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SA ambassador to Egypt gives Amajimbos a lift


Cairo- South Africa’s ambassador to Egypt, Ms Noluthando Mayende-Sibiya has promised Amajimbos huge support when the U17 take on their Egyptian counterparts at Contractors Stadium, Cairo on Saturday evening in the CAF Youth championships second leg qualifier.

The match kicks off at 19h00.

Ambassador Mayende-Sibiya, who addressed the players at the team hotel, said all staff members at the embassy would be at the stadium to give the boys support.

“I have also encouraged the staff at the embassy to mobilise all South Africans staying in Egypt to come to the game. So expect a good number of South Africans at the match. That is how we seriously we take this encounter,” said Ambassador Mayende-Sibiya.

She told the team which was accompanied by SAFA Head of Delegation Gladwin White, coach Molefi Ntseki and his technical support staff that playing for one’s country was an honor and a privilege reserved for the chosen few.

“You must consider yourself highly privileged to represent your country and please do not blow this opportunity; you are not only representing yourselves but your families and your country. You must go onto the pitch tomorrow and make yourselves and the country proud,” she said.

White reiterated the ambassador’s call for the boys to give it their all.

“This is an opportunity to make names for yourselves. You have travelled this far, so don’t drop the ball now. It is all in your hands,” said the SAFA NEC member.

Coach Ntseki said the boys were raring to go adding they had not left anything to chance.

“We will not have any excuses for not getting the result. We have been treated well since our arrival. The food is great, the accommodation is truly five-star and our hosts have really been great hosts,” said Ntseki.

The U17 are leading 2-1 from the first leg and the overall winner following Saturday’s clash will qualify for Niger next year for the CAF African Youth championships. The four top teams in Niger will qualify for the World Cup in Chile.
-TDN
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Pastors call on terrified villagers to unite against crime


Mahikeng- Communities need to unite and cooperate with police to reclaim their streets and neighbourhoods from criminals, the leadership of Mahikeng Ministers Fellowship (MMF) told residents of Lonely Park, Signal Hill and Molelwane villages near Mahikeng on Thursday afternoon.

In addressing residents at the prayer and cleansing ceremony, Chairperson of MMF (an interdenominational Pastors Fellowship) Apostle Zandisele Reginald Mpame emphasised the importance of resuscitating crime prevention structures to support effective policing in the area.
The ceremony was held at the spot where the body of an unidentified elderly woman was discovered without a head on Saturday morning.

The body of a 27-year- old Serame Maruping from Lonely Park who was buried on Sunday after her body was also found at the same spot with her panties shoved down her throat. Police are also investigating the murder of 25- year- old Kgomotso Domingo, whose body was discovered with a crashed head in Lonely Park. The mother of three children aged nine,seven and three was also buried the past weekend on Saturday.“The spate of killings, rape incidents, house robberies, and gangsterism that the community has experienced in recent weeks call for united action and partnership in the roll out of moral regeneration programmes to intensify the fight against the scourge of sexual violence and protection of women, children and the elderly,” Apostle Mpame said.

He called on the community to remain calm and come forth with information that might assist police in their investigations to bring perpetrators that are terrorising the community to book.  
A 42-year-old single mother of three who was a victim of house robbery and attempted rape said that some of the perpetrators are known to the community and though cases against them were opened, the community is worried that they are still roaming the streets.

Ward Councillor Paulos Nkosi echoed the call for unity, called on parents to exercise responsible parenting and to adopt the adage “every child is my child.”

Nkosi was supported in this call by a sixty-two year old man who is a neighbour to one of the victims who attributed the high level of crime in the area to satanism, alcohol abuse and drug abuse among the youth.
-TDN
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Sisters could have brought deadly food


Johannesburg – The food which possibly killed three Emma Primary School pupils in Winterveldt, north of Pretoria, came from the home of two of them, the Gauteng education department said on Friday.

The sisters, aged 6 and 8, had brought juice and cake from home on Thursday which they shared with their 8-year-old friend, spokesperson Phumla Sekhonyane said.

“They were all sitting together during lunchtime and after break they complained of tummy aches and high temperatures and were then taken to hospital,” Sekhonyane said.

The children were certified dead at the hospital.

The school ran a feeding scheme, but Sekhonyane said there had been no reports of illnesses from children who had eaten the school’s food.

“The department has quarantined all the food served at the school as a precautionary measure,” Sekhonyane said.

The leftover cakes the children ate were sent for testing.

Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi was expected to visit the school on Friday.

“He will also visit the families of the deceased to pay condolences,” Sekhonyane said.

A team from the department’s psychosocial unit would be sent to the school to provide counselling and pastoral care to the families of the deceased, fellow pupils, and teachers.

