Express 19 junie 2013

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IN CELEBRATORY MOOD: Thousands of youth in the Free State gathered at the Mangaung Outdoor Sports Centre in Bloemfontein to celebrate Youth Day on Saturday, 16 June.The day is celebrated as Youth Day in South Africa to commemorate the Soweto Uprising of 1976. Photo: Sidwell Guduka

Remember the Spontaan auditions on Saturday, 22 June, at09:30 at the Volksblad Offices, 79 Nelson Mandela Drive.

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the final held in Bloemfontein at theVryfestival.) Finalists must supply their ownbacktracks or accompaniment for thefinal.) The final is on Saturday, 13 July, inBloemfontein and if you are a finalistyou must organise your own transport(if necessary) and your own accommo-dation if you are a finalist fromoutside Bloemfontein.) Auditions will be held in Bloem-fontein – for Express on 22 June at09:30 at the Volksblad offices at 79Nelson Mandela Drive; Kimberleyauditions for Noordkaap and ExpressNC on 21 June at the Diamond Pavilionat 14:00; Kuruman for Kalahari Bulletinon 20 June (time and venue to beannounced); and Kroonstad for Kroon-nuus on 18 June at 14:00 at the RoundTable clubhouse next to Kroonpark.No pre-registration is required. Simplyarrive at the audition, pay R20 andregister there.

KEEP the following in mind if youplan to enter the Spontaan competition:) You must be 16 years or older on 1 Julyto register.) For the regional competitions inBloemfontein, Welkom, Kimberley,Kroonstad, Kuruman and Bethlehemyou can sing any song. However, thesong has to be contemporary music(no rappers or hip-hop artists).) You are allowed to accompanyyourself or use a backtrack.) The competition is for soloists only.) You must supply your own sound-tracks and other equipment for theregional auditions yourself.) Spontaan will supply the soundequipment for the final.) The winner of each regional auditionwill be announced immediately afterthe audition.) Judges reserve the right not tochoose a regional winner.) Should you be chosen as a regionalfinalist, you must prepare five songs for

Rules to take note of for Spontaan

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value of the prize is R6 600.)Windmill Casino sponsors two nights’stay, breakfast included, for the winnerand a partner.

Prizes up for grabs

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EXPRESS, in con-junction with theToyota Free StateCheetahs, is givingaway ten sets of dou-ble tickets to luckyreaders to watch theVodacom Super Rug-bymatch between theCheetahs and the Blues on Saturday, 6 July, at15:00 at the Free State Stadium.To stand a chance to win, answer this ques-

tion: How many matches have the Cheetahsplayed in Super Rugby? SMS the keyword“Matches”, followed by your answer and nameto 45527. SMSs cost R1,50.Thecompetition lineopens todayat 06:00 and

closes on Thursday at 12:00. Tickets must becollected at the Express offices, 64 HenryStreet, Bloemfontein. The editor’s decision isfinal.

Winmatch tickets

} Tladi Moloi

FUMING workers who built 50 RDP housesclaim that they have not been paid for threemonths and now they want to destroy all thehouses and sell other items on auction to gettheir money.The houses concerned were built in the

Ditsheng section of Bohlokong, Bethlehem.About 50 people were employed for theconstruction of these houses.The angry workers said: “We will take the

stuff and sell it on auction to get ourmoney.”Teboho Tsotetsi (30), one of the house

owners who has been celebrating the newhouses, is now a worried man, along withmany others.Tsotetsi said he was worried about what

was going to happen as they were about tolose their house. He said the builders wereserious about what they said they would do,because several meetings had taken place inhis yard. He added that every time thesepeople came to his place for a meeting, hethought they were coming to destroy thehouse.“Honestly, I feel threatened, but I have

decided to cooporate in the belief that theywill leave me alone. I understand theirfrustration – working for three monthswithout getting a salary is bad, but I amconcerned about how it is going to affect us,”he said.Tsotetsi said he was living with his

younger sister and brother and added thatthey were using his social grant to survive.

According to Tladi Mokoena (46), aconcerned worker, they started working forIndumo Construction in November last year.He said they were paid for two months onlyand since January they have never receivedany cash.“We are fed up now because no one wants

to come to our rescue. We had meetingswith many people, including the owner ofthe company who promised to pay us, butuntil today he has not shown up,” he said.Mokoena said they were hired by a person

known to them as Alex, but they found outlater that he was subcontracted.

