Monthly Archives: December 2013

Basetsana coach name 20-member squad


Johannesburg-Basetsana coach, Sheryl Botes has named a 20-member squad that will prepare for the second leg FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup qualifier against Tanzania. The match will be played at Dobsonville Stadium in Soweto on Saturday, 21 December.

Kick-off is at 15h30.

Botes has kept a majority of the team that defeated Tanzania 4-1 in the first leg in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania over the weekend and will be looking to finish the job to progress to the third and final round of the qualifiers  to be played in January next year.

“I have kept the bulk the squad that travelled to Tanzania because I didn’t want to make too many changes. I think our focus going into training on Monday would be improving certain aspects we might have missed and of course rectify the problem areas we faced in Tanzania.

“Unlike in the first leg where we didn’t know what to expect from Tanzania, I think our planning and preparations will be easier this time as we know how Tanzania play. I’ve watched the dvd of the first leg and we just want to take the players through the game and highlight elements we should be working on in preparation for the second leg,” Said Botes.

Botes will once again be without the services of USA based Robyn Moodaly and HPC duo in Chamelle Wiltshire and Drishana Pillay who are all going through rehabilitation recovery programmes and the Basetsana mentor is hoping they will be ready in January should they progress to the third and final round of the qualifiers.

The Basetsana squad assemble on Sunday, 15 December at Garden Court, Eastgate hotel and will train twice daily at Edenvale Football grounds from Monday, 16 December.

Two African representatives will be amongst 14 teams that will compete at the 2014 Edition of the FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup that will be staged in Canada from 5-24 August 2014.

TEAM LIST

No.

Name & Surname

Club

Province

GOALKEEPERS

1 Kaylin Swart

UWC

WC

2

Regirl Ngobeni

HPC

GP

3

Katlego Moletsane

Golden Ladies FC

NW

DEFENDERS

4

Vuyo Mkhabela

UWC

WC

5

Meagan Newman

HPC

WC

6

Nomonde Nomtsheke

Bloemfontein Celtics FC

FS

7

Caryn van Reyneveld

Spurs FC

WC

8

Tiisetso Makhubela

Torino FC

NW

9

Lesego Nkoane

HPC

GP

MIDFIELDERS

10

Nomvula Kgoale

HPC

LMP

11

Koketso Mamabolo

HPC

LMP

12

Amanda November

Pioneer FC

EC

13

Amanda Mthandi

Croesus FC

GP

14

Amogelang Motau

HPC

LMP

15

Thembi Kgatlane

HPC

GP

16

Gabriella Salgado

HPC

GP

STRIKER

17

Shiwe Nogwanya

Bloemfontein Celtic FC

FS

18

Mosili Makhoali

Celta Vigo FC

GP

19

Sduduzo Dlamini

Tottenham FC

KZN

20

Puleng Moremi

HPC

FS
-TDN
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Mandela gave the edge to politics in SA and the rest of the world – Premier Modise


Klerksdorp-It would be wrong for us not to say that our children have a role model per
excellence or not to say that Mandela was the glue that bound together all
the political parties in South Africa, North West Premier Thandi Modise
said during the Provincial memorial service held in honour of former
President Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela in Orkney near Klerksdorp on Thursday.

Premier Modise told close to ten thousand mourners who attended the
memorial service that Mandela was a great legend that left an indelible
mark in world politics, becoming an important role model.

“We meet here today to pay our respect to our father, our hero, the father of the nation. We meet today to say thank you to the former commander of MK. He helped South Africa to export a strong culture of human rights,”said Premier Modise.

Nelson Mandela who died on the 5th this month at the age of 95 became the first democratically elected president of South Africa in 1994 after serving 27 years in jail for his role in the liberation struggle. He joined the African National Congress in 1942, serving the organization in various capacities with distinction for more than five decades.

Representatives from various organizations including politics, business,labour and interfaith movements paid their homage the late former president and world icon.

