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“We will not
allow for
these back-
rooms to be
demolished”
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Illegal
dumping bad
for health and
prosecutable
by law Page 2
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Cosmo Voice
By Mzukona Mantshontsho
What started out as normal working day ended
in flames and blocked roads in Cosmo City. All
this because of backrooms having been demol-
ished by the Red Ants division in extension 6 on
Miami Drive.
The angry residents could not be held back as
they forcibly and unconditionally through stones
and told the Red Ants to leave the place. Police
were called to the scene but the angry residents
could not be stopped. A stand-off ensured on
South Africa Drive between the SAPS and the
angry residents. The angry residents chased the
police away and blocked the whole of South Af-
rica Drive from extension 6 until Shoprite Check-
ers.
The angry mob had the intentions of closing-off
Malibongwe Drive and causing Cosmo City to
come to a standstill. A truck delivering chicken
at the KFC branch at the Shoprite was looted by
the angry crowd.
The SAPS that had been called to the scene
came prepared and started firing rubber bullets
to stop the crowds and disperse the crowds.
The backrooms demolishing issue is not a new
one. In previous weeks the angry residents went
on strike to seek answers from the Ward 100
Councillor Annacletta „Nonny‟ Raphatha. In her
defense, the ward councillor said the residents
had been sent on an induction course about
how to maintain the RDP houses that had they
received from government. She further said that
the residents had been told that if they were to
build any backrooms, those backrooms should
be approved and be built according to plan.
The issue of demolishing doesn‟t seem to have
ended; we are yet to see more disruptions in
Cosmo City.Cosmo City (the first public private
partnership worth R3.5Billion in South Africa).
Cosmo City emerged out of an urgent need to
provide accommodation for the informal settlers
of Zevenfontein and Riverbend who had been
illegally occupying privately owned land 25km
North West of Johannesburg CBD. The school
was given the name S‟godiphola Secondary
School by the informal settlers who moved to
Cosmo City.
Speaking to the angry crowds, the following re-
sponses were received: “We refuse to be bullied
by the councilor and the department of housing
about the backrooms, we are unemployed and
the backrooms are the only source of income for
us,” said Joseph Mulaudzi.
“We will not allow for these backrooms to be de-
molished, we got building material on loan from
Build-It, we using the rent from these backrooms
to pay-off our loans,” said Maria Ngcobo. This
issue will remain a bone of serious contention,
sadly enough.
By Mzukona Mantshontsho
Illegal dumping in Cosmo City happens on a
daily basis that one wonders whether the com-
munity leadership and residents will ever get rid
of this bad habit.
Illegal dumping is the disposal of waste gener-
ated at one location and disposed of at another
location without legal permission of the property
owner or the City of Johannesburg, in violation
of the public health by-laws - this includes the
disposal of trash, tyres, garden refuse, builder‟s
rubble, furniture, appliances and other waste
materials.
We recently spoke randomly to ward 100 com-
munity members about their thoughts and feel-
ings on dumping in Cosmo City. “We have is-
sues in the community of individuals dumping
any wastes being cleaned from private house-
holds around Cosmo City into our community,”
they said.
Asked about some solutions they had in mind,
they said: “We need street and block commit-
tees; we need equipment for the street and
block committees to be visible to the commu-
nity. We plead with Cllr Annacletta „Nonny‟
Raphatha to deploy us as she cannot do all
these things alone, she must involve us and we
can come with solutions together”.
There is a direct link between illegal dumping
and health. Illegal dumping sites are excellent
breeding grounds for germs that cause numer-
ous illnesses. Bottles and tins can cause cuts
and bruises that do not heal. Certain foodstuffs
become poisonous when left in the open – ille-
gal dumping sites pose a fire hazard.
Bubonic plague and myrine typhus fever are
transmitted from infected rats to humans by
fleas. Domestic rodents can potentially spread
salmonella that causes food poisoning through
their droppings. Rodents cause damage by
gnawing and burrowing. Report illegal dumping
at Environmental Health @ 011-761 0206 or
JMPD @ 011 – 490 1547.
