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} Tladi Moloi

MPHO RAMAKATSA, the EconomicFreedom Fighters’ (EFF) national coordina-tor, said the EFF is faced with a big taskof ushering in economic freedom in the lifeof the people.He said they could, however, not reach

this objective alone and would be needingeveryone’s help in achieving it.He said the EFF and its leaders were not

coming to save people, but rather thateveryone should take responsibility andbecome part of the process that wouldchange the economic conditions.“We can’t claim that the organisation, its

fighters, members and leaders work aloneif we want to be in a position to guide thepeople into economic freedom,” he said.Ramakatse said it was one of the reasons

why they should invite other stakeholdersthroughout the country to the seminar.He said this would assist the EFF in

understanding the conditions people facedin different sectors of the economy.“We also want to hear from them how

they think the conditions can be changedfor the better and the role that they intendto play in insuring that the overall objec-tive of the EFF is achieved,” he said.He spoke during the EFF Professionals

Regional Assembly held at the DutchReformed Church in Bethlehem on Sunday.“We invite professionals, religious groups

and business people.“We are involved in a revolution in

which we will usher in economic freedomfor our people. As politicians and leadersof this organisation, we can’t claim to bejacks of all trade.“We need everybody to become part of

the process. To become part of the revolu-tion,” Ramakatsa said.He said they acknowledged the fact that

there were other people and politicalorganisations which had played a role upto this point.“After looking at the political pro-

grammes of various political parties orformation in our country, we felt thatthere were vacuums and that thosepolitical parties were failing to addresscritical issues that needed to be attended toand addressed. We acknowledge that withthe leadership of other political organisa-tions, political freedom was ushered in into

the country back in 1994. But we aresaying it was not enough.“We said we needed economic freedom in

South Africa.”He added that professionals, academics

and religious formations had played amajor role in ensuring that citizens hadpolitical freedom in the country today.“We thank them for the critical role they

have played in bringing this.

“But the question that we should askourselves is have we delivered totalfreedom or total emancipation of ourpeople in the country. The answer is a bigNO,” he said.

Economic freedom for all

FIGHTERS: The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) supporters who attended the EFF Professionals Regional Assembly in Bethlehem.Photo: Tladi Moloi

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} Selloane Khalane

PREMIER ACE MAGASHULE hasdenied helping a construction company towin a tender to build RDP houses inexchange for a homestead for PresidentJacob Zuma’s younger brother MichaelZuma.Last week Monday, Zuma said he put in

a good word with Magashule to helpKhumbula Property Services win thegovernment tender during an interviewon Talk Radio 702.Oupa Khoabane, Magashule’s spokesper-

son, said the premier did not influencethe awarding of any tender to KhumbulaProperty Services. “The allegations arefalse and baseless.”It is reported that the younger Zuma

was working for the company at the timeand was promised a R10 million home-stead instead of cash for the transaction.Following an investigation by the

Construction Industry Development Board(CIDB), Khumbula Property Services wasreportedly sanctioned and a fine wasimposed. According to Khoabane, theconstruction company owned by ThaboNtshiqa was awarded work by the FreeState government two years ago, but waslater fired for doing disreputable work.“According to investigations, the

company also failed to complete theproject, so the Free State governmentfired them,” Khoabane added.He told Express he was unsure of the

nature of work given to the company bythe Free State government and said it wasnot the RDP houses Zuma had referred toin the radio interview.The company is currently not registered

with the CIDB. According to a report byeNCA the CIDB, which regulates andgrades construction companies, imposed aR100 000 fine on the company. Thecompany has apparently been awardedmore than a billion rands in governmentconstruction tenders, despite its reputa-tion for failing to deliver. Michael Zumameanwhile has reportedly defended hisrelationship with the controversialconstruction company, saying he did notreceive any kickbacks for his role inassisting the company secure a tender.Last year Michael Zuma was reportedly

being investigated by the Hawks formajor tender irregularities, includinggiving money and gifts to high-rankingofficers within the police supply chainmanagement through a company calledMidway Two Group. FREE STATE PREMIER ACE MAGASHULE Photo: Jabulani Dlamini

