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FUMING workers who built 50 RDPhouses claim that they have not beenpaid for three months and now theywant to destroy all the houses and sellother items on auction to get theirmoney.

The houses concerned were built inthe Ditsheng section of Bohlokong,Bethlehem. About 50 people were em-ployed for the construction of thesehouses.

The angry workers said: “We willtake the stuff and sell it on auction toget our money.”

Teboho Tsotetsi (30), one of thehouse owners who has been celebrat-ing the new houses, is now a worriedman, along with many others.

Tsotetsi said he was worried aboutwhat was going to happen as theywere about to lose their house.

He said the builders were seriousabout what they said they would do,because several meetings had takenplace in his yard. He added that everytime these people came to his placefor a meeting, he thought they werecoming to destroy the house.

“Honestly, I feel threatened, but Ihave decided to cooporate in the be-lief that they will leave me alone. I un-derstand their frustration – workingfor three months without getting asalary is bad, but I am concernedabout how it is going to affect us,” hesaid.

Tsotetsi said he was living with hisyounger sister and brother and addedthat they were using his social grantto survive.

According to Tladi Mokoena (46), aconcerned worker, they startedworking for Indumo Construction inNovember last year. He said theywere paid for two months only andsince January they have never re-ceived any cash.

“We are fed up now because no onewants to come to our rescue. We hadmeetings with many people, includ-ing the owner of the company who

promised to pay us, but until today hehas not shown up,” he said.

Mokoena said they were hired bya person known to them as Alex, butthey found out later that he was sub-contracted.

“We have decided to pay ourselvesby taking the material and selling theother stuff on auction,” he said.

Puleng Seobi (37) said the contrac-tor was taking them for a ride andwarned that they would show him

that they were as wise as he was.“We feel for those who have already

moved into those houses, but we haveno option. They only have ten daysfrom today and if they do not respondto our complaint, the show goes on.”

Alex could not be reached for acomment as his cell phone has beenon voice mail for a week.

John Vuyani Jacobs, owner of In-dumo Construction, acknowledgesthat his workers have not been paid

yet. “We submitted invoices to the De-partment of Human Settlements inJanuary, but no payments have beenmade yet.

“The confusion started as we arenot the original contractor that wasappointed to build the houses. Theremight be a problem with the paperwork.”

Mafeka Nhlapho, manager of Hu-man Settlements of the DihlabengMunicipality, said they were not

aware that despondent workerswanted to destroy the houses andadded that they had met with him ona previous occasion.

“The provincial government is re-sponsible for the RDP houses and theprevious time they complained, Igave them the right number to findout what the problem was. Apparent-ly the government has not paid thecontractor, that is why he could notpay them,” he said.

Builders up in armsThreatening to destroy RDP houses if they are not paid

DEVASTATED: The worried Teboho Tsotetsi (left), who might lose his home, looking at the despondent workers who are threatening to destroythe RDP houses in Bohlokong, Bethlehem. Photo: Tladi Moloi

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THEFicksburgPoliceStationdonatedgroceries and food parcels to the child-headed families in theMeqheleng areanear Ficksburg on Wednesday.The donation became possible after

the management of the Ficksburg Po-lice Station had requested all theirmembers to bring along food andclothes.After they had responded positively

to the social crime prevention cam-paign, members of community polic-

ing forum identified the families inneed of assistance.Capt. Phumelelo Dhlamini of Com-

munication Services in Ficksburgsaid they hadmarched from the policestation toMeqhelengwhere they visit-ed Ntshane Khathatsi (18) who livesalone.He said Khathatsi’s mother and

grandmother had died in 2011 and lefthim orphaned.“We also marched to the next street

and came to House no. 5347 where thethree Masilo children, Tumeleo (9),Mohau (14) and Moeketsi (16), residealone. They go to school at the StJoseph Primary School. They do notreceive any social grant and their RDPhouse does not have windows andthere is no electricity,” he said.He said food parcels, blankets, shoes

and electrical appliances that wereboughtby theirmembersweredividedbetween these families.

