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MAMA WINNIE LAID TO REST

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outh Africans were joined by the rest of the world in paying tribute to the fallen struggle icon Winnie Madikizela-Mandela who was laid to rest at Fourways Memorial Park recently.

For many her life represented an unwavering commitment to

the values of freedom and justice. It was her dedication to the people of South Africa during the darkest days of Apartheid and her tenacity to create a society free from racial oppression that she was affectionately referred to as the “Mother of the Nation.”The struggle stalwart died at the age of 81, while surrounded by family members at the Netcare Milpark Hospital in Johannesburg Her life represented a spirit that

was continuously revived, by the realities of a politics that oppressed her people.

In the face of the oppressive apartheid regime, she was able to re-strategise, re-organise, and re-commit herself to a just politics that came from the heart.

She was a woman of faith, who held the church in high regard and in her activism was involved with the church in fighting the despicable apartheid regime.

She was given a special official category 1 funeral and all days from her passing until 14 April were declared national days of mourning.

A Special Official Funeral Category 1 entails elements of military ceremonial honours and is declared in extraordinary credentials, as designated by the President.

A recipient of the Order of Luthuli in silver for her “excellent contribution to the fight for

the liberation of the people of South Africa” “Mam’ Winnie deserves the highest respect our nation can demonstrate in honour of a patriot and citizen who served our nation and humanity at large with distinction during our liberation struggle and throughout our democratic dispensation,” said President Ramaphosa.

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Msimanga decries copper theft syndicate

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City Mishandle application forms

Municipality plans to launch a copper investigative unit to tackle the surging incidents of thefts perpetrated by crime syndicate Pic : City of Tshwane Mayor Solly Msimanga

Circulating Social Media Picture of Tshwane Job application forms being loaded at the back of the bakkies from Hammanskraal’s Temba Region 2 en-route to Tshwane Municipality offices

By Tshepo Marutha

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elivering the City of Tshwane’s State of the City of Address, Mayor Solly Msimanga lamented crime syndicates behind the wave theft of copper cable that cost the municipality millions a year, disrupting railway networks, electrical substations and water treatment plants.

Msimanga said while the city is not a major producer of copper, it seems to be one of the biggest marketplace for its trade and sales.

“I wish to apologise to the residents of the city who have been subjected to rolling power outages because of thefts that have targeted our infrastructure. We are dealing with them as best we can with the resources available to us.

“Cable theft needs a comprehensive and coordinated effort in order for us to ensure that we can provide sustainable and reliable electricity and water supply to our people. It is because of these power outages that I will be meeting with the Executive mayor of Johannesburg, Ekurhuleni so that we may find a coordinated manner in which to deal with the scourge of cable theft that has befallen our metros,” said Msimanga.

He said while the City of Tshwane has modest law enforcement capabilities it is not empowered by the current legislation to deal with the cable theft syndicates.

“It is therefore critical that the Minister of Police, National and Provincial Police Commissioners, the MEC for Community Safety and municipalities work together to come up with a comprehensive and workable plan to drastically reduce cable theft. Buyers have a responsibility to ensure that the material they are buying is not stolen property,” he said.

He announced that the construction of a water and sewer reticulation in Mabopane X 1 will be completed in June.

“In Ga-Rankuwa X10, a new constructor was appointed to revisit the existing incomplete infrastructure that has been vandalized over a period of three years. However we must not that we have found in sewer lines in these areas has been shocking: blocks of concrete, bricks, logs and the carcasses of dead animals, all indicates an active attempt to sabotage our infrastructure.

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By Letlhogonolo Mosete The City of Tshwane fiasco of handling confidential job application forms has left a bitter taste in the mouths of job applicants. This comes after pictures circulating on social media showing the documents loaded in the back of a bakkie aggrieved lots of hopeful applicants.

Thousands of applications were collected by the city for their 581operational post, with queues resembling those of the first democratic elections, with job applicants hoping to change their unemployment statuses.