Ace denies involvementMagashule reportedly did not influence awarding of tender

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} Reporter

THEUNIS BOTHA of the ChristianDemocratic Party (CDP) said themedia’s challenge to the government’sban on the publication of the Nkandlaphotos could not have come at a bettertime, coming as it did shortly beforethe celebration of the International Dayagainst Impunity observed annually on23 November.He said many organisations promot-

ing freedom of expression participatedin the IMEX project.“It basically covers people who have

exposed corruption or other wrongdo-

ings, but are then prosecuted orharassed by government or institutionswith impunity,” he said.Botha said this was the only way

any explanation could be given for theban on the Nkandla photos whilstother national key points, such asparliament, were regularly photo-graphed.“There are even live television

broadcasts of the opening of parlia-ment and the State of the NationAddresses.“Government is now clearly making

a mockery of the law in its efforts tocover up,” he said.

Government shouldbe transparent

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THE Labour minister, Mildred Oliphant,has offered relief to the domestic workerssector following an announcement that theminimum wage for the workers will beadjusted upward.The adjustment, which starts on Sunday,

is part of an annual binding determinationby the minister in terms of the BasicConditions of Employment Act (BCEA).As from Sunday until 30 November, the

minimum wages for domestic workers whowork more than 27 hours per week will beas follows:Area A R9,63 hourly, R433,35 weekly (for

a 45-hour week) and R1 877,70 monthly (for

a 45-hour week).Area B R8,30 hourly, R373,50 weekly(for a

45-hour week) and R1 618,37 monthly(for a45-hour week).The minimum wages for domestic

workers who work 27 hours per week orless are as follows:Area A R11,27 hourly, R304,29 weekly (for

a 27-hour week) and R1 318,48 monthly (fora 27-hour week).Area B R9,80 hourly, R264,60 weekly (for

a 27-hour week and R1 146,51 monthly(for a27-hour week.Last year’s (2012) hourly rate for Area A

was R8,95. The minimum rate in Area A is

calculated as – minimum wage for the pastperiod plus consumer price index (CPI) plus1%.While last year’s (2012) hourly rate for

Area B was R7,65. The minimum rate inArea B is calculated as – minimum wagefor the past period plus consumer priceindex (CPI) plus 2%.In terms of sectoral determination (SD),

which governs the basic wage, and condi-tions of employers of the vulnerabledomestic workers, it divides the sector intotwo geographic areas:Area A and B. Area A includes all urban

areas with municipalities such as Buffalo

City, City of Tshwane, Emalahleni, Johan-nesburg and others. Area B includes thosemunicipalities not included in Area A.The Department of Labour wishes to

caution employers that in terms of the law,a domestic worker may not be made towork more than 45 hours a week; workmore than nine hours per day for afive-day work week; and also work morethan eight hours a day for a six-day workweek.Overtime must be paid at one and half

times the employee’s normal wage or anemployee may agree to receive paidtime-off.

Domestic workers to receive deserved wage increase


} Tladi Moloi

MOLEBOHENG MABOOE, akaLebo, is one of the few women wholove soccer more than everything.She forms part of the likes of Mamel-lo Makha (Bloemfontein Celtic), Itu-meleng Mashele (Kaizer Chiefs) andJoy Thauke (Orlando Pirates). Allthese die-hard supporters are alwaysseen in the colours of their respectiveteams when in action.

Moleboheng was born inMatatielein the Eastern Cape, but she grew upin Gauteng and lately relocated toSenyamo Village in Qwaqwa. Lebosays she is very kind, honest and sheis a caring person.

Lebo is one of the ten grandchil-dren who were raised by their lategranny, Mamoeketsi Lebese. Shesaid it was nice to be raised by thecarrying and loving granny.

“The reason behind being raisedby the granny was because our par-ents were working far from home,”she said.

In 1984 Lebo’s schooling daysstarted. Share your schooljourney with us.

I started school at Ha Nkasele Pri-mary in Matatiele. I then went toboarding school, Farview Mission atthe Mount Fletcher, before going tothe Thesele High School in Soweto.