In his tribute, Chairperson of North West House of Traditional Leaders Kgosi Madoda Zibi remembered the first meeting President Nelson Mandela
held with traditional leaders across the country in 1994.

“Madiba started the meeting by apologising for making us to come to Sandton to meet him instead of him coming to us in provinces. That was a message of respect to us as dikgosi something that has never happened to us before. He mapped a way for us that brought hope. It is in that meeting that our dignity as traditional leaders was restored after we were reduced to almost
nothing by the apartheid regime.

Madiba was a gift so rare but so dear. We hope that the respect he had to Dikgosi will be continued by those who remain behind. He will forever remain our hearts. The legacy that he leaves for us will remain for many generations to come, “said Kgosi Zibi.

Cosatu 2nd Deputy President, Zingiswa Losi  described Mandela as the most inspirational leader of our times, saying that he was a qualified lawyer who could have lived a successful and comfortable life, but chose a
difficult route to fight apartheid and ensure that South Africa became one of the world’s most successful democracies.

In paying his last respect, one of the umKhonto weSizwe veterans Zacharia Tolo said Mandela was a history maker whose sacrifices, leadership and humility changed the world.

“When books of history were written, some of the things that Mandela shared was the Mandela Plan. We shall always remember him for the part he played
and the sacrifices that he made in the struggle to make a world a better place for all,” said Tolo.

African National Congress North West Deputy Secretary and Chief Whip Gordon Kegakilwe described Mandela as a freedom fighter of rare qualities and the
first Commander-in Chief of MK who was prepared to take up arms and lay down his life for equality, justice and peace.

“The life of Nelson Mandela was a life well-lived, dedicated to the service of his people, Africa and the world,” Kegakilwe.

Deputy President and Leader of the United Christian Democratic Party (UCDP) in the Provincial Legislature, Tedie Moerane said that Mandela used his ethical, charismatic authority to inspire his nation to change and accept
transformation.

“We salute Nelson Mandela for his transformational leadership style. We salute the legend, the titanic icon for championing reconciliation,tolerance and nation building,” added Moerane.

The ANC and the UCDP were the only parties that had responded to the invitation from Premier Modise to participate in an inclusive memorial service in honour of former President Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela.

Judge President of the North West High Court, Monicca Leeuw, Members of the Executive Council, Members of Parliament, Provincial legislature, religious
leaders, representatives of the business sector and senior government officials were part of the biggest memorial service ever held in the province.

Commenting from the grand stand, Nicoline Swarts, said that Madiba was a legend and an inspirational leader who deserved the honour bestowed upon
him by the province, country and the world.

“Attending the memorial service was the only way to say my thanks and pay tribute, for all that Tata Mandela has done for our country. Today was
amazing just sitting here in peace and harmony, and that’s the work of the great man Mandela. He means so much to us, and for our country. I just wish that we keep his legacy and move forward and fight for what he stood for,”
said the physiotherapist at Witrand District Hospital in Potchefstroom.

One of the residents who attended the memorial service is 69 year old Martha Sebogodi from Ext 3 of Kanana Township near Orkney. Sebogodi said
“if it wasn’t for Ntate Mandela I would still be staying in a shack and living under unbearable conditions. I had to wait for a long time but ultimately I was given the house 8 years ago. Many people will still be staying in shacks if Mandela did not bring us freedom.  I’m grateful that God gave us this great man. He is a symbol of peace and change. May his soul rest in peace”

Renowned poet and musician Mzwakhe Mbuli and Blondie Makhene were amongst
the musicians that included local artists who came to pay their homage for the world’s greatest icon.

President Mandela will be finally laid to rest on Sunday, following ten days of mourning.-TDN
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Couple arrested in connection of stolen goods


By Obakeng Maje
Rustenburg-North West police arrested couple at Tlhabane, near Rustenburg for allegedly being in possession of drugs and stolen goods.

Brigadier Thulani Ngubane said police received a tip-off from community member that the suspicious house has stolen goods.