The following fines apply for Illegal Dump-
ing:
Dumping by means of a vehicle –R1000,
Dumping by means of a wheelbarrow –R500,
Littering –R300.
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Cosmo Voice
By Mzukona Mantshontsho
Bullying in schools is a problem that is not re-
ceiving the attention it deserves. Schools are a
microcosm for society as a whole.
Power imbalances of this kind flourish in societal
systems that favour the strong over the less
popular and the advantaged over the disadvan-
taged. Bullying in schools continues to happen
because of this, where the bullies have a field
day over the more introverted, less high profile
learners that are guilty of nothing but being their
unassuming selves.
Teachers have a hard time diagnosing the un-
derlying issues behind bullying in schools be-
cause the perpetrators are often popular and
master manipulators. Victims on the other hand,
are normally passive and insecure with few
friends or supporters.
Learners, teachers, parents and the community
at large should stand up and fight against bully-
ing so that we have safer schools and learners
are able to learn in a conducive environment. I
heard of a campaign called „Adopt a Police‟,
which involved police patrolling around the des-
ignated school and making sure schooling hap-
pens smoothly.
Unfortunately, bullying continues after school
years- in politics, neighbourhood gangs, domes-
tic violence in homes and in the workplace.
Some of it is crude and blatant and in other
cases it is covert and sophisticated. Unfortu-
nately, societal and organizational failure to pro-
tect victims against tormentors has often led to
dire and regrettable consequences.
Usually, reality is such that structures and proc-
esses that are put in place to deal with such
occurrences are either dysfunctional or manipu-
lated by those entrusted with implementation.
The Gauteng Department of Education has
made its plea to principals, educators and par-
ents to take reports of bullying seriously. “I
would want to make an appeal to all principals,
educators and parents in the province: if you are
aware that bullying is taking place at a school,
or have a complaint from your children, please
take these instances seriously. The use of cell-
phones and internet technology in bullying,
known as cyber-bullying, is new, schools should
be aware of these,” warns Gauteng Education
MEC Panyaza Lesufi.
Learners should not be scared to report any
form of bullying at school.
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Cosmo Voice Lifestyle
By Mzukona Mantshontsho
Human rights are interlinked and
interdependent rights intrinsic to all
human beings without any discrimi-
nation of nationality, ethnic origin,
sex, religion, language, cast and
creed or any other status, as stated
by the United Nations (UN).
The damage and loss of valuable
human lives in the Second World
War was a serious wake-up call in a
way, for the entire human race. In
1945, the founding member coun-
tries of the newly established UN,
joined hands to draft many solid
laws to promote and protect the pri-
mary human rights of its citizens.
South Africa is a member of the
UN.
The beginning of March 2015 was
the 60th day in the calendar and the
beginning of Human Rights Moth in
South Africa, leaving us with about
305 days to take a good look at and
critically assess ourselves on pro-
moting and protecting human rights.
Human Rights Activist Advocate
Sipho Mantula once made a couple
of suggestions for us as a country:
“As a society, we do agree that we
are in an appalling State and we
should critically look at the service
delivery protests in our country and
begin to engage in dialogue as to
why they are happening. We also
need to look at the Xenophobic at-
tacks that gripped our country in
May 2008, the recent lootings and
intimidation of foreign shop-owners
in Soweto and a couple of other
townships, and how those can be
reduced and avoided,” he said.
“We agree that International Laws
have been signed on basic human
rights to humanity (food, shelter,
education, life, human dignity, de-
velopment, peace and freedom of
movement). The question is, do we
have the political will to uphold and
protect these human rights?”
“The fact that we have over 15 mil-
lion South Africans receiving grants,
suggests that even at our schools,
children should be taught about
their human rights and civil servants
need to understand what human
rights are, said Advocate Mantula.
The Sharpeville Massacre is re-
membered annually on 21 March in
South Africa as Human Rights Day.
In order to pay tribute to the 69
men, women and children who lost
their lives on that day, it is essential
that we have an understanding of
the context in which the event oc-
curred. The year 1960 was a fateful
year in the history of South Africa,
and one that was to be inherently
steeped in racial conflict.
