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MIXED REACTION TO ZUMA’S SPEECH
There was mixed reac-tion to President Jacob Zu-ma’s inauguration speech at the Union Buildings in Pretoria on Saturday.Some people from an 18,000 strong crowd out-side the Union Build-ing welcomed the speech while others did not.Louis Geldenhuis, 22, an engineering student at the University of Pretoria said Zuma’s speech was positive and encouraging.“It was very positive, he spoke very well about [the] future and economy. What he says is encouraging but what he does will be even more interesting,” he said.Dito Maine from the North West said he was impressed when Zuma spoke of radical changes.“I’m waiting to see that radi-calness....We want to see at least two percent of disabled people employed,” he said.However, Joyce Ramo-gase was not moved by the speech. She said she wanted to hear Zuma speak about employment.“I would have loved for the president to touch more on issues of employment and what government will do. Us on the ground level are suffering and need govern-ment to help us,” she said.Nonky Bogatsu agreed saying the country needed a leader not a president.“All that these people do is talk, we need someone who is not power hungry and has the interest of the people at heart,” she said.
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For our country’s transition from apartheid rule to democracy, an interim constitution was negotiated between representatives of organisations involved in the liberation struggle, represented political par-ties and other interest groups.
After the first democratic elections on 27 April 1994, members of the National Assembly and Senate, as the elected public representatives at the time, met as a body called the Constitutional As-sembly to write a new Constitution. In 1996, after two years of public consultation and much debate, the new Constitution was finally adopted.
The Constitution is a law agreed by the people’s representatives that sets out how the state will be constituted and run, our rights and responsibilities as citizens and the creation of particular institutions to support and safeguard our democracy.
Our Constitution also lays the foundation for an open society based on democratic values, social justice and fundamental human rights and is hailed worldwide as very progressive. It is the supreme law of our country and ensures government by the people under the Constitution. In other words, the Constitution is the highest law of the land and everyone must act according to its provisions and principles, even Parliament.
Because we are a constitutional state, all laws made by Parliament must pass the test of constitutional-ity. So Parliament has to ensure at all times that the laws it makes are in keeping with the letter and spirit of the Constitution.
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EDUCATION IS THE KEY TO A BRIGHT FUTUREWellington Nobele
All South Africans have the right to a basic education, including adult basic educa-tion and further education. According to the Bill of Rights of the country’s Con-stitution, the state has an obligation, through reason-able measures, to progres-sively make this education available and accessible.South Africa has one of the highest rates of public in-vestment in education in the world. At about 7% of gross domestic product (GDP) and 20% of total state ex-penditure, the government spends more on education
than on any other sector.As we prepare for the up coming winter sea-son, educators and lean-er’s, brace themselves for the mid-year exams. Principal of Masiqhakaze secondary school in Em-fihlweni Mr. Mamabolo believes good academic results do not only reflect positively for the school but they also have a positive im-pact in society. “If we work together with parents, gov-ernment and the commu-nity, we are able to monitor, asses and encourage good academic performance, if we can achieve that, then a
100% pass rate can easily be achieved”, said Mamabolo. In 2013, Masiqhakaze sec-ondary registered a 63% matric pass rate which Mamabolo believes will be improved considering the structures the school has put in place. When asked about the structures that have been implemented, Mamabolo referred us to the Depart-ment as he is not allowed to directly address the media.Pioneer Mirror wishes all the matrics of 2014 the best in their studies, we also encourage all other learn-ers to work hard and do well in their school work.
Fate of axed Cabinet ministers unclearAs President Jacob Zu-ma’s new Cabinet is sworn in on Monday, those cut from the executive will have to make do with be-ing ordinary MPs for now.Only one of the eight minis-ters left out of Zuma’s new Cabinet has been assured an alternative senior post.Former co-operative gov-ernance and traditional affairs minister Lech-esa Tsenoli was elected deputy speaker of the Na-tional Assembly last week.He has been replaced by for-mer finance minister Pravin Gordhan, who will take charge of turning around the country’s ailing mu-nicipalities ahead of the lo-cal government elections.