However the application forms in the circulating pictures were being packed at the city’s offices in Temba, Region 2, to be transported to the city’s recruitment office’s One-Stop Centre at Bothongo Plaza West, in the Central Business District were not handled with care and can be seen strewn on the back of a bakkie.

The closing date for the submission of the application forms had to be extended by the City Manager due to the high volume of applications received. There are currently long queues at Bothongo Plaza from applicants desperate to meet the submission deadline.

City of Tshwane Manager Dr Moeketsi Mosola in a

media statement said “The circulating pictures are disturbing as they give an impression that this is how we handle sensitive and confidential information of job-seekers. I have called for an urgent investigation into this matter because this is not how we conduct our business. This is an isolated incident that we are treating with the urgency it deserves and will soon report to the public on the outcome of our investigation.”

“When the city became aware of the snaking queues at some of our Regional Offices and at Bothongo Plaza we deployed extra personnel to help with the processing of the high volume of applications. We had introduced the E-recruitment system previously to avoid potential applicants from queuing at our offices. However, we recently experienced some technical glitches with the system and are currently in the process of refining it to enable it to work optimally.” said Mosola.

The City Manager has prioritised the filling of administrative posts to enable personnel to respond quickly and speedily to service delivery interruptions and to complaints from irate customers.

Land claim to shake Tshwane

By Tshepo Marutha The issue of land ownership in the capital city came under stark contrast, with Amandebele-AMoletlane setting in motion a massive land claim which if successful, will result in the tribal authority taking charge of some of the city’s prime locations.

Some of the prominent areas under the spot light stretch from Wallmastal, Hartebeespoort Dam on the outskirt of Pretoria in the North West and the Wonderboom Airport.

This after the election of members of the community to serve on a 20 member land claim committee by Commission on

Restoration of land Rights at Giant Stadium recently. The committee will replace the late Paramount Chief Zebidiela Simon Kekana who had initially lodged the claim on behalf of the community in December 12, 1995.

In 2017 portfolio committee on Rural Development and Land Reform completed discussions on a Private Members Amendment Bill and thus by reopening the windows for citizens to lodge land claim.

The claim could result in restoration of the land in question, issuing of an alternative one land, financial compensation or a combination of both.

In an interview with Tshwane

Bulletin Paramount Chief Melato Kekana who came to the venue to observe the election of committee members said as the royal family they are to work hand in hand with the elected leadership.

“I came to observe that the election of the committee members goes without any interruptions. We will work hand in hand with the elected leadership to ensure that we can settle this claim. As the royal family we have put to rest our differences which had negative impact on our claim,” said Kekana.

He said the royal family will elect the rest members who would serve on the commission at a later meeting.

Speaking during the meeting Mkhachani wa Mkhacani of the Commission on Restitution of Land Rights said the claim in question had dragged on for years as there was also a claim for the same land lodged by Amandebele -Ba- Lebelo.

In the meanwhile Chief Lleka Kekana said as the royal family they will allow to be led by members of the community.

“As the royal family it is our duty to be led by members of the community. It is them in front and we follow them. I am happy that we have managed to resolve our differences as the royal family and our focus now is on our land claim,” said Kekana.

Paramount Chief: Melato Kekana speaking during the election of commitee member at Giant Stadium recently

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Federation advocates social change

TOP: Some of FWPC 2017 students during the graduation ceremony INSERT: FWPC CEO Charles Broodie addressing the graduates Founder of Clean-up Squad : Social Activist Ray Malala

By Tshepo Marutha In an effort to inspire men to be agents of social change, Gauteng Men’s Federation recently launched ‘Clean-Up Squad at Falala Community Hall in Soshanguve.

The overarching function of the establishment is to systematically motivate, assist and inspire men through a series of social dialogues to become the perfect examples of change in the community.

This with special focus placed on the fight against HIV/AIDS, gender-based violence, crime, alcohol and drug abuse.

The launch was attended by some of the recovering ‘Nyaope’ addicts, representative of various organization and public in general.

