} Tladi Moloi

KESTELL. – Another informalsettlement has mushroomed in theMaluti-a-Phofung Local Municipal-ity (MAP), this time near Kestell.The new settlement follows the

recent eviction of about 30families at the Bokamoso informalsettlement near Qwaqwa.About 300 people, mostly youths,

gathered last Tuesday with theirgarden tools at Extension 5, which

is known as “Masakeng”, wherethey allocated the site to them-selves.They told Express EFS that they

occupied the land because theywere fed up with the municipalitythat kept them waiting for sites.Bhekimpe Mnguni (32) said they

had decided to illegally occupy thesites because they had beenleasing housing for a long time.“We need land. We can’t be

leasing forever while there is free

land in our sight. They kept onchanging at the eleventh hour.They told us that they would notgive us the sites because they arenot finished with the water tankwhich supplies water to thisarea,” he said.Mamotlalentwa Mothupi (43)

said she had joined the groupbecause she had wanted a piece ofland. She has been leasing forthree years, paying R300. “I livedin Bethlehem before. Every year

they promise to give us the sitesbut that never happens. So wehave decided to do it our ownway this time,” she said.Mamsi Mosia (31) said: “They

begged us to vote for them butnow they have disappeared. Wewant the sites but they don’t hearour plight.They also have some projects in

the area and they don’t want toemploy us, saying we receivechild grants. Before the election

they were preaching job creationfor everyone but now that theyare back in power they are givingus another story. They shouldhave mentioned it on theirmanifesto that people who receivegrants will not be employed inthese short-term projects.”) Express Eastern Free State iswaiting for comment from themunicipality but at the time ofgoing to print had not receivedit yet. – Ed.

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ONE of the women working on her site after it was illegally allocated to her at Masakeng near Kestell.

SettlersSettlersstake claimstake claimNew informal settlement springing up

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programme.As part of their mission to

tackle alcohol issues amongst theyouth of South Africa, SAB’s YouDecide campaign has beenreaching out to schools aroundSouth Africa.

With the You Decide artcompetition, students exploredissues around alcohol abuse withimpressive results.

“The entries have shownmature and intelligent perceptionsand understanding about alcoholand its abuse. Subject mattersranged from personal reflection tocrime in society; not easy themesto portray successfully. We hopethese talented ambassadors forour You Decide programme willshare their insight with theirpeers and help put a stop tounderage drinking,” says AttieMokhahlane from the SAB CentralRegion.

Meanwhile, the MantshatlalaIntermediate School from Qwaqwawon the Highly CommendedSchool. They won sportingequipment to the value of R5 000.

} Tladi Moloi

HARRISMITH. – Molefe Mbele(17), a gr. 12 learner of theSasamala Secondary School in theIntabazwe township near Harri-smith, will be remembered at thisschool for a long time.

This is after his recent achieve-ment that saw him coming thirdin the national South AfricanBreweries (SAB) You Decidecompetition and winning sportingequipment worth R4 000 for hisschool.

The winner of the competitionwas Tshepo Litsibane (16), a gr. 9learner at the Amohelang Interme-diate School near Botshabelo. Hewas followed by Cwayita Madala(18), a gr. 12 learner from KhulaniCommercial School in the EasternCape, Mbele, Bongani Mapaha(16), a gr. 9 learner at the Amohe-lang Intermediate School nearBotshabelo, and Lefa Tsoeu (16), agr. 9 learner at the AmohelangIntermediate School also nearBotshabelo, who finished in fifthplace.

The competition took placeearly in 2014 with a total of 260schools from the Free State,Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal andMpumalanga taking part.

A total of 1 703 entries werereceived in various artisticformats including drawings,paintings, poems, story books,creative writing, videos and evensongs.

The aim of the competition wasto generate awareness around theissues related to alcohol abuseand underage drinking among theyouth and in doing so empowerthem to make the right decisions.

Underage drinking is a majorproblem in South Africa, especial-ly among poor communities whereschool kids indulge in liquor.

SAB, in partnership with theDepartment of Trade and Industry(DTI), the National Youth Develop-ment Agency (NYDA) and provin-cial Departments of Educationlaunched this amazing campaignin 2012 to curb underage drinking.

