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Sidwell Guduka
ATTACKS on foreign-owned shops
in Botshabelo have forced some
owners to flee the township.
Hot-headed residents of Botshabelo
went beserk last week and started to
vandalise and loot almost all the
shops owned by foreigners in their
area.
Some owners managed to pack the
contents of their spaza shops into
vehicles and moved out of the
troubled area between Tuesday and
Friday.
Bangladesh-born Zaman Ali was
one of many businessmen whose
shop in T Section was attacked and
left empty.
He said saving his life was more
important than his stock.
The incident took place on
Thursday at about 19:30. My brother
and I were helping our customers in
the shop when a group of about 50
people just emerged from nowhere.
They broke the door and attacked
us, but we managed to flee, Ali told
Express.
Running for safety was the only
option for us.
There is only one life and it
needs immediate saving. I thought
those people were going to kill us
because they were heavily armed
with hammers, spades, pitchforks
and knobkieries. I thank my lucky
stars both of us survived the attack
unharmed, he said.
I dont know why these people
attacked us, but there is a rumour
that they are unhappy with the local
municipality. What we are hearing
is that residents are upset because
they were snubbed for jobs on the
N8 Road where construction is
currently underway. Its strange
because we dont have any connec-
tions with the municipality, he
added.
Ali said he had been shaking with
shock when the looters had broken
the burglar bars and windows to
force their way into his shop.
It was like a Hollywood movie.
That was the scariest moment in my
life.
Ali, who recently obtained South
African citizenship because he
married a local woman, said he had
lost stock worth an estimated
R80 000, including his personal
belongings.
I lost everything in the shop. The
attackers also took my money. I
have to pay my creditors, but I am
penniless. I dont even have money
to buy food for my family, he
sobbed.
These people are cruel. They also
stole all my clothes and shoes. Im
only left with the clothes Im
wearing.
Alis confidence in law enforce-
ment officers has all but evaporated.
I phoned the police to come and
protect me and my brother when we
heard some shops were being looted,
that was about half an hour before
mine was also attacked. But they
never pitched up.
Captain Tseko Mokgehle said most
of the attacks had taken place in
sections A, B, C, L, M and T.
We have arrested more than 80
people in connection with the
looting.
They will appear in the Botshabe-
lo Magistrates Court this week.
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visit www.express-news.co.za.
Foreigners
under attack
ATTACKED: Zaman Ali with his children, Thabiso (left) and Aisha (right).
Photo: Voight Mokone
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ends Awards as the Classifieds Consultant of the Year. The
award ceremony was held in Cape Town last week. The
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spheres of the business andMathobela beat hundreds of oth
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Tladi Moloi
QWAQWA. An uncertain future
looms for some of the families
moved from the Bokamoso
informal settlement just outside
Qwaqwa over two weeks ago.
A lack of sufficient alternative
accommodation for all the
families moved from the settle-
ment, donations of allegedly
expired food and an increase in
the number of residents seem to
have sealed a miserable winter
for the families.
On Friday, when Express
Eastern Free State visited Exten-
sion 10, there were only 28 of the
40 shacks promised by the
Maluti-a-Phofung (MAP) Munici-
pality on the site to where the
families were to be relocated.
An estimated 50 families remain
at the Makwane Youth Centre,
where the group was temporarily
sheltered after being evicted from
the settlement opposite the
Qwaqwa Campus of the Universi-
ty of the Free State.
The Extension 10 sites were
allegedly on sale for R10 000 each
from the MAP Municipality.
Charles Taetsane, MAP munici-
pal manager, confirmed that they
would also build shacks for the
evictees.
The biggest problem for the
municipality now was they did
not have any more sites at
Extension 10, Taetsane said.
Express EFS learnt that the
officials for the municipality were
planning to allocate the sites to
those who are still at the centre,
but those sites are not serviced.
Taetsane said when the case
had started there had been only
100 sites at Bokamoso, but that
number stood at 400 by the time
the eviction had been done.
Some people were not living
there. We know that some of them
were in need of the sites and we
have identified those people and
they will be allocated sites at
Bluegumbosch. We already have
mounted 40 shacks there and we
are hoping to build more, he
said.
