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} Boipelo Mere

WILL there ever be a solutionto Maggie Dikgetsi’s case?She has been pleading for an

identity document (ID) sinceOctober 2012.It is still not clear whether

she will be able to vote in theupcoming 7 May electionsbecause she has still notreceived her ID and does notknow her age.She has turned into a charity

case in Bloemanda becauseevery politician promises herheaven and earth year in andyear out without any realresults.Dikgetsi cannot be put on the

housing list because she doesnot have a green barcoded SouthAfrican ID.This time she spoke to the

ANC Women’s League (ANCWL)president, Angie Motshekga, andher delegation. With herfive-year-old grandson glued toher side, Dikgetsi said that herold-age grant was cut due to herincorrect birth date.Dekgetsi’s hopes were raised

after possibilities pointedtowards her being amongst thefirst locals in the province toreceive a new smart ID card,but still she has heard nothingfrom the Department of HomeAffairs.That was last year in July

when the SAPS Women’sNetwork had accompanied herto apply at the Department ofHome Affairs.According to the Women’s

Network, they had determinedthrough a pathologist report thatDikgetsi was indeed 73 years ofage last year (2013).Various phone calls were

made by the ANCWL’s GrizeldaCjiekella-Lecholo to the Depart-ment of Home Affairs when theyheard about the old woman’splea for an ID.She requested the department

to come and sort out theproblem as soon as possible.Dikgetsi’s first plea for an ID

was published in the ExpressNorthern Cape edition of 3October 2012. In the 24 July 2013edition appeared the articlewhere the SAPS Women’sNetwork and CPF assisted herto determine her birth dateand applied for her ID. Katz,Roofs and Bricks also came

to her aid by donating her ashack.) Watch the video of MaggieDikgesti putting her case toAngie Motshekga atwww.express-news.co.za.) Express Northern Cape willpublish updates on the progressmade in the matter.

Still noID for womanMaggie pleads her case with ANCWL president

APPLEOFHER EYE:Maggie Dikgetsi with her grandson (5) again pleaded her case (of 2012) for an ID to the ANCWL president, AngieMotshek­ga, last week. Photo: Boipelo Mere

She has turned into a charity case inBloemanda as every politician promises herheaven and earth year in and year out.

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Up in flamesA PEDESTRIAN, Andile Koes, said he onlyheard a screeching sound as the car cameto a standstill. When he looked back he sawthe car in flames and the driver jumping outof the burning car and running for cover. Thecar was driving on Aristotle Road towardCassandra when the incident happened onThursday afternoon. No one was injuredduring the incident because the Sol PlaatjeFire Department had already been called toextinguish the fire and traffic officials con­trolled the traffic right up until the car wastowed from the scene. Photo: Boipelo Mere

} Boipelo Mere

“SUBSTANCE ABUSE shouldnot be a problem in our commu-nity. We took it upon ourselvesas young able parents to fight itby motivating our community toshy away from it,” said SandraNero.

Nero is part of the ReachingHands support group thatintends fighting substance abusein their area, ward 3, Kimberley.

Dagga, tik, alcohol, Mandrax,including the oka pipe, will befought against from now on asReaching Hands pledges not toallow themselves to feel guiltyand end up keeping quiet aboutdrug abuse.

Having started their door-to-door campaigns, Reaching Handsis working hard at creatingawareness amongst their commu-nity members.

They will also embark on anawareness march from Home-vale’s main road to the HomeliteCommunity Hall on 17 May.

The community is invited toattend this event and encouragedto call for information.

The group intends expandingto other wards at a later stage asthey have already started theirgroup sessions for users and forfamily support.

According to their weeklyprogramme, they meet with theusers at house no 17 on TwelfthStreet on Tuesdays and holdfamily support meetings at theHomevale Community Hall onThursdays.

Although, the team does nothave the expertise, they plan topull out all stops and use all theassistance they can get to fightsubstance abuse.

