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ANC CELEBRATES

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President Jacob Zuma has thanked the millions of South Africans who voted for the African National Congress (ANC) and for putting the party back in power with an overwhelming majority.The President was speak-ing at the Siyabonga cel-ebration party in the Johan-

nesburg CBD on Saturday night after the final voting results were declared at the official Independent Elec-toral Commission (IEC)’s results centre in Pretoria. The ANC was handed 62.15 percent of the national vote.Despite a more than three percent drop in support since the 2009 elections, there was no element of disappoint-

ment in the Johannesburg CBD on Saturday evening.ANC secretary general Gwede Man-tashe was also pres-ent as ANC P r e s i d e n t Jacob Zuma was dancing at the ANC victory celebrations in the

Johannesburg CBD on 10 May 2014 following the party’s comprehensive win

in the 2014 n a t i o n a l e l e c t i o n s .H u n d r e d s of ANC suppor ters dressed in the party’s

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political stalwarts including Winnie Madikizela-Man-del, Blade Nzimande and Zuma appeared on stage. Zuma says the ANC is hum-bled by the country’s support. “The ANC is here to stay. The ANC was there when all of them were not there and it will be there when all of them are no longer there.”The president also promised

his new cabinet will focus on speeding up change for all. “We cannot disappointed our people who have not disappoint us, even once.”ANC continued their vic-tory celebration at the Sadnton convention cen-tre on Sunday the 11th May, which was largely attended by the ANC Al-exandra constituency.

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Exactly 20 years ago, our first democratic President took the Oath of office and declared “Never, never and never again shall this beautiful land experience the oppression of one by another and suffer the indignity of the world.”

As the whole world watched on May 1Oth to be exact, almost 7, 300 days ago, our freedom became the cel-ebration for the entire world, as our President reached out to friends and foes alike, even going as far as to offering praise to the military that once used brutal force to implement the racist policy of apartheid.

Ladies and gentlemen, we meet again this year on the 20th anniversary of that historic day when President Mandela took the oath of office to confirm our country and nation’s commitment to advance our hard earned democratic values.

Two decades ago we affirmed our dedication to respect-ing and upholding core democratic values including the right of citizens to choose their representatives through regular, free, and fair elections; to equal protection under the law; and to freedom of opinion and expres-sion, peaceful assembly and association, and freedom of thought and conscience.

As we celebrate two decades democracy and as we conclude our fifth democratic national and provincial elections we can affirm to one another and to the world – democracy is alive and well and thriving in our land.

On Wednesday 18 million South Africans stood together as nation and as they did in 1994, 1999, 2004, 2009 and 2014 and most famously in 1994.There is no more tangible symbol of nationhood and of inclusivity than participation in an election.Even as we make our individual choices, it is a powerful reminder of what binds us together as a nation and as a people.

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The Democratic Alliance, the official opposition party, has reached a mile-stone in the recent national and provincial elections. The DA is the only party that has shown tremendous improvement and sustain-able growth since 1994.

Only on Friday 9 May, the party had already received over 4 million votes, a very much delight to Hellen Zille and party members who chanted ululations. Zille thereafter sang “uyatata-zela… mshini wam, mshini wam (the machine is shaking in fear),” passing a mockery to President Zuma who used the song as his signature tune ahead of the 2009 elections. The DA’s 4 million votes is unprecedented and the party has also managed to retain its lead in the West-ern Cape with 59.38% from the 51.46% in 2009. “The DA would like to thank every South African for voted for us on Wednes-day. We deeply appreci-ate the support they have given us, and we will work hard over the next five years to justify their faith in us.“We increased our share of the vote in Gauteng from 22% to 32%. This is an increase of 40 per cent,” the party said. As of recently, the party has been making in-roads into the ANC’s traditional black voters and according to the party; approximately 760 000 black voters have voted the DA in the recent elections. The biggest loser in these elections, according to Zille,

is Dr Mamphele Ramphele who only secured a hard earned 2 seats in Parliament. In January this year, Zille and Mamphele reached a consensus that Mamphele will stand as the DA’s Presi-dential candidate, but only Mamphele to renege on the deal barely 5 days fol-lowing the announcement that was sealed with a kiss. “I did my best to help her and she rejected it very publicly, and in a very humiliating way. It’s not my way to have any sense of schadenfreude but people have to learn hard lessons now and again,” Zille was quoted as saying. However, on the day the fi-nal elections results were made public, the DA’s par-liamentary leader, outspoken

