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Eviction standoff} Tladi Moloi

IT took six hours for 12 members ofthe South African Police Service(SAPS) from Bethlehem and the sher-iff of the court to evict the Sibisi fami-ly of the Baken Park location in Beth-lehem on Wednesday.Express EasternFree Statehas been

reliably informed that the family wasevicted after the house had been soldon auction. This was done becausethe house had not been paid for since2005, soon after the father of the fami-ly had died.

Looking from afar, one could havethought the police who arrived in sixvehicles had been assigned to arresta dangerous criminal who had com-mitted a serious offence, but it wasjust manpower to evict the stubbornMamohau Sibisi (40) who gave thema though time before the missioncould be accomplished.

Mamohau locked the two doors toprevent the police from coming in tothe house. She blocked the doors withfurniture on the inside and warnedthem that whoever pushed at the doorwould be met with hot water.

Key South Africa in Bethlehem wascalled to help in opening the door and

soon after this Sean Glasgow, thetransporter from the Sheriff’s officein Bethlehem, pushed at the door andquickly retreated saying, “She has aknife.”

The police went into the house andspoke to the woman, who then left the

house to speak to her lawyers.Mamohau said she went back to her

parents’ house at the Phumala Mqa-sha section of Bohlokong, Bethlehem.She said she was searching for themoney to pay the outstanding balanceof the house so that she could return.

“The municipality has taken thefurniture to their store room. Thosethings will remain there until I get aplace to stay.

“My husband died in 2005 and in2010, when they kicked me out of thehouse, I was told that the police couldnot pay the house. I asked why andthey told me stories,” said the heart-broken Mamohau.

Glasgow said, “We tried to be asprofessional as we could, but they didnot want to cooperate.”

He said in the end they had to forcetheir way in to do what the court hadinstructed them to do.

“It was not the first time that we ne-gotiated the matter with the family.We arrived here around nine – andlook at the time. It is now 14:30. Thewoman was removed from the housein 2010, but since then she did not set-tle the debt on the house,” he said.

He said there was a woman whohad bought the house and she wanted

to move into the house. However,there were threats from the neigh-bours and the family which waskicked out that if someone were to

move into the house, the house wouldbe burnt down. The frustrated newowner of the house refused to talk toExpress EFS.

HARD TIMES: The members of the South African Police Service (SAPS)in Bethlehem rushing into the house to stop Mamohau Sibisi who wasarmed with a knife.

THE evicted Mamohau Sibisiwalking out of the gate.

THE Sibisis’ funiture was left outside near the road after they had been evicted. Photos: Tladi Moloi

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Three arrested forillegal diamonds} Tladi Moloi

THEFicksburgMagistrate’s Courthas denied bail to three suspectsfacing charges of illegal possessionof uncut and unpolished diamondson Friday.They are Lepoqo Moshoeshoe

(35), Ramosamo Maroping (36) andRabisone Maroping (32).They were detained at the Ficks-

burg Police Station and are expect-ed to re-appear before the samecourt this Friday for a formal bailapplication.The suspects were arrested in

Bloem Street in Ficksburg last

Tuesday following a tip-off from aconcerned community member.Capt. Phumelelo Dhlamini of the

Ficksburg SAPS’s CommunicationServices said members of CrimePrevention responded to informa-tion about people who were goingto exchange diamonds for cash.“They observed the place where

the exchange was going to takeplace. The suspects were arrestedimmediately after they arrived atthe scene.“The police searched them and

found three diamond stones hid-den in their trouser pockets,” hesaid.

THE confiscated uncut and unpolished dia-monds. Photo: Supplied

“WHILST addressing certaindiplomats, Pres. Jacob Zumaremarked that the quality oflife in South Africa has mark-edly improved since the ANCcame into power. This state-ment is not only misleading,but could in some instances beconsidered a downright lie.”This is the opinion of

Theunis Botha, leader of theChristian Democratic Party.“If it is true that SouthAfrica

has a ‘visionary foreign poli-cy’,why is it that experts blamethe blunders our diplomats of-ten make on a lack of vision

and policy? We also feel thatthe remarks on the improve-ment of quality of life are an ab-solute insult to the millionswho are unemployed, thosewho live in squatter camps,those who are discriminatedagainst because of the colour oftheir skin, and those who havesuffered because of crime.”Botha said the president ob-

viously appears to be part ofthe country’s economic woes,as his questionable statementsstrip him of credibility and thecountry of investment confi-dence.

