create a platform for progressivemusic legends to recognise the rolethey played in the liberationstruggle through music,” MathaboLeeto, Arts and Culture MEC, says.Organisers say this year’s edition

will be staged against the backdropof the celebration of 20 years offreedom under the theme Ya LlaMelodi Ya Tokoloho.) For more details on Macufe2014, visit www.macufe.co.za.

Macufe Gospel Show on Sunday, aswell as the Homebrew performan-ces from Monday, 6 October, untilFriday, 10 October.The indoor jazz and the divas

concerts will be staged on 9 and 10October respectively.“Macufe continues to be the

brand for the Free State. It will beused to promote economic growth,showcase talent and promote sportstourism in the province. We will

The half-marathon will start atthe Free State Sports ScienceInstitute, President Brand andVictoria Road, at 06:00. The BigWalk will start at the historicMapikela House in the BathoTownship at 08:00. Several prizesare up for grabs.Other Macufe activities in this

year’s festival include Tshepe, aSesotho hip hop show in the formof a DJ battle on Friday, the

by music legends such as WilliamMthethwa and Metso. Religiousceremonies will be conducted togive blessings to the festival andembrace the 20 years of freedom.Entrance at the venue is free.As in previous years, Bloemfon-

tein Celtic and Kaizer Chiefs willdo battle on 12 October while the21,1 km Macufe half-marathon andBig Walk will also be held onSaturday.

} Jabulani Dlamini

THE Mangaung African CulturalFestival (Macufe) organisers havepromised a festival with a bangwhen this year’s edition, now in its17th year, kicks off on Friday.Apart from the festival regulars

such as the comedy show, arts andcrafts market, main jazz festivaland the Macufe Cup soccer matchfeaturing giants BloemfonteinCeltic and Kaizer Chiefs, a newaddition to this year’s line-up is arugby match.The Currie Cup rugby match

between the Free State Cheetahsand DHL Western Province will beused as a platform to celebrate the2014 Macufe edition. The matchwill be staged at the Free StateStadium on the Saturday with themuch-anticipated kick-off at 14:00.Tickets are available at the

Cheetahs ticket office at the FreeState Rugby Stadium or online atwww.fscheetahs.co.za at a reducedrate of R20 each for the open stand.According to a statement by

festival director, Mario Sefo of theDepartment of Sport, Arts andCulture in the Free State, thematch will serve as an importantplatform to celebrate Macufe 2014as part of the sports content of thisyear’s edition.A parade will be staged on

Saturday to officially raise thecurtain for the start of a week-longfestival that promises to dazzle funlovers, sports fanatics and culturalactivists from across the countryand beyond the borders.The parade will start at the

popular Sechaba Chesa NyamaPlace in Moshoeshoe Road,Rocklands, at 09:00 and proceed tothe Mangaung Outdoor SportsCentre where festivities will startat 11:00.As a taste of the fun that is to be

showcased during the 2014 Macufeprogramme, the cultural festivitiesat the Mangaung Outdoor SportsCentre will include performances

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Let the festivities begin

ANOTHER titanic battle is expected when Bloem­fontein Celtic and Kaizer Chiefs take each other onin this year's SpartaMacufe Cupmatch on 12 Octo­ber at the FreeStateStadium.OnSaturday theToy­ota Free State Cheetahswill take on the DHLWest­ern Province in the Currie Cup series as part of theMacufe sporting line­up. Photo: Jabulani Dlamini

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A VERY successful dinnerwith Terry Pheto, as well asan exclusive fashion show by2012 South African Designerof the Year, Thula Sindi, wasrecently held in Bloemfon-

tein.Express was a print media

partner for the event andcaptured these images.d’Purple Boutique organ-

ised the event and it aims to

host it annually from nextyear. Jabulani visited theevent.) Visit www.express-news.co.za for more photosfrom the event.

A fashion show to remember

THIS two­piece black and white numberwas another favourite with the exclusivecrowd. A MODEL with another Thula Sindi design.

A MODEL showing one of the morepopular designs by Thula Sindi.

INTERNATIONAL TV and movie star Terry Pheto was the masterof ceremonies for the fashion show. Photos: Jabulani Dlamini

THULA SINDI (middle) explains his designs as worn by Terry Pheto and Tselane Sibeko.

AS part of the show, a demonstration on how to prepare steak was also done. Photo: Jabulani Dlamini

SINDI explains the beautiful design to theaudience.

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Cluedup onculture

THE University of Washing-ton welcomed over 1 100attendees at the 26th AnnualInternational Society forEnvironmental Epidemiology(ISEE) Conference in Seattle,Washington, recently.

Two of the CentralUniversity of Technology,Free State (CUT), academicstaff and researchers, JaneNkhebenyane and DrNtsoaki Malebo of theFaculty of Health andEnvironmental Sciences,formed part of the partici-pants.

