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THREE KIDS DIED IN A BLAZING FIRE!!!!

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BY Obakeng Maje

Three children aged 14, 9 and 7 lost their lives when the woody house they were sleeping in was destroyed by fire last night Tuesday 12 June 2012 at about 21:15.

The incident happened at Safe Haven for children (Orphanage) in Hartbeespoortdam.

 

The victims were allegedly some of the children who were placed under the immediate care of Safe Haven orphanage by the Department of Social Services and the Magistrate Court, after their parents passed away.

The three victims were sleeping in a wooden house which is one of the bedrooms.

 According to the information received, two of the three kids Norman Khoza 9 and Given Matlala 7 left Laurence Khoza 14 in the kitchen before going to bed and he later joined them in their bedroom which is situated not far from the kitchen.

At about 21:15 the domestic worker noticed flames coming from their room and immediately informed the authorities.

“The owner tried to put the fire down while waiting for the fire brigades who were already summoned to the scene. When the emergency services and the police arrived, the whole Woody room was already scalded by strong blaze” Brigadier Ngubane said.

The deceased who were burnt beyond recognition, were removed to the state morgue. The police had since registered an inquest dossier.

 

Meanwhile other 31 children who were kept at separate sleeping rooms were not affected by the fire and they are reported to be well and safe. 

“At this stage the cause of the fire is unknown to the police and  Police Forensic experts are conducting investigations in order to determine what could have been the cause of the fire” said Brigadier Ngubane.

 

 

 

SAFA Level 3 Coaching Course comes to an end

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BY Obakeng Maje

The South African Football Association’s (SAFA) Level 3 Pro Licence coaching course has come to an end with 25 participants being awarded their attendance certificates.

The graduation ceremony is expected to be held next month after all the examination papers have been marked.

The closing ceremony was held on Tuesday, 12 June 2012 in Pretoria.

The course started with the first phase six months ago (16 January).

The SAFA Level 3 Pro-Licence coaching course is the highest coaching qualification offered in South Africa. It was conducted over a period of seventy days (70 days) in seven phases made up of different modules covering a variety of topics.

The closing ceremony was presided over by SAFA COO Dennis Mumble.

“This is a remarkable achievement for the Association. For me it has been a personal objective to see the establishment of a coaching culture in South Africa that will improve the performance levels of our players and thereby help this Association become the world-class institution it aspires to become. It is an opportunity for former players to get formal coaching qualifications. You will be asked to train other coaches as well around the country since we have a huge task to train at least 150,000 coaches over the next ten years for us to become competitive in world football” said Mumble.

“This course took 13 years from conception to reality. SAFA believes the players, coaches and referees are what the game is all about and our philosophy is to honour them. For me is it gratifying to stand here and applaud you for the hard work you have put in. We would like you to become part of the Development Framework of South African football so we can return to being among the best. With your wealth of experience we will be calling on your services and we hope you will be ready to serve this nation.”

This is the second group to attend this high-level course. The first one took place last year.

“SAFA has invested four million rand into the course and there is nothing comparable to it on the continent, which makes this group a special one. We had 29 guest lecturers, most of them South African. The participants spent about one thousand hours studying, training and doing research, which shows the intensity of this course,” said Michael Nees, Director of the SAFA Coaching Education Department.

Throughout the course, Nees was assisted by local instructors Steve Coetsee, Frans Mogashoa and Urban de Kock.

“We would like to thank SAFA for this wonderful opportunity to improve the state of the game in the country. This was a real eye-opener. Very difficult, but it was worth it. We should go out there and give back to our communities in our small way for the benefit of South African football. We have been charged with an important role of improving the lives of young players and we should not shy away from it,” said Augustine Makalakalane, one of the participants and captain of the class. Makalakalane is the former Banyana Banyana coach and is now coach at North West University.

“I have been a coach for many years, but I have never been through such a thorough course. It shows that one is never too old to learn and there is a wealth of information that we can tap from to improve the game in this country. Spain has one coach for every ten players, while for South Africa the ratio is one coach to over 300 players – that is why today Spain is on top of the world, they invested in coaches, we also need to change that if we want to be counted with the best,” said another participant Calvin Johnson who is with Royal Bafokeng Academy.