Although the protest was antici-
pated, no one could have predicted
the consequences and the reper-
cussions this would have for South
African and World politics. The
demonstrations in Sharpeville were
mainly concerned with voicing pro-
tests against pass laws. These
pass books included a photograph,
details of a person‟s place of birth,
employment records, tax payments
and any criminal record. These
laws effectively limited freedom of
movement, as pass books had to
contain stamps providing official
proof that the particular person had
permission to be in whichever ur-
ban area they were visiting.
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By Mzukona Mantshontsho
We live in a country where the un-
employment rate rose to 25.2% in
the fourth quarter of 2014 com-
pared to 23.9% in the fourth quarter
of 2013, according to Statistics
South Africa
With two thirds of the population in
South Africa being the youth, it is
very disturbing that 70% of the
youth is unemployed, according to
the SADC Youth Parliament.
A Youth Club in Cosmo City went a
step further and invited the National
Youth Development Agency
(NYDA) to run a workshop on Job
Preparedness. This workshop was
a confidence booster to those
young people that attended and
those that we spoke to as a publica-
tion.
Donna Rachelson, Branding and
Marketing Innovator and author of
the book entitled, “Branding and
Marketing You”, had the following
tips to add to working for that dream
company you want:
“Side-step the Human Resources
Department: Although all employ-
ment opportunities are supposed to
be routed through HR, you‟re sure
to end up in a crowd of other candi-
dates. Rather research the com-
pany's website and find the best
units or divisions where you might
find work opportunities. Then, use
LinkedIn to identify people within
those departments who would have
the power to hire you. Target these
people.
“Forget the Curriculum Vitae;
Write a Personal Letter: Although
it‟s common practice to send cur-
riculum vitae, you don‟t want to end
up in the pile of other resumes –
you want to seem uncommon and
special. Send a short personalized
letter. Begin with a valid business
reason for contacting the person.
For example, “I know that as the
Chief Information Officer you‟re
looking to optimise your sales and
distribution models. I have been
doing this for five years at Company
X). Then briefly list your strengths
and achievements, making sure
they‟re relevant to the job you want,
and highlight the value you can
add. End with suggesting that you
have a conversation in person.
“Be Strategic: If you really want to
work at this company, you need to
be prepared to put in the effort. Tar-
get key individuals and find ways to
meet and grow relationship with
them. Make sure you identify their
needs, and show them how you can
help them with solutions, even if it
means getting involved i a short-
term project as a starting point.
Show initiative and enthusiasm to
bring value to the table. Your per-
sistence and willingness will pay off.
“I know this will feel uncomfortable
to most – it‟s not how we‟re used to
job-seeking. But if you‟re smart and
committed, you can make this ap-
proach work by setting yourself
apart from your competition,” she
concluded.
Stop following the usual job hunting routes
From Sharpeville Massacre to Human Rights Day
Thursday, 09, April, 2015
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Cosmo Voice
By Mzukona Mantshontsho
On February 19 1990, Nelson Rolihlahla Man-
dela at the age of 72 years was issued with his
first passport after being incarcerated in Robben
Island for 27 years.
A passport is a document issued by a national
government, which certifies, for the purpose of
international travel, the identity and nationality of
its holder. The elements of identity are name,
date of birth, sex, and place of birth.
A passport allows one to see the world, learn
about other nations, their cultures and the way
they do things. Hopefully a passport also allows
one to gain knowledge and expand one‟s hori-
zons and remove all stereotypes one might have
about other nations and people groups.
Lillian Ngoyi was known as "the mother of the
black resistance" in South Africa. She served as
President of the Women's league of the African
National Congress (ANC). The South African
government declared her a "banned person" in
the mid-1960‟s. This meant that her movements
and contacts were restricted and she could not
be quoted in the press. Ngoyi lived under the
banning order for 16 years.
In the 1970‟s Professor Julia Wells, a historian
at Rhodes University in South Africa, inter-
viewed Ngoyi about when she was invited to
Europe to attend an international women‟s con-
ference in 1955, but because of apartheid law
battled to get a passport to attend.