“We went to the house and found a 50 year-old man with his 46 year-old wife with suspected stolen goods. Some of things were drugs, allegedly stolen goods like digital cameras, Decoder, cell phones, video camera and undisclosed amount of money were consficated” said brigadier Thulani Ngubane.

The couple were arrested and will appear at Tlhabane Magistrate Court soon.
Police investigations continue.-TDN
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Mandela wa best dressed Wits student-Bizos


Johannesburg – Former president Nelson Mandela was one of the best dressed students during his time at the University of the Witwatersrand, his friend and advocate George Bizos said on Thursday.
“I remember Nelson Mandela as tall, handsome and the best dressed student always,” said Bizos.

“I don’t know where he got the money from.”

He said Mandela was always in a suit and wore shiny shoes.

He was speaking at Mandela’s celebration event held at the university.

In a laid-back public conversation before the crowd, Bizos told Wits Chancellor and deputy of chief justice Dikgang Moseneke that he met Mandela in the Great Hall in Wits in 1948.

“In this hall,” Bizos said in response to Moseneke’s question of their meeting.

Mandela’s friend and fellow prison mate Ahmed Kathrada said he met Mandela in 1946.

He said Mandela could relate to anyone, whether it be children or people of royalty.

Kathrada said he one day heard Mandela speak to someone who he referred to as “Elizabeth” over the phone.

Kathrada said he asked Mandela who was the Elizabeth he was referring to.

He said it was the queen.

“Mandela said he referred to the queen as Elizabeth because the queen referred to him as Nelson,” said Kathrada.

The crowd roared in laughter.

Earlier, president of convocation Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng said Mandela spent six years at the university, studying his LLB.

While Mandela did not obtain his degree at Wits, Phakeng said Mandela’s life was shaped by his time there and on Robben Island.

Mandela went on to complete his LLB through correspondence with the University of SA.

“His only life on campus was at Wits,” Phakeng said proudly.

She said while Mandela did not leave Wits with a certificate, he went through many life-shaping events during his six years as a Wits student including marrying his first wife Evelyn and becoming a father.

Honouring Mandela

SRC president Shafee Verachia also gave a moving tribute to Mandela, attempting to sing the song “Nelson Mandela, there is none like you,” in Zulu.

Verachia said Mandela proved that a young boy from Eastern Cape in Qunu could rise to make something great of his life.

The Great Hall at Wits was packed to capacity for the celebration, while television screens and seats were placed outside to accommodate those who could not be let in the hall.

Johannesburg Mayor Parks Tau delivered a speech.

The Wits choir, the institution’s school of music as well as globally acclaimed musician, Lira, provided the entertainment at the event.

Mandela, 95, died at his Houghton, Johannesburg, home last week.

He is to be buried in Qunu, Eastern Cape, on Sunday.

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Court orderly appears over prison sex bribe


Cape Town – A police warrant officer, accused of accepting a bribe to allow a prisoner out of his holding cell to have sex, appeared in the Bellville Specialised Commercial Crime Court in Cape Town on Thursday.
At the time, Warrant Officer Bongani Ndikho, 42, was a court orderly in charge of prisoners appearing in the Wynberg Regional Court.

He was allegedly given R150 by prisoner John Maggot so he could have sex with his girlfriend. Maggot was also in the dock.

Ndikho faces two counts of corruption.

One for allegedly receiving the R150 bribe, and the other for allegedly receiving additional bribes totalling R12 000, in exchange for smuggling dagga parcels to Maggot.

Maggot faces two counts of corruption, for allegedly paying Ndikho the bribes. Both face another charge of dealing in drugs.

The charge sheet detailed a number of SMSes allegedly arranging for dagga in parcels to be given to Ndikho to smuggle to Maggot in the court holding cells, and for the payment of bribes.

In one SMS Ndikho allegedly sent, the writer said if the bribe was “not a block [R1 000], don’t bother coming”.

