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TJHETANE MOFOKENG, the executivemayor of the Dihlabeng Local Municipality,has sent a strong message to garbagedumpers. Mofokeng says they will soon befined or jailed should they keep on dump-ing. Dumping is illegal except on thelandfill sites.“People who keep on dumping garbage

on no dumping zones will soon face themusic. They will be fined of jailed,” he saidduring an exclusive interview with ExpressEastern Free State.The mayor says he does not understand

the reason why the community goes rounddumping garbage all over Bohlokong whileit is collected every day. “We want to keepour units in the Dihlabeng Municipalityclean. That is why we have municipal

vehicles collecting garbage daily. Thecommunity should cooperate with themunicipal employees by waiting for themto collect the garbage,” he says.Mofokeng pleads with the community

that the municipality needs their assistanceto ensure that their town remains clean atall times.“We are looking at passing by-laws. We

have a problem with law enforcement

which we are discussing with the trafficofficers and Department of Justice so thatwhen people are seen dumping garbage,they can be punished,” he says.Mofokeng hopes that the community gets

the message loud and clear. The municipal-ity wants residents to be proud and livingin a clean municipality.“We should make sure that we don’t

dump everywhere,” Mofokeng says.

Nomercy for dumpers

Mofokeng pleads with community to take pride in their townONE of the illegal dumping zones in Bohlokong, Bethlehem. Photo: Tladi Moloi

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JUSTICE has been served. Four accusedwere found guilty on charges of the rapeand brutal murder of a young girl, Nomfun-do Motaung (17), from Harrismith.

Mbuyiselo Issac Ngcowane (21), TuisMoloi (25) and two of their friends aged 16and 17 were recently sent to jail by theHarrismith High Court.

Ngcowane was charged with rape andmurder and was sentenced to an effective22 years’ imprisonment because he isalready serving two life sentences.

Moloi was sentenced to an effective 18years’ imprisonment as it had been his firstoffence, but was charged with rape only.

The two other young men were sentencedto seven years’ effective each because theyare also serving 17 years each for previousrape cases.

Motaung was raped and murdered at anopen space at the Intabazwe township nearHarrismith on the last day of 2012.

Apparently she was talking to herboyfriend on a street corner in Intabazwewhen the accused approached them.

The four accused were coming from a

tavern and were drunk.They approached the couple and the two

split up because they were being chased bythe men.

They caught the girl and forced her pasta graveyard to an open space where theyraped her.

Afterwards Mbuyiselo allegedly killed herbecause he realised that the girl wasknown to him.

All the charges which saw heavy senten-cing were investigated by Lt SamuelMakhubo of the Harrismith DetectiveService.

“I want to thank the family, communityand investigating officers who wereinvolved in the case and who helped tosecure sentencing of the criminals.

“I hope that they will also supportvictims in other outstanding cases that maysee the same group coming back to court toanswer for other charges of rape inHarrismith.

“Since their arrest and conviction, therapes have decreased in Intabazwe nearHarrismith,” says Lt Gen. Simon Mpem-bethe, the Free State provincial commis-sioner.

Justice prevails after rape

THE Harrismith police would like toforewarn the community that it is vital toinform the station of any large or smallgatherings that will need policing withintheir police stations precinct.

Sgt Mmako Mophiring, the police spokes-

person, says this will assist the police atsuch gatherings and to ensure crowdcontrol as well as the safety and security ofthe community.

“The community should ensure that theirlocal authorities know about the events

because it is crucial for necessary arrange-ments to be put in place. If such gatheringare not orderly prepared and things get outof hand, it is going to be difficult to police.Bitter measures will have to be takenagainst the organisers. Let us all be

responsible and care about the safety andlives of the people within our community atall times.

“Please contact the station commander ofthe Harrismith Police Station for clarity onthis matter on 058-623-1000.”

SAPS should be informed of all gatherings

} Tladi Moloi

THE senior citizens of Bohlokong nearBethlehem have vowed not to disappointthe ruling party at the forthcoming nationalelections. They say the ANC has fought forthem during hard times and add that theywill never turn their backs on the partycome rain or sunshine.

