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} Tladi Moloi

QWAQWA. – Olly Mlamleli, the Free StateMEC for Cooperative Governance, Tradi-tional Affairs and Human Settlements, hasappealed to the newly-elected 40 PercentTraditional Council members to be patientand give her time to get things right.This is after the council members

expressed concern about their immediatefuture and demanded clarity following thedelay to take up office to carry out respon-sibilities assigned to them.Apparently the council members were

elected in August 2014. According to themthey should already be working. However,they are still in the dark about their futureand when they will begin with their duties.

Lazarus Lekgetho, the spokesperson ofthe 40 Percent Traditional Council, saidthey had been in the dark for a long time,adding that the community members hadbeen asking what their job description wasbecause they had done nothing for them.“The community has elected us and now

they want to see us working for them.“However, we are unable to work

because we have not been placed in anoffice officially. We have written numerousletters to the office of MEC Mlamleli,asking about our future, but until today wehave not received any explanation,” saidLekhetho.Mlamleli has confirmed that the elected

councillors had not started with their workas yet.

She said her office had been waiting forthe minister of Cooperative Governanceand Traditional Affairs, Pravin Gordhan, tocomplete some documents before givingelected council members the go-ahead.“I understand their frustration, but I

would appreciate it if they could be patientfor a while.“There is basically nothing that we can

do until the minister is done with thepaper work,” said Mlamleli.She said the minister was going to sign

documents to determine the councilmembers’ job description and the servicesto render to the community.“The documents will serve as guidance

to our province,” said Mlamleli.Mlamleli has promised to meet the

councillors to explain the current situationand has acknowledged that Ledika Moloi,the chairperson of the Free State House ofTraditional Affairs, had raised theirconcern to her in a recent meeting.“The problem with the council members

is that some have set the standard high forthemselves.“They are now frustrated because they

have not started working. They are goingto work. We are going to call all of themtogether with Moloi so that we can explainthe current situation.“If we do not do that, they will continue

getting the wrong information from thewrong people. We want to talk to thembefore the minister completes the paperwork,” said Mlamleli.

Councillors frustratedWaiting for go­ahead to assume office

SOME of the frustrated elected 40 Percent Traditional Council members from Tsheseng. They are from the left Mabidikoe Maloka, Thabo Majorobela, Jeremane Lekgetho, MaseabataTsosane, Elliot Thebel, Fani Nhlapho and Moorosi Tsotetsi.

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BETHLEHEM. – The Free StateGambling and Liquor Authority(FSGLA) would like to see morepeople from previously disadvan-taged communities coming innumbers to apply for gamblinglicences.This is according to Johan de

Bruyn, manager: business regula-tion of the FSGLA.De Bruyn spoke at a FSGLA

roadshow aimed at education andawareness in the Bethlehem TownHall on Thursday (19/03.)“We are here to explain to the

communities the gambling modes,the licensing of gambling entities,in particular Limited Pay-outMachines (LPM), and book-making.“We indicated to them that we

were rolling out these licencingmodes especially to the previouslydisadvantaged communities,” hesaid.The Limited Pay-out Machines

have a minimum jackpot of R500.According to De Bruyn this

would help business owners tobecome part of the industry.“LPM would help them in

rolling out gambling in theirbusinesses and generate moreincome. We are trying to facilitatenew entrants into the market fromthe previously disadvantagedcommunities. Our people cangenerate more income if they cantake part,” he said.The entities that joined the

authority’s awareness campaignwere the Free State DevelopmentCorporation (FDC) and the SmallEnterprise Development Agency(Seda).The objective of the roadshow

was to generate awareness of theopportunities that were availablein the gambling and liquorindustry, to inspire transformation

within the industries and toeducate the public on the role ofdifferent entities within theseindustries.These licences are aimed at

previously disadvantaged businesspeople, De Bruyn said.De Bruyn said the common

challenges they had encounteredduring the roadshow were that

some of the businesses did nothave the required financialstatements, they were not payingtax or did not have businessplans.

He, however, reassured thosewho were interested in becominginvolved that they would beassisted and guided by routeoperators.

