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MAGGIE DIKGETSI fromBloemanda in Kimberley willpossibly be amongst the first in theNorthern Cape to receive one of thenew smart ID cards.This is after the SAPS Women’s

Network assisted her to apply for anew ID at the Department of HomeAffairs on 11 July.It was discovered that Dikgetsi,

whose plea was published in theExpress Northern Cape of 3 October2012, is not 61, but 73 years of age.The discovery was made by apathologist who was approached bythe SAPS Women’s Network andthe Community Policing Forum(CPF) after seeing the article. Hercorrect age was determined afteran estimation was done throughher next-of-kin.In the previous article Granny

Dikgetsi appealed to the communi-ty to help her get a proper house asshe had been promised manytimes. She was also not receivingan old-age grant and had beensurviving on her grandson’s childsupport grant.“My biggest wish is to get a

proper roof over my head, then Ican die in peace,” she was quotedas saying.Dikgetsi, who stays in an old,

dilapidated shack, lives with herfour-year-old grandson. She suffersfrom shortness of breath due to thecold and cooking on an open firesince her daughter passed awayearlier this year. She has also beenunable to buy electricity becauseher metre number was registeredunder a different name.On Mandela Day, the SAPS

Women’s Network and the CPF puta smile on Dikgetsi’s face as shewas helped to switch on her lightsfor the first time. She also receiveda donation of a bed, clothing,blankets and food parcels for herand her grandson.Whilst the SAPS Women’s

Network and the CPF are innegotiations with the Sol PlaatjeMunicipality to rectify her titledeed and arrange for her to receivethe house of her dreams, Katz

Roofs and Bricks volunteered tosponsor a descent shack for her inthe meantime.Susan Mapitse of the SAPS

Women’s Network said that theywould continue to assist Dikgetsiwith emotional support. She alsosaid that the programme ofidentifying the vulnerable wouldcontinue until the 16 Days ofActivism against Woman and ChildAbuse was over.“We will assist her in getting a

house and an old-age grant as soonas we can. We also appeal toanyone who can assist us or thegranny in any way to come forth,”said Mapitse.SAPS Galeshewe station com-

mander, Brig. Francis Hender, saidthat this was a step in the rightdirection for the SAPS.“We have a responsibility to

uplift our people and assist inpushing back the frontiers ofpoverty in our communities. Wewill continue, with the CPF, toimprove the lives of our people andto try our best to protect ourcommunities and improve lives,”he concluded.

Light back in granny’s life

MAGGIE DIKGETSI can now proudly use electricity, thanks to the SAPS.

THE bed, clothing, blankets and food parcels that the SAPS donatedto Maggie Dikgetsi. Photos: Boipelo Mere

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“KE a mo itse mokgalajwe, mmego utwisa botlhoko tota go utlwagotwe o a lwala (I know the oldman, and it is sad to learn that heis ill. Our prayers will always bewith him).”These were the words of Emily

Letsapa who celebrated her 94thbirthday on Mandela Day on 18July.“I have seen him twice during

his visit to the Galeshewe Sta-dium,” she mentioned whilechatting to Express Northern Cape,while Dr Ruth Mompati, ANCbranch member, in conjunctionwith the Healing and VictoryCentre, did her laundry.The two organisations had spent

the day before cleaning thegranny’s house and painting itand then hosted her birthdayparty at Gaasca on the 18th.In responce to a question about

what she wishes for on herbirthday, Letsapa said: “Lots ofnice food and tea.

“Even though one does not getany younger, people keep encour-aging me to enjoy my birthday,because Mandela’s party hostedmy parties when I was turning 92and 93, with nice food.”The granny further added that

she enjoyed walking around theyard and hates to sit still, al-though she does not walk so fastanymore.“When I sit still my muscles

become tense – I then havedifficulty standing up. I feelblessed that even though my eyesseem to be giving in, my feet canstill carry me to the kettle where Iwould make myself a cup of tea,when my grandson Reginald is notat home. All he has to do is tokeep the kettle filled with water.”

Happy to share birthday with Madiba

ALL SMILES: Emily Letsapawith her ice-cream cake duringher birthday party on MandelaDay.

RUTH MOMPATI, ANC branchmember, working in conjunctionwith the Healing and Victory Cen-tre. Photos: Boipelo Mere

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MOTSWEDING FM BROADCASTERS com-memorated Mandela Day by getting theirhands dirty with both the staff and patients attheKimberleyProvincialHospital. The stationalso broadcasted live from the hospital in aneffort to inspire individuals to take action andhelp change the world for the better.

This initiative was not only to seek to en-courage and drive audiences to giving their 67minutes of community work towards servicedelivery, but also to afford ordinary membersof the public the opportunity to be at the fore-front of service delivery and understand bywalking a mile in the shoes of those providingservice delivery on a day-to-day basis.

The commemoration further allowed Mots-weding FM listeners to voice their expecta-tions and also suggesting ways of betteringservice delivery, and in addition, encouragedthem (listeners) to take part in ensuring effec-tive delivery of basic services.

