The South African Under 17 Men’s National Team (Amajimbos) arrived back in the country today, 29 October following their 1-0 second leg victory over Zambia in the African U-17 Youth Championship qualifying match on Sunday, 28 October.

With that solitary away goal advantage, the South Africans won the two-legged encounter 2-1 on aggregate having drawn with the young Chipolopolo 1-1 at Dobsonville stadium two weeks ago to proceed to the next round of the tournament.

Amajita will now face Ghana in the next round on 17 November in the first leg at a venue still to be decided.

Head Coach Ephriam “Shakes” Mashaba said he was very excited by the youngsters’ tenacity, hard work and overall spirit away from home that saw them emerge victorious under tough conditions.

“We only had two training sessions under unrelenting heat but lady luck was on our side because on the match day it was generally cloudy, something that helped us cope and concentrate on the game rather than the heat. The boys played very well, stuck to the game plan which was to attack from the first whistle since there was nothing to defend and it paid off.

“After a goalless first half in which we completely dominated, we knew we had them on the backfoot and we managed to keep the pressure and score from a set piece,” said an elated Mashaba.

The coach said while he was happy with progressing to the next round, it was important for players to know that the war was not over. “We need to now beat Ghana and realise our dream of qualifying for the African Youth championship scheduled for Morocco next year,” he said.

“The match against Ghana will be a tough one as the West Africans are renowned for their successful youth policy. But we are more than ready because the win over Zambia has buoyed the boys and we should go all the way,” added the coach.

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The Premier Soccer League (PSL) has received correspondence from the world’s governing body, FIFA through SAFA, following a decision by the FIFA Disciplinary Committee on a case involving NFD club, FCAK.

FIFA has instructed the PSL to deduct three points from FCAK for failing to pay monies payable to a player, Mali-born Abdoulaye Camara.

According to the letter from FIFA, the decision to deduct points from FCAK was taken after FCAK failed to comply with a ruling by the FIFA Disciplinary Committee on 28 July 2012 that instructed the club to pay the Mali International his earnings.

The three points will be deducted from FCAK’s 2012/13 campaign

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Kimberley – A city policeman, who had recently returned from duty in Marikana, died yesterday morning after accidentally shooting himself in the head with his service pistol, which he apparently thought was not loaded.

Mabotho Faizyle Moilwa, 27, who was allegedly drunk at the time, was apparently playing with the weapon when the accident happened around midday.

“He and his friends were sitting on the veranda and had been drinking alcohol since the early hours of the morning,” his sister, Jamila Moilwa, said.

Moilwa apparently left them and went into his bedroom where he opened his safe and took out his gun. He returned to the veranda and told them that the gun was not loaded and then put it against his head and pulled the trigger.

When the DFA arrived at the scene, hundreds of residents, including many school children, were gathered outside Moilwa’s grandmother’s house in Sago Crescent in Galeshewe, where the incident occurred.

The street was already cordoned off by the police and many police officers were moving in and out of the Moilwa residence.

Moilwa’s body was lying in a pool of blood on the veranda, which is enclosed by a small brick wall and metal bugler-proofing.

It took the police’s forensic unit hours to move Moilwa’s body from where he was lying into the mortuary van.

“Since the incident happened inside the enclosed veranda it will take us more time to conclude our forensic investigation,” one police forensic official said.

Although most of the residents at the scene refused to speak to the DFA about the incident, a group of learners from the school opposite Moilwa’ home, said that they heard a single gun shot.

“The incident happened at lunch time. We just heard a loud bang and we panicked, thinking that a taxi had hit something. The next thing we saw people running out of the yard, followed by a woman who was crying,” one of the learners said.

Moilwa’s uncle, who did not want to be named, said that he had warned him not to play with guns but he did not want to listen.

“This is a serious tragedy. I warned him earlier because he was carrying two hand grenades and was playing with them while holding my niece’s 11-month-old child with his other hand. When I cautioned him about this, he became furious. So I left them,” he stated.