As part of SAB’s commitment tothe responsible consumption ofalcohol, they have funded the YouDecide programme to curbunderage drinking in SouthAfrica.

Since the launch of the YouDecide initiative, the programmehas managed to reach over 489 000learners in 876 schools.

Research has also shown a 3%decrease in the number of youthsdrinking as a result of this

NEWS

FROM the left are Jan Lefu Moloi (Sasamala Secondary School principal), Molefe Mbele (gr. 12 learner atthe Sasamala Secondary School) who finished third in SAB’s You Decide competition, Molifi Jacor Matene(teacher) and Simon Chittenden (HDI Youth Marketeers).

THE Mantshatlala Intermediate School learners from Qwaqwa welcome the award after the school won the Highly Commended School awardin the South African Breweries (SAB) You Decide competition. Photos: Supplied

Thinking beats drinking

PHUTHADITJHABA. – Prof.Riaan Luyt of the University ofthe Free State’s (UFS) QwaqwaCampus will be spending thenext year in Qatar.

He was invited by the QatarUniversity in Doha to work as aresearch professor at theuniversity’s Centre for AdvancedMaterials. Luyt left for Qatartwo weeks ago and he startedworking last week.

In the 25 years that he hasspent on the Qwaqwa Campus,Luyt has published more than165 research papers in interna-tional scientific journals and hashad other international scientistsreferring to his work over 1 850times.

“There were no sciencelaboratories when I came hereand I made it my mission toestablish them as soon aspossible. I was as passionateabout research then as I amnow,” said Luyt, who reviewsscientific research on polymerscience in more than tenjournals. He has supervised 25

masters and 8 doctoral studentsand is currently supervising 5masters and 6 doctoral students.Luyt serves on the internationaladvisory board of eXPRESSPolymer Letters, one of theleading polymer science journals.

In 2012, he was listed as thesecond best researcher at theUFS and he is a regular keynotespeaker at international confer-ences. Luyt has mentored manystudents who are now leaders inthe industry.

One of his doctoral studentscame to the university as anUniversity Preparatory Pro-gramme (UPP) student who hadnot passed matric well enough tobe admitted, but he mentoredher to where she is today andshe is currently finalising herresearch.

PROF. RIAAN LUYT proudlywearing a Basotho blanket andhat during his farewell functionwhich was held recently at theUniversity of the Free State’sQwaqwa Campus. Photo: Supplied

’There were no science laboratorieswhen I came here and I made it my

mission to establish them as soon aspossible.’

– Prof. Riaan Luyt

STATISTICS SOUTH AFRICA(Stats SA) announced that itsfield-workers will from thismonth be visiting homes collect-ing information in line with theLiving Conditions Survey (LCS).This followed Stats SA’s launchof the initiative a week ago.

The LCS is a periodic surveywhich is conducted every fiveyears.

The survey aims to identify andprofile poverty in South Africa,and gives policy-makers informa-tion on who is poor, where thepoor are located and what it isthat drives poverty in thecountry.

Stats SA field-workers will bein the field from September 2014to October 2015 collecting infor-mation from various households.

All field-workers will carry aStats SA identity card thatcontains the photograph, nameand ID number of the staffmember.

In addition, all field staff willbe wearing Stats SA-brandedclothing (bibs), which will makethem easily identifiable.

Stats SA says the provincialfield operations manager for each

province can be contacted toverify if the person at your dooris a Stats SA staff member. Theywill have the details of all staffmembers, vehicle registrationnumbers and also the areas inwhich the staff member issupposed to be working.

Information will be collectedfrom approximately 32 000sampled dwellings across thecountry over a period of 12months.

Each sampled household willparticipate in the survey for fourweeks and will be requested tocomplete a questionnaire consist-ing of four modules, as well astwo weekly diaries which willcapture household expenditureand acquisitions.

To determine the nutritionalstatus of household members, thesurvey includes an anthropomet-ric section where householdmembers will be requested toparticipate in a weighing andmeasuring exercise.

The information collected isalso used to update the ConsumerPrice Index (CPI) basket of goodsand services which is used totrack inflation.