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Rand Water to meet with minister


Johannesburg – Rand Water will meet Water and Sanitation Minister Nomvula Mokonyane on Friday over the water shortages in Gauteng this week.

“I am meeting with the minister today at 09:00. I don’t have the results of the water levels [of the reservoirs] right now,” Rand Water spokesperson Justice Mohale said.

He would only be able to provide an update on the water situation at 10:00.

Johannesburg Water spokesperson Millicent Kabwe also could not provide an update on Friday.

“The situation is still as it was yesterday,” she said.

Ekurhuleni city spokesperson Themba Gadebe said he was driving and could not immediately comment.

On Thursday, authorities said water had been restored to most parts of Johannesburg and Ekurhuleni.

Problem with high-lying areas

At the time, only two suburbs in Johannesburg – South Hills and Rabie Ridge – and two in Ekurhuleni – Bedfordview and Primrose – were still without water.

@jhbwater Speechless! No hope for residents affected by #nowater #watercrisis. NO ANSWERS, NO ACCOUNTIBILITY! NO CARE ATTITUDE!!!!!

— Jackie van Pletzen (@Jax1981) September 26, 2014

At the time, Mohale said there was a problem with high-lying areas, such as Bedfordview and Primrose, because there was not enough pressure to push water there. As water levels increased, there would be enough pressure to pump water to those areas.

Mohale said to increase water levels at the struggling reservoirs, some water was being diverted from those areas that had enough water to those that did not have any. It was unknown if this operation was successful.

Residents in and around Pretoria were also experiencing problems with the City of Tshwane also blaming Rand Water.

The city tweeted on Thursday: “It is difficult to fill up the reservoirs as residents are using water as soon as water becomes available.”

It later said that water tankers had been dispatched to certain areas including Laudium, Itereleng and Soshanguve.

5 days later and still no water in areas west of Pretoria. It’s a disgrace. @CityTshwane blames Rand Water. @David_Makhura @GautengProvince

— Yusuf Abramjee (@Abramjee) September 26, 2014

SAPA

Amajimbos train in blazing heat of Cairo


n a prelude of what to expect when they take on their Egyptian counterparts on Saturday evening (19h00 kick off time), Amajimbos coach Molefi Ntseki took his charges through their paces in blazing heat late on Thursday afternoon.

The U17 squad is here to play Egypt in the second leg of the CAF Youth championships having won the first leg 2-1. And from Thursday’s tough drilling, Ntseki is taking no chances.

Temperatures in this mostly desert country are hovering around 37C degrees and instead of remaining under cool indoors temperatures; Ntseki drilled his boys for more than an hour practicing mainly set-pieces.

“We are not here on holiday but to work and doing this is part of acclimatization process,” said the imposing mentor.

“I know it looks unfair to the boys to expose them to this unrelenting heat but who says sweet achievements come on a silver platter; you must sweat and struggle for victory,” he said.

The U17 play Egypt in the second leg of the CAF Youth championships in which the overall winner qualify for Niger next year.

Four top teams in Niger will qualify for the World Cup which is scheduled for Chile.-TDN
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Nkandla ad-hoc committee on the brink of collapse


CAPE TOWN – A major standoff between the African National Congress (ANC) and opposition Members of Parliament (MPs) has brought Parliament’s ad-hoc committee on Nkandla to the brink of collapse.

Opposition MPs threatened to walk out near the end of the committee’s marathon nine-hour sitting yesterday.
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N West High Court dismisses Ngaka Modiri Molema’s court case


Rustenburg- North West Provincial Executive Committee took a decision to dissolve council of Ngaka Modiri Molema District Municipality three weeks ago.

And on the 11th of September Ngaka Modiri Molema District Municipality launched an application with the High Court in Mahikeng to interdict the provincial government from appointing an Administrator and for the court to suspend EXCO’s decision to dissolve council.

The Provincial Government opposed the application arguing that, for a substantial period of time, the municipality had persistently failed to fulfil it’s executive obligation under the Constitution and national legislation.

“The application was heard by the court today, and an order was made immediately by the court dismissing the municipal’s application with costs. The effect of the order is that the dissolution of the Council is effective and the Administrator should immediately assume his obligations and responsibilities in the municipality and ensure that basic services and compliance with legislative obligations are met” departmental spokesperson Ben Bole said.
-TDN
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 Nedbank has Launched a Graduate Programme


At Nedbank we strive to attract and retain South Africa’s top graduates to build the future leadership and specialists of our organisation, which will allow us to remain competitive.

It is with this in mind that we continue to offer the Nedbank Graduate Development Programme.

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