Due to lack of funds, they,have been working from abackyard in Homevale sincetheir inception last month.

They appeal to anyone willingto assist them with whateverthey can in terms of skills, acomputer, printing paper and inkto market themselves.

“We appeal to the communityout there to feel free to contactus at all times. We also guaran-tee them to treat their cases withthe strictest confidentiality at alltimes because we see how this isaffecting and tearing familiesapart,” requests Valdine Lloyd,the events planner of the team.

According to Reaching Hands,the community reached out tothem and promised to worktogether.

They are positive that runningthis organisation themselves is agood choice as that will enablethem not to be judgemental.

“After our first meetings withthe community, a lot of youthraised touchy subjects and askedfor our intervention. We havealready incorporated twomembers who are recoveredaddicts to schedule talks withinthe community.

“We are also working hand inhand with the South AfricanNational Council on Alcoholismand Drug Dependence (Sanca),

where we refer cases that needprofessional intervention.”

The group is positive that thisis a breakthrough for them asthey have managed to buildrelationships with parents whoare affected by substance abuseas well. They say that they alsomanage to get through to thoseparents who have been reluctantto talk about the issue affectingtheir daily lives.

“We feel like the parents arethe ones that carry the heaviestburden. There are some whorealise what is happening andfeel too weak and wait until thesituation escalates. Then theywant to react when it is too late.

“It is very sad to watch aparent sitting next to his/herchild smoking an oka pipebecause at the end of the daythat same child will take some-thing heavier in that same pipe.We see these things happening,”says Nero.

She says the communitymeetings are also aimed at

creating awareness in terms ofsigns and behaviours of drugsinside the house.

“What we greatly appreciate isthat the community to haswelcomed us with open arms. Wewill do whatever we can andincorporate all the relevantstakeholders to educate them onhow to handle substance abuse.”

Group fights abuse door to doorMEMBERS of the Reaching Hands Support Group are from the left, front: Valdine Lloyd, Monique Mc Anda, Monica Tyers and Gloria Pietersen; back: Elrico McAnda, MelindaKaylas, Sandra Nero, Thalia Erlank and Raylene Kaylas. Absent when the picture was taken: Adam Sulliman. Photo: Boipelo Mere

‘It is very sad towatcha parent sitting nextto his/her child smok-ing oka pipe becauseat the end of the daythat same child willt a k e s om e t h i n gheavier in that samepipe.’– Sandra Nero

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} Boipelo Mere

THE Economic Freedom Fighters(EFF) commander in chief (CIC),Julius Malema, charmed thePhokwane Municipality residentsby promising to double their childsupport and old-age grand if theyvote for him in the upcomingelections.He excited the masses by telling

them that the ANC leaders wouldnever do that because theycontinued to steal from them.He promised to give them back

their land and farms.According to Malema, blacks did

not owe anyone an explanation asto why they wanted the land andwhat they were going to do withit.“These are your (blacks’) farms

because you spend your wholelives working on them and youspent too much time explaining. Ifthey ask you what you are goingto do with it, you tell them it isnone of their business. Thesewhites found you working on thisland. The only thing they camewith is technology to speed up theprocess of working on the land,”he said to the cheering crowd.“We were mining diamonds and

gold before the whites came hereand were trading with internation-al communities before the arrivalof Jan van Riebeeck. We are goingto die fighting for this land. Nowthe law wants us to pay criminalswho stole our land. Re batlalefatshe la rona le matekwane alona kaofela (we want our landwith its dagga and all).”Malema said Kimberley was

supposed to shine like a diamond,

better than New York and Londonthat shone because of the mineralsof Africa.“We are rich, yet we are poor

because Imperialists have stolenour mineral resources. The EFFwants to change that because weare not scared of the whites.“If they want to leave because

we are asking to share with them,they must go. If you don’t want toshare, you are free to leave, wewant people who are willing toshare in South Africa’s wealth. Wedon’t want greedy people. That iswhy we say kiss the boer, mbaah,we love them,”shouted Malema tothe excited crowd.“Whether you are white,