Lindiwe Mazibuko resigned from her high profile posi-tion to pursue her sabbati-cal studies at Harvard Uni-versity in the United States. From last year, a whisper has been doing the rounds in the media that Zille wants Gauteng Premier Candi-date Mmusi Maimane to replace Lindiwe as the party’s leader in Parlia-ment. It was said that Zille-Mazibuko’s relationship was on a breaking ground. However, on Sunday night Zille was quoted in the me-dia rubbishing off the alle-gations that Maimane will replace Mazibuko when he heads to parliament soon. Maimane has publicly said he accept the nomina-tion to go to Parliament.

HELLEN ZILLE AND THE DA: THE BIGGEST ELECTION WINNERS

the 65.90 percent in 2009 to 62.15 percent in 2014. Even though the ANC man-aged to retain its majority in parliament, this year the party will send 15 fewer members to parliament and to make constitutional changes, the party will need the new kids on the block EFF to side with them. Only with the exception of Kwa Zulu National, the home province of Presi-dent Jacob Zuma, the ANC saw a decline in eight prov-inces while the DA and

EFF pocketing more votes.President Zuma was in jovial mood when speak-ing of his party’s success. He took swipe at COPE’s failure to garner even a mere percent of the votes. “Those parties who spoke so violently in parliament have been reduced to little dwarfs. They spent more than a year discussing my homestead Nkandla instead of telling us what they’ll do for the country. “Who can defeat us when we are with the people?” asked Zuma.

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The African National Con-gress has won the 2014 pro-vincial and national elections but with a “reduced major-ity”. This year saw the ANC experiencing a disappointing decline of at least 3.75% from

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The South African National Assembly is set for a seri-ous make over. The days of mind-numbing and tedious Parliamentary meetings

are over as the new kid in the political fraternity, the Economic Freedom Fight-ers prepares to send its members to Parliament. This after the Malema-led party scooped the third posi-

tion (After the ANC and DA, respectively) with just over 6% which qualifies the party 25 seats in Parliament out of the 400 seats available. Addressing the media at the Electoral Commission of

SA national results centre in Pretoria, the visibly jubi-lant Malema said “the ANC has reduced. If there is any reality, the ANC has lost.” Malema was referring to the ANC’s decline from 65.90%

in 2009 to 62.15% in 2014. According to the EFF’s can-didate list released last year, Malema is the party’s first candidate to be sent to Par-liament. But Malema still has to deal with his pend-ing sequestration over tax evasion and several court cases related to corruption. Malema has hinted out that he will vote with the DA should the party continue with its vote for a motion of no confidence against President Jacob Zuma.

“If the DA wants to re-move President Zuma, they want a motion of no confi-dence (and) we’ll vote with them… We are not just an opposition, we are qualita-tive opposition. We don’t just oppose where it’s not necessary,” Malema said. Malema also said that if the ANC wants a two third majority which is very es-sential to make changes to the constitution, his party will vote with the ANC.

25 RED BERETS HEAD TO PARLIAMENT

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Around 70 supporters of the Economic Freedom