The fate of the other seven ex-ministers remains unclear.Marthinus van Schalkwyk was left out after serving two terms in the executive.The former New National Party leader was appointed environmental affairs and tourism minister in 2004, after disbanding his par-ty and joining the ANC.He was retained in the Cabinet after the 2009 elec-tions, when tourism became a stand-alone department.The fate of Sibusiso Ndebele remains un-clear after he was axed.The former KwaZulu-Natal premier had served in Cabi-net since 2009 when he was appointed transport minister.In this portfolio, he faced severe criticism, most nota-
bly for e-tolling in Gauteng.He was moved to the correctional servic-es department in 2012.Ben Martins took over from Ndebele as transport minis-ter in 2012, but after another Cabinet reshuffle in 2013, he was moved to energy.Lulu Xingwana, for-mer women, children and people with disabilities minister, served as minis-ter in three portfolios be-fore being given the chop. Before being appointed in her portfolio in 2010, she served as arts and culture minister for just over a year. Prior to this she served as agriculture and land affairs minister.Perhaps the least surpris-ing move by Zuma was to drop Paul Mashatile - a vocal opponent of Zuma during the ANC’s 2012 Mangaung conference. Despite being Gauteng ANC chairperson, he will have to live with being an ordinary MP within the ruling party.Connie September will
be remembered as hav-ing one of the short-est stints as a minister. She served 10 months as hu-man settlements minister, af-ter replacing Tokyo Sexwale.The eight former minis-ters were all sworn in as
ordinary MPs last week.It remains to be seen whether they will be rewarded with se-nior positions in Parliament.The ANC has yet to an-nounce its choice for com-mittee chairs, among others.
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Former Arts & Culture Minister: Paul Mashatile (in white shirt)
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GAUTENG BUDGET 2014/15Gauteng is home to just under a quarter of South
Africa’s population and contributes 36 percent of the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Because of its central location, it is also a gateway to other prov-inces and the rest of the African continent in terms of movement of people and goods. Increased economic activity through the public and private sectors create opportunities for individuals to find shelter and make their livelihoods in this province. This is demonstrat-ed by year-on year increase in the number of learners seeking education spaces in our schools. According to the 2-13 Mid-year population estimates released by Statistics South Africa, Gauteng population has increased slightly from 12.4million to 12.7 million.
It is for this reason that the Gauteng Provincial Gov-ernment (GPG) continues to work on strategies that are aimed at yielding socio-economic benefits for all. Our response to addressing challenges such as unemploy-ment, poverty and inequality are central to our busi-ness. There are continued and concerted efforts to ac-celerate service delivery by implementing programmes and projects that leads to improved quality of life of our communities. These include food security, youth employment, Zivuseni, Bana Pele, Second-ary School Improvement Pro-gramme (SSIP) and Violence Against Women and Children (VAWAC) to name but a few.
As a way of demonstrating our continued commitment to improved social service delivery, Health, Educa-tion and Social Development account for the lion’s share of the 2014 Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) budget and lays the foundation for the improvement of education outcomes, pro-vide quality healthcare and building a hedge of pro-tection for our vulnerable and affected communities.
Gauteng is indeed a better place to live and will contin-ue to be as we direct our energies to live in and continue to be as we direct our energies to addressing challenges that confront us and sustain the momentum of deliver-ing quality services. The following sources determine the quality of services delivered to Gauteng citizens:• National Treasury (R85.608bn divided into
R68.673bn equitable Share and R16.935 Conditional Grants)
• Gauteng Provincial Government (R4.266bn)• Direct Charges (R69.63m)Over and above this, other sources of provin-cial revenue are Gambling and Taxes, Motor Vehicle Licenses, Hospital patient fees and other revenue streams. The conditional grants
are mostly used for the Comprehensive HIV and AIDS grant (15%), Further Education and
Training (4%), Education Infrastructure Grant (4%), National Treasury Services Grant (21%), Human
Settlement Development Grant (26%), National School Nu-trition Programme (4%), Public Transport Operations Grant (11%) and (15%) of the budget will be spent on Other.
Comments on the budget are welcome and can be for-warded to:Head of DepartmentGauteng Provincial TreasuryPrivate Bag X12Marshalltown2017
Born in 1968 in the then Northern Transvaal (now Limpopo Province),the life of Mr David Malemol-la Makhura is characterised by the selfless struggle for a free, non-racial, non-sexist and democratic South Africa.Between 1984 and 2004 Mr Makhura was in-volved in student and youth politics in the Azanian Student Movement, the Congress of South African Students, the South African National Students’ Congress and the South African Youth Congress, where he served in various leadership positions.