whether you are black, if you arenot ready to share, then you arenot welcome in South Africa.Patrice Motsepe and Cyril Rama-phosa must share in the country’swealth.”Elaborating on a better life for

all, Malema said communities hadnot yet arrived if they still stayedin shacks and did not have basicservices.He called on police officers who

shot protesters instead of crimi-nals and said they practised theirshooting skills on the poor.The EFF patted themselves on

the back for drawing the ANC’sattention over the past week afterthe ANC had bussed their mem-bers to Jan Kempdorp from acrossthe district in an effort to disrupttheir rally over the weekend.The EFF had already announced

last month that they would beholding their rally in Jan Kemp-dorp.According to the EFF, on

Saturday some of their memberswere left stranded in Kimberleyafter they had been told to get offthe busses. The drivers of three ofthe busses told them that thebusses were hired by the ANC totake their members to JanKempdorp.An EFF member who wanted to

remain anonymous revealed thatthey were not told that the busseswere already booked when theyhired them. “That was weeks ago,and the ANC only decided to cometo Jan Kempdorp this week. Butsome of our members disguised

themselves and came on the samebusses. We even registered newmembers who came on the sameANC busses,” he further revealed.On arrival in Jan Kempdorp,

the ANC motorcade arrived at thestadium where the rally was heldand started picketing outside. EFFmembers also started picketing onthe opposite side and warned theANC members not to dare comenearer. The situation was calmedand monitored by members of thepolice who kept the ANC support-ers from approaching the stadiumgate. They were redirected to

Nobula Street to where they laterheld a bash a kilometre away.Malema said Nelson Mandela’s

ANC was buried with him andrenamed in Jacob Zuma’s term asANC – African National Crimi-nals. Criticising Zuma at everychance he got, Malema told themasses that the EFF was a homefor the oppressed and its forma-tion is a way of nature resolvingitself.) See more pictures on p. 7. Alsogo to www.express-news.co.zafor video clips and more picturesof the EFF/ANC clash.

Malema rages on as EFF, ANC clash

JULIUS MALEMA emphasised the EFF U­turn to ‘Kiss the Boer’. Photo: Boipelo Mere

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} Boipelo Mere

THE provincial chairperson ofthe ANC Women’s League,Grizelda Cjiekella-Lecholo,asked: “And what is happeninghere?” when they enteredLegakabe Street in Bloemandaduring their door-to-doorcampaign with the ANCWLpresident, Angie Motshega,NEC, REC and PEC delegation.

Cjiekella-Lecholo was refer-ring to the badly patched streetthat was very uncomfortable towalk on. None of the membersof the embarrassed delegationresponded.

The former mayor of the SolPlaatje Municipality, AgnesNtlangula, later had to step inwhen a resident accused theward councillor, YvonneMothibi (Mma Mothibi), of onlyknowing them during elec-tions.

The resident, Monica Mathiso(39), was one of the luckyresidents whose house wasvisited by the ANCWL presidenton the day of the campaign.

On that note Mathiso accusedModise of only resurfacing whenshe campaigns for votes.

Showing Motshekga, GrizeldaCjiekella-Lecholo, Modise andher entourage the serious crackson her house’s walls, Mathisopatiently pointed out theinaccessible roads in Bloeman-da. She said they had beencomplaining about the roads forthe past ten years.

In an effort to calm Mathisodown, Ntlangula tried to shiftthe blame to service delivery.

She questioned Modise on theroutes she had followed in an

effort to address her ward’spriorities.

In response the councillorsaid she has submitted endlesslists to the municipal managerand was told that the municipal-ity would start the repairs inTshwene Street, Galeshewe.

Modise even said she had toorganise for the street to bepatched with gravel two weeksago as there was a funeral andthe street was inaccessible.

