna-

tional exposure and narrow legal

route that the Mangaung commu-

nity in Botshabelo retained their

deserved place outside the

Bantustan framework.

It is through this long walk to

freedom of Mandela in Mangaung

and interactions with its cad-

reship that the research that we

had conducted in addition to

contributions from activists such

as Itumeleng Kotsoane, Tsietsi

Setona, Fikile Mbalula, Itumeleng

Segalo, Father Mothoa and Father

Tshidi Mdluli amongst others,

would become invaluable to

Mandela and his contemporaries,

Walter Sisulu and Oliver Tambo.

Prior to his release Madiba had

consultation with the activists

from Mangaung at the Victor

Verster Prison; briefing them

about negotiations and among

such were Comrades Zingile

Dingaan, Moss Seheri, Tony

Marais, Moss Mogamise, Nape

Khomo, Itumeleng Mokoena,

Kaizer Sebothelo, Solomon

Sefotlhelo, Mariripe Molema,

Diratsagae Kganare, Sekhupi

Malebo and Maseng Mahabane.

It is not an exaggeration to

suggest that Madiba had a special

place in his revolutionary heart

for the Free State and more so,

Mangaung.

Madiba adored the Free State

probably influenced by its histo-

rical legacy of resistance struggle

during the struggle years.

Critical historical moments such

as the formation of the ANC at

the Waaihoek Township on 8

January 1912, the first Womens

Anti-Pass demonstrations in

Winburg, Philippolis and Bloem-

fontein in 1913 were to Seaparank-

we Mandela hallmarks of the

South African determination to

put apartheid to bed.

Mandela also interacted with

activists including Vincent

Matsepe, Khotso Sesele and Selelo

Dithebe when he visited other

areas in the province such as

Maokeng/Kroonstad, Matshabeng/

Welkom and Phuthaditjhaba/

Qwaqwa.

Madiba took to heart women

emancipation and this was

confirmed by his consideration for

the appointment of Dr Ivy Mat-

sepe-Cassaburi as the first woman

premier in South Africa for the

province of the Free State.

The Mandela Foundation had as

its first chief executive officer, an

erudite education veteran, social

justice activist and leader John

Samuel, who is also a resident of

Mangaung. It can be argued that

John Samuel is one of the living

memories of Mandelas legacy.

He continues to prevail over

Mandelas legacy in pursuance of

reconciliation and social justice

at the University of the Free State

(UFS).

The accomplished writer and

scholarly political commentator

Allister Sparks suggests that it

was from Majwemasweu just

outside Brandfort in the Bloemfon-

tein district that the origin of a

negotiated settlement for a

peaceful transition from apartheid

to democracy emanated.

The Mother of the Nation,

Winnie Mandela, was harassed by

the security branch when the

aforementioned white local

attorney Mr Piet de Waal inter-

vened.

) Brian Nakedi is an insolvency

practitioner, political econo-

mist, ANC member and Bloem-

fontein native.

) This is the third article of a

four part series. The last article

in this series will be published

next week.

Mandelas walk through the FS

Former Free State Premiers, the late Dr Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri and

Patrick Terror Lekota were both present at the occasion of awarding

the freedom of Bloemfontein to the late Nelson Mandela in 1997.

Photo: Supplied


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WILLIAM BULWANE, ANC Free State

spokesperson:

THE ANC in the Free State warmly

welcomes the statistics released by Statistics

South Africa on 11 February which shows

that the unemployment rate for the Free

State declined from 33,7% in the second

quarter to 33,0% in the last quarter in 2013.

According to the Quarterly Labour Force

Survey, the total number of people who are

employed in the province increased from

737 000 in the second quarter to 746 000 in the

third quarter. This means that the Free State

economy created 9 000 jobs between October

and December last year.

The ANC is further pleased that amongst

those sectors of the economy that created

jobs, agriculture, mining, trade, finance and

community and social services feature quite

prominently.

It pleases the ANC that, despite the

negative global economic conditions, as well

as the ever-increasing price of fuel, the

economy still manages to create jobs.

The decline in the unemployment rate for

the province is an illustration that indeed

the lives of the people have vastly improved

and South Africa is a much better place than

it was before 1994. It is the product of the

sound and solid policies of the ANC as

implemented by its government.

More of our people have been lifted out of

extreme poverty, we have created more jobs

than before, expanded social grant, housing

and basic services, housing and basic

services to our people, and further improved

access to better education and health care.