PROFILE OF PREMIER DAVID MALEMOLLA MAKHURAsion at tertiary institutions. Pressure from student organisations such as the SA Stu-dents Congress (SASCO), of which Mr Makhura was secretary-general, ensured that students gained access to funding. MrMakhura served as a board member of Tertiary Education Fund of South Africa (TEFSA). He was also active in the trade union movement, notably as the National Education Secretary and Deputy Gener-al-Secretary of the National Education and Health Allied Workers Union (NE-HAWU). He has also served as a mem-ber of the Congress of South Africa Trade Unions (COSATU)’s Central Executive Committee as well as in the Political Edu-cation Committee of COSATU.As one of the longest-serving Provincial Executive Council (PEC) general secre-taries of the ANC, Mr Makhura has more than ten years of experience in the role. He has been a member of the PEC since 2001 and an ex-officio member of the Na-tional Executive Committee since 2000.Mr Makhura has been part of several del-egations of the ANC and NEHAWU that visited sister parties and trade unions in the African continent, China, Cuba, Lat-in America and Europe for exchangeson socio-economic development and gover-nance matters.A Board Member of the Ahmed Kathrada Foundation, Mr Makhura volunteers his vast experience on governance matters and he also finds time to be a volunteer instructor at the Centre for Education in Economics and Finance (CEEF.Africa).He holds a Master of Science (MSc) de-gree in Public Policy and Management from the University of London and is presently studying towards a Master of Philosophy (MPhil) in Futures Studies (energy futures) at the University of Stel-lenbosch. Mr Makhura was elected as the Premier of southern Africa’s economic powerhouse, Gauteng province, on 21 May 2014; becoming the sixth premier of South Africa’s most populous province.As a young activist, Mr Makhura joined
the underground structures of the then banned African National Congress (ANC) and the South African Communist Party (SACP)in 1986 and 1987, respectively. During his university years, the young Mr Makhura fought against financial exclu-
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MOTSHEKGA’S RE-APPOINT-MENT WELCOMED
The reappointment of Angie Motshekga as basic educa-tion minister was welcomed by the Federation of Gov-erning Bodies of SA Schools (Fedsas) on Monday.“Minister Motshekga was the first education minister who was prepared to admit to mistakes and attempts to make improvements,” said Fedsas CEO Paul Colditz.Colditz said in view of the progress made in education in South Africa during the past few months, Motshekga’s re-appointment was welcomed.During her first term, Fed-
sas was involved in a num-ber of task teams to tackle problems in education.“Continuity is important in education. A new direc-tor general for education has to be appointed which makes it even more impor-tant that there is a top gov-ernment official who can be held accountable in terms of plans and policy that have been implemented or will be implemented soon.”Colditz said although Mot-shekga’s first term was char-acterised by controversy there
were also examples of good leadership and initiative.“We want to build on this,” said Colditz.Fedsas was committed to co-operation and dia-logue with the ministry.“We will continue to rep-resent the interests of our members because the only goal of all role-players in ed-ucation should be the inter-ests of our children,” he said.Fedsas is a voluntary as-sociation representing about 1 700 public schools school governing bodies.
President Jacob Zuma’s full an-nouncement of his new cabinetThe Citizen
Fellow South Africans,Ladies and gentle-men of the media,I am pleased to join you on Africa Day, as we conclude our transition to a new admin-istration following the fifth national general elections.I announced on Saturday that we have entered the sec-ond phase of our transition to a national democratic so-ciety. I also said this would be a radical phase of socio-economic transformation.It is my pleasure today to announce the members of the National Execu-tive, who have been tasked with improving and speed-ing up the implementa-tion of our progressive policies and programmes.The team will implement the five year Medium Term Strategic Framework of government, which has
been developed using the National Development Plan and the ANC Manifesto.To improve implementa-tion and ensure impact, we have reconfigured some departments while oth-ers have been expand-ed to improve capacity.I will briefly outline the changes and then announce the names of the new min-isters and deputy ministers.We have established a Min-istry of Telecommunica-tions and Postal Services.Our country has a fast grow-ing telecommunications sector which in 2012 was estimated at being worth R180 billion. We also see a great developmental value in the Post Office given its role of deliver-ing financial services to re-mote areas of our country.This new department will ensure that the country derives more value out
of the booming informa-tion communications and technology industry and the postal services sector.The National Planning Commission as well as the Performance Monitoring and Evaluation Ministries in the Presidency have been combined into one Ministry to harmonise the planning and monitoring functions.This Ministry will also continue to be responsible for youth development.We have established a new Communications Ministry, which will be responsible for overarching communication policy and strategy, informa-tion dissemination and pub-licity as well as the brand-ing of the country abroad.Improved communication and marketing will promote an informed citizenry and also assist the country to pro-mote investments, economic growth and job creation.