Fighters (EFF) and Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) arrest-ed for public violence last week have received bail.The suspects, who were arrested in Alexandra, each received bail of be-tween R300 and R500 in the Randburg Magis-trates Court on Monday.They were arrested fol-lowing violent protests over allegations of vote rigging in the northern Johannesburg township.EFF and IFP members claim South Africa’s fifth demo-cratic general elections on 7 May were rigged after ballot boxes were allegedly found at a centre, and hidden be-hind and inside shacks.Protesters de-manded a re-vote.They last week burnt tyres, barricaded streets and tried to set buildings alight.More than 100 people were subsequently ar-rested for public violence. On Friday evening, the army was deployed to the

township to restore calm after violent clashes be-tween protesters and police.There were also reports of violence on Saturday night. Monday’s case was moved to Randburg for secu-rity and space reasons.The packed courtroom breathed a collective sigh of relief as the magistrate re-leased the accused on bail.Due to space constraints in the courtroom, the ac-cused were brought out in two separate groups.The first group was grant-ed bail of R500 on a charge of public violence.The more serious charge of arson and malicious dam-age to property is still being investigated against them.Police are still analysing video footage from the night an Independent Elec-toral Commission (IEC) office was petrol bombed. Outside court, EFF sup-porters broke into song when they heard of their comrades’ release.The party said it would cover the costs of the bail.

MULTI-PURPOSE CENTRE SET ALIGHT

Wellington Nobele

As the counting process continued at the elec-

toral Commission of SA’s national results operations centre in Pretoria, several allegations of dumped ballot papers in the Gauteng prov-ince have caused dissatisfied party members to resort to un-precedented protests, keep-ing authorities on high alert.

Johannesburg police con-firmed 31 people were ar-rested after an overnight protest at 8th avenue in Al-exandra that saw a multipur-pose centre being set alight.It’s believed the unrest was as a result of a ballot box allegedly being found hid-den between and inside shacks at 15 and 16 avenue on Thursday 8th May, this according to EFF’s Oupa Sakwe. “We received a call from an anonymous person telling us the location of the boxes, we then mobilized EFF members and called the police to come bare wit-ness to what we have been tipped about”, Sakwe added. ANC’s Jackson Mthembu

appealed to residents not to resort to violence as the situ-ation was getting out of hand and causing public disrup-tion, Mthembu pointed out.“Some of our party agents were held hostage together with IEC officials, but we didn’t say anything because we resolved that together with the Inkatha Freedom Party.”An ANC election banner was also damaged. The street outside the centre re-opened to traffic, but the debris from the protest is still lying outside the of-fice. Alexandra residents stoned offices of the ANC ward counsellors in the area and also set part of the

building and a clinic alight on the night of the protest.Following the arrest of 31 EFF supporters, another pro-test was mobilized outside the Alexandra magistrate court allegedly to prevent the trail of the arrested from taking place. The Alexan-dra TRT (Tactical Response Team) and other units in the Gauteng cluster responded to the scene arresting more EFF supporters. It was al-leged that Police commis-sioner Mangwashi Victoria Phiyega and police Minister Nathi Mthetwa were at the old Alexandra police sta-tion having a strategic meet-ing on how to best manage the situation in Alexandra.

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If I can access it on my com-puter or mobile device Ican use it, right! Well no, not re-ally. Because the chances are it’sprotected by COPYRIGHT.ENSafrica has provided this short summary of copyright law.Let’s start with the basics.1. People sometime refer to copyright infringement as pla-giarism, but strictly speaking they’re not exactly the same thing – whereas plagiarism is a moral or ethical issue, copy-right infringement is a legal one.

2. Copyright is an area of the law that protects a whole range of thingsreferred to as ‘works’. These include:

• Writing. Anything from a single sentenceto a whole book.A short email or Tweet would qualify. As might a newspaper head-line according to a recent case.• Art. This includes paint-ings and drawings butalso, very importantly, photographs.• M u s i c .•Sound recordings. These could be of music, but they could be of other things like speeches.• Films. This doesn’t just meanfull-length feature movies, but also TV adverts or You Tube clips.

3. A work willenjoy copyright provided that some work or effort went into it. It does not need to be interesting, clever or ground-breaking. It can be as mundane as a fax directory or a price list.

4. Copyright comes intoexis-tence as soon as the work is cre-ated or recorded. There is no registration involved,except in the USA, and even there reg-istration is not compulsory.

5. Copyright is universal - awork created in the USA is protected in South Africa, and vice versa.

6. Copyrightgenerallybelongs to the person who created the work orto the company who employed thatperson or, in some cases, to the company who commissioned that person. The owner can trans-fer the copyright toa third party through an assignment in writing.