The ANC leadership in the province shall

continue working vigorously with business,

labour, civil society and other role players to

advance the gains of our democracy. We

shall leave no stone unturned in our quest to

ensure socio-economic freedom for all. It is

only through working together that we can

achieve economic emancipation in our

lifetime.

JOHANN ABRIE, Copes national spokes-

person:

IN light of the transgressions exposed in

the Treasury Report on the collapse of

accountability in the Free State government,

action against Ace Magashule is now

unavoidable. The report exposes a number of

irregularities concerning the construction of

a website which has cost taxpayers tens of

millions of rands.

The Congress of the People (Cope) is

calling for a Treasury investigation into the

Letlaka Group, and the R580 million that has

been misspent on the Estina Dairy Farm,

which belongs to President Jacob Zumas

friends, the Gupta trio, who are also the

employers of Magashules son.

Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan dis-

closed in a written reply in the National

Council of Provinces on 15 November 2013:

The National Treasury [had] concluded the

said investigation in February 2013.

That is a year ago now, and it is time for

action to be taken.

Cope demands a high-level police investi-

gation into the above contracts, as well as

an independent forensic investigation

regarding all contracts signed off by the

Free State government in the last five years.

Zuma is duty-bound to fire Magashule as

the Free State premier. He must do so

notwithstanding his obligation to Magashule

for his support at the Mangaung Conference.

Any prevarication on his part will demon-

strate an inability or unwillingness to tackle

corruption and a condoning of the abuse of

state resources.

Zuma must also explain to corruption-wea-

ry South Africa why he turns a deaf ear to

the Auditor General year after year.

He must explain why the strict provisions

of the Public and Municipal Finance

Management Acts are routinely circum-

vented in 70% to 80% of all procurements

without any consequence to the transgres-

sors.

Cope is calling on the voters in the Free

State to support its efforts to dismantle the

Magashule regime and to replace it with a

government that is accountable to the people

and will manage resources ethically and

honestly.

The people of the Free State should benefit

from tax-money, not the friends of Ma-

gashule.

For them to continue to vote for the ruling

party is to vote against their own interests.

DR BLADE NZIMANDE, minister of

Higher Education and Training:

I AM deeply disturbed by the reported

racist attack on Dumane Gwebu, a student

at the University of Free State (UFS).

Gwebu is reported to have been driven

over while walking on the pavement and

later assaulted by Cobus Muller and

Charles Blom, students at the same

institution. This led to Gwebus hospitali-

sation.

This follows an earlier incident where

an attempt to drive over three female

black students was made by the same

culprits on the same day.

An altercation ensued; kaffir and

other derogatory, racist remarks were

hurled.

The suspects briefly appeared in court

(last week) on charges of attempted

murder and assault.

The case will now be heard on 9 April

at the Bloemfontein Magistrates Court.

We are strongly opposed to any form of

racism and violent initiation practices

that continue unabated in some of our

institutions of higher learning. If these

reports are indeed true, we are sending

out a strong message that such behaviour

will not be tolerated.

Higher education institutions should

demonstrate a resolve to tackle these and

accelerate the implementation of the

recommendations of the report of the

Ministerial Committee on transformation

and social cohesion and the elimination of

discrimination in public higher education

institutions.

We have written to the university to

be furnished with a detailed account of

what transpired, the action taken by the

university and intended corrective meas-

ures.

More jobs a

good sign

Pres. Zuma

should fire

Magashule

Wewill not

tolerate it


The sound of music

SOCIAL PHOTOS

ALL SMILES: The MEC for Education in the Free State, Tate Makgoe, with the Oranje Girls

High School choir singing together at the Well-done awards ceremony that was hosted

by the Department of Education last Thursday. The beneficiaries of the awards were the

teachers who worked hard to help the province achieve the best matric results nationally

in 2013. Photo: Palesa Motshabi

HAPPY FAMILY: The NewDamasco Jerusalem Church in Zion had an flag uplifting ceremo-

ny at their Phase 4 branch in Bloemfontein this past weekend.

DRESSED UP: Moipone Serutle, Ivy Keenusa, Thandi Rampaku and Thembi Marosha of Groenpunt Choir attended the Correctional Services Choral Music Festival held in the Free

State capital recently.

ON A HIGH NOTE: Kholeka Meule, Zimkhitha Manzi and Noloyiso Sindelo also attended

the Correctional Services Choral Music Festival held in Bloemfontein recently.

Photos: Sidwell Guduka


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COMMISSIONER OF CIPC

Please take notice that Botha

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Commissioner of CIPC within

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429, Pretoria 0001.