“We have decided to pay ourselves bytaking the material and selling the otherstuff on auction,” he said.Puleng Seobi (37) said the contractor was

taking them for a ride and warned that theywould show him that they were as wise ashe was.“We feel for those who have already moved

into those houses, but we have no option.They only have ten days from today and ifthey do not respond to our complaint, theshow goes on.”Alex could not be reached for a comment

as his cell phone has been on voice mail fora week.John Vuyani Jacobs, owner of Indumo

Construction, acknowledges that his workershave not been paid yet. “We submittedinvoices to the Department of HumanSettlements in January, but no paymentshave been made yet.“The confusion started as we are not the

original contractor that was appointed tobuild the houses. There might be a problemwith the paper work.”Mafeka Nhlapho, manager of Human

Settlements of the Dihlabeng Municipality,said they were not aware that despondentworkers wanted to destroy the houses andadded that they had met with him on aprevious occasion. “The provincial govern-ment is responsible for the RDP houses andthe previous time they complained, I gavethem the right number to find out what theproblem was. Apparently the government hasnot paid the contractor, that is why he couldnot pay them,” he said.

DEVASTATED: The worried Teboho Tsotetsi (left), who might lose his home, looking atthe despondent workers who are threatening to destroy the RDP houses in Bohlokong,Bethlehem. Photo: Tladi Moloi

Unpaid builders up in arms

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Wendy Thabethe

WAKING up each morning to the sounds ofconstruction on either side of us remindsus just how fortunate we were to peace andtranquillity when living in Bloemfontein.After months of debating the move, we

decided to relocate to Cape Town and havebeen thrust into downtown living withnoise and people on the go 24/7.This is not to say that we don’t like

where we live now, but we know that inour heart of hearts we will miss whatBloemfontein is all about and only afteryou leave, do you realise just how specialthe City of Roses really is.My husband Tim Thabethe (photo) left

at the end of April and my daughter,Kia, and I joined him a month later.Tim and I are both originally fromDurban and we were always under theimpres-sion our stay in Bloem would besome-what temporary, but over time thecity and our places of work – Ofm andSpotted Apple – enabled us to call thecity home for a little under a decade.We lived on a plot and from where we

lived to the city centre was a mere twelvekilometres – something not many citiescan boast of, where plot and farm livingare available to residents so close to thecity. No matter where it is in Bloemfontein

that you live, it will not take you morethan twenty minutes to get to work. Thetraffic flows at an easy pace and the soundsof construction, hooting or sirens is a veryrare occurrence.Something very special that we will miss

about Bloemfontein are the warm hospita-ble people. From the visits to the mallwhere you are guaranteed to run intosomeone you know to the excellent medicalprofes- sionals and the waiters and waitres-ses who remember how you take yourcoffee. The people are what make Bloemfon-tein what it is, friendly and open-hearted. Iam very blessed to still be working forSpotted Apple, thus still being able to dealwith the same clients and friends inBloemfontein, but also being able to bringthe diversity that Cape Town has to offer tothe Bloemfontein market.We will miss Bloemfontein for its close

proximity to nature, its majestic sunsets,the beautiful summers, all the specialfriends we made and the braais. I will missseeing the wildlife each time I drive in andout of the Woodlands Function Venue andthe long Sunday afternoon drives aroundthe outskirts of the city.We will miss the city that we were able

to call home for nine years and the birthplace of our daughter.Goodbye, beautiful Bloemfontein.

Bye, BloemNEWS

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LEKGOTLA la Dipuo Tsohle tsa Af-rika Borwa (PanSALB) le ne le tsh-were seboka sa puo mona MangaungPresident Hotel ka la 6 Phupjane2013. Seboka se ne se bile se hlom-philwe ke boteng ba Kgosigadi AGGMoroka a bile a emetse Ntlo ya Mare-na ka hara provense.

O ile a hopotsa setjhaba kabohlokwa ba ho ruta bana dipuo tsarona ka malapeng hore ba hole ba it-seba hore ke bomang. Sepheo ka se-boka sena ke ho tiisa maqhama lebakgathatema ka hara provense leho ntlafatsa tshebedisano.

Re ne re bile re batla ho tsebaboitokisetso ba mafapha a mmuso aho hira bafetoledi le ditoloko ho late-la ho saenwahaMolaowa tshebedisoya dipuo tse ngata ke Presidente Zu-ma ka Mphalane ngwahola.