7. Copyright is an income-earning asset that can be li-censed to third parties.

8. Copyrightlasts for a substan-tial period of time. In South Af-rica it lasts for 50 years from the date on which it was created,or 50 years from the date on which the person who created it dies.

9. The owner of the copyright has various rights. The most important of these is the right to copy the work. This means that any third party who copies the work with-out authorityinfringes the copy-right. There must in fact be copy-ing – if the underlying idea has been taken and expressed in a dif-ferent way this will generally not be regarded as an infringement. It’s not necessary that the whole work be copied,however, copying of a ‘substantialpart’ is sufficient.When is it a substantial part?It’s an issue of quality rather than quantity, so a single but important sentence might constitute a sub-stantial part of a newspaperarticle.

10. Theowner of the copyright can obtain a court order called an in-terdict to stop the third party who has copied it from doing so again. Big deal you say, it’s over already! But it is a big deal, because the owner can also be awarded dam-ages (perhaps in the form of a roy-alty) for the unauthorised copying. And even more important, the third party who did the copyingwill be ordered to pay the copyright owner’s legal costs. You could involve large sums of money.

11. And then there’s the little is-sue of reputational damage. It’s not good to be seen as a copier. And, as more and more people and companies are finding out in this age of free speech and so-cial media, there’s a good chance that the public will find out.People seemed to understand copyright betterbefore the Inter-net. People understood that if they bought a book, or a newspaper,or a CD,they owned the physical thing and theyhad the right to do with it as they pleased - they could read it, listen to it,give it away, sell it or destroy it. Yet they also knew

that they couldn’t copy it. The big fallacy is that the Internet changed all that. It didn’t. So no, you can’t simply ‘copy and paste’! Yes there are certaindefences to copyright infringement. There are the so-called ‘fair use’defences which provide, for example, that-short pieces of text can be quoted for the purposes of criticism or review, or for the purposes of re-portingcurrent events, provided there is attribution. But these de-fences are technical and detailed and you should always obtain le-gal advice if you want to rely on them. There may sometimes be an argumentthat the person who posted the work has impliedly licensedpeople to use it - or that the Twitter or You Tube Terms of Use are relevant - butthis again involvestechnical legal issues. There may possibly even some-times be an issue involving the constitutional right of freedom of expression. But, as the operator of the National Lotterydiscovered in a recent case in which it was sued for using the PSL football fixture list without consent, the courts are unlikely to accept this as a de-fence in cases of commercial use and where there is no overriding public interest in the information.But, you say, everyone does it, I’ll never get caught! Think again, it’s well known that newspapers and other publishers use ‘plagiarism-spotting’ software to trawl the net and look for examples of their texts being lifted. There’s ongo-ing litigation in South Africa in-volving Moneyweb and Media 24 which deals with the whole issue of news aggregation, and the ex-tent to which news aggregators can lift content from news provid-ers, perhaps changing the word-ing slightly. And a few years back a news photographersuccessfully sued a US newspaper for lifting and using dramatic news photo-graphs he had posted on Twitter.So, exercise caution – and, if in doubt, obtain legal advice.For enquiries, please visit EN-Safrica’s Pro Bono office at: Alex-SanKopano Centre, Cnr 12th Ave and Rev Sam ButiStr, Alexandra, or Tel: 011 555 0980.

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Going to University is like, in sports, making the national team directly from the school’s team. It means you take a massive step up, says Andre Van Zyl from UJ. “It is academically TOUGHER to get a university qualification than ANYTHING you have faced up to now. But it is worth it!” What is important but not enough• To have the potential• The right intentions (you will have much more freedom at home and will mix with wealthier kids. Girls, booze…there will be many temptations)• The right attitude• The right vision (where do you see yourself in 5 years?) What else is needed?• New study methods (read them on Wits website)• Attending class and managing your time well (if you miss lectures, you won’t know what is important in the course materials)• Taking responsibility (manage your time well and create a workload planner)• Working harder• Asking for help – your parents, teachers, mentor won’t know if you get into trouble, YOU have to know and ask for help (sooner rather than later)• Getting help earlier rather than later (don’t be scared to ask for help, if you need academic, psychological or financial support which exists in each Varsity) At UJ, you will be kicked out in November if you pass less than 50 % of your modules, but don’t be depressed if you fail the first tests. Just keep up and know your goals ! If you have a bursary, use it for yourself – resist the pressure of your family to buy food for them. In any case, ask a second year student to help you to manage your finance. Almost one third of the students fail their first year, don’t be one of them.

