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QWAQWA. – Malefu Vilakazi is thenew executive mayor of the ThaboMofutsanyana District Municipality.

She was chosen as mayor on a specialcouncil meeting which was held at theThabo Mofutsanyana District chamberson Thursday.

Vilakazi was nominated to go head-to-head with Chere Makhoba, but Makhobastood up and told the council that hecould not stand for mayor, which gaveVilakazi an uncontested victory.

Vilakazi, who was the chairperson ofthe Municipal Public Accounts Commit-tee (MAC), will fill the shoes of BalekileMzangwa who resigned a fortnight agoto take a promotional position at theFree State Department of Health.

Reports have indicated that he will bethe head of the department (HOD) atthis troubled department.

Mzangwa led the district municipalityfor three years and prior to that theMaluti-a-Phofung Local Municipality fora decade as the executive mayor.

The DA, ACDP and Cope welcomedthe appointment and congratulatedVilakazi with her new position and saidthey knew her as a good leader whowould take the municipality to greaterheights.

Vilakazi said she was overwhelmedwith the trust that the ANC had shownin her and promised to work faithfullyfor the community.

“I’ll make sure that all the promisesthat we have made as the ANC arekept,” she said.

Vilakazi said a great challenge shefaced, was to determine how she wouldbalance gender in the municipality.

“We have more men in the municipali-

ty and it is time that we employ women.Women will receive priority when fillingnew vacancies. Everything should be50/50 and we cannot run away from it.”

She said the district municipality wasresponsible to ensure adequate andeffective rural development, for fightingpoverty and unemployment through thesystematic creation of decent work andhad to adhere to the amendment of theMunicipal Systems Act which intends toimprove the capacity of municipalities todeliver services through qualified andexperienced personnel.

“Agriculture can create a sizablenumber of jobs by 2030 and reduceunemployment within our district,” shesaid.

NewmayorappointedGender equality a priority

MALEFUVILAKAZI is the new executivemayor of the ThaboMofutsanyana DistrictMunici­pality. Photo: Tladi Moloi

The DA, ACDP andCope welcomedthe appointmentand congratulatedMalefu Vi lak az iand said they knewher as a good lead­er who would takethe municipality togreater heights.

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QWAQWA. – Indoni South Africa ishosting the Indoni Culture Schoolsfor boys and girls between the agesof 12 and 25 across all provinces.

This started on 29 June and itwill run until 20 July.

It started in the Eastern Cape andwas followed by the Free State.

A week-long Indoni Culture eventtook place in the Free State at theManthatisi High School at theTsheseng Village in Qwaqwa.

According to Ntando Dube, theFree State Indoni champion, thecamps were aimed at reintroducingthe principles of culture, identityand indigenous knowledge, toprovide the youth with life skillsand business skills to assist them inmaking responsible decisions abouttheir lives, to respect one another,to work to develop their communi-ties and contribute positively tosociety.

The theme of this year’s campwas Lahl’ ilahle.

Dube said that it was a campaignagainst crime.

“As a moral regeneration pro-gramme, Indoni, My Heritage MyPride, is an initiative that usesculture to address social ills andmould behaviour.

“It is therefore befitting thateducation on culture, self-pride andgetting rid of bad behaviour (lahl’ilahle) will be in alignment with theSouth African police ministrymandate on crime fighting,” shesaid.

Dube said children thought abouttheir cultures and many otherthings during the week.

“We look back to our roots andhow our elders used to handlethings. We also provide careerguidance to them,” she said.

She said the national Departmentof Arts and Culture was the founderof Indoni, but because they needed alot of money they needed to beassisted by local government.

“The Free State Department ofArts and Culture assisted us withfree entrance to the BasothoCultural Village as well as with thespeakers who talked to the chil-dren,” she said.

Dube said they hosted 164 chil-dren, mainly from Bloemfontein,Fouriesburg and Qwaqwa.

Dirahadibonwe Sekonyela, thesenior traditional leader at theThibela Tribal Office, said it wasgood to witness the youth takingpart in the cultural games.

“These people are trying by allmeans to revive our differentcultures. They have invited mebefore and they are doing a goodjob.

“I wish these children would goback and teach those who could notget a chance to be part of thecamp,” he said.

QWAQWA. – Prof. Oriel Thekisoe of theUniversity of the Free State (UFS) has beennamed as the recipient of the prestigious TWKambule NRF-NSTF Award.

The announcement was made during the16th Annual NSTF-BHP Billiton Awards GalaDinner for 2013-’14 recently held in Johannes-burg.

Thekisoe is an associate professor in theuniversity’s Department of Zoology andEntomology on the Qwaqwa Campus.

