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SEITHATI SEMENOKANE washing is also highly discouraged. & EARL COETZEE The municipality has written a letter to the Minister of Water and Sanitation, Mangaung is still suffering from a Nomvula Mokonyane, in hope of being severe drought, says the chairperson able to get water supply from the Katse of Bloemwater, Tefetso Phitsane. The Dam in Lesotho. Phitsane says that if we two dams supplying water to the metro, do not receive enough rain by the middle namely Welbedacht Dam and Rustfontein of December, Mangaung will be in serious Dam, are both at extremely low levels trouble. of 9 percent and 25 percent respectively. “In the next two months, if there’s no Mangaung water restrictions have been water released from Katse Dam, we adjusted from 20% to 30%, while the will run into serious problems. So we municipality says it will continue to work are hoping that the minister will be able on improving its water infrastructure to respond positively to that letter by programme, as well as monitor water releasing water from the Katse Dam. wastage through leaks. By mid-December, if nothing happens Phitsane warned that residents should in terms of serious rain, we’ll then have not become complacent now that we’ve serious problems.” received a few drops of rain. “Don’t be Meanwhile, the Department of Water deceived by the rain that you see outside. Affairs is fast-tracking a planned water It is nothing. It actually doesn’t make pipeline from the Gariep Dam in order any impact at all. We are appealing to to alleviate the water supply crisis in the every Mangaung resident to do his part by Mangaung Metro Municipality. ensuring that we try and reduce the usage Construction on the pipeline was initially of water. We literally don’t have water.” planned to start by 2035, but the current Deputy Major of Mangaung, Lebohang drought and water shortage has urged Masoetsa, has also encouraged the department to ramp up this schedule residents to report their boreholes to the considerably. municipality. Municipal by-laws require Free State head of water affairs, Tseliso Even with last week’s rain and hailstorm Mangaung residents still have plenty to be concerned about all those with boreholes to report them to Ntili, says the R2 billion project will when it comes the future of water security. PHOTO: MORGAN PIEK the municipality as having a borehole does be completed as soon as possible. Ntili not automatically give you ownership of could not, however, provide an exact 69% of Mangaung. The dam is currently range of factors which include the high that water. Residents are further urged to timeline for the completion of the project, silted up beyond 90%, which means sandstone prevalence in the area, poor soil continue to adhere to water restrictions, nor say at what stage it is currently in. even if we were to receive plenty of management practices by farmers, and the which include not watering lawns, plants He added that there is no quick fi x for rain, the water would simply be lost. The infl uence of the drought on erosion. with hosepipes and irrigation systems. the silting problem at the Welbedacht dam’s water level is currently at 9%. [email protected] The hosing down of hard surfaces and car Dam, which provides water to at least Ntili says the problem is the result of a [email protected] 2 COMMUNITY NEWS • SETJHABA www.bloemfonteincourant.co.za • [email protected] • 26 October 2016 Universitas Hospital: from best to worst PULANE CHOANE & CATHY DLODLO drop in standard must be explained and sorted out.” The fi ndings of the OHSC The Universitas Academic Hospital in report is the latest of a series of damning – once the pride of South reports that have been haunting the Free Africa’s public health system – is now the State Health Department. Its fi nancial woes worst in the country in its category. This have led to this department being put under is according to Health Minister, Aaron administration and a report by the Public Motsoaledi. He said during a recent meeting Service Commission (PSC) that was tabled in Bloemfontein that Universitas Hospital is in national parliament found a shortage of the lowest ranked hospital. This is according staff, shortage of life saving medication and to the latest report by the Offi ce of Health a backlog in the maintenance of medical Standards Compliance (OHSC). equipment. To top it all, the Universitas It found that out of a total of 10 academic Hospital was the hardest hit by the exodus of hospitals in the country, it has fallen to the medical professionals – the majority being last place. Confi rming that this hospital specialists in their fi elds. At the end of last was once the diamond in the public health year alone a quarter of the doctors in the Free State Health MEC, Butana Komphela; National Health Minister, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi and Lesotho Health Minister, Dr