BY REGINALD KANYANE
MEC For Education and Sport Development department, Wendy Matsemela awarded the provincial colours to North West Flames netball team today.

The Bokone Bophirima Netball team will be representing the province in the 2016 Brutal Fruit Netball Premier League.

The tournament will commence from April 8-29 May 2016.

Provincial spokesperson, Elias Malindi said: “The tournament will be held at the Heartfelt Arena in Pretoria and finals will be held in Durban.”
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Spending time behind bars would prove difficult for Nkululeko “Flabba” Habedi’s killer, Sindisiwe Manqele, the High Court sitting in Palm Ridge heard on Wednesday.

“It would not be an ideal environment for her,” clinical psychologist Teboho Seipati Monyamane testified during sentencing proceedings for Manqele.

She had three consultations with her in the last few weeks.

Monyamane told the court that Manqele was demotivated and had a generalised sense of fear following her lover’s death. She had lost her appetitite, struggled to sleep, showed signs of anxiety, and had shortness of breath.

Manqele stabbed Habedi to death at his Alexandra home exactly a year ago on Wednesday.

The couple had been arguing about Habedi’s ex-girlfriend, who had allegedly danced seductively in front of him at a Sandton nightclub. Habedi argued with Manqele after another man complimented her at the club.
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Former Bafana Bafana coach Augusto Palacios has slammed the English media for criticising Thabo Rakhale’s skill during the Soweto Derby.

English publication The Daily Mirror called Rakhale’s skill towards the end of the game – when Orlando Pirates were leading 2-0 – a “pointless display of nonsense”.

But Palacios, Head of Development at Pirates, questions why the English don’t slam the likes of Ronaldinho and Neymar for the same thing.

“Football is a special game that goes with natural ability,” he tells KickOff.com.

“The English media should not criticise what they don’t have. This is South African football, this is African football. It’s only Africa and South America that has such natural skill.

“Neymar and Ronaldihno are doing the same thing. Neymar is playing in Spain and people enjoy watching him. Why is it a problem when it’s done in South Africa?

“I don’t see anything wrong with Rakhale’s skill. Pirates were leading 2-0 and it was in opposition half. I encourage it as long it’s for the benefit of the team.”
Source: http://www.kickoff.co.za