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Change is inevitable and Generations’ Mr Untouch-able better brace his spongy heart for the wave of changes coming his way. Dineo, with the help of MJ, looks set to show S’busiso flames and if my early predictions are anything to go by, S’busiso will wake up to find Dineo handling the reins at Ezweni. Mandisa seems to be losing the plot, if she wants to take S’busiso down; surely she needs Dineo by her side. At the end of the day, every man works for himself to pursue their personal goals. I must admit it wasn’t all good see-ing Akhona bowing down and leaving for Botswana. Maybe this move is the best thing ever. The girl has been through a lot lately and sure-ly she deserves some break. They say love conquers all but the love between Rhythm City’s Reneilwe and S’fiso is yet to be put on a serious test. Now that Reneilwe is in coma, S’fiso has to try as thrice as hard to prove how much he loves his girl. It will be wrong of me to overlook the evil ways of Nikki, but poor skoropo sa batho, ao shame, she has suf-fered enough. Can God have mercy on her and rescue her for her low life? Just when Scandal’s Them-beka thought she has the up-per hand and would probably outplay Quinton, bang! It all backfires at her face. Jes-sica’s pregnancy will only vava-voom Thembeka’s comfort zone and if not care-ful, the soapie’s sour girl might find herself leaving in the backroom. But I guess Thembeka has met the worst before, I can only advise Jes-sica to watch her back. Who knows what fiery Thembeka might do to a helpless preg-nant woman? Muvhango’s KK is in love or so he thinks! Mr Fash-ionista has all the reasons to crack the last laugh as his charms seem to be working on Vuyiswa who has unde-niably strong likes for Ben 10’s. If KK knows what is good for his tender heart, he will leave Vuyiswa alone. She has previously proved her true colours to everyone that she has no scruples and it seems unlikely to me that she has changed her bok-wanti tendencies over night. I fail to understand why Thu-li allows Moriti to walk all over her and it’s about time Pat stand like a man to pro-tect his girlfriend who has become a constant mockery of his family. I can only wish Teboho was Pat’s girlfriend. She knows how to deal with unreasonable women of the likes of Moriti.

Mamelodi Sundowns soccer star, Teko Modise is making headlines again and this time for alleged separation from his fiancée Lizelle who shot to fame when she was linked to the then ANCYL heavyweight Julius Malema. Lizelle was quot-ed in the media as saying “I’m done with him! I can’t pretend anymore… He always came home from parties and strip clubs at 5 am. I did everything a woman could do to save our rela-tionship. I treated him well but he repaid me with disrespect.”

Isidingo’s legendary actor, Darlington Michaels who plays the role of Papa G in the local favourite soapie is set to return to the small screens. Papa G has been off from work since he experienced a minor stroke.

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ANC HEAVYWEIGHTS AR-RIVE FOR VICTORY PARTYAfrican National Congress