“Being unable to get a passport seriously jeop-
ardised her chances. So she and the ANC lead-
ers tried to overcome this by every means possi-
ble. She finally travelled on an airplane, using a
very official-looking document produced by
Oliver Tambo‟s legal offices in lieu of a pass-
port,” recounted Dr. Wells.
“Amazingly, this took her everywhere including
the Soviet Union, China, England, and Ger-
many. This journey was the highlight of her life
as she often made reference to the things that
she had learnt and seen from it. When she ar-
rived back in South Africa, she rolled her tummy
on the ground in sheer joy to be back home.
This gives an indication of how much a pass-
port, or the denial of it might have meant in
those days. Without it, African people were liter-
ally prisoners within the country. With it, the
whole world opened to them and they could
hear first-hand information of what conditions
were like in South Africa. So I have no doubt it
was quite an emotional moment for Nelson Man-
dela to get his passport”.
The Bill of Rights (Chapter 2, section 21) states
clearly that freedom of movement and associa-
tion is a God given right to everyone in South
Africa: – “Everyone has the right to freedom of
movement. Everyone has the right to leave the
Republic. Every citizen has the right to enter, to
remain in and to reside anywhere in, the Repub-
lic. Every citizen has the right to a passport”.
To me this is one of the fundamental basic hu-
man rights and should be respected and upheld
at all times without fear, favour, discrimination
and or prejudice. Otherwise human beings will
be prisoners in their own countries.
Ronald Kwenda, a Zimbabwean national living
in South Africa for a couple of years now, recalls
how at first it was so difficult for him to even
open bank account as he did not have „proper
identity‟. He had to be paid in cash every month.
With the help of a letter from his employer stat-
ing that he was a permanent staff member, he
was able to eventually get a work permit and an
official passport to travel freely in and out of
South Africa.
“All I had prior to coming to South Africa was a
visa document that expired every six months,
requiring me to go back home (Zimbabwe) and
justify my intentions to stay in South Africa, and
these visas took days and months to get. I am
happy to say that I do not have trouble traveling
now and staying in the country (South Africa)
and working hard for my family and child. I abso-
lutely have no trouble now renewing my pass-
port and visa documentation to stay in the coun-
try. I can safely say now that having proper
documentation to stay in a particular country is
extremely vital. I can also encourage other Zim-
babwean nationals in South Africa to follow in
my example to approach their places of employ-
ment and be honest about the troubles they face
and how they can be solved, so that they can
work effectively without worries of lack of „proper
documentation,” said Mr. Kwenda.
Noliza Ndabandaba, who is originally from
Cofimvaba in the Eastern Cape, South Africa
stayed in Swaziland from the early 1960s into
the 1990s with her exiled parents from the Pan
Africanist Congress of Azania (PAC). As a fam-
ily, they used a temporal residence permit that
covered the parents and all minor children and
needed to be renewed every three years, at a
price.
“I could not have access to a passport then as I
was regarded as being „state-less‟ as we were in
Swaziland as political asylum seekers, regard-
less of us children being born there (Swaziland).
The fact that our parents were asylum seekers
was enough to exclude us as children to get any
travel documents.”
“All of this became very painful when I needed
to go overseas to do my Masters degree in Edu-
cation in Canada in the year 1988. Through rig-
orous negotiations between the government of
Swaziland, the PAC representatives and the
United Nations (UN) office in Swaziland, I was
given a UN document, that could allow me to go
and study for the two-year period and return to
Swaziland immediately after that. This UN docu-
ment was boldly written that I was indeed state-
less. As much as I accepted the document, I
broke down and cried because I was called
state-less, that was extremely painful,” The ex-
perience back then, did and still does remind of
the effects of Apartheid and the displacement of
people from their countries and being treated as
„non-human‟,” says Noliza.