Apply for licences, says FSGLA

ITUMELENGSEEKO (informationofficer at theSmall EnterpriseDevelopmentAgency), ThembiMoloi (FreeStateDevelopmentCorporation consul-tant), Peter Moleko (manager: regulation of the Thabo Mofutsanyana District Free State Gambling and Liquor Authority) and Johan de Bruyn(manager: business regulation of the Free State Gambling and Liquor Authority) during the recent Free State Gambling and Liquor Authorityroadshow. Photo: Tladi Moloi

FRANKFORT. – Sello MichaelSibelwane (29) and EdwardModise Makhubo (29) fromNamahadi near Frankfort weresentenced to life imprisonmentfor rape plus ten years forrobbery.This heavy sentence came

after they were found guilty bythe Frankfort Regional Court onWednesday (18/03).On 14 November 2012 a man

(26) and his wife (23) werereturning from a tavern late atnight.They were confronted by the

two accused who assaulted theman and hit him with a bottleover the head.He became unconscious and

they robbed him of his cash andcell phone.The two of them then took

turns raping the woman.The accused were on their

way home from a tavern.Sgt Mmako Mophiring, the

police spokesperson, saidSibelwane and Makhubo hadbeen arrested a week after theincident had been reported tothe police.“Makhubo was arrested near

Denesville Road on his way toSasolburg, running away fromthe police.“His co-accused was arrested

in Namahadi near Frankfort.The stolen money and cellphone were not recovered, but

they were linked positively tothe crime scene through DNAtest results coming from policelaboratories in Pretoria.“Each accused got a life

sentence for rape and ten yearseffectively for robbery,” he said.“We cannot stop fighting

crime against women andchildren,” said the Free Stateprovincial commissioner, LtGen. Thabethe Mpembe.“It is not yet over until God

says so. I want to congratulatethose who were involveddirectly and indirectly in thearrest and conviction of theaccused in this case.“The battle continues to bring

perpetrators to book.”

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THE African Farmers’ Associationof South Africa (Afasa) has congrat-ulated Mamiki Qabathe, former FreeState MEC for Agriculture andRural Development, on her appoint-ment as speaker of the Free StateProvincial Legislature.The association believes Qabathe’s

elevation to this post is furtherproof of her capabilities as a leader.Afasa regards Qabathe as one of theMECs who have excelled in theirwork and says she will be missed bythe Free State agricultural sector.According to Aggrey Mahanjana,

Afasa secretary general, the organi-sation is thrilled for Qabathe,although this was a gain for theFree State government, it is a lossfor the farmers in the province.“The farmers have lost one of theirmost dedicated servants. Qabathewas very committed to her job andthe farmers she served,” saysMahanjana.Afasa Free State made good

progress with Qabathe in terms ofdeveloping plans and programmes

aimed at supporting smallholderfarmers in the province – thisincluded the fruit farmers.According to Mahanjana, Afasa is

well aware that it is the prerogativeof Ace Magashule, Free Statepremier, to appoint MECs, butpleads with him to deploy someonewho is knowledgeable, experiencedand competent to fill Qabathe’sshoes.“We plead with Magashule to

deploy the right people to thisimportant portfolio, as it requires alevel-headed and experiencedperson,” says Mahanjana.Pitso Sekhoto, Afasa Free State

president, says his office is happy

for Qabathe and would like to wishher the very best.However, Sekhoto admits the

organisation is also saddened to losesomeone of Qabathe’s calibre. Hedescribes the former MEC assomeone who listened, supportedand respected the farmers andwalked the talk.The organisation will welcome

anyone appointed by the premier,but says it will keep its doors openin case the premier wants to consultwith the farmers before making adecision on who will replaceQabathe.“We believe that this decision will

have a direct impact on farmers inthis province, therefore we willappreciate it if Magashule willconsult us to ensure that we arecomfortable with decisions made atgovernment level,” says Sekhoto.“We would like to be involved in

the processes of choosing the bestMEC. We will have confidenceknowing he or she has smallholderfarmers’ interests at heart.”