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lieve themselves. However,
Ward 75 Councillor Chris
Mabunda said he was not
aware of the incident. “I’ve
never received any report
on the incident. As soon as
I receive the report, I will
check with Joburg Water,
they are responsible for the
provision of these toilets, if
it is aware of the matter, and
if the toilet is stolen, then in-
vestigations will have to be
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chemical toilets missing on
last week Monday morn-
ing.
“In total we have ten toilets
that serve over 700 people
within the informal dwell-
ing, and it’s a slap on the
face to have one toilet sto-
len. We share them accord-
ing to families, meaning
that we now have to accom-
modate other families who
suffered the blow. I suspect
that the toilet is stolen for
business purposes,” said a
concerned resident, Them-
bisane Dube.
One of the residents who
wanted to use the toilet on
Monday morning, Ntoche
Byani said: “I went out as
usual with my key to the
toilet, but I was shocked to
see that the toilet is miss-
ing. Now I have to plead
with others to access their
toilets.”
“The toilet was there on
Sunday but on Monday
it has disappeared with
its full of contents. I wish
those found attached to
the incident could be pun-
ished,” said 28 year old
Johanna Pitseng, while
Tizzy Tshishothi said it is
bad because this has left
other families knocking at
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The Alex SAPS Youth Desk will host a march on
27 April against substance abuse following the
death of Ntokozo Adonesi whose life was cut short
by Nyaope.
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the general public are also invited to join the march
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its future leaders before more damage is done.
The Youth Desk appeals to the police to seriously
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I support the initiative; drastic actions should be
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Circled is the space left of the toilet that was stolen, leaving residents
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ANC President: Jacob Zuma
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FATE OF AXED CABINET MINISTERS UNCLEAR
As President Jacob Zuma’s new Cabinet is sworn in on Mon-day, those cut from the execu-tive will have to make do with being ordinary MPs for now.
Only one of the eight minis-ters left out of Zuma’s new Cabinet has been assured an alternative senior post.Former co-operative gover-nance and traditional affairs
minister Lechesa Tsenoli was elected deputy speaker of the National Assembly last week.He has been replaced by former finance minister Pravin Gord-han, who will take charge of turning around the country’s ailing municipalities ahead of the local government elections.The fate of the other seven ex-ministers remains unclear.Marthinus van Schalk-wyk was left out after serv-ing two terms in the executive.The former New National Party leader was appointed environ-mental affairs and tourism min-ister in 2004, after disbanding
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his party and joining the ANC.He was retained in the Cabi-net after the 2009 elec-tions, when tourism became a stand-alone department.The fate of Sibusiso Ndebele re-mains unclear after he was axed.The former KwaZulu-Natal premier had served in Cabi-net since 2009 when he was appointed transport minister.In this portfolio, he faced se-vere criticism, most nota-bly for e-tolling in Gauteng.He was moved to the correction-al services department in 2012.Ben Martins took over from Nde-bele as transport minister in 2012,
but after another Cabinet reshuffle in 2013, he was moved to energy.Lulu Xingwana, former women, children and people with dis-abilities minister, served as minister in three portfolios before being given the chop. Before being appointed in her port-folio in 2010, she served as arts and culture minister for just over a year. Prior to this she served as agri-culture and land affairs minister.Perhaps the least surprising move by Zuma was to drop Paul Mashatile - a vocal oppo-nent of Zuma during the ANC’s 2012 Mangaung conference. Despite being Gauteng ANC
chairperson, he will have to live with being an ordinary MP within the ruling party.Connie September will be re-membered as having one of the shortest stints as a minister. She served 10 months as hu-man settlements minister, af-ter replacing Tokyo Sexwale.The eight former ministers were all sworn in as ordinary MPs last week.It remains to be seen whether they will be rewarded with se-nior positions in Parliament.The ANC has yet to an-nounce its choice for com-mittee chairs, among others.
