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} Boipelo Mere

“WHY did he choose to stab him in theheart and nowhere else? Maybe then hewould still be alive. My brother died foruseless things, cheap toilet paper and anumbrella that he knew nothing about. It isclear that the guy wanted to kill him.”These were the words of Lebogang

Suipers’s (27) sister, Olebile Louw, who isconfident that her brother would never havegone looking for trouble.Suipers reportedly died in the arms of his

mother, Martha Suipers (58), on Saturday(14/03) after being stabbed in the heartfollowing an argument with the suspect.His mother was left traumatised by the

incident, as she could do nothing to saveher son, whom she stayed with.According to the family, the suspect

stabbed Suipers after accusing him of takinghis goods – some toilet paper and anumbrella that he had allegedly stolen from aChinese shop next to the deceased’s home.The suspect reportedly hid the items he

had stolen under a bush in Lebogang’s yardand left. On his return, he could not find thegoods. Suipers reportedly came from insidethe house and the confrontation ensued.“I was not home and was called by my

mom to help, as Lebogang had beenstabbed,” said Louw.“Upon rushing home, I found my mom,

assisted by a passer-by, calling the ambu-lance and the police, with Lebogang at herfeet. She was very nervous and asked me torush to the police station, which is justaround the corner from our house, forassistance in sending an ambulance.“According to my mom, she and Lebogang

had been doing laundry together as usualwhen he left the house after removing theclothes from the washing line.“She said she had just heard Lebogang

shouting, ‘Mom, please call an ambulance, Ihave been stabbed in the heart’. Leboganghad said this lifting his T-shirt and showingmy mom the wound in his chest.“My mom rushed to the other room to

fetch her phone and did not find Lebogangin the kitchen where she had left him. Shewent outside to look for him and found himon the ground, struggling to breathe.“She called a passer-by to help her.”According to Louw, the family was still

puzzled by the fact that the police nevercame when they were called. She said noteven the ambulance came on time.“On my return from the police station, I

found the pathologists at home and mybrother already covered.

“Netcare 911 arrived later and attended tomy mom, who was in shock.”In a press statement, Santi Steinmann, the

media liaison officer of Netcare 911, statedthat their paramedics had arrived at thescene and had found the lifeless body of aman lying on the ground.Upon assessment, they found that the man

had already died prior to their arrival dueto the extensive injuries sustained duringthe incident.“There was nothing more that could be

done for the man and he was declared deadat the scene.”

The Kagisho police have confirmed theyare investigating a case of murder after thebody of a 27-year-old man was found onSaturday.“It is alleged that the deceased was

stabbed with an unknown object in the leftside of his rib cage,” said Lt. Andrea Cloetein a statement.) Maj. Dimakatso Mooi has stated that a37-year-old suspect was arrested on Monday(16/03) after information had linked him tothe murder. He will appear in the Gale-shewe Magistrate’s Court on Thursday(19/03). The investigation continues.

Man dies in mom’s armsAllegedly stabbed by suspect after argument about goods

THE bushwhere the goodswhich led to the death of Lebogang Suipers (27) were allegedlyhidden. Photo: Boipelo Mere

LEBOGANG SUIPERSwill be buried on Saturday. The service will be held at the RCElliot Hall. Photo: Supplied

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} Boipelo Mere

FREE SCREENING for blood pressure,blood glucose, urine testing and HIVcounselling and testing (HCT) was done byhealth-care professionals at the HomesteadShopping Complex recently.Community members heeded the call last

Thursday (12/03), and took advantage ofthis opportunity in observation of WorldKidney Day.Under the theme for 2015, Kidney health

for all, the department was satisfied withthe turnout.Before 12:00 three full pages of the

register had already been filled out bymembers of the public.Trained nurses attended to the communi-

ty members and performed rapid HIVtests, blood pressure, glucose and urinetests to determine kidney failure andirregular sugar levels, which is reported tobe a risk factor.According to Sr Rose Rautenheimer, who

is the transplant co-ordinator at theKimberley Hospital, the communityresponded well to the programme andshowed a lot of commitment.“The community understands our

concern and that we aim to detect theproblem at an early stage. We also encour-age them to test every six months.“The most cases we came across were of

detecting blood traces and protein in apatient’s urine, which is a risk factor,”said Rautenheimer.She said they referred these cases to the

nearest clinic and took down the patients’contact details to do follow-ups.Lulu Mxekezo, spokesperson of the

Department of Health in the province, saidin a press statement that early detection offailing kidney function was crucialbecause it offered a window to implementtreatment before end-stage kidney damageor cardiovascular problems occurred.“Screening is critical for those people

considered to be at high risk of kidneydisease, like diabetes and hypertensionpatients, individuals who are obese orsmokers, adults over 50 years of age andpeople with a family history of kidneydisease, diabetes mellitus and/or hyperten-sion,” Mxekezo added.She called on all community members to

check if they were at risk for kidneydisease and encouraged more people totake a simple kidney function test.

