By Obakeng Maje
Potchefstroom-The Democratic Alliance is proud to introduce its candidate for the Ward 9 (Sonderwater & Mohadin) by-election next week Wednesday in the Tlokwe Municipality.
“Jacky Tobolo has chosen to join the DA because the DA changes people’s lives for the better by providing quality services. Together with the DA he will strive towards excellence in providing sustainable services and creating opportunities by working together as a community” DA JuanitA Terblache said.

His plan for Ward 9 includes:

• Fighting against crime.

• Assisting in educational needs.

• Strive towards providing electricity to all areas.

• Encourage better community participation.

• Assisting the poor with feeding schemes.

• Promote employment opportunities and sustainable economic growth.

• Develop a health and safety plan.

• Strive to ensure quality sanitation and sewerage services.

• Encourage the building of RDP houses

“I encourage all our first time and older supporters to vote for Jacky next week the 7th of August in Sonderwater, Ikageng at Boitshoko Secondary & Mohadin at the Mohadin community hall” DA Juanita Terblache said.

Four South African referees have been called up to officiate in the 2014 Fifa World Cup qualifiers on the continent next month.

Daniel Bennett and assistant referee, Zakhele Siwela will do duty in the final round Group J encounter between Senegal and Uganda on Saturday, 7 September 2013 at the Grand Stade in Marrakech, Morocco.

The 2013 Absa Premiership referee of the season, Victor Gomes will sit in as the fourth official.

On Sunday, 8 September 2013, Stevens Khumalo will be part of a refereeing team doing duty in the Group G qualifier between Zimbabwe and Mozambique to be played at Rufaro Stadium in Harare, Zimbabwe.
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Bafana Bafana midfielder Dean Furman says he has no intention of playing in the PSL in the near future, though a swansong in South Africa might be on the cards.

Some media reports last month suggested that the 25-year-old midfielder, who recently joined English Championship side Doncaster Rovers on a two-year deal, could make a big-money move to Absa Premiership.

However, Furman insists it was just that – rumours – and that his long-term future remains in England.

“At the moment I see my future lying over here,” he tells KickOff.com.

“I’ve worked very hard to get to the position where I am; I’m really enjoying my football over here and it’s a big challenge for me at Doncaster, so for the foreseeable future I do see my football being played on these shores.”

But he adds: “However, football is a crazy game and just like I never thought I would be back involved with the national team, you can never rule anything out.”

Furman joined Doncaster upon the expiry of his contract at Oldham Athletic, where he was the captain, and says he has settled in nicely, having spent some time on loan at the club towards the end of the season.

“It’s many of the same players – pretty much the entire squad from last season baring a few changes here and there – so for me settling in was never a problem,” he says.

“We got up to the Championship and it’s a tough league with some top, top teams and players, but we are quietly confident.

“We’ve had a good pre-season and have built up our confidence nicely and I think as the season goes by our ambitions will become more and more clear as to what we want to achieve.”
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Former Kaizer Chiefs director Wilfred ‘China’ Ngema passed away in the early hours of Tuesday morning at the age of 79.

Ngema, who played a vital role in the early years of Chiefs, was admitted to hospital two weeks ago after suffering a stroke. According to family spokesperson Jeff Mazibuko, funeral arrangements are yet to be finalized.

“Mr Ngema sadly passed on at 4am this morning and the family is still in shock,” Mazibuko tells KickOff.com.

“Mr Ngema had three houses, in Soweto, KwaNongoma and Newcastle. But all the work will be done here in Newcastle because this is where he was staying.”

Former KICK OFF Magazine sub-editor Cyril McAravey, who was also instrumental in the formation of Chiefs, describes Ngema as a hard worker. “I’ve known China for than 50 years and he was one of the hardest working people I’ve ever known,” he says.

“While others were busy stealing the limelight, China was in the background doing all the hard work, organising and transporting players. The man epitomizes the phrase ‘for the love of the game’ because he didn’t do things for money.

“I want people to know that China was not only instrumental at Kaizer Chiefs, but in football as a whole. May his soul rest in peace.”
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Former Germany-based Zimbabwe international George Mbwando says Knowledge Musona’s return to Kaizer Chiefs is “shocking and disappointing”.

Musona returned to Naturena at the beginning of July after just two years in the Bundesliga.

The Zimbabwean international joined 1899 Hoffenheim in July 2011 on a five-year deal, but struggled to make an impression and spent the past season on loan at FC Augsburg.

The 23-year-old is back at Chiefs on a season-long loan.

“I was as shocked as I was disappointed with Knowledge’s decision to go back to Kaizer Chiefs,” Mbwando tells The Herald.

“It is retrogressive, how can you go back to high school when you have reached university? I know that at times it might not be easy to adjust to a new and tougher environment but it was not hell for Musona.

“Even if he could not play regularly in the Bundesliga he could have tried to have a season or two in the Second or even Third Division and I know that he would have bounced back into the Bundesliga a far much better player.

“With all due respect I don’t see how playing in South Africa will improve him or prepare him for European football when he has already been in Europe and knows what is required.”

The 37-year-old Mbwando adds that Musona “needs to return to Europe before it is too late”, as his return to Amakhosi is not a positive situation for the Zimbabwe national team.
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Cape Town – Two men accused of killing Cape Town schoolboy Glenrico Martin appeared in the Wynberg Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday.

Wilston Stoffels, 18, and Jevon Snyman, 19, will remain in custody until their next appearance on September 2.

