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Annah Sekhaolelo looks through the remains after a fire claimed the lives of her neighbour, Rebecca Phokojoe and her two children in Soshanguve Block L-KK, last Wednesday.

Family killed in fire

war against illegal taverns

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Nondumiso Tshabangu

A woman and her two children were found dead after a fire broke out last Wednesday night in their shack in Block L-KK in Soshanguve.

Rebecca Phokojoe (35) worked as a cleaner at the Tshwane University of Tech-nology’s Soshanguve South campus. Her son (13) and daughter (5) died with her.

Annah Sekhaolelo, a neighbour, said other neighbours called her to help extin-guish the fire.

When she arrived she saw flames and residents with buckets of water.

“When I looked at the door I saw a charred foot sticking out. We could not see if it was Rebecca’s body or not,” she said.

“We tried to remove some of the iron sheets at the back of the shack, but it was too difficult. We were not able to break the shack down.”

She said it was already too late when the police arrived at the scene.

“When the fire-fighters put out the fire, we found Rebecca lying at the door. I asked the police where the children were, only to find them also lying there,” Sekhaolelo said.

“The cause of the fire is still unknown. We are still investigating what the cause of the fire was. All the necessary evidence was collected from the scene and we are waiting for the forensic results,” said Cap-tain Solly Marindi, communications officer at the Soshanguve police station.

Sinenhlanhla Mkhwanazi

Rietgat police are keeping a close eye on residents after a new wave of xenophobic attacks brewing in the area.

This follows two incidents this week that have left police worried about the safety of foreign nationals.

On Wednesday morning, police were called when residents organised an illegal gathering in the park between Block BB and DD.

It is alleged that the aim of the meeting was to discuss how the residents could get rid of businesses owned by foreigners in their area. Police rushed to the meeting and dispersed the angry crowd.

“We will not tolerate any illegal meet-ings where foreign nationals are discussed and we will make arrests if we find resi-dents gathering illegally,” said Mangena.

This follows shortly on an earlier incident where a local shop in Soshanguve

Block GG that is owned by two foreign nationals, was robbed.

According to Rietgat police spokesper-son, Warrant Officer Lolo Mangena, nine heavily armed men gained entry through the roof of the shop and held the two own-ers hostage in the early hours of Tuesday morning.

The robbers took R10 000 in cash, as well as five cell phones, cigarettes esti-mated at R5 000 and a laptop before they fled the scene. No arrests have been made so far.

Some residents of Block GG were upset when they heard about the robbery. “I love this shop because everything is cheap and now these people won’t feel safe to do business around here anymore,” said Nomasonto Baloyi, a resident of Block GG.

Mangena couldn’t confirm if the robbery is related to xenophobia but stated that the police would not tolerate violence against foreigners.

Foreigners under attack

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Due to the increasing number of assault cases, the Ga-Rankuwa police have yet again declared war on illegal taverns in the area.

The increase in assault cases, most of which are reported to have happened at an illegal tavern, motivated this decision.

Over the past few weeks the Ga-Rankuwa police stopped raiding illegal taverns in the area, but after several cases of assault were reported to the police last week, they

decided to start raiding illegal taverns again.

“During our weekend opera-tion we arrested ten suspects for both common assault and assault with intent to do grievous bodily harm. All of the assaults hap-pened at illegal taverns,” said Ga-Rankuwa police spokesper-son, Warrant Officer Mathew Nkwadi. One suspect was arrested for each of the

following crimes: pointing a fire-arm, rape, shoplifting, reckless and negligence driving, obstruc-tion, fraud and possession of suspected stolen goods.

Four suspects were arrested for theft and two suspects for driving without licences, four for malicious damage to prop-

erty, two for drinking in public and three for

residential burgla-ries. The suspects will appear in the Ga-Rankuwa Magis-

trate’s Court soon.


According to the Mabopane police, sector policing continues to be one of the best ways of fighting residential burglaries in the area.

Mabopane police station in Block B introduced the new team responsible for sector policing in the area.

Lieutenant Thebe Dikatso, spokesperson of Mabopane police station, explained to Rekord that since the introduction of sector policing they have become more visible and that has helped to fight crime.

“The police are now able to respond immediately when there is a complaint,” she said.

Mabopane is divided into three sectors namely sector 1, 2 and 3.

Sector 1 includes Units A, E, EW and N and the sector com-mander is Constable Simon Mphahlele.

Three vehicles have been allocated to this sector and each vehicle has it own cell phone.

The vehicles’ registration num-bers and corresponding contact numbers are MA 16 BSB 747 B on 071-675 6306, MA 28 BRC 931 B on 071-675-6307 and MA 43 BRX 687 B.