Please take notice that Sindile

Petrus Saula intends to make

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21 days of the date of publica-

tion thereof. CIPC, PO Box 429,

Pretoria 0001.



Please take notice that Mats-

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INVITATION TO PANEL OF CONVEYANCERS

Bid No: K7/3/6/3(CLCC-10)13/14: The Department of Rural

Development and Land Reform would like to invite service

provider(s) for accreditation of the Panel of Admitted

Conveyancers to attend to the registration and transfer of

land awarded to claimants in terms of the Restitution of Land

Rights Act, 1994 for a period of 36 months

NB: There will be no briefing session for the above project.

Prospective bidders who wish to claim points should attach their B-BBEE Status Level

of Contribution Certificate(s) or certified copies thereof in order to qualify for points

claimed. In the case of bidders who qualify as Exempted Micro Enterprises, in terms

of the B-BBEE Act, a certificate issued by an Accounting Officer as contemplated in

the Close Corporation Act or Verification Agency accredited by SANAS or Registered

Auditor must be submitted.

Kindly note that mandatory requirements are as follows: Certificate of

appointment as a Conveyancer Letter of good standing from Law Society Original

Company or Close Corporation resolution authorising a particular person to sign the

bid documents Original Tax Clearance Certificate. NB: Failure to submit the

abovementioned mandatory requirements will invalidate your bid.

Kindly also note that in bids where Consortia/Joint Ventures/Sub-contractors are

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Failure to comply with this requirement will invalidate your offer.

Closing date: 24 March 2014 at 11:00

Interested service providers can obtain a full bid document with the evaluation criteria

from the Ground Floor, South Block, 184 Jeff Masemola Street, Pretoria or it can be

downloaded from the Departments website at www.ruraldevelopment.gov.za

Completed bid documents MUST be submitted to Head Office: Department of

Rural Development and Land Reform, Old Building, 184 Jeff Masemola Street,

Pretoria 0001.

Technical enquiries: Mr IZ Peter, tel. (012) 312-9362 or

e-mail: [email protected]

Bid-related enquiries: Mr TM Makhuto,

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The suitable candidate will be selected with the intention of promoting representivity as contemplated in the

relevant components Employment Equity Plan.

The Department reserves the right not to appoint any applicant to this position and to conduct pre-employment

security screening. We are a zero tolerance to fraud and corruption Department and we urge you to report any

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NEWS

THE stories of hope that the Re Kgaba Ka

Diratswana initiative has brought to ordi-

nary South Africans show the remarkable

power of the programme to change lives.

This is the view of Keke Moabi, co-ordina-

tor for Re Kgaba Ka Diratswana in the Free

State district of Fezile Dabi, who has seen

first-hand how the young and the old in the

province have benefitted from this ground-

breaking initiative of the Free State Depart-

ment of Agriculture and Rural Development.

I have seen it all, Moabi tells Express.

I have seen orphans finally getting a

stable source of food. I have seen elderly

people feeding the younger members of their

family through their vegetable gardens. I

have seen people who had nothing suddenly

beam with pride.

If you have a vegetable garden, you can

eat every day, which is something that we

tell people daily. There are schools that are

using the Re Kgaba Ka Diratswana project

to grow their own vegetables and supplement

their feeding schemes, she says.

In Koppies there are 15 churches in one

street and they are part of the programme.

They grow vegetables in their gardens to

give to the most needy who can go home

with spinach or cabbage and cook a meal for

their families.

That is the gift of Re Kgaba Ka Diratswa-

na, she adds.

Moabi also believes the Re Kgaba Ka

Diratswana project has the ability to stretch

far beyond the Free State and become a

national initiative.

The best of the Free State will be honoured

at the Department of Agriculture and Rural

Developments Re Kgaba Ka Diratswana

Provincial Awards that will be held at the

Glen Agricultural College on Saturday. The

event will celebrate the achievement of all

those nominated in the ten award categories,

but also to showcase the provinces rich

heritage and skills in the field of agriculture

and traditional arts.

Initiative

changes lives

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Sidwell Guduka

THE University of Stellenbosch (US) will be

uncharted territory for Bloemfontein Celtic

in todays Nedbank Cup last-32 fixture at the

Coetzenburg Stadium.

On paper, the Absa Premierships team

should not have a problem beating the

Maties who are campaigning in the lower

divisions. The minnows will be out to

perform a giant-killing act against Ernst

Middendorps trophy-hungry Phunya-Sele-Se-

le in Cape Town.

This competition, which gives amateur and

semi-professional sides an opportunity to test

their mettle against more established sides,

has produced a number of major upsets in

its 26-year existence.