heavyweights arrived at the rulling party’s Siyabonga celebration party at the Library Gardens Park.Among those who had arrived by 8pm were Paul Mashatile, Jackson Mthembu, Nomvula Mokonyane, Blade Nzimande and Cosatu president Sidumo Dlamini. They were waving flags and dancing next to the stage.The thousands in the crowd were also dancing with hands waving in the air. The chilly weather did not deter the jovial mood and festivities. President Jacob Zuma was expected to ad-dress the crowd laterEarlier Gauteng premier Nom-vula Mokonyane stuck to her guns and maintained she never said residents of Bekkersdal should stay with their dirty votes.She said despite no proof of her uttering the words, she still saw it fit to apologise to residents. “Irrespective of people claiming that I said those things and with-out proof, I apologised,” she told reporters during the victory celebration.“What I’m hearted with is that people of Bekkersdal, (west of Johannesburg) put the ANC above everything else.”Mokonyane was accused of tell-ing residents of Bekkersdal they could keep their dirty votes fol-lowing clashes in the area.She was reported to have said the ANC did not need their votes. She later issued a state-ment apologising.Speaking about the victory, she said she was humbled by the support South Africans showed towards the party during the election. “We are here to cel-ebrate the landslide victory. Re-member 11 million people voted for the ANC, there is a reason to celebrate,” she said. Asked about her political future, a cau-tious Mokonyane said her next move would be decided by the party

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CELEBRATING WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY

The 3rd of May is cel-ebrated worldwide as

World Press Freedom day, as per the proclamation by the United Nations (UN) at its General Assembly in 1993, in line with Article 19 of the Universal Dec-laration of Human Rights. This followed the 26th ses-sion of UNESCO General Conference in 1991, which adopted the Windhoek Declaration, a statement of principles calling for a free, independent and pluralistic media throughout the world. The Declaration affirms that a free press is essential to the existence of democracy and a fundamental human goal. In the financial year 2013/14, as South Africa, we celebrat-ed and marked 10 years of the Media Development and Diversity Agency (MDDA). This year, we are celebrating 20 years of freedom and de-

mocracy. Coupled with this celebration is 20 years of media freedom and diversi-ty in South Africa, 20 years of the licensing of Commu-nity Radio in SA, 20 years of independent broadcast-ing regulation and 20 years of the National Association of Broadcasters (NABSA). To mark this year’s event, the MDDA hosted a cel-ebratory dialogue with the theme “Celebrating 20 years of media freedom and me-dia diversity” at the GCIS, Tshedimosetso House, 1035 Frances Baard Street (cor-ner Festival Street) Hatfield, Tshwane, which took place at 09h00. Reflecting on this milestone was Deputy Minister in the Presidency Obed Bapela, Chairperson of the Parliamentary Com-mittee on Communications, Skhumbuzo Eric Kholwane,

former Minister in the Presi-dency and Editor of The Thinker Dr Essop Pahad, Commissioner of the Com-petition Commission Them-binkosi Bonakele and repre-sentatives from the industry. The MDDA also released its research report on the Trans-formation of Print Media in South Africa conducted by Quest Research Services.

An opportunity exists for all South Africans to reflect on the key milestones achieved in the quest to achieve me-dia freedom and celebrate the fundamental principles of media freedom enshrined in the Constitution Act of 1996, defend and protect media freedom, and pay tribute to media activists/journalists who lost their lives in the line of duty.

Wellington Nobele

In 2013, Alexandra High School registered a matric

pass rate of 87.7% which was the second highest matric pass rate in Alexandra. This was an improvement form a pass rate of 51% in 2012 that the school had registered.Alex High in 2013, had the highest number of mat-ric learners who sat for the their final matric exams in Alex, more over, they man-aged to obtained the highest bachelor passes and a total of twenty two distinctions. As part of improving the quality of education in Alex-andra, the Vincent Tshabala-la Trust fund had awarded Alex High R50 000 early this year during the Trust’s award ceremony to improve the standard of teaching and learning in their school, as the they were considered the most improved school in terms of quality results. On the 25th April, the Trust-ees and Sponsors of the trust paid a special visit to Alex High to hand over a renovated staff room fit-ted with a television set, a DSTV and a kitchen with a fridge, urn, crockery, cutlery and grocery to enable our educators to enjoy a cup of tea. A large photo copying machine as per the school specifications and three air-

conditioners was to be de-livered in the next few days.