Re thabisitswe haholo ke thahasel-lo ya setjhaba ka kakaretso ditabengtsa puo. Batho ba bangata ba nahanahore ditaba tsa puo di ratwa haholo

ke batho ba baholo feela.Mohopolo ona o fosahetse hobane

batjha ba tlile ka bongata mme bo-holo ba bona ebile ke baithuti ba puodiyunivesiting tsa Freistata.

Lefapha la Bonono, Botjhaba, Di-papadi le Boikgathollo tlasa boetape-le ba Ntate M. Mahanke ba bile batshetlehela setjhaba puo mabapi letema e seng e kgathilwe.

Ha re bua tjena Molawana wa Puoprovenseng o se o tswa dilaeborariho phatlala le provense. Ho se ho bileho radilwe le leano la puo la Freista-ta moo mmuso o tlamehang ho buale baahi bonnyane ka Sesotho, Afri-kaans le English.

Re bile ra fumana puo e tswangmakaleng a thuto e phahameng ma-bapi le seo ba se etsang. Ho bonahet-se ha botoloki e le bona bo sebedis-wang haholo moo mme ho akaredits-we le puo ya matsoho.

Lefapha la Thuto ya Motheo kaMme K. Plaatjie le lona le ile la hlaki-saditshita tseoba tjamelang le tsona.Puo ya sehlooho yona re e fumane hoNtate M. Zwane ya ileng a hlalosa kabotebo molemo wa hore mafapha oh-le a itokisetse ho phethahatsa molaopele PanSALB e nka mehato yakgalemo makgotleng a dinyewe hobao ba sa tlo ikobela molao ona.

Se thabisang ke hore setjhaba sebile le kabelo dipuisanong tsena ka

lebaka la dikhomeshene tse tharo tseileng tsa tshwarwa. Tsona e ne e leya Molao le Maano a puo, PuoThutong le Diforamo le Mananeo aBakgathatema. Khomeshene ka nng-we e ile ya hlwaya diqholotso mmeya hlahisa ditharollo tsa tsona.

Ho etsa bonnete ba hore tsena hase puo feela, ho thehilwedikomiti tsatshebetso hore di kopane ho hlaha katse lokelang ho etswa. Dikomiti tse-nadi behetsweho fihlela isaomoo se-boka se tlang ho bitswa hape ho leko-la hore ke tema efe e seng e kgath-ilwe.

Re le PanSALB re batla ho lebohabohle ba ileng ba re phallela sebo-keng sena. Ka ho kgetheha re batlaho leboha seabo se babatsehang sabaqolotsi ba ditaba. Ho ne ho tlile di-yalemoya ka bongata ba tsona hokenyeledistwe le ba ngollang diko-ranta!

Sena se pakahatsa lerato la puo leokaofela re nang le lona. Ho setsengke hore bohle re be mehlala e metlere bueng dipuo tsa rona ka dinakotsohle!*Mang kapa mang ya a batlang

hongola kholomong ena, a ka iko-panya le JabulaniDlamini ho 051-404-7910 kapa [email protected]*Mongodi ha ana ho lefiwa.

FS e tswara boka sa puoA re bueng

Vusi NtlakanaPanSALBFree State Manager

} Flora Teckie

“THE transformation which is to oc-cur in the functioning of society willcertainly depend to a great extent onthe effectiveness of the preparationsthe youth make for the world theywill inherit” (from the Bahá’í Writ-ings).

As we celebrated Youth Day on 16June, we focused on a special groupof youth, the young teenagers oftenreferred to as junior youth.

During this period one leaveschildhood behind and undergoesprofound change. This age group (be-tween 12 and 15) has special needs.By developing their inherent secularand spiritual potentialities, they willnot only become agents of change fortheir own generation, but will con-tribute greatly to the transformationof society.

During the adolescence stage, jun-ior youth go through many rapidchanges. These changes are not onlyphysical, but also emotional, intel-lectual and behavioural.

Manyparents and teachersbelievethat this is a difficult age, one of re-belliousness and irrationality with-out looking to seewhether the causesof such behaviour are related to thestage of growth or are imposed by so-cial environment and upbringing.

According to the Universal Houseof Justice, the governing council ofthe Bahá’í international community“While global trends project an im-age of this group as problematic, lostin throes of tumultuous physical and

emotional change, unresponsive andself-consumed, the Bahá’í communi-ty is moving in the opposite direc-tion, seeing in junior youth insteadaltruism, a sense of justice, eager-ness to learn about the universe anda desire to contribute to the con-struction of a better world.”