NEWS

THEUNIS BOTHA, the leader of theChristian Democratic Party, said: “We takenote of confirmed reports that Rev.Kenneth Meshoe, president of the ACDP, isabout to resign his position in parlia-ment.”He said the CDP would not like to

speculate on how this step might influencethe ACDP internally, although they hopedthat it might not influence future attemptsof forging closer ties between the ACDP,the CDP and any other like-minded partiesand groupings.“Our main focus will be to ensure that

Christian Democratic values feature asstrongly as possible in South Africa’sfuture, and it is our conviction that thepotential role players who can ensure thatthis happens are widely spread, bothinside and outside present politics,” hesaid.He said they wished Meshoe success in

any future endeavours.

Focusstill onChristianvalues

Police reach out to vulnerable kids

HELPING HAND: Members of the South African Police Service(SAPS) from Ficksburg were captured with the beneficiaries duringthe donation handout. Photo: Supplied

For more news andphotos go towww.express-news.co.za

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The guests ululated and danced to old tradi-tional and wedding songs. They all wished thehappy couple a long life together.The newlyweds are spending their honey-

moon at home.

“I was surprised. I asked them what wouldpeople say. But they told me it was their owndecision to get married. They said they didn’tcare about people as long as they were bothhappy,” she said.

unite as one and theirs is a true love that hasweathered storms,” Mavundla said.The couple’s daughter Disebo Phadi (36) said

she could not believe it when she first heardthat her parents were getting married.

} Sidwell Guduka

THE dusty Tambo Section in Senekal camealive with the sound of wedding songs on lastweek Sundaywhen two sweethearts – who hadbeen living together formore than five decades– exchanged vows.With their combined age of 160, the pension-

ers Kolotjo Phadi (82) andMabolao Sithole (78)recently tied the knot at the Maxima BibleChurch and they promised to “love and cher-ish each other until death”.The elderly couple have been together for

manymoons and have ten adult children – sev-en of them have passed away already – and 8grandchildren between them – so why make itofficial now?“We have been thinking about officially get-

ting married for such a long time, because wedon’t know what will happen. We want to betogether for all eternity, and we are not takingany chances. I’mnot deeply religious, but I justthink it was meant to be,” Phadi told Express.“I’m personally happy that our big day has

finally come. I think we are a living proof thattrue love lasts. After somany years we are stilldevoted to each other. We celebrate our loveeach day.”The couple could not remember the year in

which they met, but it was before 1962 whenthey had their first born, in the days beforenightclubs and wine bars.“Mabolao was a smart girl and she had a

good sense of humour,” Mr Husband said.The nervous bride looked lovely in herwhite

weddingdress, completewithaveil,whilePha-di wore a black suit and a hat.“Today (Sunday) is the biggest day ofmy life.

I’m the happiest woman alive. I’m really excit-ed to be legally married to my husband. He isthe only man I want to spend the rest of mylife with,” Mabolao said happily.Pastor Teu Mavundla conducted the ex-

changing of rings and vows. He was sent byBishop Victor Dlamini who is the marriage of-ficer of the Maxima Bible Church in Bethle-hem.“These are two people coming together to

NEWS

FOR BETTER OR WORSE, MY LOVE: Kolotjo and Mabolao Phadi got married in Senekal on Sunday. Photo: Sidwell Guduka