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An NGO has welcomed Justice Minister Jeff Radebe’s call on the Farlam Commission to fund slain Marikana mineworkers’ relatives’ costs to attend the Farlam Commission of Inquiry hearings in Rustenburg.

The justice department had caused the families distress with a statement on Saturday that it would pull their funding to attend the hearings, the Council for the Advancement of the SA Constitution’s chairman, Sipho Pityana, said in a statement on Monday.

“We call on the department of justice to act with urgency to make the necessary arrangements for the families to attend the hearings,” he said.

“The interests of justice demand that the families are put at the forefront of the commission of inquiry.”

On Monday, the department announced that Radebe planned to ask President Jacob Zuma to change the rules of the commission to require it to fund miners’ families attendance of its sessions.

“The department has liaised with the commission this morning (Monday) to convey its intention to submit the proposed amendment to the president before the end of business… today (Monday),” justice department spokesman Mthunzi Mhaga said in a statement.

“Mr Jeff Radebe regrets any confusion and misconception that may have been created by the decision taken by the department this past Saturday.”

On Saturday, the department said it would no longer fund the attendance, at the commission’s hearings in Rustenburg, of the families of some of the 34 miners killed in a police shooting at Marikana on August 16.

It said some of them had said they would prefer to have the travel money paid directly to them, as they were struggling as a result of the loss of their breadwinners.

Mhaga said on Monday that the interests of the families were being safeguarded by “seasoned legal representatives” at the commission.

“Government has the interests of the families of victims at heart, hence we are working tirelessly to salvage the situation.”

On Monday, the commission, chaired by retired judge Ian Farlam, began dealing with the funding of the families, Legal Aid assistance for the 78 miners wounded in the shooting and the 275 arrested, and the arrests of Lonmin mineworkers who attended the hearing last week.

Dumisa Ntsebeza, who represents the families at the commission, said they were entitled to attend. He called for the hearings to be halted until the families could be there.

“We are not able at this stage, to ascertain the veracity of the undertakings made… (to fund the families’ attendance),” he told the commission. – Sapa

Rustenburg –

Four men arrested in connection with several murders in Marikana will be released soon, the Farlam commission of inquiry heard on Monday.

An arrangement had been reached for them to be released on certain conditions, lawyer Dali Mpofu, for the wounded mineworkers and the 275 workers arrested after the Marikana shooting, told the commission after a lengthy consultation with police representatives.

The four were arrested on October 23, in connection with killings around the Marikana hostel. They were on their way back from the inquiry, being held in Rustenburg, at the time.

The four would be arraigned before the Farlam commission as witnesses to the police shooting, on August 16, of 34 miners at Lonmin’s platinum mine in Marikana.

Ishmael Semenya, for the police, said the arrested miners could not be released only on a warning, as they faced serious charges, including murder. – Sapa

Rustenburg – The Farlam commission watched a police video on Monday taken on the day of the shooting of 34 mineworkers in Marikana, North West.

The footage, recorded by crime scene technician Lt-Col Cornelius Johannes Botha, ran for about 40 minutes.

Last week, Botha told the inquiry into the shooting he was told to get into a helicopter and film a police operation, not knowing what the operation was. Botha was taken to task for saying he had not captured protesting mineworkers being shot at by police.

Thirty-four miners were killed and 78 wounded in a confrontation with police on August 16.

On Monday, Botha asked for permission to make a statement to the commission.

“The last remark on Tuesday afternoon by Mr 1/8Dali 3/8 Mpofu was that he will bring a witness who was shot from the chopper,” said Botha.

“Two stun grenades were shot from the chopper I was in.”

Botha told commission chairman, retired judge Ian Farlam, that he had forgotten this detail, but remembered it after the proceedings adjourned last week.

