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} Boipelo Mere

PASEKA MAAMOGE (12), thedeaf boy from Lerato Park whowent missing on Saturday, 18April, was reunited with hisparents on Wednesday (22/04)morning, thanks to the article ofhis disappearance that appearedin Express Northern Cape lastweek.He was found in Delportshoop

after a social worker, LynetteNyati, had arranged with the Eyeon the Child-NGO volunteerMaria Motabogi (45) to take himin until they had located hisfamily.He reportedly arrived at the

Koopmansfontein petrol stationby foot and slept there for twonights before the petrol attend-ants took him to the nearestpolice station on Monday morn-ing, 20 April.Communication channels

opened on Wednesday at around08:00 after Nyati had seen thenewspaper article and immediate-ly called the Express NorthernCape office.“I was filled with so much joy

when I saw the headline ‘Bringback Paseka’ on the front page ofthe Express Northern Cape,” shesaid when reporting the goodnews.“I knew that it was him

because he had written down thename ‘Paseka’ when asked towrite it. And I recognised thepicture in the newspaper,” Nyatiresponded when asked about thecertainty of her statement.The newspaper then liaised

with the Community PolicingForum (CPF) member TebogoSeele to notify the police, whothen accompanied the family togo and identify the boy.The deaf boy’s mother, Gladys

Maamoge (40), beamed with joywhen she thanked ExpressNorthern Cape for publishing thestory of her missing son and thecommunity for their assistance insearching for the boy.“Now I can go and eat and

sleep well because I have found

my son,” she said.“I am so happy, I do not know

how to express my joy. I want tothank everyone who assisted: thecommunity, neighbours and thepolice. I wish that God givesthem the strength to continuehelping other families in need,”said the mother.According to Nyati, it was a

huge relief when she saw Pase-ka’s face in the Express NorthernCape on Wednesday morning.“When I saw the headline I

rushed to the office to call the

newspaper and tell them that Ihad found the boy.”Paseka has reportedly already

developed a soft spot for his goodSamaritan (Motabogi), becauseeveryone stated how he hadclung to her instead of to hisparents when they had arrived totake him home.Motabogi described what a joy

it had been for her family to havePaseka stay with them for thosetwo days.“He is a fast learner and

naturally bright. Me, my husbandand two sons had a good experi-ence with Paseka. I even forgothow concerned I was when I wasinformed that he was deaf. But Iused my motherly instinct and wehad a blast.”) Read the next edition ofExpress Northern Cape to readabout Motabogi’s moments withPaseka.

Paseka is home safeArticle in ‘Express Northern Cape’ leads to boy’s safe return

PASEKA’s father, Molefi Louw, CPF member Tebogo Seele, Paseka Maamoge, Gladys Maamoge (mother), Magdeline Alexander (neighbour)and Charmaine Morris (Eye on the Child volunteer) welcoming Paseka back. Photos: Boipelo Mere

PASEKA reading about his disappearance in Express Northern Cape.He screamed in excitement to see his family’s pictures.

‘When I saw the headline I rushed to the

office to call the newspaper and tell themthat I had the boy.’

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} Congra Mokhoiting

IT is confirmed that locals will have tofork out an extra R2 for taxi fare as fromFriday (01/05).This was confirmed by the chairperson

of the Kimberley Local Taxi Association(KLTA), who refused to be quoted ornamed due to the absence of the secretary,Thomas Williams, who set up the inter-view for him.The increase will apply to all taxis

operating between Roodepan and Gale-shewe, including the informal settlements.

According to the KLTA, this is due tothe recent increase in the price of petroland also because the taxi fare has been R8for more than seven years.Kasi Mall taxis are expected to in-

crease from R10 to R12 while learnerswearing school uniforms will continue topay R8.Learners will, however, be expected to

pay the full taxi fare if they are notwearing a school uniform.The Greenpoint Taxi Association,

however, confirmed that they would not bepart of the taxi fare increase.

According to Mervin Davids, the chair-person of the Greenpoint Taxi Association,they will not apply the increase because ofinternal problems that they still need tosort out.“We support the other taxis that in-

crease their prices. The community mustunderstand that this is similar to increasesin the price of bread.“Taxis have other responsibilities to take

care of; they have to pay the driver andhis assistant and also maintain the taxi forthe community members to arrive safelyat their destinations,” said Davids.