This declaration happened at the newDihlabeng Hall where the ANC Women’sLeague held their elections rally campaignon Thursday.

“I will vote for the ANC forever,” saidMaria Moloi (86).

“I do not think a sane person, who knowswhat happened during the apartheid era,

could ever leave the party,” said Moloi.The hall was packed to capacity with

other people sitting outside. They couldonly listen to what was said and watchthough the windows. During the proceed-ings few people shared their apartheidfrustrations with the masses.

Jacob Buthelezi (80) said working on thefarms was a nightmare for him because attimes he would have to wake up at 03:00 inthe morning as per the farmer’s instruction.He said that it would kill him if he saw anyof his grandchildren working as labourerson farms.

“I would still be working on that farm ifANC did not fight for fair and equalelections. After 20 years of democracy my

government gave me an RDP house to livein and I am a recipient of a monthlyold-age grant. I want to thank NelsonMandela. May his soul rest in peace,” saidButhelezi.

Sisi Ntombela, the ANC Women’s Leaguechairperson in the Free State, urged thesenior citizens not to leave the ruling party,reminding them that they should rememberwhere they came from.

“Remember during apartheid you did nothave electricity, water or RDP house. Younow have all those things because of TataMandela,” she said.

She pleaded with them to wake up earlyon 7 May so that they could go and vote forthe ANC.

“You must go and vote. The ANC is thelight. You must go and tell you childrenand grandchildren that they should vote forus,” asked Ntombela.

The ANC Women’s League secretarygeneral, Sisisi Tolashe, thanked people whoattended the campaign for promising thatthey would vote for the ANC at the polls.

“We want you to pray for the ANCbecause we know that God will listen toyour prayers. You have been loyal to theparty and we know that you will neverdisappoint us,” she said.

She says the ANC will win the elections.“We are used to the challenge and we are

not threatened by the new parties,” Tolasheconcluded.

Senior citizens told to vote ANCSOME of the elderly people waiting patiently outside the new Dihlabeng Hall during the recent Women’s League election rally campaign. Insert: ANC Women’s League secretarygeneral Sisisi Tolashe. Photos: Tladi Moloi

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JUST over two weeks are leftfor members of the public toregister for Solidarity HelpingHand’s Project of the Yearcompetition.Helping Hand launched the

project this year to plough backR1,5 million into impoverishedcommunities by means ofeffective and sustainableprojects.The project organiser Anel du

Preez explains that HelpingHand often receives enquiries onhow to address a particular needand on how to launch and fundsustainable community projects.“It is precisely in response to

these enquiries that HelpingHand wants to plough fundsback into communities, at thesame time providing them withthose skills needed to puttogether a sound project focusedon the alleviation, preventionand breaking of poverty whichis also aimed at the empower-ment of the community,” DuPreez says.The competition is already

running and it closes tomorrow,after which Helping Hand willidentify the best projects. Fromthere on, project initiators mustcanvass support from within

their communities by interact-ing with local organisations,churches or schools to obtaintheir involvement.Communities can vote for the

projects by sending an SMS thatis unique to the project. TheSMS votes raised from thecommunity will determine theamount of capital Helping Handwill make available towards theproject’s three month-longimplementation phase startingin May.To participate in the project, a

minimum of 50 unique SMSvotes are needed.The more votes a project

raises, the more funding it willreceive. If a project receives 500SMS votes Helping Hand willfund the project by R45 000.In July the implemented

projects will be assessedaccording to certain criteriaafter which three winners willbe announced. They will winR150 000, R100 000 and R50 000respectively.For more information, visit

Helping Hand’s website atwww.helpendehand.co.za/pro-jekvandiejaar or contact Anel duPreez on 083-375-7309 or [email protected].

