Delareyville – Setsokotsane Programme which is spearheaded by Premier Supra Mahumapelo brought hope and restored confidence on government to Tswaing Local Municipality residents. In a delegation led by MEC for Local Government and Human Settlements Collen Maine, Setsokotsane Programme made several service delivery related interventions and projects in the area were inspected to address problems encountered by communities of Delareyville and Sannieshof.

MEC Collen Maine together with Head of Department Moss Kgantsi made a sod turning to a 1000 Houses Unit Project at Delareyville Extension 7. The project will alleviate housing backlog in the area, restore the dignity of shack dwellers and reduce the number of informal settlements.

One of the beneficiaries of the Housing project is Maria Kgalapa (49) who has been staying in her shack with her three children and two nephews for 9 years, after they were evicted from the nearby farms.

Kgalapa said “We have been staying in an unsafe shack for almost a decade. During rainy season it’s difficult for us to sleep as water comes in through the roof, made out of leaking old and rusty corrugated iron sheets. The roof shack has also been brought down to the floor on several occasions by heavy storms, damaging our furniture. We are thankful to the department that the nightmare will soon end”.

MEC Collen Maine said “shacks remain inhuman form of shelter as there is little to enjoy in such a shelter. If government had huge budget there is no doubt that we were going to once and for all deal with the current backlog. However with these houses the lives of 1000 families will be changed forever and their dignity restored”

At Sannieshof MEC Maine switched on two new water engine pumps that will distribute water to both Agisanang township and to Sannieshof town and alleviate water shortage problem in the area. Recently residents embarked on a protest action complaining about shortage of water in the area.

MEC Maine assured residents that water shortage problem will be resolved. “Today we switched on two new water pump engines and we have also refurbished two old ones and this will ensure constant water supply. Boreholes which were not functional have also been repaired by our engineers. Currently there are nine (9) boreholes seven (7) are functional and two more are being repaired. To augment the current water supply, four (4) new boreholes are being drilled to make a total of thirteen (13) boreholes in Sannieshof” said Maine.

In the programme MEC Maine and Head of Department Moss Kgantsi inspected the Sewer Reticulation Project in Delareyville Extension 8 which is to cater for another 1000 housing units. They also cleaned, disinfected and rehabilitated sewer spillage cite which is caused by sewer blockages as a result of smaller sewer pipes.

As a means of long term intervention to sewer spillage problems in both Delareyville and Sannieshof, the assessment will be done to current sewer system and implementation of recommendations done to resolve spillages in the area. Power utility Eskom will also energise water pump stations to ensure consistent water supply to residents and avoid blockages.

Setsokotsane is a government programme that is run through the office of North West Premier Supra Mahumapelo. The programme seeks to put into practice integrated planning of service delivery programmes and activities, while also giving government the platform to engage with local communities and solve their problems on the spot.
-TDN
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The South African Football Coaches Association (SAFCA) is confronted by the wide-spreading and growing concern of local coaches, players, parents and football followers regarding foreign influence and control over several South African youth development academies, professional clubs and a multitude of commercialized coaching courses and clinics.

Since the National Coaching Symposium – 15 August 2014 – when over 200 delegates mandated SAFCA to promptly address this serious issue; more complains have been voiced through the media at various regional workshops and meetings.
Despite continuous and vigorous efforts made by the SAFCA Technical Advisory Board to promote those fundamental principles that demand the nation’s coaching syllabus and training methodology to unconditionally respect players’ attributes and the context of cultural and environmental factors, the leaning of SA football towards alien coaching influences coming from contrasting foreign football cultures have been on the increase.; resulting in vast amount of talent and high performance potential being lost.