Two tie knot after 50 years together

LEKGOTLA la Dipuo Tsohle tsaAfrika Borwa (PanSALB) le ne letshwere seboka sa puo monaMangaung President Hotel ka la 6Phupjane 2013. Seboka se ne se bilese hlomphilwe ke boteng baKgosigadi AGG Moroka a bile aemetse Ntlo ya Marena ka haraprovense.O ile a hopotsa setjhaba ka

bohlokwa ba ho ruta bana dipuotsa rona ka malapeng hore ba holeba itseba hore ke bomang. Sepheoka seboka sena ke ho tiisa maqha-ma le bakgathatema ka haraprovense le ho ntlafatsa tshebedisa-no.Re ne re bile re batla ho tseba

boitokisetso ba mafapha a mmuso aho hira bafetoledi le ditoloko holatela ho saenwa ha Molao watshebediso ya dipuo tse ngata kePresidente Zuma ka Mphalanengwahola.Re thabisitswe haholo ke

thahasello ya setjhaba ka kakaretsoditabeng tsa puo. Batho ba bangataba nahana hore ditaba tsa puo diratwa haholo ke batho ba baholofeela.Mohopolo ona o fosahetse hobane

batjha ba tlile ka bongata mmeboholo ba bona ebile ke baithuti bapuo diyunivesiting tsa Freistata.Lefapha la Bonono, Botjhaba,

Dipapadi le Boikgathollo tlasaboetapele ba Ntate M. Mahanke babile ba tshetlehela setjhaba puomabapi le tema e seng e kgathilwe.Ha re bua tjena Molawana wa

Puo provenseng o se o tswadilaeborari ho phatlala le provense.Ho se ho bile ho radilwe le leano lapuo la Freistata moo mmuso otlamehang ho bua le baahi bon-nyane ka Sesotho, Afrikaans leEnglish. Re bile ra fumana puo etswang makaleng a thuto e phaha-meng mabapi le seo ba se etsang.Ho bonahetse ha botoloki e le bonabo sebediswang haholo moo mmeho akareditswe le puo ya matsoho.Lefapha la Thuto ya Motheo ka

Mme K. Plaatjie le lona le ile lahlakisa ditshita tseo ba tjamelang

le tsona. Puo ya sehlooho yona re efumane ho Ntate M. Zwane ya ilenga hlalosa ka botebo molemo wahore mafapha ohle a itokisetse hophethahatsa molao pele PanSALB enka mehato ya kgalemo makgot-leng a dinyewe ho bao ba sa tloikobela molao ona.Se thabisang ke hore setjhaba se

bile le kabelo dipuisanong tsena kalebaka la dikhomeshene tse tharotse ileng tsa tshwarwa. Tsona e nee le ya Molao le Maano a puo, PuoThutong le Diforamo le Mananeo aBakgathatema. Khomeshene kanngwe e ile ya hlwaya diqholotsomme ya hlahisa ditharollo tsatsona.Ho etsa bonnete ba hore tsena ha

se puo feela, ho thehilwe dikomititsa tshebetso hore di kopane hohlaha ka tse lokelang ho etswa.Dikomiti tsena di behetswe hofihlela isao moo seboka se tlang hobitswa hape ho lekola hore ke temaefe e seng e kgathilwe.Re le PanSALB re batla ho

leboha bohle ba ileng ba re phallelasebokeng sena. Ka ho kgetheha rebatla ho leboha seabo se babatse-hang sa baqolotsi ba ditaba. Ho neho tlile diyalemoya ka bongata batsona ho kenyeledistwe le bangollang dikoranta!Sena se pakahatsa lerato la puo

leo kaofela re nang le lona. Hosetseng ke hore bohle re bemehlala e metle re bueng dipuo tsarona ka dinako tsohle!*Mang kapa mang ya a batlang

ho ngola kholomong ena, a kaikopanya le Jabulani Dlamini ho051-404-7910 kapa hoJabulani.Dlamini@volksblad.com*Mongodi ha ana ho lefiwa.

FS e tswaraboka sa puo

A re bueng

Vusi NtlakanaPanSALBFree State Manager

CHILDREN of the ABC Day-care Centre, gr. R’s of the Motsepuwa Public School and children of the SedibaSa Thuto Day-care Centre in Bohlokong, Bethlehem, with their teachers during a pyjama party which washeld on Friday. Photo: Tladi Moloi

Posing in their pyjamas

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SOME of the learners of the Baken Park Bewaarskool were photo-graphed during the Child Protection Week celebrations at the Bak-en Park Hall in Bethlehem.