This past Sunday, Witbank Spurs humbled

Free State Stars 1-0 at the Charles Mopeli

Stadium.

Last year, the little-known Maluti FET

College surprised all and sundry when they

beat Orlando Pirates 4-1 en route to the last

16-stage of the tournament.

There have been some shocking and

unexpected results over the last four decades

since the tournament was established:

) 1971: Pimville Champions beat La-

montville Golden Arrows, one of the founder

members of the NPSL, 6-2 in their Life

Challenge Cup quarter-final after the two

teams had drawn their first encounter 1-1

after extra time, but then refused to hold a

penalty shoot-out, preferring to replay the

match instead.

This is still a record loss for a top league

side against lower league opposition.

Never a

dull game

in soccer

) 1978: A hat-trick from Johannes

Simelane helped Alexandria

Blackpool beat Arcadia 4-3 in the

quarter-final of the Mainstay Cup

series to become the first side from

lower leagues to reach the semi-final

of the major cup competition in the

multi-racial era. Blackpool lost to

Chiefs in the semi-final, who in turn

lost to Wits in the final.

1980: Highlands Park were the league

champions in 1980, but they fell in the

first round of the Mainstay Cup series to

Mamelodi United, who scored the winning

goal in extra-time through Jan Msiza, to

win 3-2 at Mamelodi. They later won

promotion to the top flight as well.

1991: Zola Young Stars beat Orlando

Pirates 5-3 on post-match penalties after

a thrilling 3-3 draw in the first round of

the Bob Save Super Bowl competition.

The Bucs team that day included

Bernard Lushozi, Johnny Masegela,

Aubrey Lekwane, Lawrence Maake

and current Maritzburg coach, Ian

Palmer.

) 1996: Hellenic finished in the top

six in the league, but lost in the first

round of the Super Bowl 0-1 to Park

United on the night the PSL was officially

launched.

It was the second successive season the

amateurs had taken a top-flight scalp.

Hellenic lost to Mannenberg Dolphins in the

first round the next year as well.

: Gavin Hunt took First Division

Seven Stars all the way to the Super Bowl

semi-final as they beat Umtata Bush Bucks

3-1 in the last eight, but then lost on penal-

ties to Sundowns in the semi-finals. Some

5 000 spectators packed into the Nyanga

Stadium which could only hold 2 000 for the

win over Bucks.

) 1998: Bloemfontein Young Tigers had two

easy rounds, but then beat Santos 2-0 in the

quarter-final before Chiefs were knocked out

in the last four.

It was after that game that the Cape side

bought Abram Raselemane, who went on to

play for Bafana Bafana, from Tigers.

) 2003: Surprise Moriri and Koeketso

Mmotong were unknowns from the Second

Division when they scored the goals that

beat Pirates 2-0 in the second round of the

Absa Cup series. Owen da Gamas Stars were

then beaten by Jomo Cosmos in the quarter-

finals, but won promotion the same season.

) 2008: Mpumalanga Black Aces became the

first lower league side since Florida Albion

in the old whites-only league in 1973 to reach

the final of the major South African knock-

out competition.

But they played three lower league sides

before upsetting Free State Stars in the

semi-final.

) 2009: The University of Pretoria (UP)

became the first lower league side since

Seshego Stonebreakers in the late 1970s to

beat Chiefs in a cup tie, winning a thrilling

4-3 triumph in the second round with the

decisive goal netted by Phenyo Mongala.

AmaTuks then upset Celtic and Ajax Cape

Town to reach the final.

) 2010: Puk Tawana started a run of upsets

with a triumph over Platinum Stars in the

first round and FC Cape Town.

They then beat Chiefs at Botshabelo in the

second round with a stunning goal from

teenager Lyle Lakay.

) 2011: Part-timers Baroka FC beat Swal-

lows and then Chiefs on their way to the

semi-finals.

They defeat both sides 2-1, Swallows in the

second round and Chiefs in the quarter-

finals.

They remain the only two instances of a

third-tier side beating top-flight opposition in

the history of the domestic game.

) 2013: The Qwaqwa-based Maluti FET

College, which was then campaigning in the

Second Division, hammered Orlando Pirates

4-1 in the last-32 stage of the Nedbank Cup

series.

lower leagues to reach the semi-final

of the major cup competition in the

multi-racial era. Blackpool lost to

Chiefs in the semi-final, who in turn

lost to Wits in the final.