From there we relocated toQwaqwa and I went to the PhofungSenior Secondary School until I fin-ished mymatric. After matric I wentto the Bethlehem College where Istudied Public Management untilN4. Then I later went to RandfonteinCollege to finish my N6.

Your love of football – whendid it start?

I fell in love with football when Iarrived in Qwaqwa back in 1994. Iwas inspired by the woman whowas always playing a drum at thestadium by the name of NkobolaneMoholobela and the late Jabu Khum-alo who was then our public relationofficer. The late Khumalo wouldmake you feel that one has to go tothe stadium and witness the good

team that he used to talk about.

What do you love mostabout football?

Football keeps me away from do-ing wrong things and it is entertain-ing. The saddest part is when yourteam loses, Iyoo!

At that moment you feel like youdo notwant to eat andwhen it is timeto go to work, you feel embarrassedby your teams defeat.

Which team did you sup-port when you were younger?

Kaizer Chiefs because I grew up inaChiefs supporting family. I support-ed it until I decided to jump ship andjoin Ea Lla Koto.

Are you theFreeState Starsnumber-one supporter?No, I amnot. It is not true that I am

a number-one supporter. We are allnumber one supporters in the FreeState Stars family. We all attend theteam’s games.

You are always at the FreeState Stars games. Do theytransport you?

No, they don’t transport me. Ispendmy ownmoney to gowatch thegames, but sometimes my parentsgiveme somemoney. I am doing thisfor the love of my team. When theycansee that thereare supporterswhoare always behind them, they willknow that they must play for us.

How much do you spendmonthly on football?

I can’t really tell, because I spendexcessive amounts of money. Some-times I don’t pay my accounts just tosave for the next games. I also bet noless than R200, confident that my

team is going to win. If I decided towork out on how much I spend amonth on just being a Free StateStars fan, trust me, I would faint.

Free State Stars no longerhave the fan support they hadback in the 90s. What do youthink is the problem?

That’s true, our team has lost ascores of supporters, but we are stillworking on ways to bring them backto the stadiums. Most of our support-ers lives in Qwaqwa. Some of themare not working and they find it ex-pensive to drive to Bethlehem to sup-port the team. But you know thatwhen we play in Qwaqwa, they comein their numbers.

How old were you whenFree State Stars won theCoca-ColaCup in 1995 and doyou still remember what hap-pened that day?I was still young, but I know Free

State Stars took the Coca-Cola Cupfrom Bush Bucks.

You were once in the CastleLager superfan team. Take usthe journey?

Firstly, I would like to thank oursupporters, because they were theones who voted me in. They believedthat I deserved tobe there. I alsowantto thank themanagement of the teamand the players. For me being therewas like a dream come true and weenjoyed ourselves. What I liked themost was that we were given thechance to be in the same hotel as theBafana Bafana players.

What was the most embar-rassing moment you have ev-er witnessed?

It was when Bloemfontein Celticbeat us several times in the leagueand cup game. That day was like anightmare. I even switched off myphone. I took sick leave because Iwas not myself. It felt almost as if aclose friend had passed on.

Lebo a super fan of Free State Stars

MOLEBOHENG MABOOE, aka Lebo, is one of the Free State Stars die-hard supporters. Photo: Tladi Moloi

NEWS

THE University of the Free State(UFS) was recognised by theUnited Nations (UN), as well asthe National Association forMarketing, Advancement andCommunication in Education(MACE), for its communicationand marketing campaigns lastweek.

The UFS was nominated byrepresentatives of the UN toreceive a special United NationsAward for a leadership communi-cation campaign named Talk tome. The award, which forms partof the Golden Awards of theInternational Public RelationsAssociation (IPRA), is madeannually to the campaign thatbest supports human developmentin line with the UN objectives.

The UFS also received twoexcellence awards and four meritawards from MACE during theHigher and Further EducationExcellence Awards. The Talk tome campaign was also one of therecipients of the excellenceawards.

The Excellence Awards wereheld as part of the 2013 nationalMACE congress which was hostedby the UFS on the BloemfonteinCampus and attended by 139delegates from 25 higher andfurther education institutions.

