North West education and sports development MEC Wendy Matsemela said her appointment to the portfolio is a match made in heaven.
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Daily Archives: August 23, 2014
Eastern Cape woman wins DAFF award
A woman from Mzamo in the Eastern Cape has won the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) Female Entrepreneur of 2014 award, the department said on Saturday.
Ivy Nokwanele was crowned the winner at the annual award ceremony, in partnership with Total South Africa, in Mafikeng, North West on Friday night.
“Let us be proud of women and recognise them for their ability to feed, not only their families but the world,” Minister Senzeni Zokwana said in a statement.
Zokwana said one of the major objectives of the awards was to open export market opportunities for female farmers.
“It is about time we highlight the contribution made by women in the sector that is often regarded as the terrain of men,” said Zokwana. Linah Mahlangu from Mpumalanga won the minister’s special award during the ceremony.
“This award offers an opportunity for the [minister] to acknowledge the contribution of young women and women living with disabilities who are entrepreneurs,” department spokeswoman Makenosi Maroo said in a statement.
Total South Africa General Manager Pansy Mekwa said in a statement that although female farmers produce more than 70 percent of Africa’s food, their efforts and ability were often overlooked.
“The Female Entrepreneur of the Year Award seeks to change all that, highlighting the stories of successful emergent female farmers across the country,” said Mekwa.
“They [female farmer] stand as inspiration to their communities, who benefit from their farming activities, either through food security or the creation of jobs,¨ she said.
The DAFF Female Entrepreneur Awards is an empowerment programme which was in its 14th year. It was conceptualised “to encourage and increase the participation of women, youth and people living with disabilities in the agriculture, forestry and fisheries sectors,” said Maroo.
The awards, themed ‘Africa’s Agriculture and Food Security,’ starts at a provincial level and them culminates to the national awards.
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18 injured in Walkerville crash
Johannesburg – Eighteen people were injured in a head-on collision between a taxi and car in Walkerville, south of Johannesburg on Saturday, paramedics said.
Netcare 911 paramedics found some of them trapped in the wreckage’s, spokesperson Chris Botha said in a statement.
“After all the injured were treated at the scene, paramedics transported them to various hospitals in the area for the care that they required,” said Botha.
The cause of the accident was unclear.
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60 held for drunk driving
Johannesburg – As part of commemorating women’s month, female police officers arrested 60 drunk drivers during roadblocks around Johannesburg, metro police said on Saturday.
The roadblocks were held by 94 female metro police officers on Friday night, Chief Superintendent Wayne Minnaar said.
The roadblocks were held along Chris Hani road in Soweto, Bree and Mooi streets in the CBD, Jan Smuts drive and Seventh avenue in Parktown, as well as the M1 and Corlett drive offramp.
“The drunk drivers were given bail ranging from R1 000 to R1 500,” said Minnaar.
They were expected to appear at different courts around Johannesburg next week.
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Pirates Secure MTN8 Final Spot
Johannesburg- Orlando Pirates booked the spot in the final of the MTN8 after securing a 3-1 win over Bidvest Wits in their semi-final second leg clash at the Orlando Stadium.
It was one way traffic in the opening 30 minutes, as Wits piled on the pressure from the onset, giving the Pirates players no time on the ball and forcing them back into their own half.
Vincent Pule should have given Wits the lead as early as third minute, but the winger blasted over from 12-yards out.
The Clever Boys’ new signing Sameegh Doutie was proving to be a menace down the right flank, keeping Thabo Matlaba pinned back in his own half for large parts of the first half.
And Buhle Mkhwanazi should have given his side the lead in the 11th minute, but the defender steered his header wide of the mark from close range.
Sibusiso Vilakazi almost gave Wits the lead in the 30th minute, as his snap shot forced Senzo Meyiwa into a fine finger-tip save.
Pirates only got into the game towards the end of the first half, with Kermit Erasmus having a couple efforts on goal, which failed to trouble Jackson Mabokgwane.
A minute after the halftime break and Ngcobo should have given the visitors the lead, however he managed to direct his header wide of the target.
Seven minutes after the restart, and Pirates took the lead, courtesy of a great run and finish from Erasmus.
Kebede pulled equalised for Wits in the 76th minute from the penalty spot, after he brought down Rooi Mahamutsa in the box.
The home side then went ahead in the 83rd minute, as Majoro scored his first goal of the season with a sublime volley.
Oupa Manyisa could have increased the lead three minutes later but the midfielder had his penalty saved by Jackson Mabokgwane.
Majoro then got his second of the night with a delightful lob from 25-yards out to take the aggregate score to 5-1 and seal Pirates’ passage into the final.
Here’s how they line up:
Orlando Pirates: Meyiwa, Jele, Mahamutsa, Sangweni, Matlaba, Sarr, Ntshumayelo, Klate, Manyisa, Makola, Erasmus
Bidvest Wits: Mabokgwane, Kwakman, Losper, Vilakazi, Pule, Doutie, Mkhwanazi, Ngcobo, Nhlapo, Sheppard, Ntshangase
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Missing head found in Chatsworth
Johannesburg – The missing head of a woman who was killed in Chatsworth, KwaZulu-Natal has been found, police said on Saturday.
The head was found in Imfume on the south coast on Friday while her body had been discovered on Thursday, said Colonel Jay Naicker.
“On Thursday… Chatsworth [police] detained six suspects… including a woman and a traditional healer,” said Naicker.
The group aged between 18 and 32 would appear in the Chatsworth Magistrate’s Court on Monday where they would face murder charges.
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Man shot and wounded during hijacking
Johannesburg – A man was shot and wounded during a hijacking in Ga-Rankuwa, north of Pretoria on Saturday morning, paramedics said.
“Paramedics arrived at the scene and found the man to have sustained life threatening injuries,” Netcare 911 spokesperson Chris Botha said in a statement.
He was treated on scene and then taken to a nearby hospital for further medical care.
Police were not immediately available for comment regarding the hijacking.
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Man shot and wounded during hijacking
A man wounded during a hijacking in Ga-Rankuwa, north of Pretoria on Saturday morning, paramedics said.
“Paramedics arrived at the scene and found the man to have sustained life threatening injuries,” Netcare 911 spokesperson Chris Botha said in a statement.
He was treated on scene and then taken to a nearby hospital for further medical care.
Police were not immediately available for comment regarding the hijacking.
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IFP: Probe Youth Ambassadors programme
Johannesburg – The Inkatha Freedom Party in KwaZulu-Natal on Saturday called for an investigation into the Youth Ambassadors programme following claims that some of its affiliates were unemployable.
“The IFP calls for a full scale independent investigation into the alleged claims that some of those who were recruited under the Youth Ambassadors programme are not employable by other companies because their names are still appearing in… the premier’s office,” provincial chairperson Blessed Gwala said in a statement.
“The premier must expedite this as matter of priority because even those who want to register for social grants are being denied as their names appear in the system as workers, employed by the premier’s office.”
Gwala said the investigation should also look at how much money was spent on the programme as former Youth Ambassadors claimed that the programme was for five years while they only worked for two years.
He asked who was benefiting from the money for the other three years.
“The premier must do right thing by telling our young people the truth and that the Youth Ambassadors Programme was meant for canvassing votes for the ANC during the recent general elections,” he said.
The premier’s spokesman Ndabezinhle Sibiya labelled the move by the IFP as a tactic to score cheap political points.
He said contrary to the misinformation being spread by the party, participants of the programme had informed them of the opportunities opened by the experience gained.
“We are receiving reports from those young people given opportunities to be ambassadors on how the experience gained was opening doors for them,” said Sibiya.
He said the programme only ran for two years.
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