Headed by social activist and media personality Reikhutsistse Malala, who embarked on a gruesome walk from Johannesburg to Soshanguve to raise awareness about the high levels of drug abuse in the township, he said the campaign is about

men taking control of their area.

“We are concerned about lot of lives that we are losing as a result of drugs. We want to use this campaign to address the scarcity of real men in the community. This will give us an opportunity to have a true meaningful conversation with one another.

“This is important because you find that a father goes to work early in the morning to come back home late in the night. At that time he is tired and heads straight to bed, weekends are all about gardening and church.

The kids end up being raised by their friends in the absence of their parents who don’t have time to converse with them,” said Malala.

Clean –Up Squad Secretary Tshegofatso Magagula said they would need the support of the community if they are to win the war against drug abuse.

Social-dialogue : Sechaba Community Liaison Officer, Ross Malamatsho, speaking during a social-dialogue held a Halala Community Centre in Soshanguve aimed at reducing the stigma, discrimination and challenges faced by the LGBTI community

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urniture World Private College continues to lead the pack in addressing the socio-economic challenges the country is facing, in particular the issue of unemployment and poverty amongst the youth by empowering them with skills development that would help them to contribute positively in growing the economy.

The college has in 2017 successfully trained over 573 unemployed youth in the four regions of Gauteng province.

Amongst them included drug addicts whom were on a rehabilitation programme and they

FWPC empowers the youth

received training in Construction work, Agriculture, Cabinet Making, Upholstery, Early Childhood Development and Clothing.

Through our social responsibility programme, we worked hand in hand with the National Skills Fund and Tshwane North College in Hammaskraal training 125 students.

The training itself was a double skills project whereby the first term concentrated mainly on the electives and the cores. Following assessment and moderation all students were found to be competent and they underwent an in-house practical’s and job

placement.

“As part of the practical work, the students have built staffroom and sign boards at Kgapamadi Secondary School in Bosplas. They were also able to produce tv stands, baby chairs, headboards, dresses and many more,” said Jacob Seloane FWPC’s Chief Operating Officer.

In partnership with the Gauteng City Region Academy, an arm of the Department of Education responsible for skills development we managed to train 300 students in Orange Farm, Mogale City and Soshanguve.

Real Talk With Nthabi Foundation : A non propfit organisation donates sanitary pads to the children of Tshwaraganang Childrens home in Hammanskraal

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Two learners nabbed by police

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esignated as a place where learners should learn in order to broaden their horizon, schools have now become dangerous workplace for teachers to execute their duties effectively as learners now carry dangerous weapons to the classroom.

As evidence the Rietgat Police station together with the K9 Unit, Community Policing Forum, patrollers and youth desk paid an unannounced visit to Senthibele High School and Kondelelani Junior Junior Secondary School

respectively The visits yielded positive results, as two learners aged 17 and 21 years from both schools were arrested for being in possession of dagga. However, the 21 year- was charged for the offence whilst the 17 year-old was released under his parental care.The search further found a total of six knives, one screw driver and a scissor from over 2200learners from both schools.

The aim was to ensure that order is restored and teaching takes place in a conducive environment.

The Visible Policing Head Lieutenant Colonel Daniel Bila lauded his members and the cooperation of the schools and

said; “I would like to commend our members for keeping their eyes on the ball and made sure we rid our schools of wannabe criminals. We want to send a strong message that schools are for learning and teaching, not a place to peddle drugs.”

Chairperson of the Community Policing Forum, Mr. Tau encouraged all stakeholders who were involved in the search to keep shining and making sure that both teachers and learners are safe all the time.

“Keep up the good work, and thanks for availing yourselves for the beneft of our children and teachers,” said Tau.

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Former journo climbs the political ladder

By Letlhogonolo Mosete Former Journalist, now Democratic Alliance Councillor in Tshwane, Nkele Molapo is making her presence felt within the political sphere after being nominated for the position of Deputy Federal Chairperson recently.

Despite her running for the post she failed to make the cut as competition for the post was fiercely contested.