Sector 2 includes Units B, X, X extension, U and UX and the sector commander is Warrant Officer Lopang Segapo. Three vehicles have been allocated for this sector. The vehicles’ registra-tion numbers and corresponding contact numbers are MA 23 BSB 746 B on 071-675-6308, MA 12 BPY 012 B on 071-675 6309 and MA72 BSD 276 B.

Sector 3 includes Units C, D, S, M Sunvalley, Boikhutsong,


Before the police auction the goods they have recovered from criminals, they give residents an opportunity to come and claim their goods.

The police appeal to residents who have opened cases of residential burglary and theft to come and see if their goods are not in the SAP 13 room. This is a room where all recovered goods are kept at a station.

According to Mabopane police spokes-person, Lieutenant Thebe Dikatso, in the past few months they have recovered suspected stolen goods from criminals and stored it in SAP 13 while they wait for community members to claim it.

“Residents come to the station to open

cases but don’t come to claim their goods.As a result our store room becomes too full,” said Dikatso.

Some of the goods in the storage room include television sets, home theatre sound systems, cutlery, tyres, fridges and other household items.

“Our doors are always open and resi-dents must come to us if they want to know anything about pending cases so we can help them,” she said.

If residents don’t claim these goods it will be auctioned off during the next police auction.

Residents can visit Mabopane police station situated in Block B via terminus, if they want to claim their goods or for any queries.


Bullets were flying at Soshanguve Plaza when two robbers stole money from two security guards on their way to a bank on Wednesday morning.

The security guards were from the Ipe-leng Traffic Department in Mabopane and were about to deposit the money at a bank in the plaza.

One of the guards stepped out of their vehicle with a moneybag and two armed men in a white bakkie, that was parked at the plaza, confronted him.

“The robbers were armed with a pistol

and an R4 rifle,” said Rietgat police spokesperson, Warrant Officer Lolo Man-gena. They grabbed the moneybag from the security guard and rushed back to their vehicle.

When other guards at the plaza saw what had happened, the robbers fired sev-eral shots at them and the security guards responded with fire.

No one was injured during the incident and the robbers escaped with an undis-closed amount of money.

“We appeal to residents who have information to come forward so that we can arrest the culprits,” said Mangena.


Nissan 1400 bakkie owners are advised to be careful when parking their vehicles.

The warning follows numerous reports of 1400 bakkies that were stolen around Ga-Rankuwa and in neighbouring areas over the past few weeks.

Last week Monday a man driving a Nissan 1400 bakkie was hijacked when he

stopped at a stop sign in Klipgat.It is suspected that two men hijacked

him but no one was injured during the incident.

Another two 1400 bakkies were stolen this week in Ga-Rankuwa Zone 1 and Tsunami.

In both cases the vehicles were parked outside the houses of the owners at night when it was stolen.

No arrests have been made and the police are continuing with their investiga-tions. The police urge community members to install proper security systems at their homes and also to build proper garages for their vehicles.

“With most vehicle theft cases, the stolen vehicles were not parked in a locked garage and this makes it easier for crimi-nals to steal,” said Ga-Rankuwa police spokesperson, Warrant Officer Mathew Nkwadi.

The police appeal to residents who have information regarding these cases to come forward.

Thieves target Nissan 1400s Warrant Officer Michael Kokwane from Mabopane police station shows Rekord some of the goods in the SAP 13 room that residents haven’t claimed.

Recovered items that are not claimed go on auction

Two security guards robbed

Morula View and Itsoseng and the sector commander is Constable Phillemon Mapa.

Two vehicles have been allo-cated for this sector: MA 15 BPY 529 B on 071-675-6311 and MA 40 BRY 839 B on 071-675-6310.

Residents are advised to con-tact their sector commanders if they see anything suspicious in their communities.

Sector 3 commander, Constable Phillemon Mapa.

Station appoints new sector heads

Sector 1 commander, Constable Simon Mphahlele.

Constable Thembi

Mahlangu offloads

some of the liquor that

was seized during a raid on

an illegal tavern in Ga-

Rankuwa in August.

Police raids on illegal taverns will continue

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Ron Sibiya

Poor vision affects everyone’s quality of life.

Precious Matsoso, Director General of the Department of Health, said this at the World Sight Day celebration held at the Pretoria Eye Institute last Thursday.

Delivering the keynote address, Matsoso said poor vision affects people of all ages, pupils, those in the workforce and many others.

“Poor vision hampers pupils to learn effectively, those in the work force unable to remain economical productive and the elderly cannot maintain their independence. Everyone’s quality of life is affected,” said Matsoso.

She congratulated the Pretoria Eye In-stitute for selecting the theme, Delivering Eye Care to the Communities, which was chosen by South Africa for the 2011 Eye Care Awareness Month and World Sight Day activities, in celebration of World Sight Day.