He said they were aware that
some of the people who had sites
at Bokamoso were prominent
businesspeople who wanted to
build rooms to let to university
students.
We urge those people to stay
back. They should not take
advantage of the circumstances to
the detriment of those who are
really in need. We would like to
apologise where we did wrong.
We will take good care of you and
respect your rights, he conclud-
ed.
Sisi Ntombela, Free State Social
Development MEC, visited the
evicted people who were still
housed at the fire station last
Saturday.
Ntombela voiced her displeas-
ure with the living conditions at
the station and instructed
municipal officials to find an
alternative for them.
I was not impressed by what I
saw. We took them to the other
venue which is better. They will
get food daily. They will be here
for a week or two while we are
working on their sites, she said.
Ntombela urged people to stop
allocating sites illegally because it
impacted negatively on them.
Tough times continue
SOMEof the familieswho received shacks from theMalutiaPhofungMunicipality at Phuthaditjhaba Exten
sion 10 after they were evicted from the Bokamoso informal settlement which was near the University
of the Free States Qwaqwa Campus.
EVEN these oldlooking shacks were built by the local municipality. Photos: Tladi Moloi
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Jabulani Dlamini
NALEDI MOKGELES star is
on the rise and she is on her
way to America.
Born in Rocklands 22 years
ago, the beauty with brains
matriculated at the Louis Botha
High School, before pursuing
her studies at the Central
University of Technology (CUT)
and moving to Pretoria last
year.
Mokgele was scouted through
the annual International Talent
Showcase by the international
talent scout Kim Myers (direc-
tor of Arts) to represent South
Africa at this years Arts
convention in the disciplines of
acting and modelling.
She departed for Florida on
Sunday.
She lives by her motto:
Perseverance pays and giving up
on your dreams is not an
option.
With no experience in either
modelling or acting, she was
nurtured by Just Your Artist
and Model Management, which
hosts a series of talent scout
sessions around South Africa.
As an aspiring model, her
wish is to work with volunteers
and the municipality on
community projects to initiate
dance, modelling, singing and
acting projects at community
centres where children of all
ages can unwind and showcase
their talents, and have fun at
the same time.
But the bigger picture will
be to give them a chance of
entering competitions like the
one I had to be heard and
scouted.
This will also reduce the
problems the youth is facing,
including drugs, teenage
pregnancies, dropping out of
school, to name but a few. We
dont have much to entertain
us as youth, she said.
Naledis star to shine
brightly in America
NALEDI MOKGELE
For more photos and news visit
www.expressnews.co.za
or to page through previous issues
of the newspaper online.
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Tshenolo Meruti
MBULELO SWEETY DAVIS, the
new chairperson of the Association of
Independent Record Companies
(Airco) in the Free State, says: We
represent independent record compa-
nies within the Free State. We are
looking for anybody or any artist that
has a record label to join the organisa-
tion because we advocate their inter-
est in the music business.
In South Africa, the music industry
was started by American companies
like Sony and BMG. These companies
have taken South Africans intellectual
property and compositions and took
them to America. This empowers the
American economy instead of empow-
ering South Africas economy.
Nkosi Sikelel iAfrica is an example of
this as it is South Africas national
anthem and was written by a South
African but the national anthem is
owned by someone from France. It is
for reasons like this Airco was
formed, said Davis.
They encourage musicians who run
record labels to seek membership with
them and be independent. Airco helps
to get artists music videos and songs
played on SABC.
Airco is a national organisation with
structures in all nine provinces.
Ayanda Roda used to be the chair-
person in the Free State from 2007 to
2013 and is now a board member
nationally.
The new chairperson, Mbulelo Davis,
will now be the man in charge who
will be looking after the interest of
record labels in the Free State.
Airco makes their income through
music video royalties and dispatches it
to the rightful owners. They also fall
under the Department of Arts and
Culture and nationally have been
receiving a grant for more than five
years now.
Davis also says they are excited
about the new MEC for Sport, Arts
and Culture, Mathabo Leeto, whom
they describe as Mama Action.
We are very excited to be working
with her and applaud the department
for their efforts in using local artists at
a gospel festival that took place on
15 June at the Bloemfontein Civic
Theatre.
The venue was packed and tickets
were sold out. This is proof that
people in the province appreciate local
artists, said Davis.