Ntlangula continued toquestion the councillor whethershe had heeded the call whenshe had made a request for allpriority lists to be sent to herduring the time when she hadstill been the mayor of SolPlaatje.

“I once asked for a list ofspecial projects when I was stillthe mayor. By then I had abudget allocation for specialprojects,” she emphasised.

Ntlangula: “Have you eversent your priority list as perrequest?”

Modise: “Yes, I always sendmy lists to the municipalmanager, but I am constantlytold that they will start some-where else.”

Ntlangula: “The MM office isnot the relevant office to submitlists and complaints. All he willdo is just toss them aside.Complaints have to be handedin to the speaker or the Mayor’sOffice if you want positivefeedback.”

After the dialogue between thecouncillor and Ntlangula, shegave Mathiso her personalnumbers, instructing her to callher if there was still noprogress.

Road: Leaderspass the buck

FROMthe left are the formermayor of theSol PlaatjeMunicipality,Agnes Ntlangula, complainant Monica Mathiso and CouncillorYvonne Mothibi. Photo: Boipelo Mere

Beats the odds and celebrates his 10th birthdayBERTIE GRAHAM and his twin sister, Robin, proudly celebrated their tenth birthday. Although the familyplans some kind of celebration every year for the twins, this was the most special one of all because noone ever thought Bertie would survive to see his tenth birthday as he is severely disabled. Carrying himin the picture is his 16­year­old sister, Ronel Graham. Photo: Boipelo Mere

THE Mpumalanga CommunitySafety, Security and Liaison MEC,Vusi Shongwe, has praised theDepartment of Justice andConstitutional Development fordeclaring the use or sale ofNyaope illegal, saying it willhelp the police as well as variouslaw enforcement agencies curbcrime.

The Justice department firstannounced in March that itintended to classify Nyaope as anillegal drug through the amend-ment of the Drugs and TraffickingAct 1992 (Act 140 of 1992) whichwas signed on 28 March.

Shongwe said this will assist inhaving those found dealing in thedangerous drug arrested.

The drug has had seriousimpact in the lives of youngpeople, he said.

Anyone found selling the drugcould face 25 years in prison

while those found in possessionof the drug could face 15 years.

“The community is urged toreport those who deal with thedrug to the police so that theycould be arrested and face theconsequences in jail.

“Communities must never beafraid to expose those peoplebecause drug abuse is negativelyaffecting the future of youngpeople,” he said.

Nyaope, which is also knownas whoonga, is believed to bemade out of a mixture of heroinand/or dagga, to which furthercontrolled substances may or maynot be added.

This concoction is also mixedwith various extenders such asanti-retroviral drugs (used forHIV/Aids treatment), milkpowder, rat poison, bicarbonateof soda and pool cleaner.– SAnews.gov.za

Nyaope now illegal

} Boipelo Mere

“ONLY through good qualitywork, safety and good customerrelations will Matisel 2 Con-struction and General Tradingattract and retain clients,” werethe words from Maruping Matitiafter he had received a Steed52.2 litre MPI double cab bakkiepurchased through AngloZimele’s community fund.

This small constructioncompany formed by fourmembers in 2010 is successfully

operating in the Postmasburgarea. Working on both small-and large-scale construction,repair and alteration projects,their focus is mainly on residen-tial contracting.

“The expansion of business inPostmasburg has pushed foroverall improvement of thetown, improving the overallprofit margins of the company.With this in mind, the companyis planning to expand its focusfrom residential clients to thelarger commercial customers

such as the Kolomela Mine,”says Matiti.

When two of the four mem-bers resigned early 2013, themanaging director, Maruping,and his wife, Mary, decided towork and actively build theirbusiness.

Kolomela’s small businesscentre is situated on MainStreet and is the home of theAnglo American Zimele Hub,assisting companies like Matisel2 Construction and GeneralTrading realise their dreams.