CDP leader questionsZuma’s positive remarks

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Lethoba emerges victorious in election} Tladi Moloi

ABIE LETHOBA is the president ofthe Safa Thabo Mofutsanyana Regionagain.Lethoba emerged victorious as his

challenger, FanyaneMafera, withdrewduring the regional electionwhichwasheld at the John Paul Centre 2 kmwestof Bethlehemon thePaulRouxRoad onSaturday.Soon after he was elected the giant

president said: “We will deal with theMaluti-a-Phofung Local Football Asso-ciation. I am happy to retain the presi-dent’s seat and I am looking forward tounity in the region. I want to run foot-ball in the region for the future of ouryoung stars.”He said this because Maluti-a-Pho-

fung was the only LFA that could notturn-up for the election even thoughtheir chairperson, Thite Titi, was ex-pected to contest for the hot president’sseat.“We are going to call them to the

meeting to find out what the problemwas. We are not going to do anythingbad with them, but if they want to goout then we will take it from there,” hesaid.Mafereka and Thokoa Mofokeng

were voted the deputy chairpersonswith Bongani Chabalala taking thetreasurer position.When asked why Maluti-a-Phofung

was not represented in the election, hesaid Maluti-a-Phofung was aware of the elec-tions. “We sent them a letter requesting themto send the credentials of their delegate whichthey never did,” he said.A few days before the elections the region re-

ceived an e-mail from Dennis Mumble, the Na-tional Executive Committee (NEC ) chief execu-tive officer, which Express Eastern Free State isin possession of.The letter stated the (NEC) cordially directed

the region to reschedule the AGM to 22 June toenable the task team to address the matterwhere there were disputes from the Nketoane,Phumelela and Setsoto election.He said the complaints received where not

valid and added that those peoplelodged disputes after they had lost theelections. “We could not postpone theelection because an e-mail that wassent to us with the postponement wasfrom the NEC members who were notfrom Thabo Mofutsanyana,” he said.Lethoba said conflicts would take

them nowhere and added that theteams should stop listening to peoplewho had their own agendas. “We areold.We should come together and drivethe region to one of the best in the coun-try.We should stop fighting as if we aregetting paid. We should stop fightingfor positions. We were brought here bypassion andknowledge of running foot-ball,” he said.Shoes Mazibuko, Safa vice-president

and SouthAfrican Schools Football As-sociation (Sasfa) president, said hewould have been much happier if allthe LFA’s took part and added that un-der the circumstances he was happythat the majority were there.“It is themandate of the region to de-

cide when they want their elections. Itwas Safa that set up the date and therewon’t be any deviations. They can’tcome and change the reason they ad-vanced because they said there werethree LFAs which lodged the dispute,but someof themarehere. It is onlyMa-luti-a-Phofung which was not repre-sented,” he said.He said he had spoken to the Safa

president, Kirsten Nematandani, earli-er thatmorning and hewished them luck on theelections.Titi said they could not comment on the mat-

ter and added that they would comment whenthe time was right.

THE Safa Thabo Mofutsanyana Regional Committee pose with Shoes Mazibuko, Safa vice-president andSouth African Schools Football Association (Sasfa) president, sitting second from the left, front. Theyare from the left, front: Thokoa Mofokeng, Safa Thabo Mofutsanyana deputy president, Mazibuko, AbieLethoba, the Safa ThaboMofutsanyana president, FanyaneMafereka, the Safa ThaboMofutsanyana depu-ty president, and Bongani Chabalala, treasurer; back: Butti Motsoeneng, Sasfa, Oorlog Motaung, JanasMolefe and Mmenki Mosia. Photo: Tladi Moloi


Dangers of smoking in the spotlight} Tladi Moloi

THE Department of Health, Social Develop-ment, Child Welfare, the Thuthuzela CareCentre and other stakeholders fromBethlehem recently celebrated World NoTobacco Day and Child Protection Weektogether with learners.