Phases of the Level 3 Pro-Licence coaching course:

Phase 1   16 – 29 January 2012
Tactical training and Modern Match Analysis

Phase 2   6 – 15 February 2012
Modern Match Analysis

Phase 3   27 Feb – 7 March 2012
Physical training and Sports Science

Phase 4   10 – 19 April 2012
Psychology and football training (Mental skill training)

Phase 5   5 – 10 May 2012
Pedagogic – teaching as an instructor, Youth Development and technical training

Phase 6   21 – 30 May 2012
Integration of all different coaching modules

Phase 7   4 – 13 June 2012
Examination and Closure

List of participants:
1. Sheldon Roux    (Durban Classic)
2. Augustine Makalakalane   (North West University)
3. Selaotse Mosala    (Tuks)
4. Steven Bezuidenhout   (Westville United Football Academy)
5. Dylan Deane    (SAFA Western Cape U20)
6. Roscoe Krieling    (Under 14 Western Cape)
7. Alan Clark     (Sandton Academy)
8. Karabo Mogudi    (Wits University)
9. Allan Freeze    (Platinum Stars Development)
10. Klaas-Jan Top    (Tiger Kloof Educational Trust)
11. Thomas Nare    (Mamelodi Sundowns)
12. Richard Lovell    (Diambars Football Academy)
13. Cameron Cox    (Diambars Football Academy)
14. Fabian Randalls    (Mamelodi Sundowns Youth)
15. Scelo Qwabe    (Thanda Academy, KZN)
16. Calvin Johnson    (Royal Bafokeng Academy)
17. Ian Palmer    (Maritzburg United)
18. Ian Gorowa    Mamelodi Sundowns)
19. Tracy Pepper    (Broga Academy)
20. Anna Monate    (SA U17 Women)
21. Rulani Mokwena    (Mamelodi Sundowns Youth)
22. Martin Donald Mojaki   (SAFA Francis Baard region, Head Coach)
23. Brandon Truter    (Cape Town All Stars)
24. Themba Ngwenya   (Mamelodi Sundowns Development)
25. Edwin Johannes    (SASFA)
 

NOTORIOUS DJ AND DJ BUZZ TO SET A DANCE FLOOR ON FIRE!!!!

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BY Obakeng Maje

TAUNG- Come 30th of June,2012 Taung will be buzzing with lots of funk music. One of Taung’s finest Deejay is celebrating his birth and this time around he promise to be firing all cylinders. 

Notorious Dj as he is fondly known to his masses will be hosting the mother of all bashs in Pudimong Community Hall on the 30th of June.

He will be featuring local talents and giving them that platform to shine. The likes of Tsedikgolo will show case their talent during the event. 

However Vaaltar Fm presenter does not celebrate his birthday alone, he will be joined by Deejay Buzz who is also a house hold in the community. Deejay Buzz also is celebrating his birthday too, so it will be a joined force only for the love of music.

“We will be celebrating my birthday in style and promise that the show will be epic. So make sure you get your ticket to the event for only R20. The tickets will be available before the end of this week,so make sure you get it to avoid disappointment” Funky Dj said.

As we celebrating the Youth Month, our crew put a vivacious Dj on the spot by asking him what does 16th of June means to him as it seems nowadays the Youth of today forgot the theme and he responded.

“We have to commemorate the day as it really means a lot to us. The youth of 1976 fought tirelessly for the freedom we acquired, so we need to respect that” NotoriousDj said.

Thato host a Youthful show at Vaaltar Fm, a Community Radio Station in the area of Greater Taung. He have a vast experience when coming to music background and gather some hopes of running his own Deejaying Academic School in the province in the future.

“I would like to see myself running a successful Dj Academy in the province and growing in life, either career-wise and self-actualized” Thato said.

He believes Taung has a talent and want to see Youths being successful and by organizing this event is part of his community responsibility. He said if all of us stand up and play our part, the Taung will be a better place.