Perseverance pays off

RECEIVING the double cab bakkie from Anglo Zimele’s community fund was Maruping Matiti, themanaging director of Matisel 2 Construction and General Trading. Pictured with him are George Ben­jamin, the public affairs manager at Kolomela, and Lindelwa Holele, the LED officer at public affairs.

Photo: Supplied

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Got married recentlyCELESTE SWARTS recently got married to Aubrey Lolwaneat the St Peter’s Church in Kimberley. Photo: Kimco

} Boipelo Mere

JUST like the Oscar Pistoriusmurder trial that has become aninternational sensation withtelevision stations all over theworld, some showing it live, theShrien Dewani case seems to bedestined for the same internationalmedia attention.Prior to the famous Oscar

Pistorius case, the media ap-proached the North Gauteng HighCourt for permission for livecoverage of the case.When the media were granted

permission, it became the world’smost watched real court proceed-ings since the OJ Simpson murdertrial in America in 1995.There is now uncertainty as to

whether the media will treat ShrienDewani’s case as worthy for thepublic’s consumption.Shrien Dewani is accused of

arranging the murder of his newwife whom he took on their

honeymoon to Cape Town, SouthAfrica.Shrien Dewani is awaited by a

throng of journalists from all overthe world and other inquisitivemembers of the public.His arrival has long been awaited

ever since Shrien Dewani left SouthAfrica for Britain just after themurder. South Africa has sincefought for three and a half years forhim to be extradited to South Africato answer for his role in themurder.Three South African men have

already been convicted of themurder and are serving differentprison terms for the part theyplayed in the murder. XolileMngeni is serving a life sentence inprison for shooting Anni Dewani,Mziwamadoda Qwabe is serving 25years as an accomplice, while ZolaTongo was slapped with 18 years’imprisonment.The three claim to have been

hired by Shrien Dewani to commit

the deed.According to media reports, the

couple was driven to Gugulethu inCape Town by Tongo where theymet the other two before they shotand killed Anni Dewani.Shrien Dewani, who is a business-

man in England, emerged out oftheir ordeal unscathed.In trying to avoid coming to

South Africa for the court hearing,Shrien Dewani resorted to allmanners of excuses, like saying thatSouth African courts, being part ofAfrica, will not be fair, and alsoallegedly feigning mental illness.He was accompanied to South

Africa by a law enforcer, his nurseand doctor. Like Pistorius, ShrienDewani comes from a wealthyfamily and he is a successfulbusinessman. His deceased wifeAnni Dewani was from Sweden.All eyes are now expected to

move between Shrien Dewani’s casein Cape Town and Pistorius’ one inPretoria.

Focus now on Dewani trial

APPLICATIONS for specialvotes in this year’s national andprovincial elections opened onMonday and will continue untilThursday, 17 April, between09:00 and 17:00 at local IECoffices.There are two categories of

special votes:1. Home visits: Election

officials will visit voters whohave successfully applied for ahome visit due to physicalinfirmity, 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: Anyvoters who will be absent fromthe voting district where theyare registered on Election Day(7 May) may apply to cast theirvote early. This voting will takeplace at the voting stationswhere the voter is registered onMonday, 5 May, and Tuesday, 6May, 09:00 and 17:00.Applications for both catego-

ries must be made by complet-ing a 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 municipality

responsible for the votingdistrict where the special voteis to be cast. The forms will notbe accepted at national orprovincial offices and cannot befaxed, emailed or posted.Special vote applicants may

use a proxy to deliver the VEC1 form to the local IEC office inthe municipality where theyintend to vote, but the formitself must be signed by thevoter themselves.Unlike previous national and

provincial elections, applica-tions for special votes will nolonger be accepted at votingstations on special voting days.Only voters whose pre-approvedapplications submitted duringthe window period of 7 to 17April will be able to vote.Having submitted the VEC 1

application form, voters will beinformed of the outcome oftheir application via SMS oremail. They can also checktheir status on the website(www.elections.org.za).A list of local IEC offices

addresses is available on theIEC website (http://www.elec-tions.org.za/content/About-Us/Contact-Us/) or voters can call0800 11 8000.