) For more information visit www.air-
co.org.za or call 073-239-0550.
) See a video interview with Davis at
www.express-news.co.za.
Airco fights for
SAmusic rights
MBULELO SWEETY DAVIS has been appointed the Free State chairperson of the
Association of Independent Recording Companies (Airco), following his predecessor
Ayanda Roda's appointment to the organisations national board. Photo: Supplied
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IN the previous dispensation I was classi-
fied as a coloured in the population
register. This classification is absurd as
some of my cousins look more coloured
than I do and yet they were classified as
black on the basis of their surname.
The one thing that irritated me most
when I was growing up was the notion that
coloured people had no culture. Our
family practised a number of traditional
rituals. This was due to our strong connec-
tion to our Tswana heritage. My grand-
mothers outlived their husbands and
consequently they were the ones who
practised the rituals. No explanations were
ever given as to why certain things were
done. Consequently some rituals have fallen
in disuse as my generation does not
understand their significance.
One of the traditional rituals that have
been discarded by my generation is related
to death and burials. In the event of death
all close family members had all their hair
or pieces of their hair shaved off early in
the morning before sunrise on the day after
the funeral. In addition to this we had to
stand in a bath of cold water in which was
poured a green substance I think it was
the contents of the specially slaughtered
sheeps gall bladder mixed with aloe and
some herbs and covered with it from head
to toe. We were not allowed to wash it off
until at least after sunset on that day or the
following morning.
A black button was then fastened to the
left sleeve of our shirts and women wore
black berets or a doek, and we were
supposed to wear these until the cleansing
ceremony was conducted. This cleansing
ceremony would normally take place after a
period of at least six months had expired.
The cleansing ceremony involved being
sprinkled with water and the black button
and other articles being burned.
Our family on both sides has long
stopped observing these rituals, most likely
because there was no one tasked with the
responsibility of passing them on and
explaining them to the new generations.
Another traditional ritual that used to be
observed when I was younger was called
Mpho ya Badimo or roughly translated to
mean Gift of the ancestors. Livestock or
sheep were normally slaughtered the day
before and early the next morning the meat
was cooked and eaten with samp or
home-made pot bread. The adults would
also drink traditional home-brewed beer. A
portion of the beer is first poured onto the
ground by each person before drinking it. I
think the purpose of this ritual was to
thank and appease the ancestors. I have a
recollection of snuff being inhaled to induce
sneezing, but this memory is very hazy.
During a funeral the coffin is brought to
the house on the day before the funeral
service. The funeral is normally held on a
Saturday and is preceded by evening
services during the week. When the coffin
arrives, it is met at the gate by some of the
elders who talk to the deceased person
informing him or her that they are now
entering their home where they will spend
their last night.
Another traditional ritual is that of
slaughtering a sheep when an important
occasion such as a birth, wedding or
graduation is celebrated. At this occasion
the person who is being honoured in this
way first touches the animal before it is
slaughtered in his or her presence. The
slaughtering is preceded by a Scripture
reading followed by a period of time when
we recall the names of our deceased loved
ones and concluded with a prayer of
thanksgiving. The most important part of
this ritual is the blood that is drained into
a hole in the ground, which reminds us
that we are connected with our ancestors,
the living dead, through the blood that
flowed from the animal into the ground.
When a birth is celebrated then the
occasion is also used to give the new-born
baby his or her family name. Unlike other
cultures where the babies are given the
names of their ancestors, in our family
traditional names are meant to be prophetic
and a blessing.
At weddings the bride or groom is
welcomed into the family and introduced to
the ancestors. The blessings of the ances-
tors are sought for the future ventures of
the person who graduated.
I believe that the main reason why these
rituals are still being observed in our
family is due to the fact they can be
reconciled with our Christian faith.
There is an understanding that belief in
the life hereafter did not come with the
Christian missionaries who introduced
Christianity to Africa, but that our people
have always believed in a Higher Power
and that those who died merely entered a
different realm. The ancestors are not
worshipped. We honour their memory.
I believe that traditional rituals are
important because they remind a person of
his or her heritage. There is a saying that
goes in order to know where you are
going, you need to know where you come
from. Young people especially should be
taught the importance of traditional rituals
to enable them to take pride in their
heritage and to be encouraged to continue
practising them.
