ABSA Premiership

Result: Ajax Cape Town 1-0 Kaizer Chiefs

Date: 5 November 2013

Venue: Cape Town Stadium

Ajax Cape Town beat Kaizer Chiefs 1-0 at the Cape Town Stadium on Tuesday night in an ABSA Premiership match.

The goal was scored in the last five minutes by teenage substitute Tashreeq Morris, who headed in from man of the match Abbubaker Mobara’s cross.

The win sees Ajax move up the log to tie Mpumalanga Black Aces in ninth place, who they meet in their next game. Chiefs remain sixth.

In the fourth minute George Lebese tried a shot from far out, but it rolled wide of Anssi Jaakkola’s goal.

A minute late Stelio Ernesto (Telinho) had an attempt from outside the box for Ajax, but it went across the goal and wide.

In the 16th minute Siphiwe Tshabalala tried to score from a free kick, but the ball went straight to Jaakkola, who held on.

In the 23rd minute Lebogang Manyama played Telinho in down the right, and he was able to get a shot off despite being surrounded by two defenders, but it went straight at Itumeleng Khune.

Thulani Hlatshwayo had a chance from a corner kick in the 26th minute, but his headed effort went straight to Khune.

In the 32nd minute Hlatshwayo played a good ball towards Eleazar Rodgers, but Rodgers’ attempt bounced out off the upright.

In the 39th minute Abbubaker Mobara had a chance for Ajax from a corner, but his header flew over the goal.

In the 45th minute Bernard Parker had an attempt from a free kick, but his attempt was never on target, and at half-time it remained goalless.

Substitute Keagan Dolly had a chance in the 48th minute, but his shot went high and over.

A minute later Tshabalala had a chance on the other end, but his shot was well dealt with by Jaakkola, who got down well to save.

In the 54th minute Hlatshwayo robbed Reneilwe Letsholonyane of the ball and launched a counter attack, but Rodgers was unable to get a proper shot away, and it went wide of Khune’s goal.

A minute later Lebese tried another shot for Chiefs from outside the box, but it lacked power and Jaakkola saved easily.

Dolly had another chance in the 58th minute when Toriq Losper played him in down the left, but once again he skied his shot.

Eric Mathoho rose well at a Kaizer Chiefs corner in the 72nd minute, but his headed effort went just over Jaakkola’s goal.

In the 85th minute, Parker tried another long range effort, but his left-footed shot went across the goal and wide.

In the 87th minute, Mobara made a good run down the left and combined well with Dolly, before sending in a cross, and substitute Tashreeq Morris got in-between two defenders to head past Khune and make it 1-0.

In the 89th minute Tshabalala tried another long shot, but it flew wide and when Dladla’s effort in the final minute of stoppage time went over the goal, Ajax had held on for the win.

Man of the Match: Abbubaker Mobara

How they Started Today:

Ajax Cape Town: Anssi Jaakkola, Mosa Lebusa,Aidan Jenniker, Thulani Hlatshwayo, Dominic Isaacs, Stelio Ernesto, Cole Alexander, Toriq Losper Abbubaker Mobara, Lebogang Manyama, Eleazar Rodgers

Kaizer Chiefs: Itumeleng Khune, Siboniso Gaxa, Eric Mathoho, Tefu Mashamaite, Morgan Gould Tsepo Masilela, , Reneilwe Letsholonyane, Lucky Baloyi, Siphiwe Tshabalala, George Lebese, Bernard Parker

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Parliamant – Almost a year after 10 new ambulances were donated to the Northern Cape’s Kuruman Hospital, five of them have yet to hit the road, according to Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi.

In a written reply to a parliamentary question on Friday, he pinned the blame for this on paperwork.

“(The) trust (that donated the ambulances) did not provide the necessary documentation required to register the vehicles as ambulances, and this delayed the registration,” Motsoaledi said.

The question was posed by Congress of the People MP Paul Mnguni, who wanted to know if the minister had been informed “that 10 brand new ambulances donated to the (hospital) by the John Taolo Gaetsewe Developmental Trust last December are still standing unused at the back of the hospital”.

Motsoaledi said he knew about the vehicles.

“The department had to start the process of registration and five of the ambulances have been registered and operational.

“The other five were incorrectly registered and this error is being rectified,” he said.

The John Taolo Gaetsewe Developmental Trust is located in the Northern Cape municipal district of the same name. Kuruman is the administrative centre.

According to its website, the trust aims to carry out “public benefit activities in a non-profit manner and with an altruistic or philanthropic intent”.