Nkhebenyane, a lecturerat the Department of LifeSciences, received a travelaward from the conferenceorganisers.

The ISEE invited theseacademics to attend thisinternational conference asa statement of support fortheir contribution inepidemiology research. Theyboth shared their research activities withexperts in the field across the globe.

Their research focus was on air qualityand its impact on food safety in health-careenvironment.

The theme for this year’s conference was:From Local to Global (Advancing Science forPolicy in Environmental Health). Theconference looked at how delegates couldmake use of the theme to deal effectivelywith air pollution in the environment and itsimpact on health. It also provided an outletfor the discussion of problems unique to thestudy of health and environment.

The role of ISEE was to bring togetheracademics from all over the world tomonitor the epidemiological trends and comeup with solutions.

The highlight of the conference was theestablishment of the African chapter, whichsignifies the collaboration between Africanand other international scientists. Further-

more, it will also provide access to trainingfacilities in the top-of-the-range laboratoriesfor students and their mentors. Funding willalso be availed to staff and student exchangeprogrammes under the chapter.

Malebo said that the newly-establishedforum intends to emulate this model byestablishing an ISEE affiliate in the Sub-Sa-haran region.

“Through this initiative we hope topromote the objectives of ISEE in an attemptto provide a variety of forums for discus-sions and collaborations. We will mobiliseour peers in order to forge a mutual relation-ship, participation and networking throughworkshops and seminars for our academicgrowth in this field,” she concluded.

The chapter addresses the recently adoptedCUT Internationalisation Strategy whichintends to expose the university’s innova-tions globally so that the world will look upto the CUT for solutions.

Two at US conference

THE conference delegates at the International Society forEnvironmental Epidemiology (ISEE) Conference 2014 inSeattle,Washington.Among themare theCUT’s JaneNkhe­benyane (back, left) and Ntsoaki Malebo (front with theblack jacket). Photo: Supplied

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RE sa tswa keteka kgwedi ya‘Mafa a setjhaba’ mme ka la 24Loetse e ne e le letsatsi laphomolo mme re keteka botjhababa rona. Mona batho ba bonweba kgabile ka diaparo tsa bonatsa botjhaba.Ka nnete e ne e le botle bo

hlollang mme eka e ka ba ntho eetsahalang kgwedi ka nngwekapa hangata feela.Ke ipotsa hore ke batho ba

bakae ba ileng ba nka monyetlaona ho fuputsa nalane ya bona lesetso sa bona.Re rata ho apara diaparo tsa

botjhaba le ho hopola hore rebomang ka dinako tse tjenaempa ebe re etsa eng ho tsebahaholwanyane ka rona?Na o tseba seboko sa hao? Na

o tseba hore o ana eng?Bothata ba rona Maafrika ke

hore ditaba tsa rona ha dingolwe fatshe. Nalane ya rona ekotsing e kgolo ya ho felahobane re tshepetse ho bonkgonole bontatemoholo ho re qoqeladitaba tsena.Bothata mona ke hore ha ba

ikela boyabatho ba ikela le tseboena ya bona mme re sale reahlame.Ke kahoo ho bang bonolo ho

qhelela ka thoko nalane ya bathoba batsho, setso, puo, jwalo-jwa-lo. Le jwale ho na le batho banahanang hore ho tseba Senyese-

mane ke sesupo sa tswelopele.Ba shebela ba sa se tsebengfatshe mme ba nka ba sa ruteha.Qholotso e kgolo ke hore

ditaba tsena tsa baholo ba ronadi ngolwe fatshe molemong wameloko e tlang. Ho thusang hoapara diaparo tsa setso empa ose na kgahleho ya ho tseba kanalane ya hao? Ha re bolele horemotho ka mong o lokela ho tsebaho ithoka hobane bokgeleke hase ba bohle!

Na o kgona ho hlalosetsamotho e mong hore o Motaung,Mokwena, jwalo-jwalo ka botlalohore a utlwisise hore o mang?Ke hobaneng re sa batle ho rutabana ba rona ditaba tsena kamogwa oo ba tlang ho utlwisisakapele?Maloba mona re fumane

tletlebo ho tswa sekolong se sengmoo batswadi ba neng bakoptjwa ho kgetha puo e tlarutwa sekolong seo tlatsetsong

ya ena ya English.Bongata ba batswadi sekolong

sena ke batho ba batsho mmemosuwehlooho o ne a kgathatse-hile. Sekolo se ile sa nonyabatswadi maikutlo ka lengolo leneng le ba botsa hore isao ho tleho rutwe Sesotho kapa Afrikaansna?Bongata ba batswadi bo

ikgethetse hore bana ba bona(bao bongata e leng Basotho) bampe ba rutwe Afrikaans.Mehlala e kang ena e bontshakotsi ya ho se tsebe nalane yahao. Mona ho nepahala puo ereng ha o sa tsebe moo ohlahang teng o keke wa tsebahore o lebile kae.Ka hona ke phephetsa bohle

hore taba ya botjhaba ba rona lepuo ya rona ke boikarabelo barona. Ebang o kgesa puo ya hao,o kgesa wena. Ebang o re puo yahao ha e na molemo, o bolelahore le wena ha o na molemo.A ke re tlohelleng ho itlontlol-

la ditjhabeng mme re be motlotloka seo re leng sona!)Mang kapa mang ya abatlang ho ngola kholomongena, a ka ikopanya le JabulaniDlamini ho 051-404-7910kapa email: Jabu-lani.Dlamini@volksblad.com)Mongodi ha ana ho lefiwa.)Where necessary Expressedits some columns – Ed.