) Reverend Hendricks is with the
Anglican churchs Mashishing Parish.
Coloureds do have a culture
My view
Kgosi
Hendricks
Reverend
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NEWS
BUILDING on the popularity
of The pen, writer Monde
Mayephu, director Mpho
Molepo and assistant director
Mmabatho Mogomotsi have
again joined forces to create a
brilliant new work titled Play
me.
Play me is a story of what
can go wrong in a relation-
ship if the cracks are left to
exist without repair. The
cracks open wider and, like
an open wound, begin to
fester and ultimately rot.
This story of power and
love explores those seven
deadly sins through the life
of an unstable couple who
invites strangers into their
life to level the playground.
This metaphor is beautiful-
ly captured on stage by four
well-seasoned actors: Fana
Mokoena as Joe, Sello
Sebotsane as Jack, Zandile
Msutwana as Pretty and
Lerato Mvelase as Julia.
Play me promises to be a
riveting drama, full of wit,
sex and intrigue, all going to
the heart of present-day
South Africas struggle for
equality and opportunity for
all.
) Play me will be staged at
the OFM Albert Wessels
Auditorium on 18 and 19
July at 18:00 and 14:00,
respectively.
Play me offers
riveting drama
FANAMOKOENA (right) as Joe and Zandile
Msutwana as Pretty in Play me.
THE digital planetarium, situated
on Naval Hill in Bloemfontein, is
managed by the University of the
Free State. In view of the July
holidays, six family programmes
will be presented on Friday nights
27 June and 4 and 11 July. The
programme includes the shows
Nanocam and Fragile Planet.
Pre-produced programmes
include:
)Nanocam (you shrink to the size
of an insect and fly through the eye
of a needle) is a microscopic
joyride into the five kingdoms of
living organisms.
With the latest 3D animation
technology, it offers a compelling,
educational and funny approach to
life that has never been seen like
this before. This is the perfect
show to celebrate the United
Nations decade of biodiversity,
stimulate interest in science and
evoke a spirit of inquiry among
young people.
) Fragile Planet (a journey of 120
million light years to rediscover
our home) offers an astronauts
view on the earth, highlighting
earths unique regions. The journey
then continues to the moon, Mars,
and beyond the Milky Way in
search of habitats that might host
extraterrestrial life.
Tickets cost R50 (adults) and R30
(students with valid student cards
and pensioners). It is available at:
) the planetarium before shows
(keep in mind that the planetarium
is regularly full);
) Computicket at all Checkers,
Shoprite, House and Home and
Checkers Hyper shops;
) Computickets enquiry centre
(0861-915-8000); or
) at www.online.computicket.com
(look for planetarium) and
www.computicket.mobi with mobile
devices (look for planetarium).
Enquiries at Yolandie Loots at
[email protected] or call 051-401-9751.
Holiday fun at planetarium
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Pastor Moise Mutombo Kumwimba
SOME people feel their past is more real
than their future, simply because the
future remains a mystery, hidden from
the naked eye. All they know is their
past . . . failures, pain, rejection, limita-
tions in progress, premature deaths, et
cetera.
Those who allow the scars of the past to
influence their way of thinking in a
negative way, will automatically make
their future unreachable.
God wants us to possess our future by
forgetting the pain of the past.
Exodus 14:11:
On many occasions, the Israelites failed
God, simply because of their inability to
see the future God had predestined for
them.
They chose to hold on to their past
because that was all they knew, rather
than the promised future.
In this verse we see how the nation of
Israel were complaining to Moses by
emphasising their misery under the
oppression of the Pharaoh.
They chose rather to be oppressed than
to pursue Gods predestined future for
them.
Dear readers, do not be stuck in your
past . . .
When you meet someone who was rich
in the past, but lost everything, instead of
rising up to pursue the future he would
rather keep on praising his past. Well, that
past is gone.
Some who had faced poverty would only
talk about that misery, that poverty of
yesterday.
Its time to face the future, because if
you are alive today, its an indication that
God has great plans for you.
Do not allow the past to have a hold on
your life.
Its Satans trap to keep people focused
on their past, because he knows that its
impossible to embrace your future if you
are stuck in the past.