According to Nthabiseng Mokoena of the

Department of Health, who is the mentalhealth and substance abuse coordinator inthe Dihlabeng area, the ceremony wasaimed at creating awareness about thedangers of smoking and how childrenshould be protected.

She says they invited primary andintermediate schools, because those werethe age groups targeted.

“We decided to talk to them at a youngage so that they wouldn’t smoke.

“We know that at the time they reachhigh school, they have already startedsmoking, but that does not mean we willnot attend to them. We will visit them sometime this year.”

The day started with a march fromDiphaleng to the tennis court near the

Bohlokong Stadium where the officialprogramme started.

Palesa Mpatane from the PhekoloThuthuzela Care Centre urged the learnersto make the police and teachers theirfriends.

She said they should always tell themwhen something strange happened to theirbody or if they were raped.

A WORLD NO TOBACO DAY BANNER was held high during the recent celebrations in Bethlehem. Photo: Tladi Moloi

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} Tladi Moloi

HADIYO MOLOI, the assistantmanager of Welfare Services at theDepartmentofSocialDevelopment inBethlehem, has urged parents to stopsending their kids to buy alcohol andcigarettes.

“In most cases children regardtheir parents as role models and theywould assume that everything theyare doing is right. If they drink andsmoke near their kids, their childrenwould end up doing the same,” shesaid.

Moloi said this during the Bethle-hem Social Development’s Child Pro-

tection Week which was held in theBaken Park Hall in Bethlehem.

Child Protection Week was cele-brated with the children of the day-care centres in Bohlokong, Bethle-hem.

According to Moloi the celebrationwas aimed at creating awarenessamong the little ones and their par-ents about child abuse and their con-stitutional rights.

She said they also taught the par-ents that they should protect theirchildren at all costs.

“We invited thekids of theday-carecentres so that they could start learn-ing about their rights at this young

age. It is winter now and we wantedto teach them that they should notburn theveld, because it is dangerousto play with fire,” she said.

Moloi said they had heard of manycases in the location where a childhadburntahouseorvelddown whileplaying with fire.

“They should know how to protectthemselves against the abuse in thelocation. Iwashappywith thepartici-pation of the kids and that was a clearindication to us that the matronswere doing their job. It is not only theresponsibility of women to take careof the children, but the fathers shouldalso play their part,” she said.

Children made aware oftheir rights during week

KNOW YOUR RIGHTS: Children of different day-care centres in Bohlokong, Bethlehem, with some of theteachers and the event organisers. Photo: Tladi Moloi

CHILDREN of differentprimary and intermediateschools in Fickburg havepleaded with the Departmentof Justice to grant no bail toperpetrators and to let themrot in jail.

They pointed this out duringtheir recent march where theyhanded a memorandum ofgrievances to the Departmentof Justice.

The march was organised bythe Setsoto Local Municipalityin conjunction with differentnon-profit organisations andthe community of Ficksburg.

It was aimed at raising theirconcerns about the escalatingpace of woman and child abusein the area. Statistics revealed

that child and woman abuse inSetsoto was greatly driven byrape and domestic violence.

Serame Madibane, seniorinterpreter, received thememorandum and he request-ed the community members totake responsibility for thewell-being of the children andwomen and to cherish them inevery way possible.

“The community is kindlyrequested to report to thepolice and not to turn awayfrom any action of abuse.Should a parent/guardiannotice any unfamiliar behav-iour they should kindlycontact the child toll-freenumber – 080-005-5555,” hesaid.

Let them rot in jail,say children

CHILDREN of different primary and intermediate schools in Ficks-burg march to hand over a memorandum to the Justice Depart-ment. Photo: Supplied


TSHEPO TSHA-BALALA (13) fromQwaqwa was chosenas May’s SuperSportLet’s Play Sports Starof the Month for Ex-press Eastern FreeState.The Mafube Inter-

mediate School pupilis a talented golf play-er who begun his golf-ing journey in gr. 1. Tshepo is a passionate golf-er who has competed in numerous golf tourna-ments.He draws his inspiration fromhis golfing he-

ro, Tiger Woods, and hopes to be as successfulas him one day.Tshepo recently took part in his first golf

tournament that was held in the Kalahariwhere he obtained an overall sixth place.He then took part at the u.13 golf cham-pionships held in Kestell and won firstplace.Tshepo also took part in the Bloemfontein,