Fancy dressfor celebrations

KENEUWE MOSIA and KamoheloRiekets.

FROM the left are Bokamoso Pule, Nyakallo Mofokeng and Mpho Kholi.Photos: Tladi Moloi

NTOMBIKAISE NDLEBE and Tinno Ten-der Mchazyieipi.

NEWS

NEW and innovative artists who believe theyhave what it takes to make an impact in theart industry are encouraged to enter the 2013Sasol New Signatures Art Competition beforethe closing date.

Recognised as the longest-running nationalart competition in South Africa, the Sasol NewSignatures Art Competition offers an opportu-nity for artists to showcase their artwork andbuild their profile in the industry.Through this competition, artists can win

fantastic cash prizes and the overall winnerwill hold a solo exhibition at the Pretoria ArtMuseum next year.

Emerging artists should not miss out onthe opportunity to take their careers to newheights by submitting one or two artworks atone of several collection points around thecountry before Wednesday, 3 July.

The competition is open to artists who are18 years and older and have not held a solo ex-hibition (a body of at least 20 works exhibitedin a commercial gallery) except for academicpurposes.

The winner of the competition will win acash prize of R60 000, the runner-up will walkaway with R20 000 and five merit winners willreceive R5 000 each.

“The Sasol New Signatures Art Competitionis one of themost prestigiousnational competi-tions for emerging South African artists andprovides an ideal platform to showcase the un-discovered talent that our country has to of-fer,” said RichardHughes, Sasol’s sponsorshipmanager.

“This year, entrants are encouraged to re-veal their talent and a spirit of innovationwithwork that can connect to the ever evolvingSouth African art industry,” he said.

Regional judges will select approximately100 works that will be exhibited at the officialopening of the Sasol New Signatures Exhibi-tion and prize-giving ceremony, which will beheld at the Pretoria Art Museum on Wednes-day, 28 August.

The exhibition will continue until Sunday,13 October.

Entriesmust be submitted at theOliewenhu-is Art Museum, 16 Harry Smith Street, Bloem-fontein, on Tuesday, 2 July, and Wednesday,3 July. No entries will be received before or af-ter these dates.

For more information regarding the compe-tition, visit www.sasolsignatures.co.za or con-tact Nandi Hilliard at the Association of ArtsPretoria on 012-346-3100 or 083-288-5117 or sendemail to artspta@mweb.co.za.

Artists invitedto entercompetition

THEUniversity of the Free State (UFS) studentrepresentative councils (SRC) from the Bloem-fontein and Qwaqwa campuses are visitingRwanda, Uganda and Kenya as part of the uni-versity’s Global Leadership Programme (GLP).

According to Thabo Kessah, senior officer:strategic communication, the students left thecountry on Sunday and they will be back aftertwo weeks. Their trip will also include a visitto the Kigali and the Nyamata Genocide Muse-ums. He said during their stay abroad, theywould have meetings with NGO’s, businessesand political leaders to gain insight and leader-ship skills.

Kessah said the university had a long historyof mentoring and fostering student leadershipthrough international partnerships. He addedthat the GLP was established in 2011 by Prof.Jonathan Jansen, vice-chancellor and rector ofthe UFS.

“The programme identifies the need for dy-namic and innovative leadership in a countryfaced with many challenges. During 2011 theSRC had the opportunity to tour the UnitedStates, but this year’s aim was shifted to part-nering with African institutions,” he said.

Kessahsaid thestudentswouldspendsixdaysinRwanda and theywould pay special attentionto elements of leadership and reconciliation. Hesaid the theme ties closely into the process oftransformationand reconciliationat theBloem-fontein Campus.

“The SRC has a travel-blog. Everyone is wel-come to follow their journey by going towww.travelpod.com/dashboard.”