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I’M NOT HIV POSITIVE-SAYS KO FROM TEAR-GAS
It seems loosing weight in Mzansi is enough to start an unfounded HIV rumour. It was first DJ Sbu, followed by Somizi, then Mika Ste-fano who lost weight sooo drastically, he’s beginning to look like a melting candle, and Gesh Conco, who appar-ently vanished to the States to join New York au-pair of the year award winner in the diaper-changing category, Chichi Letsoalo. This ac-cording to Lifestyle tabloid. Twitter has been in over-drive since the picture of Teargas members sur-faced, with many speculat-ing that rapper and Cash-time/Teargas superstar, KO, may be HIV positive.
If you look on Twitter, you’ll see that the terms “R Mashesha” “Tear-gas” and “Your HIV sta-tus” are trending and have been for a few days.KO’s manager, Thabiso Khati, was quick to dismiss the rumours.“KO gyms and cycles everyday, he used to be chunky but he’s now in good shape… He doesn’t drink or smoke or anything…“In fact, KO is never shy to share his workout pic-tures on Twitter and Insta-gram and encourages living a healthy lifestyle. There’s no story here,” Thabiso allegedly told Zalebs.To keep the rumour mill at bay, KO has promptly gone for a rapid HIV test which revealed, once and for all, that he’s in fact HIV nega-tive. He has since posted evi-dence on all his social media pages for the world to see.
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SEXY JAMALI SHAKE IT UP
The pretty, preppy, ballad-singing trio, who participat-ed in the Coca-Cola Popstars competition on television eight years ago, have gone the raunchy route, following
in the footsteps of Rihanna, Britney Spears and Beyoncé.At the launch of their fourth studio album, Toxic Candy, held at Emperor’s Palace last Friday, the women
and their six-piece back-ing band showed off their new, sexier look as they traded big vocal runs of earlier and current hits.The show began with the trio
dressed in the Gert-Johan Coetzee evening gowns they wear on their album’s cover photograph. But then came leather outfits and sugges-tive dancing and, on Can’t
get Enough, they might have left parents wishing they had left their kiddies behind.Previous hits, including Love Me For Me and But-terflies, received big cheers, which perhaps suggests that
Jamali’s fans are more com-fortable swaying to the big ballads rather than kinky pop stompers. Either way, these women have earned their stripes - and for that they can go as skimpy as they like.
Pre-registration open for ‘SA’s Got Talent’
Auditions are taking place from this weekend in Dur-ban and then go to Cape Town and Johannesburg.“Every year we are so im-pressed by the level of tal-ent South Africa has,” said Kee-Leen Irvine, execu-tive producer for the show.“Last year’s semi-finals were sensational… we had Indian classical musicians, a magician, an aerial clown, an acrobat, juggler, dubstep dancers, a ventriloquist, and not to mention some phenomenal vocalists.”Last year, over 6 000 people turned up to au-dition for the series.In a thrilling finale, 16-
year-old singer Johnny Ap-ple took the title and won the R250 000 grand prize. Since winning, Apple has signed a recording con-tract with Sony and his de-but will be released with-in the next few months.“With the competition so strong, we’d like to encour-age those who want to en-ter to start working on an act that will really impress the judges.” says Irvine. “We welcome performers of any age, background and talent. And we are especially look for acts with creativity and originality, we really want people to think out the box and this even applies to vocalists, so if for example,
you can sing beautiful opera, how about presenting your Aria dressed up in a really unusual costume or while balancing on a SeeSaw.”Last year, Durban present-ed some fantastic talent, with Keeran and Divyog the classical musicians who made it to the semis and Luzuko (who went by the stage name Ludopie), who made it to the finals.Every single year, Cape Town blows judges away with their talent and last year was no exception.Of the 6 000 people who turned up to audition in 2013, the majority of those were from Cape Town (even as far as Springbok) and the judges
were thrilled with the variety they brought to the stage.The judges are always look-ing for something new and different that will capture the nation’s imagination.
Being able to stand out from the crowd requires hard work and prepara-tion. Come and show us what you got – it could be a life-changing experience.Applicants can pre-reg-
ister by sending an email to [email protected] or register online here.Artists are urged to re-fer to the e.tv website for all the other audition tips.