) 1980

champions in 1980, but they fell in the

first round of the Mainstay Cup series to

Mamelodi United, who scored the winning

goal in extra-time through Jan Msiza, to

win 3-2 at Mamelodi. They later won

promotion to the top flight as well.

) 1991

Pirates 5-3 on post-match penalties after

a thrilling 3-3 draw in the first round of

the Bob Save Super Bowl competition.

The Bucs team that day included

Bernard Lushozi, Johnny Masegela,

Aubrey Lekwane, Lawrence Maake

and current Maritzburg coach, Ian

Palmer.

)

six in the league, but lost in the first

round of the Super Bowl 0-1 to Park

United on the night the PSL was officially

launched.

It was the second successive season the

amateurs had taken a top-flight scalp.

Hellenic lost to Mannenberg Dolphins in the

first round the next year as well.

) 1997: Gavin Hunt took First Division

Seven Stars all the way to the Super Bowl

I BELIEVE I CAN FLY: Bloemfontein Celtic

players celebrating agoal againstMilano FC

in their Nedbank Cup match at the Free

State Stadium last year.

Photo: Gerhard Steenkamp/Backpagepix


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Sidwell Guduka

THE Toyota Cheetahs captain,

Adriaan Strauss, says the whole

team deserves full credit for

their hard-fought win over the

Vodacom Blue Bulls in Bloem-

fontein this past weekend.

Naka Drotsks men defeated

the Bulls 15-9 in a tightly

contested affair played in a very

wet and slippery Free State

Stadium on Friday night.

It was a historic win for the

home side as they had never

beaten the

Bulls in

Super Rugby

in eight long

years.

It was

not the

prettiest of

games, but

Im glad we

won it. Im

very proud

of the guys.

They are

probably the

gutsiest

bunch of

guys Id ever played with. Im

very proud of them. Im

actually a bit speechless. I must

give credit to the whole team,

Strauss says.

We are already looking

towards the next game. We are

going to keep our feet on the

ground. We are going to stay

level-headed and continue

working hard, he continues.

Strauss further says their

historic triumph over the Bulls

would not have been possible

without the support from their

fans.

When it started raining I

thought there was going to be

no-one on the stands. We are

grateful to our fans who came

to support us despite rainy

weather conditions. Those

people could have chosen to

watch the match in the comfort

of their homes instead of

coming to the stadium. Thanks

to everyone who supported us

on Friday. They carried us

through to the last minute of

the game, says the captain.

The Cheetahs on Saturday left

Bloemfontein for their overseas

Super Rugby tour where they

will face the Rebels, Reds,

Hurricanes and Blues before

returning home after four

weeks.

This is actually the first time

that we start off the tour with a

win. Last year, we lost against

the Sharks. The year before last

we lost against the Bulls and

the Sharks as well. So it is the

first time we get on a plane

with a win behind us, Drotsk

says.

Im really looking forward to

the tour. I think weve got the

balance right. We had great

success last year

and the year

before. There is

pressure on us

to perform on

tour.

Well take it

week by week.

What we have

experienced in

the past is the

way we attack,

worked well

against the New

Zealand teams.

Obviously they

tend to put

more pressure on the break-

down, so we have to be more

physical at break-down time,

he adds.

The Cheetahs first match on

tour will be against the Mel-

bourne Rebels at AAMI Park in

Melbourne on Friday at 10:40.

Other matches:

) vs the Reds in Brisbane (7

March, 10:40).

) vs. the Hurricanes in Welling-

ton (15 March, 05:35).

) vs. the Blues in Eden Park,

Auckland (22 March, 08:35).

Cheetahs touring squad for

Australia:

Forwards: Philip van der

Walt, Lappies Labuschagn,

Boom Prinsloo, Jean Cook,

Francois Uys, Lood de Jager,

Ligtoring Landman, Andries

Ferreira, Coenie Oosthuizen,

Caylib Oosthuizen, Trevor

Nyakane, Maks van Dyk,

Adriaan Strauss (captain), Ryno

Barnes, Hercu Liebenberg.

Backs: Willie le Roux, Hennie

Daniller, Cornal Hendricks,

Raymond Rhule, Rayno Ben-

jamin, Johann Sadie, Francois

Venter, Howard Mnisi, Johan

Goosen, Elgar Watts, Shaun

Venter, Sarel Pretorius.

HISTORIC: The Toyota Cheetahs recorded their first ever win over the Vodacom Blue Bulls in their Super Rugby

game on Friday. Photo: Charl Devenish/Sport24

When it start-

e d ra i n i ng , I

thought there

was going to be

no-one on the

s t a n d s .

AdriaanStrauss

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