Yearly Archives: 2012

Sangweni wins big at Pirates awards

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Siyabonga Sangweni was the big winner at the Orlando Pirates end of the season awards tonight at Orlando Stadium.

 

He scooped the Player of the Season and the Carling Black Label Online Player of the Season awards.

The defender pocketed R40 000 and R120 000. He also walked away with a new Peugeot car.

Sangweni tells KickOff.com that he was very pleased with the awards.

“I want to take this opportunity to thank God for what he has done for me, giving me the chance to play football,” he says.

“I also want to thank my family, team-mates, the supporters and the chairman for giving me a chance to play for this club.

“What I can promise everyone is that we will continue where we left of last season,” he adds.

 

 

The other winners were:

Save of the Season – Senzo Meyiwa against Bloemfontein Celtic (R30 000 plus a new Blackberry phone)

Goal of the Season – Oupa Manyisa against Mamelodi Sundowns MTN8 second leg (R30 000 plus a new Blackberry phone)

adidas Golden Boot – Benni McCarthy 10 goals (R35 000)

Prospect of the Season – Thabo Matlaba (R30 000 plus a new Blackberry phone)

Acer Player’s Player of the Season – Oupa Manyisa (R50 000)

Chairman’s Award – Lucky Lekgwathi (R100 000)

 

 

Shabba injury worry for Chiefs

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Kaizer Chiefs midfielder Siphiwe Tshabalala could miss the start of the season after sustaining an injury the Gauteng Cup on Saturday.

 

‘Shabba’ was tackled by Moroka Swallows’ new signing Felix Obada in the second half of the first semi-final, which Chiefs won 3-0, and was replaced by George Lebese.

Chiefs coach Stuart Baxter confirms that there is a possibility that the Bafana Bafana midfielder could be out for a long time due to the injury.

“Shabba got a quite nasty one so we have to wait a couple of days before we can be sure how long he is going to be away. But certainly he is not going to be training tomorrow anyway,” he says.

Chiefs will start the season against Mamelodi Sundowns in the MTN8 quarter-final early next month.

Overall Baxter was pleased with how his side performed during the inaugural Gauteng Challenge, which Amakhosi won after beating Bidvest Wits 8-7 on penalties in the final.

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Pirates win Mbombela Cup

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Orlando Pirates’ success in domestic football continued when they were crowned as champions of the Mbombela Cup, beating Mamelodi Sundowns 6-5 on penalties.

 

Andile Jali opened the scoring for Pirates in the 7th minute, before Hlompho Kekana equalised for Sundowns in the 27th. 

The match ended at 1-1 in regulation time. 

Pirates keeper Senzo Meyiwa was the hero of the day for the treble champions, as he saved Esrom Nyandoro’s decisive spot-kick to hand Augusto Palacios’s men the trophy.

For their achievement Pirates won R150 000, to donate to any charity organisation in Mpumalanga.

Bucs’ Player of the Season Siyabonga Sangweni was handed the captain’s armband, as Lucky Lekgwathi watched the game from the bench.

Pirates take on Kaizer Chiefs next, in the Carling Black Label Cup at Soccer City on Saturday.

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Amla delighted to put SA in charge

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London – Hashim Amla hit the highest Test score by a South African with an unbeaten 311 to put his side within sight of a crushing victory over England on the fourth day of the first Test at the Oval on Sunday.

At the close England were 102 for four in their second innings, trailing by 150 runs.

Jacques Kallis stroked an unbeaten 182, his 43rd Test century, as South Africa reached a commanding 637 for two before declaring at tea. Amla surpassed the previous record of 278 by team mate AB de Villiers.

”I’m happy, surprised and really excited that I have done something that’s never been done before by a South African,” Amla told reporters. “But the biggest pleasure is that we are in a really strong position to win this Test match. That’s my biggest joy.”

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Two held for explosives

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Two Mozambican nationals will appear in court after they were caught trying to sell explosives to an off duty police officer, North West police said on Sunday.

“They were arrested in Bapong village on Friday after they tried to convince a police officer to pay them R1500 for the explosives,” said Captain Amanda Funani.

The men, aged 22 and 32, will appear in the Garankuwa Magistrate’s Court on Monday. The two were charged with unlawful possession of explosives.