He has been recognised as an emergingresearcher for his outstanding contribution toScience, Engineering and Technology (SET).

“It is a great honour for the university tolearn that Thekisoe has won the award of theNational Science and Technology Forum. Thisis an award for which is vied very competi-tively and it speaks of the quality and depth oftalent at the UFS as we prepare the nextgeneration of scientists and scholars,” saidProf. Jonathan Jansen, the vice-chancellor andrector of the UFS.

“I hope that the award will inspire ourscience students to work harder in pursuingthe discovery of new methods and techniqueswhich will improve our livelihoods,” Thekisoe

said after receiving the award from NalediPandor, the minister of Science and Technolo-gy.

“I am grateful to the dean of the Faculty ofNatural and Agricultural Sciences, Prof. NeilHeideman, for believing in me. I am alsograteful to my former lecturers, Prof. PeterMbati, who is now the rector of the Universityof Venda, and Prof. Noboru Inoue of Japan’sObihiro University for grooming and inspiringthe scientist in me,” said Thekisoe.

“Thekisoe is at the forefront of the researchdevelopment activities at the Qwaqwa Campus.He serves as a mentor to many of the youngerscholars on the campus. As one of the Vice-Chancellor’s Prestige Scholars at the universi-ty, he has the potential to become one of themost prominent researchers in his field in thecountry,” said Prof. Corli Witthuhn, vice-rectorof research at the UFS.

The Vice-Chancellor’s Prestige Programme(PSP) supports the accelerated scholarship ofjunior UFS researchers in the first five yearsafter obtaining their PhD’s. The prestigescholars participate in an intensive pro-gramme of support that includes internationalplacement and intensive mentorship.

Prestigious award for UFS researcher

EXCELLING: Prof. Oriel Thekisoe of the University of the Free State (UFS) was namedas the recipient of the prestigious TW Kambule NRF­NSTF Award. Photo: Supplied

Culture revived to prevent crime

SOME of the children from different towns in the Free State performing on stage during the 2014 Indoni Culture Schools event.

SOME of the children during the 2014 Indoni Culture Schools event demonstrate how the Sotho women used to live. Photos: Tladi Moloi

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THE Democratic Alliance (DA) has publiclyannounced its full support to the call byvarious entities for the sacking of thebeleaguered MEC for Health, Dr BennyMalakoane.

The opposition party’s statement comes inthe wake of an ongoing protest action byvolunteers and health-care workers to haveMalakoane fired from the influential positionof MEC for Health.

The Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) hasbeen seen spear-heading the mission to haveMalakoane replaced.

“We welcome the recent support from theTreatment Action Campaign, the SouthAfrican Medical Association and the ANC-af-filiated Nehawu who are all calling for MECMalakoane to be fired,” said MariettePittaway, the DA’s member of the provinciallegislature, during the budget votes debate inthe Free State Provincial Legislature lastWednesday.

Three weeks ago, disgruntled Free Statecommunity health-care workers forced theirway into Bophelo House. People who had notreceived stipends for more than two monthsstaged a sit-in inside the building. They weredemonstrating after submitting a memoran-dum to Dr David Motau, the head of thedepartment. Pittaway said they had beencalling on Premier Elias “Ace” Magashule tofire MEC Malakoane for more than a year.

“The premier must now act. When I saythe condition of health in the Free State iscritical, I can prove it. I daily receivetelephone calls from doctors, nurses, admin-istration personnel and even porters workingin the Free State hospitals. “The newstate-of-the-art Mantsopa Hospital complex inLadybrand was proudly handed over and amedia release was made that it would openits doors to the public in January 2013. It isnow 19 months later and the doors are stilllocked. Cleaners wash the floors every day

praying that the doors will open, while theoccupational therapists guard their equip-ment. Salaries are paid out and the public islocked out.

“The backyard has turned into a rubbishdump. Is this because of outdated boilers or1954 equipment or maybe because of apart-heid? No, this is because of mismanagement,corruption and a failure of political accounta-bility,” said Pittaway.

“MEC Malakoane, do you know about thecritical conditions in our hospitals? Do youknow that people are dying because of thefailure in your department?”