Taxi fare to increase by R2

DAVE ROLSE, SouthAfrican CommunistParty (SACP) Kimber-ley District, secretary:

FOUR local taxiassociations haveannounced their inten-tion to increase the local taxi fare from R8 toR10. The reasons given for this increase arebecause of this month’s increase in the priceof fuel (LRP 93 fuel) by R1,56.While acknowledging that this sharp

increase in the fuel price could be reasonenough for the intended increase in the taxifare, one must also look at the price of fuelsince the middle part of last year. In August2014 the price of fuel (LRP 93 fuel) was R14,34and the taxi fare was R8. This month, April,the price of fuel is R12,88 and claims arebeing made that the taxi fare must be R10.Noting the above flawed argument, the rise

in the taxi fare because of the April rise inthe fuel price cannot be justified. Theargument can also be raised as to why the

taxi fare did not dropwhen the price of fueldropped by R3,99 betweenAugust 2014 and February2015? Even with the latestfuel price increase inApril, the fuel price is stilllower than what it was in

August 2014 when the taxi fare was R8. Wecannot accept a rise in the taxi fare now thatwe still have a lower fuel price than lastyear. Surely a fall in the price of fuel couldthen have justified a fall in the taxi fare?We are calling on the Sol Plaatje Munici-

pality and the Department of Transport toprovide an alternative transport system thatwill be safe, affordable and that will allowcommuters to choose their means of trans-port. More importantly, it will provide acheaper form of transport for ordinaryworking class people. The SACP within thedistrict will engage the South AfricanNational Taxi Council (Santaco) on thismatter and will be lobbying alliance partnersfor their support in this matter.

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} Congra Mokhoiting and Boipelo Mere

A SHOUTING MATCH erupted between anaunt and the mother of her 23-year-old niecewhen the fuming aunt demanded to knowhow her disabled and epileptic niece hadfallen pregnant.The aunt of the pregnant woman from

Ivory Park in Roodepan was fuming anddemanded to know what had happened andwho had made her niece pregnant. Confront-ing the mother, the aunt, Elizabeth Kgabo(52), followed Ritchie Buffel (50) in and outof her shack while she demanded answers.Kgabo described her shock upon discover-

ing that her niece was pregnant. Buffelbecame violent as she accused Kgabo ofembarrassing her in front of her people.Kgabo further accused Buffel and her

eldest daughter of stealing the youngwoman’s disability grant by applying foranother Sassa card to fraudulently withdrawmoney.The mother, who was also accused of

abusing alcohol, apparantly has five chil-dren, three living in Greenpoint and theother two with her in Roodepan.According to Kgabo, she was given the

responsibility to take care of the youngwoman a month ago by social workers afterseveral complaints of the mother’s alcoholabuse and carelessness. She now accompa-nies the girl to all clinic and hospitalappointments and social workers’ meetings.“This young woman cannot speak proper-

ly, she is crippled and has epilepsy. Now shehas been defaulted from her medication,”Kgabo said.The aunt did not know who had impreg-

nated her niece because she was believed tobe incapable of being in a relationship, andthe nurses were concerned that she was notfit to carry the pregnancy to term.“I was expected to answer the nurses

when they asked about this. Tell me whathappened to the child?You have neglected her again and allowed

your drunkard male friends to abuse her,”Kgabo lashed out.Pot lids and dishes started flying in the

shack and the Express Northern Capereporter had to dodge continuously as theangry mother tried to avoid questions fromthe angry aunt, who accused her of sellingher disabled daughter to men for alcohol.“We both signed that I be given the Sassa

payment card, clinic cards and all otherdocuments as the mother was declared unfitto look after the disabled woman. I am nowin charge to also take her to the clinic forcheck-ups. But I have to monitor her whileshe continues to stay with her mother,”Kgabo told Express Northern Cape. She alsorevealed that she was instructed to with-draw the daughter’s disability grant to buyfood for the family and clothes for thewoman.Pointing at a dark corner inside the