We need the Mighty Hand of God to
deliver us from all our past, good or
bad, so that our future may be accessi-
ble.
You wrote your matric many years ago,
but often you may dream of sitting in a
classroom writing that matric exam. This
means you are simply stuck in your past
and in need of Gods grace to deliver you
from it.
Let us avail ourselves to embrace the
future.
Do not fear the future because your past
wont repeat itself in your future if Jesus
takes His rightful place in your heart and
life.
Your future is waiting for you, see how
great it is, shining like a star, believe in
God who created it for you. If you feel you
are being haunted by your past, then you
need to be delivered so that you can
embrace the future.
) To hear more of these messages, for
healing or deliverance, visit the New
Horizon Ministry at the Joe Solomon
Primary School in Heidedal, Bloemfon-
tein, every Sunday from 09:30.You can
also SMS your prayer request to
071-214-9404.
Live for the future
not the past
God wants us to
possess our future by
forgetting the pain of
the past.
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Sidwell Guduka
INTERSTATE BUS LINES (IBL),
in collaboration with Nedbank,
donated 210 blankets and food
parcels to needy Mangaung-based
organisations at a ceremony held at
the Emang Primary School in
Zone 2, Thaba Nchu, last Friday.
The recipients of the blankets
and grocery hampers were the
Khula Foundation (Thaba Nchu),
Sunflower House (Bloemfontein),
Kagisanong Partners in Poverty
(Bloemfontein), Bokamoso Orphan-
age (Botshabelo), South African
Council for the Blind (Botshabelo
and Thaba Nchu), as well as
orphans of the Kamohelo Primary
School in Bloemfontein.
According to George Mokhothu,
CEO of the IBL, the value of their
donation was R71 800.
Interstate Bus Lines believes
that blessed is the hand that gives,
hence we are here today to give
back to the communities that
support our business. We started a
winter relief project ten years ago
whereby we donate blankets to
those in need every other year.
Todays event is part of that
project, Mokhothu told Express.
Our motto is Together we
progress. So, we are indeed happy
about the partnership we have with
Nedbank. Im positive that through
this partnership we will make a
difference in the community. We
want to continue to touch peoples
lives by donating more blankets to
those in need in the next years to
come, he said.
Stephen Molate, Nedbanks
manager of Business Banking in
the Free State and Northern Cape,
said they were excited about their
partnership with the IBL.
At Nedbank we make things
happen and we are always happy
to contribute to the community.
Over the past few years we have
spent over R500 000 buying blankets
which we donated to the communi-
ties. We shall continue to donate
blankets to the community every
year, he said.
Moleboheng Mavimbela, execu-
tive director of the Khula Founda-
tion, thanked the IBL and Ned-
bank. We thank you for bringing
hope to the community, she said.
Donations keep the needy warm
FROMthe left areStephenMolate (Nedbank'smanagerofBusinessBanking),MolebohengMavimbela (executivedirector of theKhula Foundation),
Joseph Mabanga (SA Blind Associations representative) and George Mokhothu (CEO of Interstate Bus Lines). Photo: Voight Mokone
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our fellow learners drop out of
school and university due to
dagga.
In addition, research has
proven that dagga, second only
to alcohol, is causing the
highest levels of fatalities on our
roads.
As the youth of South Africa
we appeal that you act on this
information, because it can make
a difference in society.
N. NHLABATHI, Concerned
Young People of South Africa
(CYPSA) chairperson:
THE Concerned Young People
of South Africa (CYPSA) have
noticed that people are starving
due to lack of food and income in
certain areas.
We realise that food will
become scarcer in the future
thats why we came up with ideas
on how to promote food security
within our borders.
We want to commend the new
efforts from the government to
deal with human trafficking by
regulating the flow of immigrants
into our country with tighter
measures.
We would like to appeal to our
leaders to consider the foreigners
who are bringing help to our
land.
It is our dream as young people
to develop and further our-
selves,but we need the skills and
expertise of those who are able
to pass their valuable knowledge
on, even if they come from
abroad.
We dont need foreigners that
commit crime, sell drugs, commit
acts of terrorism or are involved
in human trafficking and who
make South Africa their home
and drug-den.