Molotsi Monyamane at a meeting with various stakeholders in Bloemfontein on the service, he said it occupied the number one province had left the Free State public health. National Health Insurance Plan. PHOTO: PULANE CHOANE spot just years ago. Reading from the report, The Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) he said that at the time Universitas had a also published a report after horror stories of crisis to crisis with people who rely on it Health in the province. Meanwhile, a report 90% compliance rate. According to the latest patients and their family members were told left traumatised by death and pain,” said that details fi ndings during visits to all fi ndings of the OHSC report, it has now a during a public hearing into the collapsing the organisation’s Anele Yawa. “While clinics and hospitals in the Free State by the compliance rate of only 60%. Motsoaledi health service in the province. But, the TAC the removal of Malakoane from the health South African Human Rights Commission said the over 30% drop in its compliance was much more optimistic about the situation portfolio is a major step forward, we are (SAHRC), is expected to be released soon. and quality assurance standards rate is after a cabinet reshuffl ing earlier this month under no illusion about the task ahead of us Voice contacted the provincial department of concerning. “Something in this hospital has saw Health MEC, Benny Malakoane, to rebuild the Free State public healthcare health for comment, but by the time of going gone horribly wrong and considering the being moved to another portfolio. “Under system,” he said. to print no comment had been received. hospital’s partnership with the University Malakoane’s watch the public healthcare Former Police, Roads and Transport MEC, [email protected] of the Free State (UFS), the reason for the system in the province has limped from Butana Komphela, is now the MEC for [email protected] Education concerned about crime in Botshabelo CATHY DLODLO at schools where the labs are operating, the numbers of enrolment have also One of the biggest fl agship programmes increased,” said Makgoe. of Free State Education is being hampered This is not the fi rst time that the safety by the high crime rate in Botshabelo. and security situation at schools have This is according to Education MEC, come under the spotlight. The Public Tate Makgoe. He said this township has Service Commission (PSC) in the province become notorious for the high rate of theft- published a report earlier this year that at-school cases that have a major impact raised concerns about the safety of children on the operating of math labs at schools. at schools and the impact of crime such as Makgoe says the security at schools in the theft of equipment, computers and even the area is a major concern as the biggest textbooks at schools. PSC Commissioner, number of labs that are not currently Henk Boshof, said the department will FARMER’S WEEKLY operational are located in the Botshabelo have to look at the security situation at area. schools as some children were without “The provincial education department textbooks after thieves had got away with TOUR TO PARIS spent approximately R10 million per year their textbooks even before the school on math labs, but the security at schools opened for the new academic year. The 26 FEBRUARY TO 4 MARCH 2017 in the province is a major concern,” said report followed visits to schools across the Makgoe. He said there are math labs province to assess whether the department Join the Farmer’s Weekly tour to France at about 701 schools in the province, had timeously delivered textbooks and but about 124 of these centres are not learning material to schools. Makgoe to attend the SIMA Paris International fully operational. These labs are facing said his department is going to start Agribusiness Show (equipment and challenges such as the theft of computers mobilising communities to take ownership technology) and SIMAGENA (livestock) and equipment. of the schools in their areas and help the “As some of the schools are running out department to secure schools’ buildings to be held at the Paris Nord Villepinte of classrooms, they use the venues for and much needed equipment. expo centre in 2017 the labs as classrooms,” said Makgoe. [email protected] In some cases the teachers, who were initially trained to operate the labs, have CONTACTMARIANNADUPLESSISFORMOREINFORMATION been promoted to other schools and this email: [email protected] or cell: +27 82 337 6127 has led to the closing of the labs. Makgoe Booking applications: 1 NOVEMBER 2016 says the problems at some of the labs are concerning, because Free State is one of the provinces where a defi nite improvement in the performance of learners who are making use of the math labs could be seen. “Free State’s performance of learners up to grade six showed a signifi cant increase and Education MEC, Tate Makgoe.