In 2007, Alex high was the first beneficiary of the trust as they were awarded an estimated amount of R200 000. Due to this cash amount being handed over to the school, tensions sparked among educators which significantly had a nega-tive impact on the school’s over-all performance reduc-ing the matric pass rate from 75% to 33%, this according to Vincent Tshabalala Trust Fund spokesperson, Dipuo Mvelase. “We have decided to request the school to give us a list of their specifica-tions, by so doing, we will be assured that the money has been used contruc-tively,” Mvelase added. Sizakele Nkosi, who is also a trustee, pointed out that this was part of ac-knowledging the great job done by the educators at the school. “Of particular significance today is that we are rewarding mostly the Educators; many of whom continue to go be-yond the call of duty, mak-ing enormous sacrifices to themselves and their fami-lies to help deliver the re-sults we can all be proud of.These are our unsung he-roes and heroines of the country. As a Trust we

acknowledge and ap-preciate their hard work. In a way we are saying to the Educators; thank you for agreeing to serve our na-tion in this way. Thank you for assisting in building a bright future for our country.We hope that this ges-ture from us will not only lift your morale but will also prove to you, once more, that hard work pays.From here on we expect you not to look back, never to lower your guard but to continue to deliver even bet-ter results,” said Nkosi. “All the work that was done was based on the wish list provid-ed by the school and the areas prioritised. The design and wood for this staff room was decided upon by the school.The total cost of the work done is R 98 000.” Nkosi said in conclusion. School Principal Sizakele Nkosi expressed her grati-tude to the trustees and the sponsors for the gen-erous contributions to the school. “We are very happy to have received a refur-bished staff room with a kitchen, the TV and all that you have done for us, we say thank you, thank you, thank you. We will al-ways appreciate your support throughout the years, Zoleka explained with great emotion.

Educator’s role acknowledged

13 May 2014

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begin to plan ahead al-most immediately to regain the Premier League title.Chiefs edged to within two points of already-crowned Mamelodi Sundown’s that drew 1-1 against Maritz-burg United with a last-minute goal to end their successful programme on a more subdued note.Amakhosi, however, ended up with a superior goal-difference to that of Sun-downs and would have been crowned champions had they acquired two extra points.Chiefs netted a R5-million Premier League runners-up prize against the R10-million going to Sundowns, and also qualify for the sec-ond place open to a South African club in next year’s CAF Champions League.Yet on a muggy after-noon in Polokwane of what-might-have-beens, it was AmaZulu who ex-perienced the greater dis-appointment on the day.Chiefs knew before their final match they had no chance of overhauling Sun-downs, but AmaZulu’s de-feat meant they had lost out on securing a place in next season’s MTN8 Cup in spite of holding onto a place among the top eight teams in the log for much of the season.

“It was a terrible way of ending the season ,” said AmaZulu coach Craig Rosslee after what has been a generally encouraging and successful campaign.“In the opening half it ap-peared as though the play-ers had not got out of the bus.” Perhaps it was the importance of the occasion but I cannot re-member us playing worse all season. Still it would be wrong to dwell on this one game and overlook what we achieved in the sea-son as a whole.” After the defeat AmaZulu received the news that MTN8 Cup holders Platinum Stars had edged them out of the eighth place in the log on goal dif-ference by virtue of a 2-0 win over Ajax Cape Town.Kingston Nkhatha had opened the score for Chiefs as early as the 11th minute.Then a corner from Siphi-we Tshabalala enabled Tefu Mashamaite to head the ball into the net in the 40th minute to give Chiefs a 2-0 lead at half-time.AmaZulu demonstrated more grit and determination in the second half, but it was Chiefs who scored again through substitute Katlego Mphela in the 54th minute.

Kaizer Chiefs coach Stu-art Baxter said he was

impressed with the profes-sionalism shown by his players in their 3-0 win over Amazulu in the final Pre-miership game of the season

at the Peter Mokaba Sta-dium on Saturday afternoon. “There is no denying we have had a disappoint-ing end of the season after failing to win any of the four titles we were pursu-

ing,” said the Chiefs coach.“The players might have been excused for droping their shoulders and going through the motions in the final game of a long and trying season.“Instead they gave a thor-

ough professional per-formance and showed their mettle, which au-gers well for the future.”Baxter said the perfor-mance against AmaZulu was encouraging as they

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