Molapo who was born and bred in Hammanskraal and has worked for various community newspaper before the political bug bit, she contested the position as the youngest

Nkele Molapo

candidate ahead of her party’s national congress which took place earlier in the month.

She has also worked for Herman Mashaba for his 2016 Johannesburg mayoral campaign as his Media manager, whilst being the Chairperson for oversight committee for human settlement in the City of Tshwane.

Residents protest Police over lack of water probe

drowning incident

By Tshepo Marutha

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he residents of Phomolong near Hammanskraal recently took to the streets, barricading parts of Molefe Makinta Highway with burning tyres and other debris in protest against the City of Tshwane’s ‘failure’ to provide them with temporary relief measures to mitigate water crisis.

The area shot to prominence in 2016, following violent land invasion that claimed the lives of two employees of red ants and saw others in hospital.

Community leader, Jakes Maleka said they are tired of walking a long distance to fetch water; “We cannot allow a situation in which residents have to walk up to 6 k/m daily to Skampaneng just to get water.

Some are even buying water from delivery trucks to fill-up the Jojo tanks they have installed in their yards.”

He put the blame squarely on the MMC of Infrastructural Development, Darryl Moss of whom he accused of making empty promises.

“As residents are angry because our leaders are failing to realize that we cannot live without water. We are aware that the area cannot be formalized over night. But we want our leaders to stop lying to us and deliver on promise they made to us that they would ensure that the municipality provides us with temporary relief measure to

By Tshepo Marutha

Police have opened an inquest docket relating to a drowing incident this comes a 14 year old boy drowned while swimming with other kids in a dam in Maubane recently. According to Constable Herman Moremi of Hammanskraal SAPS, when the boy drowned, the friends ran away and one of went to inform the deceased’s family who then called the police. ‘‘It is the third incident that was reported on the same dam for the past three years’’ Constable Herman Moremi “Upon their arrival at the dam, the police officers saw the boy’s shirt floating on the water. Police divers managed to retrieve his body at around 7 in the evening. It is the third incident that was reported on the same dam for the past three years. The boy was found with slight injuries on the upper body” said Moremi.

Moremi said a case of Inquest has been opened for further investigations.

LEFT: Ward 8 Councillor Andris Dinale and Community Leader, Jakes Maleka standing next to one of the water tanks mitigate the water shortage.

“Now we are heading into the third month and nothing has been done. We keep on being sent from pillar to post when we are trying to find out when will the intervention come. We appreciate the mobile clinic and the waste removal truck they have organized but we need water more than anything,” said Maleka.

Ward 8 Councilor Andris Dinale said there has been uncertainty as to where the funds to deliver

the water tankers would come from; “The tanks have been kept at Magalies Water Plant in Temba as we were told that the Utility Service would have to pay for them to be delivered.

I am relieved that following the protests they have been delivered.

Attempts to get comment from both Moss and Selby Bokaba drew blanks as their phones rand unanswered.

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Police arrests would-be mall robbers

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Trucks,bakkies targeted by thiefs at Mabopane Station

By Tshepo Marutha Police have called on motorist to exercise caution while approaching intersections and traffic circles around Soshanguve, this after a spike in the number of reported cases of smash and grab incidents in the past couple of weeks.

Rietgat police spokesperson Captain Stephen Maluleka said delivery trucks and bakkies have been hardest hit.

“As Rietgat police station we would like to warn especially

truck and bakkie drivers to always be vigilant while approaching road intersection and traffic circles and always use strong padlocks. We urge drivers to avoid asking for directions from strangers, instead they must go to the nearest police or filling stations.

“As the station we call on members of the public to stop creating market for criminals by buying stolen goods. Buying stolen goods makes you as guilty as the one who committed the crime itself in the first place,” said Maluleka.

The Station Commander,

Colonel Dikeledi Hlatshwayo said the police will leave no stone unturned in their fight against crime. “ We want to make sure that we get rid of all criminals in our precinct, be hardened, opportunistic or wannabe criminals. Our priority is to make sure that our people are protected and feel safe and we remain resolute in achieving that,” said Hlatshwayo.