Matsoso mentioned that cataracts, glau- coma, childhood blindness, diabetic reti-nopathy and refractive errors are the six causes of blindness. She added that 80% of all blindness is preventable.

“Primary prevention includes health education, immunisation, maternal child health services and safety promotion. It comprises a major component of primary health care,” she said.

It seems the private sector is also hands on in giving vision to the community.

From October 10 to 14, the Pretoria Eye Institute performed cataract surgery on 400 needy patients.

The referral was based on patients that are not on medical aid and are pensioners.

A large number of referrals were from the local, provincial and academic hospi-tals.

Dr Jacobus Pauw, chairperson of the organising committee of the Pretoria Eye Institute, thanked members of the commit-tee and the staff who played various roles to make the project a success.

An eye operation in progress.

Free surgery for poor

Precious Matsoso, the Director General of the Department of Health.

The Tshwane metro’s Housing and Human Settlement Department launched an integrated housing project in Ga-Ran-kuwa.

The project is also known as the Breaking New Ground Project and comprises of stand-alone, walk-ups and bonded houses. This is the third housing project of its kind in Pretoria.

The other projects are in Olieven-houtbosch 36 and Thorntree View in Soshanguve. The property size is 77ha and the total number of units to be con-structed is 3 200, of which 1 200 will be low-cost houses.

The houses will be allocated as fol-lows: 400 single storey full-title houses, 700 single storey sectional title houses, two units per stand (semi-detached) units, 1 100 single storey sectional title houses, three units per stand and 1 000 multiple storey sectional title units on a

group stand.In April the metro entered into a Land

Availability agreement with Rainbow Place Properties 129 to establish and develop the township and the project is anticipated to be rolled out within 36 to 76 months. The total of R15-million has been set aside for the installation of Ci- vil Engineering Services within the cur-rent financial year.

Internal water and sewer pipes were installed and approximately 300 stands have already been tested and approved and about 45 residents were given work on the installation of the water and sewer pipes. The metro’s waiting list and beneficiary section will be sending notices to applicants on the waiting list in the Ga-Rankuwa jurisdiction.

They will have to fill in subsidy forms, which will then be sent to the Housing Board for approval or rejection.

Thanks to the Gauteng MEC for Com-munity Safety, Faith Mazibuko, 86 young drug addicts from Hammanskraal will be admitted to a rehabilitation centre for a 12-week programme.

The move comes as the department is rolling out the Know your neighbourhood campaign launched on October 13.

MEC Mazibuko, together with law en-forcement agencies, visited crime hot spots in the area, as Hammanskraal is notori-ous for nyaope and whooga, a mixture of dagga, anti-retroviral medication and rat poison.

Some of the addicts pleaded to the MEC to help them and without hesitation the MEC responded and made arrangements with a rehabilitation centre to admit them

to start with a 12-week programme. At the rehabilitation centre they are

allowed visits from their parents and are periodically permitted to visit their homes when the need arises.

“The road to recovery starts with you. I salute the bravery displayed by these young addicts to come forward and say they need help,” said Mazibuko.

Addressing the residents during the launch of the Know your neighbourhood campaign, Mazibuko emphasised the need for neighbours to be in contact with each other and share telephone numbers.

“We advise more children who are ad-dicted to come forward so that we can help them,” said acting spokesperson for com-munity safety, Thapelo Moiloa.

New project launched

Help for young drug addicts


Mosima Rafapa

The Soshanguve Self Help Association for people with Dis-abilities (Soshad) in Soshanguve, Block H, continues to inspire and motivate people living with dis-abilities.

Soshad addresses different needs for disabled persons.

The centre started operating in 2003 and they are involved in various projects like beadwork, sewing, gardening and sports activities.

Alfred Makhafola and Lucky Mogawa are two of the students involved in beadwork.

“I have been with the centre for more than ten years and I still enjoy beadwork. It makes no dif-ference that I use only one hand, it is easy,” said Mogawa.

According to their human resource administrator, Lebogang Mokgetle, they produce an as-sortment of beadwork as the need arises.

Mokgetle said the centre joined Jacaranda Protective Workshop,

Koketso Ramorei

Members of the community of Soshanguve came together to celebrate their culture and to get an opportunity to interact with radio personalities from SABC’s Phalaphala FM, on Saturday.

The event was hosted at Math-aga Primary School in Block L. The day was also to commemo-rate Heritage month.

The head of a department at the school, Khathutshelo Tshabalala said: “We are essentially a Venda school and realised that a number of our pupils do not know much about their culture. So we took this opportunity to create an event in co-operation with Phalaphala FM to educate them about their

culture.” Education was not the only item on the agenda though.

Popular Venda artist, Lufuno Dagada, was also there to share his talent with the community.