The two previously abandoned their bail applications.

Martin, 18, was shot in May while entering the Spes Bona High School premises in Athlone.

Captain Frederick van Wyk said at the time that three men – two of them armed – wearing school tracksuit tops approached Martin. One of them shot him in the head.

Paramedics revived him and took him to the Groote Schuur Hospital. He died soon after arrival.

Snyman was arrested in Athlone a day after the shooting. Stoffels was arrested in Bonteheuwel the following day.

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Johannesburg – A bail application by nine policemen allegedly implicated in the death of a Daveyton taxi driver was postponed by the Benoni Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday.

This was at the request of lawyers for the accused, who said a third member had been added to their team.

The new lawyer, Marius van Wyngaardt, said he needed further consultations with the accused. He joins Patrick Sithole and Benny Ndaba.

The matter was postponed to August 13.

Some relatives of the policemen murmured in disagreement at the outcome of the proceedings.

Earlier, the group of relatives was called out of the court for a brief meeting with the lawyers.

The nine officers were re-applying for bail, after it was denied in March.

Their lawyers claimed to have new evidence which they believed would convince the court to overturn its decision not to grant them bail.

Mozambican taxi driver Mido Macia was filmed being tied to the back of a police van and dragged along a street in Daveyton on February 26. Police had confronted him because his taxi was apparently blocking traffic.

A scuffle ensued and he was taken to the local police station, where he was found dead in the holding cells several hours later.

The accused, Thamsanqa Ncema, Linda Sololo, Meshack Malele, Motome Walter Ramatlou, Percy Mnisi, Bongumusa Mdluli, Sipho Ngobeni, Lungisa Ewababa, and Bongani Kolisi were arrested shortly afterwards.

As in previous appearances, they were well-dressed when they entered the courtroom.

The men whispered among themselves as they sat in the dock.

Court officials had arranged for their families to sit on the bench directly behind them in the gallery.

The relatives huddled into the first bench, and a few took up seats in the second row. The second row had been reserved for Macia’s relatives, but none were present in court.

Jose Nascimento, who has a watching brief on behalf of Macia’s family and the Mozambican government, and Badanisile Ngwenya were the only recognisable people representing the Macia family.

Macia had rented a room outside Ngwenya’s house in Daveyton.

After the proceedings, Ngwenya told reporters Macia’s family (in Mozambique) were slowly trying to come to terms with what had happened.

She said she was in no rush to have the case wrapped up.

“I don’t want it to be rushed, so justice can be properly served,” she said.

Public attention had dwindled since the case first made headlines at the end of February.

At the start of the hearings several months ago, Daveyton residents gathered outside the court building and protested against the officers receiving bail.

In recent weeks, none of the protesters have returned to court. However, family members of the policemen have continued to pack the courtroom.

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Kimberley – A Kimberley police officer accused of corruption was released on bail by the Kimberley Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday, the Hawks said.

Colonel Priscilla Naidu said the warrant officer was granted R1000 bail and was expected back in court on August 29.

“It is alleged that the warrant officer offered to make an illegal firearm docket disappear at a price,” Naidu said.

The individual under investigation was allegedly instructed by the officer to make a deposit of R300 at a local retail store, where the officer could withdraw the money.

“The suspect met with the warrant officer again on July 27, where another R300 was exchanged and we then arrested him.”

An internal police probe was also being conducted, Naidu said.

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Pretoria – Home Affairs Minister Naledi Pandor arrived at the department’s offices in the Pretoria CBD on Tuesday to hand over a smart card ID to President Jacob Zuma.

Pandor toured the offices and spoke to members of the public who were there for help.

The home affairs department issued former president Nelson Mandela with a smart card ID on 18 July, when he celebrated his 95th birthday.

At that event, Pandor said the transformation from the ID book to the high tech ID card was symbolic of South Africa’s expedition in the democratic dispensation.

– SAPA

Cape Town – The murder trial of the wife of acting Judge Patrick Maqubela was delayed again in the Western Cape High Court on Tuesday.

Widow Thandi Maqubela and her co-accused Vela Mabena’s defence said a possible amendment to the charges could prejudice their clients.

The two have pleaded not guilty to killing the acting judge. Maqubela has also pleaded not guilty to forging her husband’s signature on his will.

Judge John Murphy had indicated that he intended amending the charges on the indictment, in terms of the discretion given to him in the Criminal Procedures Act.

On the murder charge, he wanted to extend the cause of death by adding “or means unknown” to “suffocation with plastic”.

Regarding Maqubela’s alleged forgery of her husband’s will, he wanted to amend the charge from “making of the signature” to “making of the will”.

Marius Broeksma, for the defence, said it would probably oppose the amendments because they would prejudice the defence’s case, as extra witnesses would have to be called and other evidence would have to be placed before the court.

It would also probably incur a cost and time prejudice because the trial would take longer to conclude.

He said he still had to closely study the amendments and the Criminal Procedures Act, but he believed the move could be against the “current constitutional order”.

Murphy said he would first have to consider what prejudice would be suffered before the amendments could be made.

Prejudice

The State and the defence both believed the onus rested on the opposite party to prove or disprove such prejudice.

Murphy postponed the trial until Thursday, at which time both sides would argue where the onus lay.

When that had been decided, the court would hear submissions in terms of prejudice and make a ruling.

The defence would then decide whether witnesses should be called. The State also had the option of re-opening its case.

– SAPA