Register for special votes now

} Boipelo Mere

THE Young Communist League(YCL) of South Africa gathered atKimberley’s Bantu Hall to discussthe role of Chapter 9 Institutionsin defending and deepeningdemocracy.The SACP further discussed

whether institutions like the PublicProtector, Auditor-General, Elector-al Commission, South AfricanHuman Rights Commission,Commission for Gender Equalityand the Commission for theProtection of the Rights of Cultur-al, Religious and LinguisticCommunities were beyond re-proach. These institutions maycount ICASA among them.According to the national

secretary of the YCL, Buti Mana-mela, who was the main speaker ofthe day, the above institutions aremeant to strengthen Constitutionaldemocracy.He quoted the Centre for Civic

Education as saying that democra-cy is by its nature characterised byamongst others majority rule andminority rights, limited govern-ment, institutional and procedurallimitations on powers, separated

and shared powers and checks andbalances.Manamela bemoaned the fact

that the institutions were never atthe forefront when communitieswere faced with difficulties.“For example, none of us actual-

ly even remember the work of theHuman Rights Commission inrelation to the state of provision ofsanitation in this country.“Few of us have had an interac-

tion with the Commission onGender Equality and none of usmay even know about the work ofthe Commission for the Protectionof the Rights of Cultural, Religiousand Linguistic Communities,” saidManamela.In direct reference to the present

furore caused by the release of theNkandla report by the PublicProtector, Thuli Madonsela,Manamela said Madonsela wassupposed to submit the report toparliament for it to be a publicdocument.“Rather, the Public Protector

chose to conduct a trial by themedia as if she had a desire to bea celebrity.“There is also some noise that

the president of the republic will

not renew the Public Protector’sterm of office.“As far as we know, the Consti-

tution says that the Public Protec-tor serves only one seven-yearterm, as such there should not beany words about contract renewal,”said Manamela.Manamela further said that he

was disputing the accusation bythe DA that they were attackingChapter 9 Institutions and thusthreatening democracy.“If you have followed the

procedural errors committed by thePublic Protector in her findingsagainst the IEC, for instance, andthe badly-written SABC reportwhich points out to a defunct actand people not employed at theSABC, you would learn to take herfindings with a pinch of salt. Thisis a record that the Public Protec-tor is not above reproach. Herwork has had mistakes and canstill have serious errors,” said theYCL national secretary.He concluded by saying that

after the Galeshewe meeting andother similar meetings in otherprovinces, a resolution would bemade on how best to run Chapter 9Institutions.

Institutions scrutinised

AFTER his address on the Chapter 9 Institutions, Buti Manamela (left) proceeded to hit the streets of Kimberleyin an effort to encourage people to vote in the upcoming elections. Photo: Boipelo Mere

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} Christo van Staden

AT the turn of the century in1800, the plains around GoldenGate teemed with game. In 1836 itwas noted 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 comeand go, visiting the brooks nextto the camp and grazing, especial-ly early in the morning. Theherds of eland and zebra seem toprefer moving together, whilst theblesbok and red hartebeest alsokeep together. Springbok andblack wildebeest also roam thearea.

Apart from the animal sight-ings, a weekend at the CulturalVillage leaves your soul peacefuland rested with the images inyour mind of the golden sunrisesand sunsets on the beautifulsandstone cliffs in the area andthe play of different colours onthe grassveld during 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 tourof the Cultural Village Museum,which is also on the premises.Meet the chief and his first wife.Learn some of the interestingfacts about the Basotho culture.Did you know that the communi-ty selects the chief’s first wife,that she selects his second wifeand that the chief only has achoice in the selection of histhird 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 a

weekend 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 by

opening your phone’s internetbrowser, type www.expresspa-per.mobi and enter. Follow theinstructions to register. Direc-tions on how to enter the compe-tition will be on the site. Thewinners will be announced in theedition of 7 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.