Pittaway highlighted the following prob-lems:) Babies suffering from malnutrition cannotbe helped – no special milk is available.) Nasal prongs used for babies are not insupply – these cost about R2,50 each, butcannot be ordered.) No basic antibiotics are available – sickchildren are just sent back home.) No saturation monitors (for the measuringof oxygen levels of babies) are in workingcondition.) Certain HIV patients who have kidneyproblems need special ARVs (D410 – Stavu-dine) – hospitals and clinics do not have this– these patients are shown away.) There are certain packs for certaininjuries (i.e. head, stomach) – when casual-ties come in, these packs are not available. Ithas happened that these patients have thendied.) Buthelezi Ambulance Services – gets paidper minute. Their equipment does not workand in one incident they were called tocollect a nine-hour-old baby to transfer toanother hospital – they arrived without anincubator and had to go back to fetch anincubator. In another incident they werecalled at 04:00 to transfer a critical patient –they only arrived at 09:00 – the patient died.

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ROSENDAL. – Dan Kriek, the directorof the Board of VKB, says the Free Stategovernment should consider giving landto the farmers and stop leasing it tothem.He says it would enable the farmers to

look after their farms – they cannot dothat at the moment, because they do notknow what will happen when thecontracts end.“This creates insecurity among our

farmers,” Kriek says.“We do not want these farmers to be

leasing the land forever. I want them tohave property rights. I want the farms tobe theirs. When something is yours, youwill care for it, you will look after it andyou will understand that it is your farmand it will become you kids’ farm.”Kriek spoke during a media tour at the

two farms Roodekrans and Schurvekopnear Rosendal in the Eastern Free State.“The government should do that sooner

or later. We cannot force the governmentto do that, but that is our best advice tothem. The main economic drivers in thiscountry, in any business, are propertyrights and private initiative,” he said.

Change necessaryKriek, who is also the president of

Free State Agriculture said they haddone a land audit and could tell whoowned which in the province.“Black people own about 7% or 8% of

the land in the province and that is a resultof apartheid. We need to deal with thosefigures and the harsh reality thereof to urgeus all to cooperate and change the situa-tion,” he said.Apparently, the Free State Department of

Rural Development and Land Reform hasbought land in a private market and peoplewho were interested in farming could applyfor the land. After that they would be giventhe land under the leasing condition.This is the situation that the five develop-

ing farmers Johannes Nkisi, David Matoba-ko, Bernard Lesia, Daniel Mhlambi andDavid Mosai find themselves in.These farmers are worried whether they

would be afforded the property rights afterthe contract. Their farms are doing tremen-dously well and they are supported by VKB,the Grain Farmer Development Association(GFADA) and the Recapitalisation andDevelopment Programme (Recap) which isthe government initiative to develop farmerswho have land.Nkisi said he would really have loved to

have the farm in his name. He said thatwould make him free.“Even if I die tomorrow, at least I would

know that I have left something for mychildren,” he said.“We cannot do certain things on the

farms, because the government has restric-tions. We have to apply every time we needto do something and they take time to getback to us. I would be able to do everythingif it were in my name,” Lesia explained.

Success achievedVKB’s marriage with the GFADA has

produced good crops for the developingfarmers. Some of them only had cattle untilthe two associates, VKB and the GFADA,came on board to help them with a maizeproject.The VKB-GFADA Maize Project is a joint

private sector development initiative whichstarted in 2013. It aims to develop commer-cial grain farmers over a five-year period.It involves ten farmers who planted an

aggregate area of 710 ha in October andNovember 2013. They are situated through-out the service area of VKB (four farmersare situated in Qwaqwa, four betweenRosendal and Senekal, one near Kaallaagteand one near Reitz).According to Kriek the farmers receive a

full package of support. In the 2013-’14season the GFADA funded 50% of produc-tion cost of new farmers and 40% of existingfarmers and also assisted with mentorshipsupport.“VKB provided finance to the amount of

R4,39 million. This finance was provided atthe same interest rate charged to normalcommercial farmers, albeit no security couldbe provided by farmers – only the crop itselfserved as collateral. To add to the financingconcerns, multi-peril risk insurance couldnot be obtained which meant that VKBassumed a material financial risk,” he said.Nkisi said he would not have harvested

six big lorries full of maize had it not beenthrough the support that he had received.“I did not have money to plant before.

These people came to us and asked to helpus for five years and we accepted the offer,”

he said.The way forwardVKB is currently involved with 41

developing farmers with an aggregatecropping area of 3 100 ha situatedthroughout the Eastern Free State. Thepurpose of the document as a result ofthis is to describe the model that directthe development of emerging farmers atVKB. It also provides an overview of itsinvolvement in developing agricultureand the advantages offered to farmersthrough the business model of VKB.Zolile Duze, the general manager at the

GFADA, said it was an initiative whichgrew out of the Grain Value ChainNetwork (GVCN), a network of grainproducers and agri-businesses in theextended value chain, that had met tocreate an opportunity for round-tablediscussions on the agricultural sector inan era of transformation since 2005.“One of the common areas of interest

was identified as farmer developmentand a shared desire to support newentrants into the grain industry with theknowledge and capacity to guide them tobeing sustainable commercial farmers.“It was recognised that although many

institutions and companies were endeav-ouring with farmer development issueson their own, it would be more likely tohave a greater impact as a united effort.“A pillar of the Grain Value Chain

Network was established and has becomeknown as the GFADA, which has beenestablished as a formal, non-profitorganisation and is thus fully dependenton donor funds to achieve its goals.”