Other singers who were there included Laurence ‘Super Faith’ Mukwevho and Mashudu Nema-toka. Phalaphala FM’s market-ing manager, Rudzani Neluheni, said the event was part of a tour around Gauteng to inform people that they can now access the radio station easier.

“Recent statistics have shown that we have a large following in Gauteng since we installed new transmitters for a better signal. This has increased our listener-ship to over one million.

“This is also an opportunity

to profile upcoming Venda artists and to promote those who are already well-known,” she said.

Pupils from the school per-formed various songs and rendi-tions in their traditional attire. This brought the audience to a standstill and the community was elated.

Late night presenter Shandu Lukhwareni, who presents a show on Fridays and Saturdays, said her show had a large youth following.

It was an opportunity to en-courage them to learn more about their culture and also inform resi-dents about Phalaphala FM as one of the vernacular radio stations.

“Tradition is very important. We should embrace it and take care of it,” she said.

Thandekile Sibanyoni

Thirteen Winterveld schools participated in a poetry compe-tition on Monday.

The Winterveld Parlia-mentary Constituency Office invited the schools.

The competition was divi-ded into categories for primary, secondary and high schools.

Participants were dressed in colourful traditional outfits. Everyone was allowed to ex-press themselves in their own language.

IR Lesolang Secondary School’s cultural group entertained the audience with dances and songs.

Winterveld ward councillor, Linah Kwenda, attended the event to show her support.

Nozipho Cofa, a pupil of Manamelong Primary School, said she was happy to be given a chance to read her poem.

“I really enjoyed participa-ting in this competition and I had the courage to stand in front of people and perform.”

Emma Primary School won the primary schools category, followed by Molokodube, Re-falotse and Tidimalong primary schools.

Doctor Sam High School was the winner in the secon-dary and high schools category, followed by Tswaing, Tlhalo-ganyo and MH Baloyi.

These schools were awarded South African flags.

Smagele Luthuli, a pupil of Doctor Sam High School, said she did not think she would win. “I have never felt so happy in my life. I am happy and proud of myself.”

Letlhogonolo Seshoka, also from Doctor Sam High School, said no one took him seriously when he was rehearsing for the competition.

“I have developed a love for art from an early age. At school I am the one who promotes it.”

Jane Masemola, the Win-terveld parliamentary co-ordi-nator, said the aim of the event was to promote art and culture in Winterveld.

Boikhutso Ntsoko

Through Inspiration People Succeed (Tips) Galore is a vibrant group of young minds that come together to host art sessions, in the name of awareness and charity.

Thapelo ‘Tips’ Seemise foun-ded the group five years ago.

“In the beginning, we asked people who attended sessions for any amount they could give, a sort of donation,” said Seemise.

The group started collecting money with their focus on pri-mary schools, with Tim Modise Primary in Ga-Rankuwa as their initial outreach.

They offered as much as they could for uniforms, transport money and food.

“We went to the school and although the school is nice and clean, that does not mean the pupils have everything. So we decided to raise money through the sessions and see what we can do at the school,” he said.

He said they also assisted with any other cause that needed help.

“I realised we were not giving enough because the sessions were free. It looked like a group of bored people and so we decided to specify a certain entrance fee,” Seemise said.

“The sessions are about social responsibi-lity and awareness.”

The sessions cater for all art forms and are plat-forms for the community to express their talents freely.

Popular Venda artist, Lufuno Dagada, admires the Venda dress of Khathutshelo Tshabalala, head of the department of Mathaga Primary School and some of the pupils who participated in a cultural event in Soshanguve on Saturday.

Thapelo ‘Tips’ Seemise entertains the crowd with comedy at the Tips Galore arts and poetry session in Ga-Rankuwa.

Centre facilitates the needs of disabled community members

Soshanguve Self Help Association for People with Disabilities (Soshad) students, Alfred Makhafola and Lucky Mogawa, create bead crafts using one hand only.

Radio personalities show support for cultural day

an organisation for the elderly with disabilities around Pretoria.

“The workshops consist of va-rious organisations doing all kinds work. We have members in the

Jacaranda Protective Workshop who represent different organisa-tions and they hired a shop where their finished products are sold,” he said.

Aspirant poets bare their souls on stage

Art sessions for charity’s sake

He said there were no facilities in Ga-Rankuwa to cater for that need.

Seemise said they were aiming to become a development com-pany. As he is an established co-median, he wants to raise money by performing a one-man comedy show at the sessions.

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Roman Catholic Church members from around Mabo-pane, Mamelodi, Soshanguve, Hebron and Ga-Rankuwa flocked to St Clare Catholic Church in Soshanguve Block GG on Sunday to witness the Macecelia choir performing on stage.