Time is runningout for projects

SOUTH AFRICANS will commemorate thenational Human Rights Day on 21 Marchat the George Thabe Cricket Pitch inSharpeville, Gauteng.The theme for the year’s Human Rights

Day is Celebrating 20 years of changinglives through human rights. Pres. JacobZuma will speak at the event.The 1960s were characterised by system-

atic defiance and protest against apartheidand racism across the country.On 21 March 1960, the community of

Sharpeville and Langa townships, like

their fellow compatriots across thecountry, embarked on a protest march tomarch protest against pass laws.The apartheid police shot and killed 69

of the protesters at Sharpeville, many ofthem shot while fleeing.The tragedy came to be known as theSharpeville Massacre and it exposed theapartheid government’s deliberate viola-tion of human rights to the world.The democratic government declared 21

March Human Rights Day to commemo-rate and honour those who fought for

liberation and the rights people enjoytoday.We commemorate Human Rights Day to

reinforce our commitment to the Bill ofRights as enshrined in our Constitution.

These rights include:) Equality – everyone is equal before thelaw and has the right to equal protectionand benefit of the law.) Human dignity – everyone has inherentdignity and have their dignity respectedand protected.

) Freedom of movement and residence.) Language and culture – everyone hasthe right to use the language and toparticipate in the cultural life of theirchoice.) Life – everyone has the right to life.Government will host various activities

throughout the Human Rights Month.Human Rights come with responsibilities

and we all have the responsibility to builda society that respects the rule of law.

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MILDRED OLIPHANT, theminister of Labour, has urgeddomestic workers to register forthe Unemployment InsuranceFund (UIF) to ensure they have acushion in the event they findthemselves out of work. Thereare currently 652 676 domesticworkers on the UIF register.Institutions like the UIF have

played a critical role protectingworkers against poverty byproviding unemploymentinsurance and other benefits toworkers, said the minister. “Weknow that some employers ofdomestic workers do not registertheir employees with the UIF.

We has set in motion the legis-lative framework for domesticworkers to be registered.”.The minimum wages for

workers who work more than 27hours per week are:) Mainly urban areas – R9,63hourly, R433,35 weekly (for a45-hour week) and R 1877,70monthly (for a 45-hour week)) Mainly rural areas – R8,30hourly, R373,50 weekly (for a45-hour week) and R1 618,37monthly (for a 45-hour week).Sectoral determination regulatesemployment conditions in thevulnerable sectors of theeconomy. – SAnews.gov.za

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imagine those soccer lovers whocannot make it to other provincesto watch games and their favour-ite teams like Kaizer Chiefs,Orlando Pirates and MamelodiSundowns. It will be very bad forthem.So, here we go. We’ll bounce

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THE management of the SetsingPlaza have donated school shoesand bags to the 251 learnersof the Boitsebelo Junior Techni-cal Secondary School last Tues-day.When Phillip Ngozo, the Setsing

Plaza Centre manager, announcedthat every learner was going toget a pair of shoes and a bag, thelearners could not hide theirexcitement.According to Ngozo, the

donated shoes and bags had costthem R57 000.“It is the first time we did this,

and we are going to do it annual-ly to different schools.“The idea is to help needy

learners in a way that will notexpose them. These shoes do notneed polish.“They are specifically made for

rural areas because they stretchand they are waterproofed,”Ngozo says.He further thanked the com-

munity of Qwaqwa for theirsupport.“This is a way of showing

appreciation to people who arebuying at our centre. We aregiving back to the community.We say no more bare feet for anAfrican child,” he says.Mankei Tau, principal of the

school, thanked the managementof the plaza for what they haddone for the school learners andalso warned the learners to takegood care of the shoes.“This is a miracle. We had

many sponsors at our school, butwe never had one that catered forall learners.“We are very happy as the

school. This is the answer to theneedy learners’ worries,” saysTau.

Tau concluded by saying thecommunity of Qwaqwa neededcompanies like the Setsing Plaza

and others which were not takingmoney from the community, butgave back.

‘Nomore bare feet for kids’

HELPING HANDS: Phillip Ngozo, centre manager of the Setsing Plaza, giving the school shoes to NthabisengMofokeng, a learner at the Boitsebelo Junior School, with the principal, Mankei Tau, standing by.