Perhaps all South Africans who can, ought to
apply for passports and visit other African coun-
tries and the rest of the world and see the condi-
tions in those countries as a way of understand-
ing some of the challenges in the rest of the
world, so that we could avoid some of the Xeno-
phobic abuses and name calling. This could go
a long way in helping us have a unified African
continent, and the world. The looting and intimi-
dation of foreign shop-owners in Soweto at the
beginning of the year reminded us of the xeno-
phobic attacks we experienced in 2008. We
have foreign shop-owners in Cosmo City; we
just hope we never have to experience any loot-
ing and intimidation of foreign shop-owners.
I got my first passport at the age of 16 with no
trouble. I went into Home Affairs with the neces-
sary documents, filled in the relevant application
forms and paid the fee and exactly six weeks
later, was back to collect. I have been to four
countries in the southern Africa to play sport,
visiting friends and just having fun. I am hoping
use it to do my MBA in the United Kingdom in
2013.
The freedom to travel that was given to Nelson
Mandela in February 1990, should be given to
all individuals and communities on the African
continent.
Thursday, 09, April, 2015
Freedom to Travel for Mandela, could be freedom for ALL -
Thoughts on passports and how the ability to travel should be a basic human right
The late former president Nelson Mandela
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Cosmo Voice
Mzukona Mantshontsho
The Cosmo City Filling Station in exten-
sion 8 should be open for business by
end of May 2015 if the construction
company MRW Projects has anything
to do with it.
Speaking to Safety Manager Neville
Robinson at the station, he said: “We
are leaving the site on Thursday 2 April
2015 since we started on 20 October
2014. We are done with the station, as
soon Eskom secures electricity, the fill-
ing station should be up and running,
hence we are saying, end of May,” he
added.
Speaking to one employee on site
Gladys Tlhapa, she said, “local employ-
ees were hired by MRW Projects, we
are thankful for the jobs; it has been a
great experience”.
Thursday, 09, April, 2015
By Mzukona Mantshontsho
South Africa is a society that has been
led to believe that fat, any fat, is bad
for you and should be avoided at all
costs.
But fats are vitally important for the
day-to-day functioning of our bodies.
The truth about fats is not a simple
matter of good and bad, but that not all
fats are equal. These were the words of
Dr. Jane Badham, a member of the
Ministry of Health‟s Food Legislation
Advisory Group, at a lecture entitled:
“The magic bullet for weight loss”.
Badham further added salt to wound by
saying that the World Health Organisa-
tion had declared obesity a disease. So
why are we as society failing to over-
come the problem? Obesity is a global
epidemic on the increase, but we still
find dieticians, psychologists, and
physical therapists working in isola-
tion, instead of pooling their resources
and working on a holistic approach to
healthy living.
In addition, Badham said that being
overweight is regarded as an issue of
lack of discipline by society in general,
and this has led to discrimination
against obese people. Then they give
up the fight.
The lack of understanding of the health
risks of swinging from normal weight
to obesity has led to the notion of diet-
ing as a quick solution, as opposed to
eating in a balanced way, and people
relinquish control to these diets without
questioning them. She argued that the
actual relationship between food and its
effects has not been placed into per-
spective when individuals decide to go
on a diet. There is no honesty about the
life-long changes they have to make,
and people often lack the motivation to
stay with these changes.
There‟s little acceptance of realistic
goal-setting, so individuals believe in
the „magic bullet‟. Badham said there‟s
also a lack of product research avail-
able to individuals to enable them to
make informed decisions about diets.
No one knows if a particular diet can
be used for life. So, the answer is
NO!!! The magic bullet for weight loss
does not exist. The winning strategy for
Badham is not dieting, but
“E.A.T.W.E.L.L”.
E stands for eating anything you enjoy,
A stands for having the right attitude, T
stands for the diet being totally the in-
dividuals choice, W stands for weight
loss, E stands for exercise, L stands for
lifestyle adaptation and L stands for
life-long commitment.