Singing trio: JAMALI
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CABINET IS BALANCED AND EXPERIENCED: ANC
These ministers would carry the nation’s hope and resolve for radical socio-economic transfor-mation, said ANC secre-tary general Gwede Man-tashe in a statement.“It is our belief that the Cabinet, as announced, espouses the qualities necessary for the task ahead, guided by the Na-tional Development Plan, to decisively confront unemployment, poverty, and inequality in an eq-
uitable and accountable manner.”The party also welcomed the “bold and decisive” step by Zuma to re-or-ganise and re-focus gov-ernment departments.“We believe that these changes will lead to greater cost effectiveness and more effective moni-toring of the work of government. The number of government ministries has not increased as a re-
sult.”Mantashe congratu-lated the new Cabinet and reminded them that they dare not dis-appoint citizens who had entrusted them with the power.“Now is the time to pool our collective energies to the task at hand to create a South Africa that is even bet-ter than it is today,” he said.
“We have full confidence in the ability of our pub-lic representatives to ful-fil the commitment made by President Zuma that the fifth democratically elected administration will serve our people with humility, commit-ment, and dedication.”Fellow tripartite alliance member, the SA Commu-nist Party, also welcomed and congratulated the new appointees.
SACP spokesman Alex Mashilo said the fifth administration should drive polices for radical socio-economic trans-formation and devel-opment, as echoed by Zuma in his inaugural address on Saturday.“This is incompatible with neoliberalism. The SACP therefore says, one of the criti-cal conditions for our
second radical phase of democratic transition to succeed is to do away with all the remnants of neoliberalism in our state.”People Against Suffer-ing, Oppression, and Poverty (Passop) dedi-cated their statement to praising the appoint-ment of Malusi Gigaba to home affairs. Gigaba previously headed pub-lic enterprises and was a deputy home affairs minister before that.“It is also clear that when he was involved in home affairs he left behind him a reputation as an extremely hard worker, who the depart-mental staff looked up to,” Passop community outreach officer Antho-ny Muteti said.“He has, in our previ-ous interactions, shown a deep sense of humility and understanding, both for South Africans and immigrants, who the de-partment services.”Passop said Gigaba’s ap-pointment showed that Zuma took home affairs seriously.They hoped that Gigaba would manage migra-tion correctly, document more people, weed out corruption, and deliver identity books to every citizen.
Pictured; ANC Secretary General: Gwede Mantashe
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KANU’S VISIT TO SOUTH AFRICASoccer laduma ad-ditional writing by: Wellington Nobele
The 37-year-old Nwankwo Kanu was in the country to take part in the 20213/14 ABSA PSL awards cer-emony respectively.ABSA had secured the ser-vices of Kanu who is also a Nigerian star, added to the glitz and glamour of the ABSA PSL awards ceremony that saw the PSL’s players and coaches recognised for their ef-forts over the last season.Kanu, who represented Ni-geria at all levels, is a former African Footballer of the Year and also has won the UEFA Champions League, UEFA Cup, English Pre-mier League, FA Cup and an Olympic gold medal.Upon his arrival, Kanu vis-ited Alexandra’s Football for Hope centre to inspire young aspiring soccer play-ers to persist in their sport-ing careers as this could be their opportunity to become prospect professionals that would represent their coun-try at international level. It makes me happy to be surrounded by ambitious young, energetic and vibrant people like yourselves. I come from a disadvantaged background were soccer was the only hope for suc-cess. Khanu said with great
emotion. He also went fur-ther to say, your passion is a beacon of hope to the Af-rican tournament. The Nige-rian star said in conclusion.
When asked how he feels about the abduction of more than 200 school girls in his country, he explained that we all need to pray for the
safe return of these girls as a number of countries are doing all they can to help the Nigeria find the girls.On the 18th May, Khanu pre-
sented the Player’s player of the year award worth R150 000 which was won by Bid-vest Wits midfield “General” Sibusiso Vilakazi who also walked away with the Foot-
baller of the Season award which carries R250 000 and the Nedbank Cup Player of the Tournament award worth R150 000 – banking a total of R550 000 in one night.
Pictured: Nwankwo Kanu at the Alexandra Foot-ball for Hope centre with the Life Skillz Coaches from the grassroot soccer programme