Partnership takes new farmers forward

FROM the left are Pheelo Mosai, Johannes Nkisi, Daniel Mhlambi, Bernard Lesia andDavid Mosai with maize they have harvested. Photo: Tladi Moloi

DAVID MATOBAKO of the Roodekrans farm with his soya beans. Photo: Supplied

IN 1987 the world’s population reached5 billion people. This prompted the UnitedNations Development Programme to estab-lish World Population Day on 11 July everyyear. The current world population is7,2 billion people – an increase of 30%.A great deal has been written about

overpopulation and why some people havelarge families. Much of that has been wrong.In the 1970s it was predicted that a worldpopulation of more than 4 billion wasunsustainable. If the 7 billion people on earthwere to consume as much as the averageAmerican, we would need more than fourearths to sustain us.There is undoubtedly a major problem

here. The tenor of the debate, however, oftenfocuses less on the overconsumption andgreed of the rich countries, as it does on thesize of China and why poor people aroundthe world tend to have large families.I want to suggest that the greatest danger

facing our planet currently is in fact inequal-ity and not overpopulation.In the Free State over 30% of people in the

province are food insecure, and while thefigure for the Northern Cape is somewhat

lower (18%), the figure remains alarminglyhigh. As stark as this may sound, it is alsothe case that hunger and adversity issignificantly higher in provinces such as theEastern Cape and Limpopo, while nationally26% of the population experience hunger andalmost 30% live at the risk of being hungry.Inequity is rising – the 85 richest people in

the world own the same wealth as the 3,5billion poorest people; the top 1% of peoplein the USA own 43% of its wealth, with 80%of Americans sharing only 7% of the wealthin that country.Economists who spend a decade pouring

over mountains of figures and data arerarely treated as celebrities. Thomas Piketty,the author of the most unlikely best seller,

Capital in the twenty-first century, is anotable exception.Piketty’s argument is that in late 18th

century France, and early 20th centuryBritain and the USA, society was highlyunequal with private wealth significantlygreater than national income. This concen-tration of wealth in the hands of a fewspawned a rigid class structure.Piketty argues that this state of affairs was

fundamentally disrupted by the two WorldWars and the Great Depression. In fact, theseshocks were so great at the time that theyresulted in a period where income andwealth began to be distributed more equally.The main argument is that this is chang-

ing once more, with more and more wealthin fewer hands. Piketty suggests that unlessthe increasing concentration of wealth in thehands of the few is not actively prevented(e.g. through governments introducing aglobal tax on wealth) then significant globalpolitical instability is likely to follow.How is this related to World Population

Day? In 1976 Susan George wrote a book,How the Other Half Dies, in which she arguesthat the problem with hunger is not one of

overpopulation or there not being enoughfood, but rather the extent to which theglobal wealthy elite control the food supply,how much food is wasted, and how much ofthe food there is has no way of getting to thepeople who need it.The book’s message is as pertinent today

as it was almost 40 years ago. Today, asmuch as 40% of the food produced inAmerica is thrown away, amounting to 1 400calories per person per day. An active two tothree year old only requires about 1 400calories per day to be healthy. We have theknowledge and interventions to stop thedeaths of 8 million children under five eachyear – we just cannot get the interventions tothe people who need them.It has never been about overpopulation but

rather a system designed to encouragerampant consumerism, to reward greed, andto enable the global elite to amass wealthand to control who gets what, when and how.When the monthly insurance of a vehicle

is four times the total monthly householdincome of 11 million children, we have aproblem. And it is not a problem of over-population.

Overpopulation not the problem; inequity isMy viewProfessor MarkTomlinsonResearcher

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QWAQWA. – The Maluti FETCollege and Maluti-a-PhofungMunicipality recently hosted a youthcelebration at the PhuthaditjhabaStadium in Qwaqwa.

Hundreds of students and youngpeople gathered in their schooluniforms to embrace the fallenheroes of the Soweto uprising on 16June 1976.

The youth enjoyed the performanceby well-known artists like KhuliChana and Zola.

Even though the event startedlater than planned, the presence ofKhuli Chana cheered up the crowd.

Zola arrived later and between theperformances he took a few minutesto motivate the youth.