shack, Kgabo said: “This is where she sleepsevery night. She does not even have a bedor a mattress. This is the only blanket thatshe has,” she said, pointing to a dirtyblanket hanging on the fence. “Imagine awoman of her age and condition sleeping inthis dirty corner without blankets.”“Where do you expect her to sleep, do you

expect me to make room for her on mybed!” shouted Buffel.“When we got to the clinic yesterday I

found out that she had defaulted. It wasduring her overall check-up that we discov-ered the pregnancy. She does not even knowwhat is going on with her,” said Kgabo.“You did not even buy us enough food

this month. You bought us 5 kg maize meal,5 kg rice and a small packet of tea bags. Weare used to buying decent groceries,” saidBuffel.Kgabo responded that Buffel complained

because she did not have the chance toexchange her groceries for alcohol anymore.“That is why I check on the family all the

time.”Refusing to comment on the matter, Buffel

said that she did not know what hadhappened to her disabled daughter or whohad got her pregnant.“What do you want me to do? If the child

comes, it comes. I can’t do anything aboutit,” she said in conclusion.A member of the NGO Eye on the Child,

Lena Base, expressed her concern about thedisfunctionality of the family. She revealedthat Buffel’s negligence often lead to herleaving her daughter abandoned for days.“That will sometimes lead to her begging

people, including men, for food. Thatobviously leads to men taking advantage,”she added. According to Base, their wish isfor the social workers to place the daughterat a home or a place of safety.“Now that she is pregnant, it is another

matter because she still wanders around andwould not know how to take care of herself,because her mother does not care. Thewhole community is concerned as to what isgoing to happen to her, because she wasalready at a mature stage when the pregnan-cy was discovered.”Another neighbour said that the daughter

had been taken away from her mother afterher mother had been reported for negli-

gence. “When she turned 18 she wasreturned to the mother. We do not knowwhy, because it was evident that the motherhad not rehabilitated,” said the concernedneighbour.) By the time of going to print, the Depart-ment of Social Development had not yetresponded concerning any possible interven-tion. Moss Tyuthuza promised to send theresponse by Friday (01/05).

Pregnancy raises concern

A SHOUTINGMATCH between the mother, Ritchie Buffel (50), in front and the aunt, Eliza-beth Kgabo (52), concerning the pregnancy of a disabled woman. Photo: Boipelo Mere


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} Boipelo Mere

DE AAR SOLAR POWER has an-nounced its support, to the value of overR1 million, of two local ostrich farms.These local businesses are 100% black

female-owned ostrich farming enterprisesbased in De Aar.It was also revealed in a press release

by Tina Meier of De Aar Solar Powerthat the beneficiaries, the Pride RockOstrich Farm and the Nieuborn OstrichFarm, formed the cornerstone of thesolar farm’s Enterprise DevelopmentProgramme.Meier highlighted that South Africa

was the world leader in ostrich produc-tion with 75% of the global marketshare.She indicated that, although the

Northern Cape did not feature massively,it had the potential to develop, given theideally dry climate and available land.According to Cornell Mouton, plant

manager of De Aar Solar Power, thesupport was a sign of the company’scommitment to supporting emergingfarmers as its primary area of enterprisedevelopment support.“We believe the impact the funds from

De Aar Solar Power will have on the twobusinesses will be easily quantifiableand, given that these enterprises havebeen running for a number of years,there is a limited risk of the projectfailing,” said Mouton.The Pride Rock Ostrich Farm was

reported to have received approximatelyR400 000 targeted primarily at boostingthe income of the farm, enabling theenterprise to become financially self-sus-

taining and negating the need to contractgrow.Meier clarified that the funds would go

directly to the procuring of equipment andproduce to resource the Pride Rock OstrichFarm in the way of new camps as well asostrich stock and feed, ensuring sustainabil-ity and growth.“The farm will now be able to breed their

own birds, process the meat and the leatherfor themselves, and sell it to retain the fullprofit,” explained Mouton.The other beneficiary, Nieuborn Ostrich

Farm, was reported to accommodate upto an estimated 3 000 ostriches in aseason.The contribution of around R700 000

was allocated towards procuring ofequipment and produce to enable theNieuborn Ostrich Farm to construct newostrich camps and to buy new stock thatwould result in additional income.“The funds are also intended to assist

in setting up specifically allocatedfacilities to house ostrich chicks,” addedMeier.