Macecelia choir comes from Our Lady of Africa Catholic Church in Mohlakeng in the Johannesburg diocese and they performed for the first time since they released their first album called Lejoe.

This choir has more than 100 members who belong to the sodal-ity of Saint Cecelia in Mohlakeng.

First on stage was Macecelia who sang Lejoe and the crowd stood up and started singing with

the choir.According to the conductor and

music composer, Lebohang Ma-bea, the choir is dedicated to sing and praise God with their songs.

“Our patron in this choir is Saint Cecelia who is the patron of musicians and church music,” said Mabea.

Some of the choirs that shared the stage with Macecelia included St Clare Youth, St Clare Church Choir, St Anne’s Youth Choir from Atteridgeville, Soshanguve South Choir and The One from Klipgat.

Audiences couldn’t stop ap-plauding when St Clare, conduct-ed by Vusi Nhlapho, sang Inkuzi enjani.

St Clare Youth Choir also showed the audience how it is done when they performed a song

called Retlile. The concert was packed with

lots of entertainment and fun for the audience who had the op-portunity to choose songs they wanted the choirs to perform.

The majority of the guests requested Macecelia to perform Lejoe.

“Everyone is requesting Lejoe and we are happy they appreciate our music,” said Mabea.

The highlight of the day for the audience was when a member of the audience requested the parish priest of St Clare, Father Joseph Molapo, to join Macecelia on stage and sing the song Alleluia with them.

The priest co-operated and sang with pride and joy and youth members couldn’t stop applaud-ing their priest.

Morula Casino and Hotel in Mabopane presents the hot South African band, Freshlyground, live on November 4 at Morula Sun, Leseding Arena.

Freshlyground promises to deliver an energetic show with vocals, bass, drums, keyboards and guitar, rounded off with the violin, flute, sax and the tradi-tional African mbira.

Fans can expect to hear many of their old favourites in addition to newer hits of their recently released album, Radio Africa.

Radio Africa is the band’s fourth studio album and has already gone gold.

While putting the finishing touches to the album in New York, Freshlyground was selected to co-perform Waka-Waka, the official song for the 2010 World Cup tournament, which they recorded and performed with Colombian singer, Shakira.

The band was formed in 2002. It consists of Zolani Mahola

on lead vocals, Josh Hawks on bass and backup vocals, Sere-deal Scheepers on keyboard and percussion, Kyla-Rose Smith on violin and backup vocals, Simon Attwell on flute, mbira, harmon-ica and saxophone, Julio Sigau-que on lead electric and acoustic

guitar and Peter Cohen on drums.

In 2009 they did four sold-out tours overseas.

This included China, America and Canada, part of their tour for the first time, making them one of only a handful of South African bands to achieve success both at home and internationally.

Other accolades include win-ning the MTV Europe Award in the category of Best African Act in 2006 and several local Sama Awards.

The show starts at 20:00 and tickets are available from Com-puticket.

Senex Interiors and the Matthew K Lubega Foundation are teaming up to raise money for a book club and library for disadvantaged children through a charity art exhibition driven by visual exploration.

The exhibition takes place on October 22 between 13:00 and 17:00 at Senex Interiors at Wapadrand centre, located on the corner of Lynnwood and Wapadrand roads, Pretoria.

On sale and for the benefit of the children’s book clubs, will be some of the acclaimed Ugandan artist, NuwaWamala Nnyanzi’s works.

Nnyanzi’s top works of art in batik, pastel, acrylic, oil and watercolours, which are play-ful, vibrant and uniquely reflec-tive of the strong and sweet African sun, will be on sale.

Nnyanzi’s style and inter-pretation of everyday scenarios

has defined him as one of the best in this genre of art interna-tionally.

Proceeds from the sale of the masterpieces will go towards the Matthew K Lubega Foundation, a children’s charity, working towards the creation of safe and stimulating environments for children in underprivileged communities.

Through children’s book clubs and community libraries, the foundation provides much needed access to books, toys and various learning resources and activities for children in one of Pretoria’s biggest town-ships, Soshanguve.

A family started the founda-tion as a tribute to their 4-year-old son who sadly drowned in February 2007 while attending a friend’s birthday party.

Enquiries: Dr Rita Sonko at 082-411-5055.

The November monthly Jazz and African Nights, presented by the State Theatre and TMI, takes place at the State Theatre and features musicians such as Louis Mhlanga and Zodwa Mabena, Carlo Mombelli and Medleko Meropa, Pops Mohamed and Rudolph Mamabolo.

Catch Louis Mhlanga and Zodwa Mabena on November 4.

Mhlanga began his career in music in 1970, fronting many bands in Zimbabwe.