” I am very optimistic that if everyone can stand up and come to the fore, our community will be a better society” He said.

So be part of narrated event that will be celebrated in elevated style, join them on facebook on NotoriousDj and Deejay Buzz Bitrhday Bash.

Follow us on twitter@Taung_DailyNews also for more details!!!!!  

A 18 YEAR-OLD MAN WANTED BY IKAGENG POLICE!!!

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BY Obakeng Maje

Herewith wanted suspect for publication.  The said suspect is 18 years old.  He is sought after on a case of Robbery.  He is a black male of medium build.  He wear a beanie with his hair showing in front.  He speak Tswana.

 

The I/O on this case is WO Danie van Niekerk of Ikageng Detective Service.  He can be contacted on the following number:  018-299 7599  /  084 712 7667.

 

TWO SUSPECTS WANTD BY POLICE!!!

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BY Obakeng Maje

A man wanted by police and here with Id-kit.  The said wanted person are a black male of about 39 years old, tall and slender and speak Sepedi and Setswana. 

They used a white W/V Golf vehicle.  Both suspect’s is sought after by the SAPS  on a case of Rape.

 

Suspect number 2 is a black female person of 38 years old. 

She is medium height and is of fat build.  She also speak Sepedi and Setswana and she has got a shoulder length wig.  She had a butcher knive with her.  She also travelled in the white v/w golf.

 

The I/O in this case is Cst Bulannga of Potchefstroom FCS.  She can be contacted on the following number:  078 495 7731.

 

THEMBA AND THE FAMILY OF WORSHIPPERS LIVE RECORDING IN TAUNG!!!!

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BY Obakeng Maje

Themba and Family of Worshipper have a Live Recording on the 30th of June 2012 at Mmabana Taung. And more details are coming up soon….so watch out for the biggest Gospel Event that will take place in your area soon. Taung will never be the same again as we waiting in anticipation!!!!!!! 

More details you can call them and get a lesser and affordable ticket to book your seat.

You can follow them on their Facebook page or follow us on twitter @Taung_DailyNews as we will keep you afloat.

Skin transplant patient is stable

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Isabella Pippie Kruger, who was burnt at a family braai. Picture: Facebook.

JOHANNESBURG – A three-year-old girl who underwent a groundbreaking skin graft operation at the Garden City Clinic in Johannesburg, is in a stable condition.

Around 40 pieces of skin, which were specially cloned and grown in the United States, were transplanted onto Pippie Kruger’s back, face, chest, arms and legs on Monday evening.

Garden City Hospital manager Esme Abrahams said Kruger was doing well.

“Pippie had a quiet night. She’s been placed on a ventilator and it was just routine care that was rendered throughout the night.”

The cloned skin, which has a 24-hour shelf life, was flown in from Boston on a 21-hour flight.

It had to be rushed to the hospital. 

One of the surgeons who worked on Kruger’s case said the operation was a complicated procedure.

Plastic surgeon Dr Ridwan Mia said the window period for the viability of the grown skin and logistics of keeping her body warm were complex.

But he said he was thrilled with the overall success of the operation.

It is unclear when the little girl will be allowed to go home, but she will be sedated for the next week.

Kruger has been in hospital since New Year’s Day, after she sustained third degree burns to 80 percent of her body during a braai accident. 

(Edited by Thato Motaung)

Rantie wants to stay with Pirates

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Bafana Bafana striker Tokelo Rantie, who spent the last season on loan at Orlando Pirates from Swedish side IFK Hassleholm, might join the Buccaneers on a permanent deal next week.  

The 21-year-old from Parys played a crucial role for the League champions in his first PSL season and has attracted offers from other Swedish clubs like Malmo, but the player’s business manager Nadeem Mahmood says the striker might stay with the Buccaneers.
 
“TK had a great season with Orlando Pirates and for his career’s sake we want him to stay with Orlando Pirates,” Mahmood tellsKickOff.com.
 
“We are ready to contact his club but unfortunately Swedish clubs are on holidays until next week. We will get in touch with them regarding the player joining Pirates on a permanent basis.”
 