Puo le botjhabaA re buengVusi NtlakanaPanSALB Free State manager

‘Bothata ba ronaMaafrika ke hore ditaba tsarona ha di ngolwe fatshe. Nalane ya rona ekotsing e kgolo ya ho fela hobane re

tshepetse ho bonkgono le bontatemoholoho re qoqela ditaba tsena. Bothata mona kehore ha ba ikela boyabatho ba ikela le tsebo

ena ya bonamme re sale re ahlam.’

FAITH MUTHAMBI, Communica-tions minister, says South Africaneeds a strategy to iron out thechallenges facing both communityand commercial media.“We need a strategy to ensure

that we have a sustainabilitymodel for all these communitymedia houses, as they are com-plaining of not getting enoughgovernment support, especially inlocal government. As government,community is our baby, as it is atthe doorsteps of our communities,”said the minister on Friday.She said the strategy would need

to focus on encouraging localgovernment to take advantage ofcommunity media.Muthambi was speaking at the

Community Media Imbizo at theEast London Golf Club in theEastern Cape. The event wasaimed at giving community mediaan opportunity to map out thestatus of their industry as well asdeveloping the way forward.Themed Together we move South

Africa forward, the Imbizo provid-ed a platform to reflect and engageon successes and failures, opportu-nities and challenges of buildinga sustainable community mediain South Africa in the EasternCape.Muthambi, who praised the

Eastern Cape community mediafor being well-organised, said shewas expecting them to have goodand strong governance.– SAnews.gov.za

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IN what seems to be a war everytwo years between Hamas and theIsraelis, 2014 has been the bloodiestof all, claiming almost 1 900 livesand counting.Leaving scores of Palestinians

homeless, with no food to eat, noroof over their heads, a countlessnumber of children orphaned andincreasing the prospects of a bleakfuture in the Israeli enclave of theGaza strip.As the Israelis and Hamas

continue to play a blame game, thehelpless people of Palestine are leftto bear the brunt of the sheerbrutality of the military operationsin their back-yards. In a worldwhere morality seems to be a farcry, Gazans continue to sufferinhumane and deplorable livingconditions in the aftermath of thewar raging within their territory.In a desperate attempt to change

public opinion on the Israelimilitary campaign in the strip,both Israel and its ally, the UnitedStates of America (USA), haveargued effortlessly that Israel has aright to protect its people, anargument which I find extremelytroubling. Why would they sodesperately state the obvious,unless they are mindful of thewrongfulness of the Israeli opera-tions in the Gaza strip.Every government has the right

to protect its citizens against any

threat to its sovereignity asenshrined in the International Law.So, I find this public relations

strategy deeply troubling fromwhere I am standing. Backed by allbig media houses (CNN and theBBC, perhaps not so surprising bytheir angle of reporting) who haverepeatedly reported on the numberof missiles Hamas militants havefired onto Israel, yet the death tollis rising on the side of Palestinewith not a single building inJerusalem, Tel Aviv, Petah Tikva,Netanya, et cetera, being hit.Surprising is that I haven’t heard

till now how many missiles Israelhave fired onto Gaza, but we knowthe Israel Defence Force (IDF) hasflattened a larger area in the stripthan ever before. More that 120 000people have been left homeless,displaced, left worse off and familyunits disrupted, if not destroyed,bright futures ruined, the right ofthe people of Palestine to live hasbeen violated and lives cut short.Across the border into Israel,

kids can still go to the beach and

enjoy being kids without thetrauma and fear of whether theywill live to see tomorrow. Perhaps,much credit to the USA-developediron dome. It has been able todetect, analyse and destroypotentially dangerous missiles firedonto Israel by the Hamas militants.This begs the question, why are

the people of Palestine not giventhe same technology for theirprotection? If not, this is a fightagainst the people of Palestine ingeneral and not just so-calledHamas terrorists.In the recent mediation attempt

by the USA, the UN and otherregional leaders in the Middle East,the importance of proportionalattack and the need for extrameasures to be taken by Israel toensure minimal civilian casualtiesin Gaza were stressed by all themediating parties. However, thereality has been shocking to saythe least.Israel has not taken this call to

their operations, as we see acontinued increase in the numberof civilian casualties in Gaza, as aresult of the indiscriminate attackfrom Israeli soldiers on the peopleof Palestine. In one incident thatleft more than a dozen people dead,the IDF targeted the UN-designatedshelter, this after they were alleged-ly reminded 17 times by the United

