Mamelodi Sundowns are the 2013 Sasol National championships winners after overcoming a determined Limpopo-based Ma-Indies 2-0 in a hard-fought final played at 

Matlosana in Klerksdorp on Sunday, 1 December 2013.It took a 58

th minute penalty by former 800 track and field world champion Maria Mutola to break the deadlock before Alocha Thobekela scored in the referee’s optional time to ensure Downs are new champions.

In a match played in drizzling rain and driving wind, Downs missed a first half penalty but were worthy winners of this year’s tournament which produced great and entertaining football in which some wonderful goals were scored.

The goalless first half saw a few scoring chances and apart from the missed penalty, was a well-balanced affair.

Downs looked more determined in the second half and when Mutola was brought down in the box and converted from the spot, the writing was on the wall for the Limpopo side which, to their credit, never stopped attacking and trying to unlock the new champions’ defence.

The Limpopo side were then duly punished deep inside injury time when, in a desperate effort to find the equaliser, pushed players upfront in numbers. Thobekela took a long range shot which eluded everyone as the Pretoria side erupted into wild celebrations.

Despite falling on the final hurdle, Ma-Indies in which inspirational Banyana Banyana striker Noko Motlou was outstanding will take a lot of pride at the way they played.

The final was attended by SAFA President, Dr Danny Jordaan, his deputy Lucas Nhlapo, SAFA CEO Dennis Mumble and NEC member Gerald Don.

In the third place play offs, Bloemfontein Celtic defeated Cape Town Roses 2-0 to claim the Sasol League National Championship bronze medal.

In an award ceremony held after the final, several individuals where recognised for their sterling work during the tournament.

Award Winners:

Referee of the Tournament – Sebabatso Malope

Coach of the Tournament – Rhulani Mathebula,  Ma-Indies

Goalkeeper of the Tournament – Andile Dlamini, Mamelodi Sundowns

Top Goal Scorer of the Tournament – Noko Matlou, Ma-Indies

Player of the tournament – Busisiwe Ndimeni, Mamelodi Sundowns.-TDN

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Johannesburg-Coach Shakes Mashaba has named a strong Under 20 squad to play in the Cosafa tournament in Lesotho.

Here is the full squad:

Goalkeepers

 Jody “joema” February

Dumisani “Magemfuza” Msibi

Sibongiseni “Bhodwe” Mkhize

Defenders

Kabelo “Lahm” Seriba

Motjeka “Ace” Mashida

Tebogo “Marcelo” Moerane

Ayabulela “Gustavo” Magqwaka

Rivaldo ” Riva/Ramos” Coetzee

Midfielders

Skhumbuzo “Skunaldo” Mazibuko

Tshepo “Shobi” Mashigo

Tlotlo “Lion” Leepile

Nhlakanipho “Nanana” Ntuli

Strikers

Pule “Shuffle” Maraisane

Fagrie “Hulk” Lakay

Ntando ” Bhubesi” Ngubane

Siyanda “Rooney” Ngubo

-TDN

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Granting a murder and gender based violence suspect bail has proven to be too costly for a 27-year-old mother of three, North West Premier Thandi Modise said in expressing shock and condemning the brutal murder of the Rustenburg woman who was allegedly killed by her husband who was out on bail.

“Although we respect the independence of our courts and their rulings, we cannot help but say that in  this case the justice system might have failed Bonang Kgakatsi and cry out loud louder throughout the 16 days of activism on no violence against women and children that enough is enough. How many more women should be brutally murdered and children left without mothers before we are heard on our call for no bail for perpetrators of gender based violence? ,” the infuriated Premier Modise asked.    

Modise said that escalating incidents of gender based violence demand for united action to prevent brutality against women. She said that one death of a woman at the hands of an abuser is a death too many.

The Premier called on women in abusive relationships not to die in silence but to speak out before it’s too late.

Modise reiterated that women should no longer accept that their partners are simply jealous by allowing them to answer their cellphones or question them after every phone call they have received.

“Mistakening this for love has proved to be costly to many women in the long run,” added Premier Modise who conveyed her condolences to the family.

An uncle of the murdered woman, Jacob Moroke corroborated the police report that the woman from Mahlatsi Marwana Section near Lefaragatlhe village was travelling in a car with her husband Mpho Kgakatsi on the R510 Tsitsing road at around 9:00 am when another argument he suspect was related to the earlier incidents erupted.

The victim reportedly managed to get out of the car and ran away, but the suspect caught up with her and stabbed her about nine times in the chest.

Spokesperson for the North West Police, Sergeant Kealeboga Molale said that the victim who stayed in died on the scene.

Moroke said that the man who was out on bail pending his murder and attempted murder trial having allegedly shot dead a colleague of his wife who had answered her cellphone and wounded her on her leg a few weeks ago was in defiance of a contact restriction court order and pressurizing her to drop her case against him.

According to Neo Maape her distraught employer at Leungo Construction Enterprise, the deceased woman had left the construction site at Boitekong Health Centre where she was employed unceremoniously without alerting anyone where she was going after receiving a couple of persistent calls. She had been employed on the renovation project as a safety representative.