Stats SA starts surveyResearcher off to Qatar

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PHUTHADITJHABA. – TheDepartment of Education in theThabo Mofutsanyana DistrictMunicipality has recentlywrapped up Women’s Month instyle by promoting a healthy lifestyle.The celebration that saw all the

women working in that depart-ment getting involved in fun-walk,aerobics and playing football andnetball was hosted at the TshiyaResource Centre.According to Lineo Molingoana,

the assistant director: Values inEducation, the celebration wasaimed at honouring and remem-bering the role that was played bythe women of 1956 who marchedto the Union Buildings to petitionagainst the pass laws.“We decided to celebrate it in a

different way by exercising. Weare working and most of us don’thave time to go to the gym, so webelieve that what we did todayhas encouraged some to startgoing the local gym,” she said.Molingoana said they invited

the Department of Health to teachthem more about a healthy lifestyle.Busi Tshabalala, the district

director of the Thabo Mofutsanya-na Education Department, saidthey had a chance as women tolook back on what the 1956women had achieved.“We should know our worth. At

times you find someone with avery low self-esteem and in thatway the person cannot do thingsthat would take our countryforward. If those women stand upand fight for freedom, we can stilllook at the current challenges andfight them,” she said.

When asked what the challengesfacing women were, Tshabalalasaid the level of stress was veryhigh.“We should assist them to detox

all the emotional scars and all thestress that they have accumulated.

I don’t want women to go to theCorona Hospital in Bethlehemtime and again. We want them tobe strong,” she said.She said they were also looking

at the way of balancing women’shealth; that was why they had the

employee wellness programme.“We are encouraging them to go

for testing for conditions like highblood pressure and diabetes. Weencourage them to live a balancedlife, which is why we invited thewellness people,” she said.

Women exercise their rights

ACTION: Employees of the Department of Education at the ThaboMofutsanyana DistrictMunicipality taking part in aerobics during theirWomen'sMonth celebration in the Tshiya Resource Centre in Phuthaditjhaba, Qwaqwa. Photo: Tladi Moloi

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NEWS

A re buengKuni DitiraAdvocate

NAKO e nngwe o leka ka gotlhe gokgotsofatsa motho. O tsaya maikarabeloa go tenega ga gagwe.

O ineela mo go direng se motho yo, ase batlang.

O leka go mo fa lerato. Fela go bathoba ba sa itseng lerato. Le fa ba kakopana le lona le feta ka tsela ga ba nago le itse.

Motho yo, gongwe o utlwisitswebotlhoko mo nakong e e fetileng mmega a sa kgona go amogela lerato. Se ase dirang ga a lemoge gore o utlwisa yomongwe botlhoko.

Fa o ile wa shotlakakwa o sa lemmotlana o tlile go shotla le wena ka osa itse tsela e nngwe.

Gongwe o a lemoga gore se o sedirang ke phosho, fela ga o kgone goithiba.

Nako e nngwe o amogela go shotliwagonne go na le se o santseng o se lelelamo mothong yo.

Gongwe o lelela go ratiwa, goamogelwa, go tsewa tsiya kgotsa goreba lemoge boleng jwa gago.

Mongwe o ne a shotla mosadi, e remogala wa gagwe o lela e le nyatsi aleditseng, atswe mo dikobong a siyamme yo.

E re mosadi a mo kopa ka pelo e ebotlhoko a re o seke wa tsamaya, a mo

reye a re ntlogele o lelela marago a me.Ekete re tshaba go tsaya tshwetso ya

gore go lekane.Re tshaba go nna re le bosi. Re tshaba

bodutu mme re emela go utlwisiwabotlhoko. Re nagana gore re kolota mothosengwe. Re tshaba gore motho o tlakgotswa.

Nako tse dingwe re baya ditlhoko tsabatho ba bangwe kwa pele go feta tsarona. Nkampana ka bolawa ke tlala gore omongwe a je.

Nkampana ka shotlega gore yo mongwea itumele.

Gotilwe rata mong ka wena jaaka oithata jaanong rona re rata beng ka ronago feta rona.

Motho o tshwanetse a tsaya maikarabeloa ditiro tsa gagwe. Fa a go shotla motlogele. O tshwanetse a kotula se a sejetseng.