There is aneed for adequate educa-tion for development of the great po-tentialities of junior youth.

Adequate junior youth pro-grammes should combine scienceand religion, belief and reason, in or-der to free our children from reli-gious fanaticism and superstitions.

Placing emphasis on learning tothink, rather than following adultsout of fear, to reflect and reason,rather than to imitate, will motivatethem to apply the spiritual laws withunderstanding and conviction.

Junior youth of this age have agood deal to say. They need an envi-ronment that gives them support, anenvironment in which theirthoughts and views are respected.

The Bahá’í communities organizeregular programmes for this agegroup. Such programmes are intend-ed to provide them with spiritualguidance to lay the foundations of anoble and upright character, to ena-ble them to live in harmony andpeace, and with understanding andrespect for others, and to instil inthem a commitment to serve the bestinterests of the community.

For more information [email protected] or call082-773-8301.

Preparing youth for the world


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} Sidwell Guduka

POLICE are on high alert and arelooking for suspects who are respon-sible for a spate of supermarket rob-beries.These gunmen have been robbing

shops owned by Chinese citizens atRocklands Location in Bloemfon-tein. The first robbery occurred onSaturday, 25May, at about 15:00. Therelentless robbers were back rob-bing another business in the samearea on 9 June.According to the police, themodus

operandi of both incidents were thesame. The robbers fled the scenewith an undisclosed sum of money,airtime vouchers and cigarettes.“In both incidents, one of the men

entered the shop and pretended to be

a customer while he was assessingthe situation inside the shop. As itbecame less busy inside the shop, hewould apparently take out his phoneand call his gun-wielding partners incrime outside,” Sgt. Thabo Litabe,police spokesman, said.“Then they all pounce on the vic-

tims, instructing them to lie downonthe floor before helping themselvesto huge amounts of cash, cigarettesand airtime vouchers. They van-ished into thin air afterwards. Weare on the lookout for the suspects.No arrests have been made yet,”Anyone with information that

could lead to the arrest of suspects,is being asked to contact the investi-gating officer, Const. Sechaba Matliof the Kagisanong Detectives on 051-403-1751 or 082-465-5945.

Police want these robbers

WANTED: One of the suspects thepolice are looking for. Photo: Supplied

MATSHIDISO PHOLOANA,Bloemfontein:

FOR decades now, South Africahas been plagued by ID fraud withcriminals accessing personal infor-mation for their filthy benefit.This type of fraud has been a mas-

sive challenge to our government ashaving a green ID document deceit-fully was as easy as 1, 2 and 3.In one of its episodes, 3rd Degree

showed how easy it was to remove apicture of the original ID holder andinsert the new one fraudulently andsimply iron it.Now with this new smart card ID,

containing biometric data embeddedin a microchip and designed to cutdown on fraud while enabling fasterdelivery of government services, re-placing photos, cloning, tamperingand opening accounts illegally willbe a thing of a past.This is long overdue and I think

credit must be given to the National

Department of Home Affairs andMinister Naledi Pandor.The department has indicated that

South Africa will begin rolling outthe new smart card IDs from nextmonth (July), issuing them to allfirst-time and re-issue applicants.Besides cutting down on identity

theft and fraud, the smart card IDswill speed up the process of esta-blishing a modern, reliable popula-tion register.As a South African, I welcome this

initiative and I urge all other SouthAfricans to join and make a smartmove from the green ID book to newsmart cards so as to prevent ID fraudmoving forward.

New smart card ID a step forward

LettersExpress Letters, P.O. Box 9493,

Bloemfontein, 9300Jabulani Dlamini

[email protected]: 051-447-7910 . Fax: 086-676-3805


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ISAACMAFUMA, Mahatalle Tobiki, Sidwell Letshele and Treasure Nolo posed for a photoduring the Language Indaba Conference at the President Hotel in Bloemfontein.

Photos: Sidwell Guduka

LEFT: KeitumetseMmutle, Precious-bell Radebe, Dikele-di Moss and JoyceSebekoa attendedthe Language Inda-ba Conference heldat the President Ho-tel in Bloemfonteinon Wednesday.

MICHEAL MODIBA, Lehlohonolo “Kakapa” Tsholo and Fusi Mukubung enjoyed them-selves at the Govan Mbeki Awards ceremony held in Bethlehem recently.