When we visit schools and help
the youth with drug addiction
problems, we notice the escalat-
ing levels of drug abuse and
violence.
We conduct surveys at some of
the schools and find that most of
the learners are addicted to dagga
or tik.
Please uphold the legislation
against dagga, because many of
express admiration to whites that
speak broken African languages.
With that in mind we all must
have an understanding what the
16 June uprising was all about. It
was about our development, our
emancipation, our liberty, our
freedom and future. The Soweto
uprising was about human
dignity, equality, freedom of
association, integrity and the
spirit of ubuntu.
The youth of today has an
educational opportunity that the
1970s youth could only fantasise
about. The youth of today has an
opportunity to study in any
university not only in South
Africa, but the whole world. The
youth of today are provided with
an education system that gives
fair opportunity to all, irrespective
of the colour of their skin,
religious grouping, gender,
political ideology and social class.
Today a child of a domestic
worker has an equal opportunity
to be a doctor like a child of his
or her mothers employer.
We have youth in different
sectors of our economy. We have
accountants, lawyers, doctors,
entrepreneurs, teachers, nurses,
police, engineers; the list is
endless. We have a lot to cele-
brate, we have many reasons to
observe the day and most impor-
tantly, we have a mandate from
the youth of the Soweto uprising
to consolidate and strive for free,
accessible education for all our
people.
The 1976 Soweto uprising
rejected firmly an education
system that was preparing blacks
to be house workers that speak
excellent English, but can only
serve tea.
Fellow South Africans, the
debate around 16 June can only be
about how do we better the lives
of the youth in South Africa.
Lets do more on 16 June.
further segregate education in
South Africa along racial lines, for
example the Coloured Persons
Education Act of 1963 and the
Indian Education Act (1965). What
is painful to some of us was the
fact that the education level of the
then called Bantu (South African
blacks of African origin) was at
the bottom of the bottomless pit.
This can be appropriated to
training a slave to speak Afri-
kaans and English while serving
tea to the master.
The funding model of the
state-funded schools was reviewed
under the 1953 Bantu Education
Act. The aid was linked directly to
tax paid by Bantu people. One can
only wonder how much tax could
have been collected from the
Bantu people during that period
as there were few Bantus who had
a decent job. The fact remains,
more tax was collected from
whites than blacks even though
blacks constituted more than 50%
of the population.
The deputy minister of Bantu
Education, Punt Janson, proudly
said: I have not consulted the
African people on the language
issue and I am not going to. An
African might find that the Big
Boss spoke only Afrikaans or
spoke only English. It would be to
his advantage to know both
languages. The introduction of
Afrikaans as a medium of instruc-
tion in Mathematics, Social
Sciences and Geography further
bears testimony that Bantu people
were provided with education that
can only provide necessary
assistance to the oppressor. It was
not of interest to the government
for the Bantu people to develop.
The oppressor was not obliged to
learn any native language because
natives were inferior and so was
their language. Today most of us
are ashamed when a black person
cant speak fluent English, but we
DR MBULELO DIBA, in re-
sponse to the My View column
published last week:
HF VERWOERD, the architect
of the Bantu Education Act (1953),
once said: There is no place for
the African in the European
community above the level of
certain forms of labour. It is of no
avail for him to receive training
which has as its aim absorption
in the European community.
The 16 June 1976 Soweto
uprising must be understood in
the context of evolution of the
education system in South Africa,
especially for black South Afri-
cans of African origin.
In 1953 about 90% of black
South African schools were
state-aided mission schools. The
Bantu Education Act forced all
such schools to register with the
state and this resulted in the
removal of control of these schools
from churches. Education of the
then called Bantu people was
controlled centrally in the Depart-
ment of Bantu Education. The
objective of this department,
though not written in black and
white, was to keep Bantu educa-
tion separate and, most important-
ly to the oppressors, inferior. We
must appreciate the Roman
Catholic Church that continuously
attempted to keep its schools
running without state funding.
Other acts were put in place to
NEWS
16 June does
serve a purpose
STONE SIZANI, ANC parliamen-
tary chief whip:
THE Office of the ANC chief
whip has noted the judgement and
the recommendation to Parliament
by the Electoral Court in a matter
relating to the fitness to hold
office of the chairperson of the
Independent Electoral Commission
(IEC), Advocate Pansy Tlakula.