Nations Relief and Works Agency(UNRWA), they struck the buildingregardless. In the latest display ofdefiance and total disregard of therules of engagement between thewarring parties, Israeli forcestargeted a UN shelter where tenmore people were pronounced deadas a result of the attack.The question is how long will

Israel continue to kill the people ofPalestine with impunity? Clearly,the verbal condemnation is notbearing good fruits for the peopleof Gaza who are caged in their owncountry with limited and/or noaccess to the rest of the world.All that the people of Gaza ever

wanted was to be free, and have aright to self-determination, a rightto be Palestinians without fear ofbeing bombarded with heavyartillery and left for dead, withoutenough and expired medical stock,and for their children to grow andbe safe on the playground in thesame way as those of Israel.There is no denying Israel’s right

to protect its citizens, but why isIsrael not willing to accept the UNresolution of two states betweenthem and Palestine? Why is thesafety of the people of Israel givenso much priority, why is it somuch more important than that ofthe people of Gaza and Palestine?It was recently report the USA

and other mediating parties havefailed to convince Israel into aceasefire. The US approved Israel’srequest to replenish its missilesand other arsenal inventory.If indeed the USA was genuine

about the ceasefire efforts, I amdead sure that this should havebeen more than enough leverage to

force Israel to come to the tableand discuss a ceasefire and talkabout other contentious issues,such blockades, the movement ofpeople and items in and out ofGaza, and including the destructionof tunnels and demilitarisation ofGaza (if the move would be in linewith International Law).Sadly, this went down as the

epitome of a truly missed opportu-nity for the USA and the people ofGaza. It is pitiful that the Africanleaders have lost their conscience.I think this would have been thetime for our continent’s leaders toshow support for the people ofGaza by boycotting the USA-Africasummit until the USA has stoppedarming the IDF to kill the people ofGaza. Americans needs to be heldpartly accountable for their role inthe mass indiscriminate killing ofthe people of Gaza. Pres. BarackObama in his foreign policy outlineevent argued that just because theUSA had the “best hammer(military and weaponry), it doesn’tmake every problem a nail”.But lending your “best hammer”

to the reckless carpenter (so tospeak), who sees every regionalproblem through the barrel of theUSA-made arsenal, the USA mustshare the responsibility for thesenseless killing of the innocentpeople Gaza.) Express welcomes contribu-tions to this column fromreaders. Columns must bearound 500 words and mustinclude a head and shouldersphoto of the writer.) This article was written a fewweeks ago and was not previous-ly published in Express – Ed.

Palestine vs Israel: One-sided warMy viewLebohangMafaSocial Observer

‘All that the people of Gaza ever wanted was to befree, and have a right to self-determination, a right tobe Palestinians without fear of being bombarded and

left for dead.’

IN support of International Literacy Day on8 September, staff members of PhatshoaneHenney Attorneys donated over 160 second-hand books to give to those in need.A range of books – from children’s books

to fiction, non-fiction and even a complete setof Encyclopedia Brittanica – were thenhanded over to Engo, a non-profitable andnon-governmental organisation that focuseson the care of children, the elderly, families,persons with disabilities and patients inneed. Engo will now distribute the bookswhere the need for the written word is

greatest.Jan Berry, CEO of Phatshoane Henney

Attorneys, says as literacy is such a criticalaspect of education, the firm believes thedonation is sure to make a lasting differencein many children’s and adults’ lives.“Having access to reading material is

something many of us take for granted, butis in reality a great privilege that noteveryone gets to experience. Even if thisbook donation brings only one person toexperience the wonder of reading, we’ll bemore than happy.”

Books donatedFRIKKIE VAN DYK (right), head of Engo’s Our Child and Youth­care Centre, and MagdelLouw, public relations and marketing manager at Phatshoane Henney Attorneys, picturedwith some of the donated books at the Phatsoane Henney Attorneys’ offices. Photo: Supplied

Tickets up for grabsTHE Toyota Free State Cheetahs andExpress are giving away ten sets ofdouble tickets to lucky readers whowant to attend the Cheetahs againstthe DHL Western Province game at theFree State Stadium on Saturday at14:00. To stand a chance to win, visitwww.express-news.co.za. Winners willbe notified by email on Friday.

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IN our society where crimestatistics for violent crimes arealarmingly high, it is importantthat you understand the princi-ples behind the legal term“private defence” – more appro-priate, as it is not limited to onlythe defence of oneself – and whenyou may or may not shoot.