“I am extremely proud of theachievements of what is emergingas a truly world-class communica-tions department at the UFS,recognised increasingly forachievements nationally andabroad,” said Prof. JonathanJansen, vice-chancellor and rectorof the UFS.

Talk to me, which was imple-mented in 2010, is a leadershipcommunication campaign thatcreates a way for staff andstudents to engage with Jansen.With the campaign he regularlyspends time physically sitting onthe university’s three campuses ina predetermined area giving staffand students the opportunity totalk and interact with him.

The success of the campaignstems from the fact that it gives

him the opportunity to pick up onissues or concerns of the campuscommunity.

“The Talk to me campaign isone of the key campaigns of theuniversity’s Human Project, as itprojects the scholarship of serviceand transformation leadership. Itis an exceptional honour to berecognised by the UN and toreceive this award,” said LaceaLoader, director: strategic commu-nication at the UFS.

“The MACE Higher and FurtherEducation Excellence Awardsprovide an excellent platform toshowcase the many projects andcampaigns of the sector, and toreceive this kind of recognitionfrom our peers is a tremendoushonour for the university,” Loadersaid.

The Talk to me campaign wasawarded an excellence award inthe category Integrated MarketingProgrammes; the UFS’s television

campaign on DStv received anexcellence award in the Broadcast-ing category; the magazine Bultreceived a special merit award inthe category External Publica-tions; the staff newsletter Dumelaand a publication for first-yearstudents, Kovsie Prospectus,received a merit award in thecategory Special Publications; andthe Open Day campaign received amerit award in the categoryIntegrated Marketing Campaigns.

UFSmarketing campaigns scoop awards

FROM the left are Leatitia Pienaar, Lacea Loader, Leonie Bolleurs and Ilze Bakkes, the University of the Free State’s winning team. Photo: Supplied


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} Tladi Moloi

WHEN someone cries, it is not alwayswith sadness, some people cry to showtheir happiness.

The atmosphere was electrifying duringthe recent 2013 awards ceremony of theMabewana Primary School at the SenyamoVillage in Qwaqwa.

The school hosted the awards ceremonyon Wednesday to award the learners whohad worked hard throughout the year.

Most of the award winners lookedsurprised and some of them even cried asthey walked to collect their certificates, but

they all shared the same sentiments: “Itwas tears of joy”.

Dimakatso Molelengoane (11), a gr. 6learner, received certificates in English,Life Skills, Natural Science and Technologyand Social Science. Dimakatso was one ofthe award winners who cried tears of joy.

“I want to thank my parents and theteachers who had guided me thus far. Iwill ensure that I work harder so that I donot disappoint them. They believe in meand I should start believing in myself too.”

It was not the first time the young girlgot a reward for her hard work. She alsoreceived awards in gr. 4, but she has not

received any more certificates in the pasttwo years.

Pulane Xaba, a teacher and the organis-er, said the award ceremony was aimed atmotivating learners both academically andin sport.

She said it was not the first time thatthey had the awards ceremony and addedthat since its inception the school’s resultshave been improving every year.

“Those who did not get an award willcome with guns blazing next year, becausethey surely would like to win something,”she said.

Pulane told those who had done well insport they should keep up the good workbecause there was talent in them.

She said not all learners could beacademical and hopefully they wouldproduce a professional sports player inyears to come.

“We are worried because when they getto the secondary schools they stop takingpart in sport.

“We would like to encourage them tokeep playing whatever sports they wereinvolve in,” she said.

Joseph Monaheng, the deputy principal,requested the parents who had attendedthe ceremony to help their children withtheir school work, support from family isgood for children still developing theirskills and minds.

He said it was high time that the parentsknew the importance of education andguided their children to a bright future.

“We should make time for our children’swork.

Education is the key to success and I amof the hope that no one wants to havefailure in his house,” he said.

He asked parents to monitor theirchildren and make sure that they did notspend most of their time on social net-works and before the television, becausethat would take them nowhere.