Stay Healthy and Happy eve-
ryday with top 12 Health
Tips
Eat five fresh fruit and vegetables
every day;
Eat less sugar and salt;
Practice safe sex and use a condom
correctly and consistently;
Get 30 minutes of exercise at least
five days a week;
Wash your hands with soap and
water every time you use the
toilet and before you eat;
Drink at least eight glasses of
clean, safe water a day;
Remember to take your medicine
as prescribed by your doctor;
Cough near your elbow or cover
your mouth with a tissue and
throw it away;
If you are sick, go to the nearest
clinic to get treated before it
gets worse;
Stop smoking and substance abuse;
Drink sensibly;
Know your numbers: Blood pres-
Fat facts: Shooting Down the magic bullet theory
Shell Filling sta-
tion
DR. Jane Badham
By Mzukona Mantshontsho
When planning to get married in
the near future, it‟s important to
consider shopping around for the
best savings instrument in the
market. For those whose customs
dictate the payment of Lobola, the
cost implication is even higher.
Phala Modise, Financial Advisor
at Gradidge Mahura Investments,
says “When deciding to get mar-
ried, it‟s also important to map out
a plan of how it‟s likely to impact
your finances in the short and
long-term. For example, when
planning to get married in 3 years
time, and the kind of wedding you
are aiming for costs about R100,
000 in current Rand terms, this
value can escalate by about 6%
considering inflation.
The need to save is more impor-
tant for those who need to pay
Lobola in addition to the costs of
the actual weeding. As a first
step, one should shop advice for
and a savings vehicle that is
aligned with their goal. South Afri-
can banks and investment
houses have various products
that can be used for savings for
short and medium to long term
goal such as unit trusts, savings
accounts, fixed deposit accounts
and money market accounts”.
“However, it‟s important to note
that each savings instrument op-
erates differently and will there-
fore deliver different results‟. Sav-
ing does not always have to be
through a financial services insti-
tution, some people use stokvels
as a means of saving. As a mem-
ber of a stokvel, you receive a
sum of money in cash from a
group of members as rotational
payments are made to each
member on a monthly basis.
While it‟s tempting to use the
cash, the recipient can save the
money through a fixed deposit
bank account, which offers higher
interest rates than an ordinary
bank account. For those who
have a larger appetite for saving,
money markets is a good place to
start.
“Investing in money markets
means investing directly into
cash, a money market fund pools
all invested cash and invests this
in various money market instru-
ments. Returns on money mar-
kets are largely dependent or
governed by interest rate levels.
In other words, if the interest rate
is high money markets will deliver
favourable returns but in a low
interest rate environment the
gains will be slimmer.
For example, if R1000 was in-
vested into a money market fund
over the last 18 months, assum-
ing no withdrawals were made,
the invested amount would have
grown by 9.86% and the total re-
turn in Rand terms would be
R98.07. Not bad, given that bank
savings account rates are sitting
below 5% per annum. “Due to
their short-term nature, money
market investments require an
investment horizon of no more
than 18 months,” says Modise.
Some unit trusts are useful in-
vestment tools for long term sav-
ings as investments into these
products take longer to accumu-
late decent returns as they are
invested directly into equities,
which means volatility is high but
over an extended period of time
returns are likely to be higher.
If planning to get married someday, start saving
for Lobola now!
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Player of the week
Name: Tankiso Matlhara
Date of Birth; 10 December, 2004
Present Extension: Cosmo City, extension 4, El Salvador
Crescent.
Present School: Grade 5, Tirisano Moogo Primary School
Present Team: Real Gunners FC Under 13
Favourite Local Team: Kaizer Chiefs FC
Favourite Player: Bernard Parker
Favourite International Team: FC Barcelona
Favourite International Player: Lionel Messi
Easter Soccer challenge is one of many to follow The inaugural Cosmo City Easter soccer
challenge was the beginning of many
tournaments to follow says the organiser
Willie Kwena Matlala. The one day tour-
nament was held at the Cosmo City
Multipurpose centre stadium on Sun-
day ,05 April. The playoffs were planned
to keep those who did not travel during
the Easter weekend entertained. “ Our
main purpose for this tournament was to
provide some entertainment for soccer
lovers who remained in Cosmo City dur-
ing Easter holiday and also to give a
platform to young people to showcase
their talents” he explained . Matlala says
his intention is to expose young people
with talents as well as keep them away
from substance abuse. Willie as affec-
tionately known, grew up in Limpopo
and he says, during Easter holidays in
the villages there are soccer tourna-
ments that they attend and a lot of local
talent is exposed there. Matlala also
runs a soccer academy called Cosmo
Eagles FC. His team also participated in
the one day tournament. The Academy
has under 13, 15 and 19 teams. A for-
mer soccer player himself matlala in-
tends to develop soccer further in
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requires assistance with resources. He
is also planning to award his players for
the great the great work they are doing.