UFS students pick Africa’s brain

ON A MISSION: From left are Tshepang Lenka, Johan Steyn, Thabiso Molawude, William Clayton, Sibongile Mlotya, Tshepo Moli andPieter Coetzee, some of the SRC members who are visiting abroad. Photo: Supplied

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NEWS

ON 6 July festivalgoers can visit MakgothiStreetwhere theTownshipArtsExperiencewillbe held. This is the same street whereMapikelaHouse is located where the ANC was founded acentury ago.Batho residents will open their homes for a

festive day of indigenous art, dances,music andintercultural dishes.It’s not just a great opportunity for the exhibi-

tors, but also for residents here.The exhibitors are Tsiamo Arts and Craft

(copper jewelleryandmosaic);MmewamoAfri-ca (traditional cloth decorated with beads); Le-sedi la Sechaba (felt products); MakhethengHandCraft (grasswork);WildlifeExotics (leath-erwork); Mojapele ke Motsumi (paintings andcopper jewellery); Bataung General Upholstery(leather sandals); TBMoeng (lampshades); Nko-adipo Enterprise (leather works); VerotherTrading (crochet shoes and bags) and MphoJood, one of the residents ofMagothi Street, willalso be braiding hair.As visitors walk from house to house to enjoy

the art and different foods, they will be enter-tained with music and dancing in the streets.The visual artists who are all local artists will

exhibit their works in eight homes.Klas Thibeletsa has received various hon-

ours, such as the Sasol New Signature Award.He enjoys painting on large canvases usingpainting knives creating a texture of multiplelayers of colours to illustrate a social story.The deaf Simon Ndaba is a young man that

enjoys working on large pencil-drawn portraitsof celebrities.Tshidi Motsumi likes traditional African

wear as the theme forhis paintings, andTshego-fatso Marogoa prefers rock art with texture.They also offer both development projects foremerging artists.Tsoeunyane Makara and Lefty Mohale both

worked with scholars of Botshabelo for theproject called Room 13. Makara uses recycledplastic to create his art, while Mohale enjoysworking on political cartoons, posters and natu-ral landscapes.MothobiMefane is a versatile artistwhoprac-

tices both visual and performing arts. He devel-oped a new approach to art by mixing glitterwith oil paints. His artwork reflects social com-ments. Mogorosi Motshumi has been a cartoon-ist formore than36yearsand lives inBatho, andSilas Motse of Rocklands does sculptures anddrawings.From 11:30 to about 16:00, drama, poetry,

dance, a fashion show and traditionalmusic ledby Bunch Sekhobo, programme leader and co-median, will ensure that visitors will not bebored for one moment.The artists thatwill entertain visitors areKu-

laxwithMeloDJ and a keyboardist; Lu’Cha and

three dancers, a guitarist and percussion play-er; traditional music performed by a local bandfrom Batho; and Charmaine Kwolane ( poetry).Residents of Makgothi Street that will assist

toensure thateverythingrunssmoothlyareMo-

siouaMaeli (17),RefiloeMaeli (13),TumiMosho-di (28) andKediMoshodi (30). Lavodia vanWyk,Naomi Cloete, Lydia Mathobela, Leanne Eks-teen and Kim Morgan will also help.For the thirsty, beer will be sold at one of the

houses.For the convenience of visitors, lavatories

will also be provided, as well as security.Thanks to the support of organisations such

as Absa, the National Arts Council, HansaPilsener, ITEC and Sovereign, this wonderfulevent is made possible.Free bus transport will be provided from the

Kovsie Campus to the township. The bus willleave on 6 July at 10:30 and 12:30 respectivelyfrom the taxi rank on the campus.For more information and reservations,

please callRoxanneKoncoon079-915-4528.Park-ing is available at the Sehunelo SecondarySchool for those who prefer to use their privatevehicles.