She further expressed her gratitude to all members of the public who work hand in hand with the police in the fight against crime.

A 40-year old suspect ran out of luck during an attempted robbery at a retail store at Soshanguve Crossing Mall. The man injured his right foot while attempting to flee the scene and was unable to get away.

This happened after the man and his two accomplices entered the clothing retail store inside the mall, pointed a cashier with a firearm and instructed her to hand over the keys to the safe.

According to Constable Zanele Mtshweni, of Soshanguve SAPS, the suspects loaded their bags with an undisclosed amount of cellphones and fled the scene without firing any shots. The security guards noticed three men fleeing the scene, oneof them was armed and he jumped from the top floor to the basement parking. This resulted in the injury andhe was unable to get away as the police had already arrived on the scene.

‘‘No one was severely injured amongst during the commission of crime’’ Constable Zanele Mtshweni “The two other suspects are still at large and the police are still looking for them. A case of business robbery is being investigated.

One unlicensed 9mm firearm, unlicensed ammunition and cellphones have been recovered from the scene” said Mtshweni.

“The police are appealing to the public to assist in bringing such criminals to justice by disclosing information and alerting the police when a crime has been committed.” She added.

In another separate incident, Brits police are investigating a case of robbery after two suspects held up a cellphone store at Brits Mall recently. According to the police statement, the complainant, an employee at the store, two suspects armed with firearms got inside the store and pointed him and his co-workers with firearms while demanding the keys to the store room where the cell phones are kept.

It is said that the suspects took an undisclosed number of cell phones and fled the scene while using two shopping trolleys to carry the cellphones. No one was severely injured amongst during the commission of crime.

Anyone with information that may lead to the apprehension of the suspects is urged to contact the police on 012 381 6034.

Commuters rejects proposed price hike

By Letlhogonolo Mosete

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he North West Star bus management has conceded to commuters demand to suspend their proposed price hike until they get their house order.

This comes after angry commuters from Madidi Village, Klipgat and its surrounding areas pelted the buses with stones at the bus rank accusing the bus company of not taking their grievances seriously this after a string of poor service provision.

Old fleet, shortage of buses and their constent breakdown are some of the reasons that irked commuters to take a

stand.

Commuter Representative Mr. Andries Mojaki from Klipgat said; “The problem has been ongoing for many years and nothing has been done to address the problem. They are still using fleet from the Bophutatswana era, we rely on them to ferry us from home to work and vice versa but due to their condition we get to work late because they breakdown and sometimes there are shortages of buses to transport us.

“This is totally unacceptable as we risk losing our jobs, now they are talking about increasing the ticket prices whilst providing a poor service. We want them to get their house in order first then they can talk about price hike.

New buses must be bought to

augment the old fleet and the old ones must be serviced,” said Mojaki.

The bus company Centre Manager Tony Grobblelar said during a meeting with commuter representative concurred that indeed the company was having some problems with its buses.

“Firstly we would like to apologise to our valued consumers for the poor service we have been rendering, we are aware of the problems they are experiencing on a daily basis and we are busy trying to fix them.

Currently we have a cashflow problem and we are waiting for the Gauteng Provincial government to assist us financially in order for us to remedy the situation.”

TOP: A broken down North West Starline bus being towed during a protest march by irate commuters INSERT: Angry commuters outside Starline depot at Mabopane.

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Sexual matters discussed by women

By Letlhogonolo Mosete Sexual emancipation and disability was among the topic touched by Transformational Specialist Doctor Funda KaMabhoza during the International Women’s Day Celebration hosted by the Department of Trade and Industry in Pretoria recently.

Chosen as one of the speakers of the day to inspire women from all walks of life, kaMabhoza said sex especially amongst black women was spoken behind closed doors in hush tones and that need to change in order to liberate them from a boring sex life.