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FLAXMAN QOOPANE Vuyisile Mpinga (principal of Nozala Intermediate School), Thembile Ngonyama, Success Lekabe, Nick Efstathiou, Maricelle Botha, Christel Basson, Thobile Maloka, Sibongile Ntamo and Tsakane The Italian-born poet, Raphael d’Abdon, Ndubane celebrating with the young learners. PHOTO: THANDI XABA lecturer at the Department of English Studies at the University of South Africa Young entrepreneurs ready for market day (Unisa), , is making a valuable Young entrepreneurs at Nozala 29 October 2016. Here learners will put contribution to South African and Italian Intermediate School in Phahameng, all the knowledge gained into practice by literature with his poetry. Bloemfontein, had their fi rst introduction having their own stand and selling their D’Abdon, originally from Udine, Friuli, to the world of business as they started products. in Italy, came to South Africa in 2007 a year-long entrepreneurial, fi nancial These learners will continue with the 15 when he was a Ph.D. candidate in literacy skills programme in May. Central weeks’ Financial Literacy Programme in Linguistics and Literary Science through Media Group (CMG) has partnered with 2017. This programme allows learners the University of Udine and Unisa. His Young Entrepreneurs (YE) to equip to “experience” money and gain relevant studies focused on migrant writers in a group of Grade 1s and 2s for future knowledge about money – where it Italy and South African Literature and his business by helping them start and grow comes from and the choices they have in Ph.D. thesis focused on the South African Italian-born poet, Raphael d’Abdon. their own micro-enterprises in a fun and either saving, spending or sharing it. This ‘spoken word art’. “Jah Rose” Jafta, Hector Kunene and experimental way. programme covers, among others, the He says he did not write poetry before Serame Icebound Makhele who organise The past few weeks these learners were following topics: What money is, what he arrived in South Africa. He got in the Macufe Poetry Festival. I have taken through the entrepreneurial cycle, role it plays and how it changed over the touch with a community of poets in been working with them when I recited where each learner started their own years; Key features & differences in our Johannesburg, including Lebo Mashile, my poetry during the Macufe Poetry business and were taught the following: coins and banknotes; Where money comes Napo Masheane, Natalia Molebatsi, Festival held at Pacofs in Bloemfontein naming and registering your business, from; The fl ow of money; What banks Afurakan, Catty and Andrew Miller, just in October 2015. I remember that Lebo designing a logo, setting goals for your do; Different methods to pay for things; to mention a few. Mashile and Napo Masheane also held business, looking at your target market, Differentiating between needs & wants; “I like Lebo Mashile. We all do, I guess. conversations with poets and writers. planning and making a product, doing Setting money goals; Understanding a She’s a brilliant writer, a phenomenal Later in the evening they performed some market research, calculating revenue and budget; The importance of saving money; performer whose gigs leave you of their poems at the festival. I have a profi t. The balance between spending and saving; breathless, a ‘wordsmith extraordinaire’ lot of respect for what Nthabiseng “Jah Everything the learners learnt through and The signifi cance of sharing. whose written and sung words often make Rose” Jafta, Hector Kunene, Charmaine the programme culminates on the market Make sure to pop in at Saturday’s market you fl y into an endless spiritual journey. Kolwane Mrwebi and Serame Icebound day, which will be held at Emoya Estate, to see how these young entrepreneurs are She constantly reinvents as well. At a Makhele have been doing in the Free Volksblad Kos & Kunsmark” on Saturday doing. recent pro-Zim concert at the Bassline in State,” D’Abdon concludes. Jozi, together with sister artists such as Napo Masheane, Simphiwe Dana, Mak Mamabolo, the Mazwai Sisters, Eryka Badu, Jill Scot, India Arie and many more, she incarnated the prototype of a post-Western Shero; a woman and an artist in fully emancipated from.” D’Abdon tells the very fi rst day he arrived in South Africa, he was taken to Horror Cafe where he was exposed to poetry performance. He started attending all the

sessions at Horror Cafe. “I did not start BLUEPRINT 954/BCV/E writing poetry immediately, I was just studying the poets, observing what they were doing and why they were so exciting to me. Around 2008/09, I started writing poetry and I also started performing my poems during these open mike sessions. In 2013 I published my fi rst anthology of poems, Sunnyside Nightwalk, which contains 38 poems.”