Contrary to the trend demonstrated by the most successful football nations such as Germany, Spain, Brazil, Holland and Argentina where youth development and high performance football are governed by specific and unique playing philosophies and equally specifically relevant national coaching concepts, SA football is still being harmed/distorted by highly contrasting imported ideologies. The case of recently announced ‘The Liverpool Way’ programme to be imposed in the KZN youth development Academy is both deceitful and contemptuous. The content analysis of the programme indicates that, as in all foreign youth coaching projects in SA, no recognition was attached to essential physical and mental characteristics of the majority of talented SA children or the local game environment. By grossly disregarding the main component of scientific/modern coaching, the biological and cultural nature of SA players and replacing it with vastly different European models, football in SA at youth development, professional and national teams is doomed to mediocrity and eventually failure. These days, the opposite is happening in World Football.
South Afican coaches pride themselves with highly successful experiences derived from world first youth projects such as the Chibuku Youth Centre, Sport School of Excellence, PUK Tawana experiment, etc., that were appreciated by FIFA. This few examplesreinforce SAFCA’s capability to provide solutions at a higher level.
Policy Statement:
(1) SAFCA Leadership and its entire membership have the right to challenge any foreign coaching project, initiative and irrelevant source of information that undermines our players’ natural attributes and skills competency.
(2) SAFCA has researched and developed a South African specific coaching curriculum/syllabus in line with the latest scientific and methodological findings that can significantly enhance the current content of the SAFA Coach Education.
As there is an abundance of football science information and useful examples, the ever important task of defining and implementing a South African genuine and unique playing philosophy and corresponding training methodology is now entirely possible and expressly essential.

It is on this objective and revealing background that the South African Football Coaches Association firmly demands that the technical/coaching of irrelevant/contrasting foreign origin which currently controls or influences youth development programmes/projects be immediately replaced by indigenous youth expertise and coaches. Some of the ever most advanced solutions in developing young talent have originated in South Africa and continue to lead in the coaching methodology providing the best possible answers to the uniqueness of local talent.

Of major concern is the mentality and policy of certain professional clubs that continue to employ foreign coaches with low technical competency who lack the understanding and approach in recognizing and maximizing SA players’ natural and/or developed attributes/strengths. New regulations to address the standards and conditions of employment of foreign coaches in SA clubs have to be considered and enforced.
SAFCA fully supports the initiative by SASCOC which has since produced the South African Coaching Framework meant to enhance the local talent performance through adherence to coaching philosophies that are sensitive to Identity AND Mindset of South Africans as a basic prerequisite. Anyone who thinks we can just import divergent and unpalatableapproaches andthen hope to conquer the world will have to rethink their oversimplification and lackadaisical view of modern competitive sports.

South Africa must remain South Africa where our identity as a nation finds true expression in the way we do our sport. We cannot be a colonised football nation by anyone in the World. The decisions we make today must be guided by SAFCA’s appreciation of its membership stance which says; “We do not inherit the game from our forefathers, we borrow it from our children”.

It follows therefore as an irresistible consequence that our Nation yearns for self-expression, a voice among the Nations of the World, without having to endure our past experiences. Our people’s ideas must find space to grow and develop to levels where Africa’s voice is fully respected and embraced as relevant in the information production discourse the world is engaged in. Our indigenous knowledge systems must be integrated and prove to compete at any level, and not just render Africans mere consumers as opposed to producers of information. It is this space that our people must understand why SAFCA jealously guard, because failure cannot be an option if we are to truly celebrate our Freedom.
-TDN
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Johannesburg – Two North West police officers have been arrested for corruption, police said on Monday.

Police spokesperson Thulani Ngubane said the pair, a constable, 35, and a reservist constable, 30, were arrested after they tried to solicit a bribe from a man they had arrested for allegedly buying suspected stolen goods.

The complainant in the case was arrested after he bought a laptop and a camera that were sold at R2 000.

The complainant allegedly informed the seller that he only had R1 500 and they made an agreement that he would owe the seller R500.

The seller then left the laptop and the camera with the complainant and took the money.

“That was later followed by two suspects, allegedly dressed in civilian clothes who came into the complainant’s house, saying that they are police officials and forced the complainants to lie on the ground,” he said.

