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} Boipelo Mere

YOU will think of no otherthan George Orwell’s master-piece 1984 when you hearSylvia Lucas crowning herselfdie koning van die Kalahari.

It is Orwell’s discouragementof double-speak that probablymade Lucas call herself koningrather than koningin.

She is, after all, the premierof the Northern Cape.

She is responsible for morethan one million inhabitantsof this sparsely populated

province.Throughout her inaugural

speech and her budget speechearlier, one could not miss herwell-known antics as she dealtwith opposition parties,throwing her sarcasm andsense of humour around.

She sent the whole galleryand legislature into raptureswhen she said in Afrikaans:“Ek praat Afrikaans, want ekhet mos met die skip gekom”.

She was referring to her asbeing the offspring of bothwhites and Bushmen.

Lucas was formerly an MEC

for Environment and NatureConservation and she is adeputy chairperson of theANC Women’s League in theprovince.

She is better known as theworst howler and noise makerin the legislature, so muchso that one could havemistaken her for an emptytin, only to learn when inserious talk and on a one-on-one basis that she is indeed atigress of note.

To illustrate the above, incontrast to the rapture thatfilled the gallery and thechamber, there was an eeriesilence when she gave theopposition parties, particular-ly Cope, a dressing downpointing to the gallery whereKarel Boshoff, president of theOrania-beweging, sat, sayingshe missed him and hisparty’s Freedom Front Plusconstructive criticism andopposition.

However, in the face of itall, this koning van dieKalahari looks like a worka-holic and somebody who cantake the province somewhere.

‘Koning’ of the Kalahari‘Koning’ of the KalahariLucas premier of note

KARELBOSHOFF congratulated theNorthernCapepremier, Syl­via Lucas, on behalf of Orania and handed her a gift.

Photo: Boipelo Mere

She looks like a workaholicand somebody who can

take the provincesomewhere

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Boeboe bids NClegislature farewell} Boipelo Mere

SINCE the new administra-tion came to power after thepreviousnational andprovin-cial elections, the NorthernCape has become a provinceof suspense and speculations.

Rumour mongering has en-veloped the province eversince that unfortunate inci-dent where Premier HazelJenkins suffered a strokewhile delivering the State ofthe Province Address lastyear.

While Boeboe van Wyk wasdelivering his budget speechas speaker of the NorthernCape Provincial Legislature,his lips gave nothing away ofhis impending resignationthe following day.

Even when he concluded bysaying that the legislature re-mained committed to the con-stitutional mandate of law-

making, oversight and publicparticipation, the speakerdropped not a single hint thathe was headed to Namaqua toserve as mayor in the Nama-khoi Municipality.

It was a shock to everyonewhen the ANC announcedduring an emergency pressbriefing that Van Wyk hadbeen released to be closer tohis family and would there-fore be replaced by Gail Park-er, the spokesperson for theruling party.

Van Wyk said that he washonoured to have fulfilled hisdream of serving the party atall levels and that he wouldcontinue to assist the ANC tostabilise it by serving the peo-ple.

“I’ll definitely miss theNorthern Cape Legislature asthere was never a dull mo-ment while I was here,” headded.

“Wherever Comrade Boe-boewasdeployedhe left indel-ible footprints of honesty, in-tegrity, visionary leadership,forthrightness and hardwork. He possesses a wealthof governance experiencewhichwe thinkwill add valuein our efforts to strengthenthe Namakhoi Municipality.The Provincial ExecutiveCommittee has faith in his ca-pabilities and we wish him allthe best,” said Zamani Saul,the provincial secretary ofthe ANC.

Parker, the new speaker ofthe Northern Cape Legisla-ture, shyly said that it hadbeen unbelievable when shehad heard the news.

“It is an honour for me asI don’t thinks everyone getsan opportunity like this. Itclearly shows that the ANCtrusts me more than I imag-ined,” she concluded.

ZAMANI SAUL with the outgoing speaker Boeboe van Wyk (right) and the new speakerGail Parker. Photo: Boipelo Mere

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“THE Department of Rural Develop-ment and Reform has vowed to see toNARYSEC grow from strength tostrength.’’

These were the words of the minis-ter of the Department of Rural Devel-opment and Land Reform, Gugile Nk-winti, when he addressed members ofthe national rural youth service corpsin Kimberley last week.

He said this after a magnificent gra-duation display and military paradeby members of NARYSEC at 3 SouthAfrican Infantry Battalion.

The minister explained that NAR-YSEC was a component of rural devel-opment that trained youth in variousskills to create employment opportu-nities and helped them to create con-ditions for self employment.

“A student cannot be successful un-less he or she is disciplined. Hence wehave brought you to this military fa-cility to learn about discipline and itsimportance,” said the minister.

Nkwinti urged the 1 042 graduatesfrom around the country to becomeagents of change in their respectivesocieties on their return.

“This may seem like an ordinaryevent, but you must be aware that youhave joined a prestigious institution.What you do with these skills is up toyou,” said Nkwinti while congratula-ting the participants.