Spotlight falls onkidney failure

INobservingWorldKidneyAwarenessDay, stallswere erectedby theDepartmentofHealthat the Homestead Shoprite Shopping Complex in Kimberley. Members of the communitywere invited to have themselves tested. Here Sr Rose Rautenheimer, who is the transplantcoordinator at the Kimberley Hospital, is taking Anamorie Chipanga’s blood pressure.

Photo: Boipelo Mere

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THE police in Kimberley are investigating a case of possession of illicit cigarettesafter arresting three suspects aged between 21 years and 53 years following a tipoff. The three suspects were arrested at a shop where the boxes of cigarettes, withan estimated street value of up to R100 000 were found. R20 000 was also confiscated.The suspectswill appear in theKimberleyMagistrate’sCourt soonwhile thepoliceinvestigation continues. Photo: Supplied

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} Boipelo Mere

MIXED emotions were displayed by resi-dents of Bloemanda when Klaas Riet (53) wasevicted from a house that he had beenstaying in for the past 23 years.

The angry residents, who said they hadbeen threatened with arrest by the police,tried to stop the eviction from taking place.

While Riet was at work last week Wednes-day (11/03), his wife called to tell him theSheriff of the Court had arrived with a teamof men and police officers, displaying a letterof eviction to throw them out.

On arriving at the house, where the Riets’furniture and all their belongings werepacked out on the street, Express NorthernCape was met by the angry residents, someshouting and some crying for the couple andtheir two children who had been thrown out.

The last edition of Express Northern Capereported on the three parties at loggerheadsover the house in Goitsimang Street.

Riet claimed that he had bought the housefrom the previous owner, Emily Langa, whohad passed away in 2010, for R10 000. Shehad, however, never made the change ofownership, leaving the house to her twochildren, Nomvula Kok and Isaac Langa.

Kok was alleged to have made attempts toevict Riet from the house after the funeral,and claimed that she did not have anyknowledge of the R10 000 agreement.

She claims they had agreed with Langa togive the house to her daughter, who is nowmarried. Langa, who said that Kok should beashamed of herself, claimed they all knewabout the money and had shared it amongstthree of them (himself, Kok and his mother).

Langa said that Riet was entitled to stay inthe house and dared his sister to contact himif she had something to say about it.

On Wednesday, Langa was furious to findRiet’s belongings out on the street. Armedwith tools and a new door lock, he brokedown the door that had been locked by thesheriff, changed the locks and handed Rietthe new set of house keys.

“This is also my house. I am a 50% ownerwith Nomvula. Her trick of fraudulentlychanging ownership at the High Courtwithout my knowledge did not work, as Ihave reversed everything,” said an angryLanga in front of the chanting residents.

“I want you to write this. Nomvula notashamed of throwing out this old man afterenjoying his money.

“Now she wants to benefit from it. She

knows very well that we are all to blame fornot changing ownership of the house intoRiet’s name. The man trusted us andwaited.”

According to Riet, he had paid the R10 000in instalments while he worked at Cemforce.Kok was always present when he took themoney to her mother, with whom she stayed.

“I am not so stupid to knowingly look aftersomeone’s house for 23 years. Nomvula is the

one who even asked me when we were goingto make the change of ownership when Itook the last instalment. I am very disap-pointed,” said Riet.

According to Langa, he and his sister weresummoned to the High Court the day afterthe eviction, where they were instructed notto take any action concerning the house untilthe court had ruled on the matter.

Another date will be set for the hearing.

Eviction angers many

KLAAS RIET (53), his wife, Ida (38), and their two children were evicted from a house inBloemanda by the Sheriff of the Court last week Wednesday (11/03). With them is LesediMathe, their neighbour. The couple was concerned about their belongings, as rain cloudswere starting to gather. Photos: Boipelo Mere

EVERYONE waited on Isaac Langa, whosent the message for them not to worry, ashe was on his way.

ISAAC LANGA, who claims to be 50% owner of the house, broke open the locks andinstructed the Riets to move back into thehouse.