He encouraged young people totake their education seriously.

“The more illiterate people thereare, the more we’ll be taxed to feedtheir children and to build themRDP houses.

“But if you graduate and findwork, you can do that for yourself,”said Zola.

The crowd wouldn’t let him leavebefore he performed his well-knownsong Mdlwembe. The young peoplewent crazy while he was performingtheir favourite song. He left straightafter singing Mdlwembe.

Shasha Lamla, the event organiser,said he was very happy that he haddelivered on what he had promised.

“I am very happy that we managedto entertain the young people”.

Youth Daycelebratedwith music

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QWAQWA. – The Marakong TraditionalCouncil and Bodibeng Primary Schoolhave recently benefitted from food parcelsthat were donated by Buy and Build.

The council, led by King Osia Moji, waspart of the campaign to help needychildren in Marakong. They asked fordonations to feed children from destitutefamilies.

Moji, the traditional leader of Marakong,said the traditional councils were nottaken lightly and they would never taketheir community for granted.

“We have a responsibility to look out forour people, especially the future leaders,the young ones. We have realised that achild who is hungry cannot learn. Ourcommunity needs educated leaders,” hesaid.

Sellwane Mokoena, the Bodibeng Prima-ry School principal, said she was happy tohave a traditional leader of Moji’s calibrewho put his people first.

“I am happy to work in this community.Poverty is everywhere and what counts iswhat you do about it. So, having a leaderlike Moji and businesses who help is agood thing.

“We have many learners who are needy.Some get their last meal of the day here atschool. For some learners the school’sfeeding scheme is not enough.

“Today 30 of our learners will also havea descent meal tonight.

I am so happy and I hope other compa-nies follow the example that has been set,”Mokoena concluded.

Nandale Mofokeng, a personal assistantat Buy and Build, said changing the livesof other people was the company’s passion.

“We are happy to help where we can. Wehope that these learners will do the samefor other needy people,” she said.

Learners receive food parcelsFROM the left are Aniesa Kathrada (left, Buy and Build co­owner), SellwaneMokoena (principal at Bodibeng), KingOsiaMoji andNondaleMofokeng (personal assistant to the owner of Buy and Build). Photo: Nkareng Moloi

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on qualifications, prior learning and experience (Ref. 04)This role provides strategic direction, as well as manages and executes the Internal Auditfunction to ensure compliance with statutory requirements and policies and procedures, whichare in line with IIA Standards and organisational policies and procedures.Key performance areas: • Develop an engagement plan in line with IIA Standards and theorganisation’s IA policies and procedures • Develop a comprehensive engagement workprogramme • Work effectively with the Internal Audit Board Committee • Manage engagementswith assurance providers (for example risk and audit), including responding to matters raised• Coordinate the activities of Internal Audit with those of other assurance providers • Manageand review the Internal Audit engagement outcomes for the organisation • Ensure that the finalaudit report is timeously completed, signed off and submitted to all stakeholders.Requirements: • A relevant degree in Financial Accounting, Honours degree and/or a Master’sdegree or equivalent • 5-10 years’ Senior Management/applicable work experience, preferably ina public sector environment • Registration with the IIA • Experience in strategy and advice,policy development and governance will serve as an advantage • The ability to resist externalpressures • Analytical and reporting skills • People management skills • Leading, planning andorganising skills • Integrity and reliability • Knowledge of generally accepted business principles• Working knowledge and application of PFMA • Thorough knowledge of compliance andrevenue auditing principles.Note: A probity check will be performed on all short-listed candidates.

CHIEF LEGAL OFFICERRemuneration package: All-inclusive and market-related, based

on qualifications, prior learning and experience (Ref. 05)The successful candidate will be responsible for the management and improvement of all legalmatters of FDC and its subsidiaries. He/she will work hand-in-hand with the collectionsdepartments to ensure collection of delinquent accounts. The CLO will be called upon toimplement resolutions regarding formation of policies and planning strategies about theorganisation’s future and must ensure that all legal formalities (such as tax payments, assetmaintenance, agreements of lease and other obligations) are fulfilled in time.Key performance areas: • Ensure that FDC is protected legally and not open to any litigation,and ensure that it acts within legal parameters and in accordance with relevant acts andregulations • Manage legal business matters pertaining to FDC to minimise business and legal risk• Ensure the implementation of FDC’s legal policies and procedures and realisation of Boardresolutions • Act as an advisor to internal divisions/departments concerning the rights, obligationsand privileges of the corporation • Coordinate external counsel on legal issues involvinggovernment and regulatory compliance • Prepare supporting documents for Senior Managementand case referrals • Review legal data to determine advisability of defending or prosecutinglawsuits • Coordinate the budgeting process and planning in Legal Services and oversee/monitorand control implementation of capital and operational budget in the department • Advise thecorporation on appropriate legal action to be taken • Develop a risk management plan for LegalServices • Coordinate legal matters handled by outside counsel related to personnel matters.Requirements: • A legal degree • Completion of a required period of articles or pupillage • Apostgraduate qualification in Management Studies or professional admission will be anadvantage • 7-10 years’ applicable work experience in a similar environment with experience inpolicy development, civil litigation, commercial transactions, labour law and/or governance• Excellent writing and presentation skills • Effective interpersonal relationship skills, especiallywrt outreach • The ability to relate to diverse populations • The ability to resist externalpressures • Analytical and reporting skills • People management skills • Leading, planning andorganising skills • Integrity and reliability • High-level secrecy and privacy for all legal data• Knowledge of generally accepted business principles • Research and development skills.Note: A probity check will be performed on all short-listed candidates.