Parys and Virginia golf tournaments andachieved an overall sixth place.His most recent achievement was when he

won first place at the golf championships thatwere held in Kimberley.Tshepo’s ultimate goal is to play in the Pro-

fessional Golfers’ Association America (PGA)Tournament one day.) SendyourLet’s Play Sports Star nominationfor school learners between the ages of 6 and18 today (nominations received before the 20thof eachmonth will be included in that month’sselection).You can email your nomination to super-

[email protected] or fax to 086-552-4922. Formoreinformation please contact Lynne or Juanré atZ PR on 051-430-3027.

Tshepo aims toplay in the PGA

FROM an early age he had been in love withwaves and jumping up and down to pop songswhich were the soundtracks to our Decemberand Saturday dance floors.For many of his fans and followers he goes by

the name of DJ Tshepsta, but his real name hisThakaditau David Mocuu. At the age of 19, heis already a house music producer. He grew upin the small town of Kestell on the eastern sideof the Free State.Heestablished thenew,upcomingmusic label

Tempo Africa House which will be launched on13 July. He says the Free State should look outforhis next compilationCDwhich is in themak-ing. He has done some hit re-makes, plus he hascreated an image for himself outside the cage ofthe country’s border posts.For more on him go to www.facebook.com/

tempoafrica.house or www.facebook.com/lungelo.nhleko2. For free downloads go towww.datafilehost.com/download-ab0be3d8.html.

Own music label for DJ

THE Eastern Free State’s Spontaan competition was held in the Coachman’s Inn inthe Frontier Inn & Casino on Thursday afternoon. Christiaan van Zyl (second fromthe right) was chosen as the winner. The finalists are from the left Michelle Buiten-dach, Elsie Berry, Christiaan and Motsamai Tshabalala. Photo: Lynda Greyling

Spontaan finalists

TSHEPO TSHABALALA from Qwaqwa waschosen as May’s SuperSport Let’s PlaySports Star of the Month for Express Eastern Free State. Photo: Supplied

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BAFANA BAFANA midfielder ReneilweLetsholonyane says Sunday’s 2014 FIFAWorld Cup qualifier against Ethiopia willbe a “hell of a game”, but insists the teamis ready to do the job.

Gordon Igesund’s team produced apolished performance as they beat CentralAfrican Republic (CAR) 3-0 in a 2014 WorldCup qualifier in Yaounde, Cameroon, onSaturday.

However, Yeye says the big test comes inAddis Ababa this weekend.

“We have to beat Ethiopia; there are notwo ways about it.

“I had a feeling they were going to winin Botswana, because they are a strongerside, but then that is good because itmeans we have to do the business our-selves and not depend on the next team tohelp us qualify.

“It is as simple as that. We have to beatEthiopia and top the group before we playour last qualifier against Botswana athome.

“But this one is going to be moredifficult, because it is an away game in thetrue sense of the word and with all theirsupporters behind them; it is going to beone hell of a game.

“We have to work extra hard to get thepoints as this is mostly likely to be thegroup decider.

“Whoever loses will have to playcatch-up and with only one match remain-ing, it is going to be very hard, if notimpossible.

“If we lose this match, we have todepend on CAR to stop Ethiopia whenwe play Botswana, and that is not theideal situation we want to find ourselvesin.”

Bafana will leave Yaoundé on Thursdayfor the match in Addis Ababa. – Kick-Off.com

Bafana in fora tough one

} Tladi Moloi

THE Central Univer-sity of Technology(CUT) will representthe Free State in theSAB League nationalplay-offs after theynarrowly beat RealHearts by 4-3 in thepenalties after theteams had played to agoalless draw in the fi-nal of the SAB provin-cial play-offs. Thegame took place in theGoble Park Stadiumon Saturday.

CUT will competeagainst winners fromother provinces in thenational play-offsscheduled for 9 to 14July in the Coetzen-burg Stadium.