Qabathe will be missed, says Afasa

JOHANNESBURG. X In thedying days of apartheid, the headof South Africa’s power utility,the central pillar of the white-runeconomy, sat down with NelsonMandela and asked him a simplequestion: When you take office,what are you going to do withEskom?The answer from South Africa’s

future president was equallysimple: Nothing, as long asyou continue to produce cheapelectricity and connect moreblack South Africans to thegrid.“We do not wish to interfere

with what you are doing andhow you are doing it, becauseyou know the electricity business.We don’t,” then-chief executive

Ian McRae, now 85, recalledMandela telling him over lunch

in the early 1990s.However, over the next two

decades that basic agreementwould fall apart as Eskom failedto keep the lights on and thegovernment – the utility’s soleshareholder and increasingly itsmain source of funding – wadedfurther into the engine room.The result has been deepening

operational and financial turmoilin a utility that generates 95%of the electricity in Africa’smost advanced and importanteconomy.In another blow that will pile

more costs onto its alreadycreaking books in the form ofhigher interest rates, S&Pdowngraded Eskom’s credit to“junk”, saying it now regardedits management as “weak”.X Ed Cropley for News24

Eskom agreement not honoured

‘ . . . although this was again for the Free State

government, it is a loss forthe farmers in the prov­

ince.’ – Aggrey Mahanjana

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MOEKETSI LEBE-SA, Phuthaditjha-ba, Qwaqwa:

WHY are we fight-ing the De Beers by-pass?

The controversialSouth African Na-tional Roads AgencyLimited (Sanral), no-torious for e-tolls inGauteng, plans to di-vert the N3 from War-den through the DeBeers Pass.

This will be detri-mental to the commu-nity of Maluti-a-Pho-fung local municipal-ity (MAP).

They say the cur-rent N3 can no longeraccommodate trafficvolumes, more espe-cially in Harrismithand Van Reenen.

They say it will alsoreduce the distancebetween Johannes-burg and Durban by14 km.

This is utter poppy-cock.

It will have a seri-ous impact on the en-vironment and the so-cio-economic condi-tions of the Maluti-a-Phofung residentsand the Free State.The socio-economicimpact:) Maluti-a-Phofungis an N3-dependenttown. Its GDP is R1,5billion of whichR1,2 billion is gener-ated from the N3.) Harrismith will be-come a ghost townlike Winburg (whenthe N1 was divertedby just a few metres),Kestell (the N5 was di-verted), Springfon-tein and many othertowns in the FreeState.) Every day busesand taxis ferry work-ers between Qwaqwa– Tshiame and Har-rismith. These work-ers work for busi-nesses whose surviv-al is dependent on theN3. They will losejobs. Businesses willclose down and goelsewhere.

The bypass will ex-acerbate the poor liv-ing conditions (pov-erty) most of our peo-ple find themselvesin.

The bypass poses aserious threat to theenvisaged MalutiSpecial EconomicZone (SEZ), common-ly known as the Har-rismith LogisticalHub. With the bypasslooming on the hori-zon, the SEZ will re-main a dream perpet-ually deferred and atantalising mirage –the dream that willnever come true ormaterialise.

No investor will in-vest in a project thatis doomed to fail. As Iam penning this pieceinvestors are tread-ing carefully andwant a guarantee thatthe De Beers Express-way monster willnever happen.

If the governmentgoes ahead with SEZusing its own resour-ces or borrowed mon-ey, it would be tanta-mount to flushing themoney down thedrain with conse-quences too ghastlyto contemplate.

The environmen-tal impact:

The Environmen-tal Impact Assess-ment (EIA) reports,are currently pre-senting data that isskewed in their fa-vour.

The reality is: As aperson who loves theenvironment I tookthe trouble to visit the

area that was pro-posed for a new roadtwo years ago.

I love animals and Iwatch birds. The area(De Beers bypass) isthe green carpet ofSouth Africa.

The green carpet isrolled unbroken inthe open and stun-ning escarpments.