According to the station, the Mandela Dayactivity was also aimed at giving the stationthe opportunity to interact with audiences inthe Northern Cape province in preparation forthe CI launch and unveiling of its new look andfeel this coming September, which will also bethe celebration of 51 years of Setswana broad-cast excellence. The Angels, as MotswedingFM staff call themselves, was joined by theNorthern Cape Health MEC, Mxolisi Sokhat-sha, in honouring Nelson Mandela and bring-ing the Madiba legacy and keeping his dreamalive by celebrating his 95th birthday as dedi-cated ambassadors of goodwill, reinforcingMotsweding FM as a caring brand.

Celebrated Mandela Day in Kby

The Kimberley Hospital staff and Motsweding FM presenters on Mandela Day. Photo: Boipelo Mere


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WOMAN in my mirror . . . you are beautifuland that’s a fact.You are strong and that’s non-debateable.You are a miracle and that’s philosophy to

your name.And you are the cultured soul that remains

true to Africa’s breast.Woman in my mirror . . . tell me how . . .How is it that beauty can be a curse and even

the strongest of woman can be so vulnerable?How is it that your looks are always recog-

nised and your merits are compromised?How is it that the miracle is short-lived and

even the cultured soul is threatened to submis-sion?By mentally colonised beings?How is it that African beauty can be traded

and the strength and endurance of women be-come a gambling commodity in the hands ofmen who are supposed to protect?Take care and provide for these women.How is it that I am loved yet this is only appli-

cable behind closed doors?How is it that I am told that I am the best yet

this man cannot be vocal about it and let theworld know?How is it that I must always remind this man

that I am his equal and that the respect I givewould be appreciated if returned?How is it that I settle formoments of pleasures

that can never be compared to death do us part?How is it that I say yes when my very stand-

ards scream no?Woman in my mirror tell me how . . .How is it that we fail to strike the balance be-

tween root and flower?How is it that we cannot join the dots between

culture and the modern world?How is it that we are quick to compromise

who we are to recognise customs?And lifestyles that were never our own?Woman in my mirror . . .How is it that your beauty is the cause of your

heartache?How is it that your strength is the cause of

your tears?How is it that the “miracle” to whom you

opened your heavens is nowhere to be found?Woman in my mirror . . .How is it that we are defined better by all else

outside?Whilst we struggle to make sense of every-

thing that is inside.We are defined by brands, labels, price tags

and attachments.We are defined by men, by the mouth-piece

between our legs and by any fool who thinks heknows it all . . .Woman in my mirror . . .How is it that there are toomanymirrorswith

broken beings?Too many beings who look at their outer re-

flection without making time to reflect inside.How is it that there are too many women

avoiding those nagging questions at the back ofour minds?I would not say I and we if this was not our

story . . . to some more similar than to others.I would be damned if women continue to at-

tach a small value to themselves.Weareway too strong to be crushed, too confi-

dent to be convinced otherwise.Too wise to lose the debate.We are whole and we owe only answer to one

being.And for each of us its being is that woman in

the mirror.

Woman inmy mirror

Dimakatsi Lechwenyo

MEMBERS of the101 Field Workshopat Lohatlha MilitaryBase, in conjunctionwith Khumani Mine,also did their shareof community workon Mandela Day atthe Maikaelelo Pri-mary School in Oli-fantshoek. Thegroup of men andwomen cleaned thethe whole schoolyard. They also as-sisted on cleaningthe classroom win-dows, after whichthey all enjoyed acup of hot soupwithall the learners.

Photo: Ilse watson


habangwe Primary School who submitted acleanandsimpledesignwhichwouldworkwellin Bloodhound colours.Enrique van der Merwe of the Postmasburg

Primary School won the category for gr. 7 togr. 9 with a simple and effective joining of UKandSouthAfrican flags inBloodhoundcolours.The runner-up in the category for gr. 10 to

gr. 12 is 15-year-old Mogomotsi Mandela of theAdamantia High School who is also a learnerat the Maths and Science Leadership Academyin Kimberley. While the colours were unusual,the design was exciting and very South Afri-can, influenced by a Kimberley diamond minetheme.

ed to be identifiable as Bloodhound and it need-ed to identify me as the driver. There were acouple of other things that I did not include, asI wanted to see what they could work out forthemselves. I was looking for bold, vibrantshapes, and two distinct national designs ofsome sort, one UK-themed and one South Afri-can. This was where the entrants could reallyshow some flair,” he added proudly.Other learners from the Northern Cape also

submitted designs that really impressed thejudges. These were category winners or run-ners-up.The winner in the category for gr. 4 to gr. 6

was 11-year-old Lindiwe Maganelo of the Mole-

have two helmets available – on the basis thatwe should always have a spare for anything im-portant,” Green explains.“Of course the helmets do not have to be

painted the same, and with two different de-signs, this gave us a great chance for a competi-tion.”The two winning designs are reported to be

with an expert helmet designer/painter fromJLF Designs in the UK for application toGreen’s helmets.Green described the rules for the design very