I like Lebo Mashile. We all REPORT ELECTRICITY do, I guess. She’s a brilliant writer, a phenomenal performer whose gigs THEFT ANONYMOUSLY leave you breathless, a ‘wordsmith extraordinaire’ SMS 32211 (R1/ SMS) whose written and sung words often make you fly into an endless spiritual Include the following in your sms: journey • The specific address where the electricity theft is being committed, including pole number, stand number, street name and section (where possible) • Give directions to the premises if there are no stand numbers In 2016 D’Abdon published another • Description and/or name/s of suspects anthology, Salt Water. “It is a collection • Nature of crime (for example, illegal connections, meter tampering, illegal prepaid electricity vouchers, cable theft and I wrote when I moved from Sunnyside, non-payment of electricity)

Pretoria. To me poetry is a form of Tip-offs can also be made on www.crimeline.co.za or you can call the toll free Eskom Crime Report Line (Highly confidential) on 0800 11 27 22 storytelling that is different from prose. It is another instrument that we use to tell stories. To me, if you are not a storyteller, facebook.com/Operation.Khanyisa you are not a poet. You obviously have to twitter.com/@Op_Khanyisa know the rules of the game to tell stories [email protected] and call them poems. “I know Free State poets like Nthabiseng 6 MOTORS • www.bloemfonteincourant.co.za • [email protected] • 26 October 2016

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Chabeli Nyedimane won a unique double on Saturday by winning the Caste Lite Trail League Happy Valley event as well as the Pentagon Pistols 12.25km Charity Run. PHOTO: MORGAN PIEK Nyedimane wins unique double

MORGAN PIEK Uzair Cassiem’s consistency could lead to further surprises. Don’t be surprised if the Springbok Chabeli Nyedimane and Paulina Njeya once The Toyota captain, Francois Venter, or Sergeal Petersen’s x-factor will be a great asset management opt to retain him on tour after the the Prince, will add a lot of fl air to the Springbok to the Springboks and it is expected that he can match against the Barbarians. again reaffi rmed their dominance of the backline. feature in the Tests. PHOTO: NICOLETTE TALJAARD 2016 Castle Lite Trail Running League in Bloemfontein. Saturday morning saw Nyedimane claim a unique double in the City of Roses by winning the men’s open event at Happy Three new Boks for Cheetahs Valley just hours after winning the 12.25km Pentagon Pistols Charity Race. MORGAN PIEK “We had a bumpy season and than later. Nyedimane tamed the very technical and the focus was to just get back on board and The Cheetahs coach, Franco Smith, is challenging 10km Happy Valley course in The new Currie Cup champions, the Toyota we did that.” also going on tour after being included in 34:04 to win his fourth consecutive event in , have three fi rst timers The brilliant loosehead prop, Ox Nche, the coaching staff as a backline and skills the series and now is seemingly unbeatable in the Springboks squad for their end-of-year was very unlucky to miss out on a call-up specialist. in the series with one event remaining. tour to Europe. after initial reports indicated that he will be The Cheetahs’ other two Springboks are Wilfred Leeuw, who won the opening event Shortly after the conclusion of the Currie touring. Oupa Mohoje and Lood de Jager. The latter of the series at Wild Olive Estate in June, Cup, the Springboks announced two squads At just 21-years-old it is probably a blessing will offi cially be a player as from 1 followed Nyedimane across the line in that will be playing a match against the in disguise that Nche isn’t being rushed, but November. second while the fi rst-time trail runner, Pule Barbarians as well as the Tests against he will be getting his chance sooner rather [email protected] Hlabadlaba, ran an exceptional race himself England, Italy and Wales. to complete the podium. The Cheetahs captain, Francois Venter, has Nyedimane won his earlier race in 29:20. fi nally deserved his chance in the green-and- The women’s open race proved to be another gold and has been named in both squads. thrilling affair and at the halfway mark it The exciting winger, Sergeal Petersen, who was a two-horse race between Njeya and the has been a real revelation this season, was young triathlete, Jayme-Sue Vermaas. The also included in both squads and there is a pair ran neck-and-neck with neither prepared very realistic chance that he could actually to give an inch well into the second 5km feature in the three Test matches. lap. Ultimately Njeya’s experience kicked The impressive fl anker, Uzair Cassiem’s in and shifted gears to outpace Vermaas to fairy-tale season continues after being the fi nish. It was almost déjà vu if one looks included in the squad to the match against back to the Brandkop event where the exact the Barbarians. same story unfolded. Cassiem was originally named as one of Njeya crossed the fi nish line in a blistering the standby players, however, his stellar 43:59 to win her win fi fth consecutive race performance in the fi nal saw him forcing his in the series and this is a pretty remarkable way into the squad. feat taking into account that the series Cassiem joined the Cheetahs from the opener was only fi rst ever trail race. earlier this year and made his Super Vermaas crossed the line in second, while Rugby debut as well as won the Currie Cup. Leana Esterhuysen claimed third overall. The player told Voice that the plan was never The 2016 Castle Lite Trail League concludes to earn the hallowed green-and-gold this next month with the fi nal event at Wild season. Olive Estate. “The focus was primarily on winning the [email protected] Currie Cup year,” said Cassiem.

