Absa Premiership

Full Time: Polokwane City 1-0 Mamelodi Sundowns

Date: 26 October 2013

Venue: Peter Mokaba Stadium

An own goal from Tebogo Langerman produced the shock result of the weekend as Absa Premiership rookies Polokwane City beat Mamelodi Sundowns 1-0 in a league match at the Peter Mokaba Stadium on Saturday night.

The opening 45 minutes was a half dominated by the Tshwane giants, but they failed to make their pressure tell and were punished for their wastefulness in front of goal in the final minutes of the half.

The visitors made their intentions clear early on as Khama Billiat let fly with a free-kick in the first minute of the match, but Modiri Marumo made a rather comfortable save.

Sundowns next decent opening on goal came 20 minutes later when Bongani Zungu met a cross with a powerful header, but his attempt was well-saved by Maruma.

In the 28th minute Zungu was in the thick of the action again with a thunderous long range effort, but it too was saved by the Polokwane keeper.

As the half drew to a close the home side started seeing more of the ball and had their first attempt on goal in the 39th minute when Puleng Tlolane tested the reflexes of Kennedy Mweene, but the Sundowns keeper was up to the challenge, making a good stop.

Two minutes later, though, and, very much against the run of play, Polokwane took the lead.

A corner was whipped into the danger area and Tlolane managed to get an effort on goal which Mweene parried away, but saw the ball bounce of Tebogo Langerman and into his own net, 1-0.

The start of the second 45 saw Polokwane playing some enterprising football which resulted in Moffat Mdluli having a shot on goal in the 51st minute, but his effort went narrowly wide of the goal.

Thereafter, it was all Sundowns, but they struggled to make their possession count and were unable to really fashion any decent chances on goal in the second stanza.

Their best chance at an equaliser came in the dying seconds of the match as Billiat let loose with a powerful shot from distance, but he saw his effort stopped by Marumo as the game ended 1-0 in favour of the PSL rookies.

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The South African Football Association (SAFA) President has come out in full support of FIFA President Joseph ‘Sepp’ Blatter’s call for a review of the number of African and Asian slots at the World Cup.

Commenting on FIFA President’s proposal that he would like to see the reduction of the number of European and South American teams playing in the World Cup and instead give more places to African and Asian sides, SAFA President Dr Danny Jordaan said he was for the idea.

“I fully support the FIFA President that there should be a review of this matter and that Africa and Asia need more allocation of the World Cup slots,” said Dr Jordaan.

“It is an important matter for debate but we as SAFA fully support the idea. Developing economies should have a lot of say, which is why I am saying this matter must be fully researched and a proposal must be formulated.”

The FIFA President argued that as long as the allocation of slots was miscued, it will remain difficult for African and Asian teams to win the World Cup.

“From a purely sporting perspective, I would like to see globalisation finally taken seriously, and the African and Asian national associations accorded the status they deserve at the Fifa World Cup,’’ Blatter wrote in his FIFA Weekly column.

“It cannot be that the European and South American confederations lay claim to the majority of the berths at the World Cup (18 or 19 teams), because taken together they account for significantly fewer member associations (63) than Africa and Asia (100).

“Africa, the confederation with the most member associations (54), is woefully under-represented at the World Cup with just five places. As long as this remains the case, African sides may never win any intercontinental trophy, regardless of progress on the playing side. This flawed state of affairs must be rectified. At the end of the day, an equal chance for all is the paramount imperative of elite sport,’’ concluded the FIFA President.

South African U20 Women’s national team (Basetsana) kicked off their World Cup campaign on a high by defeating neighbouring Botswana 5-2 in the first leg encounter of the FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup played at Molepolole Stadium on Saturday, 26 October.

Basetsana goals came from Kaylin Swart, Mosili Makhaoli, and Shiwe Nogwana (3)

.Basetsana were dealt a major blow after losing two key players in Robyn Moodaly and Alice Khosa before the break to injuries.

It was the home side that took the lead when Refiloe Tholokele took full advantage of the disorganised South African defence to fire a shot that got deflected off a Basetsana player into goal.

The visitors equalised when they were awarded a penalty and captain, Kaylin Swart made no mistake from the spot.

Basetsana came back from the break looking a stronger side and got in front through a goal by enterprising Mosili Makh

oali.

It then became a Shiwe Nogwana show as she scored a second half hat-trick that took the fighting off the home side.

Basetsana coach Sheryl Botes said she was excited by the win adding she was looking beyond the second leg against Botswana in a fortnight’s time.

“It was an all-round performance by the girls and we hope to finish the job when Botswana visit us for the second leg,” said an excited Botes.

Johannesburg – Forensic auditing is becoming an increasingly dangerous profession, the Saturday Star reported.

Secretary general of the Association of Public Accounts Hlomani Chauke told the paper that the suspected hit on forensic auditor Lawrence Moepi was just “the tip of the iceberg”.

Moepi, the director of forensic company SizweNtsalubaGobodo was shot dead at the company’s office in Houghton last week.

“Nowadays, these kinds of attacks are happening to people who are unravelling corruption and mismanagement of public and private money,” Chauke was quoted as saying.

He said auditing companies were vulnerable because corruption was widespread.

Chief executive of the Independent Regulatory Board Bernard Agulhas told the paper that the lives of many auditors were at risk.

“While we are trying to strengthen the independence requirements for auditors as an oversight body, those that are truly independent now have their lives at risk. If the life of an auditor is threatened, it means the independence of auditing is threatened,” Agulhas said.

He said while the board could not offer physical protection for auditors, they encouraged them to work with the police.

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