Magistrate Sabrina Sonnenberg postponed the matter to 28 January.

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Court orderly appears over prison sex bribe


Cape Town – A police warrant officer, accused of accepting a bribe to allow a prisoner out of his holding cell to have sex, appeared in the Bellville Specialised Commercial Crime Court in Cape Town on Thursday.
At the time, Warrant Officer Bongani Ndikho, 42, was a court orderly in charge of prisoners appearing in the Wynberg Regional Court.

He was allegedly given R150 by prisoner John Maggot so he could have sex with his girlfriend. Maggot was also in the dock.

Ndikho faces two counts of corruption.

One for allegedly receiving the R150 bribe, and the other for allegedly receiving additional bribes totalling R12 000, in exchange for smuggling dagga parcels to Maggot.

Maggot faces two counts of corruption, for allegedly paying Ndikho the bribes. Both face another charge of dealing in drugs.

The charge sheet detailed a number of SMSes allegedly arranging for dagga in parcels to be given to Ndikho to smuggle to Maggot in the court holding cells, and for the payment of bribes.

In one SMS Ndikho allegedly sent, the writer said if the bribe was “not a block [R1 000], don’t bother coming”.

Magistrate Sabrina Sonnenberg postponed the matter to 28 January.

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African Traditions, Military Pomp For Mandela Burial


Johannesburg – Nelson Mandela will be laid to rest on Sunday in an elaborate ceremony combining a state funeral and all its military pomp with the traditional burial rituals of his Xhosa clan to ensure he has an easy transition into the after world.
Many South Africans will revere Mandela, who during his life became a global symbol of peace and reconciliation, even more now that he has died, since ancestors are widely believed to have a guiding, protective role over the living.

Around 46% of the population practises traditional African religions, according to a 2010 survey by the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life, a Washington-based research centre.

Mandela, of the abaThembu people and South Africa’s first black president, died a week ago at the age of 95.

Thousands of people have filed passed his body as it lies in state in Pretoria this week.

He will be buried by his family following their traditional burial rites on Sunday in Qunu, their ancestral home in the rural Eastern Cape province, 700km south of Johannesburg.

If the rites are not carried out, the abaThembu believe the dead will come back in spirit to demand they are performed.

“We as Africans have rites of passage, whether it is a birth, marriage or funeral. Mandela will be sent off into the spiritual world so that he is welcomed in the world of ancestors. And also so that he doesn’t get angry,” said Nokuzola Mndende, a scholar of African religion.

“His wrath won’t be on the state if these ceremonies don’t take place, it will be on his children,” Mndende said.

A man who for many embodied the Christian values of forgiveness, Mandela was the product of Xhosa traditional upbringing and Methodist schooling.

In his autobiography Long Walk to Freedom, Mandela spoke approvingly of the Xhosa rituals which his mother, a convert to the Methodist faith, resisted but his father followed, presiding over slaughter rituals and other traditional rites.

Cattle slaughter

For the abaThembu, the ritual of accompanying Mandela’s spirit will include the slaughtering of an ox in the early hours of Saturday morning before receiving his body, flown in from Pretoria.

The ox meat is then boiled without spices in big, iron black pots in open fires outside.

“On Saturday, once the body has been received, the elders will speak and perform some rituals and then the body will spend the night at the home,” said Chief Mfundo Mtirara, spokesperson for the abaThembu royal house.

In the early hours of Sunday morning, before the funeral officially begins, another ox will be slaughtered as part of the family ritual of saying goodbye.

After that Mandela’s body will be handed over to the church and then to President Jacob Zuma for the state funeral.

Finally King Dalindyebo, king of Mandela’s clan, is expected to perform salutations to the dead that will send Mandela to the world of the ancestors.

The king’s men will then join him in a last salutation before everyone returns home to wash their hands outside the family yard and have lunch.

A week later, the family take part in a ritual to “wash the spades” that dug his grave and, after a year has passed, another ox is slaughtered and the mourners remove their black mourning garb.