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THE cash-strapped Free StateDepartment of Health is to walka tightrope the next threefinancial terms. This is afterthe MEC for Finance, ElzabeRockman, did not allocate theR4 billion bail-out over threeyears the department hadrequested to reduce its financialwoes. Tabling the provincialbudget for 2014-’15 in the FreeState Legislature last Wednes-day, Rockman said the depart-ment would have to find theresources to address its finan-cial troubles leaving thedepartment still in a predica-ment.Recently the MEC for Health,

Benny Malakoane, said thecash-strapped departmentneeded R4 billion over athree-year term to functionoptimally. “The only wayHealth can bail itself out is bycollecting its patient fees,”Rockman said.“In an ideal state the Depart-

ment of Health would get R4billion,” Rockman added.The Free State has been

allocated R27,942 billion for the2014-’15 financial year, whichwas an increase of 9% from the2013-’14 budget. A large chunkof the budget has been allocatedto the Department of Educationat R11,259 billion followed bythe Department of Health atR8,155 billion in the 2014-’15financial year.During an interview with

Express, Rockman admitted thatthe two departments had

serious financial problems butsaid her department washelping both departments to putin place containment measuresand ensure proper servicedelivery. “These departmentswill have to tighten their pursestrings and follow cost contain-ment measures to keep afloat,”Rockman emphasised.R2,195 billion was allocated to

the Department of Police, Roadsand Transport whilst theDepartment of the Premierpocketed R270.514 million.Opposition parties have raised

grave concerns over thestringent budgets allocated tothe two the departments (Healthand Education). Earlier thisyear the Department of Educa-tion projected to have overspentby R1 billion in the currentfinancial year.Peter Frewen, DA member of

the legislature, questioned howthe Department of Health wouldkeep afloat whilst having R700million of accruals accumulat-ing from previous financialyears. “There is no light at theend of the tunnel for the Healthand Education Departments,”Frewen said.The Congress of the People

(Cope) provincial secretary,Mzwandile Hleko, said Rockmanhad failed to explain whetherthe R1,210 billion allocated tothe Department of HumanSettlement would also be spenton building RDP houses.“The province has a serious

housing backlog and municipali-ties are falling apart,” Hlekosaid.

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TIGHTENING THE BELT: The MEC for Finance, Elzabe Rockman. Photo: Mlungisi Louw

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SANDILE HLATSWAYO is a learner atNew Horizon College in Harrismith whopractises karate on his own and achievesgreat success.He started practising karate while he

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SANDILE HLATSWAYO of New Horizon Col-lege in Harrismith. Photo: Supplied

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TSHEPISO SENYANE has been reappointedwith the National First Division (NFD)campaigners of African Warriors as theirpublic relations officer (PRO).Senyane was fired by Maihlome Ihlasele in

August after his appointed as the PRO of theteam back in 2008.He was welcomed back into the team last

week after the team had spent more than ayear without a good fast-talker.Senyane, who is the former Safa Maluti-a-

Phofung Local Football Association deputychairperson, said he is happy to be backwith the team. He stated that he hadremained involved with the team eventhough he was no longer their PRO.“I love the team. I never turned my back

on them and I kept on attending theirgames,” he said.Senyane admitted that with his return he

is faced with the challenge of bringing backthe teams supporters who are no longerattending the games.“Yes, I will have to work hard to bring

back those supporters. I think that there wasa loss of communication between the teamand its supporters and that is why thestadiums are always empty,” he said.He said he would ensure that he uses the

local media as a platform to communicatewith the supporters.“I need to sit down and plan for next

season because this season is reaching anend. We are left with seven games and surelywe should be able to determine if we will bepreparing for the Absa Premier League orstaying in the NFD,” he said.Senyane said playing in the promotional

play-offs was possible considering they wereclose to the top four teams on the log. “Theteam is playing very well. The players justneed to keep their momentum going for thenext seven games,” he said.