In her opening words KaMabhoza said “I love sex, I hope everybody does, I think about it all the time. In order for women to have a satisfying sex life they first need to explore and know their bodies.

We are sexual beings from the day we are born till the day we die.

Sexual disability is when the body, mind, emotion and spirit are not in harmony and lack of sexual disability thereof.”

“I love sex, I hope everybody does, I think about it all the time’’ Sexologist KaMabhoza

Arts: Angola’s director Sello Maseko

‘Angola’ honours struggle heroes

By Tshepo Marutha The state theatre was packed to the rafters during the opening night of Angola, a musical play written and directed by Winterveld’s Sello Maseko paying tribute to struggle hero’s who paid the ultimate price with their lives in the fight against apartheid.

Based on a true story, Angola centres around the life of Zakhele, Majoro and Mavuso, who fled the country to join the

country to join the armed struggle in Angola.

The story is voiced through drama, music and dance honouring numerous other people who left everything in their quest for liberation and perished in camps across the continent.

“Angola, deals with corruption, greed, betrayal, love sacrifice, redemption, politics and power.

It will leave you shocked by the events that took place in those camps. Though the characters are fictional, we envisaged the story will spark debate amongst

many comrades. This is a story of our people who didn’t return from the camps, said Maseko.

Maseko is an award winning playwright whose rise to fame started in the dusty streets of Winterveldt. His previous play ‘Same Difference’ received international recognition when it toured Germany and Brazil.

Another play he wrote ‘A moment when love hurts’ won the Best Production and Best Director at the Gauteng Awards, Best Script and Most Promising Production at Baxter Theater’s Zabalaza Festival in 2012.

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Aerobics: Participants show-off their kick-boxing skills during the Aerobics Mini Marathon event at Halala Community Hall in Soshanguve Block H recently.

Aerobics Mini Marathon attracts health fanatics

By Sport Reporter

It was a hype of activities as hundreds of health fanatics gathered at Halala Community Hall in Soshanguve Block H to participate in the 2018 local Aerobics Mini Marathon which was spearheaded by Halala Fitness club in partnership with E’kasi Sports Foundation, Bumba Signs and Murphy’s Community club.

The event which was dubbed a huge success by organisers and participants as it attracted both local people, as well as others as far as Hammanskraal, Ga-Rankuwa, Mamelodi and Rosslyn respectively.

Hilo box, Taebo, Boot camp, aerobics and Zoomba dance were among the activities that got participants sweating and burning some fats at Halala.

The event which was attended by both young and old people started just after 8am and ended few minutes after mid-day. fruits were provided to participants and different fitness instructors took to the stage to demonstrate their aerobics moves to the cheering and lively crowed, who then followed the demonstrations enthusiastically.One of the event organisers, Mr. Pappas Ramashala, commended the

people who took their time out to come and have fun with them on the day.

“I think the event was a success and it is all thanks to all the members who came out in large numbers today. We managed to achieve our goal which was to unite all the aerobics clubs around Soshanguve and market this sport as well as to attract new members to join our clubs.

“The event was a huge success because it helped us to recruit new members into this sport, we were also able to raise funds as this was in a way a fund-raising event. Over and above, I think this event was a success, I cannot critique any wrong from the event,” praised Ramashala.

Even though finding a suitable venue to host the event proved to be a challenge building up to the day, Ramashala revealed that the love and passion for the sport pushed them to ensure that the event takes place, despite all the setbacks.“Since we were all eager for the event to take place, we had to find a way to turn this venue into a suitable

venue for our event. We had to work together and overcome the negativity that the lack of venue was posing to us prior to the event. We had to clean up this place and make it presentable and safe to participate in,” he added.

He further vowed to improve the standard of awareness in terms of attracting more males to the sport as lots of males tend to believe that aerobics is a feminine sport.

“A lot of guys think that aerobics is a feminine sport and that is not true.

We box, we push, we punch, we jump and we kick, so it has got absolutely nothing to do with femininity. The other thing is we want more female fitness instructors in our next events,” concluded Ramashala.