Rantie scored the first of his seven goals after coming on as s substitute against Jomo Cosmos. 
 

Rape of minor condemned

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The scourge of rape in North West has reached unacceptable levels, premier Thandi Modise said on Sunday.

“When the scourge of sexual offences against women reaches infants, toddlers and young girls, every parent who has a child should be worried that the scourge has reached unacceptable levels and proportion,” said Modise.

She was reacting to news that a four-year-old girl was raped in Tlhabane near Rustenburg on Friday.

Police spokesman Sergeant Philani Nkwalase said the girl’s mother noticed something wrong with her when she bathed her on Friday afternoon.

“She immediately took her to the doctor and a rape incident was confirmed. The police are investigating a rape case and there is no arrest at this stage,” he said.

Nkwalase said the mother took her daughter to a creche on Friday, and went to fetch her in the afternoon as any other day.

Modise has called for an in-depth investigation that would ensure the speedy arrest of the callous perpetrator of the rape.

She reiterated the call she made recently for the partnership between police, crime prevention structures, churches, faith-based organisations, women organisations, non-government organisations and other civil society organisations to be strengthened to combat the scourge of sexual offences against women and girl children.

She said the spate of rape incidents that was experienced in recent weeks, particularly those involving victims known to perpetrators, pointed to moral decay that needed urgent intervention.

The premier appealed to women not to leave their girl children with strangers, visit taverns and other drinking places at night, walk alone at night, ask for or accept lifts from strangers. – Sapa


‘The dingo took her baby’

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Canberra – A 32-year legal mystery over the death of a baby in Australia’s outback came to an end on Tuesday when a coroner found a dingo was responsible for killing infant Azaria Chamberlain, a case that split national opinion and attracted global headlines.

The coroner’s finding ends a three-decade fight for justice by Azaria’s parents, Michael Chamberlain and Lindy Chamberlain, who was jailed for three years over her daughter’s death before she was later cleared.

“This has been a terrifying battle, bitter at times, but now some healing, and a chance to put our daughter’s spirit to rest,” Michael Chamberlain told reporters in the Northern Territory capital Darwin after the coroner’s ruling.

Azaria disappeared on Aug. 17, 1980 from a tent in a camping ground near Uluru, a towering, haunting monolith formerly known as Ayers Rock, one of central Australia’s main tourist attractions.

Azaria’s body was never found. Her parents always maintained she was taken by a dingo, an Australian native wild dog.

“Obviously we are relieved and delighted to come to the end of this saga,” Lindy Chamberlain, now known as Lindy Chamberlain-Creighton, told reporters outside the court.

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The dingo-baby case has been dramatised several times, and was turned into a Hollywood film “A Cry in the Dark”, starring Oscar-winning actress Meryl Streep as Lindy Chamberlain.

Northern Territory Coroner Elizabeth Morris found evidence from the case proved a dingo or dingoes were responsible for 9-week-old Azaria’s death and ruled that her death certificate should read “attacked and taken by a dingo”.

“What occurred on 17th August, 1980, was that shortly after Mrs Chamberlain placed Azaria in the tent, a dingo or dingoes entered the tent, took Azaria and carried and dragged her from the immediate area,” Morris said.

In an emotional finding, Morris then offered her condolences to the Chamberlains and one of their sons, who were in the Darwin court room.

“Please accept my sincere sympathy on the death of your special loved daughter and sister Azaria. I am so sorry for your loss,” she said to the family. “Time does not remove the pain and sadness of the death of a child.”

A first inquest in 1981 supported the parents’ account but, a second inquest in 1982 overturned that finding and recommended Lindy and Michael Chamberlain stand trial over Azaria’s death.

Lindy Chamberlain, then pregnant with her fourth child, was convicted of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. Michael Chamberlain was convicted of being an accessory and given a suspended sentence.

A judicial inquiry, known as a Royal Commission, overturned the convictions in 1987, leading to Lindy Chamberlain’s release. A third inquest in 1985 returned an open verdict.

The latest inquest, however, heard new evidence of several dingo attacks on humans, including details of how a nine-year old boy died in Queensland after being attacked in 2001. – Reuters