He mixed American and Zimbabwean influences into his music and he became renowned for his guitar skills and worked with Zimbabwean acts such as Shaka, Talking Drum, Mudzimu and Oliver Mtukudzi.

Former schoolteacher, Zodwa Mabena, left her job as a teacher to follow her dream of becom-ing a musician. She was born in Allemansdrift, KwaNdebele and is a graduate from Trinity College of Music.

On November 18 it is the turn of Carlo Mombeli and Medleko Meropa. Carlo Mombeli started his professional music career with the Johnny Fourie and Duke Makasi group as well as leading his own ensemble, Abstractions, recording with Shifty Records.

He left South Africa in 1987 and recorded and performed around the world with Egberto Gismonti, Lee Konitz, Mick Goodrick, Barbara Dennerle and Charlie Mariano among others.

Catch Pops Mohamed and Rudolph Mamabolo on Novem-

The Macecelia a Mohlakeng choir from Johannesburg in action.

Choirs enchant audience

Catch Freshlyground live at Morula Casino and Hotel on November 4.

Band achieves success home and abroad

Ugandan artist, NuwaWamala Nnyanzi, shows one of his works.

Charity exhibition held for book club

Zodwa Mabena performs live at the State Theatre on November 4.

Theatre presents jazzber 25. Pops Mohamed is a liv-ing legend in South Africa. His impact is felt in various spheres of the country’s output, from tra-ditional through to contemporary and experimental music.

Rudolph Mamabolo is a renowned South African profes-sional jazz pianist who continues to be in demand both locally and internationally.

Tickets are available at Com-puticket and the door.


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Friday, October 21

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Monday, October 24

Tuesday, October 25

Wednesday, October 26

Thursday, October 27

•NOTICE•l Ithuteng community project

will host their second open day at Ithuteng, situated in Soshanguve Block HH, next to Nicole nursing home on November 1. Ithuteng of-fers computer and catering courses to residents of Soshanguve for free. Enquiries: Richard Makgatho on 072-128-0461.

l Mabopane Baptist Church will host an event to appreciate Reve-rend Johannes Mashiane’s work at the church on October 29 at 08:00. Enquiries: Dr Simon Mailula on 079-521-1487.

lThe Real Sosha soccer players are reminded about their meeting tomorrow. Players meet at Block X’s soccer field at 14:00.

I wonder why my parents decided to name me Sinenhlanhla, which means, ‘we are lucky’.

Most Africans take the process of nam-ing a newborn child very seriously. You find situations where a mother gives birth to a child and has to wait for an older mem-ber of the family to come to the hospital and name the child.

My grandmother said that the African name you give your child would have an impact on his or her life.

Some parents name their children with their current situation in mind while others name their children after their grand-parents. Some name their children after the place they gave birth at.

My friend gave birth to her first baby boy in Mahikeng where she was doing her

internship and she named her child Maf because Mahikeng is known as Maftown.

A friend of mine is named Mantoa, which means ‘fighter’, but my friend doesn’t even like fighting.

My cousin’s name is Thulani, which means ‘be quiet’. Ironically he is very loud and talkative. When he enters a room he always has something to say. He is the complete opposite of what his name means.

Tswana names are also interesting because most of them start with the let-ter O and I. You will find names such as Omolemo, Oratile, Onthatile, Olebogeng, Oagile, Oaitsi, Omphile, Ohomoditse and many more.

Then we have Zulu names. I think some-body was trying to send a message with some of them.

Phumaphi which means, ‘where does he or she come from’, Simtholile ‘we found

him or her’, Simpiwe ‘we are given’, Sizani ‘help’, Khalesakhe ‘he is in charge’ and Thembalethu ‘our hope’.

My favourites are the two well-known Tsonga names that start with two letters Ti, Tinyinko and Tinstwalo.

What is your name?I think this is the perfect time to find out

what your name really means.

For whom the Lord loves He chas-tens, and scourges every son whom He receives. (Hebrews 12:6).

Only a few people own up to their mis-takes, the rest play the ‘poor me’ game.

People often don’t realise it when God teaches them a life lesson.

Loving fathers discipline their children, so does God when it comes to us. If we do something stupid, He will discipline us because He is shaping us for better things ahead.

We often fall into a trap of blaming others thinking we are either cursed or bewitched when actually we need to learn something from our mistakes.

Don’t get me wrong, curses are real and people who don’t know God experience curses in their lives sometimes.

The Bible, however, says the following of those who have accepted Jesus as their Lord and Saviour: When He sets you free, you are free indeed. (John 8:36). So, what is left is for you to face life knowing that

God is with you and when you misbehave, like any Father, He won’t be pleased. When you do not listen, He will punish you, but lovingly so.

So next time you face a challenge, inspect yourself first, find out what you’ve been doing wrong, correct it, repent and ask for favour from God.