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NEWS

} Boipelo Mere

THE Northern Cape Depart-ment of health has issued astatement in which it isstated that the recruitmentprocess for appointing morestaff at the recently openedPostmasburg Health Clinicis underway.

Responding to an enquiryconcerning reports that theclinic was short staffed, thedepartmental spokesperson,Lulu Mxekezo, said thatmore staff members areexpected to join the healthfacility soon.

In an article published inlast week’s edition of theNorthern Cape Express,some community memberscomplained that they hadto sit the whole day atthe new clinic before theywere attended to.

Elaborating on themeasures the departmenthad put in place to easethe pressure at the Post-masburg Clinic and tobring services closer to thepeople, Mxekezo emphasisedthat the current staffmembers were trying theirlevel best to deliver qualityhealthcare to the communi-ty.

“The Northern CapeDepartment of Healthconfirms that the recentstate of affairs was due totwo members of the staff

resigning towards the endof 2014 for greener pas-tures,” stated Mxekezo.

“All services and health-care programmes havebeen distributed among thecurrent clinic personnel toeffectively provide health-care service delivery on adaily basis.”

She further stated thathealthcare services weretaken to the communitiesat Groenwater 1, JennHaven, Skeyfontein 1 and 2on a weekly basis andGroenwater Station fort-nightly by the professionalnurse allocated to run theoutreach service.

According to Mxekezo,healthcare consumption inthe health establishmentsrun by the state all overthe country, surpassed theexisting staffing levels atalmost every facility, henceit might on average takelonger than expected forpeople to be served at mostof the clinics.

Lack of staff acause for concern

Healthcareconsumptionsurpasses the

existing staffinglevels at almostevery facility.

THE recently-donated netball kit of theLime Acres Netball Club is reported tohave motivated the team in terms ofimproving their fitness levels and has alsoimproved their confidence.

“The kit has already made a positivedifference among the women in terms oftheir fitness and has even provided anincentive for them to improve theirpractising skills.

“The confidence they have playing in thiskit has seen the women also exploring newplaying skills and techniques,” AdriVermeulen, president and coach of theLime Acres Netball Club, said.

New kit boosts team

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MABUTHI PATRICK OER-SON (22) from Kuyasa inColesberg was slapped with a20-year jail sentence afterbeing found guilty on 19charges.

The 22-year-old man wassentenced on Monday, 20 April,in the Colesberg High Court oncharges of housebreaking withintent to steal and theft (3);housebreaking unknown to thestate prosecutor (1); pointingof firearms (2); illegal posses-sion of firearm and ammuni-tion (2); attempted murder (1);rapes (4); robbery common (1);assault causing gross bodilyharm (1) and robbery withaggravated circumstances (4).

According to Lt. Sergio Kock,the accused committed these

crimes between March 2013and October 2013 before he wasarrested the same year inNovember in Colesberg.

He was l inked to the crimesthrough DNA and positiveidentification by the victims.

The acting cluster command-er of the De Aar Cluster, Col.Antonie du Preez, expressedhis appreciation for to theinvestigating officers of theColesberg SAPS and the DeAar Family Violence ChildProtection and Sexual OffencesUnit for their excellentinvestigation in these cases.

“It is a clear indication thatour police officers went thatextra mile to ensure thatOerson was apprehended andprosecuted.”

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NEWS

BIO-OIL is appealing to theSouth African public tosupport the 2015 BurnsAwareness Week from 6 to12 May.This is an opportunity

for South African citizensto unite in sharing acommon burn awarenessand prevention message inour communities.The initiative comes in

the wake of South Africa’sincrease in extremely highincidence of burn injuries,with an estimated 3,2% ofthe population sufferingfrom a thermal injuryannually.These accidents most

commonly occur in denselypopulated, informal settle-ments where paraffin is themost commonly used sourceof fuel, and cooking oftentakes place on fires andprimus stoves placed on thefloor.These informal dwellings

often consist of just oneroom, making it incrediblydifficult to plan safe kitchenand sleeping areas.Children are particularly

vulnerable to burn acci-dents, and it is one of theleading causes of death andinjury to young children inSouth Africa.The Red Cross War