Funani said the 32-year-old, who worked at the local Lonmin mine, told the police he stole the explosives from his employer.

“They led the police to their friend’s spaza shop where more explosives were found hidden in a fridge.”

She said the explosives were usually used to bomb ATMs in and around the area. – Sapa

Man stabbed at tavern

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A man was stabbed to death at a tavern in Lomanyaneng, North West police said on Sunday.

The incident happened at 1.30am on Saturday at a local tavern when an argument ensued between two men, said Captain Amanda Funani.

“The suspect stabbed the victim with a knife in the left side of his neck. The friends of the deceased took to him to Lomanyaneng police station to seek for help,” she said.

The victim, 31, was declared dead after the arrival of paramedics at the police station.

The 25-year-old man accused of killing the victim was taken to the Mafikeng Provincial Hospital with stab wounds to his shoulders.

He is under police guard.

Police also arrested a 21-year-old man, who was a friend to the victim, for assault with intent to do grievous bodily harm, after he attacked the alleged killer.

The man is expected to appear in the Mmabatho Magistrate’s Court on Monday. – Sapa

ANCYL criticises ministers in JHB

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Ronald Lamola has slammed ministers for poor service delivery and called for their firing.

He was speaking at the ANCYL’s Nelson Mandela lecture in Hillbrow, Johannesburg, on Saturday.

Lamola singled out Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa, Water and Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa, and Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga for criticism.

“Those who say it was not their responsibility to deliver books must also be fired,” he said.

Lamola also criticised Molewa for not delivering water to Carolina.

He argued that ministers were quick to make claims that they would deliver but were quick to deflect blame when they came up short.

“When things go bad you say it is not your responsibility,” said Lamola.

He criticised Mthethwa for having a security fence built around his house with public funds.

“You cannot have a person where they built a security fence around his house and he do not know… how does he get in and out of his house,” asked Lamola.

He said public officials who conduct misdeeds must be fired regardless of who they support in the ANC. – Sapa

Robbers held after chase

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Four robbery suspects were arrested after a high speed chase and a shootout with an off-duty police officer, Gauteng police said on Sunday.

“The high speed chase and a shoot-out with an off-duty member of the Hawks resulted in the arrest of four suspects on Saturday after their vehicle flipped into a ditch and exploded in Randburg,” said Lt-Col Lungelo Dlamini.

He said one of the suspects was shot and wounded and was under police guard at a hospital. The fifth suspect escaped and police were looking for him.

“The police officer became suspicious when he saw five men loading goods at a house in Monument, Krugersdorp and suspected that they might have broken into the house.”

The suspects confronted him and one of them pulled out a firearm, said Dlamini.

“He also pulled out a firearm and fired shots. A shoot-out then ensued and he followed them along the N14.”

The driver lost control after turning into Malibongwe Drive and the vehicle flipped and rolled, he said.

“The vehicle had been fitted with false number plates. It was stolen in Kempton Park recently.”

All the stolen goods including laptops and a TV valued around R60,000 were destroyed when the vehicle caught fire.

The men will appear in the Randburg Magistrate’s Court on Monday on charges of housebreaking, theft, possession of a stolen vehicle and attempted murder. – Sapa

Rollout ‘roadblocks’ cause new traffic fine demerit system to stall

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The future of South Africa’s demerit-based traffic fine system, where drivers are penalised for road offences, is hanging in the balance.

Nearly four months have passed since the deadline for the implementation of the act – yet no new date has been set.

Now traffic authorities are questioning if the Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences (Aarto) Act will ever be implemented nationally.

The act’s rollout is managed by the Road Traffic Management Corporation – a body set up by the Department of Transport to ensure road safety.

For motorists, its implementation would mean authorities can deduct points from traffic offenders until their licences are taken away.

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‘Pupils use drugs and alcohol at 13’

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Pupils in Gauteng high schools use drugs to enhance their performance.

And the majority of pupils who abuse drugs are in Grade 12.

This is according to a study by the Unisa College for Economic and Management Sciences’ youth research unit.

The study looked at drug use and alcohol consumption among high schools pupils in Gauteng.

More than 10 000 pupils participated in the study, that was released last month.

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