Sapa

Kuruman-Boxing legend Mike Schutte’s son shot himself with a hunting rifle last week, Beeld reported on Tuesday.

Pieter Schutte, 40, was found in the Seodin Cemetery in Kuruman in the Northern Cape on Thursday afternoon.

He and his wife Carin had reportedly been discussing the family’s relocation to Pretoria and he had been emotional.

Carin Schutte said he calmed down and told her he was going to fetch boxes for packing.

A few hours later he called her from the cemetery and told her what he was planning to do, and asked her to come to him.

He had their bakkie so she called their pastor and arranged a lift there for herself.

When she got there, the pastor had already arrived and held her back as she tried to run towards her dead husband, who was lying next to their bakkie.

A memorial service would be held at 6pm on Tuesday night.

Pieter Schutte leaves his wife and two children.

His father Mike died in 2008. – Sapa

Kimberley – There was no white Audi on the road the night of the Steenkamp murders near Griquatown, the Northern Cape High Court heard on Tuesday.

Earlier, the court heard evidence about a white car, allegedly an Audi, that passed a stranded bakkie a group fleeing farm workers used.

Jan Koopman, owner of the white Nissan 1400 bakkie, told the court there was no other vehicle on the road accept for two police cars.

“No, there was no Audi, I was freaked out,” he replied in cross-examination to defence counsel Willem Coetzee.

On Tuesday, various farm workers and their friends testified about their activities on Good Friday 2012.

Northern Cape Judge President Frans Kgomo is hearing evidence in the murder trail of a boy accused of murdering Steenkamp, 44, his wife Christelle, 43, and daughter Marthella, 14.

They were murdered around 6pm on April 6 on the their farm Naauwhoek, near Griquatown.

Koopman, also known as “Makazol” locally, apparently told police that an Audi had passed them on the Naauwhoek road and smashed his bakkie’s side mirror.

Investigators could not find any evidence of this.

“Abagail testified that there was a vehicle?” Coetzee asked.

Koopman replied: “She was very intoxicated and sat in the middle.”

He said he eventually got his head together, and later told police the truth.

He told the court the stains found on the bakkie were his blood as he injured himself trying to fix the exhaust.

Earlier, Abagail Pieterse, known as “Poppie”, told the court Koopman’s bakkie never had rear-view mirrors, as they were broken off long ago.

The court heard the workers of the Steenkamp farm started drinking home-made beer on the morning of Good Friday in Griquatown.

They went to town with the Steenkamps, who were on their way to church.

State witness Martha Watermond, who is known in Griquatown as “Voetpad”, said she worked in the house on the farm and baked cookies. Christelle Steenkamp had a cookie business on the farm.

Watermond testified that she spent some time in town. She and another farmworker’s wife, Katrina, then bought petrol worth R40 for Makazol, to take them back to the farm in his bakkie.

“We would take ‘gemmer’ out,” she said, explaining that gemmer was a home-made beer.

“You get drunk if you drink that,” she said.

Watermond told the court that, by the time they left town with Koopman, they were already drunk.

During the testimony, Kgomo interrupted to ask whether they ate in between the drinking. Watermond replied that they had something earlier that day.

Testifying about what happened at the police station later that night, Watermond said she passed out there on hearing of the Steenkamp murders.

“I shock (sic) myself sober,” she said.

She woke up in hospital the next day. The court heard that the drinking continued at the farmworkers’ house at Naauwhoek.

Farmworker Abraham van Rooy, known as “Ou Hen”, testified that they started Good Friday by checking on the traps set for jackal and caracal. Before leaving for town, Deon Steenkamp had visited his house to hear about the traps.

Another farmworker, Jannie Ludick, testified that the sheepdogs on the Steenkamp farm would bark when anybody visited the house.

Sapa

Mombela – A witness told the Nelspruit Regional Court on Tuesday that she saw the man who attacked and raped her 85-year-old neighbour, a Sapa correspondent reported.

The young woman was testifying in the trial of Mduduzi Sydwell Mnguni, 25, who has pleaded not guilty to raping the 85-year-old and another woman, 49.

Mnguni, from Pienaar Trust outside Mbombela, was arrested by residents and handed to the police on February 11 last year.

On Tuesday, the State revealed that the accused was linked to the rape through DNA evidence. He faced a separate charge for allegedly raping a 49-year-old woman from the same area.

The witness, who cannot be named to protect the identity of the victim, told the court that she first saw Mnguni in the woman’s yard around 8pm on the night of the attack.