Senyane returns with a solid plan

REUNITED: Tshepiso Senyane is back at African Warriors as their public relations officer. Photo: Tladi Moloi


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AT LEAST the National First Division(NFD ) will have a representative in thesemi-finals of the Nedbank Cup Serieswhen African Warriors face off againstMilano United AFC in the last-16 of thetournament at the Charles MopeliStadium on Sunday.

Kick-off is scheduled for 15:00. Thisencounter promises to produce fireworksas both teams will be determined to playin the next round of the tournament.

The two teams come to this encounterafter having lost their weekend encoun-ters against Baroka FC and Vasco DaGama respectively. The Warriors narrow-ly lost 2-1 to the NFD rookies of Barokawhile United lost 1-0 to Vasco.

However, the two teams know that theirprevious results do not matter becausethey have their eyes set on the cup gamecompetitopn. They will both be hoping tofinish the game in 90 minutes to avoid apenalty shoot out.

United and Warriors advanced to thelast-16 of the tournament after they haddished out harsh lessons to the SafaSecond Division campaigners Bloemfon-tein Young Tigers and Mainstay United.

United AFC beat Tigers 5-4 on penaltiesafter both teams had played to a 1-1 inthe 120 minutes of the game whileWarriors hammered Mainstay United 8-3.

The African Warriors will be hoping forthe same stroke of goal-scoring luck theydisplayed against Mainstay in their nextcup competition encounter.

The two teams are not strangers toeach other. They locked horns back inFebruary, with Warriors winning the

game 2-0.David Vilakazi, the Warriors mentor,

will be hoping to register his first winafter he took over the coaching reignsfrom the former u.23 South Africannational team player Abrahm Nteo. Sincehis arrival, Vilakazi has guided the teamfor two games losing one and drawingone.

Vilakazi says they hope to turn thecorner on Sunday. He adds that they

should focus more on scoring goalsbecause that is a cup competition.

“We need to go all out in that game. Wewant to go to the next stage of thecompetition. The boys are motivated andwe know this is one of the competitionswere young players show off their skillsagainst PSL teams,” Vilakazi says.

He says that the team is slowly under-standing his coaching style and they wantto reach the final of the tournament.

Cup finalhopesAfrican Warriorsdetermined to win

ON-FIRE: Vincent Pule, the African Warriors winger, will be hoping to help his team make it to the next stage of the NedbankCup competition. Photo: Tladi Moloi

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THE Bidvest Wits coach, Gavin Hunt,admitted Free State Stars were well worththeir 3-1 Premiership victory over his sideon Saturday.

The match could be a turning point forEa La Koto, as well as striker RichardHenyekane who had been enduring afrustrating spell in front of goal until hishat-trick against the Clever Boys.

Wits controlled large portions of thegame, but some poor defending combinedwith some clinical finishing from RichardHenyekane handed Stars the win.

The loss damages Wits’ momentum andtheir hopes of challenging for the leaguetitle. They are now nine points behind logleaders Kaizer Chiefs who beat OrlandoPirates 1-0 on Saturday.

“We were second all over the pitchtonight,” Hunt said after the game.

“All credit to them. I mean, they wonevery tackle, ball and anything that wentinto the box they cleared. They outfoughtus and had three chances then theyscored.

“This is what happens when you play

these types of teams (fighting to avoidrelegation) and I told the players that thiswas going to be our hardest game of theseason.

“And it was indeed a difficult one andthis was our worst performance (of theseason),” Hunt added.

The Stars coach, Kinnah Phiri, wasdelighted with three points, which movedthem out of the bottom two after Polok-wane City had lost to Mamelodi Sundowns.

“Slowly we are creeping through. I amsure this win has boosted the confidence

of the players,” Phiri said.“When we go back to the drawing board,

we will try and rectify here and there. Iam sure things will come right.

“Henyekane had a few lean years afterleaving Golden Arrows for MamelodiSundowns, and many hoped the loan moveto Free State Stars could prove the sparkto re-ignite his career. It took a while, butthe man from Kimberley finally found hisscoring form with the hat-trick as Starsshocked high-flying Wits,” concluded Phiri.– KickOff.com

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