Memorial Children’s Hospi-tal in Cape Town is theonly paediatric hospital inSub-Sahara Africa with atrauma unit and a burnsunit dedicated exclusivelyto children under 12 years.The Specialist C2 Burns

Unit treats more than 3 500children with serious burnsevery year.Approximately 85% of the

patients are younger thansix years old and 98% arefrom disadvantaged commu-nities.The main causes of burn

injuries seen at the RedCross Burns Unit are as aresult of hot water fromtipping containers above thechild’s head or at groundlevel, and from unattendedfires.

Burn scarsWhen the skin is exposed

to excessive heat, electricityor corrosive chemicals, theresulting tissue damage isknown as a burn.Burns are usually catego-

rised as follows, accordingto the severity of the tissue

damage:) First-degree burns, whichaffect only the top layer ofskin (epidermis), causingmild pain and redness.) Second-degree burns,which extend to the layerbelow the epidermis, thedermis, and cause pain,redness and blisters thatmay ooze.) Third-degree burns, whichinvolve all layers of theskin, can also damage theunderlying bones, musclesand tendons.The burn site appears

pale, charred or leathery,and where nerve-endingshave been destroyed, thereis no sensation in the area.The appropriate treatment

for burns depends on theextent of the tissue damage,the cause of the burn, andwhether or not an infectionis present.Infection is a primary

concern, followed closely bydehydration.A burn injury leads to a

loss of fluid through theskin and potential symptomsinclude thirst, weakness,light-headedness anddizziness.

Managing burns andtheir treatmentWhile the burn injuries

themselves cause tremen-dous pain, the healingprocess is equally traumatic.As the new skin begins to

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EFF LEADER Julius Malema saidin most cases xenophobic attacks arespontaneous, but someone using aknife has the intention to commit acrime.Referring to the attack on Mozam-

bican Emmanuel Sithole, Malemawho visited the Johannesburgtownship of Alexandra on a door-to-door campaign against xenophobiaon Monday, said: “In most cases thexenophobic attacks are spontaneousand people use bricks and thosetypes of things. But a knife? You leftyour house with the intention tocommit a crime.“We have a weak government; we

have a weak state. We have aself-serving leadership which has

neglected the masses,” he said whenasked if the attack would not havehappened with a stronger govern-ment in place.Earlier an EFF member was shot

and wounded shortly before theparty leader arrived in the area tocall for an end to xenophobicviolence. The man was shot in theknee, apparently by a man firinginto the crowd.Following the shooting, Malema

said: “Today our fighter was shot. Noamount of intimidation will stop usfrom protecting our fellow Africans.”Referring to the perpetrators of the

violence, he said: “Let us putpressure on these people.“We know them. Let us take

responsibility and make this place abeautiful place.”

Malema told journalists thatSithole’s killing was not xenophobia-related. Sithole was stabbed to deathon Arkwright Avenue in Alexandraon Saturday morning, not far fromwhere Malema was speaking.Earlier Malema addressed a

cheering crowd from the back of adouble-cab bakkie saying he wasashamed of the violence that had sofar claimed seven lives. He called forSouth Africans to respect theirfellow Africans. “We are all Afri-cans,” was a line Malema repeatedthroughout his speech.Malema defended Zulu King

Goodwill Zwelithini, saying hisremarks in Pongola, KwaZulu-Natal,last month, which had been blamedfor starting the xenophobic violence,were not a call to kill foreigners.

‘We are all Africans’NO TO XENOPHOBIA: Julius Malema, the EFF leader, said in most cases xenophobic attacks were spontaneous.