THE changes in building styles through the decades can be seen in thehouses that were erected as part of the museum.

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

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} George Mutloane

FIVE years ago, during the general electiontime, Julius Malema was part of what themedia termed the three musketeers whichhad Malema, Zwelinzima Vavi and BladeNdzimande as rabble rousers in support ofthe singing Jacob Zuma.They were the main drie-foot for the

bigger and volumptuous ANC as theyrepresented The ANC Youth League, Cosatuand The Communist Party.Today, all that is history, the three

musketeers have gone their separate waysand their voices were silenced by differingcircumstances.Zuma alone is at the podium, the Commu-

nist leader’s high-pitched voice is missingperhaps, because as an academic and aminister in a related department he is toobusy to go around electioneering, the leaderof the proletariat, Vavi, is out in the coldwith his organisation spitting on his face,while Malema, after being shown the doorby the ANC, has formed his own politicalorganisation he conveniently calls EconomicFreedom Fighters (EFF). So the past weeksaw the ANC sending the national presidentof the Women’s League, Angie Motshekga,who spent a week travelling the length andbreadth of the Northern Cape drumming upsupport. The Democratic Party and Con-gress of the People had in their own waybeen throwing one banner here and anotherthere, hoping to catch some undecided fish.The week really belonged to the EFF as

they spent the week working the minds andsouls of the mostly youth in the Phokwanesub-region that falls under the most populat-ed district of the Northern Cape, FrancesBaard.By Saturday the stadium and the sur-

rounding area in Valspan, a township inJan Kempdorp, was filled with people.Every second person was in EFF’s regalia.This is up until the ANC bussed in hun-dreds of people in their own colours fromKimberley, Pampierstad, Warrenton andelsewhere in the district. The usuallysuspect police handled what could have

potentially been a bloody clash between theANC and the EFF so professionally that thethick atmosphere of animosity between thetwo parties just fizzled without much ado.A quick headcount of attendees at the

stadium proved that Malema’s party hadattracted more than 5 000 people from JanKempdorp and other places in the NorthernCape. Earlier in the week in Pampierstadhundreds more people gathered at animpromptu meeting held near the businessarea.By the look of things many members of

EFF are former members of the ANC.

However, there was a surprise whendifferent leaders were introduced when thename of the ANC Women’s League stalwardIrene Mogorosi was introduced. She andother ANC members had ditched the ANCand helped form Cope. Mogorosi is one of afew from Cope who feel marginalised inCOPE and jumped to the EFF. Among thenames introduced there was that of a

respected up and coming black lawyer inKimberley, Adv. Tembani Mzuzu, that of theformer student leader and member of Cosasin the Northern Cape, Mary Tongwana, thatof the present mayor of the ThembelihleMunicipality, Danny Jonas, and that of thecontroversial former mayor and municipalmanager of the Nama Khoi Municipality inSpringbok, Aubrey Baartman.

Parties go all out for elections

NOBULA STREET in Jan Kempdorp became the centre of attention right after the arrivalof the ANC members who picketed outside the stadium where the EFF was holding itsrally on Saturday. Members of the two parties both started picketing outside the stadium.They were only separated by the police members who made a human shield.

MORE and more buses carrying ANC members arrived at the Jan Kempdorp Stadium. POLICE OFFICERS started running around to separate the crowds.

NOBULA STREET was buzzing with activity.

THE highly­alert police members made a human shield to prevent the situation from getting out of hand. The ANC group was redirectedto Nobula Street, where they held a bash a kilometre away from the stadium. Photos: Boipelo Mere

THE three musketeers have gone theirseparatewaysand their voiceswere si­lenced by differing circumstances.

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DAYNAH CALVERT (9) of the NewtonPrimary School was chosen as ExpressNorthern Cape’s Let’s Play Sports Star ofthe Month for her incredible achievementin rhythmic gymnastics.

Daynah started rhythmic gymnastics atthe age of 6 in 2011.