O na le boikgethelo. Mogatso fa a nwa

madi a itumedisa ditsala mme mo lwapenggo le tlala, o seka wa mo tsholela.

Fa mme a rata go reka bobe mme a dulaa sena madi, se mo thuse go tswa momekitlaneng.

Fa a kotule se a se jetseng.Re rata go dula re le batswasetlhabelo –

bo ag shame.Nako nngwe re tshwanetse ra thubega,

ra phatlhoga, ra tshwara tau ka mangana.Ra tlogela go amogela tse di sa siamangtse di se kitlang di fetoga, re amogelatshotlakako e e sa feleng.

Banyalani ba bangwe ba rata fa baitumetse re itumele. Fa ba tlhoname retlhoname.

Fa ba sa rate go bua ke tidimalo mo

kgotla.Nako tsotlhe wena o dira se se

ratwang ke ene go mo kgotsofatsa. Lewena o motho o na le dikgatlhego. Lewena o na le maikutlo.

Ga ese patelesego. Fa motho a tenegake ena a nang le bothata e seng wena.Mo tlogele a tenege o tla fopha. Se moletlelele go go tsenya bosula.) Mang kapa mang ya a batlang hongola kholomong ena, a ka ikopanyale Jabulani Dlamini ho 051-404-7910kapa email: Jabulani.Dlamini@volks-blad.com) Mongodi ha ana ho lefiwa.) Where necessary Express editssome columns. – Ed.

Go leka go kgotsofatsamotho‘Nako e nngwe o amogela go shotliwagonne go na le se o santseng o se

lelela momothong yo. Gongwe o lele-la go ratiwa, go amogelwa, go tsewatsiya kgotsa gore ba lemoge boleng

jwa gago.’ – Kuni Ditira

A NATIONWIDE medical male circumci-sion (MMC) programme that aims tomedically circumcise 4,3 million SouthAfrican men by 2016 could be instrumentalin achieving an Aids-free generation by2030.

Several NGOs aim to roll out MMCprogrammes in the province this month,starting with the Thabo Mofutsanyanadistrict, then Xhariep, Mangaung, FezileDabi and the Lejweleputswa areas.

The rollout will take place under theauspices of the National Department ofHealth and include NGOs, Centre for HIVand Aids Prevention Studies (Chaps), theSouth African Clothing and Textile WorkersUnion (SACTWU) Workers Health Unit andthe New Start initiative of the Society forFamily Health (SFH).

In a presentation in Bloemfonteinrecently an update on national progresswas provided to media and members of themining, construction and transport sectors.

CareWorks, a social-purpose enterprisespecialising in HIV prevention and treat-ment, also unveiled its new web portal,www.MMCinfo.co.za, aimed at keepingstakeholders abreast of current develop-ments and progress.

Dr Gareth Lowndes, prevention pro-grammes director, CareWorks, said therewere 6,4 million HIV positive people inSouth Africa.

“We have 0,7% of the world’s population,but 16% of the global HIV burden.”

Studies backed by the World HealthOrganisation (WHO) in South Africa, Kenyaand Uganda have shown that MMC reducesthe risk of heterosexual infection by 60% inmen with an allied reduction in femaleinfection of 20%.

In 2007 the WHO recognised MMC as aneffective HIV prevention approach and anintegral part of the combination preventionstrategy.

“The Department of Health and itspartners have a high-volume strategy tomeet our target of about three million moremedical circumcisions before the end of2016. More than 1,5 million men (or 35%) ofthe target have undergone voluntarymedical circumcisions,” added Lowndes.

If these targets can be met MMC model-ling studies suggest 860 000 new HIV caseswill be averted by 2050.

Dr Dirk Taljaard, chief executive of

Chaps, told the meeting that the ran-domised study conducted on MMC in SouthAfrica had shown that the procedurereduced the incidence of new HIV infec-tions by between 57% and 72%.

Harry Lake, chief executive of Care-Works, said HIV was “literally killing”South Africa.

“Apart from its human impact it isstrangling the economy,” he said.