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} Adam Wakefield andAmanda Khoza

XENOPHOBIA is symptomatic ofseveral crises South Africa issuffering from, Zwelinzima Vavi,expelled Cosatu general secretary,said on Monday (20/04).Speaking to reporters ahead of

Thursday’s (23/04) People’s MarchAgainst Xenophobia in Johannes-burg, Vavi said a report that he hadsaid the xenophobic attacks in SouthAfrica could have been prevented ifmillions had not been spent on Pres.Jacob Zuma’s Nkandla homestead,was not accurate.“I do not write the headlines of

newspapers. The newspaper, TheCitizen, wrote that Vavi blamesNkandla for xenophobia,” Vavi said.“No, that is not a reflection of my

(speech) that I was making yesterday(Sunday).”He said crime was an expression

of a social and economic crisis facingsociety, with violence, racism andxenophobia being expressions of fear,insecurity and hopelessness.“There are four crises facing

South Africa today, which we havesummed up in the previous peri-od . . . to say they represent a tickingtime bomb.”The biggest crisis was unemploy-

ment, where a country with anemployment rate of 35% should seeitself as being in a state of emergen-cy, according to Vavi. He stated thatamong middle-income countries,South Africa was in the worstposition when it came to this.“The second crisis is poverty.”If you have around 12 million

people, out of 53 to 54 million,sleeping in a place where they areunable to put food on the table, thenyou are faced by a crisis.“The third is we are the most

unequal society in the worldtoday . . . after 21 years (of democra-cy) we are now occupying a veryunfamiliar position of numberone . . . We don’t call it a challenge,we call it a crisis.

“The fourth is a crisis of corrup-tion – the unashamed stealing fromthe poor by the elite.“Nkandla is an epitome, a manifes-

tation, a tip of the iceberg of thatlooting in our society. It’s not theonly one, it’s just one example that’sso glaring because it represents thatstatesmen spitting in the face of ourpeople struggling for a better life.”He said that through the slogan,

“don’t moan, mobilise”, he wasreferring to the broader problem inSouth African society where we arebeginning to lose hope.

Prevention was probableEarlier, Pregs Govender, the South

African Human Rights Commission(SAHRC) deputy chairperson, saidthe commission was in full supportof Thursday’s march, with theorganisers aiming for as large anattendance as possible.She said that if the government

acted on the commission’s reportinto issues of the rule of law, justiceand impunity arising out of thexenophobic violence that occurred in2008, it was likely there would beless violence today.“Those perpetrating criminal acts

X the police need to arrest them andthe criminal justice system needs to(take effect).“The commission is currently

having a meeting with the (Zulu)King (Goodwill Zwelithini) inKwaZulu-Natal and attending theimbizo because the commission isinvestigating several complaintsagainst the king, as well as severalcomplaints against xenophobicattacks around the country.”She said political leadership

needed to understand the impact oftheir words and actions on those onthe streets, who were being targeted.“The king has to disassociate

himself (from what) people have saidhave resulted from his words. Thecommission is asking that headdresses the public to confirm thatthese deplorable actions are beingundertaken not in his name.

Intervention due to crisisIn Durban on Monday, Zwelithini

said it was important for him to holdan urgent imbizo following the spateof attacks on foreign nationals inKwaZulu-Natal last week.He said he had made the decision

to call the imbizo after meeting withHome Affairs Minister MalusiGigaba and State Security MinisterDavid Mahlobo. “It was importantfor me to intervene because this wasa crisis,” he told a crowd at theMoses Mabhida Stadium in Durban.The king said the last two months

reminded him of the Rwandangenocide.“This was the worst massacre in

history . . . It showed the role playedby the media and the politicalleaders in the killing.“In 2015, we woke up to the news

of the Kenyan killings. We areheartbroken as the Zulu monarch. Itwas reported that 147 people werekilled.“To bring it back home, we know

that foreign nationals have beendisplaced in the last three weeks.“What’s shameful is that this is

not the first time,” he said referringto the xenophobia attacks in 2008.He said the SAHRC needed to be

given time to conduct an investiga-tion thoroughly and without intimi-dation.“I’ve written two letters to the

commission and have urged them toalso investigate the media’s involve-ment in inciting violence.“I believe that the media must

open itself up to being investigated ifthey have nothing to hide.“My speech in Pongola was

addressed to the crime issues facingthe country. Instead the nation hasbeen told that I have said otherwise.This is funny. Even today, I’m stillasking the media to write my entirespeech. I want the media to write theentire speech from that day.”Zwelithini said the imbizo was not

called because he had sparked theattacks, but because he knew thatSouth Africa could beat this.

