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CHIPPA COACH speaks out pg11 the forgotten This dilapidated structure is what Metris Tshemla calls her home, Ms Tshemla is an 84-year-old resident in Emaplangeni who lives with her nine grand children. Picture by Buntu Bara
15 years, still waiting n Housing promises are still unfulfilled BY BUNTU BARA Residents in Emaplangeni near Alice are angry, as promised houses have still not been built. The community have lost hope after so many years of empty promises. People are still living in two room wooden houses that were built about 15 years ago. This area is mostly comprised of elderly people between the ages of 40 and 86. Community members and
the leaders showed little interest to answering any questions by EC Today regarding the problem. They said that many media houses and government departments have visited the area but the situation has not changed. Even protesting and writing to the municipality had not changed the situation. Residents accused the ANC of presenting councillors that they do not know and that some were not
even members of the Emaplangeni community. Community Head of Housing, William Mjika said they had never seen their award councillor and they do not even know his or her name. “I only know that we have the ward councillor but I don’t know who is that person is”, he said. Metris Tshemla is an 84-year-old resident who lives with her eight grand children in a two room wooden house,
she out about her poor living condition. “Tell me how it is possible for 9 people to live in a two room wooden house? “I don’t see the difference between being homeless and staying in one of these houses because we are not protected from any kind of weather conditions,” she said. The community have tried all avenues to get the houses built. They have engaged the municipality, Luthuli house and the Department of Human Settlements but nothing has happened yet. The community has also written to Public Protector but they are still waiting for the response.
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FIREARMS OFFICIAL fired for fraud BY VUYO LUDIDI
Secretary of the South African
Professional Firearm Training Council (SAPFTC), Andre Van Tonder has been found guilty in an internal enquiry for selling fraudulent firearms proficiency certificates. Van Tonder was immediately expelled from the SAPFTC Board and his training academy Skopos Firearm Training Academy de-credited by
SAPFTC and South African Police Service (SAPS) after he was exposed the media. Van Tonder created fraudulent gun documents, illegally sold firearm proficiency certificates and uploaded the information on the system of the SAPFTC. Gun Free South Africa together with Sonke Justice Network have since put more pressure on the government to investigated the firearms industry
as they believe the incident is not an isolated event. Spokesperson for Sonke Justice Network Mbuyiselo Botha says that that the exposé demonstrates how easily illegal guns are acquired by illegal means and that corruption in the firearms industry is not new. The case is further proof of the ongoing fraudulent practice across the firearms control management chain involving firearms training institutions, firearms
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dealers and senior police officers dating back to 2012. “It highlights that to stop the movement of guns from the legal to illegal pool, you have to control legal stocks,” said Mr Botha. Claire Taylor from Gun Free South Africa notes that the incident undermines the myth that gun violence is committed with guns that are illegally held. Woman in South Africa are more at more risk of being shot in her home with a legal gun owned by her partner than of being shot by a stranger. “This incident reveals another reality, that at least some, but possibly thousands of licensed guns are acquired illegally through fraud and corruption. This makes us all a target,” said Ms Taylor. Gun Free South Africa Board member, Ronald Menoe added that whenever profit can be made, there is a risk of fraud and corruption. “Until those profiting from the firearms industry are removed from having any role in implementing the Firearms Control Act, this risk will always exist. As such, our call for government to fully investigate the firearms industry following this exposé includes an appeal to explore ways to separate profit from implementation,” said Mr Menoe. The SAPFTC says that van Tonder has been found guilty and they are closely looking at all of his work over the past years for more irregularities. He might face more charges. politics@ectoday.co.za
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STABILITY THE WATCH WORD AT CHIPPA n Coach believes defence must improve BY DEREK HINDMAN Following a turbulent period where coaches came at went for numerous reasons; Chippa United have offered current coach Dan Malesela a three-year contract. With the Easter holiday break in fixtures upon us Chippa United occupy sixth place on the PSL log. In truth, their position is much better at this stage than most fans could have expected. Malesela was trust into the coaching hot seat at the club on 18 December for the match against Bloemfontein Celtic which United won 2-1. Since then Malesela has been at the helm last 12 PSL fixtures of which United have registered six wins two draws and four loses. He is a former Orlando Pirates and Manning Rangers central defender. Malesela who was born in Pretoria believes the defence must improve to make sure that the goal of a top eight finish for the club is attained. “My philosophy if a team scores two goals in each match that side should win far more fixture that they lose if the defence is tight. That is why I am not happy with our defence yet. “Our last match against Maritzburg
United was a case in point. We were leading 2-1 only to concede a goal in the last minute,” Malesela said. Chippa United also played two of their home matches at Buffalo City in East London since Malesela took charge. The
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Kagiso Rabada (born 25 May 1995) is a South African cricketer who schooled at St Stithians Boys College and matriculated in 2013. He now represents the Lions. He is a right-arm fast bowler who bats left-handed. He is known by his nickname of 'KG'. He made his debut for the Gauteng in the CSA Provincial One-Day Competition against Border in December 2013. He was chosen to represent South Africa's Under-19 side for the 2014 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup. As South Africa won the tournament, he
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