Out and about

RIGHT: SpoudazoEnterprises, in coop-eration with BremerInvestment (Pty) Ltdand Child WelfareSA, recently hosteda follow-up pro-gramme of its annu-al Get Real FemaleEntrepreneurial De-velopment Pro-gramme at EmoyaEstate in Bloemfon-tein. Photo: Supplied

Attend language indaba

EXPRESS and Vryfestival are giving awaydouble tickets to 30 lucky readers. All you haveto do to win, is to answer this simple question:Inwhich locationwill theTownshipArtsExpe-rience be held on 6 July?If you think you know the answer, SMS the

keyword “Vryfees”, followed by your answerand name, to 45527. SMSs cost R1,50.Thecompetition lineopens todayat 06:00 and

closes on Thursday at 12:00. Tickets must becollected at the Express offices, 64 HenryStreet, Bloemfontein.The editor’s decision is final.

Win ticketsfor Vryfestival

FROM the left are Ntombe Ngqangaza, Vuyelwa Moledi, Desiree Sekoati, Vuyani Moledi and Refiloe Lesia whoenjoyed the 16 June celebrations held at the Mangaung Outdoor Sports Centre on Saturday. Photo: Sidwell Guduka


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ON 6 July festivalgoers can visit MakgothiStreet where the Township Arts Experiencewill be held. This is the same street whereMapikela House is located where the ANC wasfounded a century ago.Batho residents will open their homes for a

festive day of indigenous art, dances, musicand intercultural dishes.It’s not just a great opportunity for the exhib-

itors, but also for residents here.The exhibitors are Tsiamo Arts and Craft

(copper jewellery andmosaic); Mme wamo Af-rica (traditional cloth decorated with beads);Lesedi la Sechaba (felt products); MakhethengHand Craft (grass work); Wildlife Exotics(leatherwork); Mojapele ke Motsumi (paint-ings and copper jewellery); Bataung GeneralUpholstery (leather sandals); TBMoeng (lamp-shades); Nkoadipo Enterprise (leather works);Verother Trading (crochet shoes and bags) andMpho Jood, one of the residents of MagothiStreet, will also be braiding hair.As visitorswalk fromhouse tohouse to enjoy

the art and different foods, they will be enter-tained with music and dancing in the streets.The visual artists who are all local artists

will exhibit their works in eight homes.Klas Thibeletsa has received various hon-

ours, such as the Sasol New Signature Award.He enjoys painting on large canvases usingpainting knives creating a texture of multiplelayers of colours to illustrate a social story.The deaf Simon Ndaba is a young man that

enjoysworkingon largepencil-drawnportraitsof celebrities.Tshidi Motsumi likes traditional African

wear as the theme for his paintings, and Tshe-gofatso Marogoa prefers rock art with texture.They also offer both development projects foremerging artists.Tsoeunyane Makara and Lefty Mohale both

worked with scholars of Botshabelo for theproject called Room 13. Makara uses recycledplastic to create his art, while Mohale enjoysworking on political cartoons, posters and nat-ural landscapes.Mothobi Mefane is a versatile artist who

practices both visual and performing arts. Hedeveloped a newapproach to art bymixing glit-ter with oil paints. His artwork reflects socialcomments.MogorosiMotshumi has been a car-toonist for more than 36 years and lives inBatho, andSilasMotse ofRocklandsdoes sculp-tures and drawings.From 11:30 to about 16:00, drama, poetry,

dance, a fashionshowand traditionalmusic ledby Bunch Sekhobo, programme leader and co-median, will ensure that visitors will not bebored for one moment.The artists that will entertain visitors are

Kulax withMelo DJ and a keyboardist; Lu’Chaand three dancers, a guitarist and percussionplayer; traditional music performed by a localband fromBatho; andCharmaineKwolane ( po-etry).Residents of Makgothi Street that will assist

to ensure that everything runs smoothly are

Mosioua Maeli (17), Refiloe Maeli (13), TumiMoshodi (28) and Kedi Moshodi (30). Lavodiavan Wyk, Naomi Cloete, Lydia Mathobela,Leanne Eksteen and Kim Morgan will alsohelp.For the thirsty, beer will be sold at one of the

houses.For the convenience of visitors, lavatories

will also be provided, as well as security.Thanks to the support of organisations such

as Absa, the National Arts Council, Hansa

Pilsener, ITEC and Sovereign, this wonderfulevent is made possible.Free bus transport will be provided from the

Kovsie Campus to the township. The bus willleave on 6 July at 10:30 and 12:30 respectivelyfrom the taxi rank on the campus.For more information and reservations,

please call Roxanne Konco on 079-915-4528.Parking is available at the Sehunelo SecondarySchool for thosewho prefer to use their privatevehicles.