Not a “one-size-fits-all” defenceWhen aggressive force has

been directed against anotherperson, a court will decidewhether a crime has beencommitted by taking into accountthe conduct, the presence orabsence of a specific human act,causal link whether the conductcan be linked to the accused,unlawfulness whether the act canbe justified or not and culpabili-ty, whether the conduct wasintentional or negligent, andwhether the accused was able todistinguish between right andwrong at the time.Private defence is indeed one of

the defences which can be raisedto justify conduct that wouldotherwise be unlawful.However, this defence is not a

“one-size-fits-all” defence and itmust also be asked whether thelevel of force was reasonable or

unreasonable under the circum-stances.

Scenarios consideredTo illustrate, imagine two basic

scenarios.In the first scenario, Mr A is

walking down a busy pavementwhen he is approached by Mr Bwho demands his wallet. Mr Bdoes not appear to have aweapon, but is an intimidatingcharacter. Mr A pulls out a gunand shoots Mr B in the chest,killing him.In the second scenario, Mr A

wakes up to find Mr B in hisbedroom aggressively pointing agun in the direction of Mr A andhis wife, with his finger on thetrigger. Mr A pulls a gun outfrom under his pillow and shootsMr B, killing him.

Court weighs up facts of caseAt the trial of Mr A (in both

scenarios), he pleads privatedefence as grounds for what heregards as the lawful killing ofMr B. Before such a defence isaccepted, a court will considerthe circumstances surroundingMr A’s conduct and apply the“reasonable man test” by asking:“What would a reasonable man

placed in the same situation do?”The factors which a court will

then examine include whether anunlawful attack had taken placeor was about to, against whom orwhat the attack was directed, andwhether it was a person orproperty worth protecting.Another is whether force was

necessary to protect the person orproperty that was threatened, orwhether alternative optionsexisted to avert the threat,whether the force was directedagainst the attacker and whetherthe force was proportional to thethreat.

Alternative options, lesserforceTaking account of these factors,

it is quite likely that a courtwould find that in the first

scenario, an unlawful attackcould be perceived as havingbeen imminent against Mr A andhis property, and that his life andproperty was worthy of protec-tion.However, a court would

probably find that a reasonableman in the same situation as MrA would consider the killing ofMr B to be unreasonable, asalternative options or lesser forcecould have been applied with thesame result.For instance, as the attack

occurred on a busy pavement, areasonable man could shout forhelp, run away, or as a lastresort, pull out his gun and warnthe perceived attacker to back off.Additionally, a reasonable man

may also be held to be aware thata shot to the chest has a fargreater likelihood of fatality thana warning shot or shot to, forexample, a foot.In this scenario, the probability

indicates that the force exertedby Mr A was not proportional tothe unlawful attack by Mr B andMr A’s conduct would not beconsidered justified.

Limited options, likely fatalIn the second scenario, an

unlawful attack would also beperceived as having been immi-nent against Mr A and his wife’slife, which would be worthy ofprotection through the directionof force against the attacker.The court would in all

probability also find that areasonable man in the samesituation would assess that therewere limited opportunities for

escape, that it would be highlyunlikely that he could disarm oroverpower Mr B without riskingtheir safety, and if action was nottaken immediately, he and hiswife might be in a potentiallyfatal situation.Accordingly, as a last resort Mr

A directed the only force whichwould be effective in such asituation, namely to fire on theattacker with the intent todisable him.In these circumstances a court

would most probably find thatthe force directed at Mr B wasproportional and justifiable underthe circumstances.

Force not considered lightlyIt is vitally important to

remember that consequences flowfrom all actions and that the useof force should never be consid-ered or taken lightly. Where noother option is reasonablyavailable, force may be appliedagainst an attacker.The circumstances behind each

case, however, is unique, and onecannot compare one decision toexert force to a decision inanother set of circumstances.Likewise, what may or may notbe a justifiable defence willalways need to be approachedwith circumspection.Anger or fear alone must never

be used to justify the exertion offorce, and the question of “toshoot or not to shoot” can onlybe answered with, “do I have anyother option?”) Mitchley is an associate atPhatsoane Henney attorneys inBloemfontein.

To shoot or not when in danger

JACYN MITCHLEY

IN the light of recent high-profile criminaltrials, commissions of enquiry and the inunda-tion of crime and police television shows, thepublic at large can be forgiven for its generalview that “self-defence” is an accepted mecha-nism to ensure your safety.

GOOD progress and someachievements have beenrecorded in the provision ofbasic services over the firstquarter of the fifth democraticgovernment.This is according to Malusi

Gigaba, chairperson of theGovernance and Administra-tion Cluster and Home Affairsminister, who briefed media inPretoria on Sunday on progressrelating to the implementationof government’s Programme ofAction.Gigaba noted that the

number of households thatwere connected to the electrici-ty grid amounted to 48 751,with 3 786 using non-gridtechnologies.