NARYSEC was established in 2010with the aim and main goal of recruit-ing and developing rural youth to per-form community service in their own

communities.The specific objectives of NAR-

YSEC are to recruit unemployedyouth in rural areas through furthereducation and training programmeslinked to the identified developmentalcommunity projects in rural areas.

The youth gets training in multi-disciplinary skills through civic edu-cation and therefore increases thenumber of rural communities receiv-ing support in their self-developmentthrough theComprehensiveRuralDe-velopment Programme (CRDP).

NARYSEC is rural wards-focused,as such, it recruits youth from ruralwards, including youth with disabili-ties with assistance from local munic-ipalities.

The vision is also to decrease thelevel of unemployment in rural areas,to increase literacy skills in rural are-as, disposable income for youth in ru-ral areas as a result of employmentand entrepreneurial opportunities.

To be considered for enrolment intoNARYSEC, a youth must meet the fol-lowing criteria: Must be in the 18 to35 age group, must have completedgr. 10, gr. 11 or gr. 12, must be livingin a rural area as well as be committedto staying in the programme for 48months.

“During this intake we had to re-lease five of the students due to a lackof discipline. One of the conditions forthe girls is to ensure that they do notfall pregnant during this period. Theboys are the ones who mostly cannotaccept discipline,” Nkwinti said.

One of the graduates, Theophilus

Tshwane from Rustenburg, said thatdiscipline was one of the most impor-tant tools that he had been taught.

“I also believe that leadership skillsare going to benefit us when we getback to our communities. We’ll beable to help our communities to makeSouth Africa better,” he added.

“I have learnt a lot. I am going tomake a change in my community,more especially the youth. I havelearnt a lot here during the four-month period,” said another gradu-ate,KabeloMoepe fromtheFreeState.

Nkwinti elaborated that the pro-gramme was not a job creation or a po-litically motivated one. He clarifiedthat the initiative by government wasto build up young people for their fu-ture.

“NARYSEC is here to stay. Al-though we are currently using themilitary premises, we are in the proc-ess of identifying dedicated facilitiesand structures where we’ll have ourown personnel,” added Nkwinti.

The minister proudly said they hadin the past lost some of their studentsto the private sector. He, however,said that they couldnot rely on thepri-vate sector alone as it was too small.

Parents, relatives and friends at-tended the parade and other attendeesincluded the mayor of the MadibengMunicipality and the Dr KennethKaunda District Municipality inNorth-West. MEC Norman Shushuwas also part of the dignitaries.

A total of 925 members of theNorthern Cape participated in this in-take.

Display magnificentTHE magnificent parade by the graduates.

LERATO THOBEJANEwas awarded a certificate of CHATSEC by theMinister of Rural Development and Land Reform, Gugile Nkwinti.

Photos: Boipelo Mere

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THE South African Breweries is callingfor entries for their annual ProjectKickStart Competition.KickStart is a youth entrepreneurial

programme that was launched in May1995, with the initial vision of alleviatingpoverty.It is aimed at youth that want to ex-

pand their existing businesses and istherefore mainly focused on instilling aculture of entrepreneurship among youngpeople.Over the years, KickStart has become

one of the largest entrepreneurshipdevelopment projects run by a privatesector company.The SAB KickStart programme has

subsequently become a platform to stimu-late sustainable enterprise developmentover the past years.The programme promotes business

awareness through training, supplyinggrants as start-up capital, post-trainingmentorship and business developmentsupport.The competition is open for 18- to

35-year-olds from previously disadvantagedbackgrounds who have registered business-es currently operational.This person should have entrepreneur-

ial flair and be committed to beingsuccessful.This innovative initiative by South

African Breweries awards grants andprovides mentorship to winning businesseswith prizes ranging from R30 000 toR250 000.Since its inception in 1995, SAB Kick-

Start has invested more than R64 millioninto developing youth-owned business-es.The programme has benefited more than

22 900 young entrepreneurs andhelped start 3 200 businesses.The South African Breweries

KickStart programme is recognisedas one of the leading youthentrepreneurial programmes in thecountry attracting thousands ofapplications each year.To enter, call Patience Selesho

on 051-406-8400 or 086-172-2763from South African BreweriesCentral Region (Free State,North West, Northern Cape, andVaal).For more information go to

www.sabkickstart.co.za/ Facebook:sab kickstart Twitter: @sab_kick-start.Forms are also available at your

nearest SAB depot.Entries will close on 14 June.