He said a comment from Mpofu, the lawyer representing the 78 miners injured during the shooting, had triggered his memory.

Farlam asked him how many helicopters were in the air at the time. Botha said there were four.

Mpofu, who asked the commission to watch the video, asked to cross-examine Botha first, after the video was screened.

Farlam said all parties would be given the opportunity to cross-examine Botha again if they wanted to. – Sapa

Lehurushe, North West – A woman was murdered and her body mutilated after being hijacked in the Lehurutshe area in the North West, police said on Monday.

Captain Aafje Botma said she was driving with a man on Saturday evening when they were attacked.

“Someone allegedly threw a stone at the vehicle, the driver stopped to investigate when he saw the attacker running towards them with a firearm.

“The attacker ordered the man to climb into the boot of the car. He got into the car and drove around with them.”

The man managed to jump out of the boot of the moving vehicle while the attacker fled with the woman. He reported the incident to authorities.

On Sunday, police recovered the abandoned vehicle. The woman’s body was found in bushes in the area.

“(She had) two bullet wounds in her body, her right eye and private parts removed.”

A case of hijacking, kidnapping, and murder was opened. No arrests had been made. – Sapa

Cape Town – A Western Cape bus driver was found guilty on 23 counts of culpable homicide by the Cape Town Regional Court on Monday, SABC news reported.

Sisa Nonoma’s R10 000 bail was extended and he would be sentenced on December 3, after his conviction under a plea agreement.

He was the driver of the bus that crashed on the N1 near De Doorns in the Western Cape on May 5, 2010, leaving 23 people dead.

Charges were provisionally withdrawn against his brother, Malinga Nonoma, who was the owner of the bus. Both were initially charged with 23 counts of murder.

The bus was on its way to Cape Town with 78 passengers, instead of the 64 it was certified to carry. Sisa lost control of the vehicle on the Hex River Pass, between De Doorns and Touws River, causing it to overturn.

Three children were among the dead. Fifteen people were seriously injured. – Sapa

BY Obakeng Maje

Banyana Banyana went down 1-0 to hosts Equatorial Guinea in a Group A fixture at the 8th CAF African Women Football Championship 2012, played in wet conditions in front of 15 000-red clad home fans at the Malabo Stadium on Sunday, 28 October 2012.

The hosts took the lead in the 38th minute when striker Gloria Chinasa rose high in the Banyana Banyana penalty area, to collect a cross from the right and head home, wide of a diving SA goalkeeper Thoko Mndaweni.

Rain throughout the day, turned the Malabo stadium pitch into a mud-bath with the hosts having the better of the chances in the first half.

Midfielder Refiloe Jane played her heart out in tackling and winning possession in the Banyana Banyana midfield, in a bid to supply quality opportunities to strikers Portia Modise and Andisiwe Mgcoyi.

The match was marred by University of Johannesburg (Sasol League Gauteng) star Noko Matlou being fouled early in the second half and taken to hospital with a suspected neck injury.

Matlou was replaced by Cape Town Roses (Sasol League Western Cape) attacker Jermaine Seoposenwe, who had few opportunities on the ball in the wet conditions.

Seoposenwe was in the thick of the action with eight minutes to go, in taking on two defenders and powered her way into the Equatorila Guinea penalty area, but slipped in the muddy conditions.

Left-back defender Nothando Vilakazi was again a pillar of strength in the Banyana Banyana rearguard while striker Portia Modise always looked for work on attacked. In the latter stages, the experienced Modise switched play cleverly for Durban Ladies (Sasol League KwaZulu Natal) striker Silindile Ngubane (on for Zamandosi Cele) to raid down the right flank.

Banyana Banyana will face Senegal in Malabo on October 31, and will leave the island and travel to Bata for their final group encounter with DR Congo on November 3.

The semi-finals will take place in either Malabo or Bata on November 7, with the 3rd/4th place playoff and the title decider both scheduled for Malabo on November 11.

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