Molale  had earlier said that the arrested suspect is expected to appear in the Tlhabane Magistrates’ Court on Monday to answer to an additional charge of murder.

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Kimberley – The six-week-old baby who was raped, allegedly by her uncle, is reportedly doing well in hospital.

Although the infant is still in the Kimberley Hospital’s paediatric intensive care unit (ICU), recovering after emergency surgery to repair the damage caused during the attack, it is expected that she will be transferred to the general ward soon.

It was also reported that the baby, born last month on October 17, is not expected to require further surgery. She is no longer on the ventilator and by Thursday she was able to breastfeed.
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Durban – A minibus taxi driver was allegedly busy with his cellphone when a train slammed into his vehicle on the KwaZulu-Natal South Coast.

Five passengers miraculously escaped death.

A witness said on Thursday that the taxi was rammed off the tracks after the driver tried to cross the level crossing, ignoring the train’s whistle as it left the nearby platform at the Ilfracombe station at about 7.30pm on Wednesday.
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Durban – The killers of an Ashburton building contractor robbed society of a valuable member who had helped with a community outreach programme.

Society expected the courts to dispense justice and that those who committed wanton acts of violence would not go unpunished, Judge Rishi Seegobin said in the Pietermaritzburg High Court on Thursday in sentencing the three killers of Bob Hudson-Bennett.
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Grahamstown – Three man were arrested after an IT shop in Grahamstown was burgled on Friday, Eastern Cape police said.

The men, two aged 35 and the other 25, allegedly stole several items, including monitors, projectors and a decoder from the shop, Captain Mali Govender said.

A security officer arrived at the shop in the early hours of Friday morning after the alarm system went off.

He found one of the men in the shop, who claimed to be a cleaner, while the other two were carrying boxes out of the shop, Govender said.

The guard fired shots at the men when they attempted to flee the scene in one of two vehicles.

He called for assistance from his colleagues and the three men were arrested and the stolen items were recovered.

The men would appear in the Grahamstown Magistrate’s court soon.

Sapa

Bloemfontein – The case against the parents of a 10-year-old girl who was allegedly forced to exercise excessively was postponed in the Bloemfontein Regional Court on Friday.

The court heard the investigation docket had yet to be finalised.

The case was postponed to January 17.

Earlier, the defence counsel for the mother and the girl’s stepfather asked the prosecution for further particulars on the charges against his clients.

On Friday, the couple’s defence counsel also confirmed they had not yet received any documents.

The 38-year-old mother and her husband, 31, face charges of attempted murder and child neglect.

The attempted murder charge relates to an incident in October last year when the girl allegedly had to swim continuously in the Krugerdrift Dam, outside Bloemfontein, while her parents watched from the side.

When the girl was tired of swimming, she was allegedly assaulted and forced to swim again.

The child is now in foster care.

Sapa

Mbombela – Two Mpumalanga men were sentenced to life in jail by the Nelspruit Regional Court on Friday for repeatedly raping a 20-year-old woman.

One of her attackers claimed she laid the charge after he did not pay her the R500 he argued she had demanded from him for sex, a Sapa correspondent reported.

Sphamandla Sinki Mlimi, 26, from Newskom Trust near White River, and Bhekumuzi Devine Maphosa, 25, from Emalahleni, were arrested in 2008.

Both pleaded not guilty. They testified they had consensual sex with the woman separately on June 29, 2008, at Maphosa’s parental home in Newskom.

Mlimi testified he was in a romantic relationship with the woman. He said on the night of June 28, 2008, he met her at the Tsotsi Tavern.

“We already had sex once previously and, that night, I asked her to come with me so we can have sex again. She agreed to go with me to Maphosa’s parental home and we left the tavern after midnight in the company of Maphosa,” he testified.

“At around 6am she demanded R500. I was surprised because she knew I was unemployed. I only gave her R10 for transport. I think she opened the case because I did not pay the R500,” Mlimi testified.

He said that after she opened the case, her mother called him and demanded R15 000 for the victim to drop the charges. He refused to pay.

Maphosa testified that the woman had agreed to sex with him while they were still at the tavern.

“I knew she was Mlimi’s girlfriend, but we spoke secretly about our deal. She agreed she would come to my room after Mlimi was fast asleep.

“When at my parental home, she did come to my room at around 4.30am. We had sex twice. She then demanded R500. But I could afford R200, which she took. I was surprised when police came to arrest me that morning,” Maphosa testified.

In passing sentence, magistrate Willie Wilkens asked why the woman would have implicated the men in such a serious offence. He said the two men attacked her.

“One beat her with a beer bottle on the back of her neck and she was dragged into nearby bushes where they raped her,” he said.

When they heard voices, they covered her mouth, dragged her further and raped her again.

“One of you left and the other pulled her further and raped her again for the third time.”

Wilkens said she impressed the court with her testimony.

“She remembered everything well. She stood firm on her evidence and gave a clear headed version of incidences.”

Wilkens said the victim also testified that after she reported the matter to police the two accused offered her R5000 to drop the charges but she refused to take the money.

Sapa