RESIDENTS assisted in moving the furniture back into the house after the locks hadbeen broken.

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A GROUP of hard-workingemployees in Warrenton are notonly workers at WarrentonSuperchicken, they also co-ownthe company that is situatednext to the N12. They are peoplewho ensure that you enjoy thechicken that you purchase fromyour local supermarkets.Warrenton Superchicken is not

a big company, but from thetime they started in 2002 totoday, they have had their fairshare of troubles and triumphs.According to the members

involved, the first phase ofstarting the business was sodifficult that some of themembers gave up and left, butthose who stayed and werepatient enough to wait, nowknow that the recipe to successis patience.“The year 2013 was a turning

point for us,” said MabelMotlhale the business adminis-trator, who was accompanied byher colleague Rebecca Pitso, theproduction manager, during theinterview.“In 2002 we acquired this farm

where we are now and started aco-operative. We started thisfarm with the hope of movinginto other forms of farming at alater stage, but the chickenfarming did not succeed and wewere stuck in limbo for 11 years.“We got lucky in 2013 when

24 ha farm is an empowermentgesture from government to thecommunity of Warrenton.The abattoir section of the

farm has invigorated thebusiness, because they grow thechickens, and are responsible forthe final packaging as theslaughtering is now donein-house.The farm has seven chicken

coups, which have a 62 000holding capacity.Motlhale, however, said that

they could afford to house only7 000 chickens at a time, becauseof the limited market. This isseen as a loss as the available

space is not being fully utilised.“We are looking for a broader

market because we are currentlyonly supplying individuals inour community.“We hope to spread to other

provinces to widen our market,”said Motlhale.The Warrenton Superchicken

farm has 53 workers, of whom 17are temporary workers.Motlhale believes that if they

can find a market, they willdefinitely need more staff andthis will help decrease unem-ployment in the community.Pitso and Motlhale took the

Express Northern Cape reporteron a tour through the abattoir,to offer first-hand experience onhow the slaughtering process isconducted.The chickens are brought from

the chicken coups in crates andare put on a scale to measuretheir weight.In preparation for the slaugh-

ter the chickens are shocked inorder not to stress them whenthey are slaughtered.After being slaughtered they

are then moved to a hot-waterpot before being put in aplucking machine.According to Motlhale, they

package their chickens in 2 kgand 5 kg bags of mixed portions,livers, hearts, necks and intes-tines at the abattoir.“We know for instance that in

the course of our operation a vetcan drop in at any time.“So we carry out our slaughter

process in accordance with theindustry’s rules and regulations.“The SPCA and Department of

Labour also drop in from time totime,” said Motlhale.When asked about the shop at

the entrance of the farm,

Motlhale said it was used fordistribution purposes.Pitso proudly pointed out the

generator next to the abattoir

and said that they were notaffected by load shedding.) Go to our website www.ex-press-news.co.za for the video.

“We got lucky in 2013 whenthe Department of Agricultureand Land Reform in the North-ern Cape province came to ouraid and pushed us.”Motlhale said that the depart-

ment assisted them by trainingthem in production management,computer skills, and financialmanagement.The department also assisted

them with a grant.According to Motlhale, the

THE cleaning process of the chickens. Photos: Boipelo Mere

ONE of the workers with a packaged product.

FRESH chicken feet and heads ready to be packaged for distribution.

CHICKEN from the cooler, ready to be portioned and packaged.

EVER wondered howchicken pieces end upin the 2 kg packet thatmakes up your Sundaymeal? Express North-ern Cape reporterBOIPELO MERE madeher way to Warrenton,to go find out whatthe process entails.

Chickenà-la-farma success!


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THE Tsantsabane Field Band cannow easily access youth fromneighbouring areas, thanks toKumba Iron Ore, a business unitof Anglo American, providing arefurbished second-hand vehicleto further the cause of youthdevelopment.

According to Cindy Ramnaray-an, communications practitionerat Anglo American, the donationwas part of social and communitystrategy efforts aimed at address-ing the gaps in the key focusareas: education and skillsdevelopment; healthcare andsocial well-being; enterprisedevelopment; local procurement;and training, employment andother opportunities for previouslydisadvantaged individuals.

She said in a press release thatthe Kolomela Mine had beensupporting the Tsantsabane FieldBand Foundation, a nationalyouth development programmethat teaches life skills andpromotes the holistic development

of marginalised youth through themedium of music, dance and lifeskills, since 2013.