Efforts to strengthen andbroaden public participation inlocal service delivery throughward committees were also inprogress with a total of 450Ward Level Service Improve-ment Plans having beendeveloped since May 2014.The improvement plans

developed focussed on, amongother things, the filling ofpotholes, repairing non-functioning traffic lights,preventing service interrup-tions, attending to billingqueries and the cleaning ofopen spaces.A total of 3 294 ward service

improvement plans have beendeveloped to date, said theminister.

Servicesimproving

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} Mutombo Moise Kumwimba

IT is easy for everyone to say that they area man or woman of faith; but what reallyqualifies us are not the words we speak,but our actions in times of adversity.

A man of faith does not change hisposition before God because of adversity,neither does he change his confession.

A man of faith understands that adversityis a soil under which faith flourishes, whilea faithless man – I mean a religious man –sees adversity as a way to believe God doesnot hear us, neither is He concerned aboutus. In the end of it his faith drops.

A man of faith knows that no matterhow long the night lasts, morning iscoming.

A man of faith gets a way out in themidst of life’s uncertainty, because of theunchanged position of his heart before theLord.

In Daniel 3:16 we see that for Shadrach,Meshach and Abednego it was a matter oflife or death.

When king Nebuchadnezzar gave ordersto all the people to bow down and worshipthe statue or else be bound to the deathpenalty, these three young men refused toabide.

Even though the king gave strict orders,they still chose to disobey him by saying:“We will not bow to your god, we know our

God will save us from your hands, but evenif He doesn’t save us we still won’t bow toyour god . . .”

Such faith God cannot fail. Indeed, whenit was time to be thrown into the fire, thespirit of God came and saved them.

What is your situation? Is your situationthreatening your life, career, finances,marriage?

Keep your faith – do not doubt your God,rather doubt your doubt because it isunreliable.

Jesus is ready to help you out of thattrouble, but your faith is the only way Hewill come into your situation.

Knowing this, we are left with no optionbut to hold on to our faith.) To hear more of these messages, youare invited to attend the New HorizonMinistry at the Joe Solomon PrimarySchool in Heidedal every Sunday from09:00. You can also send prayer requeststo 071-214-9404.

Men and women offaith known by actions

For more photos and news visitwww.express-news.co.za

THESE teachers from Lejweleputswa are finalists for the 2014 Free State NationalTeachers Awards and made it through by virtue of being selected as winners at dis­trict level at a function held inWelkom recently. They are from the left SiphoMpotle,Jenni Harrison, Galima Mohamed, Natacha Brand and Johan van Niekerk.

Photo: Teboho Setena

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} Tladi Moloi

FICKSBURG. – While most South Afri-cans are celebrating the 20th anniversaryof democracy and freedom, Julia Frees ofCaledon Park near Ficksburg has not hadreason to celebrate. She has described hersituation as having lived in a cave with noprivacy for 20 years.

Frees has been sharing a four-roomedhouse with her neighbours.

“We have been living in that housebecause we have no alternative. It is like acave,” she says.

Apparently, these houses were built bythe apartheid government. They arefour-roomed houses with two outsidedoors. Two families live in each house,separated only by the wall.

However, life will be different from nowon for 20 families in Caledon as thesehouses will be demolished. Some of thehouses have already been demolished andfive-room houses are being built, courtesyof Operation Hlasela.

The houses were demolished lastTuesday by the Free State ProvincialGovernment, led by Premier Ace Ma-gashule, during the Operation HlaselaOutreach Campaign in the township ofMeqheleng in Ficksburg.

The families whose houses have beendemolished are being housed in theshelters which were temporarily built forthem by the Setsoto Local Municipality.

“I am over the moon, even though thehouse is not complete. I never thought thatone day the ANC government would dothis for me,” said Frees.

She said the condition of the house thatthey were living in were not conducive toa good life.

“Life was very hard in that house. Youcould see the neighbour through the walland obviously there was no privacy.”

Although overjoyed at finally havinga house she can call her own, themother of three said she was also worriedthat her husband who had disappearedmany years ago might come back to claimthe house.

“I am afraid. I am wondering what willhappen should my husband come back andclaim ownership of the house. He is nowliving in Johannesburg with anotherwoman,” she said.

Frees said the house was registered withthe husband who did not want to comehome anymore.

“We came here after he was given thehouse by his cousin. So it is clear that hecan come at any time and do as hewishes.”

However, the premier promised her thatwould never happen.

“He can’t kick you out of the house. Wewill make sure that we register the housein your name. We’ll build this house foryou,” he said.

When asked why they were demolishinghouses instead of building for those whodid not have a house, he said, “We don’twant to see those kraals which peoplerefer to as houses. We want people to livein quality houses.

“We’ll keep on building for our people.They should be taken closer to the towns,”he said.

Houses cementhope in Ficksburg

A HOUSE is destroyed during the Hlasela Outreach Campaign in Caledon Park No 1 inFicksburg.