Even though RealHearts was beaten inthe final stage, theVirginia based teamqualified to play in theVodacom League nextseason. The two teamsthat played in the finalget promoted to the next league.

They advanced to the final stage of the SABLeague provincial finals after they had knockedout Sasolburg Juventus and Mighty Wits ofBethlehem respectively. CUT beat Juventus by3-2 on penalties after the teams had played to anentertaining 3-3 draw, while Real Hearts sentMighty Wits, who was the favourite, packing.

The final was a bit slow with both teams look-ing tired as players went down often sufferingfromcramps.Thegameended 0-0withCUTwin-ning on penalties by 4-3.

Teboho Ramakoa, the CUT head coach, saidthe tournament was tight and added that it wasa real test for his youthful team.

“We played well in the first game, but we lostfocus in the game and we ended winning it inthe penalties,” he said.

Ramakoa said they had a three year plan. Hesaid they initially finished third on the log andthen second last season before winning it thisseason.

Jim Madlakhazela, who has been helping theRealHeartsafter thecoachresigned, saidhewas

happy with the players’ performance. He saidthey wanted to represent the Free State in thenational play-offs but they could not, becausethey had to use a scrappy team after most of theplayers had sustained injuries.

“Wehadagameplanand itworked forus.Oneof the things that one should be proud of is thefact that we will be playing in the Safa VodacomLeague next season,” he said.

Madlakhazela said it has always been thechairperson’s wish to have a team back in theVodacom League.

CUT to represent the FS

THE Central University of Technology (CUT) are the Free State SAB League champions. Photo: Tladi Moloi


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} Tladi Moloi

THE RHINO FC are the champions ofthe 2013 Dihlabeng Mayoral League.The team pocketed R20 000 in prizemoney for the win. The players liftedthe trophy after they beat the stubbornPappilion FC by 3-1 in the last game ofthe league in the Bohlokong Stadiumin Bethlehem on Sunday.Lebohang “Ace” Letsatsi, Karabelo

Tsotetsi and Khotso Mofokeng nettedthe three goals for the championswhileTeiziMotsoenengscored thecon-solation goal for the Fouriesburg boys.The Bethlehem-based Rhino FC fin-

ished on top of the table with 77 pointsin 34 games. Theywere tightlymarkedby the free scoring Denma SuperEagles who finished second with 76points after the samenumberof games.Eagles also won their last game by

3-0 against Super Sport. The two gamesstarted at the same time. The trophywas kept in between the Baken Park

and Bohlokong Stadium where the de-ciding games were played.The games started at a slow pace

with the Rhino boys struggling to puttheir foot down. They were punishedearly in the first half as Motsoenengbroke the ice when he pulled the trig-ger inside the six-yard box. This wasafter the opponents’ defence failed toclear the ball.Just two minutes after the goal was

scored, Ace equalised with a thunderstrike.A few minutes before the interval,

Pappilion’s defence failed to deal witha high ball which ended up on Tsotet-si’s foot and he coolly converted thechance with the keeper at his mercy tomake the score 2-1.Pappilion came out like a team on a

mission in the second half, pushingnumbers to the opponents, but theyfailed to beat the rock-solid defencemarshalled by Thabo Motolo andTshidiso Matla.

Rhino FC relied on their ever-run-ning wings, but they were mostlycaught in the offside position. How-ever, the Rhino boys knewwhatwas atstake for them and kept pushing for aninsurance goal.They were finally rewarded towards

the end of the game when Mofokenghammered the last nail into Pappil-ion’s coffin to let the score read 3-1 andbegin the celebration for the Rhinosupporters.Zoa Moloi, the team’s mentor, said

he was happy with the performance ofthe boys and added that it was a toughseasonof football.He saidheknew thatthe play-offs awaited them.“We are not finished yet, as we still

have to fight our way to the SABLeague via the play-offs. However, I be-lieve my boys will do the job for theteam,” he said.He said that he would like to con-

gratulate the Eagles, who had finishedsecond.

Determined Rhinos tramplePappilion in league final

CHAMPIONS: The Rhino FC players celebrate with the trophy after winning the Dihlabeng Mayoral League.Photo: Tladi Moloi

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