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SYLVIA LUCAS, premier of theNorthern Cape, turned out to bethe one holding the ANC’s purseduring the Northern Cape ANCProvincial General Council (PGC)that was held over the weekend.

Lucas filled the big shoes of thelate provincial treasurer YolandaBotha, who passed away earlierthis year due to a long illness.

The elections conducted at theMitah Seperepere ConventionCentre on Saturday (25/04) night

saw Lucas beating her fellowcontender, Grizelda Cjiekela, with234 votes to 198.

Also, 13 vacancies of additionalmembers, which were informed bythe resignation of Boeboe vanWyk, were filled on the weekend.

This, according to Zamani Saul,ANC provincial secretary, was aneffort to align the structure of thePGC according to the resolutiontaken in Mangaung on organisa-tional building.

The additional members,consisting of four women in the

top four, also saw the inclusion ofShadrack Tlhaole.

Saul mentioned that the elec-tions had seen a good mix ofdifferent capabilities, which wouldmake the province much stronger.

He was also quoted as statingduring the announcement of theresults that, “we hope she will addto and spice up the work of theexecutive members’ position”.

Lucas was positive that herwork as the ANC provincialtreasurer would be made moreeffective by the good relationship

with government officials whenthey took on their respectiveresponsibilities.

“I will assist in workingtogether and be able to fulfildifferent responsibilities,” saidLucas.

The finance section within theANC was highlighted as one inneed of restructuring.

Kenny Mmoiemang, the ANCdeputy chairperson, stated thatthey had agreed that there was aneed to strengthen it by increasingpersonnel, appointing a manage-

ment committee, having volun-teers who monitor it and byhitting the ground running oncampaigns.

“How our fundraising is struc-tured and having sponsorships arevery important,” Lucas added.

She said that they wouldco-ordinate the party’s fundraisingbetter by showing more accounta-bility.

“We will make sure that thereis more order and that no one willdo things in the name of theANC,” said Lucas.

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HUNGRY LIONS reigned supreme in the2015 Tsantsabane Local Football Associa-tion (TSALFA) Easter Football Tourna-ment with a hard-fought 2-1 victoryagainst last year’s champions BirdsUnited at the Newtown Football Field inPostmasburg.The tournament kicked off on Friday

(03/04) and ended on Monday (06/04) andsaw 20 soccer teams from all over theNorthern Cape participating.On Monday, 6 April, during the final

day of the tournament, African Unitedand Hungry Lions battled it out on thefield during the preliminary game andHungry Lions won 2-1.Birds United and Rastas played against

each other, and Birds United securedtheir spot in the finals by defeating theRastas.Rovers and Hungry Lions played in the

second semi-finals and Hungry Lionsemerged as victors.Hungry Lions coach, Stefaans “Tau”

Bassie, was overjoyed by his team’sperformance.

“It’s an honour for me and my team tobe crowned as champions.This shows that our hard work has paid

off,” he jubilantly exclaimed.Hungry Lions won R40 000, a trophy and

gold medals, while Birds United wonR25 000 and silver medals.Three teams XAfrican United, Rovers

and Rasta Fa Eagles X each won R7 500.All the teams that reached the quarter

finals received R3 000 each.Tornado Jacobs, TSALFA Local Organis-

ing Committee (LOC) member, said theEaster Football Tournament was a huge

success.“Soccer fans were well behaved and no

incidents were reported during any of thematches that were played.“The only problem that we have is that

the venue is becoming too small for thisevent. We contemplate hosting it at theShowgrounds in 2016,” he said.The TSALFA LOC expressed their

sincere gratitude to the Assmang Bees-hoek Mine, Rufco Engineering, Tsantsa-bane Local Municipality and AngloAmerican Kumba Iron Ore KolomelaMine for their generous sponsorships.

Hungry Lions reign supremeTHE Hungry Lions soccer team from Tsantsabane won R40 000, a cup and gold medals during the TSALFA Easter Tournament. Photo: Supplied

Soccer fans were well behavedand no incidents were reportedduring any of the matches thatwere played

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