The area is a home

for fauna and flora. Itis a home to endan-gered bird species.

It is home to awhite-winged fluffy-

tail bird that flies toEthiopia between Ju-ly and September andcomes back to SouthAfrica between No-

vember and March. Itis estimated that only300 of them exist glo-bally. These birdswill become extinct.

The proposed areahas sensitive wetlandand grassland bio-mes. These are themost threatened.These wetlands serveas a sponge that holdswater for the Thukela

River catchmentflowing into the Indi-an Ocean and VaalRiver catchmentflowing into the At-lantic Ocean. The fateof Sterkfontein, MetsiMatsho, Fika Patsoand Katse (in Leso-tho) is tied to thesewetlands.

We plead with San-ral to let us keep the

area as pristine aspossible.

Carbon emissionsfrom cars and truckswill destroy the en-tire green belt.

This will contrib-ute to global warm-ing. Away with theDe Beers bypass.

Nasir Ali, keepyour e-tolls and let uskeep our N3…

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falletse ho shebella TV e kgolohahae, eo a tsebang hantle horeha a e reka, ebe pelo ya hae erengka monga TV eo, hoba o efufulelletswe? Ha o nka diaparotseo tse kganatshetseng madi o dihlatswa, na oke o ipotse hore kemadi a mang ao? Ke manglehlatsipa leo la ketso tsa ngwanahao? Ebe le a phela moo le lengteng? Le nketswe eng?Ha se hore batswadi ha ba tsebe

diketso tsa bana ba bona tseo badi etsang bosiu, haholoholo ha batla hae ka yona thepa eo e ba eutswitseng. Potso ke hore re etsaeng ho thibela seo?Dibekeng tse mmalwa tse

fetileng ho ne ho tlatlapuwamabenkele a matswantle kappabitswang hore ke melata, mme babang ba batlatlapi ba kwallwa.Ka letsatsi la nyewe, motswadi e

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tjhelete).”Potso eo ke ipotsitseng yona ke

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etsang ketso tsena, ba bang bakgona ho tlaleha diketso tsa banaba bona sepoleseng. Boholo babatswadi ba baleha kapa hona hoqoba ho tshwarisa bana ba bona.Ha ho bolele hore o tlabe olemotswadi ya mobe ho tlalehangwana hao sepoleseng, empa otlabe o pholosa maphelo a bathoba bang. Ba bang ba batswadi bakgaohane, hobane e mong a ne asathabele diketso tse empe tsangwana, mme a mo tlaleha.Malapa a mang ha a phelehamonate, a phela ka letswalo ketsona diketso tsena.Ke kgothalletsa batswadi ho

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} Tladi Moloi

FICKSBURG. – Five luckydrivers received baby carseats at a road block on theR26 near Ficksburg on Friday(20/3).The seats were sponsored

by the Free State Road Safetyand Road Accident Fund(RAF).Karabo Nteso (1) from

Welkom was the first luckychild to get a seat. His father,Thabo Nteso (27), said he washappy to be one of thedrivers who received ababyseat. “I have tried to buyone, but I couldn’t because itwas expensive,” he said.Nteso was driving from

Welkom to a funeral inLesotho. “I want to thank allthe people who organised theroad block because I wouldhave not received one if itwas not for them,” he said.George Kale, the acting

director of Road Safety in theFree State, said they werediscouraging passengers tohold babies in their armswhile in the car.“You will find the passen-

gers holding children in thecar and that is not safe. Wewant our people to know thatthey should use a baby seat ifthere is a child in the car,”

he said.Kale said the road block

was aimed at sensitizingdrivers that they should bepositive towards road safety.“We don’t want accidents

this coming Easter holidays.We are trying to save thelives of our people throughthis campaign,” he said.Kale said they chose the

R26 outside Ficksburgbecause that was one of thebusiest roads in the FreeState.“We did our research

before we came here and wefound that most peopledriving from Gauteng andLesotho are using this roadand also those from Durbanto Bloemfontein.“We encourage drivers to

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Baby seats handed out at road block