Experience art in township

MOGOROSI MOTSHUMI from Batho drawing one of his cartoons. Photos: Roxanne Konco

SILAS MOTSE from Rocklands with some of his art work.

‘As v is i tors walkfromhouse to houseto enjoy the art anddifferent foods, theywill be entertainedw i t h mu s i c a n dd a n c i n g i n t h estreets. The visualartistswho are all lo-cal artists will exhib-i t the i r works ineight homes.’

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of the human resources man-agement.

The economic needs of theunderprivileged societyshouldnot be anopportunityfor exploitation and monopo-lising the freedom of society.

Partisan systems should atleast have boundaries respecting the labourand human rights declarations.

Independent monitoring and evaluation toHuman Resource performance is necessaryfor long-term outcome of outstanding candi-dates.

Let the employment be no political strategyor slavery process for political ambitions.

MBUSI MUSAWENKOSIRADEBE, Bohlokong,Bethlehem:

LET employment be fortrue economic empowermentand transparency by thethird sphere.

The mayoral type of municipalities havemany political rights for jobs or employmentbased on Labour regulations.

People should be employed according to amerit system and political people should be ac-commodated.

The youth that are going to be hired mustbe advanced according to composition criteria

NEWS

AFTER paving the road for fiveyoung future stars to reach theirdreams last year, the FutureStars Awards is back – andready to make a difference in thelives of more ambitious youngSouth Africans.

With the slogan Dream it.Believe it. Do it this initiative ishelping young people under theage of 21 to do just that. Broughtto you by Argo and supported byleading brands, Capitec, NYDA,TSB, Mindset and Metro FM,Future Stars not only motivatesthem to believe in themselves,the power of education and theirdreams, but also helps them toreach those dreams.

In an effort to move away fromthe focus on what is wrong inthe country, the Argo FutureStars Awards is focused oninspiring leadership. It is aboutleaders actually taking the leadand focusing on the immensepotential of this country so thatthey can inspire others to believein the future. It is an innovativecampaign that inspires futurestars – and at the same timeinspires others to realise that theyouth are phenomenal.

Once again, this year’s 10finalists have been chosenthrough the online votingplatform after these entreescampaigned for votes from theirfriends and peers on Sas-tudy.co.za.

The following finalists will becompeting to make their diversedreams become a reality.) Mudanalo Mukhuwana fromCape Town is showing the world

that women can succeed atanything by pursuing her careerin marine engineering. “I wantto be the chief engineer of a shipin 10 years and to prove womancan do that. Most of my effortsare targeted at inspiring womenin the way I live my life.”) Mokibelo Makgato fromPolokwane dreams of becoming achief financial officer. Givingback whenever he can, he helpsyoung students through anaccounting tutoring service thatoffers motivation, assistance andpersonal support. “I want tobuild an empire. I owe it tosociety to give back, because Iknow what it’s like to be lost.”) Ishmael Ramushu fromPolokwane wants to own his ownbusiness in architectural con-struction to make money andlook after his mom. “I decided topursue architecture as a careerbecause I have a talent for Mathsand drawing. I know what I wantand I work hard to get it.”) Karabo Maloka from Klipgatlives out his passion for account-ing by volunteering to teach theyoung children at his old school.Having earned a distinction inAccounting, his dream is tobecome a chartered accountant.“The best part of the volunteer-ing is that I love being aroundpeople.”) Reitumetse Molaoa fromBloemfontein is working towardsbecoming an environmentalbiotechnologist. As a mentor toyoung students, she aims to be arole model to help young peoplediscover their potential. “I hope