He will forgive and forget your mistakes and return whatever things He took while you were under His correction.

If you are in debt and unless and until you have learned your lesson and work towards paying off your debt, God cannot bless you with any more money.

He knows you will fall into the same trap and you will not notice the greatness of His blessings.

Take it this way, if parents find out that you have been neglecting your school work because you are always on your phone, they will take it away from you because they want you to focus and prioritise. The same goes for God.

He will delay the money He blesses us with so that we do not lose focus. He will keep people we depend on away from us so that we learn to depend mainly on Him. He

will turn our friends against us if they are a bad influence on us.

God created us and He knows the sin-cerity of our hearts. Once He sees that we have learnt from our past mistakes, He will bless us even more and throw some interest into it too, provided that when He chastens us, we own up. We should realise that it’s Him and start working on ourselves so that He sees that we have indeed learned our lesson.

God loves you, even in tough times. He is preparing you and is with you, only this time He is accessing the progress of your life lessons from behind the scenes.

Be blessed.

StraightTalkSinenhlanhla Mkhwanazi

Gospel TimeOnthatile Shongoane

What’s in a name?

We are meant to learn from our mistakes

OPINION

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Robert Mabusela

With Transport Minister Sibusiso Nde-bele’s proposed speed limit of 100km/h one could be breaking the law within 3,3 seconds if you drive the new McLaren MP4-12c.

This rear engine lightweight McLaren promises to be the ‘first genuine no com-promise sportscar’ according to McLaren brochures at the Johannesburg Interna-tional Motor Show last week.

With the given 0-100km/h figures the McLaren team is just being modest.

The MP4-12c deserves to be called a supercar, as 200km/h is reached in 9,8 se-conds or 8,9 if the car is fitted with Corsa tyres, which will play an essential role in reaching the top speed of 330km/h a bit faster.

Supercar manufacturers are using their gym memberships to make sure that weight shedding is at the top of their workout programme.

Unnecessary weight is lost as excessive weight hinders the achievement of maxi-mum performance.

Not only did the acceleration improve, but other performance improvements include braking 100 to 0km/h in a distance of 30,5m, handling and fuel efficiency releasing only 279g/km, which just might save you from having to pay CO² emission tax.

The whole weight shedding is made possible by using a carbon fibre MonoCell structure.

This means the McLaren gets a one

piece lightweight carbon fibre chassis with rear and front aluminium frames as opposed to carbon fibre used in the Audi R8 GT.

Fuel figures stand at 11,7l per 100km, releasing only 279g/km of CO².

The McLaren is powered by a 3,8l V8 engine which boasts 441kw/h, with torque outputs of 600Nm at 3 000rpm right up to 7 000rpm.

The engine will be put up against German rivals Audi R8 GT, Porsche 911 Turbo PDK and Japanese Godzilla Nissan Skyline GT-R, not forgetting the God- zilla killer Lexus LFA, as seen on YouTube.

All rivals have between 368kW (Por- sche 911 Turbo PDK) to 441kW (Mc-Laren MP4-12c).

According to specs, the McLaren is the most favourable with the fastest 0 to 100 in 3,3 seconds, that is if you are rolling on standard tyres.

Overall, the McLaren was smartly built, with high mounted exhausts and every single component designed from scratch.

Nothing was considered good enough to be carried over from an existing McLaren.

This car was certainly the highlight of high performance cars featured at the show.

McLaren breaks the law in 3,3 seconds

The McLaren MP4-12c, featured at the Johannesburg International Motor Show,

produces an impressive 441kW achieving 0 to 100km/h in 3,3 seconds.

Wilhelm Baard in action at the recent GT Challenge race at Zwartkops. He took the race comfortably in his Nissan GTR. Photo: simondp@actionimage

Racer wins comfortably at Zwartkops


SPORT

Skosana Cyril

A sensei from Ga-Rankuwa Zone 4 will re-present South Africa at an international karate compe-tion in Japan this week.

Kuyu-Kai Goju Ryu, whose international branch is based in Japan, invited Simon Morare

(39) three months ago to compete at the top international level.

Morare has been participa-ting in karate for approximately 25 years.

Out of 41 fights, he was victorious in 36.

He competes in the junior middleweight division.

Morare jetted off to Japan on Tuesday and will be back next week Tuesday.

He said he was dedicat-ing his fights to his late great

karatekas who introduced him to karate, Jim Mathata and Given Malope.

Morare, a 4th Dan, is also an import and export supervisor.

He said he had a passion for the sport since an early age and hoped his children would follow in his footsteps.

He said only his daughter (11) seems to be interested in what he is doing.

“She seems to be the one who wants to follow me, although sometimes she does not come to practise.”