FROM the left are:Tseko Mo-fokeng (Road Safety Office),Thabang Makae, George Kale(acting director, Road Safetyin the Free State), Pius Mohlo-mi (Setsoto Local Municipali-ty speaker), LebuajwangMad-iehe (Thabo Mofutsanyanatraffic controller), Thabo Nte-so (driver) and his child Kara-bo Nteso sitting in the donat-ed chair. Photo: Tladi Moloi

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their stories, and generally(but not always) ensuring alaugh, The Dan Nicholl Showwill showcase familiar SouthAfricans, and the occasionalinternational guest, in anunseen light.The three-part, 26-minute

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QWAQWA. – Walking sticks were replacedby hockey sticks and aching muscles andstiff joints were a thing of the past as theelderly took to the field in games hosted bythe Free State Department of Sports, Artsand Culture.The members of the Phaphamang

Baholo, Kgothalang and Tini NgubeniLuncheon Clubs came together at theDiphakhoeng Sports Field on Wednesday(18/3) were they took part in, among others,netball, football and rugby.Residents of the Maluti-a-Phofung Local

Municipality were divided into three groupsbased on location.The area from Kestell to Harrismith

was called Map 1; Phuthaditjhaba, Mono-ntsha, Makwane, Beruite, Ellite, Tseki,Bolata and Lusaka, Map 2 and Namahadi,Thababosiu, Thabana-Tshoana, Makeneng,Tsheseng and Naledi Map 3.From these three groups, a team will be

chosen to represent Maluti-a-Phofung atthe district games, which will be heldsoon.“We have more games for them. So today

we gave all of them a chance to play. Thatgave us a chance to see where individualsexcel.“We will give them proper training before

the competition,” Sello Hanong, the Map 3sports assistant, said.He said they were hoping to keep elderly

people healthy though their participation inthe games.“The clubs keep them united and I have

witnessed unity since I have been workingwith them.“They are always willing to try new

things,” he said.Masiu wa Masiu (74) of the Itekeng

Luncheon Club said the games helped themto stretch their muscles.“We enjoyed every moment when we

were playing, because it makes us forgetabout things that we have been goingthrough at our respective homes.”He said the luncheon clubs were very

important in their members’ lives, becauseit was where they shared their problems

and helped each other.“We are doing many thing in our clubs.

We would not be playing these games if itwere not for the clubs. I would love to seemore people of my age joining the luncheonclubs because that would keep themhealthy,”Wa Masiu was there to assist the depart-

ment after his club had taken part in a

similar event previously.Ema Khambule (71) of the Khothalang

Luncheon Club in Mmakong in Qwaqwasays she was happy to take part in thegames and added that she would love toplay more. “Some of us did not know howto read and write, but they can nowbecause we are helping each other at theclubs,” she said.

Elderly show knack on sports field

MOJABENG MATLALETSA hits a ball with a hockey stick, while other elderly people are queuing for their chance at the DiphakoengSports Field in Qwaqwa. Photo: Tladi Moloi

PRETORIA. – MamelodiSundowns coach, Pitso Mosi-mane, says he will always fieldhis strongest team, insistingthat one should never disrespectthe opposition.Sundowns are bidding for

honours on three fronts thisseason: the Premier SoccerLeague, CAF Champions Leagueand the Nedbank Cup.The Brazilians on Sunday

(22/03) advanced to the quarter-finals of the latter competitionwith a 3-1 victory over PlatinumStars. Downs will fancy theirprospects in the lucrative event,

especially after Soweto giantsKaizer Chiefs and OrlandoPirates bowed out of thecompetition on the weekend. Asecond-string Chiefs outfit wereshocked 1-2 by National FirstDivision (NFD) high-flyers BlackLeopards, while Bucs wentdown 1-0 to SuperSport United.“I will always put the best

team on the field. You don’tdisrespect people, you don’tshow you are superior, butshow respect.“Sundowns has to put the best

team on the park,” Mosimanesaid. – KickOff.com

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in a new-look Donaldson series withsix instead of eight events withsprint and endurance races and amarathon race providing competi-tors with new challenges. What hasnot changed, however, is thecompetitive nature of the champion-ship and there are some stirringbattles waiting to be fought.Team Castrol Toyota and Ford