Not all tears are sad tears

LEARNERS of the Mabewana Primary School who won awards pose with their teachersduring the 2013 awards ceremony. They are from the left, front: Mpho Chefane, SuzanChabangu, Molefi Khoeli, Vukani Dlamini, Seipati Molebe and Dimakatso Molelengoane;back: Mamashome Malimabe, Winnie Koloti, Jabu Mvundla, Pulane Xaba, Joseph Mona-heng, Mpolokeng Ntholeng, Mmami Makhalemele and Mabatho Mofokeng.

HAPPY: One of the school learner who criedas she received her certificate.

JOY: Tears of joy. Photos: Tladi Moloi


“DESPITE the negative and unfoundedremarks against Hochland Auto and theservice we provide, we trust that you, ourloyal customers, will still allow us thepleasure of servicing and repairing yourvehicle with the same dedication andenthusiasm that we have shown you duringour years of service in Bethlehem,” saysmanaging director, Jaco Odendaal.“Hyundai Bethlehem’s (Hochland Auto’s)

After Sales Department consists of the sameBMW- and Hyundai-qualified personnel andwell-equipped facilities that you as ourcustomer came to know through the years.“We will still specialise in the servicing

and repair of your Hyundai vehicle (bothwithin service plans and warranty andvehicles where these have expired), as wellas all BMW vehicles and BMW motorcycles(out of manufacturer warranty and mainte-nance plans).“These vehicles will be attended to by

our qualified and experienced technicians,and our standards will by no means belower than what you’ve become accustomedto over the years.“A marked difference, worth noting, will

be towards our BMW customers where areduced labour rate will be applied. Asidefrom the known BMW and Hyundai brands,we will also be servicing other manufactur-ers’ vehicles (outside the scope of thewarranty and maintenance plans).“Several extended service plan and

warranty contract options will also beavailable for purchasing at our FinancingDepartment.“These vehicles can then be serviced by

Hochland Auto who will also handle theclaims, where applicable.”

HYUNDAI BETHLEHEM/HOCHLANDAUTO’Sworkshop staff are from the left, front: Alfred Rammoko, Francois Botha and Shaun Greene,second row: Samson Msibi, Buda Lebona, Michael Swart (workshop manager) and Amos Nhlapo; back: Godfrey Beukes (productionmanager), Leoni Bekker, Eduard Botha, Danie van Dyk and Armand van Deventer.

STAFF of the Hyundai Bethlehem/Hochland Auto workshop arefrom the left Amos Nhlapo, Michael Swart (workshop manager),Alfred Rammoko and Godfrey Beukes (production manager).

AMOS NHLAPO en Alfred Rammoko work-ing on a BMWofwhich the service plan andwarranty have expired.

ALFRED RAMMOKO working on a BMW.

SHAUN GREENE, apprentice, works on Hyundai vehicles at Hy-undai Bethlehem/Hochland Auto.

FRANCOIS BOTHA, a technician, works on Hyundai vehicles at Hy-undai Bethlehem/Hochland Auto.

EDUARD BOTHA (right) is a technician andArmand van Deventer an apprentice work-ing on BMW motorcycles.

EDWARDMBELE (left) andWilfredRadebeof the parts department.

THE service advisors at Hyundai Bethlehem/Hochland Auto arefrom the left Danie van Dyk, Leoni Bekker (costing, claims andwar-ranties) and Pieter de Villiers.

Great service still top priority


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THE healthy and fit men andwomenwho participated in the Cherry Festival Aerobics Marathon 2013which was held at the Horticultural Hall in Ficksburg on Saturday. Accordingto Sekere Khekhe, the organiser, this will be an annual event to encourage people to stay healthy and fit. Photo: Supplied

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} Selloane Khalane

THE Free State has the highest unemploy-ment rate in the country, harbouring afigure of 39%.The province’s worrying unemployment

statistics were revealed by Elzabe Rockman,MEC for the Free State Treasury, duringher 2013-’14 adjustment budget speechtabled at the Free State Legislature lastThursday.Rockman raised grave concern over the

39% unemployment rate which has beenincreasing in recent years.According to the Financial and Fiscal