“The 2,4 million people on ARTs cost theeconomy R17 billion a year. If we canreduce the number of infections by amillion, we will save R7 billion a year,every year,” he added.

Scaling up MMC for HIV prevention iscost-saving and creates fiscal space in thefuture that otherwise would have beenencumbered by ARV treatment costs.

He noted that the minister of Health, Dr

Aaron Motsoaledi, had set a goal for SouthAfrica to be Aids free by 2030, with 90% ofthe overall population testing to know theirHIV status, as well as 90% of people livingwith HIV on ART and adhering to theirtreatment.

“MMC can help to reach and celebratethe milestone of zero new infections,” hesaid.) See video at www.express-news.co.za.

MMCprogrammes to be rolled out

AT the event are, front: Zama Bosch, programme manager at the Hola MMC Clinic at the Pelonomi Hospital; from the left are, back:Dr Gareth Lowndes, prevention programmes manager at CareWorks, Thamsanqa Piliso who underwent the male medical circumcisionprocedure, Dr Don Pupuma, a general practitioner from Soweto, Dr Lisa Mulenga, clinical manager for MMC at the Society for FamilyHealth, Harry Lake, CareWorks CEO, and Dr Dirk Taljaard, CEO at the Centre for HIV and Aids Prevention Studies (Chaps).

Photo: Jabulani Dlamini

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THE teams of the New Horizon College that took part in the National Arts and Culture Competition. The eisteddfod was held from 11 to 15 August at various locations in Bethlehem.Photo: Supplied

Strutting theirstuff at eisteddfod

} Tladi Moloi

BETHLEHEM. – The IketsetsengWomen’s Club, which consists of 50women from Bohlokong near Bethle-hem, has extended a helping hand tothe Bohlokong Hospice.For the first time ever these women

came forth and helped the communityorganisation by donating groceriesworth R2 500.According to Joyce Keele, the club

saw fit to do something for the commu-nity, also with the Women’s Monthcelebrations of August in mind.She says they went to the hospice

management and found out what thebiggest need was before they bought thegroceries.

“It was the first time that we didsomething of this nature and we believeit will be good to do it more often,” shesays.Keele says they used the club’s money to

buy the donation.She says they started a club back in 1996

– they deal with burials and societymatters.Agnes Mothibedi, project manager at the

Bohlokong Hospice, says they are happywith the donation and adds that theywould love it if more people could comeforth and help them.

Women’s club opens its heart to hospice

THE Iketsetseng Women's Club memberswith some of the Bohlokong Hospice staffmembers during the donation of the grocer-ies. Photo: Supplied

THE Qwaqwa Buy and Build staff are from the left Nondale Mofokeng, Mangaka Mahlasela, Mangaka Mokoena,Dieketseng Letsoalo, Makgauta Skhosana and Lebohang Kobeqo. Photo: Adelina Mokoena

FREE STATE STARS’ newdefender Robert Sankara hasbeen called up to theBurkina Faso national teamfor the Africa Nations Cupqualifiers over the nextten days.He is joined on a trip back

home to West Africa by DoveWome (SuperSport United)and Sadate Ouro Akoriko(AmaZulu) who have bothbeen selected to play forTogo in their qualifiersagainst Guinea and Ghana.Mozambique have con-

firmed call-ups for EliasPelembe of MamelodiSundowns and the OrlandoPirates striker HelderPelembe for their two GroupF games against Zambiaand Niger.Pelembe will likely come

up against his Sundownsteam mate Kennedy Mweene,

although Zambia still had tofinalise their squad onSunday after a friendlyagainst Sudan.Getaneh Kebede of Bidvest

Wits has been called up byEthiopia, which takes to 23the number of PremierSoccer League (PSL) playerscalled up by other Africancountries for the start of thegroup phase of 2015 NationsCup qualifiers.Ivory Coast-born Sankara

signed with Stars at the startof the season and has provensomething of a revelation,not only in defence, but alsoin front of goal. He nettedthe winner over the Univer-sity of Pretoria last week.Burkina Faso have

qualifiers against Lesothoand Angola on Saturday andnext Wednesday.– KickOff.com

PSL players called up

THE Orlando Pirates FCSupporters Club in Bethlehemwill host its annual generalmeeting (AGM) on Sunday.The meeting will be held at

the club house at Stella’sTavern.It will start at 10:30.Call Jabu Nhlapo on 073-318-

9967 for information.