SAB calling for entries

PHEMELO MPOFU of AMAMP Tooling who wongrant funding worth R200 000 in the regional 2012KickStart competition, with Boipelo Nkadimeng(SAB’s enterprise development manager) andSizweMkhasibe (SAB’s central regiongeneralman­ager). Photo: Supplied

PROMOTION

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A TOTAL of 500 free burgers are upfor grabs at the Stadium ExpressRestaurant in Bultfontein Road,Kimberley.The store will be celebrating its

official opening today where each andevery customer will receive a burgerwith every purchase.The restaurant is hoping to give

away 500 free burgers.Stadium Express, which is an

express franchise that specialises in arange of fast foods, opened its doorson 14 December.The restaurant is prepared to

celebrate its opening with thisgiveaway to its customers who haveprovided endless support.The franchise has other branches of

food courts in Lesotho, Botshabeloand Bloemfontein.The Kimberley branch specialises

in chicken, burgers and fish.They laud themselves as the

cheapest store with the best fish,chicken and burgers in town.The store is run by Kevin Ramsay

and Liam Urray as co-owners andBrian Oliphant as the store manager.

Freeburgersfor loyalcustomers

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Miracles dostill happenin the church} Dr Thapelo Thipe

ARE there miracles inthe church today? Em-phatically yes! TheHoly Spirit who dis-tributes gifts is as ac-tive in the church to-day as when He wasamong apostles in theearly church. He givesgifts and the qualifica-tion criteria remainthe same as it werewith the early apos-tles. These come aboutwhen leaders inchurchconscientiouslydevelopa close relationship with the Lord Jesus Christin his Word and in character.

The Lord Jesus Christ revealed the criteriafor appointment in the Kingdom of God whenHesaidmanyare called, but feware chosen.TheLord who knows our hearts, chooses us andwhen we prove faithful to Him He bestows giftsupon us. Gifts of healing and the working of mir-acles are alive in the church today. Prophecyand discernment of spirits including knowingthings supernaturally is what the Holy Spirit isministering throughapostles, prophets, evange-lists, pastors and teachers.

The ordinary believer, when trained in theWord of God, can also deal with sickness, dis-ease and demons. There are gifts of tongues andof interpretation of tongues. These come as a re-sult of a higher level of commitment and hungerfor the presence of the Lord. All the gifts operatewithin an orderly discipline in the church.

As the end of the dispensation of grace drawsto a close the churchwill experience an increaseof miracles to a point of exceeding those whichthe Lord Jesus Christ performed. As a matterof fact, this is what the Lord Jesus Christ saidwould happen in the church.

DR THAPELO THIPE

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THE followingprizes can be wonin this year’sSpontaan:) SpecSavers: Eightpairs of Infinitysunglasses andeight vouchersworth R250 each.The total value isR5 200.) Z PR Communications and PublicRelations Consultants: A publicity andmarketing contract valued at R5 000 foreach finalist, including a consultationsession with the Z PR team, a professio-nal CV, the design of a CD cover andbusiness cards, the design and writing ofa professional profile, a Facebook profileand five press releases.

The total valuefor al l of thefinalists is R40 000.) PwC: For thewinner R1 000 incash, runner- up:R700 in cash andthird place: R300 incash. A total ofR2 000.

) Atlantis Guest House: Accommodation tothe value of R4 100.The winner, runner-up and third placewill each receive three nights’ accommo-dation for two people including breakfast.) PCB Productions: A photo shoot for thewinner, runner-up and third place valuedat R2 100.) Absa: A R500 hamper for eachfinalist.

Great prizes up for grabsSPONTAAN, Central South Africa’sfavourite and biggest singing competition,is back.Come and pit your singing talents against

the best in Central South Africa at theDiamond Pavilion Shopping Mall on Friday,21 June.The auditions start at 14:00. The exact

venue in the mall will be confirmed thisweek.Once again amazing pri-

zes are up for grabs, sowarmup those vocal chordsin the meantime.Rules to compete in the

competition:) You must be 16 yearsor older on 1 July.) For the regionalcompetitions you can singany song. However, thesong has to be contempo-rary music (no rappers orhip hop artists).) You are allowed toaccompany yourself oruse a backtrack.) The competition is for so-loists only.) You must supply yourown soundtracks and otherequipment for the regio-nal auditions yourself.) Spontaan will supply thesound equipment for the fi-nal.

) The winner of each regional auditionwill beannounced immediately after the audition.) Judges reserve the right not to choose a regi-onal winner.) Should you be chosen as a regional finalist,you must prepare five songs for the final heldin Bloemfontein at the Vryfees.) Finalists must supply their own backtracksor accompaniment for the final.) The final is on Saturday, 13 July, in Bloem-

fontein and if you are a fina-list you must organise yourown transport.) No pre-registration is re-quired. Simply arrive, payR20 and register.) Auditions will take placeat the following:Kuruman: Thursday, 20

June. Time and place will beannounced soon.Bloemfontein: Thursday,

13 June, at 17:00; Saturday,15 June, at 09:00 and Satur-day, 22 June, at 09:00. All atthe Volksblad office.Welkom: Thursday, 13 Ju-

ne, at 13:00 at theMetro thea-tres in Stateway.Kroonstad: Tuesday, 18

June, at 14:00 at Table round42’s club house.Bethlehem: Thursday, 6

June, at 14:00 at the FrontierInn and Casino (Coach-man’s Saloon).

Time for Spontaan