Commission reports, unemployment ratesin other provinces range around 26%.Rockman said declining production in

mining and agriculture had been thebiggest contributors to the escalatingunemployment rate in the province.“A bigger contribution from the private

sector is needed,” Rockman explained.With only 33 000 jobs created in the

current financial year, treasury chieffinancial officer Godfrey Matlatsi said theprovince still had a 52 000 shortfall toreduce the high unemployment rate.According to Rockman, government has

prioritised entrepreneurship and theadvancement of small, medium and micro-sized enterprises (SMMEs) as the catalyst toachieving economic growth and develop-

ment.Opposition parties are unconvinced the

Free State government is putting enougheffort in job creation.“Clean governments attract investors;

unfortunately our province is riddled withcorruption and maladministration,” saidPatricia Kopane, leader of the DA in theFree State.She added: “The province has the highest

over-expenditure in the country, standing atR1 billion.”Kopane emphasised the significance of

government to support small businessesand to re-open firms closed in the provinceto boost the economy to create employmentopportunities.“Almost 50% of people in the province

rely on grants, the youth is struggling toget employment,” said Kopane.Congress of the People (Cope) provincial

secretary Mzwandile Hleko echoed thesentiment saying that government shouldrevive mining and agriculture which werethe province’s strongholds.“The province cannot afford mismanage-

ment of funds whilst its people live belowthe poverty line,” he added.While some departments are already

experiencing financial constraints, R126million has been made available in theadjustment budget to rescue the Free Statefrom its ailing state.

Unemploymentincreases in FS

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} Tladi Moloi

DANGER MOLOI, Moving SpursFC and Hurricanes FC chairper-son, has rubbished rumoursclaiming that he fired theirlong-serving head coach, Johnny“Raps” Mafereka, due to allega-tions that he was involved inmatch fixing in their last leaguegame against the Maluti FETCollege.

Spurs are campaigning in theSafa Second Division whileHurricanes are playing in the SafaThabo Mofutsanyana SAB League.

The Second Division gamescommenced a fortnight ago andExpress Eastern Free State haslearnt that Raps has never shownup at the training grounds sinceSpurs reported back from trainingin September.

It was alleged that Moloi andRaps were not seeing eye to eyefollowing allegations that thecoach handed three points toMaluti, who were in need of it toprogress to the national play-offswhich they got promoted from.

Maluti won that game by 5-1 andfinished top onto the Free StateSafa Second Division log table.

However, Moloi said he knewnothing about match fixinginvolving his team and added thathis coach would never do that.

“Look, I trust Raps. He has beenwith the team for a long time andI can assure you that he wouldnever do that, come rain orshine.”

He said what he had overheardwas that the coach had not turnedup for duty, because he hadrequested to meet with Moloibefore he could start with his job.

“I have never had enoughchance to go home, since I havebeen busy with my farms, but Iwill make sure that I treat that asan urgent matter,” he said.

Moloi has revealed that Teboho“Double” Moeti, who was anassistant coach to MgababaManchu at the Super Eagles lastseason, has approached himasking for the coaching job. Hesaid he would have given it to himif he had fired the current coach.

“I did not hire any coachwhatsoever. Raps is still my headcoach. The captain is the one whois in charge of the team thus faruntil I meet with the coach,” hesaid.

Spurs played to a one-all drawin a season opener against thenewly-promoted Welkom RealHearts last Saturday at theMmakwane Stadium.

When asked why Spurs andHurricanes did not turn up for theNedbank preliminary games afortnight ago, Moloi said: “Thatwas just a waste of money becausethat competition is not paying atthe lower division.

“We took a decision as themanagement of the team a fewyears back that we would nevertake part in that competition. Theleague is very important to us andwe should focus on it.”

Raps has also confirmed that hewas not fired, adding that hewanted to meet with the team bossbefore he could report back forduty.

“We did not give three points toMaluti, but they beat us in thefield.

“I remind you that that gamewas played a month after we took

a break and it was obviously hardfor us to assemble the team withinthat short period of time and winagainst Maluti who were stilltraining in preparation for theplay-offs,” he said.

Fourteen Monnayana, the Malutiteam manager, said it was not truethat they paid something to theSpurs coach to win the game.

“The reason we won by thatmargin was because those people

only had three days to prepare theteam before they could playagainst us.

“We were still practisingbecause we had to prepare theteam for the play-offs,” he said.