She currently belongs to the RhythmiaGymnastics Club and is coached byTazmiah Francis.

Last year her coach recommended thatshe was tested for high-performancegymnastics.

She was tested in Klerksdorp, passedand was ranked fourth out of all thehigh-performance gymnasts.

During the Weirda competition held inPretoria she won first place and receivedgold for both her routines – rope and freedance.

This incredible young sportswoman hasnumerous sporting highlights whichinclude winning first place for all herroutines at the Helena Botha Gymnastics

Competition in Bloemfontein and at therhythmic gymnastics competition held inKimberley.

She qualified to represent the NorthernCape at the South African championshipsheld in Durban in 2013. She again wonfirst place in both her rope and free danceroutines and received gold for all rou-tines. She received her ranking from theSouth African Gymnastics Federation andis currently ranked second overall inSouth Africa in her age group.

At her club’s annual prize-giving, shereceived the floating trophy for thegymnast with the highest average scorefor high performance 1 and 2, and atrophy for sports lady of the year.

Send your sports star nomination forschool learners between the ages of 6 and18 today (nominations received before the20th of each month will be included inthat month’s selection).

You can email your nomination tosupersport@zpr.co.za or fax it to 086-552-4922. For more information contact Lynneor Juanré at Z PR on 051-522-9574.

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DAYNAH CALVERT (9) of the Newton Primary School, is the Sports Star for March.Photo: Supplied

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JOEL MOGOROSI insists his BloemfonteinCeltic side do not have revenge on theirminds ahead of their highly-anticipated AbsaPremiership clash against Mamelodi Sun-downs.

The two giants of South African footballsquare off at the Loftus Versfeld Stadium inPretoria tonight at 19:30.

The Brazilians have beaten Phunya SeleSele twice this season and they will behoping to make it three out of three winsover Celtic.

“Obviously we want to do better againstthem this time, but we are not focusing toomuch on revenge. It’s about us putting in areally big performance today to hopefullywin this match to consolidate our position onthe log,” Mogorosi tells Express.

In their last ten meetings, Sundowns haveclaimed six wins over Celtic while the FreeStaters have only won one of those fixtures,with three outings ending in a draw.

“History will count for nothing tonight. Itwill be a different ball game altogether. Weare going there to fight harder for threepoints at stake. Winning this match wouldmean a lot to us as a group of players aswe want to finish among the top-eightteams in the league and, of course, qualifyfor the MTN 8 competition next season,” hesays.

Sundowns registered their sixth successiveleague match when they defeated KaizerChiefs 1-0 at the FNB Stadium last Saturday,while Celtic stretched their unbeaten streakin the league to seven matches with a 1-0win over Platinum Stars on Sunday.

Siwelele’s solitary goal was netted by

Mogorosi who gave a Man of the Matchperformance on the day. It was his fifth goalof the season.

“It is always nice to get your name on thescore sheet, so I’m very happy about thegoal. Credit to my teammates, they havealways supported me even when I’m missingchances. They always tell me to be patient infront of goals,” he says.

Meanwhile, Celtic will battle it out againstBidvest Wits in the Nedbank Cup quarterfi-nal game at the Kaizer Sebothelo Stadium onSunday at 15:00.

“Our focus is on Sundowns. We will onlyshift it to Wits after tonight’s match. Butall I can say, is that as much as wewant to do well in the league we also wantto do exellently in cup games,” Mogorosisays.

MY BALL: Joel Mogorosi of Bloemfontein Celtic (wearing the white jersey) challengedby Siyabonga Shoyisa of the University of Pretoria FC. Photo: Samuel Shivambu/Backpagepix

Bfn Celtic focuson Sundowns

‘It is always nice to get yourname on the score sheet, soI’m very happy about thegoal. Credit to my team-mates, they have alwayssupported me even whenI’m missing chances. Theyalways tell me to be patientin front of goals,’– Joel Mogorosi

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