someone will invest in me sothat I can pay it forward oneday.”) Penny Mchunu from Pretoriabelieves that she can change thecountry by choosing to becomean economist and she has aburning desire to bring fairnessin spend across our country.“I can’t overlook unfairness. Ineed to fix it. And I’m doing itfor my mom and the children outthere.”) Dumisa Thethiwe from Tsomois studying Entrepreneurshipand Leadership and wants toopen an NGO for youth develop-ment in his community. “Ibelieve that youth leadershipskills are the key to the future.I want to take the youth to theirfull potential and to get themback to school.”) Katlego Malatjie from Limpopois en route to becoming asoftware developer, systemanalyst and a technician. Whilestudying, he uses his IT knowl-edge to help other students byfixing their computers. “I havea business plan and I want touse it to groom others to runthe business – and createemployment.”) Zikhona Ngumbela from CapeTown dreams of working withbusinesses, getting them tochange our communities byusing their CSI effectively.“I am a change-maker thatbelieves in change – and I don’tneed a job title to do it. I wantto leave a legacy and be youthleader.”) Carroll Tshabane from

Limpopo dreams of becoming adoctor, and with patience,kindness and love for childrenshe wishes to specialise inPaediatrics.

“I want to inspire others bybeing educated in a communitywhere very few people are.”

She wants to be a leader atMalumelele as there are nodoctors in the community. Sheleads at church and leads in lifetoo. By sharing their dreams inthe online Future Stars entryforms on SAstudy.co.za – andthen getting the most votes fromthe public and their peers on thewebsite – these 10 finalists allstand a chance to be one of thefive winners.

The top five winners will beannounced on 20 June at Educa-tion Week, running from 20 to22 June at the Sandton Conven-tion Centre – and each of themwill receive prizes to the valueof R10 000 to make their dreamsa reality.

The Future Stars campaign ismaking a real impact on theeducation landscape of SouthAfrica – with real stories of hopeand inspiration and real youngleaders taking on the role offuture stars.

To be a part of recognising andbuilding excellence in theeducation landscape of SouthAfrica through the Future Starscampaign, contact the Argosponsorship manager, LaurenBright, on 083-577-6622 or sendemail to lauren@argo.co.za.

For further information go towww.sastudy.co.za.

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ALFRED MOSIA, Bohlokong, Bethlehem:

I DO NOT want to sound like an old gramo-phone playing what was in times gone bycalled “his master voice”. Sorry to advertisethis antique, where you would find the tunerepeating endlessly because the needle hasstuck in the groove of your favourite recordpiece.

But I think theworld is in dire need of peoplewhowill tell the truthwhen someungodly stuffis rotten. Shame on the religious ministerswho I am told are compiling lists of food parcelbeneficiaries in their congregations, pushingthe agenda of the ruling party for the comingelections.

They are doing this as anti-agents of democ-racy and not on humanitarian grounds. Any-way, I do not intend to belabour this point. Ionly felt it should be exposed for what it was.

My greatest concern lately is things said anddone in the name of democracy. There are somany evils masquerading as democracy.

As a result I see no reason why South Afri-cans should celebrate democracy and freedom.One of the reasons being, most of the peoplewho were on the receiving end of discrimina-

tion during the past regime are no better offthan theywere then – some are even in aworsesituation than before. Street kids, hobos, crim-inals, the poor and the unemployed have in-creased by leaps and bounds.

I have another question that is botheringme. What is the difference between exclusionand segregation, better known as apartheid?

People are now excluded because they arenot members of the ruling party. People havelately been excluded because they are labelledas being part of a different faction in the sameruling party. People are also excluded becauseof their ethnicity or colour.

For now, my last question will be: Is corrup-tion somehow synonymous to redressing theills of the past? Where does the past start andend?

Will the grand children of the previouslymarginalized people be the beneficiaries,whilst their counterparts suffer the conse-quence of dressing past ills?

If the president needs to establish a commis-sion of inquiry to answer these concerns ofmine, then there is no need to vote for the Afri-can National Congress, because it cannot sortout its mess.

No reason for democracy to be celebrated

AJAX CAPE TOWN STRIKER MABHUTIKHENYEZAhas been handed a 12-month banby the PSL DC for spitting at linesman Za-khele Siwela.