“When he saw me and my sister, he hid inside a mealie field. I decided we should alert gogo about him. After she opened the door, I told her she should lock all her doors as there was an intruder outside. After she did, we returned home,” the young woman testified.

She testified that she could not sit back and wait. She then contacted another neighbour and alerted her about the man she saw in her neighbour’s yard.

“I went out of the house to speak to my neighbour at the fence. When I returned to the house, I saw a man jumping out of the gogo’s kitchen window,” she said.

“When he landed outside, he moved and there was a light above him. He turned his head towards me. As he looked straight into my face, I realised it was the accused who is now before court. When he saw me, he moved backwards into the dark wall.”

The woman testified that she screamed for help and other neighbours came.

Police Sergeant Jabulani Sydney Nkosi testified that he decided to take the woman and her neighbours to the police station to open a case.

“On the way, we stopped at the accused’s home to tell his parents. The accused opened a curtain and saw us. After we spoke to his mother, she said he had just arrived and I decided to arrest him at once.”

Magistrate Willie Wilkens postponed the matter to March 12, 2014.

Sapa

Pretoria – The Mail&Guardian centre for investigative journalism has taken Public Works Minister Thulas Nxesi to court over Nkandla-related documents.

It claims not all the documents pertaining to the R210 million upgrade of President Jacob Zuma’s Nkandla homestead have been revealed.

The centre is seeking an order to force Nxesi and the public works director general to give it access to all records in the department’s possession relating to the work done at Nkandla and its financial implications.
For more http://www.iol.co.za

While EFF’s emotive rhetoric may strike a chord among young voters, non-registration is certain to nullify its effects, says Collette Schulz-Herzenberg.

Cape Town – One of the most interesting aspects of any election is the arrival of a newcomer to the political scene.
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Johannesburg – The partly burnt body of an 8-year-old boy was found in a field in the Ramaphosa informal settlement on the East Rand, police said on Tuesday.

“The boy was found dead with socks stuffed in his mouth and a used condom was found next to his body,” said police spokesperson Tsekiso Mofokeng.

The 8-year-old was reported missing on Monday at the Reiger Park police station.

He was last seen on Sunday evening playing with friends in the area.

His body was found on Monday afternoon by a man walking past the field in Ramaphosa.

He alerted the police.

“The body matched the description of the boy who was reported missing earlier on Monday,” Mofokeng said.

A case of rape and murder had been opened.

No arrests had been made.

The police appealed for any information that could help them find the perpetrator.

– SAPA

Johannesburg – Legal Aid SA will challenge a court ruling compelling it to fund the legal representation of injured and arrested Marikana miners, CEO Vidhu Vedalankar said on Tuesday.

“We stand by our view that the judgment will have an effect on the sustainability of the organisation in providing access to justice in criminal and civil legal aid matters for the poor and vulnerable.”

Vedalankar said the organisation had been advised that the legal team representing the miners at the Farlam Commission of Inquiry would make an application for an order compelling it to comply with the high court’s order.

Legal Aid SA would not oppose the order to fund the miners pending the finalisation of the appeal process, she said.

In October, Vedalankar told Parliament Legal Aid SA would need R17m to honour the court’s judgment.

“The new total of our exposure in Marikana is R17m if we take into account the judgment,” Vedalankar told Parliament’s portfolio committee on justice.

On 14 October, Judge Tati Makgoka of the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria set aside Legal Aid SA’s refusal to pay for representation for miners.

He ordered it to take immediate steps to provide legal funding for their participation before the commission, and also to pay their costs.

R17m required

Vedalankar said that so far Legal Aid SA had spent R2m representing the families of the miners, who died last year when police opened fire on striking workers at the platinum mine.

The required amount of R17m would cover the extended representation until the end of the current financial year, she said.

The organisation would have to scale back on its support to others who needed legal representation, because it did not have the additional funding for Marikana in its R1.4bn budget.

“We don’t have that money, so we will have to cut back on some of the other items.”

It was briefing the committee on its annual report.

The inquiry is investigating the circumstances surrounding the deaths of 44 people during strike-related unrest at Lonmin Platinum’s operations at Marikana, near Rustenburg in North West last year.

The police shot dead 34 people, mostly striking workers, wounded 70, and arrested 250 on 16 August 2012.

In the preceding week, 10 people died, including two policemen and two security guards.

– SAPA

Cape Town – The testimonies of a security guard and handyman, who claimed to have had the last contact with acting Judge Patrick Maqubela, were questioned by the Western Cape High Court on Tuesday.

Judge John Murphy said the handyman changed the times that he apparently saw Maqubela in the basement of his complex the morning of his death in 2009.
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