Pirates supporters in Bhmmeet

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MAKGOLOKOENG. – VusimusiTshabalala, the executive mayor ofthe Maluti-a-Phofung Local Munici-pality (MAP), and members of themayoral committee (MMC’s)embarked on a road show tomonitor the progress made onvarious projects.

A meeting was also held in theMakgolokoeng Village nearHarrismith on Wednesday.

The projects include the con-struction of a four megalitrereservoir, bulk sewer, pumpingmain and ERF connections, theupgrading of the Sediba Hall,installation of high-mast lights inMakgolokoeng, Tshiame andKhalanyoni, and paving of 6 km ofroad in Phase 2 in Makgolokoeng.

Basically all the projects are intheir final stages and most of thework has been completed. Tsha-balala said all those who acquiredexperience in these projects shouldbe certified to assist them in futureendeavours promoting growth andfurther opportunities.

After all the projects werevisited, members of the communitygathered at the community hall toget clarity and also to give inputtowards future success.

Tshabalala alerted the communi-ty to issues relating to the tamper-ing with electricity, the advantagesof paying for municipal services,the importance of town cleaningand indigent accountability by themunicipality.

Mananki Mpele, a visuallyimpaired person of the community,raised the issue of disabled peoplebeing trained and included inprojects.

To finish off, the entouragevisited the vandalised Makgoloko-eng electricity substation wherecables and switches had beenstolen.

“The upgrading of the stationand damages will cost the munici-pality millions, however, plans toensure the safety of infrastructureis underway,” said the MMC forInfrastructure, Azael Nhlapo.

Mayoral team checks out project progress

VUSIMUSI TSHABALALA (middle, back), the executive mayor of the Maluti-a-Phofung Local Municipality,withmembers of themayoral committee, the traditional leader representatives andmembers of themayoralproject (these are the people who are monitoring the electricity metre boxes). Photo: Supplied

FROM the left are Matshidiso Mosia, Mamokete Motaung, Malefa Mokoena and Maleponesa Hanong during the recent 2014 SuperSportFC award ceremony. Photo: Tladi Moloi

REV. THEUNIS BOTHA, Chris-tian Democratic Party (CDP)leader:

THE Christian Democratic Party(CDP) is extremely concerned withthe venomous attacks presentlybeing launched against the PublicProtector.

These attacks by the ANC donot only reflect bad judgement butthey may well be illegal, as thePublic Protector enjoys similarprotection as that of judges.

These attacks also clearlyindicate that the ANC has littleregard for constitutional require-ments when it comes to, at allcost, protecting a president. Eventhe constitutional requirement ofparliament to function in atransparent manner in its over-sight role is disregarded.

We call on the ANC to riseabove these bundu tactics, whichis in no way different from thoseused by the EFF.

The CDP believes matters willnot be settled until such times asZuma has had his day in court.

Attacksshamethe ANC

THE students of New Horizon Col-lege recently participated at theEskom Expo for Young Scientistsand obtained excellent results.They are from left, front: PhumzileLutango (bronze medal), Nom-pumelelo Tshabalala (silver med-al), Realeboha Motaung (bronzemedal), Nozipho Buthelezi (silvermedal), Palesa Rahlao (goldmedalas well as a special prize for thebest energy project of the day) andTshepang Mahooana (silver med-al); middle: Kabelo Mohapi (goldmedal), Primrose Ramokotjo(bronzemedal), Tiisetso Lipali (sil-ver medal), Letlhogonolo Phutiea-gae (bronze medal), SinethembaNgobese (silver medal) andThapelo Lebesa (bronze medal);back: Thato Mabaso (silver med-al), Calvin Mphuthi (bronze med-al), Senelisiwe Ngobese (silvermedal), Takudzwa Nyika (bronzemedal) and Relebohile Motaung(silver medal). Photo: Supplied

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My viewSidwell GudukaExpress Sport Editor