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WEDNESDAY 26 OCTOBER 2016 Hornbystraat, Bloemfontein 051 448 5902/3 [email protected] | www.workhorseclothing.co.za From zeros to heroes MORGAN PIEK important part of South African unbeaten just a year ago. When a there were a few injuries but the people behind the scenes. rugby and it’s truly the breeding team reaches the Super Rugby fi nal best part of 45 players were always “There are a lot of guys behind The world’s oldest rugby trophy, the ground of talent and it’s also many after winning the Currie Cup, how available and not for a single the scenes who are the unsung Currie Cup, is back in Bloemfontein Springboks fi rst introduction to top can one say it’s watered-down? moment did they take their foot off heroes and never get the credit they after the Toyota Free State Cheetahs fl ight rugby. In a very emotional moment after the gas. deserve. won the South African sporting icon Sadly it has been overshadowed by the fi nal, Smith, lauded his team “They carried on believing and it’s “To me it was all about them. As outright for the fi fth time in their the more lucrative and demanding and staff for their effort in ensuring to these guys like William Small- South Africans, we don’t always history. Super Rugby, but remains important that Bloemfontein once again had Smith that I tip my hat. He played give each other their moment in the The Cheetahs outclassed the Blue despite it being labelled as a reason to celebrate. “I have a very in all the matches except the play- sun and I cannot help but have a Bulls 36-16 at the Toyota Stadium watered-down competition. soft spot for the guys that weren’t offs.” special place in my heart for those and it was just reward for their Look at what the Lions achieved on the fi eld,” said Smith. Things really got emotional when who weren’t on the fi eld.” super campaign. after going through the tournament “We have a group of 54 players and Smith choked up as he thanked the [email protected] The young and exciting Cheetahs captured the imagination of the city again with an outstanding campaign in which the team won all ten their matches. In the process the team scored 57 tries while conceding just 20 tries. The history books will forever refl ect the scoreline and this very special team will forever be known for their character. There is no better example of this than ’s seemingly impossible tackle on Piet van Zyl, which saved a certain try and perhaps even the match. Jordaan’s tackle was just as important as that of Japie Mulder on the colossal All Blacks winger, Jonah Lomu, when the Springboks won the Rugby World Cup in 1995. This character was built over a period of sixteen months and it all started when Franco Smith was appointed as the team’s head coach, shortly after leading the University of the Free State Shimlas to the Varsity Cup. When Smith took over the reins of the team in 2015 he stated that he wanted to develop an exciting brand of rugby that will attract the team’s supporters back to the stadium. To that one can only say – mission accomplished. The Toyota Free State Cheetahs beat the 36-16 on Saturday at a sold-out Toyota Stadium to win the Currie Cup outright for the fi fth time in history. In 2006 The Currie Cup remains a very Free State shared the title with the very same Blue Bulls. PHOTO: NICOLETTE TALJAARD

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