The courts recommendation for
the removal of the chairperson of
the IEC is in line with the
Electoral Commission Act, which
grants the court the powers to
make such a recommendation for
consideration by a committee of
the National Assembly.
Adv. Tlakula intends to ask the
president to place her on leave
while she appeals the judgement
with the Constitutional Court.
In the light of her intention to
challenge the ruling of the
Electoral Court, we hold the view
that the National Assembly should
await the conclusion of the legal
process before it exercises its
obligations in terms of the law. It
would indeed be premature and
legally untenable for the institu-
tion to initiate a process and take
a decision on a matter that is
pending in court.
Tlakula matter
still pending
Youth needs
upliftment
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LEGAL & TENDERS
GENERAL
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4010
APPLICATION TO THE
COMMISSIONER OF CIPC
Please take notice that Carl
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make application to the Com-
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restoration of Tswelellophele
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cation thereof.
CIPC, PO Box 429, Pretoria
0001.
APPLICATION TO THE
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Please take further notice that
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NEWS
AUGUSTO PALA-
CIOS, Orlando
Pirates technical
director for Youth
Football, has
questioned the
attitude of African
players at the World
Cup.
The Peru-born
Palacios, a former
Bafana Bafana
coach, says he has
been impressed with
the attitudes of the
South American
teams at the World
Cup in Brazil.
In South Ameri-
ca when you play
for the national
team, it is an
honour for you and
your family, and the
players understand
that very well; it is
all about protecting
and playing for your name, he told the
Pirates website.
I come from that part of the world and I
know what it is like when you are called to
the national team.
Apart from Argentina and Brazil, the
other South American countries have a
very small population and are very small in
size.
They do not have all the resources the
other countries have, so for them, when
they get an opportunity to thrive in such
occasions, they go all out, Palacios added.
In contrast, the well-travelled 62-year-old
has questioned the temperament of some of
the African players currently taking part in
the World Cup.
I think it boils
down to lack of
discipline and desire
to win. I mean, for a
player like Alex
Song to do what he
did to his country is
unacceptable, he
said.
That was a
crucial match
(against Croatia)
and they had to
win. I do not think
Song would have
assaulted a player if
he was playing for
Barcelona. You
cannot disrespect
your country, the
viewers and
yourself just like
that.
The big differ-
ence between
African players and
South American players is that in South
America the players know that they make
their names in the national team. Look at
the goalkeeper of Mexico; he is one of the
most sought-after players right now because
of what he did against Brazil.
He does not even have a team, but he
knew he had to fight for his country and
now he will reap big benefits. Players must
understand that when you go to big
tournaments with the national team, you
are representing your country and the
name of your family. You cannot mess up.
) Visit www.express-news.co.za for live
news-streaming of all the World Cup soccer
action in Brazil.
Palacios questions
African discipline
AUGUSTO PALACIOS
THE Castle Lager
Proteas will play five
One-Day Internation-
als (ODIs) against
Australia in Novem-
ber as part of their
build-up to the ICC
World Cup 2015 to be
hosted jointly byAus-
tralia and New Zea-
land.
The Blue Label Tel-
ecoms Proteas will al-
so be playing three
T20 international
matches.
This tour follows
directly after a three-
match ODI series in
New Zealand and will
effectively be one
tour for the Proteas.
We continue to
build our ODI squad
ahead of the Cricket
World Cup and have
planned 24 ODI
matches before the
tournament starts,
said Haroon Lorgat,
Cricket South Africa
(CSA) chief execu-
tive.
These are good op-
portunities for our
players, particularly
the newcomers, to ex-
perience playing in
New Zealand and
Australia. The
matches in Australia
will be played at the
main stadiumswhich
will be helpful in pre-
paringourplayers for
the World Cup.
The team will also
play an ODI series
against Sri Lanka,
Zimbabwe and the
West Indies before
the World Cup.
Proteas fixtures:
) 2 Nov. T20 warm-
up match at North
Sydney Oval.
) 5 Nov. T20 Aus-
tralia vs South Africa
at Adelaide Oval, Ad-
elaide.
) 7 Nov. T20 Aus-
tralia vs South Afri-
ca, MCG, Melbourne.