LEGAL ADVISORRemuneration package: All-inclusive and market-related, based

on qualifications, prior learning and experience (Ref. 06)The successful candidate will be responsible for identifying and analysing legal issues,negotiating and drafting key documents (including all powers of attorney and delegations ofauthority), as well as writing, reviewing and editing reports, opinions, correspondence, articlesand other documents. He/she will also assist in litigation and present clear recommendations tothe FDC Board, committees and Management.Key performance areas: • Provide legal support services on Commercial Law matters andSMME transactions • Provide legal support in respect of litigation and debt collection • Ensurethat professional best practice is achieved and maintained • Give legal support to the FDCduring disputes, employment, contract negotiations, etc • Coordinate and support Managementon legal issues, as well as analyse and interpret legislation for FDC staff • Participate in theprocess of contract negotiation, where the case may be, in negotiating trade and relatedcontractual issues (including property ownership and intellectual property rights) • Draw up alllegal documents in collaboration agreements with relevant stakeholders, and draftimplementation reports on Board decisions for investment approval • Assist to ensureappropriate legal policies and practices are in place to effectively manage the legal obligationsand risks of the FDC • Review all legal documents and make sure they are properly made anddrafted • Establish and maintain effective public service and professional networks • Enforcecompany claims as per approved budget, strategy and timetable, and in adherence to CorporateGovernance requirements.Requirements: • A degree in Law and completion of a required period of articles or pupilllage.A postgraduate degree in Management Studies or professional admission will be an addedadvantage • Applicable work experience, with in-depth knowledge of policy development,commercial transactions, civil litigation, labour law and/or governance • Excellent writing andpresentation skills • Excellent command of written and spoken English • Effective interpersonalrelationship skills, especially outreach • Analytical and reporting skills • Leading, planning andorganising skills • Integrity and reliability • Knowledge of generally accepted business principles• Research and development skills.Note: A probity check will be performed on all short-listed candidates.

NETWORK ADMINISTRATORRemuneration: All-inclusive and market-related, based onqualifications, prior learning and experience (Ref. 07)

• Head Office, BloemfonteinReporting to the Manager: IT, the successful candidate will manage and administer the overall ITtechnical and operational functions to enable the achievement of business objectives.Key performance areas: • Investigate emerging hardware technology to unlock potentialvalue for FDC business objectives • Ensure delivery against operational service levelrequirements (networks functionality, hardware, WAN, LAN, Backups) • Manage ad hochardware projects • Manage hardware resources according to the Department‘s business plan• Implement, monitor and maintain the IT system and resources • Coordinate and implementsolutions for IT issues.Requirements: • A 3-year National Diploma in IT (possession of a degree will be an addedadvantage) • 2-3 years’ applicable experience in IT hardware and software IT projectmanagement • Experience in managing Windows Servers, Linux servers, VMware, MS Exchangeand MS Active Directory • Experience in using HTML, Perl, CGI scripting, PHP, MySQL andContent Management Systems will be an added advantage • A valid driver’s licence • The abilityto work under pressure • Sound interpersonal skills • The ability to organise.Note: A probity check will be performed on all short-listed candidates.

Suitable candidates must forward their applications, including a cover letter,Curriculum Vitae and certified copies of qualifications, to: The Acting HumanResource Manager, Jabu Seapi, 33 Kellner Street, Bloemfontein 9300 or PO Box 989,Bloemfontein 9300 for attention: Judy Xoliswa Hughes, or alternatively e-mail torecruitment@jamesonconsulting.co.zaClosing date: 25 July 2014Note: • The successful candidates will be required to sign performance agreement contractverifications, including criminal record and citizenship checks as well as competencyassessments, which will form part of the selection processs • Cover letters should include a briefpersonal synopsis and a colour ID/Passport-size photo • Failure to submit certified and relevantqualifications will result in candidates not being short-listed • The FDC is committed to theachievement and maintenance of diversity and equity in employment, especially in respect ofrace, gender and disability • If you do not receive any response within 1 month of the closingdate, you must consider your application to be unsuccessful • Only short-listed candidates willbe contacted • FDC reserves the right not to appoint.