Performance provide the factorymuscle in the premier Class T forvehicles above four litres withindependent suspension, but thereis no shortage of privateers whocould turn out to be a pain in theneck for the big guns.The situation in Class S, for

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Performance team where the statusquo is restored with Chris Visser/Japie Badenhorst and LanceWoolridge/Ward Huxtable out in apair of Ford Rangers. Visser missedmost of last season and Woolridgethe entire season recovering fromneck and back injuries. Motivationlevels will therefore be high.And then there are the privateers.

Mpumalanga brothers Johan andWerner Horn, in the Malalane

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same high levels this time aroundand that will be no easy task. Highstandards will also be expected ofGary Bertholdt and SiegfriedRousseau (Atlas Copco FordRanger) who were part of the Fordfactory setup last season, and Johanvan Staden/Mike Lawrenson(Regent Racing Nissan Navara) whoswitched allegiance after campaign-ing in recent seasons under theAtlas Copco banner.Two other youngsters in Jason

Venter and Vincent van Allemann(4x4 Mega World Toyota Hilux) willbe out to prove their championshippotential. On the subject of young-sters, another Woolridge will appearon the scene with Gareth Wool-ridge, younger brother of Lance,linking up with Boyd Dreyer inanother Ford Ranger. – SouthAfrican National Off-road CarRacing Association

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CHRIS VISSER of the Ford Performance Ranger will take part atthis year’s Donaldson Cross-Country Championshipwhich gets un-derway with the RFS Endurance in Harrismith. Photo: Supplied

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BETHLEHEM. – A miracle is needed tosave three Eastern Free State football teamsfrom relegation in their respective divisions.The relegation axe is hovering over Free

State Stars in the Absa Premier League,Maluti FET College in the National FirstDivision (NFD) and Clarens Galaxy FC inthe ABC Motsepe League.The three teams did not do well this

season – they are in the same situation theywere in last season (2013-’14).Ea Lla Koto more than survived their

relegation game by winning 3-0 againstMoroka Swallows in an away game playedin Dobsonville, Johannesburg.Free State Stars are in 14th position on

the league log. That is just one step awayfrom the relegation play-offs and two awayfrom automatic relegation to the firstdivision league.With seven league games remaining, the

Bethlehem-based team should hold on tightto their knobkierie to secure a place in thetop-eight positions on the log.Maluti FET were also lucky to survive the

chop thus far, thanks to the Cape Townoutfit Blackburn Rovers’ defeat to theBloemfontein-based team Roses United.

These teams finished 15th and 16th respec-tively.Maluti FET is the worst off of the three

teams on the verge of relegation. They arerooted at the bottom of the NFD log, whichmeans an automatic relegation to the seconddivision. They have collected a disappointing12 points in 22 games. They are one pointaway from Garankuwa FC and ten pointsfrom Witbank Spurs, who are 14th and 15threspectively.With only eight games left, it remains to

be seen if the college boys will be able toadd enough points to secure their spot in theNFD. However, the coach, Jonny Mafereka,seems positive that his team will survive.There is still light at the end of the tunnel

for Galaxy FC, because they still have 13more games to play before the end of theirleague season. Galaxy FC is second from thebottom on the league table, with a mere 11points after 17 games. They are level withShamrock Flowers FC, who are at thebottom of the log table with only a goaldifference separating the two teams.However, there is not a big gap between

Galaxy FC and Celtic Colts, who are on the11th position with 17 points – that meansthat only six points are needed by GalaxyFC to catch up to Celtic Colts.

FS teams fightoff relegation

KINNAHPHIRI, the Free State Starsmentor.Photo: Supplied

JONNYMAFEREKA, theMaluti FET CollegeFC head coach. Photo: Tladi Moloi

JOMO TSHABALALA, the Clarens Galaxy FC head coach, is expected to guide his ABCMotsepe outfit out of the relegation zone. Photo: Tladi Moloi

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