Experience art in township

MOGOROSI MOTSHUMI from Batho drawing one of his cartoons. Photos: Roxanne Konco

‘As visitors walk fromhouse to house to en-joy the art and differ-ent foods, they will beentertained with mu-sic and dancing in thestreets. The visual art-ists who are all localartists will exhibittheir works in eighthomes.’


THE University of the Free State (UFS) studentrepresentative councils (SRC) from the Bloem-fontein and Qwaqwa campuses are visitingRwanda,UgandaandKenyaaspartof theuniver-sity’s Global Leadership Programme (GLP).According to Thabo Kessah, senior officer:

strategic communication, the students left thecountry on Sunday and they will be back aftertwo weeks. Their trip will also include a visit tothe Kigali and the Nyamata GenocideMuseums.He said during their stay abroad, they wouldhavemeetingswithNGO’s, businesses and polit-ical leaders to gain insight and leadership skills.Kessah said the university had a long history ofmentoring and fostering student leadershipthrough international partnerships. He addedthat the GLP was established in 2011 by Prof.Jonathan Jansen, vice-chancellor and rector ofthe UFS.“The programme identifies the need for dy-

namic and innovative leadership in a countryfacedwithmanychallenges.During 2011 theSRChad theopportunity to tour theUnitedStates, butthis year’s aimwas shifted to partneringwithAf-rican institutions,” he said.Kessah said the students would spend six days

in Rwanda and they would pay special attentionto elements of leadership and reconciliation. Hesaid the theme ties closely into the process oftransformation and reconciliation at the Bloem-fontein Campus.“The SRC has a travel-blog. Everyone is wel-

come to follow their journey by going towww.travelpod.com/dashboard.”

UFS students pick Africa’s brain

ON AMISSION: From left are Tshepang Len-ka, Johan Steyn, Thabiso Molawude, Wil-liam Clayton, Sibongile Mlotya, TshepoMoliand Pieter Coetzee, some of the SRC mem-bers who are visiting abroad. Photo: Supplied

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THEMANDELAGENERATION: Sundaymarked 37 years since the 1976Soweto schools uprisingwhichYouthDay commemorates. Sonia Mokhuoa, Wase Moloi, Neo Matlaopane and Wase Tlale celebrated the dayby attending a Youth Day soccer tournament at the Masenkeng Stadium in Mangaung, Bloemfontein.

Photo: Sidwell Guduka

Attend soccer tournament


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AFTER paving the road for five future starsto reach their dreams last year, the FutureStars awards, presented by Argo, will make adifference in the lives of more ambitiousyoung South Africans.

With the slogan Dream it. Believe it. Do it,this initiative is helping young people underthe age of 21 to do just that. Made possible byArgo and supported by Capitec Bank, The Na-tional Youth Development Agency (NYDA),TSB, Mindset and Metro FM, Future Stars notonly motivates them to believe in themselves,the power of education and their dreams, butalso helps them to reach those dreams.

In an effort to move away from the focus onwhat’s wrong in the country, the Argo FutureStars Awards is focused on inspiring leader-ship. It’s about leaders actually taking the leadand focusing on the immense potential wehave in our country, so that we can inspire oth-ers to believe in our future. It is an innovativecampaign that inspires our future stars – andat the same time inspires others to realise thatour youth are phenomenal.

As the founding company behind the initia-tive, Argo has a passion for using the powerof multi-media to inform, involve and inspireyoung achievers and the people that influencethem.

For 16 years it has been supplying media so-lutions, such as education-focused magazinesand handbooks and interactive projects. Andafter seeing the success of the Stars in Educa-tion initiative that recognizes inspiring anddedicated teachers, it was decided to start rec-ognising the future stars of South Africa too,and to inspire young people to believe in them-selves.

Once again, this year’s ten finalists havebeen chosen through the online voting plat-form after these entrees campaigned for votesfrom their friends and peers on Sastudy.co.za,South Africa’s premier source of informationon institutions, course requirements, finan-cial aid and the lifestyles of students acrossbeautiful Mzanzi.

The following finalists will be competing tomake their diverse dreams become a reality:) Mudanalo Mukhuwana from Cape Town isshowing the world that women can succeed atanything, by pursuing her career in marineengineering.