“Kumba Iron Ore, a businessunit of Anglo American, throughits youth development in theTsantsabane Municipal Area,became a strategic focus area dueto the societal issues and pres-sures young people are facingtoday.

“They face many challengingelements, like substance abuse,teenage pregnancy and schoolabsenteeism and drop-out at anearly age,” Ramnarayan said.

“The lack of recreation andaccess to relevant information oneconomic opportunities orservices for our youth alsoimpact negatively on theirdevelopment, additionally wor-sened by a weak civil societypresence.

“Kumba, together with itspartners, is committed to contrib-uting to addressing the socio-eco-nomic challenges young people

face by creating a positiveinfluence in their lives throughinitiatives like sport, arts andculture programmes.

“Through these initiatives, weassist them to grow their talentsand potential and invest in thembecoming future leaders in ourcommunities.”

Peter Aaron, regional opera-tions manager of the Field BandFoundation, revealed that trans-port had always been challenging,and as a result had limited theflexibility of the TsantsabaneField Band tutors and manage-ment for practice sessions.

“The field band has beenempowered by utilising thisvehicle to broaden the involve-ment of youth from other localcommunities, like Jenn Haven,Skeyfontein and Maremane,”Aaron said.

“This vehicle will allow thefield band to efficiently managetime and reach more youngpeople.”

Field band on themoveGORGE BENJAMIN (second, left) of the Kolomela Mine hands over the keys to Peter Aaron, the regionaloperationsmanager of the Field Band. From the left are Annalise Lourence of the KolomelaMine, Benjamin,Aaron and Paul Mathebula of the Tsantsabane Field band. With them are band members. Photo: Supplied

} Boipelo Mere

THRONGS of cultural touristsare again expected to flock toKimberley for its massiveannual fiesta, the Diamonds andDorings Festival next month.

This being the 15th edition ofthis cultural tourism event, theorganisers and promoterspromise a much higher level ofentertainment.

The event will begin onSaturday (04/04) and will becharacterized by even moreattractive offerings withimpressive performances,artistic grandeur and greatentertainment value.

The event is expected to be abig economic boost for localbusinesses and hotels, guesthouses and garages, to name afew, can gain big profits asvisitors come from afar and inbig numbers to enjoy them-selves over the Easter weekend.

Funded by the Sol PlaatjeMunicipality, the growth of theevent has seen it now formingpart of the National Departmentof Arts and Culture’s MzansiGolden Economy nationalflagship events.

“The vision of the Departmentof Arts and Culture goes beyondsocial cohesion. We believe thatarts, culture and heritage play apivotal role in the economicself-determination and skillsdevelopment of people, hencethe department’s continuoussupport of this event,” saidNorthern Cape MEC for Sport,Arts, Culture and Recreation,Lebogang Motlaping.

The event will begin with amarathon starting at 06:00 at

the Convention Centre onSaturday (04/04), followed by aComedy Gala Night on the sameday and same venue, led by thepopular David Kau & Friendsand Wayne Mackay.

On Sunday (05/04) all roadswill lead to the Langleg Resortfor a day of entertainment by asuperb line-up of top-notchSouth African acts that willinclude Mango Groove, Zonke,Thandiswa Mazwai, KellyKhumalo, The Soil, Muzart,Ringo, Bhudaza, Dalez, KhuliChana, Rythmic Vocalists,Tribal Culture, SMS, DukeSoul,Lacoste and many more.

“For this event we always useservice providers from the SolPlaatje Municipality andsurrounding areas,” saidSomandla Sibisi, one of theevent’s organisers.

“Local taxis are also invitedto ferry revellers to and fromtownships to where events willbe held. This gives revellers achance to enjoy themselveswithout worrying about drivinghome tired and also avoid thebumper-to-bumper trafficleading to the venue,” Sibisisaid.

Patrons are advised to booktheir tickets at Computicket andmake early accommodationarrangements to avoid disap-pointment. The event starts at12:00 and will run until late.People are advised to comeearly to secure their picnicspots. Food and beverages willbe sold at the venue but peoplemay bring camping chairs andpicnic baskets. Bottles andweapons will not be allowedinto the venue.

Annual fiestaheld soon

THE SOILwill be performing at the Diamonds and Dorings Festival.Photo: Supplied

NASHADA NDANGO, a gr. 11learner of the !XunkhwesaCombined School in Platfontein,shares her experience of flying inan aeroplane for the first timeand being treated like a realentrepreneur in Johannesburg.She and a fellow learner, JasonMarenda, represented the school,which was announced the provin-cial winner of the Education WithEnterprise Trust (EWET) Entre-preneurship Programme.