THE first coach to be shown the door inthe Premier Soccer League (PSL) thisseason has been none other than GavinJohnson who joined Supersport Unitedfrom Platinum Stars at the beginning ofthe last term.Johnson was only in charge of the

Tshwane-based outfit for just four matchesin the 2014-’15 campaign.He was sacked for poor results as he had

only managed to win one game out of fourmatches. He had lost the other threefixtures.The writing was on the wall as criticism

continued to mount against Johnson whostruggled to turn around failing Amatsat-santsa’s fortunes.It was only a matter of time, if what the

club’s insiders have been saying wasanything to go by. The pressure had beenbuilding for Johnson after every loss andthere was always discontentment.United’s 1-0 defeat at home against

Mpumalanga Black Aces last Wednesdaywas the last straw for him as he was fireda day later.Now the former Bafana Bafana coach

Gordon Igesund, whose contract with Safaexpired on Sunday, is being linked toJohnson’s job.

The firing, or “amicable separation”– the new term used in football for firingcoaches these days – of Johnson fromUnited was obviously going to set the catamong the pigeons.The ink from Johnson’s story had hardly

dried on the pages when speculation aroseas who was next to bite the dust.A number of names are being bandied

about, but none as much as the embattledAmazulu coach, Craig Rosslee. His namekeeps cropping up whenever this subject israised.After five rounds of fixtures, Rosslee’s

side are sitting at the basement of the logand they remain the only team without aleague win.The Cape Town-born mentor saw

speculation about his future double after a2-0 defeat at the hands of the star-studded

Mamelodi Sundowns this past weekend.So, it looks increasingly like a matter of

“when” rather than “if” Rosslee will walkthe plank.Another coach whose job is not safe, is

none other than Kosta Papic of PSLreturnees Chippa United. People know thatSiviwe “Chippa” Mpengesi is trigger happyand he fires coaches faster than hechanges his underwear.Since the Port Elizabeth outfit were

promoted to the elite league for the firsttime two seasons ago, no less than eightcoaches had been fired by Mpengesi.They were Roger Sikhakhane, Julius

Dube, Ian Palmer, Wilfred Mugeyi, Man-qoba Mngqithi, Farouk Abrahams, MarkHarrison and Vladislav Heric.So, judging by Mpengesi’s insatiable love

for the trigger, Papic should be welladvised to keep his suitcase packed.The Yugoslavian was brought on board

to replace Heric during the off season. Itremains to be seen how long he willoccupy the hot seat before he gets fired aswell.Boebie Solomons is also walking a

tightrope up in Limpopo. Polokwane Cityis placed 15th on the table, just one spotabove Amazulu who are propping up the

log. Only one point separates the twosides.Yes, it is still early in the season, but

club bosses in South Africa are veryimpatient. They want positive resultsalways.The question remains, who will be next

to be shown the door?Your guess is as good as mine.

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Soccer’s ‘silly season’ has begunThe firing, or “amicable sep-aration” – the new termused in football for firingcoaches these days – ofJohnson from United wasobviously going to set thecat among the pigeons.

VASCO DA GAMA make it two fromtwo, while Maluti FET and Royal Eaglesare without a victory in the second weekof National First Division (NFD) action.

Santos 3-2 Maluti FET CollegeSantos secured their first win of the

season when they beat Maluti FETCollege 3-2 at the Athlone Stadium onFriday. Suhayl Allie opened the scoringfrom the spot, but Bulelani Nikaniequalized just before the break. Santosrestored their lead just after the breakthrough Martin Moonsamy before SeanSopio added a third. Thembinkosi Lorchscored ten minutes from time to ensure anervy ending, but Santos held on.

Garankuwa United 2-0 Highlands ParkGarankuwa secured their first win

thanks to second-half goals from ThulaniKhwinana and Mojaki Khotatso.

African Warriors 1-1 FC Cape TownFC Cape Town are second following a

1-1 draw away to Warriors at the CharlesMopeli Stadium. Bonginkosi Khumalogave the hosts the lead inside 20 minutes,but Morne Davids netted later on.Jomo Cosmos 1-1 Black Leopards

Leopards got their first point of theseason following a 1-1 draw againstCosmos. Lidoda Duvha had led at thebreak and looked to be heading for threepoints, but Bryce Aka scored to save thematch for Ezenkosi.