The Free State Development Corporation (FDC) is the official economic developmentagency for the Free State Province. The agency focuses on four key activities in order toachieve growth and development: Investment promotion; services to SMMEs; export-related assistance; and property management.

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BETHLEHEM. – A disputeinvolving the Free StateDevelopment Academy andFK FC has led to thepostponement of the FreeState third division promo-tional play-offs.The play-offs are now set

for the weekend of 25 to 27July in Welkom where thefive teams, representing thefive regions, will compete forpromotion to the second-divi-sion league.The play-offs were set to

be held this past weekend atthe Beatrix Mine SportsGrounds near Theunissen.However, it was called off

due to a matter involvingAcademy (a developmentside for the Premier Leagueteam Free State Stars) andFK.The two teams campaign

in the South African FootballAssociation’s (Safa) ThaboMofutsanyana SAB RegionalLeague.Moremi Klip, Safa provin-

cial coordinator, told ExpressEastern Free State that thecase involving the two teamsfrom Thabo Mofutsanyanahad been dealt with by Safa’snational disciplinary commit-tee.“The other regions have

already confirmed theirwinners. We are now waitingfor Thabo Mofutsanyana.The matter of the two clubshas been referred to the

arbitrator to make a ruling,”he said.The Safa DC and the

appeals board ruled infavour of the Free StateDevelopment Academy.The following are the

winners from the four otherregions: Days (Lejweleput-swa), Lazio (MangaungMetro), Roots United(Xhariep) and Avalon (FezileDabi).The dispute apparently

regards transgressions of therule by FK to not field therequired number of u.21players in a league againstLadybrand-based ManyatsengUnited Brothers. It is allegedthat FK was in contradictionof the rule requiring clubs tofield the number of u.21players during the game inquestion.However, neither Academy

nor FK will go straight tothe provincial play-offsbecause one of the teamsstill has to play against Dla2FC, the winner of theA-stream, to determine theoverall winner of the ThaboMofutsanyana Region.As things stand, Academy

is at the top of the B-streamwith 39 points in 18 games.FK, who is hoping for afavourable boardroomdecision, is in second placewith a point behind the logleaders.They will claim the top

spot should the judgement bein their favour.

Dispute leads topostponementof play-offs

THE Rhino FC, a teamcampaigning in the Safa SABThabo Mofutsanyana

Regional League, invitesfootball players who areinterested in playing for theteam to their trainingsessions.The team is training at the

Du Plessis Park Stadium,Bethlehem, from Tuesdays toFridays from 17:00 until19:00. For information callZoa Moloi on 082-487-0571.

Email: tladi.moloi@volksblad.com

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REV. THEUNIS BOTHA,leader of the ChristianDemocratic Party (CDP):

WITH the fleet-footedness ofthe artful dodger, Zuma is onceagain trying to side-step theresponsibility for decisions madeby ministers appointed by him.As in the past he is now

washing his hands of theappointment of Hlaudi Mot-soeneng as chief operatingofficer (COO) of the SABC by theCommunications minister, FaithMuthambi, by saying that hehad nothing to do with theappointment.

Unlike presidents and primeministers of other civilizednations, our president does notappear to realise that anythingthat happens on his watch is hisdirect responsibility.It is, however, no surprise, as

the president has never in thepast taken responsibility for anyof his questionable actions.

Zuma shirks responsibility

JOHANNESBURG. – TheBidvest Wits newcomer VincentPule has set his sights onwinning the Premier SoccerLeague.Students, the third-placed

finishers in the league last term,signed the 22-year-old attackerfrom African Warriors in May.Pule scored seven goals in

2013-’14, while he was nominatedfor the Nedbank Cup’s toprookie award, losing out toKwanda Mngonyama.“I want to win the league

trophy and play regularly,” Pulesaid on Wits’ website whenasked about his goals at

Milpark.“I know I’m young, but with

what the team achieved lastyear I think we stand a goodchance of putting some silver-ware in the trophy cabinet.”Pule went on to reveal his

admiration for club coach GavinHunt and skipper SibusisoVilakazi, who was crowned PSLfootballer of the season nearlytwo months ago.“He is a winner, a great

motivator, expects 100% fromyou all the time and inspires meto be the best player I can be,”Pule said of Hunt.– KickOff.com