ACE MAGASHULE (in yellow), the premier of the Free State, with some members of hisgovernment looking at the five­room houses being built for the people of Caledon ParkNo 1 in Ficksburg. Photo: Tladi Moloi

REACHING OUT: Past. FrancisBoakye of the Christ EmbassyChurch in Bloemfontein unveiledthe church’s Reach Out South Afri­ca (Rosa) programme during a me­dia briefing yesterday. As part ofRosa the churchwill embark on dif­ferent community activities suchas a visit to inmates at the Groot­vlei Prison. The highlight of theprogrammewill be the distributionof 300 000 copies of the church’sdaily devotional pamphlet, Rhap­sody of Realities. Photo: Supplied

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In the estate of the lateSejang Maria Makgothi, nr.24914/2014, widow, of 493Ratlou Location, Thaba Nchu,identity number 480923 0718082, who passed away on 21August 2014.Creditors and debtors in theabove estate are hereby requi-red to file their claims withand pay their debts to undersi-gned within 30 days from dateof publication hereof.Dated at Bloemfontein this16th day of September 2014.

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SPORT

} Sidwell Guduka

SEITATOLO MATSHABA hasblamed their “poor defending” fortheir loss against the CedaraCollege of Agriculture in theNational Agricultural Colleges’Soccer and Netball Organisation(NACSNO) Tournament final lastFriday.

Her Glen College of Agricultureside were unlucky to go down 21-27to the KwaZulu-Natal outfit in anentertaining match which wasstaged at Glen outside Bloemfon-tein.

The Free Staters were off to astrong start. They deservedly led7-6 in the first quarter, but missedplenty of scoring opportunities thatwould have wrapped up the gamefor them in the second quarter – itended 11-13 in favour of Cedara.

The KwaZulu-Natal girlsmaintained their lead in the thirdquarter (16-19).

They showed more stamina andstrength in play as the Glen girlswaned towards the end of thematch.

Before Friday’s affair, Glen hadwon all their matches against theTaung College of Agriculture(24-10), Marapyane College ofAgriculture (24-18), Owen Sithole

College of Agriculture (36-4) andFort Cox College of Agriculture(34-21) in the group stage matches.

In the semifinals, Glen overpow-ered Grootfontein (30-25), a teammade up of players from theNational Department of Agricul-ture.

“Today was obviously anincredibly tough game. We foughthard and tried our best, but ladyluck was not on our side. We hadgood chances, particularly in thesecond quarter, but we could notconvert them. Sometimes thathappens in sport,” Matshaba toldExpress after the match on Friday.

“We are all disappointed about

the loss because the intention wasto win the final. We had to walkpast the cup but couldn’t hold it.We were so close to winning thetournament.

“We let ourselves down by notdefending well and missingchances. But it happened and wecannot change the situationanymore,” she said.

Star, as Matshaba is affectionate-ly known in netball circles, scored19 goals in the final. For herefforts she was chosen as the bestplayer of the match.

“I have mixed feelings about thebest player of the match award. Iam really happy to receive it, but Iam sad we lost in the final. Itwould have been nice to lift thetrophy,” said Matshaba.

Meanwhile, Glen College’s soccerteam defeated the Lowveld Collegeof Africulture 1-0 in the men’sfinal.

The week-long tournament,which was hosted by the FreeState Department of Agricultureand Rural Development, proved tobe a great success.

The event will be hosted by FortCox College in the Eastern Capenext year.) For more stories, visit www.ex-press-news.co.za.

Poor defendingblamed for loss

VICTORS: The Glen College of Agriculture’s soccer team celebrating their final win with Mamiki Qabathe,MEC for Agriculture and Rural Development in the Free State.

MY BALL: Seitatolo “Star” Matshaba (right), Glen College’s goal attack, fights for the ball with CedaraCollege during the NACSNO final at Glen last Friday. Photos: Abbey Sebetha/Bakonepix

‘I have mixed feelingsabout the best player ofthe match award. I amreally happy to receiveit, but I amsadwe lost inthe final. It would havebeen nice to lift the tro-phy.’– Seitatolo Matshaba

THE likes of Kovsies, Pukke,Maties and Tuks remain thestrongest teams of this year’sVarsity Netball tournament,with the possibility of UJmoving up the log in weeks tocome.

This means that there is achance of a 2013 repeat withKovsies and Pukke in the final.However, Tuks has beenholding the top position for afew weeks and they haveshown no sign of backingdown.

The defending champions,UFS-Kovsies, were made togrind out a hard-fought 53-38bonus point win over NMMU-Madibaz as they look to retaintheir title.

The first quarter started at afurious pace with both sidesexchanging goals as both setsof forwards found the bottom ofthe net at will.

The Madibaz managed tohead into the first breakholding a slender 14-12 lead.There was no let-up at the startof the second quarter asKovsies managed to first drawlevel before taking the leadthanks to a dominant perform-ance during the powerplay.Both sides kept the scoreboardticking as the home side wentinto the half-time interval witha 28-22 lead.