The event is planned for May. The
awards will be followed by a gala dinner
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Kaizer Chiefs Midfielder Reneilwe
Letsholeyayane attended the
game on last Saturday
Easter Soccer challenge organiser
Willie Kwena Matlala
Player of the week Tankiso Matlala
Eagles players with Kaizer Chiefs Midfielder Reneilwe Letsholonyane
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Cosmo Voice
Sport Soccer match
ends in fist
fight An exciting game of football be-
tween BelairSpar and Bridgetown
FC had to be abandoned 10 minutes
before the final whistle due to play-
ers from either side punching and
kicking each other. A game that had
produced some of the best goals,
was stopped when a Spar Belair
player shoved and kicked a Bridge-
town player.
Then the ill tempered game degen-
erated into a wrestling match.
Bridgetown was leading 4-1 at the
time. Kicking and punching was
allegedly started by Spar striker
Brian on the far side of the pitch.
Earlier in the game two players had
to be taken apart after a tackle from
behind outside the penalty box saw
a Spar player fall hard on the
ground. He immediately stood up
and charged towards Bridgetown
defender.
In the second half, Spar was also
awarded a dubious penalty by the
substitute referee who came on after
the original match official left in a
huff following a heated argument
with a Spar player who allegedly
called him names. The referee was
blamed for making wrong calls.
On realising the game couldn't con-
tinue, Bridgetown players de-
manded their winnings, saying that
it was not their fault the game did
not finish properly. However, the
resolute Spar coach refused to give
them the money. They had to settle
for their contributions despite lead-
ing the game 4-1 before it was
stopped.
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Cosmo Chelsea FC was
crowned the inaugural
champions of the maiden
Easter Soccer Challenge
at the Cosmo city multi
purpose centre on Sun-
day. They beat local ri-
vals Cosmo Killers 4-3
on penalties in a thrilling
final played in front of a
handful spectators. The
teams went to penalties
after drawing the match 2
-2. Both sets of players
managed to score two
penalties apiece during
the rushed shootout and
went into sudden death at
2-2. At some stage we
thought the game would
never come to an end as
the teams showed they
are equal in strength. It
was the exciting Chelsea
player coach Sbue Shakes
Mncube who scored the
winning penalty. Chelsea
goal minder Wonga
Mbendle also provided an
excellent save to win the
man.
Sbue also scored the sec-
ond goal of the match
five minutes after coming
on the tired striker No-
bert. The goal was an in-
dividual effort as he drib-
bled past Killers backline
before scoring a beautiful
goal. Chelsea were the
first to score through
striker Desire’s header
after connecteing a
Sphindile corner kick in
the 11nth minute of the
first half. Chelsea scored
their second before half
time, thanks to a goal by
shakes Mncube who led
from the front. However,
due to lack of concentra-
tion killers scored a goal a
minute later. The goal as
as a result of relentless
attacking by Killers for-
wards. After the goal Kill-
ers continued probing
until they were rewarded
with a second goal in the
dying minutes of the sec-
ond half. Their goal was
scored by their hardwork-
ing striker Rogers from a
Joe`s assist. The game
ended 2 all draw.
In the first semifinal Kill-
ers beat Antiqua 1-0 to
advance to the final. The
second semifinal was a
one sided affair with
Chelsea dictating the
terms. They scored two
goals in the first half
through their tall striker
Nobert Mukwanazi . The
writing was on the wall
for Cosmo Eagles ten
minutes later when Tony
Makhura scored the sec-
ond goal that left the hap-
less eagles without any
answers.
“We were a better team
on the day and deserved
to win” said Chelsea
player coach shakes.
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Cosmo Chelsea goal keeper making a save from the final penalty kick
Chelsea are Easter
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