Pule aims to win league

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among the youth to get more active insport.With this in mind, SuperSport and Let’s

Play, in association with Express EFS, havelaunched a special initiative.We want to find and give recognition to

learners at primary or high school levelwho excel in sport or who are helping

others to be more active.The SuperSport Let’s Play Sports Star of

the Month is a competition for anyone aged6 to 18.You can nominate yourself or be nominat-

ed by a friend or teacher, lecturer or coachat your school or place of education.The winner is chosen from all the

nominations received for that month.The monthly winner will receive a Let’s

Play hamper filled with goodies.From all the entries received each month,

one player will be chosen as the SuperSportLet’s Play Sports Star of the Month.At the end of the year one player from all

the monthly winners will be chosen as the

SuperSport Let’s Play Sports Star of theYear.Send your nomination today (nominations

received before the 20th of every month willbe included in that month’s selection.Nominations received after the 20th ofevery month will be carried over to thenext month’s selection).Your nomination must include your

name, age and a short paragraph (less than200 words) on what you have achieved andyour contact details. You can email yournomination to supersport@zpr.co.za or senda fax to 086-552-4922.Call Lynne or Juanré at Z PR on 051-522-

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BETHLEHEM. – Super Sport FChas become the first amateur teamin the Dihlabeng Local Municipalityto award their players for the2013-’14 season.This historical and memorable

event was hosted at the NewBohlokong Hall on Saturdayafternoon. The team awarded theplayers who worked hard duringthe 2013-’14 season which saw themfinishing fourth on the Safa Dihla-beng mayoral log table.Bongani Vilakazi and Makgobalo

Mokoena both won two awardseach.Vilakazi walked home with the

Players’ Player of the Season andPlayer of the Season awards whileMokoena’s 17 goals that he hadnetted during the season earnedhim the Top Goal Scorer and Goalof the Season awards.The Chairperson’s Award, one of

the most respected awards, wasawarded to Motloung Thabo, theteam skipper.After just two years in existence,

Super Sport FC is the first amateurteam to print a 12-page book aboutthe team’s history.Lehlohonolo Lerata, the chairper-

son of the team, launched the bookduring the award ceremony. As ifthat was not enough, the ambitiousLerata surprised people whoattended the ceremony when heannounced that he was giving 17%of the team shares to the headcoach of the team, David Mkhoan-tle.He said Mkhoantle had shown an

unwavering support for the teamregardless of not being paid.“This guy has never failed me. He

came to the team when we needed acoach the most after the formercoach had resigned. We had alreadylost hope at that time but Mkhoan-tle came and put the team in fourthplace on the log table,” he said.However, Lerata promised the

coach that he would never need anymoney from him since he was theshareholder.“I have nothing to give back to

you, but this is what I think youdeserve. You are not allowed to sellthe shares to anyone and shouldgive it to your child once you quitsoccer,” Lerata urged.He thanked the players for the

wonderful job and added that hecould not see a reason why they

would fail to win the league nextseason.“I want to thank you from the

bottom of my heart. You made meproud by giving me the EasterTournament Cup. I always wit-nessed that moment on television,but now I am a proud chairmanwho has a trophy in the cabinet,”he said.Lerata, who has big dreams even

though he is short, challenged hisplayers going into the next season.“I want us to win all the competi-

tions next season. I will take all theplayers to the Soweto Derby shouldthat happens.“We know that soccer goes with

education and to all our gr. 12matriculants, we have a laptopwaiting for anyone who gets threedistinctions. A gr. 11 player whogets three distinctions will be givena chance to acquire a driver’slicence, all paid for by the team,”he concluded.

Players receive awards

THE Super Sport FC award winners with the chairperson and the team coach. From the left are Moeketsi Mkhoantle (Most Disciplined Player),Makgobalo Mokoena (Top Goal Scorer and Goal of the Season), Lehlohonolo Lerata (chairman of the team), Bongane Vilakazi (Players’ Playerof the Season and Player of the Season), David Mkhoantle (head coach), Thabo Motloung (Chairperson's Award) and Thabiso Maboea (MostImproved Player). Photo: Tladi Moloi

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LIST OF THE AWARDWINNERS:

Player of the Season:Bongane VilakaziPlayers’ Player of theSeason:Bongane VilakaziMost Disciplined Player:

Moeketsi MkhoantleTop Goal Scorer:Makgobalo MokoenaGoal of the Season:Makgobalo MokoenaMost Improved Player:Thabiso MaboeaChairperson’s Award:Thabo Motloung