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Mandela changed Rlhistoric Rivonia speech


Johannesburg – Former president Nelson Mandela’s lawyer George Bizos advised him to slightly alter the speech he delivered shortly before he was sentenced to life imprisonment in the Rivonia trial in the 1960s, it was revealed on Thursday.

Speaking at Mandela’s celebration and memorial held at the University of the Witwatersrand, Mandela’s friend and anti-apartheid activist Ahmed Kathrada said Bizos advised Mandela to add the word “if needs be”, to a pivotal part of the speech he delivered.

The altered stanza which has become globally known as one of Mandela’s most famous quotes read: “It is an ideal for which I have lived; it is an ideal for which I hope to live and see realised. But if needs be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die.”

The penned note was screened at Mandela’s memorial and celebration at Wits on Thursday, showing the words “needs be” squeezed into Mandela’s orginal note.

Bizos said he knew the night before the sentencing that Mandela, Kathrada and a group of other accused would not be handed the death penalty.

He said the apartheid government knew that they would have no one to negotiate with if they sentenced the group, Mandela and his co-accused, to death.

Bizos added that the judge who sentenced Mandela was against the death penalty as he had previously sentenced a man to death. He later found out the information against the man had been false.

Bizos and Kathrada were speaking in a laid back public conversation before a crowd with Wits Chancellor and deputy of chief justice Dikgang Moseneke leading the conversation.

They shared their memories of Mandela and their experiences of the struggle.

Mandela, 95, died at his home in Houghton, Johannesburg, last week.

The former statesman is to be buried in Qunu, in the Eastern Cape on Sunday.

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Sanef in talks over Mandela funeral coverage


Qunu – National editors held talks on Thursday with the Government Communication and Information System (GCIS) on media coverage of Nelson Mandela’s funeral in Qunu, Eastern Cape.
“The SA National Editors’ Forum [Sanef] is concerned over restrictions of media coverage in Qunu,” forum member Adriaan Basson said.

Journalists were being barred from entering the village and taking pictures. They were told to go to the media centre, about 3km from Mandela’s homestead.

The restrictions have forced journalists renting houses nearby to find alternative accommodation.

A police officer said: “We were briefed not to allow you access or to let you take pictures. You can go to the white tent,” he said, referring to the nearby media centre.

On Wednesday, Minister in the Presidency Collins Chabane said the media had violated protocols.

“It has… come to our attention that some members of the media have violated the protocols and arrangements that are in place in Qunu, and that this is causing frustration for the authorities and the Mandela family and community of Qunu,” said Chabane.

Basson said they were in talks with GCIS and hoped to have an amicable solution soon. Brian Dube of GCIS said there would be a meeting on Friday to discuss coverage and restrictions in the area.

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Sanef in talks over Mandela funeral coverage


Qunu – National editors held talks on Thursday with the Government Communication and Information System (GCIS) on media coverage of Nelson Mandela’s funeral in Qunu, Eastern Cape.
“The SA National Editors’ Forum [Sanef] is concerned over restrictions of media coverage in Qunu,” forum member Adriaan Basson said.

Journalists were being barred from entering the village and taking pictures. They were told to go to the media centre, about 3km from Mandela’s homestead.

The restrictions have forced journalists renting houses nearby to find alternative accommodation.

A police officer said: “We were briefed not to allow you access or to let you take pictures. You can go to the white tent,” he said, referring to the nearby media centre.

On Wednesday, Minister in the Presidency Collins Chabane said the media had violated protocols.

“It has… come to our attention that some members of the media have violated the protocols and arrangements that are in place in Qunu, and that this is causing frustration for the authorities and the Mandela family and community of Qunu,” said Chabane.

Basson said they were in talks with GCIS and hoped to have an amicable solution soon. Brian Dube of GCIS said there would be a meeting on Friday to discuss coverage and restrictions in the area.

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