) 9 Nov. T20 Aus-
tralia vs South Africa
at ANZ Stadium, Syd-
ney.
) 14 Nov. ODI Aus-
tralia vs South Africa
at Waca, Perth.
) 16 Nov. ODI Aus-
tralia vs South Africa
at Waca, Perth.
) 19 Nov. ODI Aus-
tralia vs South Africa
atManuka Oval, Can-
berra.
) 21 Nov. ODI Aus-
tralia vs South Africa
at MCG, Melbourne.
) 23 Nov. ODI Aus-
tralia vs South Africa
at SCG, Sydney.
ODIs part
of build-up
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Sidwell Guduka
FREE-TO-AIR e.tv,
in association with
OpenView HD, have
launched the
inaugural 2014
Charity Showdown,
a soccer-filled day
with spectacular
family entertain-
ment.
The teams, chosen
from different
provinces, will go at
loggerheads for the
chance to be
crowned the first
inaugural Charity
Showdown Champi-
ons on Saturday, 19
July.
The first match
will kick off at 09:00.
Goals for
charity
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Sidwell Guduka
GEORGE NECHIRONGA, Bloemfontein
Celtic Colts manager, has welcomed the
Engen Knockout draw which was conducted
at Grey College in Bloemfontein last Thurs-
day.
The former Celtic hitman said his boys
were more than ready to take on the best
teams in the tournament when the games
began on 4 July.
It is one of the most difficult groups of
the competition, but Im positive well do
much better than last year (third-place
finish). We are looking forward to the
challenge ahead and our boys are ready to
compete for the championship this time
around.
We are going to use almost the same team
that played in the tournament last year. Only
three or four players who were part of our
squad wont be available because they are
older than 17. But those who will be replac-
ing them are equally good players, Nechi-
ronga said.
The defending champions, the Harmony
Sports Academy from Virginia, who had won
the competition the past six years, were
pooled in Group D with Calculus High,
Mangaung Unite FC and hosts Grey College.
Im happy about the outcome of the draw.
However, being pitted with Grey in the same
group always gives us a headache, because
they are a good team. But we are ready to
compete against the best teams in the
tournament.
Hopefully well successfully defend our
title. We still have about eight players who
were part of my squad last year, said
Harmony coach, Pitso Mokoena.
Ludwig Koekemoer, the tournament
organiser, said they were going to introduce
a new registration system this year, whereby
all the players would be doing a fingerprint
scan.
We are going to have a mobile unit
system at the venue after the player registra-
tion has taken place. Instead of asking
players for their registration cards, we are
going to ask the players to make a thumb
scan.
If the player is not registered well pick
that up. However, well still have their
registration cards in our possession. We
want to try and move away from the old
paperwork system, Koekemoer explained.
We are happy about this new innovation.
We are trying to come up with something
new every year. I hope well have a great
tournament. Good luck to all the teams who
will be participating in the event this year,
he added.
Meanwhile, Pumeza Ntisana, who repre-
sented Engen, expressed her delight at her
companys involvement in the competition.
Engen is very proud to have been
involved in youth football for 11 years. This
has been at the heart of our corporation as it
provides young footballers with the opportu-
nity to showcase their talent.
Many young footballers who competed in
the u.17 Engen Knockout Challenge have
gone on to compete at the highest level in
South Africa, Ntisana said.
All the u.17 Engen Knockout Challenge
attendees can look forward to great enter-
tainment. It remains our vision to support
football as part of our community cohesion.
We look forward to this tournament each
year where we can be instrumental in
providing opportunities for those who love
the game, but who would otherwise not
traditionally be able to participate at
competition level, she concluded.
All the matches will take place at Grey
Colleges Windmill Park. The final will be
played on 6 July.
Team ready for challenge
FROM the left are Ludwig Koekemoer, tour
nament director, Lucas Sekwena, Sasfa, Lu
cas Matobako, Safa, Pumeza Ntisana, En
gen Petroleum, Deon Scheepers, headmas
ter: Grey College, and JD Ferreira,
sponsorship manager at Grey College.
Photo: Frikkie Kapp/BackpagePix
Visit the Express website
www.express-news.co.za
for live news-streaming
of all the soccer action
in Brazil.