“I want to be the chief engineer of a ship inten years’ time and to prove woman can dothat. Most of my efforts are targeted at inspir-ing women in the way I live my life.”) Mokibelo Makgato from Polokwane dreamsof becoming a chief financial officer. Givingback whenever he can, he helps young stu-dents through an accounting tutoring servicethat offers motivation, assistance and person-al support.

“I want to build an empire. I owe it to societyto give back, because I know what it’s like tobe lost.”) Ishmael Ramushu from Polokwane wants toown his own business in architectural con-struction, to make money and look after hismother.

“I decided to pursue architecture as a career,because I have a talent for maths and drawing.I know what I want and I work hard to get it.”) Karabo Maloka from Klipgat lives out hispassion for accounting by volunteering toteach young learners at his old school. Havingearned a distinction in Accounting, his dreamis to become a chartered accountant.

“The best part of the volunteering is that Iget to be around people.”) Reitumetse Molaoa from Bloemfontein isworking towards becoming an environmentalbiotechnologist. As a mentor to young stu-dents, she aims to be a role model to helpyoungsters discover their potential.

“I hope someone will invest in me, so thatI can pay it forward one day.”) Penny Mchunu from Pretoria believes thatshe can change our country by choosing to be-come an economist and she has a burning de-sire to bring fairness in spend across our coun-try.

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} Sidwell Guduka

IT is dry and hot in the sleepy Southern FreeState towns of Dealesville and Hertzogville.The emerald green sports fields found else-where in South Africa are unknown here.

So the residents of these small towns wereover the moon when Dan Khothule, the MECfor Sports, Arts, Culture and Recreation, hand-ed over brand new fenced multi-purpose facili-ties with synthetic mats to them on Sunday.

According to the MEC, each multi-purposecourt is worth R1,5 million.

“This is the first sports facility of its kind inthe Free State, and therefore Dealesville andHertzogville have a special priviledge to be thefirst towns to receive it. As the department weare trying our level best to bring about changein the communities we live in,” Khothule toldExpress.

“We want the youth to be involved in mean-ingful activities. We do not just encourage theyouth to be involved in sports, but we providethem with facilities. We are trying to keepthem away from the streets, drugs and alco-hol,” he said.

Khothule said as part of their efforts to en-sure that communities have access to sports

and are presented with adequate facilities toengage in different sporting codes, the multi-purpose sport courts are aimed at enhancingthe department’s vision of encouraging all peo-ple in communities to actively take part in dif-ferent sport and recreational activities.

“A total of 12 different sporting codes can beplayed on these courts. I’m talking aboutsports like soccer, hockey, netball, basketballand indigenous games. I believe the courts willaccomodate all the youth,” the MEC said.

The courts are also suitable as training anddevelopment grounds for local coaches to im-prove upon their skills and excel in their re-spective sports codes.

“I want to appeal to the local community totake good care of these facilities, because theyare built for them. They will benefit their chil-dren.”

On the same day, Khothule handed over box-ing equipment to the people of Kutlwanong inOdendaalsrus. The event took place at theAME Church.

“We have a serious problem of gangsterismin Odendaalsrus. I think there are about 42group of gangs in that area. So we want to makesure that the youth take part in sport,”Khothule said.

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FROM the left are Dan Khothule, MEC for Sports, Art, Culture and Recreation, PhindiweMaseko, disctrict councillor, KegomoditsweMogobo, mayor of the TokologoMunicipality,and Boitumelo Seage, councillor responsible for sport. Photo: Sidwell Guduka

JEAN DE VILLIERS, Springbok captain, is indoubt for Saturday’s final match of the Incom-ing Series against Samoa at Loftus Versfeld.

De Villiers injured his right sternoclavicularjoint andsecondrib early in lastweekend’s 30-17victory over Scotland in Nelspruit.

“Jean was able to continue playing, but wasin some discomfort after the game,” said theSpringbok team doctor, Craig Roberts.

“He could not train on Monday and we willreassess him in the next few days before makinga final call on his availability to face Samoa.”

Apart from the injuries to De Villiers andloose forward Arno Botha, who has been ruledout of rugby for the rest of the season with a se-

rious knee ligament injury, there were only afew more bumps and bruises from the Scotlandmatch. Pierre Spies and Jannie du Plessis bothsustained lacerations to the face, while EbenEtzebeth complained of mild discomfort in hisAC joint. These three players, as well as WillemAlberts, did not take part in the full training ses-sion on Monday.