Match-fixing rumours dismissed

DANGER MOLOI, the Moving Spurs FC and Hurricanes FC chairperson. Photo: Tladi Moloi


E F SASTERN REE TATE

Stars have guns ready for Chiefs

PAULOS MASEHE, the Free State Stars skipper, will be hoping to guide his team to a victory against the Soweto giants of Kaizer Chiefs.

} Tladi Moloi

THE wounded KaizerChiefs is coming to theCharles Mopeli Stadium inQwaqwa on Saturday toplay Free State Stars again.

Kick-off is set for 15:30.This time the two teams

will fight for three pointsin the Absa PremierLeague, unlike before whenthey fought for a place inthe Telkom Knockoutsemi-final.

Amakhosi then won thegame by 4-2 on penaltiesafter both teams drew 1-1in 120 minutes of the game.

The Soweto Giants willbe facing this encounterwith fresh wounds.

They were defeated inthe Telkom Knockoutsemi-finals on Saturdaynight.

The team suffered a 1-0defeat at the hands ofPlatinum Stars.

Stars had played theirsecond final this year afterthey had won the MTN 8against Orlando Pirates inSeptember.

Ea Lla Koto knows whatto expect from the ever-running Chiefs players.

They will surely continuewith the good form theydisplayed against Amazuluin their previous leaguegame in the Goble ParkStadium on Sunday.

Poor finishing in front ofgoals saw the boys in redand white sharing thespoils in a game that theyshould have won convinc-

ingly. Stars had to pushafter they had conceded anearly goal through AyandaDlamini.

Their never-die attitudefinally paid off with justeight minutes remainingfrom full time when theAmazulu skipper, Carling-ton Nyadombo, handedStars an equaliser with abeautiful header fromRubben Tebekane, just twometres from the centreline.

Steve Komphela, theteam mentor, said theyknow that Chiefs wouldcome with guns blazingand added that they wereup for the challenge.

He said the last timethey played Chiefs theyhad lost on penalties afterthey had conceded a lategoal.

“They lost their lastgame and I am sure thatthey would not like to losetwo games in a row. Weshould have won the gamein our last contest againstthem, but we conceded alate goal and lost onpenalties. We will goagain,” he said.

Komphela said they hadto start winning theirhome games if they wantedto stay at the top of thelog.

The Bethlehem-basedteam is at the 9th positionon the log with 12 pointsafter 10 games whileChiefs is placed in 6thposition with 15 points in 9games.

“They lost their lastgame and I am sure thatthey would not like tolose two games in arow.” – Steve Komphela

} Tladi Moloi

THEMaluti FET Col-lege is hoping to re-deem themselveswith a win againstUnited FC after theyhad suffered a 7-4 de-feat against BlackLeopards on Satur-

day. The college boyswill lock horns withUnited in the Nation-al First Division en-counter today in theCharles Mopeli Sta-dium in Namahadi,Qwaqwa.

Kick-off is at 15:30.United played to a

three all draw againstSivutsa Stars in theMoruleng Stadium inNorth-West on Sun-day.

Maluti are ninth onthe log with 13 pointsin ten games whileUnited are seventhwith the same points.

African Warriors isplaying Santos CapeTown in the AthloneStadium.

Kick-off is at 19:30.

Maluti hopes to win against United FC in Qwaqwa

SIVUTSA STARS have appoint-ed veteran striker SifisoVilakazi the player-assistantcoach of the National FirstDivision side.

The club has released McDon-ald Makhubedu, who was

previously serving head coachJohn Tlale, as well as ex-Orlan-do Pirates man Thando Mdluli,fellow defender Mareka Mosoes-ta, midfielder Samuel Malokaand goalkeeper AzwindiMaphaha among others.

Vilakazi player-assistant coach MATOME was asked tocall an ambulance whenhis girlfriend went intolabour. Eventually, shegave birth to twins.Matome: “Hallo, re kopakoloi ya hospital.” Receiv-

er: “Can you please speakEnglish. I can’t hear you.”Matome: “Come hospital,car come. My girlfriend isborning a child. Modimowa Israele and a sparebaby.” – Tladi Moloi

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