I WOULD like to share with youmy experience at the exhibition atSci Bona in Johannesburg.

First of all, I must mention thatthe aeroplane trip was amazing. Icould not stop looking down at theclouds. To think, I was above thoseclean, white clouds.

After we had arrived at the O.R.Tambo International Airport inJohannesburg, we took a shuttle tothe hotel where we were verywarmly welcomed.

That evening we had a meetingwhere we were informed of all therules and regulations.

The next day we went on aneducational tour sponsored byEskom during which I learnt a lot.

For the next week we were at SciBona. We had to put together ourown cubicle with some help from

the Eskom guys.We packed out our products and

prepared ourselves to present it tothe customers.

We attended workshops where weeach did presentations on differenttopics on entrepreneurship. Here Ireally learnt a lot about being anentrepreneur.

We met a lot of business peopleand even received proposals from

some of them to help us in startingour own business. We were alsoexposed to many different businessideas.

I would like to thank the EWETand Eskom for giving us theopportunity to be exposed to somuch. It was my first time awayfrom home. I enjoyed it very muchand I also made new friends fromdifferent provinces.

Young entrepreneur tells about trip

NASHADA NDANGO of the !Xunkhwesa Combined School.Photo: Boipelo Mere


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SIYANCUMAMUNICIPALITY

BID NUMBER: SIYA 0003/2015

REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL FOR IMPLEMENTING ELECTRICITY AND WATERSMART METERING WITHIN SIYANCUMA MUNICIPALITYREVENUE ENHANCEMENT

Proposals are hereby invited from suitably qualified, experienced and competentservice providers to implement electricity and water smart metering initiative withinthe SIYANCUMA Local Municipality.

Terms of Reference documents will be available at the cashiers situated atSIYANCUMAMUNICIPALITY from WEDNESDAY, 18 March 2015, Monday toFriday from 07:30 to 16:00. A non-refundable fee of R350.00 will be charged perdocument (cash or bank guaranteed cheques only).

Proposals are to be completed in accordance with the specifications and must besealed in an envelope and marked: " Bid Number Siya 0003/2015: Electricity andWater Smart Metering" and must be deposited in the tender box at : SIYANCUMAMunicipality Charl Cillier street Douglas 8730 not later than 15 April 2015, at whichtime proposals will be opened in public. The name and the address of the biddermust be clearly written on the sealed envelope containing the Bid. Late proposalsor proposals received by the way of post, facsimile or e-mail will, under nocircumstances, be considered.

The Siyancuma Local Municipality subscribes to the Preferential ProcurementFramework Act, Act 5 of 2000 and the Regulations, 2011. The 90/10 principleapplies to this bid. A two envelope system applies to this bid as stipulated in detailin the terms of reference document. Proposals shall be valid for a period of 90days. The Siyancuma Local Municipality does not bind itself to accepting thelowest, or any bid, either wholly or in part or give any reason for such action.

A compulsory briefing session with representatives of the Employer will be held at12:00, 27March2015 at SiyancumaMunicipality CivicCentre inDouglas.

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IN 2015 SuperSport’s Let’s Play celebratesten years of activating the children ofSouth Africa.The first 2015 winner of the coveted

SuperSport Let’s Play Sports Star of theMonth for Express Northern Cape isMaurice Möller (17), a learner of theNorthern Cape High School.The hasty road cyclist had numerous

cycling achievements in 2013. He cycled,among others, for the MTN QhubekaAcademy.During the Junior Tour Nelspruit he was

ranked first in the criterium and second inthe road race.He was also part of the team that re-

ceived the award as the best team.Thereafter he competed at the South

African National Cycling Championships,where he obtained fifth place in the roadrace and came eighth in the individual timetrial.At the Youth Festival in Oudtshoorn he

was first in the following events: road race,team time trial and criterium. As a result,he was the overall yellow jersey winner.Maurice was also the overall u.16 boys

winner at the following events: Cancer LostCity Classic, Kumba Iron Ore Classic andOFM Classic.In 2014 he was signed with the ASG

Junior Pro Cycling Team. Maurice was alsoshortlisted for the South African team to goto the African Games in Botswana. He wasonce again part of the team that waschosen as the best team at the Junior TourNelspruit.Maurice obtained fifth place at the