The Madibaz came out full ofenergy at the start of the thirdquarter as they tried to reduce

the home side’s lead, butKovsies showed their tempera-ment as they extended theirlead to 40-31 as the finalquarter approached. Kovsiesmanaged to maintain their leadand did enough to secure abonus point in the closingstages of the match to walkaway 53-38 as the victors.

Meanwhile, NWU-Pukkecruised to a convincing 76-26victory over winless VUT intheir Varsity Netball clash inPotchefstroom.

The home side got on topearly on and took the game toVUT who were staring down a27-8 deficit at the end of thefirst quarter. NWU-Pukke tooktheir powerplay at the start ofthe second period and made themost of it to pile the pressureon the visitors.

VUT were giving it every-thing they had, but they couldnot hold back the NWU-Pukkewave and went into half-timetrailing 43-13.

The visitors had to chase thegame, and ran hard in anattempt to shut NWU-Pukkedown, but they could not stopthe rampant home side.

NWU-Pukke claimed thebonus point in the thirdquarter and continued theirdominance until the end asVUT wilted under the relent-less pressure. The FNB Playerof the Match was ZandreMeyer.

Kovsies, Pukkemight haveanother face-off

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THEY may still try to deny it, but there is acrisis at Bloemfontein Celtic – which issitting on the wrong side of the AbsaPremiership log.

Ernst Middendorp’s struggling outfit hasonly managed six from a possible 21 pointsand their dreary start to the season suggeststhat they will struggle to avoid relegation.The club has dropped to the 14th spot on the16-team log. Only three points separate themfrom the bottom-placed Amazulu.

Their woes were worsened by SupersportUnited who thrashed them 3-0 in Pretoria.

Middendorp is still skating on thin iceafter having lost three matches, drawingthree matches and only managing one winfrom seven opening league matches.

Express tried several times to get MaxTshabalala, Celtic chairman, to commentregarding the club’s position on the log and“MiddenDraw’s” future at the club. Everytime Express put a call through to him, hesaid he was in a meeting.

Tshabalala was however quoted as sayingin The New Age on Monday (referring toMiddendorp and his assistants): “Their jobsare safe, but we need to sit down and have adiscussion of how we are going to improvethe situation, because we are not in aposition we belong at the moment.

“He (Middendorp) asked for certain playersand we delivered on those players. We needto understand what the challenges are sothat we can deal with them before it is toolate.”

Meanwhile, the Celtic CEO, KhumbulaniKonco, told Sowetan on Monday: “It is stillvery early in the season and talk about thecoach (being fired) is not true. As a club weare rallying behind the coach and it is only amatter of time before we turn thingsaround.”

Celtic travel to the Princess MagogoStadium in Kwa-Mashu, Durban, for a datewith Amazulu in the Telkom Knockout onSaturday at 20:15.

This is a match Phunya Sele Sele cannotafford to lose, especially after going down tothe Tshwane giants Mamelodi Sundowns andSupersport United in their last two fixtures.

A loss for Celtic could spell the end ofMiddendorp, who is under pressure to get awin. It is interesting to see what type ofgame plan he will come up with to upsetAmazulu.

This football season has been anything butjolly for the Absa Premiership coaches, withtwo dismissal letters having been handed outsince the league commenced in August.

Another coach whose job is not safe, isnone other than Graig Rosslee of Amazulu.His side is yet to register a win after seven

league matches.Usuthu have only managed three points

out of possible 21 and they are desperate fora win.

) For more sport stories, visit www.express-news.co.za.

More woes forbattling Celtic

MATLABE “MAX” TSHABALALA Photo: Sidwell Guduka

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THE battle for the Nedbank/GreyCollege Soccer Tournament gets underway in Bloemfontein on Saturday.

The tournament takes place at GreyCollege and features 20 schools fromacross South Africa.

All the matches will be played atGrey College’s Windmill Park inBloemfontein from 08:30 every day.The final will be played on Tuesday.

Entrance is free.

Group ABrebner High (Gauteng)HTS Louis Botha (Free State)Norkem Park High (Gauteng)Northwood High (KwaZulu-Natal)St Peter’s College (Gauteng)

Group BGlenwood High (KwaZulu-Natal)Grey College (Free State)King Edward VII (Gauteng)Kloof High (KwaZulu-Natal)The Glen High (Gauteng)

Group CGeorge Campbell (KwaZulu-Natal)St Francis College (Gauteng)Jeppe High School for Boys (Gau-

teng)Tsoseletso High (Free State)Victoria Park High (Eastern Cape)

Group DBenoni High (Gauteng)Durban High School (KwaZulu-Na-

tal)St David’s Marist Inanda GautengSt Stithian’s College GautengWaterstone College Gauteng

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Schoolssoccerbattle is on