The incident happened in the league matchagainst Mamelodi Sundowns on 2 April at theLoftus Stadium.

Khenyeza was suspended from all footballactivities under the auspices of the league fora period of 12 months (in terms of Rule 50.14.5

of the Rules of the League).Khenyeza was ordered to pay the costs of

the two sittings of 17 and 23 May, such coststo include the travel costs of the league’s wit-nesses only for 23 May.– KickOff.com

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IRVIN KHOZA, Orlando Pirateschairman, has paid a glowing trib-ute to former club striker BenniMc-Carthy who retired from footballlast week.

McCarthy announced his retire-ment on 6 June, just weeks beforehis contract with Pirates was due toexpire.

The Bucs chairman was full ofpraise for arguably South Africa’sgreatest player, saying that his tal-ent, attitude and “can do”mentalitymade him very special.

Here is an extract from the tributefrom Irvin Khoza that appeared onthe club’s website:

“We are privileged at Orlando Pi-rates Football Club to have hadBen-ni McCarthy write his final playingchapter in the black, white and redcolours of the Happy People.

“I have for years been a vocal ad-mirer of Benni McCarthy. Themostattractive attribute about Benni tome ishis attitude.There is a finebal-ance between aptitude and attitude.I have over the years witnessedpromising talent come to nothing,having been failed by their attitude.Not only was Benni a fine talent, hesucceeded largely because he com-plimented his talent with a ‘can do’attitude.

“Benni came to Orlando Piratesand in true Benni style scored in hisdebutmatch. He was not going to al-low headlines questioning when hewas going to score. He created head-lines asking instead, how manygoals he is going to score.

“Benni had no point to prove. Hissuccess is not only captured in theannals of history, it made history.Thathechose to finishplayingatOr-lando Pirates was a privilege forwhich we are grateful.”– KickOff.com

Khoza laudsMcCarthy

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FREE STATE STARS is back in thecountry from China where they tookpart in the Shanghai InternationalFootball Tournament.Ea Lla Koto came homewith a whop-

ping20 000USdollarsanda trophyafterthey had finished third in the tourna-ment. They finished third after theyhad collected four points. They playedto a 2-all draw against Shenxin, win-ning 2-1 at the hands of Shenhua beforethey suffered a 4-1 defeat to SIPG.

Rantsi Mokoena, the team’s generalmanager, said the tournamentwaswellorganised and added that hewas happythat they did not come home empty-handed.“The level of football in China is not

as good as onewould have thought. Theteam that won the tournament wasfrom China. Actually, the three teamsthat finished top where the visitorswith the twohosts finishing last respec-tively,” he said.Mokoena said they had learnt a few

things, especially at development level.

He added that the tournament was alsogood exposure for his players who hadnever played at that level before.“The best team in the National First

Division can compete in the Chinaleague. However, they’ve got the facili-ties compared tous. I believe in thenextdecade China will be one of the bestcountries in the world. You find that atthe age of seven in the schools the play-ers know what is expected of them.”The players are expected to report

back for a pre-training session on 30June.

Stars home fromChinaTHE Free State Stars team that took part in the tournament in China Photo: FS Stars

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WHEN presenting the Champions Leaguetrophy to Rhino FC, Mphati Maseru, thechairperson of the Dihlabeng MayoralLeague, congratulated the team on theirhardwork and urged them towin the play-offs to play in the SAB Regional Leaguenext season.Maseru said: “I have said it before that

we would always produce a team to repre-sent us at the play-offs and this season is

Rhino.”Rhino was bestowed with the trophy on

Sunday after they finished top of theleague with 77 points in 34 games. Howev-er, the Blues know exactly that it is not yetoveruntil the fat ladysings.Theystillhavea big mountain to climb before they regis-ter their names in the SAB League books.TheDihlabengchampionswill still have toplay the other winners from Phumelela.The two local teams that will qualify for

the finals will be automatically promoted.

Rhino has big task on shoulders in play-offs