simple.“The colours had to be compatible with the

Bloodhound blue and orange, the helmet need-

DIRK COETZEE (17), a matric learner of theAdamantia High School in Kimberley, haswontheSouthAfrican legof a competition that chal-lenged young artists to design a helmet forWing Commander Andy Green who will bedriving the Bloodhound supersonic car.“I love the bold and exciting South African

theme of Dirk’s design and the big sunrise andgemsbok adding a Northern Cape element.“Superbly finished and proudly South Afri-

can – it is perfect,” Green commented.The helmet design competition was used as

an opportunity to get children fromSouthAfri-ca and the United Kingdom (UK) involved intheBloodhoundSSCProject aspart of its educa-tion programme.Dirk’s design will feature on one of the two

helmets that Green will wear during his at-tempts to break the current land speed recordand reach up to 1 000 miles per hour (1 610 km/h) with the Bloodhound SSC at Hakskeenpan.The other design will come from the UKwin-

ner, 11-year-old Sam James.The competition attracted nearly 1 000 en-

tries, about half from the Northern Cape inSouth Africa and half from UK schools. TheWilliam Humphrey’s Art Gallery and theNorthern Cape Department of Education alsosupported the competition with the gallery’soutreach teamvisitingmanyschools toprovideexpert advice to learners who wished to enterthe competition.“When we start running Bloodhound, I will

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THE Ikhayalethu Victim Support Centre,Phakama Productions, Karona Trading andPalace of Praise Church are renovating theabondoned shopping centre, previouslyknown as the Tips Tavern, in Homevaleand turning it into a youth centre.The stakeholders combined and are

working as an NGO to rehabilitate andsupport the youth dealing with arts intheir newly established studio.More than 50 youths from around

Homevale, Homelite and Homevale Exten-sion, who were later joined by learnersafter school, got their hands dirty andcleaned the abandoned building on Mande-la Day, excited that they will be utilisingit for skateboarding practice.The Northern Cape FET College also

handed over many computers for thecentre.Even parents joined in the work because

they said the place had turned into ahaven for criminals where people tradedand used drugs.Justin Abrahams (20), who was amongst

those who painted the walls of the build-ing, said that it was also an effort tocontribute towards the 67 minutes toMandela’s birthday.“We are a community that has the

culture of helping each other. We wereadvised by the NGO to come and assist incleaning the building in order to ratherpractise skateboarding here. My friendsand I chose to come and assist instead ofwatching our brothers wasting away theirlives smoking drugs on the premises,” saidAbrahams.He added that as much as they are

young and poor, they do not wish to endup as non-roleplayers in their community.According to Thami Sikhupelo, they will

be turning Tips Tavern into a tips havento benefit the youth in the area.“We are also working with Business

Against Crime, who will send us some oftheir learnership youth to train,” he addedproudly.According to Dawn Theys, the EPWP

project manager, they are also workingwith the Department of Public Works torevitalise the building and turn a sectionof it into a community bakery.

Youthsget theirhandsdirty

MORE than 50 youthmembers fromaroundHomevale, Homelite andHomevale Extension,who were later joined by learners after school, got their hands dirty and cleaned theabondened building onMandela Daywith the aim of utilising it for skateboarding practice.

Photos: Boipelo Mere


} Sidwell Guduka

SOUTH AFRICA’Ssoccer giants Orlan-do Pirates and KaizerChiefswill gohead-to-head in the 2013 Car-ling Black Label Cupon Saturday at 15:30.

The Carling BlackLabelCup isnow in itsthird year and cham-pion coaches fromboth sides will leadtheir teamsat theFNBStadium. Tickets forthe match are official-ly sold out – in fact, the“Sold out” signs wentup three weeks aheadof the much-anticipat-ed showpiece.

“We are delightedabout the sold-out sta-tus of theCarlingCup.This is indicative ofthe power of this cam-paign and how cham-pion coaches desire tosee their starting line-ups.

“We are excited andlooking forward to theencounter on Satur-day,” Vijay Govind-

samy, Carling BlackLabel’s general man-ager, said.

“We would like tothank our consumersfor the support theyhave shownto this ini-tiative for the past twoseasons.

“It certainly ap-pears to have fulfilledtheir aspirations,”Govindsamy conclud-ed.

Pirates proved to bethe kings of this popu-lar event by winningtwo previous editions.

Theywill go into thegame as favourites todefend their title.

However, Chiefswill also be motivatedgoing into this fixture,after lifting the Gau-teng Cup after defeat-ing BloemfonteinCeltic 4-1 at LoftusVersfeld on Sunday.

Once again, thiscompetition gavefans an opportunityto select their de-sired starting line-ups for both sides.

The SMS competi-tion line closed lastnight and the line-upswill be revealed today.

Giants gohead-to-head

Lucky Lekgwathi (left), Orlando Pirates skipper, and ItumelengKhune, Kaizer Chiefs captain. Photo: Barry Aldworth/Backpagepix

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