He said karate is the only sport he loves. “I want to be part of karate until I am old. Karate does not just train me how to exchange blows, it teaches me respect for life.”

The king of karate in Ga-Rankuwa will be competing in individual kata, individual kumite and team kumite.

“Although I have competed in some international competi-tions in Durban and Cape Town, this time around I will represent South Africa outside the country. I hope to bring back at least a gold medal.”

He said what he finds heart-warming about his community and friends are that they support him in what he is doing.

“My family, friends, colleagues and fans have been incredibly supportive during my career.”

Morare believes that karate and education makes a good combina-tion, especially for children.

He owns his own Dojo, a place where karatekas train, in Mabo-pane where he has 13 students.

“I believe involvement in any kind of sport is needed for chil-dren and that is why I am taking children off the streets to teach them karate for discipline and respect.”

Rugby. Catch Tswaing rug-by team against their girls’

team during the daily practise at Soshanguve Block X’s rugby field

at 16:00.

Soccer. Catch Block GG against Young Champions for a friendly match on Sunday

at Block HH soccer field. Match starts at 13:00.

Tshepo Ntsoelengoe

Four goals from Mabopane Masters FC were enough to beat a young King Gweras side in a friendly match at the Tshwane University of Technology’s Soshanguve South campus stadium on Sunday after-noon.

Masters got their first goal in the 20th minute through a well taken corner kick by Freddy Kgoadi, that met the head of Jomo Matlou to put the ball into the net.

Trevor Seloane of Gweras got a chance to level the score, but his shot just went wide.

The team from Mabopane did not rest after scoring. They played some nice touches and were rewarded after Masters’ Sanyane caught himself with only the goal-keeper to beat and the striker made it 2-0 for the visitors.

Masters made it three within two mi-nutes of play after scoring their second goal courtesy of Abraham Thwala.

Masters started the second half where they left off, making Gweras chase after the ball.

Substitute Shadrack Ndwedwe’s beauti-ful curled shot took the score to 4-0 in the 83rd minute.

King Gweras’ coach, Jack Mohale, was disappointed with his young players failing to take advantage against the ldies.

“I do not know what happened with my players on the field. They were not playing their normal football,” he said.

The winning coach, Shadrack Ndwande who is also a player, was delighted with the win and the exercise they got for the day helps them to keep in shape.

“We do not have much stamina, but we were able to win. The important thing is we gain fitness when playing against young teams because they run a lot,” said Ndwande.

Mohau Ramashidja

Sundowns hosted soccer trials at Giant stadium in Soshanguve last Saturday.

Various teams in and around Soshan-guve participated in the trials to prove their worth of forming part of the Sundowns’ development team.

“We do not want anyone happy to play in small leagues like the Castle and Voda-com leagues. We want international qua-lity,” Sundowns’ development head coach, Sam Mbatha, told the young participants.

The soccer field was divided into four sections to accommodate all that were present for the trials.

Fifteen minutes of football turned out to be more intense for the players as they battled for a spot in the development side, utilising every moment as an opportunity to impress the coaches.

Among those who managed to impress was 12-year-old former Tuks development player, Tshegofatso Ndlovu. “I feel great because I was previously playing for Tuks Development. I had to quit because my school was far away from Tuks and I did not have the money to get me to Pretoria,” he said.

The 13-year-old midfielder, Nkosinathi

Mhlanga, shared his secret on how he got to be the only one from his local team to be selected.

“I always knew I would be selected. I previously went for trials at Platinum Stars FC and this is where I was taught about what is needed from a player.

“I just focused on the basics of football like trapping, marking and passing and that was it,” he said.

Mhlanga’s coach, Johannes Matime, was not surprised that he was the only player selected in the team.

“He is a good listener and applies every-thing we tell him,” he said.

With the last round of trials bringing the day’s event to an end, another 13-year-old defender who surprised his coach was Frans Mamolele from Future Stars FC.

Knowing well that he was a defender, he went to trial as a goalkeeper and got selected.

Former Barcelona FC Development coach, Joan Nanoel Nena, was quite im-pressed with the football talent Soshanguve had to offer.

“They are good talented players but need to work on their technique and follow the same methodology to improve their football skills,” he said.

Older Masters beats their young rivals

Mabopane Masters midfielder, Pro Mag- waza, played a huge role in helping the team beat King Gweras 4-0 at the Tshwane University of Technology’s Soshanguve South campus stadium on Sunday afternoon.

Sundowns’ development coach, Enrique Doran Dias, talks to a group of selected u.13 players from Soshanguve at the trials held at Giant stadium on Saturday.

Downs hosts soccer trials

Sensei Simon Morare of Ga-Rankuwa is representing South Africa at an international karate competition in Japan this week.

Sensei competes internationally

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