“Willem is returning from a side strain andhis workload during the early part of the weekwill be managed, but at this stage he’s lookinggood for a possible return this weekend.”.

The Springbok coach, Heyneke Meyer, saidno risks would be taken with any player whowas not 100% fit to play. – Sport24

Injury might keep De Villiers out of match


} Sidwell Guduka

EVERY once in a while when talent likethat of 30-year-old athlete Boy Soke emerges,one is tempted to use old and tired clichés.

In this case it is quite tempting to say theUniversity of the Free State’s BCom Manage-ment student has taken to the sport like aduck to water.

Having been introduced to the sport whilehe was in st. 3 (gr. 5) at primary school,Soke made waves in both the junior andsenior level of the sport and his achieve-ments have seen him criss-crossing thecountry and travelling overseas in pursuit ofglory.

“I learned at a young age to love runningand the freedom that it brings. I runbecause it’s my passion, and not just a sport.

“I run with dreams in my heart. Desire isthe most important factor in the success ofany athlete,” Soke told Express.

The Welkom-born is currently on themend from surgery that took place on 30May.

He ruptured his tendon achilles on his leftfoot.

“I’m recovering well at home.The doctors have advised me to rest until

I have fully recovered. I walk with crutcheswhile my leg is healing. I’m going to removea plaster on my foot after six weeks. I’llprobably start training at the end of Octo-ber,” Soke said.

His achievements include winning the 2007Senior Southern Region (cross-country) inMalawi, 2009 Southern Region Champion-ships (track and field) in Botswana, 2009World Student Games in Serbia, 2009 SeniorSouthern Region (cross-country) in Mauri-tius and 2009 World Cross Country inJordan.

Soke also competed in the 2004 CrossCountry in Turkey following his qualifica-tion in Mauritius.

He was part of Teas South Africa Studentsthat went to Turkey in 2005.

In 2006, he competed in the Common-wealth Games in Australia and AfricaChampionships in Mauritius.

A year later, he competed in the All-AfricaGames, Senior Southern Region (cross-coun-try) and World Cross Country in Algeria,Malawi and Kenya – respectively.

Other events where he competed wereEthiopia Championships (cross-country) andWorld Championships in Scotland (both2008).

“I didn’t run in 2010 because of an injury.I was a bit frustrated because I wanted tostart from where I left off the previous year.

“In 2011, I ran the World Cross Country inSpain. The last major event where I tookpart was the World Champs’ half-marathonin China the same year.

Last year I didn’t run at all.”

Freedom of running

PASSIONATE ATHLETE: Boy Soke. Photo: Supplied

} Sidwell Guduka

THERE is nothing to celebrate for SouthAfrica.

Bafana Bafana bowed out of the 2014Fifa World Cup qualifiers following a 2-1loss to Ethiopia at the National Stadiumin Addis Ababa on Sunday. But soon thenews emerged that the Wayla Antelopeswere facing disciplinary proceedings forfielding an ineligible player in theirmatch against Botswana earlier thisyear.

The sad truth is that even if Ethiopiaforfeit their 2-1 away win against Botswa-na, they would top Group A with a winin their final gameagainst the out of sortsCentral African Republic (CAR).

Back to Saturday’s encounter – BafanaBafana took a deserved lead against Ethi-opia through Benett Parker after the half-hour mark, but the home side drew levelbefore the break.

However, Parker turned from hero tovillain when he headed the ball straightinto his own net; sending the home fansinto raptures.

“Itwas important forus towinathome.South Africa gave us a ‘free’ goal. We’llbegoing toCARforavisit inour last qual-ifying match. I’ll be using our secondstring squad in that particular game,”Sewnet Bishaw, Ethiopia coach, told tele-vision cameras after the match.

On the other hand, Bafana coach, Gor-don Igesund, was happy with his charges’overall performance despite the loss.

“The dream is over for us as far as 2014Brazil is concerned.

“Now we have to regroup and see whatlies aheadofus.Mymandatewas toquali-fy the team for the World Cup and I didn’tdo that, so Iwill have towait and seewhatwill happenas it isno longer inmyhands.

“It was a difficult assignment from thebeginning having lost some crucialpoints in the early stagesof thequalifiers,but I agreed to the challenge, because I be-lieved we could make it, sadly it was notto be,” said Igesund.

Bafana bows outof qualifiers