Carnival City Classic, second at theMangaung City Classic and was sixth at the94.7 Cycle Challenge. He also came first inthe JP Dicks & Diekie Cornelissen Memo-rial Race.At the Tour to Europe he participated in

many track and road races placing, amongothers, 5th, 7th, 11th and 15th. These racesled up to the biggest junior tour in the

world, the Tour of Assen. He finished thetour in 65th position in the most difficultconditions.This year he cycles for the Europe Car

South African Academy.Maurice lives by his motto: Pain is

temporary, victory is forever.Send your SuperSport Let’s Play Sports

Star of the Month nomination for schoollearners between the ages of 6 and 18 today(nominations received before the 20th ofeach month will be included in thatmonth’s selection). You can email yournomination to [email protected] or faxit to 086-552-4922.) More on the Let’s Play initiative:Ten years ago SuperSport identified

issues that were severely inhibiting thedevelopment of children through the lack ofskills learned by playing, physical educa-tion and sport – all of which are imperativeto the holistic development of young people.It was from this insight that Let’s Play

was born in November 2005 with the aim ofraising awareness of our social situationand to introduce and encourage play,activity and sport in schools.For more information, please contact

Lynne Landman at Z PR on 051-522-9574.

Cyclist top of class

THESuperSport Let’s Play Sports StarMaurice Möller (17) of the Northern Cape HighSchool. Photo: Supplied


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THE moment that the Northern Capearm of the South African Sports Associa-tion for the Intellectually Impaired (SA-SAII) has been waiting for has finallyarrived.

The Northern Cape team has beeneagerly waiting for 25 years to host theOpen Summer National Games afterparticipating in the games since itsinception.

Being the host for the first time, theprovince expects around 1 000 participantsfrom all nine provinces to land in Kimber-ley on Sunday (22/03) for the games thatwill officially run from Monday (23/03)until Friday.

Out of the nine sporting codes presented– blackball, cricket, indoor rowing, hokker,swimming, table tennis, athletics, futsaland basket ball – team Northern Cape willparticipate in six.

According to the chairperson of theassociation in the Northern Cape,Edwena Julies, the codes which the hometeam will be participating in are cricket,swimming, table tennis, indoor rowing,and hokker.

The proud hostess believes the hometeam will scoop a few gold medals duringthe tournament.

“We are so excited and sure of ourselvesthat we pulled out all the stops to put ourprovince on the map,” said Julies.

“I am confident that our table tennisboys’ and girls’ team will keep the momen-tum going of being tops.

“In 2013 our boys’ team won gold, whileour girls’ team won silver medals.

“I am confident that they will not godown as they have been preparing,” shesaid.

According to Julies, all the majorarrangements for the tournament havebeen taken care of.

“The venues have been confirmed withthe Sol Plaatje Municipality and theDepartment of Sport, Arts and Culture inthe province, while the South AfricanDefence Force has availed its premises forthe blackball and the snooker games,”Julies said.

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FUTSAL, a variant of soccer, will be among the sporting codes next week. Photos: Internal Website

ATHLETICS will also be part of the programme.

PARTICIPANTS will also take part in swimming.

‘We are so excited and sure ofourselves that we pulled outall the stops to put our province on themap.’– Edwena Julies, NorthernCape chairperson of SASAII

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DIE Hoërskool Noord-Kaap (HNK) se eersterugbyspan spog met vier oorwinnings in netsoveel wedstryde nadat hy die naweek diesterk span van die Marlow-landbouskool vanCradock met 28-22 getroef het.

Shaun Hayden, afrigter, sê dié oorwinningis geen geringe prestasie nie.

Dit was warm en die wedstryd is teen ’nvinnige pas gespeel. Die spel was baie fisiek.Sommige geleenthede het verlore gegaandeurdat aangeë op die grond beland het. Dieagterlyn-spelers het gesukkel om hul vinnigepas goed ten toon te stel en op ’n veld watkleiner as die gewone is ruimte te skep.

Noord-Kaap het met twee puik drieë aandie einde die sege verseker. Basiese foutekon die span egter die wedstryd gekos het,aldus Hayden. Hufke Cameron en GerhardHoltzhausen het elk twee keer agter diedoellyn gaan draai, met Hufke wat met viervan sy vyf skoppe pale toe suksesvol was.

Noord-Kaap kom Saterdag op sy tuisveldteen die Hoërskool Landboudal te staan. Dieo.15A’s speel om 09:00 en die tweede spanneom 10:00. Die o.16.A’s pak mekaar om 11:20,met die eerste spanne wat om 12:30 speel.

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