Ngubane said the pair informed the complainants that they were arresting them for buying stolen property. They were taken in a marked police vehicle to Ikageng police station.

“It is alleged that the complainants’ fingerprints were taken and in the process one of the police officials demanded R2 000 from one of the complainants so that they must not be locked up.

“The complainant informed the suspect that he does not have money and asked his brother for money but only had R1 000,” Ngubane said.

The officers were said to have agreed to taking the amount and instructed the complainant to place the money inside a drawer. The complainants were then taken back home with a marked police vehicle.

“Subsequently, the complainants opened a case at Ikageng police station and both officials were arrested. They are expected to appear in court Tuesday” he said.

– SAPA

The man arrested in connection with the murder of Bafana Bafana captain Senzo Meyiwa will be back in the Boksburg Magistrate’s Court on Gauteng’s East Rand on Tuesday. He faces charges of murder and robbery.

Twenty five-year-old Zanokuhle Mbatha was arrested within a week after Meyiwa was shot and killed during a botched robbery in Vosloorus, east of Johannesburg.
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Cape Town – Parliament’s powers and privileges committee on Monday night officially adopted a report recommending the suspension without pay of 12 EFF MPs.

The committee report will now be tabled in the National Assembly for approval.

If the House approves the report, the suspension of the MPs – who include EFF leader Julius Malema – will be effective the next day.

On Friday, the committee recommended that Malema, EFF chief whip Floyd Shivambu, Mpho Ramakatsa, Khanyisile Litchfield-Tshabalala, Godrich Gardee, and Mbuyiseni Ndlozi be suspended without pay for 30 days.

Malema was found guilty on four charges of contempt of Parliament.

Shivambu and Ramakatsa were convicted on seven charges each.

Another group of MPs, consisting of Elsabe Louw, Ngwanamakwetle Mashabela, Nthako Matiase, Hlengiwe Maxon, Magdalene Moonsamy, and Andile Mngxitama, who were found guilty on two charges each of contempt of Parliament, also face suspension for 14 days without remuneration.

It was recommended that the rest of the 20 MPs, who were found guilty of one charge each of contempt of Parliament, be ordered to submit a verbal apology to the House.

The disciplinary process arose from the EFF’s disruption of the National Assembly during President Jacob Zuma’s question time on 21 August.

They were apparently unhappy with Zuma’s replies to questions about his private home in Nkandla, KwaZulu-Natal, where R246m of taxpayers’ money had been spent on upgrades.

DA MPs Annelie Lotriet and Shahied Esau voted against the adoption of the report.

MPs from the IFP and the UDM were not present during Monday’s meeting.

The opposition parties had indicated they would have preferred a reprimand.

SAPA

Cape Town – Parliament’s powers and privileges committee on Monday night officially adopted a report recommending the suspension without pay of 12 EFF MPs.

The committee report will now be tabled in the National Assembly for approval.

If the House approves the report, the suspension of the MPs – who include EFF leader Julius Malema – will be effective the next day.

On Friday, the committee recommended that Malema, EFF chief whip Floyd Shivambu, Mpho Ramakatsa, Khanyisile Litchfield-Tshabalala, Godrich Gardee, and Mbuyiseni Ndlozi be suspended without pay for 30 days.

Malema was found guilty on four charges of contempt of Parliament.

Shivambu and Ramakatsa were convicted on seven charges each.

Another group of MPs, consisting of Elsabe Louw, Ngwanamakwetle Mashabela, Nthako Matiase, Hlengiwe Maxon, Magdalene Moonsamy, and Andile Mngxitama, who were found guilty on two charges each of contempt of Parliament, also face suspension for 14 days without remuneration.

It was recommended that the rest of the 20 MPs, who were found guilty of one charge each of contempt of Parliament, be ordered to submit a verbal apology to the House.