Witbank Spurs 2-0 Cape Town AllStarsSpurs emerged 2-0 winners against

rookies Cape Town All Stars, with XoliThemba and Thomas Ngobe finding theback of the net for the Witbank side’sfirst win of the season.

Vasco da Gama 1-0 Royal EaglesA goal from Samuel Julies ensured that

Vasco beat Royal Eagles at Parow Park toremain the only team with a 100% record.

Baroka FC 0-0 Thanda Royal ZuluBaroka are joint second on the log after

a goalless draw against Thanda whopreviously drew against Witbank Spurs.

Golden Arrows 0-0 Milano UnitedAfter both winning on the opening

weekend, Golden Arrows and MilanoUnited shared the spoils in Chatsworth,leaving them in joint second place.

Second week’s NFDaction in a nutshell

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BETHLEHEM. – Thite Titihas been elected the newpresident of Safa in the ThaboMofutsanyana Region.He was elected during

what was called the ThaboMofutsanyana Region’sextra-ordinary congresswhich was held at the Bethle-hem Golf Course on Sundaymorning.Titi, who was the chair-

person of the Maluti-a-PhofungLocal Football Association(LFA), comes in to fill theboots of Abiel Lethoba.Lethoba was in the seat for

eight years.Titi will be supported by

Menki Mosia who is the firstdeputy chairperson, MphatiMaseru, second deputy, andMolefi Sithole, treasurer.The additional members are

Zane Kopane, LephuthingMohapi, June Mlangeni,Maputsoe Ntshefu and FanyaneMafereka.Apparently, the region hosted

its annual general meeting(AGM) last year in June andLethoba was voted back.However, just after that

many concerns were raised by

some of the LFA’s. Thisresulted in the executivecommittee being putunder administration.The election was

Titi takes over from Lethoba

ELECTED: Thite Titi is the new president of Safa in theThabo Mofutsanyana Region.

conducted again in thoseLFA’s that had issues.These were the Setsoto,

Phumelela and NketoaneLFA’s.

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Stars coach not happyStars coach not happy

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BETHLEHEM. – Tom Saintfiet, the FreeState Stars head coach, says he isdisappointed with the 1-1 draw againstMaritzburg United in the two teams’Absa Premier League encounter thattook place at the Goble Park Stadium onSaturday afternoon.He believes they should have won the

game.“We were much better than our

opponents. We created more scoringopportunities than them,” Saintfiet said.“They also scored a doubtful goal, but

I will have to look at it again.”He says in the second half Stars

dominated the game and should have atleast got a goal or two.“We have secured a point, but I feel

we have lost two points.”

This was the fifth league game for thenew Ea Lla Koto mentor and thus far hehas managed to collect seven points of apossible 12.His team lost their first game by 0-1 to

Kaizer Chiefs, lost again 1-2 to PlatinumStars, won 3-2 against SuperSport United(who has just fired the coach, GrantJohnson) and won 1-0 away to theUniversity of Pretoria.Stars will fly to Cape Town to face

Ajax Cape Town in their next leaguegame next week Saturday. There will beno games this week due to an interna-tional break.Saintfiet says they will keep training

hard during the break.“We have some of our players who will

be going away for international duty. Wewill keep working and see if we can’t getsome friendly games to keep the team in

good shape.”Steve Komphela, the Maritzburg

United head coach, says his team scoredearly and hoped that would give them alot of energy, but things did not go theirway. He says in a match of that natureone could only score through set-pieces.

“We missed two clear chances with agoalkeeper or a net to beat. We did themost unsatisfactory thing of missinginstead of scoring. But I will take a pointand go. I am sitting on eight points. Wewill march on and see what happens,”Komphela said.

‘We were much better than our opponents. Wecreated more scoring opportunities than

them . . .We have secured a point, but I feel wehave lost two points.’ – Tom Saintfiet

ON THE BALL: Terrance Mandaza of Maritz-burg United on the ball with the Free State Starsdefender Themba Shabalala keeping an eye onthe move during the Absa Premier League clashat the Goble Park Stadium on Saturday.

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