Hlompo Ramashala whose father organised the event, hailed the influence of the event on young people like herself and stated that these kind of events would benefit many in the communities.“The event was great, everything went well, and I had lots of fun. Events like this one will benefit us

young people in terms of controlling and monitoring our weights and staying away from drugs and engaging in risky behaviour in the streets. I would like to urge all my peers to join these fitness clubs and avoid drugs and alcohol,” she urged.

One of the stakeholders, Mr. Chris Semenya, of E’kasi Sports Foundation said that the turnout was a motivation on its own for the clubs to keep working hard.

“I am happy and satisfied with today’s turnout here. It really shows that we are getting somewhere. We will keep on encouraging many people to join these clubs. But remember that we cannot force people to join, we can only encourage them. We will keep on encouraging them until our words make sense to them. We are patient,” said Semenya.

The club representatives are set to sit down and decide on which club will host the next event.

Fitness club encourages healthy-life style

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itness instructors and groups were honoured as Soshanguve based fitness club, E’kasi Sports Foundation, held their inaugural mini awards ceremony recently. The aim was to encourage fitness and healthy living in the communities in Soshanguve.

The prestigious awards were attended by various stakeholders as well as representatives from all the local fitness and aerobics clubs and their fitness instructors. The initiative which was spearheaded by E’kasi Sports Foundation founder, Mr. Chris Semenya, honoured instructors from Halala Fitness Club, Bumba Signs, Botshelo Private Hospital

Fitness Club, Murphy’s Community Fitness Club, Shad-Ou Fitness Club, as well as legendary professional fitness instructor, Mr. Tshepo Madubanya, who gives free lessons to the clubs whenever he gets a chance.The awards were a token of appreciation to all these local fitness clubs for working tirelessly against all odds to keep communities fit and healthy, this was according to E’kasi’s Chris Semenya, who was speaking after the ceremony at Halala Community Hall.“The awards were a motivation to those fitness clubs and instructors to say we appreciate their efforts and they must never give up. We are planning to host the awards annually

so that people can keep on doing the good deeds for our communities.

“When someone is doing a great job, a gesture of appreciation motives and encourages him or her to continue with the work. Our local sport managed to attract people as far as Hammanskraal, Ga-Rankuwa as well as Rosslyn, so it means we are doing the right thing and that needs to be celebrated,” said Semenya.He further urged people to exercise and practise healthy living, as this will give them a better chance of avoiding chronic diseases such as heart attack and high blood pressure.

“Going to the gym is not an easy thing, it is difficult and it requires effort and

commitment. People like to talk about wanting to join the gym, but they do not act on it. They always wait until they get doctors’ instructions to train, then they start taking gyms seriously,” he added.

Miss. Siyobi Nkambule of Halala Fitness club expressed her happiness and also thanked E’kasi Sports Foundation for honouring them for the hard work they put in the communities.

“I am very proud of our team, we started this whole thing with very few members, it was not easy and to be honoured and celebrated like this today is overwhelming.

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Soccer: Pull Together winger (Navy blue) takes on Mams Ladies defender at Philip Stadium recently.

Pull Together FC wallop Mams ladies

By Sport reporter Soshanguve based outfit Pull Together FC eased past struggling Mams Ladies with a comfortable 3-0 win in their SAFA Tshwane Women’s League clash that was played out at Philip Stadium in Soshanguve Block L recently.

Pull Together who were the home side started the encounter brightly, creating problems for the visitors at early stages. The home side’s persistent pressure finally proved fruitful in the 20th minute when Nthandazo Mthimunye opened the scoring with an easy shot after a defensive error by Zanile Khoza to make it 1-0 to Pull Together.

The visitors nearly levelled matters in the 32nd minute when Koketso Motha did well to lose her marker, but the young lady fired her effort straight at Pull Together’s shot-stopper,

By Sport reporter Young Masters managed to hold the high-flying Madiba Cosmos FC to a 1-1 draw in their groundbreaking SAFA Tshwane Super League encounter that was played out at the Extension four (4) Sporting Ground in Soshanguve recently.Cosmos who were the visiting team were oozing confidence after their previous

Tsholofelo Mashabane.