The disciplinary process arose from the EFF’s disruption of the National Assembly during President Jacob Zuma’s question time on 21 August.

They were apparently unhappy with Zuma’s replies to questions about his private home in Nkandla, KwaZulu-Natal, where R246m of taxpayers’ money had been spent on upgrades.

DA MPs Annelie Lotriet and Shahied Esau voted against the adoption of the report.

MPs from the IFP and the UDM were not present during Monday’s meeting.

The opposition parties had indicated they would have preferred a reprimand.

SAPA

– Bafana Bafana arrived in Durban on Monday to prepare for the crucial ORANGE Africa Cup of Nations, Morocco 2015 qualifiers against Sudan and Nigeria.

Bafana Bafana kicked off their camp with a visit to the grave of their fallen captain and goalkeeper Senzo Meyiwa on Monday morning (10 November).

The players formed a guard of honour around the grave and placed flowers as a sign of bidding farewell to Senzo.

“It was very important for us as players to pay our last respects to Senzo and his family. It was a very humbling moment for us to be there. It was also a very sad moment and hopefully on Saturday we can make him proud. We believe the visit is enough motivation for us to do well against Sudan and we know that Senzo is watching down on us and it would be an honour to go and finish the job that he started and was leading every step of the way,” said England-based midfielder Dean Furman.

“When I heard that he had passed on I was in total shock and devastation and could not believe it. It will take a little while to sink in. We are happy the game has been moved to his home city of Durban (initially it was planned for Nelspruit), and we believe it is a great gesture.

“Not all of us were able to make it to the funeral so we are glad we got the opportunity to see his final resting place, what is left is to do well on Saturday. Seeing his graveside made it real for us and we remembered the times we shared, his character and what he gave us as people and players.

“For me personally it sunk in when I saw his grave and I think the other boys felt that way. It is, without doubt, going to be an emotional week of preparation but when the game comes we must be fully focused on the job at hand, hopefully Moses Mabhida will be full and they get behind because it is also going to be an emotional match,” said Furman.

Senzo’s former teammate at Orlando Pirates, striker Lehlohonolo Majoro, was part of the Bafana Bafana squad that went to Heroes Acres Cemetery in Chesterville where the goalkeeper was laid to rest.
“I was here with my teammates to bury Senzo and this was a great opportunity for those who could not make it so they could get closure as teammates and friends of the late Senzo. It is everyone’s dream to qualify for AFCON 2015 and it was also the late captain’s dream so it is our duty to continue with the legacy he left behind because he showed with his great performances that he wanted to be there.

“What is left for us now is to make it a reality, and it is only fair that we could play this match here and qualify in Senzo’s hometown. I want to believe it’s a blessing in disguise,” said Majoro.

Bafana Bafana head coach Shakes Mashaba was glad they were able to honour Senzo in the manner they did as the national team.

“First of all we need to thank the family for allowing us this time to pay our last respects, it was very important for us to find closure. It was befitting, but I just hope it does not have a negative impact on the players but we can only hope for the best.

“I think it’s going to be very important for us to win this weekend as it will be befitting for the late Senzo. But we don’t want to put our boys under pressure by saying they must win, we just want them to do what they are used to doing. We have to play to the best of our abilities like Senzo showed us,” said Mashaba.

“It is always the case that when we have such events we have different moods – others are still trying to get to terms with what has happened and I believe it will get better after the visit,” added Mashaba.

South Africa welcomes Sudan at the Moses Mabhida Stadium on Saturday, 15 November 2014. Kick-off is at 15h00.

Bafana Bafana then travel to Nigeria for a date with the Super Eagles four days later (Wednesday, 19 November).

The match will take place at the Ibo International Stadium in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. Kick-off is 18h00 local time in Nigeria (17h00 SA time – corrected time).

Meanwhile, tickets for that match are already on sale and available at Computicket outlets, Shoprite, Checkers and Shoprite/Checkers stores countrywide for R80 all round.
-TDN
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