It was the home side who enjoyed maximum ball possession and looked the menacing of the two sides. Their continued dominance in possession led them into doubling the lead in the 43rd minute through Sherlote Mbokodo who unleashed a powerful shot just outside the box which did enough to beat the visitors’ keeper, Sbongile Mohlahlo, to make it 2-0 to Pull Together heading into the halftime interval.The second-half got to a flying start as the home side continued where they had left off in the first-half, pilling a lot of pressure on Mams Ladies who had switched to a defensive mode for the better part of the second stanza.It could have been more to Pull Together, had they have taken their chances, although Mams Ladies would also consider themselves

unfortunate given the two clear goal-scoring chances that Maria Nkuna failed to convert into goals.It was the home side’s Angel Mashiloane who hit the last nail on the Mams Ladies’ coffin when she did well to dribble past two defenders before slotting past the oncoming Mohlahlo to make it 3-0 to Pull Together and ensured that all three points remain at home.The encounter ended with Pull Together easing past Mams Ladies by 3-0.While critics will point to Mams Ladies coach for fielding a relatively young squad against the experienced Pull Together, credit should be given to the Soshanguve ladies who did not undermine their opponents, but gave everything and showed the experience they gained from the Sasol League last season.Pull Together coach, Lucky Malumedzha

hailed his charges for using their experience well to easily dismantle Mams Ladies.

Cosmos and Masters share the spoils

ute when he headed Thabo Ramaru’s over the crossbar. The lanky striker had another chance to make amends for his earlier error when he was through on goal in the 32st minute, but his shot went inches wide of goal.

The visitors wasted another glorious opportunity when skipper Fire Msiza blasted his left-footed effort over the crossbar with only the goalkeeper to beat.

2-0 victory over struggling Holbeach FC, while the home side were looking to make amends after suffering a 3-0 defeat at the hands of arch-rivals Invaders FC.The visitors started the encounter like a house on fire,

creating numerous goal-scoring opportunities during the early stages of the encounter, but failed to convert them into goals.Cosmos’ Bongani Mnguni could have broke the deadlock for the visitors in the 24th min-

“The game was easy for us.

I think it is because of the experience that we have in our team. We were playing in the Sasol League last season before we got relegated and the experience really came in handy for us in this game,” said Malumedzha.Disappointed Mams Ladies mentor, Papi Setou, rued lack of experience from his side as the reason they lost to Pull Together on the day.

“We lacked in many departments, especially our goalkeeping department, it was not up to scratch today. We could not defend well and that cost us this game. But we will go back to the drawing board and rectify,” said Setou.

Soshanguve Extension Fourborn Ofentse “Laliga” Mashiane is making his mark in the football industry, this after he recently joined local football giants Mamelodi Sundowns Academy.Mashiane who is currently doing Grade 12 at Soshanguve South Secondary School said that being part of the Mamelodi Sundowns academy was a huge achievement for him.It is like a dream come true for me. Sundowns is a big team and being part of such a team still feels like I am dreaming. It is a blessing.

And I am grateful to my mom who has always been supportive throughout this journey, not forgetting my previous coaches who gave me knowledge about football,” said the grateful Mashiane.He further revealed that some of the challenges that he faces at the academy was interacting with fellow teammates and making friends, also adding that it was not easy to adjust to the club’s style of play, which often puts pressure on him.Former Mashiane’s mentor at Invaders Football Club, Sammy “Masemza” Mojapelo, said that he was proud about the young man’s achievements and also wished him nothing but the best in his future endeavours.

“The boy is very talented. We as the coaches did not do much on him because of the level of talent that he possess. We were just providing him with training, but he ticked most of the box.

Soccer:Ofentse Mashiane (Right) during the Gauteng International Future Champions Tournament in Soweto.